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Chapter 103 The Retractable Knife
When the Porto fans in the Dragon Stadium saw the starting lineup on the big screen, they might even feel a little surprised. The double striker formation they had been accustomed to for a long time suddenly disappeared, and Darley was the only one on the front line. The name appears on the list.

However, "South African Diamond" McCarthy, who has scored a lot of goals recently, is sitting on the bench in a training suit. Because of the camera angle, no one can see the expression of the South African. I don't know if he is acceptable. Such an arrangement.

Everyone is puzzled by this change. In the game where the points are most needed, Mourinho would choose to make adjustments on the front line.

However, the midfielder of the Porto team hoarded as many as five people. The little guy who had been frozen by Mourinho for two weeks suddenly appeared in the starting list. The surprise of this change may still be Marseille's intelligence-gatherer.

Deco's outstanding performance for two consecutive weeks has allowed Marseille to focus on the Brazilian in their defense against Porto. Lin Yi has not realized any bright spots in the two games, and even Marseille has ignored the defense against Porto. Kid attention.

Now even the commentator at the Dragon Stadium can't tell what the change in the lineup represents, let alone the French who are already dizzy.

Porto's defense led by Baia still continued with the recent staffing. Emmanuel still replaced the old captain Jorge Costa as the central defender. Conceded.

However, the excellent performance in two consecutive league games has allowed him to secure this position. Mourinho rarely changes his defense combination, especially when he is short of major generals, he chooses to continue to trust his players , rather than a temporary replacement.

Emmanuel himself said in an interview that the lesson of that summit has been profound enough, so he will not make the same mistake again.

Carvalho, Valente, and Ferreira are still in their fixed positions. This line of defense concedes the fewest goals in the Portuguese Super League. It needs to prove its worth in the Champions League. Two rounds of matches have already been lost. They scored three goals, which also put them under a lot of pressure.

In this battle with Marseille, who can defend the opponent's offense will be the key to determining the outcome. Porto's defense will have to bear a lot of pressure.

The French team is also known as an indestructible line of defense in Ligue 4. Although Madrid has missed [-] holes in a row in the first game, Mourinho has reminded his players not to be underestimated. Look at the toughness of the opponent, otherwise it will definitely suffer.

Deco, Lin Yi, Maniche, Alenichev, Ricardo Fernandez, five people lined up on the court to listen to the cheers of the fans, although they could hear some There is a sense of doubt, but the faces of these guys are very calm.

It is not that the Porto team did not use a five-man midfielder in the scrambling stage last season, and the effect of Lin Yi and Deco on the field together is not bad. The fans also hope to see the little black-haired guy appear in the On the court, it's just that this formation is a bit too surprising.

It may also be that Mourinho's choice of time for this change is a bit confusing. When facing a life-and-death battle, he did not choose to be safe and conservative, but chose to take risks. I really don't know what happened to that guy. I thought, isn't he afraid that a temporary change of team will bring about a failure?

The Porto team, which has always been accustomed to using two forwards to attack the opponent's penalty area, rarely uses single forward tactics, especially when McCarthy has been in a very fierce state recently. Why did Mourinho suddenly change his tactics?And still put the South African on the bench?

I am afraid that this question is not only from the Porto fans. The French who have been scouting Porto for half a month are also a little dizzy at this time, including the club officials from the Porto team who came to watch the game. They are also a little confused.

Lin Yi's sudden appearance in the starting roster has already confused these Frenchmen. He suddenly removed a striker and added a midfielder. Are you frightened by the attack power of killing the guerrillas 3:0 in the first game?

Don't these Porto people want to win at home?The head coach of the Marseille team may have been a little dazed when he saw this weird change of Mourinho. He didn't know what the guy who drew Real Madrid wanted to do.

However, this kind of problem will never appear in the Porto team. In the past two weeks, although they have continued their habitual style of play in the league, they have long been used to this kind of behavior during training. The lineup changes and everyone knows what to do.

Even McCarthy, who was sitting on the bench, didn't have any emotions. This guy with a bad temper chose to face all this calmly.

It can be said that Mourinho was already thinking about how to defeat the Frenchman before the draw with Real Madrid. This change was the product of his thinking for a long time, but in the eyes of others, it seemed that he was trying to defeat the French. Take a very risky path.

But Mourinho knows that on the football field, if you always stick to the same way to play, then you will definitely suffer a miserable failure back.

Even the Italians sometimes try to press out and attack. This is the law of competition on the football field. Change is always better than sticking to the rules.

The more games you play, the strangeness that Porto brings to your opponents will disappear, especially when your performance starts to rise, you will be watched by all opponents. When others start to think about how to overthrow Porto, Mourinho O needs to get his team to make appropriate changes.

