In the European Cup semi-finals, Spain will face France, and England will face the Netherlands. Regarding the performance of France and England, Oriental Sports Daily wrote an article saying, “The dual reasons of attacking difficulties and defending ease, and the success or failure of a team, have led to teams increasingly valuing defense, even the world’s top teams.”
Dongti wrote, for example, the French team, ranked second in the world by FIFA and in terms of market value, is “playing defensively”, not easily pressing forward, and had less than 40% possession against Portugal in the quarter-finals.
Speaking of England, Dongti said that England, with the highest market value and ranked third, is also a “turtle”, not making progress when not trailing and retreating when leading.
In addition, Dongti also wrote, “Both teams prioritize defense over attack, the pace of the game is slow, like chess, one step at a time, very boring, the viewers will fall asleep. France’s game against Belgium is a typical example.”
The article concludes by saying, “Strong teams are like this, weak teams even more so. The entertainment value of football is getting worse. The bigger the competition, the uglier it gets.”
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