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Portuguese Super League: Braga is distracted by the UEFA Cup, can Tundra defeat strong opponents? Braga vs. Tundra

9:01am, 10 August 2025【Football】

Portugal Super League: Braga VS Tundra

Match time: 2025-08-11 03:30 Analysis of the recent situation of the team on Monday: Braga's recent performance can only be considered average. Although the team had won the first move in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers before, in fact, Braga not only failed to gain an advantage in the midfield ball rights competition, but the overall performance of the players was also relatively average. In connection with the last round of the UEFA Europa League qualifiers, Braga only defeated Sofialevski in overtime to advance. It can be seen that Braga's players are still in the stage of finding the game. Considering the lead of one goal, it is impossible to ensure that Braga's qualification for the UEFA Europa League. What's more, the opponent in this round is just a newly promoted team. I believe that the Braga head coach is very likely to take the initiative to take the rotation to rest some of the main players in this game to better prepare for the next round of the upcoming UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Braga's overall combat capability has declined is more due to the fact that the team has introduced too many young rookies in the new season. Moreover, Victor and Navarro, who have joined the team, have not yet been able to truly integrate into the team's offensive system. If midfielder Gorby had not been in excellent form in the last game and helped the team score two goals, it would have been difficult for Braga to win the lead in advance on the road. Although this 433 formation now looks good at offensive ability, if the players only continue to create offensive opportunities through personal breakthroughs, Braga will definitely find it difficult to achieve too good results in a multi-line combat environment.

Of course, Braga's overall strength is definitely far above Tundra. There is nothing wrong with the team's coach adopting the main rest strategy. After all, in addition to finding the game state for the main players at the beginning of the season, substitutes also need more game time to warm up. It is not difficult to find that once Braga takes the main player's active rest, the team's offensive fluency will often be greatly affected. This direct presentation is difficult to create too much defensive pressure for the opponent. If Braga's several midfielders in this game are still fighting each other, then the opponent Tundra has the hope to cause trouble for Braga by strictly guarding the dead.

Tundra believes that fans should be relatively unfamiliar with fans. After all, in addition to a limited number of strong teams in the Portuguese Super League, the overall combat capabilities of other teams are relatively limited. Moreover, Tundra is only a team of the Portuguese Super League promoted. In the previous few seasons, they have been able to compete in the Portuguese Super League. Even though they obtained promotion quotas through hard work last season, it is difficult for Tundra to show too strong league competitiveness after being promoted to the Portuguese Super League. After all, the club cannot provide Tundra with too much recruitment funds. If only the lineup team of the Portuguese Super League is used to compete with the Portuguese Super League, Tundra will inevitably be a difficult performance in the new season.

Tactical Board, last season, Tundra continued to use a 343 formation when he fought in the Portuguese League last season. The team had played five pre-season warm-up matches in the offseason, and it was still mainly based on the 343 formation. Obviously, the team's coach has not yet adjusted his technical and tactical style for the time being, and the 343 tactical style is indeed relatively guaranteed in the midfield confrontation. If Tundra can gain an advantage in the midfield ball competition, then Tundra may grab points from more powerful opponents.

However, there are no top teams in the team. The lineup is insufficient and the players' personal abilities are limited, so it is actually difficult to get any advantage at the midfield confrontation level. The intensity of the Portuguese Super League is far from comparable to the Portuguese League. That is to say, the 343 formation of Tordela should not have the ability to limit the Portuguese Super League's continuous impact. Once the midfield is lost, the defensive pressure will increase dramatically. Then whether the team's coach can make timely adapt will have a high probability that it will directly affect the final result of the first game of Tordela.

Event Analysis:

Brah and one confrontation with Tundra can be traced back to the 2022 season, when Brahga successfully defeated his opponent in both confrontations. Although Tundra's overall strength is indeed far inferior to Braga, since Braga's players are still in the stage of finding the feeling of the game, the gap in strength between the two sides is far less than imagined. Moreover, in order to better prepare for the follow-up cup, Braga will definitely not waste too much physical fitness and energy on a team of newly promoted teams. It is likely that the start of the game will become Braga's first choice tactic. Considering that Tundra must focus on strict defense and fast counterattack tactics, if Braga's attack at the beginning cannot work, the game will inevitably become very stalemate. I believe that Braga should also spend a lot of time and energy in this game before he has the hope of grabbing a valuable three-pointer from Tundra.