Wales have scripted history in Euro 2016 by reaching the semifinal. Will wales take one more step forward and make it to the final ? Its not just a battle between Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo. There's more to the tie than that with inspiring performances from both sides. Ashley Williams has played like a man possessed and Aron Ramsey has been in inspired form. In the Portuguese team the young Renato sanches has proved why Bayern Munich spent 80 Million euros to land him with maturity beyond his years and both Nani and Ricardo Quaresma have shined after years of under achievement. Ronaldo has drawn some criticism from his own team mates but has come to portugal's rescue in group stages and theres every chance he will come back and haunt Wales in his best form and answers the critics in the best way he always does.
Considering Ramsey is suspended for the semifinal Wales could consider a different formation and look to play a 3-5-2 instead of a 3-4-2-1 with bale playing slightly off the main striker Han robson kanu. The free role could mean bale can run riot agasinst the ageing Ricardo Carvalho and Real madrid team mate Pepe. Wales could look to crowd the midfield and stop the supplies to portuguese forwards who usually play in a 4-3-3 and the portuguese could improvise and switch to a 4-4-2 considering wales are without one of their forward players ramsey. On the other hand portugal will look to start the game with 18 year old Renato sanches and stop the passing game of wales with william carvalho and Joao moutinho playing a key role in midfield and Valencia ace andre gomes could be deployed in a more defensive minded role to mark gareth bale on the wings. All in all i dont see this game being controlled by any one team. Portugal a few years ago were a far superior side than wales and still have recognized players plying their trade in some of the best clubs in europe but an ageing squad and the nothing to loose attitude and confidence that wales will display is what they will be up against and the prospect of not just playing a major tournament but actually reaching the final will be a big bonus for wales and they will have the mental edge over experienced campaigners portugal. I think this ficture will go down to the wire and will only be decided on penalties.
Prediction 1-1 (wales win on penalties)
Considering Ramsey is suspended for the semifinal Wales could consider a different formation and look to play a 3-5-2 instead of a 3-4-2-1 with bale playing slightly off the main striker Han robson kanu. The free role could mean bale can run riot agasinst the ageing Ricardo Carvalho and Real madrid team mate Pepe. Wales could look to crowd the midfield and stop the supplies to portuguese forwards who usually play in a 4-3-3 and the portuguese could improvise and switch to a 4-4-2 considering wales are without one of their forward players ramsey. On the other hand portugal will look to start the game with 18 year old Renato sanches and stop the passing game of wales with william carvalho and Joao moutinho playing a key role in midfield and Valencia ace andre gomes could be deployed in a more defensive minded role to mark gareth bale on the wings. All in all i dont see this game being controlled by any one team. Portugal a few years ago were a far superior side than wales and still have recognized players plying their trade in some of the best clubs in europe but an ageing squad and the nothing to loose attitude and confidence that wales will display is what they will be up against and the prospect of not just playing a major tournament but actually reaching the final will be a big bonus for wales and they will have the mental edge over experienced campaigners portugal. I think this ficture will go down to the wire and will only be decided on penalties.
Prediction 1-1 (wales win on penalties)
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