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"Oh! What a pity!" This is the number of times Paul Fotterre, who is the guest of the commentary of this game, made such a regret. The Portuguese legend was speechless about Pauletta's frequent scoring opportunities on the court. "Royce's breakthrough on the left has attracted most of the Italians' defensive power. Costa's transition and Figo's pass are also very good. Pauletta only needs to insert and touch it in time to give Portugal a lead, but unfortunately, his follow-up is still a step slower, and the ball was confiscated by Buffon, who was guarding the goal."

"If Portugal does not have a more capable striker, it will be very difficult for them to win this game." At this time, another commentator sitting in the live room, former Italian coach Maldini, spoke, "From Portugal's performance in the past, we can see that Coach Scolari obviously intends to let Pauletta on the front line serve as a cover to win more opportunities for midfielders such as Ronaldo and Figo behind him, that is, to allow these midfielders with long-range shooting skills to complete the final blow. It has to be said that in the absence of a first-class striker in Portugal, this is indeed a solution to the lack of scoring ability of one side.

Method... But what he didn't expect was that the Italian boys were not confused by this trick. They did not leave their opponents with the opportunity to start a long shot in order to defend Pauletta, but resolutely blocked the 30-meter area in front of the goal, especially at the front of the penalty area. The defense against Pauletta was only the most ordinary regional joint defense, and there was no targeted arrangement for him. Such a defensive method made it difficult for Portuguese players to get a long shot through running and passing, forcing them to pass the ball more to Pauletta in the front. The latter's ability and technical characteristics determined that it was difficult for him to get a shooting opportunity under the defense of Nesta, Matrazi and Buffon."

As the head coach who led the Italian national team to win the World Cup and European Cup in a row, Maldini saw through Scolari's tactical arrangements at a glance and discovered the hidden tricks.

"..." Futrad did not respond to Old Maldini's words as soon as possible. Because he knew very well that Old Maldini's evaluation was quite accurate, and Pauletta's performance in this game was really not good. Therefore, although he was also a Portuguese, he felt a little dissatisfied with Old Maldini's despise of Pauletta, but he did not refute his remarks.

"Would you rather let Pauletta get a direct shot in the penalty area than relax the blockade against the midfield?" At the same time, looking at the stalemate situation between the players on the court, Scolari, who was commanding on the sidelines, thought in his heart. As old Maldini inferred, Scolari did intend to let Pauletta attract the attention of Italian players in the front and create a shooting opportunity for Figo and others behind him.

However, to Scolari's surprise, the Italian player with extremely rich defensive experience was not fooled by him at all. In other words, Pauletta's ability has not reached a level that they value so much.

You know, Matrazi and Nesta in Serie A both compete with Vieri, Shevchenko, Trezeguet and Crespo, which are all top strikers with different styles. What kind of scenes have you never seen? Just Pauletta is not worthy of their treatment like this.

If even strikers of Pauletta's level need them to defend closely throughout the whole process, it would be too expensive. What's more, compared to Pauletta, all Italian players think that Figo and Costa behind him are more threatening.

Scolari was also quite helpless about this situation. After all, coaching the national team is different from the club. If there is insufficient strength in the club, it can be solved by signing players. If the national team wants to deal with this problem, there is no other way except to expect a newcomer to emerge or someone suddenly breaks out...

Nowadays, Portugal obviously does not have the problem of having a tough time in the striker, which has troubled them for countless years. You should know that since Eusepio retired, Portugal has never trained a top striker again.

If this is not the case, Scolari, who has tasted the sweetness in the 3R combination, will not specifically develop this tactic to strengthen the attack power of the midfield, nor will he give up the front line.

The most important thing is that Italy is not the Netherlands that faced Portugal in his previous life. Compared with the Orange Army, which relies more on the players' personal abilities, the Apennines' defense is obviously more specific and tighter. This allows them to better defend Portugal's midfield offensive and avoid the opportunity to be pulled out of shooting space by their opponents through running and passing.

Noting that Portugal was unable to open the situation on the offensive end, Trapatoni did not directly order the team to strengthen its counterattack, but replaced Toti with Camoranesi. In this way, Casano would move to the left and echo Camoranesi, one left and one right.

The Odor Gate incident in the first game of the European Cup group stage seemed to have had a serious impact on the Roman Prince's competitive state. Although Toti's pass and organization were still remarkable in this game, it was still far from the amazing state he showed in Roma this season. In particular, his desire to score was greatly reduced in this game, and it was almost difficult to see Toti take the initiative to attack. Most of the time it was passed to Milito and Casano in the front, and they would complete the attack.

Therefore, in this case, Camoranesi, who has stronger attack ability and more upright defensive attitude, is obviously more suitable for appearing on the court than Toti. After all, for Italy now, the organizational work on the court is only allowed to Pirlo. What they lack is precisely Camoranesi, a player who can pull the opponent's defense line in the counterattack battle and create space for his teammates to complete the attack.

Trapatoni's substitution was quickly rewarded: In the 79th minute of the game, Figo's pass to Pauletta was interrupted by Matrazi in the middle. After Pirlo received the ball, he immediately passed Milito in front of him. The latter turned around in the second half of Andrade's defense and divided the ball to Camoranesi who was inserted from the right!

After successfully counter-offside, the Juventus wing dribbled the ball and rushed into the penalty area. After attracting the attention of Portuguese players and forcing Ricardo to attack, he suddenly knocked the ball across the middle. Milito, who followed up, hit the ball and scored an empty goal!
Chapter completed!