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The host Portugal was defeated by Greece in the opening match of the European Cup, which was really beyond the expectations of many people. After all, although Portugal is not a top-notch team in European football, the lack of centers has always troubled this team with top midfielders, no one can deny that they have the golden generation and new generation players such as Carvalho and Ronaldo in terms of strength, they can still beat Greece in terms of strength.

However, in this game, although Portugal had an absolute advantage in many indicators such as the number of shots and ball possession time, Ferreira's low-level mistake in the sixth minute forced the host to fight in an unfavorable situation where the score was behind from the beginning of the game. The penalty kick scored by Brazilian in the second half made the situation even worse!

Here I would like to add that due to Zhuang Mingge's previous actions, Scolari, who was secretly dissatisfied with Ronaldo, did not let the star of hope appear as a substitute in this game, so the person who was forced to foul in the penalty area became Ximang, rather than the BSP in his previous life. In this way, Greece successfully ended the embarrassing history of never winning in the finals of the competition and successfully got three extremely important points for them; while Portugal suffered a defeat, he also became the host team that lost in the opening game since the introduction of the group stage of the European Cup in 1980!

"Portugal actually lost to Greece in the opening game. This is really unexpected news. "Looking at the newspaper's reports on this game, Zhuang Mingge felt that Portugal lost in this game was a bit unfair. "If Ferrera did not give the opponent that goal gift package at the beginning of the game, it would not be easy for Greece to win this game. After all, the policy set by Coach Rehager at the beginning was to play defensive counterattacks. Without the lead in the score, Portugal, which has the best technical ability, will still have no problem dealing with Greece, which has not yet played confidence."

Zhuang Mingge was quite regretful about Portugal's defeat to Greece in the opening match. After all, this European Cup can be said to be the last chance for Portugal's golden generation players with Figo to win the championship. If we wait until the German World Cup two years later, these stars will enter the dusk period of their careers, and the hope of winning the championship will only be smaller.

Although Portugal was shockingly defeated in the opening game, no one took Greece, which had just won the group stage, seriously at this time. In the eyes of most people, the reason why Greece was able to defeat the powerful Portugal was mainly because it used the host's idea of ​​underestimating the enemy, and at the same time, it used the defensive counterattack tactics and iron tactical discipline, as well as the big mistake package that Ferrera took the initiative to give him, so he almost stole three points from Portugal. When they face Spain in the next game, these guys who had good luck would definitely be revealed, and the qualifying situation in Group A would also return to the right track.

However, four days later, when another strong team in Group A Spain was defeated by Greece, people were shocked that Greece, which had won one victory and one draw after two rounds of the group stage, had quietly taken the initiative to qualify in the group in their own hands!

Because at this moment, among the other three teams in the same group as Greece, although Spain also won and tied with Greece in the Group A standings, the Bullfighters' opponent in the final match was their neighbor, the host of this European Cup Portugal!

Since Portugal achieved one win and one loss in previous games, while Greece faced the rampant world in the last round of the group stage, and lost to the Russian team, which had been confirmed to be eliminated in the group early in both games in this European Cup. Therefore, whether it is Spain or Portugal, if they want to ensure their qualification to qualify in the group, they must defeat their opponents in the last game and get three points. Otherwise, if the two teams deliberately play tacitly in the last round, and Greece defeats Russia, which has no fighting spirit, then Portugal will have to be a cup. On the contrary, if Portugal wins, then Spain will become the unlucky guy.

Faced with such a critical qualifying situation, Spain and Portugal, which had originally acted like a good brother before the start of the European Cup, no longer had to pretend. Both Football Associations issued an ultimatum to the team, demanding that this life-and-death battle must be won!

After talking about the host who is in danger of qualifying, let's take a look at the defending champion Italy. Unlike the two Iberians who are unswervingly moving along the ruts of history, Italy's performance in this European Cup led by Trapatoni can only be described as very different from that of his previous life.

Due to the fact that Deco and Diego Milito were fresh blood, Vieri's condition declined from his peak, but he was still at the top level. Inzagi did not miss this competition due to the serious injuries in his previous life. In addition, young players such as De Rossi and Casano were selected into the national team together, which made Trapatoni's team not as dull and old as in his previous life. Therefore, in this European Cup, Italy, which has always been slow to start the competition, rarely performed well in the group stage.

In the group stage, Italy relied on the goals of Pirlo, Milito and Inzaghi, and used a three-to-zero goal to defend a draw, making the opponent realize that they are experts in defensive counterattacks. Then, facing the Swedish team, which has famous stars such as Ibrahimovic, Larson, and Ryomberg, Italy firmly controlled the initiative on the field under the command of Pirlo and Deco, the double cores of the midfield (sorry, Toti caused the famous "Subway" incident in the group stage), and Vieri and Casano scored one goal in the 27th and 46th minutes of the game.

Therefore, although Ibrahimovic still shot the scorpion who was shocking his tail in this game, Italy, which had already established a two-goal advantage, finally defeated the Pirates without any danger and won the game.

In this way, after the first two rounds of the group stage, Italy won six points in two games in advance! As for the same three-pointer Denmark and Sweden, they need to decide another team qualified to advance to the quarterfinals in the last round in direct confrontation.
Chapter completed!