The Porto team is not like those rich teams, there is no thick enough bench players, and there are no superstars with the ability to make the final decision like Zidane and Ronaldo. What Mourinho can do is to make the team more changes. It is the kind of change that people can't fathom.

波尔图需要给对手带来一点惊讶的感觉，穆里尼奥的办法并不复杂，他需要让自己的队员适应在4-4-2和4-3-3两种阵型间快速转换。这样一来，没有人能知道波尔图的前场会打出什么样的进攻路线。

The effect of double forwards is not bad, but it is impossible for forwards to have so many chances in the Champions League, just like the game against Real Madrid. There are not many shooting opportunities that McCarthy can find.

But would it be better to leave a striker on the field to attract the opponent's defenders, and then bury a few knives behind him that can be inserted at any time?The knife on the heart of others can only be pierced hard, but cannot be retracted freely.

Compared with a weapon that is already placed under the opponent's nose, perhaps this kind of knife that is retracted and stabbed is the deadliest attack method.

Originally, Mourinho did not intend to show his changes to others so early, but Costinha's sudden injury forced him to make changes. At home, Porto needs to maintain an offensive compulsion, and also needs to Keep your goal from being attacked.

Maniche was placed in front of his defense line by Mourinho. He needs to use this guy's fierceness to suppress those Frenchmen who are trying to find opportunities from the middle. After losing Costinha, this fierce guy may It is the best choice for midfield defense.

And the defense of Fernandez and Alenichev on the wing will be the key to withstand the opponent's attack on the wing. Mourinho doesn't want the opponent's wings to fly at the same time. Don't forget, Marseille's There can be a strong African elephant in the front line.

Think of the scene where the guerrillas were pierced three times by this pair of sharp ivory. Mourinho has not yet planned to try the offensive power of this African elephant.

As for Lin Yi and Deco, who were thrown onto the field by Mourinho at the same time, according to his requirements, they must all be stuck in the hinterland of the Marseille team. This is the intention of the Porto team to withdraw a striker. Mourinho What to play is the double midfielder tactic!
One can control the rhythm steadily, while the other can attack anytime and anywhere, and can also give deadly passes. What the Porto team needs is this kind of offensive layering. Just like the waves, Mourinho needs to attack It was wave after wave to hit the Marseille team's defense.

Use stability to take the initiative, and use agility to find flaws. The two guys Mourinho ambushed behind Dalley are the most vicious killing moves.

When everyone looked at the formation of the Porto team and was still confused, these fierce guys had already quietly stabbed a fatal knife.

In the 5 minutes after the start of the game, it can be said that everything was calm as usual. The two teams were testing each other's reality, and the Marseille team did not attack rashly. Getting carried away with that 3-0 victory over the Guerrillas.

After the first 5 minutes of probing, the Marseille team took the lead. When Drogba received a 45-degree diagonal pass from the Marseille team's midfielder for the first time and took the lead in testing Baier's goalkeeping skills with a powerful header, no one Thinking of what happened tens of seconds later made the entire stadium boil.

Baier, who firmly grasped Drogba's header, immediately launched a quick counterattack. Baier threw the ball directly with a distance of more than 40 meters, and the forward-pressing Marseille team More than half of the offensive players were dragged in the backcourt of the Porto team.

And Deco was responding to Baier's throwing ball near the arc of the middle circle. His retreat to get the ball was very timely, and the opponent's forward pressure gave him enough space to control the ball. After splitting the sides, Porto's quick counterattack began immediately.

Alenichev caught Marseilles by surprise with his fast advance on the wing. Celestini, who had just passed the ball, had not had time to retreat. The right flank had become the offensive corridor of the Russians. Marseilles Full-back Meite prepares to stalk the Russia international.

But Alenichev's old-fashioned experience allowed him to always occupy the initiative in the offense. When he faced Mette's marking, he used a fake move on the side to pass the opponent's interception and won a goal enough to allow He kicked the vacancy in the pass, and the precise pass went directly to the Marseille goal from the wing.

Dalley followed Alenichev's wing breakthrough and also advanced quickly. He ran desperately into the penalty area of ​​the Marseille team.The moment Dalley squeezed past the opponent's two central defenders, the Russian's cross had already hit him, and Dalley shook his head directly on the edge of the small penalty area to attack the goal.

The Brazilian's tricky header slammed into the upper corner of the goal. Marseille goalkeeper Ruggie stretched his arms with all his strength. He could only choose to fly in the air when he couldn't catch the football. This extremely dangerous attack was shot out of the small penalty area with a single punch.

Marseille's Belgian defender Van Buyten was the first to grab the landing point. He jumped high and prepared to head the ball directly to clear the siege, but Deco, who cut into the penalty area, interfered with him during the aerial confrontation. Individual simultaneous grabbing points and scrambling for the ball kept football from being far away from the danger zone.

