Godfather Of Champions

John Mortensen laughed in the commentary: "Does Queiroz think Dunn will attack him? Didn't he claim that he knows Tony Dunn best? Why can't even remember Dunn's greatest characteristics? Defensive counterattack , Defensive counterattack! Haha!"

If Queiroz could hear Mortensen's ridicule, his face would be even more ugly.

It's not that he didn't think about preventing England's counterattack. At first he couldn't control the players' clock in his own hands. It's normal for the players on the court to relax for more than 20 minutes. Who would have thought that England would really have seized such an opportunity and would kill it with one blow?

It is not good for Portugal to fall behind, and now Queiroz has no other way but to let the team bite the bullet and continue to attack. Retirement is impossible. There is no such word as "retirement" in Portuguese football.

After the lead, England did not take advantage of the situation to cover up and try to expand the score. They retracted in front of the Portuguese offensive. Facing England's intensive defense, Portugal's stars felt powerless. This set of defensive lineup trapped Argentina led by Messi, Dunn is not afraid of Portugal.

"Damn! This group of turtles with shrunken heads!"

Ze Castro cursed from behind. Now he didn't dare to rush forward, even if his feet were itchy, he still had to stay behind and protect the backcourt with Pepe.

The goal just now was because he rushed forward, lost the position, and couldn't defend himself. To be held accountable, he must take full responsibility. Finally, he gained a firm foothold in the national team's main central defender position. He didn't want to lose the main force because of this mistake.

Pepe heard the partner's complaint, and he shrugged beside. He is no stranger to this scene. Such defense will give him a sense of security when he is on that side, but now...To be honest, he also hates dense defense.

It's just intensive defense. What is even more annoying is that they have counterattack, which is really disturbing, boss...

Pepe is actually a central defender who likes to make assists. He also had a long-distance dribbling in the Portuguese national team and then personally hit the ball into the goal. But when facing England...no, to be precise, when facing Tony Dunn, he had to let go of his desire to attack, defend seriously, and guard carefully.

The game was deadlocked, the Portuguese were helpless in the face of intensive defense, and England's few counterattacks were quickly defeated by Pepe and Ze Castro's defense.

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Queiroz believes that since England is a defensive counterattack, then the score of 1:0 must be what they are looking for, and they can't make any big moves after this. For the rest of the time, England should focus on defense, and the painless counterattack poses no threat to his team. He considers allowing the two full-backs to actively assist again after the loss of the ball just now. Roaring on the sidelines to let the two full-backs converge a bit, focusing on defense.

It now appears that without the support of full-backs, Portugal's offense lacks levels and it is impossible to open England's defense.

When the two Portuguese full-backs rushed up, the pressure on the English team's defense increased sharply.

Dunn can see clearly off the court that Portugal has completely gained the upper hand during this time. They already have two consecutive kicks on the goal post. No matter how long it takes, it is hard to say whether England can hold.

He whistled to the players from the sidelines, then made a gesture for them to counterattack.

In the thirty-sixth minute, England found another chance to counterattack. Gerrard made a long pass from the backcourt, and Tangning ran along the wing to chase the ball. This time Pepe also made preparations in advance, he let Castro protect him, and he rushed up.

Gerrard's long pass was a bit big, and the football went straight to the corner flag. Most people would choose to give up in the face of such a pass. At most, they would give up a thumbs-up to the passing teammates to indicate that his pass was good. But Tangning didn't. He sprinted towards the ball's landing point at full speed.

This also made Peipei dare not neglect the slightest. In case Tangning receives the ball, it would be directly facing the goal...

The two met quickly, and Peipei unceremoniously pushed Tangning out.

Downing is closer to football than Peppa, but with Peppa's close grip, he is not sure that he can control the ball. Even if he controls this position, it is not conducive to the next move-the two of them are almost at the corner.

In a hurry, Tangning jumped up and swept the football that was still in the air towards Pepe. The distance was too close, Pepe couldn't dodge, and blocked the ball from the sideline. Downing switched to an out-of-bounds ball for England, and finally did not let the counterattack in vain.

