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It has been a few days since I arrived in South Africa, and the Confederations Cup match is getting closer and closer. At this time, the Portuguese national team ushered in the last warm-up match before the Confederations Cup, and their opponent was the Egyptian team.

Why did the Portuguese national team choose the Egyptian team as their warm-up opponent in the last warm-up match before the Confederations Cup? This is because the Portuguese national team and the host South Africa are divided into a group. They are putting Egypt in the same group.

The team acted as a substitute for the South African team and came to find out how it felt.

The Confederations Cup was formerly known as the Intercontinental Cup. It was initiated in 1991 by the Football Federations of Asia, Africa, South America and North America and the Caribbean. It is now hosted by FIFA. In 2005, it was changed to be held every four years. Previously, it was hosted by FIFA.

It is held every two years, and the 8th competition will be held in 2009. The participating teams are the host national football team and the championship teams of the previous season’s continental football championships, cup championships and world championship teams. In January 1992, in Saudi Arabia

The first Intercontinental Cup football match was held in the capital Riyadh, and Argentina won.

The teams participating in this year's Confederations Cup include African champion Egypt, Australian champion New Zealand, Asian champion Iraq, North American champion United States, South American champion Brazil, European champion Portugal, world champion Italy and host South Africa.

The grouping has been determined before. The Portuguese national team is placed in Group A. In this group are the host South Africa, the Asian champion Iraq and the Australian champion New Zealand. The four teams in Group B are the world champion Italy and the African champion.

Egypt, South American champion Brazil, North American champion the United States.

The opening game of this tournament is between the host South Africa and Iraq. After this game, the Portuguese national team will face the Australian champion New Zealand team.

There is still a week before the start of the game, so at this time, the Portuguese national team is preparing for the last warm-up match before the game. Their opponent is the Egyptian team in Group B. And in their warm-up match

At that time, the world champion Italian team will also warm up with the New Zealand team in Group A.

This is a good opportunity for the Portuguese national team to observe their first opponent, the New Zealand team. However, at this time, they have a game to play, and of course they cannot go to the scene to understand the situation of the New Zealand team. At this time, the Portuguese national team

Head coach Queiroz sent his assistant to obtain information about the New Zealand team.

The Egyptian team is not a weak team. From the perspective of the Portuguese national team, their strength should be much stronger than that of the host South Africa, because there are several stars playing in European football in their team. Among them.

The two most famous midfielders are Shuki and Mido and forward Zidan.

Midfielder Shuki is now playing for Middlesbrough in the Premier League. Qiu Ze also played against this kid when he was in the Premier League. This guy is pretty good and is ranked high in Middlesbrough's squad.

Mido Mido is still very famous in the Premier League. He was once the absolute core of Tottenham Hotspur, but now he has left Tottenham Hotspur. This guy can play in the midfield

He can also play as a striker. He performed very well in the Premier League and scored a lot of goals, so he had to guard against him.

Forward Zidan is also very famous in the Bundesliga. He has played for many Bundesliga giants. This guy has done very well in the Bundesliga and scored a lot of goals. He can be regarded as one of the outstanding Bundesliga forwards.

Therefore, it can be seen from here that the opponent of the Portuguese national team in this game is not weak, not weak at all. The Portuguese national team must be serious in order to defeat the opponent.

Before the game, Portugal national team coach Queiroz made it very clear to the players that they must win this game and give the upcoming Confederations Cup a good start.

The Confederations Cup is very important to Queiroz. This is a task given to him by the Portuguese Football Association, so he will be very careful and cautious.

On the day of the match, the players of the Portuguese national team were in very good spirits, especially Qiu Ze. This was the best he had ever been since he came to South Africa. However, the weather in South Africa is really hot enough.

Yes, it was so hot that Qiu Ze almost died.

However, as the afternoon approached evening, the temperature here changed a lot. It suddenly became very comfortable and suitable for playing football. The players of the Portuguese national team felt a little better, and at the same time, they were more concerned about this game.

There is more confidence in the game.

Both teams are very serious about this game. The Portuguese national team uses Essien as South Africa's substitute, and Egypt uses Portugal as Italy's substitute.

Egypt also attaches great importance to the result of this game, so in this game, he sent a lineup with all the main players in a 442 formation.

The goalkeeper position is Hadari, the back four positions are Said, Hani Said, Goma and Hassan. The midfield four positions are Desi, Rab, Shu.

Key and Moawad. On the forward line are Zidan and Aboutrika.

