0 goals in sports battles? Does it sound like this team is very good?
However, this team with 0 goals in the sports battle not only entered the top 4, but their defense was not able to break through.
When everyone was complaining about the poor finish of the French team, the importance of the "steady as a dog" defense was completely ignored.
The same overtime was played, if Spain's game against Germany was equivalent to a street fight, then Portugal's fight against France was equivalent to a Tai Chi pusher. Both sides choose to fight for internal strength, and they are waiting for the opponent to make a mistake, and if there is a slight mistake, one move will be fatal.
However, they were both afraid of making mistakes, which decided that the tactical arrangements of both sides were relatively conservative, and it was also decided that the game would definitely not be good, so that the biggest attraction became Vitinha's "yellow card" for Oliver.
Because the Portuguese players are better at the delicate handling of their feet than the French players, and their offense has to accommodate Ronaldo, who can't run, doesn't break through, has no fulcrum ability, and can only grab points in the penalty area; Therefore, Portugal's attack is to find opportunities to be fast in the slow. It wasn't until the second half that they really created dangerous chances.
In the previous game of the French team, it has been deliberately slowing down the pace and grinding positions with the opponent, but the effect is very bad, in the first round of this game, Kante quickly dribbled forward; They obviously want to pull up the tempo and intensity in this game.
But throughout the first half, the French team looked very screwed; On one side, Kante was a booster, and the defensive turn attack quickly hit the frontcourt. On the other hand, as long as the ball reaches Griezmann's feet, it will either stick to the ball or lose the ball, which not only drags down the team's rhythm, but also becomes an offensive finisher. It wasn't until the second half that Muani's shot was defeated by Ruben Brown. Diaz flew to block the bottom line, and the French team finally got the good chance they coveted for the switch.
Of course, if you talk about the first half of the game, at least the backfield did not feel too much pressure, and Deschamps is still willing to give Griezmann a chance to grind slowly with Portugal. Then in the second half, when the Portuguese team suddenly made a force and almost broke the French goal, Deschamps realized that he could not be so passive anymore, and he decisively replaced Griezmann with Dembele.
As soon as Dembele came up, he made a difference in the French team's attack. His cross was almost all the way to the opposition, but Camavinga wasted a 'grandma' ball.
The tempo of the game was lifted in the second half of the second half when both sides saw hope of finding the back of the net and thus became less conservative. France saw hope of killing the game in regulation time, but they were too poor for finishing.
In extra-time, Conseção was very active, creating great chances on the right on several occasions. But the end of Ronaldo can only be described in an abstract way.
The French team, which chose to retreat and cede possession, seized every opportunity to convert. Both Dembele and Balklae have created a threat with their individual abilities, and the French team seems to have no shooting boots on goal.
For most of the extra time, both sides dragged down the rhythm and slowly fell to their feet, as if they had reached a tacit understanding for the penalty shootout.
There is Diogo, who is good at fluttering. Costa, which made Portugal more favoured ahead of the penalty shootout. But who would have expected that Deschamps would not talk about martial arts in the penalty shootout!
Generally, in this kind of knockout stage of the World Series, almost all teams will only study the penalty habits of a few key players of the opponent. When Portugal prepared Mbappe, Griezmann, and Muani before the penalty shootout, they were replaced; Thuram Jr. and Tchouameni, who had taken a penalty in the World Cup final, did not go up, and Giroud did not appear, and the five people who went to 12 yards in the French penalty shootout, except for Dembele, the Portuguese team basically did not study, and Deschamps's "no martial arts" broke up Portugal's calculations. As a result, Costa, who is good at pounces, guessed the right direction once with a confused face, and was hit by Kounde in the upper corner.
On the other hand, the players who took penalties in Portugal were basically the key people targeted by the French team, so Maignan judged the right direction in the first three, and then Felix unexpectedly dropped the chain.
When Special Olympics scored the penalty, France became a rare team in a tournament with zero goals in an athletic battle and a team that could also break into the last four. Considering that although Spain defeated Germany, it also fought to the end of ammunition; In the case of insufficient bench depth, there are many fewer main players in the semi-finals, in fact, when advancing to the semi-finals, the French team is equivalent to a small half foot into the final.
Even if the outside world is complaining about the French team's zero goals in the sports game, Deschamps's team can be very proud to say that there is no team that can break the French goal by relying on the sports game.
The last time France won a penalty shoot-out was back in 1998 at the World Cup on home soil, and the captain of that team was Didier Deschamps.
In the eyes of those who don't look down on Deschamps, a good card of the French team has been wasted in his hand. But for France, which has a tradition of infighting, who can guarantee control of the French team's dressing room except for Didier Deschamps?
can bring the French team back to the top and lead the team to the closest position to the top; From championship captain to championship coach, Didier Deschamps is France's chosen one!