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The two teams met last year at
European crown
We meet in the finals, and in the end
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The European Championships, and now we meet again after six months.
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the lineup hasn't changed much.
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The Reds, on the other hand, are not the Reds of last season.
(Both teams start)
At the start of the game.
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Just go up for a high press, this early first half was
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Kicked better.
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It's a little too much for the backfield to handle.
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Wave after wave of players coming up for the ball, only to turn it over right away
Only three minutes into the first half.
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hit (a target)
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On the right, Salah played a diagonal ball directly in front of Rüdiger's defense to the front of the box seven yards out, where Darwin Núñez came out from the side and scored with his heel.
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The defense felt a bit loose and Salah was in pretty good shape, constantly trying to force the issue
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Left. Home.
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There's a lot of momentum.
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The result was at the 14-minute mark
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Surprisingly, Courtois hesitated too long to kick the ball out when he had the ball, only for Salah to get a chance to add the ball to the goal against the keeper!
Only 15 minutes into the game.
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Two goals down, this time
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hasn't put together a threatening offense yet.
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The midfield gives the impression of being quite strong, and the defense takes care of that.
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No chance of intrusion.
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prohibited zone
But then.
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Begin slowly finishing the posture attack
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The result was that at the 20:00 mark Vinicius charged into the
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Heavily defended on the right, he suddenly kicked a worldie from 17 yards in front of Gomez's defense directly into the far corner to immediately bring the score back to one
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Alaba was replaced by Nacho at the 25:00 mark due to an injury, but Nacho stayed on defense for the rest of the game.
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Instead, it was not good enough to score, resulting in a simple goal kick on 35, which Alisson missed against a chasing Vinicius, and the ball bounced off Vinicius' calf and into his own goal.
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It's tied 2-2 here.
Only two minutes into the second half, at 47 points
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A free kick was taken on the left side of the penalty area, Militao moved across the area to clear the ball from his marker, and then from six yards out he aimed the ball into the gap between Gomez and Darwin Núñez, a goal that Modric drove too well, taking advantage of the close proximity of the area to drive a high speed ball that Gomez was unable to get to the ball.
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After taking an early lead in the second half, they immediately went into a defensive counterattack, with Valverde and Camavinga both standing back and no longer giving the
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They wanted to utilize the speed of Vinicius and Benzema to counterattack, but at the 54:00 mark, Benzema played a two-on-one with Rodrygo on the right side of the field and fired a shot into the box, which hit Gomez for a reflex, although both teams made mistakes.
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The luck is indeed better than
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fall short
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After that, they replaced Darwin Núñez and Gakpo with Jota and Firmino to try to play a positional game.
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Control has stabilized in the backfield.
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At 66:00, Modric saw that Fabinho wasn't quite holding the ball in the center of the field, broke up the pass, passed it to Vinicius, who then passed it to Benzema, who calmly snapped a shot past the keeper in the penalty area and actually scored, making it a decisive 2-5 game.
afterwards
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It's impenetrable.
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goal, they ended up losing 2-5 at home to the
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Both defenses are actually full of big mistakes.
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Playing Camavinga at the back is worse in terms of tempo control, but it can also disrupt Valverde's constant pulling back underneath
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The center attacked, and the
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Only had a kill in the first part of the first half throughout the game, and then as the game went on they didn't really pass the ball well.
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There were similar situations, but when the space for counterattacks appeared, the likes of Vinicius, Benzema, Modric, and Rodrygo ran on the run
beyond the pale
The road, and the
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Neither of the guards on the wings played good offense, and neither wing actually killed the ball, strictly speaking
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It's better on the counterattack.
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的
Having taken a three-goal lead in the first round.
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advancement
The Elite Eight is already a long shot.