Egypt's midfielder Mido did not appear in the team's main lineup today, but sat on the bench, waiting for his chance.

The Portuguese national team sent out a 4231 formation, with Ricardo as the goalkeeper and Paulo Ferreira, Carvalho, Pepe and Bosingwa as the four defenders.

.In the double midfielder positions are Veloso and Deco.

In the three forward positions are Nani, Qiu Ze and Quaresma. The one at the front is of course Nuno Gomez.

Yes, Cristiano Ronaldo did not start today, nor did he sit on the bench. This guy was suspended, so he stayed in the hotel and did not come to the scene with the team at all.

Originally, Queiroz wanted Cristiano Ronaldo to come to the scene to watch the game, but Cristiano Ronaldo didn't want to see Qiu Ze prospering on the court, so he proposed to take a rest and did not come to the scene.

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Soon after the referee's whistle, the match between the two sides officially began. The first to kick off was the half-host Egypt team.

The Egyptian team is considered an offensive team, but today when they collided with the European champion Portugal national team, they chose to defend and counterattack. Zidan was left alone in front, because this guy has speed and good skills.

, became a sharp knife for Egypt’s counterattack.

To be honest, Zidan's role is very obvious and his strength is also good. In the tenth minute of the first half, he taught the Portuguese national team a good lesson. This guy almost sent the football into the goal.

It hit the Portuguese national team's goal and gave the Portuguese a false alarm.

This was a counterattack by the Egyptian team. After the Egyptian team's Shuki intercepted the ball in the midfield, he ripped open the Portuguese national team's defense with a simple through ball. After the Khitan took the football, he continued to shake it at the front of the penalty area.

He passed the Portuguese national team's Carvalho, and then directly volleyed from a step inside the penalty area, and the football went slightly wide.

This was really very dangerous, and the Egyptian team almost took the lead. This made the African fans at the scene so excited that they immediately blew the vuvuzona.

That damn sound caused the players of the Portuguese national team to suffer a lot. Some guys were so dizzy from this thing that their feet were shaking. Really, from the beginning of the game, that damn sound was heard

Wu Zu then started roaring and roaring without stopping for a moment.

This is really killing the Portuguese national team players. Qiu Ze is better off because he has been prepared for it. He knew the ferocity of this weapon in his previous life. During the Confederations Cup in his previous life, the European champion Spanish national team

He complained about this thing a lot. Even after the Spanish national team lost to the United States in the semifinals, he attributed all the reasons to this damn vuvuzela.

This shows that European players are not adaptable to this thing, so Qiu Ze has been prepared for a long time. But other players of the Portuguese national team are not so prepared. They are not like Qiu Ze who came from time to time.

The first time they heard this sound, they almost went crazy.

As an African team, Egypt did not feel any discomfort. They played as usual. Therefore, after the game started, the Egyptian team performed normally and they performed well. The Portuguese national team played a bit marketably.

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Qiu Ze's performance is quite normal, and can even be considered wonderful. However, the performance of other Portuguese national team players is very abnormal. Therefore, even if Qiu Ze performs well, the Portuguese national team does not have much right now.

Chance.

On the contrary, the Egyptian team got more opportunities, and it was Zidan again. This guy is really everywhere. And his speed advantage is obvious. The players of the Portuguese national team were almost overwhelmed by this vuvuzela.

The sound made them faint, and it was difficult for them to catch up with Qi Dan as their feet were weak.

This gave the Egyptian team's Zidan a chance to stand alone. This frightened the Portuguese national team coach Queiroz on the sidelines. He immediately jumped up from the coaching bench and rushed to the sidelines with a look on his face.

Staring at Zidan's white back in horror.

The fans of the Portuguese national team at the scene were also frightened and worried, their eyes full of horror.

The Egyptian fans at the scene were extremely excited. They stood up one after another and raised their hands. The local South African fans blew the vuvuzona in their hands even more crazily. They were very excited at this time.

Excited, he blew louder.

Zidan faced the Portuguese national team's goalkeeper Ricardo alone. Facing the attacking goalkeeper, he immediately took off his foot while running and stabbed the football towards the Portuguese national team's goal.

Fortunately, Ricardo reacted quickly this time. He made a sideways dive and pinned the football underneath him. Otherwise, the Portuguese national team would have been in trouble this time.

Seeing Ricardo holding the football under him, the Portuguese national team fans at the scene immediately cheered excitedly. The Egyptian fans kept sighing, this opportunity was really good, but it was a pity that they did not seize it, too

Pity.