Agreeing that being a footballer today is a privilege available to very few, it should not be easy to be someone like
Nélson Semedo
. Too many afternoons. Too many nights Let's collect. He was the starting right-back in Barcelona's continental disaster in Rome (3-0) that day when
Manolas's
closet
showed him the way to the basement. He was on the verge of getting rid of Anfield, but ended up playing the last half hour to see how Liverpool took the final shovel (4-0). He returned to appear from the beginning with his former team in Lisbon. Yes, the 8-2 in which the little
Alphonso Davies
, Bayern winger, made him dance with the same grace with which Garrincha was shaking a good glass of brandy.
Semedo believed he had left his demons behind at Wolverhampton.
But in Munich they all returned.
And they swirled over the figure of
Gosens
.
Of course, the Germany winger, who makes his living at Atalanta, played the game of his life.
They annulled him an acrobatic goal by those who are not forgotten, he scored another that was worth it, participated in two more and dragged the
Mannschaft
to a monumental triumph that returns him all the credit.
Portugal, nailed in defense like a scarecrow, will have to play the classification with France and aspire to score at least one point.
Germany will face Hungary, still with options.
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Joachim Löw
, fired with fury after losing on the opening day against Deschamps, managed to get his players to correct the only thing that had failed them then. The poison in the areas of greatest influence. Löw, stubborn, repeated eleven headline. Also the same scheme of three centers and two lanes, with
Kimmich
and Gosens enjoying their catwalks on the flanks, and
Gnabry
as a lying center forward in an offensive triangle completed by
Havertz
and
Müller
. Everything worked out wonderfully this time. The pressure in the rival field was unbearable for the Portuguese.
William Carvalho,
Danilo
and
Bruno Fernandes
they did not exist in the center of the field, always running after the passes of
Kroos
and
Gündogan
.
While
Guerreiro
and Semedo had to curse their job as laterals before what came over them from the very dawn.
Because at five minutes Gosens, neglected by Semedo, had already jumped to execute
Rui Patricio
with a volley worthy of an acrobat.
The Portuguese claimed a previous hand from Müller, entirely involuntary.
But the referee would end up canceling the goal due to an offside by Gnabry.
Portugal suddenly found some relief when, in the middle of the German siege, Cristiano ran like a madman after a corner kick against him. He himself cleared the ball in his own area. And he did not stop until he reached the rival goal and made sense of the perfect counterattack.
Bernardo Silva
in driving and passing, and
Diogo Jota
in control and assistance, anticipated Ronaldo's third goal in this Euro Cup. There is nothing.
But Germany, faced with the evidence that Portugal could barely get out of its lair, continued to do its thing.
In the extremes the tie was born.
Something easy to understand when one of the footballers with the best foot in the world, Joshua Kimmich, is out there.
Gosens continued from the left, and when Havertz was about to shoot a goal in the small area, it was
Rúben Dias
who advanced
.
The second goal for Germany was also scored by Portugal at their own goal.
And he did it just four minutes later.
Once again Gosens and Kimmich asked for the time, with Müller acting as agitator, and poor Guerreiro finishing where he shouldn't have.
I am looking for Fernando Santos alternatives to the sinkhole in the Semedo area with the entry of
Renato Sanches
.
He should be the one to help her out.
But it was of no use.
Gosens again showed the way to Havertz, who is still sweet after being the protagonist of the Champions League final won by Chelsea.
And Gosens, before Löw replaced him to get an ovation that will always accompany him, caught 1-4 after heading alone a ball caressed from the opposite flank by Kimmich.
The Portuguese threat of rebellion was entirely fictional.
Cristiano was already running without much sense.
Joao Moutinho
did not improve Bruno Fernandes, disoriented in that indeterminate position in which his coach makes him play.
In no man's land and without balls to touch.
The 2-4 of Diogo Jota, assisted by Ronaldo, and the subsequent missile to the post of Renato Sanches did not affect Germany, finally sure of its great possibilities in this European Championship.
Although there is still one last day in a group that has become a powder keg.
Semedo, by the way, completed the match from start to finish.
Out that his particular museum of horrors could be lame.
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