Midfielder.

Chapter 136

Every Porto team member tried to make their contribution on the field, but the reality did not reflect the effect of their efforts. The situation has become very bad. They have completely lost their sense of rhythm and are completely on the field. Running around without a clue.

All fans who have watched the Porto team play this season will find that these Porto players running on the field gave them a completely strange feeling. A group of players who are usually very familiar, but they are playing football that makes them unfamiliar. This is now The views of those Porto fans.

They all looked at the game in a daze. Porto's offensive performance may be so chaotic for the first time this season. They don't have a clear offensive line at all. Also need to stop to find the receiving point of the pass.

The only one who can connect with him is Maniche who has freedom on the wing, but under the siege and interception of Manchester United, the narrow wing has become a dead end.

This way of playing while looking for opportunities during a pause lacks a kind of coherence, and there is no sense of smoothness at all. Instead, these players of the Porto team fight with their opponents on the field, insisting on stealing from the opponent's feet to win. Chances are there is no creativity at all.

Compared with the strong Englishman, this is the kind of confrontation that Porto is least good at. It is not surprising that they do not have an advantage on the field.

But in the first ten minutes, this kind of confrontation was the only chance for the Porto team to break through the opponent's defense. It was helpless, but there was no way.

Although on the surface, it looks like Porto is attacking with all its strength, while Manchester United is nestling in their own half to build a defense, but the actual situation is that the opponent's offense is more effective and more deadly. The counterattack launched directly afterwards is the most threatening.

The offense of the Porto team is constantly hitting the wall, while the offense of the Manchester United team can penetrate the defense line set up by the Porto people again and again, directly hit the most dangerous areas, and create dangerous shots again and again. Porto fans let out bursts of exclamation.

It's not that Deco and the others are not attacking desperately. Look at McCarthy's non-stop running in the frontcourt. Everyone is working hard, but the offensive effect they receive is very poor. Their sweat and running have become useless. It's just vainly consuming your physical energy.

The Porto team now has at least six offensive players wandering in Manchester United's half, but the danger they can create is very limited, and it can even be said to be almost none, except for the one shot made by Lin Yi who carried Keane hard Except for opportunities, there is no move to threaten the goal.

Siege, a word that seems to have an absolute advantage, but the price of this kind of siege is to watch the opponent rely on counterattack to hit him behind.

That was originally the way the Porto people have always insisted on playing against Real Madrid, but now they are really feeling the threat that this kind of offense brings to them. When Manchester United played this kind of offense, it was better than the original Porto team. A lot more sinister, but also a lot more accurate.

Manchester United's counterattack is very practical. Their passes have a clear goal. They either divide the ball to the bottom of the wing or cut in the center, or hang directly to the center. Anyway, the closer they are to the goal, the way they handle the ball. The more concise, but the effect is very sharp.

Porto's defense was constantly being pulled on the two sides. Manchester United's two sides were the most active when attacking. Saha and Giggs did not let Valente and Ferreira have a chance at all. A chance to breathe, their impact has been continuing, and it hasn't stopped at all.

Mourinho was going to create trouble on the wing for Manchester United, but now it has become his own weakness, unable to attack and defend. This is the cruel reality. The most important thing is the disconnection between the front and back, Kos Tinia alone can't be connected in series.

Although Ruud van Nistelrooy was entangled by Carvalho and Costa, his header response ability in the penalty area can still cause trouble for the Porto team. This guy has a keen sense of grabbing points and The header effort simply gave Carvalho a headache.

The Dutch killer can not only choose to head the ball directly in the middle, even if the chance of shooting is not good, he can also use his height advantage to compete for the header like a standing center, and knock back near the penalty area to serve his teammates. This kind of protection for the second point has become a problem for Porto.

Even in the face of two people's flanking defense, Ruud van Nistelrooy can still find a way to attack. His strong physical fitness has given him too many such opportunities. He is used to hand-to-hand combat with those strong and brutal Premier League defenders. It has become commonplace.

There is nothing uncomfortable in dealing with it. No matter how much the opponent pulls him, Van Nistelrooy can deal with and resolve it very calmly.

Saha's two shots were all thanks to Ruud van Nistelrooy's header return, although Valente's desperate blocking did not allow the Frenchman to succeed in a sneak attack.

However, this kind of attack with a clear line still made Baia nervously yell at all the defenders with dissatisfaction. There is no way, this damn feeling is too depressing!Baia didn't know how long he hadn't been in this embarrassment. The feeling now was really fucking terrible!

Not only Saha was cruising around in the penalty area looking for opportunities, the cunning Welsh sharp knife also tested Baier's skill with a tricky curve ball on the edge of the penalty area, and also used this method to warn his opponents, don't Thought only Ruud van Nistelrooy could shoot for Manchester United.

Scholes, who was extremely vigorous in the midfield, also took a long shot from about 20 meters away, but it may be too sudden. His shot was not corrected, and the football rubbed The right-hand column slid out.

