Spain was clearly a defensive team playing catenaccio and counterattacks during most of the regular time. Portugal improved their team play but at the expenses of Ronaldo performance. Portugal also succeeded in neutralizing the Tiky Taka with pressing for at least 70 minutes, then they ran out of fuel. Overall Portugal deserved to win for trying more. But there's no justice.
Now let's see if Italy recovered the 120 minutes of Sunday's battle. If they did I'm afraid that Germany's dreams will die tonight ... if not, Spain - Germany will be another blocked match with Spain's catenaccio and counterattack
Ccheers!.
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