Today, let's talk to you about the World Cup focus match between Portugal and Ghana.
Saudi Arabia's defeat over Argentina and Japan's defeat of Germany gave Asian teams a big boost at this World Cup. In fact, at the same time, African teams also played a roadblock in the World Cup group stage this year, although Senegal lost to the Netherlands in their debut, but then Tunisia drew with Denmark, and Morocco scored a point on Croatia yesterday, which also sounded the alarm for European powerhouses, so can Ghana create trouble for Portugal today?
World Cup Portugal vs Ghana
Ghana is the youngest team in this World Cup, there is no one, the average age is less than 25 years old, only two players have World Cup experience, many friends see them as a fishbelly team in Group H, which is obviously a very dangerous idea, although Ghana is ranked lower, but it is definitely stronger than the ranking, especially since they have just naturalized 6 strength players.
Among them, Inyaki Williams, Lamptai, Salisou 3 new internationals have been successfully selected for the final list, and are about to make their World Cup debuts, these players are outstanding, and this World Cup will definitely play a key role, especially the efficient Williams and Southampton main defender Salisou this season. Head coach Addo also took over this year, and the former Ghana international previously developed in Germany as Son Heung-min's head coach at Hamburg Juniors, and the next match against South Korea is very interesting.
So what fans are most worried about at the moment is the run-in problem of this Ghanaian team, after all, we all know that the tactical execution ability of African teams is a big shortcoming compared to it, and they temporarily naturalize so many players, obviously not only for this World Cup, but more for the 2026 World Cup.
But in fact, in the hands of Addo, Ghana's formation has not been adjusted much, mainly playing 4231, many Ghanaian internationals play in the club is this formation, we just talked about the national team newcomer, Williams in Bilbao Athletic played 4231, Salisu in Southampton too, this is simply like water for them, Salisu also scored easily in the friendly match.
Judging from last week's game against Switzerland, Ghana's midfield penetration and quick defensive counter-attack played very methodically, beating Switzerland 2-0 without the two core midfield cores of Thomas and Kudus, they played solidly, defended well, and had the advantage of body and speed, and may become one of the dark horses of this World Cup.
Although Portugal is stronger and more experienced, Guo Guo said in previous articles that Portugal has two obvious problems, one is the lack of rotation players in some positions, especially central defenders, which should be clear to everyone. Moreover, the conservativeness of the old manager Santos also makes the Portuguese team with a luxurious forward team not so satisfied.
Of course, many friends think that in a game like the World Cup, being conservative may not be a bad thing, but this may be true for a team of average quality, and I may not agree with a team like Portugal that is competing for the title. Especially with the gradual decline of Ronaldo's form, if Santos still wants all the players to look for Ronaldo's style of play, then I may be more worried about Portugal.
Against a young team like Ghana, if Portugal can quickly build up an advantage, it may make Ghana's young players mentally collapse and it will be difficult to implement the manager's tactics, but if the opponent is made to play more and more smoothly, will it blow another cold wind in this World Cup? After looking at the national World Cup database, I expect Ghana to lose at most in a tenacious battle, what do you think? #2022世界杯 #