Azar! Little Azar!
The awaited fireworks display didn't come. What was waited for was Azar's Jr.
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Cannon. He received a cross from Meunier in the left inside forward's position and fired a furious shot, which drifted violently in flight, catching the Portuguese goalkeeper Patricio off guard and watching the ball redirect in front of him and hang on the left-hand side of the net.
It was Belgium's only constructive shot in the first half, before his brother took a cross from the right with a punchy shot. The two tigers will be the ones to get the ball rolling. Portugal.
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The trip came to an abrupt end in the round of sixteen. Last year's
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Spain, the reigning champions, also went out at this stage, falling at the feet of Conte's Italy. Further back, in 2008
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of defending champions Greece, which failed to make it out of the group; 2004
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France, the reigning champions, fell in the round of sixteen. Portugal's early homecoming was in no way a disgrace; but in the
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In terms of, but is the last song, he neither assisted Portugal to defend the title, and failed to break Ali Daei world tournament goals record. The moment he dropped the armband, the loss was written all over the
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The face.
In theory, Portugal is more familiar with Seville than Belgium and should be more comfortable than their opponents. However, due to the lack of maintenance at Sevilla's Cartuja Stadium, the quality of the turf was not up to the ideal conditions required for the tournament, and the play of both teams was greatly discounted. The turf was dry and uneven, which somewhat explains why the ground was so sluggish on both sides.
Excuses are limited to this, both sides to curb the other side of the attack as the tactical center, the field into the trench sawing is the inevitable result. Both Martinez and Fernando Santos are aware of the shortcomings of their respective defenses, and coincidentally chose to focus on the defense, abandoning the "kill the enemy 10,000 to lose 8,000" approach. In the knockout rounds, there is no excuse for doing so, the cost of making a mistake is too high. Martinez let three veterans to form the back of the defense, Fermalen in the final round of the group against Finland debut, have outstanding performance, won the manager's approval. This is Martinez took over the Belgian "golden generation", the most original defense combination.
Santos stuck with four at the back, but ditched Semedo, the star right-hander in the group stage, replacing him with a still-subordinate
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The Dalot. As can be seen from the shirt numbers of the back four in order from 2 to 5, the Portuguese back four has in recent times consisted of Semedo, Pepe, Ruben Dias and Guerreiro. Dias came from Russia
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Then came on board and gradually replaced the veteran Fonte. He assisted
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, is an ironclad starter in the national team. This back four combination made too many mistakes against Germany, and while it was Diaz and Guerrero who had the oops, it was Semedo's post that was hardest hit.
Similar to Martinez's starting point in recalling Fermalen, Santos switched to Dalot with the expectation that Dalot would team up with right winger Bernardo Silva to assist in defense of Hazard Jr. and eradicate a repeat of the blowout loss to Germany. Dalot pressed for an assist slightly better than Semedo, but only slightly. Hazard and De Bruyne are active around his defense, while Lukaku "falls" on Guerrero's side. The two Portuguese wingbacks did not dare to push.
Both managers have adopted the strategy of cutting off the opponent to the front line supply, as long as the opposite side with the ball can not hostage the goal, then let him take good, take as long as you can. Portugal take the ball the most is Sanchez, Belgium take the ball the most Tieleman and Witsel, are not able to give the opponent to form a hostage to the playmaker.
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With just three touches in the first 10 minutes of the game and far fewer from Romelu Lukaku, the two sides canceled out each other's play significantly.
Portugal's midfield switched even harder, with Danilo, William Carvalho and Bruno Fernandes, to make way for Sanchez, Palinha and Moutinho, with Santos dedicating himself to inventing the midfield and playing back to the last
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of the knockout format. With this in mind, the two defensive midfielders repeatedly came down with heavy-handed blocks on De Bruyne and Big Hazard. De Bruyne Han Han was shanked from behind by Palinha moments before the easy edge, and was forced to go off after a few minutes of play in the second half. Big Azar also at the end again strained thigh tendon.
Against Italy in the last eight, Belgium could be forced to go back to the format of the first game of the group: to let Romelu Lukaku sing. There's a good and a bad side to this. The good side is that Lukaku is more determined to fend off the Italian back four. World
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Lukaku put on many a good show running over fending off defenders; on the bad side, Martinez again put on a big first round win over Russia
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of the midfield move back in? If not, who will supply Lukaku with ammunition? And Portugal in this game, Lukaku is still in the "food" situation. Mernier's running interval of more than 10,000 meters, more than anyone run, but unfortunately the pass is not find Lukaku. If it is not a small Azar's stroke of genius, the two sides of the 90% to shoot each other penalty kicks to win or lose.
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The most threatening shot was the free kick in the first half, which was parried by Courtois on the ground. He attempted to earn a yellow card for his opponent in a confrontation with Meunier, but missed his target. Belgium's three center backs will
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and Wakita stared them out of sight. Portugal's two center backs and two defensive midfielders also had Lukaku stared down.
Facing Italy, it's time for Lukaku to prove himself. Before the match, he declared, "When it comes to people like Levan, Benzema, Suarez and Kane, the media say they are world class and when it comes to me it's always 'in good condition'. In the last two years, I have now proved that I belong to that class and am at their level."
Lukaku really want to come up with a world-class performance against Italy, must know when to fight the body, when to let the referee see the opponent's tricks. Palinha chased him all the way to his shirt, Lukaku but determined not to fall, and eventually the Belgian attack was dismantled, Lukaku did not get anything. Italy's defenders will only be more small action will not be less, and more secretive and more professional. Lukaku fight for the Golden Boot, due to
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Going out with Portugal became slightly easier. The Czech Republic's Schick has four goals, and for Lukaku to overwhelm Schick, he will have to pull off the most intimidating trick against Italy: strength and speed. Without Hazard and De Bruyne, Belgium must invent chances for Lukaku. It's such a good card, if you don't need it now, when will you wait?
