World Cup Tonight
semifinals
There is Portugal vs Switzerland, Switzerland is a team that plays cautiously and carefully, the midfield pairing is not good, but the victory is that the defense deployment is quite good, for example, when facing Brazil, the midfield is very close, one-on-one defense is good, the midfield Fiona against Serbia, both offensive and defensive, in general, the continuation of the defensive strength of the qualities.
Portugal's midfield duo undecided
Portugal achieved their goal of finishing at the top of the group, but the defeat against South Korea somewhat reflected some problems, such as the offense level is not as expected. Although Portugal has many different types of attacking players in the squad, and can also form a midfield line with different combinations, they have not yet found the best combination. Individual young players such as Zuofelix and Rafael Llano are not stable enough, veteran Cron has not hit the target goal for two consecutive games, there is space for counterattacks are still able to create a threat, but positional battles appear to be a little bit of a struggle.
Portugal under coach Santos did tend to be conservative and failed to make good use of the flair and talent of their midfielders. Six months ago, in
League of Europe
The Swiss have faced Switzerland twice, winning 1 game each at the time, and the Swiss managed to shut out their opponents in the home leg, winning 1-0, which should never be taken lightly.
Moreover, Switzerland is very conservative whenever they enter the knockout stage of a big game, and they often draw in the legal time. They shot 3 times in the last 2 European Cups, 1 time in the last 3 World Cup final weeks, and 1 time in extra time, so it seems that the chances of Portugal and Switzerland not being able to share the spoils in 90 minutes are very high this time.