Even when it was serving a throw-in, the England team didn't make a big move and pressed on. Joe Matoke stepped forward to throw a throw-in. The other three guards stayed in the second half and Michael Johnson also helped them to defend. No matter what, enough numbers in the backcourt must be guaranteed. I am not afraid of Portugal's counterattack.

In addition to these four people, everyone else rushed to the frontcourt to participate in the offense. Rooney and Mitchell were in the penalty area, and Gerrard was lying in the top of the arc, ready to wait for an opportunity to cold shot. Walcott also leaned to the middle, intending to pick up points, or organize a second attack.

Downing stepped forward to receive Matoke's foul ball.

Pepe's height of 1.86 meters is already the highest altitude in Portugal's defense line, and he is of course going to defend the highest altitude in England, Mitchell.

Mitchell broke free of Pepe's hand: "Take me again, be careful I throw it to you, Pepe!"

Pepe smiled and didn't get angry, and put her hand on it again: "Be careful of flopping and taking a yellow card."

Pepe knows that he has no advantage in height, and if he doesn't move his hands honestly, he doesn't deserve to be a central defender. No matter what method is used, Mitchel must not be allowed to grab the ball. He is very familiar with his former teammate. He is two meters and one in height, and he does not bounce like those long men. His bounce and header are excellent.

Veloso also returned to the door, standing on the other side of Mitchel, and Peppa tacitly caught Mitchel in the middle. Two people play for AC Milan, there is still a tacit understanding of this.

Matoke looked at the situation on the court, and Tangning was the only one who could catch his pass, but Tangning was pressed so tightly by the opponent, even if he received the ball, he might not be able to turn around. So the ball still has to be passed back to myself, so what shall I do next? Take it out or spread it out? Where do you pass the ball?

He has to think about it in advance so that he won't be at a loss after the football is thrown. He raised his head and glanced at the penalty area, Mitchell is very eye-catching, his height is simply extraordinary...

With a plan in his mind, Matoke threw the football to Tangning and made a gesture to pass it back to him.

Tangning knew what to do without him making gestures. Antunes has been running into him from behind, and he is not sure to control the ball in such a situation. So instead of waiting for the ball to land, he knocked it back in the air to Matoke.

Matoke stopped the football while Tangning was still helping him block Antunes. He didn't hesitate, stepped back and opened the distance, and then directly kicked and passed!

It's really a simple tactic.

But when used on top of Mitchell's head, it is very effective.

Seeing the football flying towards the goal from the air, Pepe grabbed Mitchel's clothes with all his strength, while Mitchell was struggling hard, trying to break free from Pepe and Veloso.

Goalkeeper Patricio didn't watch the play either. He planned to jump up and confiscate the ball at the right time.

All this happened between lightning and sparks. When Peppa and Mitchell jumped at the same time, the football was already flying over the goal.

Patricio jumped a little bit late, he was robbed in front of Mitchell and Pepe, and now he can only pray that Pepe can stop Mitchell, or that Mitchell is under Pepe’s interference Fly the ball on top.

He was disappointed.

Mitchell completely surpassed Pepe, he is now the first height, football is right in front of his eyes, there is no better chance than this! No one can stop him! Not even Pepe!

"Aaron Mitchell hit the goal with his head! The goal was scored! A clean goal, beautiful!" John Mortensen cheered again.

The English fans in the stands sang the song "God Bless the King" to cheer for England.

"Thirty-seven minutes, England led Portugal 2-0! This is really an unexpected game! From the scene, Portugal has an absolute advantage, they hold 67% of the ball. But in the score. But England leads with two goals!"

After the goal, Mitchell opened his arms and ran to the corner flag to hug Joe Matoke and other teammates.

The Portuguese players stood blankly on the spot if they were struck by lightning. I am afraid they can't believe that they have the advantage, they will be behind England by two goals before the first half is over...

What's wrong?

In terms of the scene, from the technical and statistical point of view, Portugal should be the leader...

Is something wrong?

What is going wrong?

