Chapter 50 The footsteps of the World Youth Championship finals

Chapter 50 The footsteps of the World Youth Championship finals

The game continues.

Uruguay head coach Juan Verzeri stood on the sidelines. He had already conveyed instructions to his players: ignore the lost ball, don't panic, don't be chaotic, press out and attack.

Juan Verzeri still has a high prestige among the Uruguayan youth army. His calmness infected the Uruguayan players, causing them to gradually settle down.

This tactical instruction is also very correct and should be done. If Uruguay, which is trailing 0:1, wants to advance, it must attack, score goals and win.

Juan Verzeri did not return to the dugout. He remained standing on the sidelines, thinking.

To be able to become the head coach of Uruguay Card U20, you naturally have two skills.

This lost goal allowed him to see the changes in Portugal. Bruno did not appear on the right wing where he often appeared in the past. Take the goal just now, this talented midfielder appeared in the middle, dribbling the ball in the middle, organizing and instigating this attack.

This is a very important message.

Obviously, it was this change that made Uruguay panic when facing Portugal's attack after the opening game, and lacked the necessary response.

"Giorgian!" Juan Verzeri shouted loudly on the sidelines. Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, he called the team's core midfielder No. 10 Giorgian de Alacaeta, "Pay attention to Bruno. , he organized the attack in the middle today, he is Portugal’s organizational hub!”

Giorgian de Alacaeta nodded, indicating that he understood.

Although he only turned 19 at the beginning of last month and is still very young, Giorgian de Alascaeta is the leader and core of this Uruguayan U20 team.Although there are big-name players such as defender Guillermo Barrera who plays for the Premier League giant Manchester United and striker Nico Lopez who plays for the Serie A giant Roma.

His talent and reading of the game are unquestionable, and he's noticed.

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In the subsequent games, Uruguay strengthened its defense against Bruno.

Juan Verzeri nodded with satisfaction. Although Portugal's change caught Uruguay off guard, Juan Verzeri was not too panicked. He was very concerned about his team's offensive ability and was very interested in winning this game. I still have confidence in the game.

However, Verzeri's expression soon changed.

After seeing Portugal try a few more attacks, but with little effect, their head coach Felipe Ramos walked to the sidelines and whistled, then stretched out two fingers, and then Verzeri saw Portugal Start to shrink the defense line.

"Asshole!" Velzeri cursed through gritted teeth.

He hopes that Portugal will continue to press out and attack. Uruguay is not afraid of opponents attacking them, which means that the gaps and loopholes after the opponent presses out can be exploited.

Than goals, Verzeri has confidence in his team, especially facing Portugal, which has conceded 5 goals in the previous 10 games.

Uruguay's offensive power may not be as strong as Portugal, which has two top strikers, Bruno and Bruma, but they also have Lopez, who has scored 5 goals in 4 games, which is definitely an extremely sharp knife!

However, facing a defensive team that shrinks, you really don't have many good options.

Portugal's defense is indeed very poor, as evidenced by conceding 5 goals in 10 games, but when they shrink their defense, their goal is still difficult to break.

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Soon, the game reached a stalemate.

Uruguay's players were working hard to attack, but they found that Portugal's backcourt defense, which had conceded 5 goals in the previous five games, was not as bad as they imagined. Facing their offense, they seemed impregnable for a while.

Not only that, Portugal has three fast players in the frontcourt, Bruno, Bruma and Aladegui.

In particular, Bruno and Bruma are fast, have excellent foot skills, and can pass and shoot. This makes Uruguay a little wary when they press out to attack.

In the 34th minute of the game, Uruguay's pass was intercepted and Portugal launched a quick counterattack. Their captain Joao Mario directly passed the ball to Bruno.

After Bruno stopped the ball beautifully, he drove the ball straight in. After breaking through Uruguay's defense to form a single goal, facing Amores' attack and block, Bruno wisely chose to distribute the ball to Aladegui who was advancing.

