France is in 433 for this game, with Saliba, Upamecano, Koundé, TheoHernandez, Camavinga in the back, Tchouameni, Kanté in the midfield, and Griezmann in the forward line, Muani, Mbappé, and in this formation Griezmann has a lean to right but will move to the center in a formation that is between 433 and 4231.
Defender Pepe, Portugal likewise lined up 433, Ruben Dias, Mendes, Cancelo, Palhinha midfield, Vitinha, B Faye, Crowe in the forward line, Leão, B. Silva
France have collected Dembele twice in a row. for a while, people wondered if he was injured. camavinga has finally started to fight. France is equaling out three defensive midfielders, but with one less winger. Deschamps is going to play defensively, while Portugal is basically unchanged and still in the original formation.
The first 20 minutes of the game were quite mysterious. Both sides seemed to be trying to open up the confrontation, but in reality they weren't even trying their best to get on the ball. Portugal were relying on Le.ão to be on the break, and even though the center backs pressed up to help, they actually gave the ball to Le.ã and then took a step back, while B Faye stayed at the back to help with the ball, and wouldn't allow the defense to break down the layers.
In fact, there were opposite stares on the French side as they stared down the Portuguese flanks, with Camavinga and Kant in midfield. é There must have been a gang of wingbacks watching the men, allowing Theo and Kounddé to go forward to widen the width of the side, and then no one pressed the center in succession, refusing to let go of Tchouameni's defensive zone in the center, preventing the Portuguese center from pushing up in succession, leaving the frontcourt to be occupied only by C Lo, so both teams seemed to be attacking, but in reality they were holding the key areas and had been carefully watching where their opponents' main attack was going to be.
Both sides accelerated slightly in the first half and both Mbappé and Leão had chances to make one-touch charges, but both defenses were chased back so they had to go further to the side. France relied heavily on Kounddé's right hand side for assists, Kanté running in later and supporting Kounddé all the way, however, the key for both teams was the lack of centers in the central area capable of scoring and the lack of manpower up top.
The second half started with both sides getting their wingbacks up at the same time.TheoHernandez started to assist forward in France, along with Koundez who was originally on the right.More crosses started to come in, while on the Portuguese side they also got Cancelo up, and Mendes pressed forward.Portugal had a couple of good chances to shoot at the start of the second half.Instead of a direct pass to the bottom, Leão made a full pass to the bottom to allow the player behind to shoot.Leão had a good chance to shoot at the start of the second half. pass to the bottom, but pretended to snap back from the bottom and pass completely to the 16-yard position for the player behind to shoot. This worked well. 62 minutes in, Vitinha's shot almost scored and was blocked by the keeper. After that, Crowe followed suit with the idea of shooting with his heels. Luckily, the defender arrived to block it out.
Deschamps made a very bold dispatch on 66 minutes. His direct withdrawal didn't work very well. This time, Griezmann, who hadn't been playing well in Europe, was replaced by Dembele in the direct line. This was good dispatching, and Dembele immediately made Portugal uncomfortable when he came on, as he carried the ball at a very strange and soft pace. As a result, a good ball immediately came out from the right side of the box. camavinga took the ball 9 yards to the side and shot without defense. dembele and mendes were Paris teammates, and it was clear that the young mendes couldn't quite keep it up.
Basically, Dembele had eaten Mendes a couple of times, and after Portugal switched to Semedo and Concei. ção for the tired B fee and Cancelo, and Portugal also planned to decide the winner at game time, because B fee is a player who can fine 12 yards, which means Portugal wanted to win, not be better than PK. However, after France, he replaced Muani with Thuram and that's when the tactics became clear. Deschamps planned to gradually commit attacking players, which meant Portugal should be depleted first. When the veteran's physical strength is consumed by Crowe plus Pepe, France's attack will gradually strengthen afterward.
