Portugal won the championship by solving problems, which also gave Spain a good lesson

Alongside last year's European Cup championship, Spain's Honor Room has the opportunity to add a new trophy.

With a roughly similar tactical system and the further growth of Nico Williams and Yamal, Spain entered the stage of the UEFA League final. Judging from his performance at last year's European Cup, Delafuent's tactical system does not have much problem at the moment. The most important thing is still the players. With the support of the two outstanding wingers, many hidden dangers may not be hidden dangers.

However, the opponent standing opposite them is actually somewhat unexpected. Robert Martinez's Portugal stumbled in the European Cup last year. Although it was eventually eliminated by France, it lost to Georgia all the way and did not defeat Slovenia in 90 minutes. The coach and players performed well enough.

But a year later, the team did change, which is especially important for Spain's attention. After the opening of the game, the Portuguese system was actually very clear: In this 442, Bruno Fernandez and Bernardo Silva's positions are sometimes swapped, but no matter how they change, including Joao Nevesde playing right-back, Robert Martinez's idea of ​​controlling the game is still very clear. A high-pressing attempt like this is also an example:

This is a rude that Spanish coaches are difficult to get out of.

This is understandable, and Portugal is not only facing this rude that the coach brings, but also including in such a critical game, Ronaldo still needs to start.

As Portuguese, the old coach Fernando Santos can make a difficult decision to let Ronaldo substitute. The game result is not good, so naturally he encounters a storm, but it is difficult for you to expect a foreign coach to act the same way.

In this way, Portugal faces great difficulties at the tactical level.

A 40-year-old player starts with two midfielders of 30+ behind him. The coach hopes to control the ball as much as possible, and he will inevitably play at a high position for a period of time. However, the back line is led by Ruben Dias, and his partner is Inasio.

Many of the problems here are difficult to solve, but Robert Martinez made the relatively correct choice outside the central axis.

First, on the personnel level, on both sides, Robert Martinez tried his best to choose players with excellent physical conditions.

Netto, Concesan, Nuno Mendes and Joao Neves are generally not tall and are considered to be stronger and faster in the same body, so in single-point confrontation, there is actually a chance to not lose.

On this basis, when the two wing offensive players have heavy positioning responsibilities, they will try to be responsible for the exploration of vertical space as much as possible to make up for Portugal's weakness in the middle:

In this way, Portugal is trying to wrap a shell outside the problem.

Of course, these two wing offensive players are not very strong, and their ability and success rate are not very strong by using speed to play in depth:

, but the same thing is still meaningful when pressing at high positions is difficult to achieve, and if you can't rely on a veteran from a low position, even such an inefficient performance is still meaningful.

Not to mention their performance in defense and positioning, these two wide-range offensive players are actually a key means for Portugal to maintain strength.

Because soon after, Spain will take the ball and then start to play its own offensive threat.

Obviously, today Portugal used João Nevesty to play right back, and this side would become a attacking channel for Spain, so after the opening, Spain broke through the wing and ribs from this side:

In the 15th minute, Nico Williams sent out the inverted triangle, but Pedri's encirclement missed:

Then Nico himself Singles attacking is also very threatening:

, and in the 19th minute, Portugal began to continuously prevent Spanish players from knocking on their backs. This is a signal that the defensive intensity has dropped significantly:

The self-defense is insufficient and the periphery lacks a midfielder with strong destructive ability. The only one who can be counted on is placed on the wing, so all this is a natural and inevitable result.

So in the 21st minute, Spain won the first goal:

In fact, Spain scored the first score and gradually expanded its advantage until it finally reached the championship. This may be the result that most fans have already preset in their hearts.

Even the most confident Portuguese fans may have thought so in their hearts.

However, at this start, Spain successfully opened the score, but there were some poor performances. First of all, Yamal's performance is obviously not good enough. Not only can it be compared with last summer, but it is also difficult to compare with his previous performance in the club. He has a weak willingness to catch the ball, a weak willingness to play singles, and a weak willingness to exert force, which makes Spain's right performance obviously inferior to the left.

When the starting forward is only Oyasawar, the attack on both wings will become one wing, which will of course not only affect the offensive efficiency.

Secondly, Drafuente had a slight problem with personnel arrangement.

Compared with the European Cup, Spain now has no Rodri and lacks key players in the midfield. With many alternative options in the past year, De La Fuente decided to use Fabian Luis to perform his duties today..

Replaced Semedo in the first half to ensure his physical ability on the right. In the 74th minute, he replaced Inasio with Vega and replaced Bernardo Silva with Leo. While filling in the defensive loophole, he restored the arrangements of the two wingers.

Leo's performance in 45 minutes is actually hard to describe. Similar to his overall performance in the club and national team, the wing attack seems quite threatening, but it is difficult to radiate to the goal direction. However, being able to restrain a corner of Spain and even need to let Yamal come back to help defend is a sign of success:

And for most of the second half, Portugal always maintained a rhythm of changing two more than Spain, which allowed them to overcome the shortcomings of their own veterans and began to compete with Spain.

Even 90 minutes ago, Robert Martinez took advantage of the opportunity that Ronaldo could not hold on to replace Gonzalo Ramos, and Spain's center Morata made the game in the 111th minute of overtime.

So in the overtime stage, you will find that Portugal has played against Spain back and forth:

, Spain, which should have the advantage and always scored goals in the game, began to seem weak, which was a decline they had never seen in the European Cup last year.

So when entering the penalty shootout, the mentality of the Portuguese players was obviously more relaxed. They could fight the European Cup champion for 120 minutes. They had already fought enough, and their performance in overtime improved the team's confidence.

Last point, Jota, who appeared the latest in Portugal, was not ranked in the top 5 penalty sequence, and Morata, who lost the penalty, had not had time to touch a few more shots.

Even if Jota stood at the penalty spot, he played 5 minutes more than Moratado, and the theoretical probability of making a mistake is smaller.

In the end, the game was decided in this way.

It is hard to say how outstanding Portugal has been. In terms of personnel lineup, they have too many problems that cannot be solved. From front to back, veterans, croakers and special players all occupy key positions on the central axis; in terms of coaching ideas, in the face of such difficulties, Robert Martinez not only does not want to protect and counterattack, but instead has an uncontrollable desire to control the game and press high.

Fortunately, he performed well in the wing starter today, which made Portugal not fall into an irreversible situation in the first half. In the second half, his ideas were clearly exposed, but the adjustment of time and the players who adjusted the game could play some role, which made him not the culprit. Instead, he became another champion coach in Portugal with constant scandals after class.

I have to say that my luck is really good.

Of course, it is not someone else who gives Portugal the greatest help, but Spain itself.

de La Fuente's general idea is no different from the European Cup, but from the European Cup championship to the inability to defeat Portugal, the biggest change is the performance of the players. Yamal and Nico's vitality have clearly declined, which has brought Spain, which is already special, back to normal.

Under such a general background, the lack of genuine centers for a long time, Fabian Luisde's wrong position, and the performance of players such as Mingeza have become the inducement of changes in the game. In the adjustment stage, De La Fuente seemed slow and powerless. When Portugal had formed a team that was completely different from the starter at the end of the game, Spain was still holding on to the lack of the incompleteness. This is the responsibility of the coach outside the players.

Therefore, Spain should lose in this game, and it also needs such a loss to alert itself. Their European Cup championship is still shining, but the gap between them and their opponents is not so big that they will win anyway.

Losing to Robert Martinez and such a team is a good lesson.