I really don't know how Van Buyten, a 1.9-meter tall guy, feels when he faces a 1.7-meter guy fighting for a header, and the worst thing is, he failed to win such a confrontation. The point is still in the restricted area.

Eke, another central defender of the Marseille team, was about to use his big foot to clear the siege to eliminate the danger, but when he swung his foot to kick the football, one foot moved faster than him, and Lin who came up from behind Wing intercepted the football in mid-air before it landed.

Before Marseille's goalkeeper Lu Jie could get up from the ground, Lin Yi, who intercepted the football from mid-air, was already in the air and knocked the ball sideways towards the goal. At this time, Marseille's back There is no one on the defensive line who can stop Dalley's push in front of the goal.

For an empty goal with almost no cover, Dalley didn't even need to consider the angle of the shot. He just blocked Lin Yi's comfortable pass and accurately blocked it into the goal.

When the football slammed into the goal of the Marseille team, it was only more than 30 seconds before Baier threw the ball to launch the attack. Deco, Alenichev, Darley, Lin Yi, the four offensive players Suddenly advancing forward, he directly broke through the defensive dam built by the best defense line in Ligue [-].

Dalley, who finished the final blow, became the target of all the Porto players. This guy was pinned down by a dozen pure men before he even showed a celebrating posture. The first strike of the Porto team, just like that. Accurately and ruthlessly poked the heart of the Marseille team.

"GOAL~~~~~~!!! Dalley! Our great UEFA Cup top scorer! He polished his boots again and scored a beautiful goal!"

"Perfect offense! Lightning counterattack! The Porto team completed the transition from defense to offense in less than 1 minute. Their continuous offense has already fooled those Marseilles. Now, the reverberation in the dragon stadium , can only be the cheers belonging to the Porto team, not the Marseilles!"

"Let's cheer for these lads, they gave us the greatest performance in the first 6 minutes!!!"

The on-site commentary led the fans to pay tribute to the Porto team with a very provocative voice. Yes, those guys deserve the cheers of the fans in the audience. This blitz was played beautifully!Just like the German Panzer Corps crossing the Maginot Line, the Porto chariots have begun to accelerate!
Lin Yi, who had been holding back for two full weeks, fully released his dexterity and sensitivity to fighters in the attack for the first time. He was the only one who didn't ravage Dalley, he just stood there, He shouted loudly with all his strength.

Only a smooth attack can release Lin Yi's energy. This kid is like a perpetual motion machine, driving all the fans to shout along with him.

Mourinho watched everything that happened on the field from the sidelines. He was not as excited as he was when he played against Real Madrid, but his hand holding the notebook still subconsciously clenched into a fist, especially when Lin Yi volleyed When football hits the door.

What he needs is that the Porto team can play such an offense, continuity, what he needs is to maintain this continuous impact when attacking.

Missed the first hit?It doesn't matter, because we still have a second chance, I can't kill you with one slap, but I will continue to slap you in the past.

As long as you miss a pass, your goal will suffer a devastating blow. Just like just now, the Marseille goalkeeper has already saved Dalley's header, but the Porto team, which continuously hit the Marseille penalty area, attacked. Player, just grabbed this scoring opportunity.

Although it was Dalley who scored the goal in the end, in Mourinho's eyes, Deco who interfered with Van Buyten's header and Lin Yi who intercepted the football from the volley were the key to this attack. Without these two guys I am afraid Dalley will not be able to find such a good scoring opportunity.

Double attacking midfielder is really a good choice. Mourinho carefully recorded every thought that appeared in his mind in his notebook.

The lightning goal of the Porto team obviously stunned the Marseille team in the away game. They couldn't figure out what happened in the few tens of seconds just now. The opponent's goal performance, what is this doing?
Except for Marseille's goalkeeper Lu Jie who was still in front of the goal and still had the energy to express his dissatisfaction loudly at his defenders, the rest of them let the whole goal lose their energy. In three to four minutes, the Marseille team even failed to organize an effective counterattack.

Drogba and Mido lack the midfield support in the frontcourt, so they can only retreat frequently. However, the trouble caused by this retreat is that the Porto team's defense is pressing forward. With the speed of Marseille's forward line, Mourinho asked his defenders to keep the enemy out of the penalty area.

Don't leave any chance for the opponent to directly attack the goal, push the African elephant with its tusks out of the most dangerous area, and the tighter the Porto team's formation, the more fierce their offense will become. The trouble was just beginning.

(The first update, maybe there will be another update later, as far as possible, my family is about to be discharged from the hospital, I am a bit busy, sorry, I will try to update as much as possible... Well, the only bad news today is that Iverson went to play in Europe, I hope this A tough man, can he have a happy ending, AI has withered, but life will continue, but in my memory, there is one less strong figure, I hope AI will go well...)
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