Veterans don't die, they just fade away!
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Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
(Lionel Messi, Luka Modrić, and others who have been in the soccer world for more than a decade are now making their last appearance as players at the World Cup. Lionel Messi, Luka Modrić and other Ballon d'Or winners who have been playing football for more than a decade are now competing in the World Cup for the last time in their lives as players. However, the performance of these champions in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has shown that they are not as good as they used to be.
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
(Lionel Messi and Luka Modrić fought tirelessly and created another miracle that fans around the world will cherish. Lionel Messi and Luka Modrić (Luka Modri?) fought tirelessly and created another miracle that fans around the world, regardless of nationality, cherished, and in the last session left a legacy that will live on in the history of world soccer. But there are also those who are known for their fitness regimen.
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(Cristiano Ronaldo), has not yet adjusted to the rookie generation, I will be out of the life track transition, resulting in today's time is not I give but in the field outside the head coach with their own repeated disagreements polarized development .......
From Erik ten Hag, the former head coach of Manchester United in the English Premier League, to the current Cada World Cup in Portugal, the team has been a great success.
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Head Coach Fernando Santos. Fernando Santos.
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(Cristiano Ronaldo) emotional outpouring of criticism caused the head coach to be upset. The move not only upset
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(Cristiano Ronaldo's aura as a soccer champion is fading fast, and even the path to remain a professional player will become narrower and narrower in the future! After all, no team's financier, leader or coach wants to keep a player on the team who has a high reputation and money-spinning effect, but has limited contribution on the field, criticizes the team if it doesn't go his way, and disrupts the unity of the team by going above and beyond the call of duty of a player. What's more, the schedule of this year's World Cup is so tight that the number of days between matches for each team has been reduced, which makes it a priority for each team's coaching staff to regulate the physical fitness of the players and maintain the standard of the substitutes.
While generational change has become the main axis of this year's World Cup in Qatar, Switzerland, which has been substantially replaced by new blood, has been the first country in the world to have a new generation.
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Still maintaining its tradition of defense, the team will have to face a newer and more aggressive Portugal.
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The two sides' recent head-to-head records are well worth taking a look at. In particular, Portugal and Switzerland
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On June 5 and 12 of this year, a double-header of home and away matches was played in the UEFA Nations League, and the two teams have long been familiar with each other's player habits and offensive and defensive strategies for the round of 16 single-elimination match after a six-month hiatus. Half a year ago, Portugal won 4-0 at home against Switzerland.
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Switzerland beat Portugal 1-0 at home.
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The result of the match, which appeared to be a home win for each team, showed that Fernando Santos' Portugal had the better of the Swiss in terms of possession. Fernando Santos' Portugal has a higher possession rate than Switzerland.
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And the Portuguese strikers and attacking midfielders are more efficient in their aggression.
Switzerland
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Murat Yakin Coach Murat Yakin maintains a traditional style of play that emphasizes defense and waiting for the opportunity to counterattack, which is a necessary strategy to hide the limited number of shots that can be created because of the poor lateral links in front of the goal. This also makes Portugal look slightly better than Switzerland!
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However, that doesn't mean that Switzerland doesn't have a chance to come back and beat Portugal. If Switzerland
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After using the rapid transition from defense to attack, advancing along the side road and cutting diagonally into the penalty area to create confusion in the Portuguese defense may not necessarily be unable to create a hold on Portugal's full force to push forward the attack to reduce the pressure on the back of the frequent breakthroughs, and even take advantage of the chaos to get a goal.
Looking back at Russia 2018
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The initial phase of the World Cup intra-conference tournament.
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(Cristiano Ronaldo) for Portugal in Group B.
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He started and played almost the whole game, scoring three goals against Spain and one against Morocco, except for a goal by Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo against Iran. With the exception of a goal against Iran scored by Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo, Portugal almost scored all the goals.
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The vast majority of goals scored in the group stage. In Group H of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, four years apart.
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(Cristiano Ronaldo, who started every game but was substituted in every one, scored only one goal from a penalty kick against Cana in front of the net, accounting for only one goal for Portugal.
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One of the six goals scored in the group stage.
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(Cristiano Ronaldo's overall form is not what it used to be, and the signs of his aging can be seen in his performances in the group stage of the last two World Cup tournaments.
Recently it was rumored that Fernando Santos, the head coach of the Fernando Santos, the head coach, is unhappy with the
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(Cristiano Ronaldo) sideline criticism, considering not starting him in the round of sixteen single-elimination matches, not only to ensure head coach scheduling dominance, but also to synthesize the performance of each striker in the first three rounds of the group stage, without considering the
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(Cristiano Ronaldo) fame of rational judgment. Especially when Fernando Santos, the head coach, adopts a 4-3-3 formation. Fernando Santos, the head coach, adopted a 4-3-3 formation, with the strikers attacking forward to exert pressure to interfere with the defenders, or the strikers transferring horizontally to tear apart the defense line to score points, and then with the attacking midfielders to receive the shot on goal in a multi-pronged approach. Therefore, the attacking midfielder Bruno Fernández (Bruno Fernández), who has been a member of the team for over a decade, is the most important player. Attacking midfielder Bruno Fernandes (Bruno Fernandes) to take the shot to score is important, but Ricardo Horta (Ricardo Horta). Ricardo Horta, André Silva, and Ricardo Horta. But it was the frequent runs of Ricardo Horta, André Silva, Rafael Leão and the other strikers that were key to Portugal's penetration of the penalty area.