Facing the Uruguay goal at the entrance of the hole, Aladegui just made a light push and sent the ball into the Uruguay goal.

2: 0!

"Hell!" Juan Verzeri cursed unhappily.

He knows that although Portugal seems to be very passive, Portugal, which is leading by two goals, has actually taken the initiative in the game. Their current purpose and tactics are very clear, which is to defend and counterattack, and use Uruguay to press into the space behind them. Play a good game of sneak attack.

This tactic is very simple, very direct and crude, and can be seen through at a glance, but for a while there is really nothing you can do against him.

<divclass="contentadv">If you cannot attack for a long time, your mentality will inevitably be affected. At the same time, you have to worry about being attacked by your opponent at all times.

It was like the second goal Uruguay had just conceded.

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Amidst the struggle, the 45 minutes of the first half passed quickly, and Portugal entered the halftime break with a 2:0 advantage.

At the beginning of the second half, Uruguay made substitution adjustments. Forward Diego Roland, who plays for French Ligue 1 Bordeaux, came on and replaced defender Diego Laxalt.

Uruguay changed from the opening 451 formation to 352. Juan Verzeri planned to risk his life with Portugal.

In fact, this is also a somewhat helpless choice.

With two goals behind, if they don't score quickly, Uruguay will also be eliminated.

However, as an intensive defense of a world-wide problem, Uruguay also seems somewhat helpless. Juan Verzeri can only choose to pile up forwards.

In the 64th minute of the game, Uruguay made another substitution adjustment. Juan Verzeri replaced midfielder Federico Acevedo with forward Gonzalo Bueno. Uruguay changed again to 343.

Uruguay, who strengthened their offense, did create some opportunities.

In the 69th minute of the game, Uruguay finally played a beautiful match on Portugal's right.

Gonzalo Bueno got the ball, and he tried to shoot. He tricked Mica Pinto into getting up to block the ball, but he suddenly sent the ball from a diagonal.

Nico Lopez was then seen on the football line.

"Single sword!"

"This is Uruguay's chance!"

Verzeri on the sidelines was already ready to rush out of the coaching bench to cheer and celebrate the goal. After scoring this goal, the score was 2:1. Uruguay was alive again!

However, at this moment, the referee blew his whistle and made a gesture: offside!

This penalty caused strong dissatisfaction among the Uruguayan players, but the referee insisted on his decision.The slow motion showed that Lopez was indeed suspected of being offside, and he reached out his shoulder first.

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With less and less time left in the game, Juan Verzeri, who still couldn't score to narrow the score, decided to give it a try.

In the 80th minute of the game, Juan Verzeri played the last card in his hand and replaced the exhausted No. 10 Giorgione with the -meter high center Felipe Avinata. de lascaeta.

At this time, Uruguay already has four forwards on the field!

As for tactics, now for Uruguay, there is no other way but to attack.

After eighty minutes of the game, the Portuguese players felt a little relaxed mentally.

In the 81st minute of the game, Uruguayan winger Gonzalo Bueno, who came on as a substitute, dribbled the ball at high speed from the wing. Seeing that the defensive player was not pressing hard enough, he suddenly cut inside and shot. This was a ground ball. Football Poster Touching the turf, almost touching the outside of the post and out of the bottom line.

This sudden shot shocked Bruno into a cold sweat.

When Portuguese goalkeeper José Sa was about to take the kick, he yelled at his teammates: "Calm down! Calm down!"

He pointed his hands at his temples, reminding his teammates to stay calm and not to get carried away by the good situation in front of them.

"The game is not over yet! Calm down! Calm down!" Bruno yelled.

The Portuguese players are obviously a little too excited. It is estimated that some players are already thinking about the finals. This is the most dangerous moment.

Before, Bruno thought it was impossible for Uruguay to pull two goals, but Bueno's shot made him break out in a cold sweat and became alert.

As long as the final whistle doesn't blow, anything is possible, and now is not the time to relax and celebrate early.