Well, first of all, congratulations to me for guessing right again, haha!

Before the match between Spain and France, some people favored France based on their historical head-to-head record, saying that France had never lost to Spain in a major world competition.

But history is old news. Since Spain's strong rise in 2008, this was the first time the two teams had met, and the players had all changed. What reference value does such a historical record have?

Spain is strong, while France is in a period of transition and rebuilding. Who would win was obvious.

This game also proved this point very well. Facing Spain, France could only stabilize its defense and then look for opportunities to counterattack.

The tactics were correct. Playing against Spain now, which is like playing against Barcelona, ​​and confronting them head-on would definitely be a miserable death. Although it might please the "offensive football purists," it would let down its supporters.

So everyone chooses defensive counterattacks. At least defensive counterattacks still have a chance to win. Attacking head-on has no chance at all.

But teams that play defensive counterattacks have very high requirements for the success rate of their counterattacks. Mourinho's Real Madrid did a great job in this regard. Look at the game where they beat Barcelona 2-1 at the Camp Nou, which is a typical example. After Sanchez scored, Real Madrid quickly used a counterattack, and C Ronaldo scored a goal to seal the victory.

Because efficient counterattacks can effectively destroy Barcelona's morale.

However, the French team's counterattack efficiency in this game was terrible. It cannot be said that they had no chances. They had many chances, but they didn't seize any of them.

In this way, losing to Spain was a matter of course.

Spain still played their traditional style, passing the ball so much that it could put people to sleep... but the effect was good. There are only a handful of teams in football today that can break their tactics.

The semi-final is the Iberian Peninsula derby. Although Portugal is on the rise, they have run into Spain. I don't think Portugal has enough ability to destroy Spain, so Spain may directly enter the final.

If they meet Germany in the final, they may defend the European Cup title. If they meet Italy... then it will be very difficult to say...

In tomorrow morning's game, England vs. Italy, I am optimistic about Italy. England's lineup is incomplete, and their form is unstable. They had many problems in the group stage, but they were just lucky...

Italy, on the other hand, has a fine tradition. No matter how bad this team performs, as long as they can get through the group stage and enter the knockout stage, they will be like a dragon entering the sea and have great potential.

So I think in tomorrow morning's game, Italy will be able to beat England and enter the semi-finals.

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