Iron Man on the pitch

However, the advantage is still on the Portuguese side, because of their goal difference, they only need to defend the draw.

The Brazilian team's formation gradually moved forward and its offensive became more and more fierce.

Starting from the 20th minute of the first half, Brazil gradually suppressed Portugal in half.

However, Brazil's head coach Dunga had deep wrinkles on his forehead. He saw that the Portuguese team was consciously shrinking the formation and preparing to fight a defensive counterattack.

Through investigation and understanding of the Portuguese team, Dunga knew that Ronaldo and Li Ling both had the ability to pass the level alone and rush to the top of the road. Now that the two people are combined together, the power of counterattack cannot be underestimated.

I can only hope that the players on the field will work harder and break the Portuguese goal first.

Gilberto Silva suddenly dribbled forward because he was always in the back to defend. Portuguese players could not expect his sudden outbreak, so they were forced to pass two people, forcing Coent on the wing Come over and make up for defense.

Gilberto Silva distributed the football to Daniel Alves, who gave a high-quality cross without any interference.

Fabiano beat Ricardo Carvalho to head the ball. Fortunately, although Ricardo Carvalho failed to compete for the top, he still gave Fabiano a good match, resulting in his heading. The top part was confiscated by goalkeeper Eduardo.

Eduardo quickly threw the ball and launched a counterattack, directly finding Li Ling in the frontcourt. Li Ling stuck Felipe Melo and sent the football to Ronaldo.

Ronaldo picked the ball with his toes, and the football passed over Juan's head. Unfortunately, when Ronaldo was about to control the football, Lucio, who came from the other side, kicked the football out of the sideline vigorously.

Ronaldo, who was defended, turned around helplessly, gave Li Ling a thumbs up, and admitted his mistake: "It's good to pass it, my fault."

Li Ling nodded and didn't care. Even if the ball was replaced by himself, he would inevitably be destroyed by Lucio.

The ball just now was also very thrilling for the Brazilian team. If Ronaldo passed Lucio, then there would be a huge open space in front of him that would let him gallop.

Lucio's successful defense allowed Brazil to escape, so they slightly retracted the formation and could not let the Portuguese counterattack face the central defender.

So after Portugal threw the sideline ball, both sides returned to a tug-of-war. However, the Brazilian team's formation is still more conservative than it was at the beginning, leaving enough room for sprinting.

Daniel Alves shook Miguel Veroso and passed the ball between his legs. Maicon, who rushed over from the two, caught up with the football, poked his toes to repair the defense. Coentrane scored a man.

But Cointran's turnover rate and explosive power are not weak. The most important thing is that in the training within the Portuguese team, he has faced many breakthrough tests by Ronaldo and Li Ling, and is very experienced.

So when Macon raised his leg, Coentran knew what he was going to do, and quickly turned around and ran his legs to chase the football.

In the end, Coentrane barely snatched the ball out of the sideline before Macon.

Li Ling returned to the backcourt to assist in the defense, and at the same time, he signaled Ronaldo to stand forward.

Unfortunately, Brazil's sideline ball was not a problem and did not give Portugal a chance to steal. However, Li Ling still has a considerable deterrence to the Brazilian players.

They really can't stand it. A player with such strong offensive ability is still willing to defend extremely hard. So when Li Ling leaned to the side, Daniel Alves happily moved the football big foot to the left.

After all, if the ball is intercepted by the Portuguese team and quickly handed the ball to Li Ling's feet, it will be easy for him to use accurate passes to cause huge trouble to his side.

When Baptista received the football, she shook away Nani, who was rushing toward her with a simple fake move, but when he dribbled the ball, he was quickly blocked by Paul Ferreira.

After being beaten, Nani quickly ran back to assist in defense. Although he was not good at defense, he was very enthusiastic about defense in this Portuguese team.

Because the Portuguese team coached by Paul Bento has a younger lineup, except for the two absolute core players and the starting goalkeeper, they are all competing for jobs.

In addition to the team's two top stars, Ronaldo will participate in midfield competition from time to time, and set-piece defense is bound to participate; Li Ling, not to mention, ran all over the field and covered the frontcourt, which is versatile offense and defense, and it is also It's the top level.

With these two people in front, other offensive players are not lazy either.

The reason why Nani was able to stand firm in the starting right forward position was to stimulate the defense.Positiveness. Otherwise, Paul Bento would rather use a 4-player midfielder from Sporting Lisbon. This combination is balanced in offense and defense, and the cooperation between them is more tacit.

Raul Merelles relied on his balanced offense and defense capabilities to secure the starting position and became one of the five midfielders. If Nani refused to defend hard, she would probably have to show off her figure in the game against North Korea and sit on the bench.

After all, it really depends on the team's attack power and creativity. With two people, Ronaldo and Li Ling, they are already very strong. What others need to do is to help them.

Although Nani's offensive talent is good, it cannot be compared with them. He must also have a certain impact on defense.

Baptista is not a traditional wing forward or winger. Since his debut, he has mainly served as the front midfielder or back midfielder. His wing job level is quite average. Facing the front and back attacks of Paul Ferreira and Nani, He had to knock the football across to Philippe Melo in the middle.

Felipe Melo received the ball and found that Bastos on the left had not started yet and could not hit the ball behind him, so he wanted to pass the ball back to the right. But when he turned around, he found that Li Ling was close at hand, and he hurriedly passed the football back in a panic.

"Oh..." Li Ling, who had been slowing down for half a beat, braked and turned annoyedly, preparing to cooperate with Ronaldo to press two central defenders of the Brazilian team.

However, Lucio did not give Li Ling this opportunity. He saw the gap in the frontcourt and kicked the football with a long pass.

Fabiano and Bruno Alves had a passionate muscle collision, and in the end no one encountered football.

Neilma, who cut in at high speed from the other side, was still one step late, and Eduardo was hugged by the attacking football.

The Portuguese team organized an attack, and Nani stepped on the pace of the butterfly, threw away Bastos' defense, and then made a cross, and the football spanned the entire penalty area and landed at Coentran on the left. .

Facing Macon's defense, Coentrand was unable to complete the breakthrough, so he had to pass the football back to Miguel Veroso. Facing Daniel Alves' defense, Miguel Veroso was a little overwhelmed and quickly passed the football to the middle.

Raul Mereles and Joao Moutinho, under the pressure of Gilberto Silva and Felipe Melo, were increasingly holding the ball. In addition to the help of Nierma and Fabiano from time to time, they could only pass the football back to the back line.

In the end, the first half of the game ended with both sides having no choice over the opponent's defense.