In the world ranking of this group, Portugal sixth in the world is of course the first in this group, then the Czech Republic has reached 36th, Turkey is also 40th, and finally Georgia, who is ranked the lowest of the lowest of the 24 countries in this Europe.
Portugal's national team, worth 1.05 billion euros, is the third highest in Europe this year, after England and France. In recent years, Portugal star-studded, C Luo. , B fee (B.Fernendes), B seat (B.Silva), Felix (Felix), Leao (Leao), Dias (R.Dias) and so on, the current AC Milan winger Leao is worth the highest, as high as 90 million euros, double B midfielder B fee and B seat each 70 million euros, a group of players worth more than 50 million euros. No wonder Portugal is very optimistic in these games.
Santos is the coach of the European Champions. (Santos) after Portugal invited former Belgium national team coach Martinez in 2023. (Martinez), and although he recently tested the 3 at the back in a friendly, Martinez should line up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Diogo Costa, now the world's most valuable goalkeeper, will surely be the team's starter, and center back veteran Pepe. (Pepe) should be on the bench. Manchester City Dias has been a regular starter for Portugal in recent years. He is good at intercepting and holding the ball up in attack. In addition, Inacio competes with Lisbon. (Inacio). B fee. Photo credit: talksport
Whether using Cancelo, left back (Cancelo) or Mendes (Nuno Mendes) it is important that the midfielders fill in under pressure from the left back, on the right side will be United's Dalot, who are more of an attacking player, (Dalot) Dalot has matured more these last few seasons, but can have problems with over-pressure not being able to defend. Portugal also played a 3 at the back formation in the first part of the European qualifying campaign, with Pepe in the center and Rubén Dias and Inácio on either side, which didn't put as much pressure on the team to defend.
Of course, B fee is the best Portuguese player in the midfield. Super nice stats of 6 goals and 8 assists in Euro qualification is the team's set piece player. Can rebound an average of 3.5 goals per game. after B Faye, he attacks and has excellent long range shooting ability. When he goes up, the defender Palhinha. (Palhinha) which is very important, he has great tackling ability and excellent success rate against one-on-one confrontations, the other guy in the midfield could be Vitinha. (Vitinha), in the midfield, who assists in the tandem.
In the past, Portugal had a lot of wingers, but in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer such players. Instead, there are a lot of center-forward players.AC Milan's Léo is probably the only player at the moment who can help Portugal tear opponents apart on the wing. However, Léo's form fluctuates wildly. When he's good he can play king of the ball, but when things are bad, he's like a wandering black hole. It is expected that he should be the first choice to start on the left side of the team, with B Seat on the right, who is used to cutting inside with his left foot towards the middle of the pitch to organize attacks.
It's actually hard to say that the striker might be Crowe's main man, but Martinez should use a different striker in every game. As old as Crowe is at 39, he has been in great form in recent games. Golden Boot of the Shahoudi League, 10 goals in the Europa League, and two other strikers for Goncalo Ramos. (Goncalo Ramos) has not developed as much as expected in the last two years, with poor performances at the club, and Jota that's where injuries have affected his form.
Portugal has a full lineup with plenty of combinations to change. Felix is on the bench. Of course, Felix may start in place of Vitinha to change the 4-2-3-1, Conceicao. (Conceicao) and Neto (Neto) also have good breaking ability, and look how Martinez traded. Portugal's offense is certainly not a big problem. Since most of the players in the defense have offensive attributes, watch out for openings in the back to be exploited by the opposition.
It seems that the Czech Republic hasn't done well on the continent for a long time after 'Iron Man' Nedved was there. They reached the last eight of the last European tournament, with Schick's stunning half-court shot, and naturally, they're hoping to reach the knockout rounds of this year's Europa League.
The Czech Republic plays with three domestic teams, Pilsen, Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague, from which 15 of the 26 players come. Earlier this year, they switched to 60-year-old coach Hasek. (Hasek) in charge, who put out a 4-guard formation in the first game, but in the last 3 games switched back to the 3-guard formation that the Czech Republic had played before, and a 3-4-1-2 may have been the lineup they were using at the time.
Krejci is a trio of defenders (Krejci), Zima and Holes) As a player, Krejci has good top level ability and the set pieces can give the team some help. At the same time, he passes accurately, and Zima has great size and some hardness in defense. Holesh is very fast and can protect his defenders.