Some of the players turned their attention to their coach Queiroz.

Queiroz didn't want to concede the first goal at this time. He stood on the sidelines, just like his players. He was also thinking about what went wrong...

Pepe might know what went wrong—he was not young anymore. If you were replaced by yourself two years ago, you should be able to rely on your super physical fitness to make up for the height gap between yourself and Mitchell and interfere with the opponent's header. But this time, he could do nothing but raise his head and watch the opponent smash the ball into the goal.

"Damn!" He clenched his fist, wanting to punch something. But there was nothing beside him except the goalpost.

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The Portuguese is like a lost soul, Dunn laughed in his coaching bench: "Haha! They think that defensive counterattack is equal to 1:0 doctrine? It's naive! Who said that defensive counterattack can't score a lot of goals? I want it today. Prove it to you!"

People are always used to reverse the process from the score. Whenever they see 1:0, they think the game process must be dull, full of ugly defense and negative attitude. Seeing a score of 4:3, 6:0, you will think that it must be a hearty battle, and the passion is so addictive.

But the reality is so cruel-defensive counterattack can also hit a high score, at least it is very likely for now... and the side with the advantage is definitely not equal to the side with the lead.

"3:0! 4:0! Don't let me pass the chance to score! I want the Portuguese to end the European Cup journey from this game! Aha!"

Dunn clenched his fist and turned around and saw his team lead Portugal by two goals so easily. He really couldn't hide his excitement.

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England's two goals are so easy to lead the strong Portugal, which surprised the German coach who was watching the game in the stands. He thinks that with the strength of the two teams, it is only natural to fight to the death and to lose both sides. Unexpectedly, Dunn's team would declare victory almost without bloodshed. This was beyond his expectation, and I believe it also exceeded the expectations of the German coaching staff. It seems that they have to reassess Tony Dunn's ability...

Not just the Germans, there are French, Italians, Dutch, Spaniards in the stands... They all want to observe what kind of sparks will collide between England and Portugal. But he didn't expect to be hit hard by Tony Dunn's defensive counterattack.

Everyone is thinking about such a question-if it is our own team, is there a way to solve this set of counterattacks in England?

It is a worldwide problem to break the intensive defense, but also to guard against quick counterattacks.

The Italians are a little less worried, because they are used to this trick. If unfortunately they run into England, they can make England become Portugal.

The English walked into the locker room with a two-goal lead, while the Portuguese walked a bit desperately. Anyone who sees them feels that the game has ended early and there is nothing to look forward to in the second half.

An Italian "intelligence officer" stood up and stretched, and put away the DV in his hand. He decided to leave early, and there are fewer vehicles to choose from later. Anyway, coming here is just a routine. He doesn't think it is possible for England or Portugal to meet with them in Italy ahead of time-it is already in the final when they meet.

Is it possible for England or Portugal to make it to the final? Without George Wood, England should consider the top priority of qualifying for the group. And Portugal... was beaten into this virtuous team by England without George Wood, is it necessary to worry that they will threaten Italy?

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Inexplicably two goals behind in the first half, Queiroz, as the head coach, should be furious, but that is not his style. His style is to calmly think about where the problem is and how we should deal with it.

He felt that he already understood what went wrong.

"I think we were too optimistic in the first half, thinking of our opponents too simple. Unscrupulous pressure created a back air defense, the first ball is the key. It disrupted all our plans." Kui calmed down. Rhodes analyzed for the frustrated players. He first confessed his problem, even though he also brought the whole team to serve as a foil...

"But I'm not going to be conservative in the second half, never!" He raised his volume a little. Because he thought of Dunn's cheerful look after scoring, it was like a sharp blade, stabbing his heart. That's right, he doesn't like that man at all. Anything that makes that man happy will make him very unhappy.

"Do you think the game is over? Far from it! The English people think that the game is over early, they must have started celebrating in the locker room. This is our chance..." He leaned forward and looked at his players. They said word by word, "We underestimated the enemy in the first half, and it was their turn in the second half." (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com for more chapters and support the author. Support genuine reading!)

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