But this kind of shot that allows the opponent to shoot at will, no one is sure when the door guarded by Baia will be knocked on. No wonder this guy will yell at others. It’s okay to be frightened by such a shot. It is true that not everyone's heart can resist it.

In less than 10 minutes, Porto's defense allowed the opponent to get seven shot opportunities, and all of them were threatening to score. This could not prevent Baia from roaring nervously, even against Real Madrid , The Porto people have never been so embarrassed.

Like Baia, the diehard Porto fans who watched the game at the Dragon Stadium did not sing loudly in a good mood like they did at the beginning of the game.

"Dragon, dragon, take off!!!" The cheers gradually weakened, and everyone was watching the game nervously, but forgot to shout.

The impatience began to spread among the crowd, including the on-site commentator, who lost his usual teasing mood, and seemed very worried during the commentary space.

"This is not the Porto pair we are familiar with. It is so chaotic in the attack, completely without the usual sense of clarity. The defense is also making mistakes all the time, allowing the opponent to get too many shots. If you continue to play like this, eventually The results could be bad."

This kind of critical remarks did not attract too much attention from others. The fans are watching what happened on the field nervously at the moment.

Maybe many fans are praying to God at this moment. The tragedy that happened seven years ago should not be repeated this night. It was an unbearable defeat. The current Porto team carries too much hope for them. No one wants their expectations to be shattered at this moment.

Although Mourinho did not roar like Baia on the sidelines, he even stood motionless on the sidelines, but his frown can show the anxiety in his heart, this damn game cannot be played like this Go down, otherwise you will definitely lose to the opponent.

"I want to eat the opponent too much. These guys have lost their usual sense of calm. Such a chaotic scene is not at all the usual style of the Porto team. On the contrary, this is what the Manchester United team is looking forward to, and the old man That’s what I like to see the most.”

After watching the game for more than ten minutes, Mourinho can clearly identify the problems in his team. The Porto team seemed too anxious in the attack.

This is the Dragon Stadium, and the opponent is a team that has created a miracle in the Champions League. When the Porto team was unanimously bad-mouthed by the outside world, they wanted to prove their worth to others, especially in their own home court. They don't want to be won by Manchester United, they want to be the winner.

And from the very beginning, they wanted to control the situation and completely suppress the Manchester United team like they did in the league. Although I have told these guys before the game, as long as this game can not lose, it is an acceptable situation. results, but everyone forgets this.

They wanted to win too much, and the sweep in the league gave them this kind of courage, so from the very beginning, these guys chose to attack crazily.

This kind of crazy attack was very ruthless, even a bit reckless, it just wanted to swallow the opponent in one gulp, leaving no retreat at all.

And Ferguson seems to have already figured this out.He used most of his players to build a solid defensive line in the midfield, and the interception line was very close to the arc, and then he left four of the most powerful players in the frontcourt of Manchester United to harass the opponent. .

This tactical arrangement completely sucked the hot-headed guys of the Porto team into the half of the Manchester United team for hand-to-hand combat.

Even Deco, who usually behaves very calmly, would plunge his head into the opponent's pocket formation. It is conceivable that this kind of thinking has spread to the minds of many players. Under the hope of the opponent, so everything is messed up.

Lin Yi is the only one who still knows how to retreat to get the ball, but the chaotic frontcourt organization requires him to complete it alone, which is really laborious.

What's more, he still needs to allocate most of his energy to fight head-on with the Irishman. This kind of crazy attack makes Lin Yi seem a bit stubborn, otherwise, he would not single out Keane's defense repeatedly. He couldn't organize the attack as calmly as usual.

The three most organized players in the Porto team are all caught up in entanglement. Mourinho's carefully crafted double midfielder tactics seem to have completely lost their due effect in front of Ferguson, and the Porto team is also like a mess. In front of Manchester United.

Looking at the old man who had been sitting upright on the coaching bench of the visiting team, Mourinho didn't know what the other party was thinking, but judging from the relaxed expression of the old man, he seemed to be ready to greet himself with a victory Preparation for coaching a Champions League game.

Mourinho doesn't want to face a defeat at his own home court, so he needs the Porto team to change, he needs to make the team normal, at least the loss must be output, his Porto team will not be so confused At the opponent's feet, absolutely not!

But just when Mourinho was about to remind Lin Yi loudly on the sidelines to retreat as far as possible to organize the team's attack, the scene he least wanted to see happened on the field. Manchester United went to No. At 201 minutes, the goal was scored!
It was another attack from the left wing, the damn wing, once again a nightmare for the Porto team's defense. Giggs, who got a pass from Fortune's backcourt, took the ball from the sideline, and he used his flexible feet. With the football, Ferreira was tested again and again with fake moves in the fast advance.

At the moment when Ferreira lost his patience and went straight to the grab, the cunning Welshman quickly changed direction and pulled the ball to pass, and directly chose to cut inside.

