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Portugal and Spain in Group A will soon start a life-and-death game for the qualifying spots in the group. The losing side will bid farewell to the European Cup directly; France and England in Group B are also making diligent preparations, and their insecure lead and Croatia are not daring to be careless; Italy in Group C is trying hard to build momentum, hoping that Denmark and Sweden can promote the spirit of fair competition and never kick it back to their hometown in the last round.

As for Group D, which was regarded as the death group after the European Cup group draw ceremony, the situation at this time was even more chaotic. In addition to the Czech Republic, which had both wins and advanced early, Germany, which had two points, and Latvia and the Netherlands, which had the same points, had hopes of competing for the second place in the group.

This is the current situation of qualifying in each group after the first two rounds of the 12th European Cup group stage. It can be said that in addition to the Group B in England and France, which can also make fans feel a little normal, the performance of the traditional strong teams in the other three groups is very disappointing.

As a result, the core players and head coaches of these teams, such as Raul, Totti, Waller, Trapatoni and Edvocart, became the target of media and fans after the second round of the group stage, and were sprayed with blood.

Even Zidane, who scored two goals and assists, was criticized by people in this European Cup. Although Qi Zu's data looks very glamorous, in fact, this midfielder can only play at the superstar level in about ten minutes per game, and his performance at other times can only be regarded as unsatisfactory.

So, as George said before, this European Cup was the curtain call for the superstars of the previous generation, and it was not aimless. In other words, the masters and superstars who were invincible in the 1990s have now come to the time to fade out of the international football world!

In the absence of a yishi star in the team, Greece's feat of winning the Delaunay Cup by relying on collective defense and team football has had a profound impact on European football. Before this, although Michels proposed the football theory of all offense and defense, and has been tirelessly trying to realize this theory in reality throughout his head coaching career, in general, most head coaches rely more on the personal abilities of core players when setting up tactics. The so-called team football is mostly to let other players arrange the team's tactical play around those cores.

Greece is completely different. Under the leadership of Rehagel, Greek players rely on their strict defensive positions, physically running and flexible complementary positions blocked the offensives of countless big-name stars, and finally staged a realistic version of Greek myth in the European Cup, holding up the Delaune Cup that made countless players jealous!

Therefore, after Greece won the championship, the European football community began to pay attention to the overall football concept that they once ignored, and noticed the huge role that team football can play in the game. For example, no longer simply regard defense as the work of defenders and midfielders, the trend of position refinement ended, and position blurring began to become the mainstream of European football.

This is why, in George's previous life, many old fans often have less evaluations of Ronaldo and Messi than old superstars such as Maradona and Ronaldo, because the era in which both sides are located has essential differences in football concepts! By the era of Ronaldo and Messi, team football has reached a considerable level, and even superstars like them have to actively participate in defense. It is common to run 10,000 meters in yi game. And this is simply unimaginable when Ronaldo and Maradona's era. In that era, Mattus, who averaged 10,000 meters in a game, was already called the Iron Man who could not run.

Not to mention the "lone wolf" Romario and "golden left-foot" Davosuk, who may have less than four or five kilometers of running distance during the game. If it were in the era of Cristiano Ronaldo, these guys would definitely be the ones who were sent to the cold palace by the coach.

Having said that, George was very clear in his heart. Before he got a true lesson, those strong teams basically would not notice this argument. Only when Greece wins the championship and all the strong teams with high votes to win the championship are slapped in the face will the European football world set off this enthusiasm and wave of tactical reform.

Sure enough, the situation was similar to George's previous life experience. In the last round of group matches, Portugal, who was fighting against the ground, relied on the goal of Gomez who came on the bench, defeated Spain, who was intending to defend the draw with a score of 10, and won the final victory in this life-and-death battle, and defeated Greece in the top spot in Group A to advance to the quarterfinals of the European Cup. Greece, which qualified as the second place in Group A, also continued to write this football version of the Greek myth in this European Cup!

"Raul is no longer the golden boy who died in the past. Although Florentino's superstar policy saved Real Madrid, it also made Raul like this." Looking at the Spanish player crying for the group out of the sidelines and Raul who was no longer free, George, who was sitting in the box to watch the game. Although he was not a fan of Raul in his previous life, George still admired the double captain of Real Madrid and Spain.

Of course, no matter how much he admires, George has no intention of saving Raul from the trough. Because Raul is a naturally-born No. 9 player, it is not easy to use him well in this era where he is increasingly emphasizing physical fitness and comprehensiveness. For this point, look at the best seasons of Raul's performance and what kind of configuration Real Madrid is.

Spain's early exit in this European Cup made countless fans who love the Bullfighter Army sigh, and also made many English fans start to worry about the fate of the Three Lions, for fear that England will follow in Spain's footsteps and become the second traditional strong team to bid farewell to the European Cup in advance!

Fortunately, England's performance in the last round of the group stage did not disappoint the fans. Although Croatia was first off the city just two minutes into the opening game, England then pushed Croatia to the half, and scored four goals in the next time, defeated Croatia four-to-one, and qualified from Group B as the second in the group!
Chapter completed!