A dribble in a high-speed movement, and it was so explosive that Ferreira didn't react at all. When he was passed, he was completely stunned.

Although Giggs waded the ball a bit too much when passing, it did not change the reality that he was approaching the penalty area. Jorge Costa, who was in charge of defense in the middle, and Costinha, who retreated from the midfielder, could only Jump out, ready to work together to encircle and wipe out this sharp knife.

One push, one buckle, Giggs didn't stop his performance at all, his coherent fake moves completely stunned Jorge Costa, he made several fake moves consecutively without slowing down his propulsion speed, In a flexible move, he passed the captain of Porto.

In order to stop Giggs from cutting into the penalty area, Costa knocked Giggs to the ground with a fierce tackle after he lost his defensive position. A yellow card was issued, warning Jorge Costa in a stern tone.

There is always a chance of a free kick 20 meters away from the goal. This is a test for Baia. In the Manchester United team without Beckham, Scholes and Giggs usually take free kicks , the distance of about 20 meters, two people can come.

Giggs was the first to stand in front of the ball. His eyes seemed to be carefully looking for the gaps in the Porto team's wall. This guy seemed to have made up his mind to shoot directly, and Baia was also loudly Remind your players to try to block the opponent's shooting angle.

Just now Giggs' arc shot left a deep impression on him. He doesn't want to make mistakes at this time. The Porto team also used six people to build a human wall, trying to cover most of the defensive area of ​​the goal. Giggs' free-kick threat was minimized.

Run-up, acceleration, seeing that Giggs' foot was about to hit the football, Porto's human wall jumped up collectively, trying to block the opponent's shooting angle.

But the Welshman didn't volley as hard as these people thought, but turned into a stomp the moment his foot touched the football.

He didn't make any effort at all, and he didn't intend to really shoot at the beginning. Everyone was deceived, and Giggs just feinted in front of people.

And the man who sprang out behind him!The yellow-haired Scholes was the terminator of this free-kick coordination. Under the astonished eyes of everyone, he mustered all his strength and slammed the ball with his rounded right foot. slapped the football.

Only 20 meters away from the goal, he volleyed fiercely with one kick, and hit it in a straight line against the turf, without any obstruction. The consequences were absolutely disastrous, and even the jumping Porto players could vaguely hear it. The sound of the wind when a football scrapes against the turf.

The wall of six people became the accomplice of the Manchester United team at this moment. The jumping crowd completely covered Baia's eyes. He didn't see the opponent's shot line at all. Clear, can only rely on instinct to respond very at a loss.

Scholes didn't choose any tricky angles for this shot, he just hit a straight line with all his strength. When the whistling football rushed out from the foot of the wall, Baia almost subconsciously lay on his side. Blocked the ball from the goal line with both legs across.

But God can only save Baier once. When the legs blocked the football, there were at least three Manchester United players in the crowd at the back.

Among the defenders of the Porto team, only Carvalho and Valente were aware of this danger. They desperately wanted to get ahead of the opponent and destroy it, and Carvalho even tried to use a kick in desperation. A tackle to clear the siege, but Manchester United's players are faster than them.

Ruud van Nistelrooy, known as the "Small Penalty Killer", ran into the football in front of Carvalho, but with Carvalho's desperate shovel and body collision, the Dutch killer only touched the ball with his toes. After hitting the football that popped out, it didn't make the shot more powerful.

Even on the route of the ball, it was a little bit off the goal, but this mysterious touch caused the ball to roll to the feet of Fortune, who had just put it in quickly.

One-on-one, there was only Baia who hadn't gotten up in front of the goal, and there were no defenders around him. Facing such an opportunity, even an idiot would know what to do. Only four or five meters away is a volley, and the football hits the net.

1:0, when Fortune rushed to the bench of Manchester United, the whole dragon stadium fell into silence, because maybe no one could have imagined that the game would start like this, and their favorite Porto team fell behind in the score Yes, and it was only halfway through the first half.

stunned?have no choice?Or blame yourself?Various emotions were written on the faces of the Porto players. Lin Yi stood near the middle circle, but his fists were clenched.

The fact that the ball was conceded first could not be changed. Mourinho took advantage of this gap to drag Lin Yi over and spoke to him word by word.

"Boy, remember, only the retracted fist can be punched out more fiercely, pulling the group of Englishmen out of the half-court defense!"

If you want to crush your opponent, you have to withdraw your hand first, and then the fatal blow!
(I worked two night shifts in three days, and I was drifting when I was walking... Worry, but before I got off work this morning, I was shocked to hear that the National Olympics 3:0 Malaysia, I was stunned for a while, and even wondered if I was hallucinating , and then my colleague answered a sentence, there were eight people on the other side. I suddenly realized that it was so, 11-8=3, and the referee on duty used this method to teach us how to calculate this simple arithmetic problem. I have to say Sentence, you are so talented!)

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