Midfielder.

Chapter 164

Lin Yi is injured, but the game has to continue. Deportivo will not wait for Porto to get ready, they will end the battle at home.

Seeing the opponent's core midfielder was injured, although Irueta said it was a regrettable accident when facing the interview camera, Mourinho could see that the old boy was holding back a smile in his heart, without Lin With wings interspersed in the frontcourt, Deportivo's defensive pressure will be much less.

Especially in the case of Andrade's red card suspension, Irueta would look much more relaxed without Lin Yi's frequent harassment at the midfielder position.

In the first six to 10 minutes of the last game, Lin Yi's offensive performance made Irueta go crazy on the sidelines, but luckily he didn't abandon him.

If it wasn't for his defensive player being fierce enough, and the referee Merck's whistle was relatively soft, maybe that kid would have scored a goal long ago.

Irueta doesn't want to have such a time bomb in the back line when he needs to attack. Lin Yi's injury is definitely good news.

It's just that he still needs to behave like a gentleman in the interview and express regret for Lin Yi's injury, but he really wants to laugh out loud.

"This is the most important game in the history of Deporto. Porto is very fast and very skilled. Of course, it is a pity that Andrade fouled, but I think that since we can do it in the away game Conceding goals, then there is no reason for the home team not to score."

This old coach who ranks third in the history of coaching games in La Liga now looks so confident and talkative. This is "Old Fox" Irueta. Coruña showed super self-confidence.

This is the first time that Irueta has shown such confidence. Perhaps Deportivo's home record is so good, which gave him such confidence.

Here they can beat AC Milan, so now they feel more confident against the last Porto team that lacked Lin Yi.

The most important thing is that a week before the start of the second round of the semi-finals, Deportivo once again defeated Real Madrid at their home court.

In that game, in order to preserve their strength, Irueta was completely on the "Deporti Second Team". Even so, they defeated their opponents 2:0.

This game was originally abandoned by Irueta's strategy, but the good state of the players was in stark contrast to Real Madrid's sluggish morale.

This continuous victory gave Irueta absolute confidence. Since the beginning of this season, the Riazor Stadium has never been easily captured.

Whether it is AC Milan, Barcelona or Real Madrid, they have never been able to find a bargain at the home of the Deportivo team. It is a hell here.

Now not only Irueta is full of confidence in the game, but even many people in the Deportivo team are bound to win this game.

Belleron of the Deportivo team said: "Porto was the champion of the UEFA Cup last season. They are very strong and they didn't allow us to score at home. The teammates believed that we could win at home and qualify."

Porto's powerful offensive momentum was stifled in the first round away, which gave Belleron quite strong confidence that they will definitely win this game.

This time, many Spaniards have stood by their side, including Real Madrid's mouthpiece Aspen, which also publicly supported Irueta in the newspaper.

No way, who let a few weeks ago, many Spanish fans were beaten by the crowd in Porto, and Aspen has a deep old grudge with the Porto team.

Aspen even advocated that the only defeat of the Porto team this season was the loss to a Spanish club. This time history may repeat itself.

It's as if they're all too happy to bring up Real Madrid's home win over Porto, but they forget how distraught the Madrid people were in the first half of that game, if it wasn't for Mourinho's choice at half-time. Give up, no one can predict the final result.

Maybe the reporters of Aspen are still looking forward to their Spanish compatriots can overthrow their opponents at home and avenge the shame of Real Madrid.

But just a few days ago, their Real Madrid team also lost the game here. I really don't know if the reporters of AS News will feel awkward.

But regardless of how they fight to the death in the league, these Spaniards still seem quite united when they are unanimously facing each other.

These Madrid people even gave advice to the Deportivo team. Because of Lin Yi's injury and truce, the two sides of the Porto team will become the main attack points. As long as Luke and Victor can contain the opponent's two sides If the road advances, then the Deportivo team has a great chance of winning.

It seems that these Madrid people want to see Mourinho lose this game more than Irueta, maybe this is the feud after the last game.

Especially between Aspen and Mourinho, it seems that the needle is sharp. The war of words between them has never completely stopped at all.

The Spaniard seems to have been able to foresee the scene of the Deportivo team beating Porto at home, but Mourinho was very puzzled by this.

"The key to this game is to see who has the sharpest attack. We only need to score one goal at the Riazor Stadium. I really don't understand why the opponent is so confident. I want to remind some people that the first round The result of the game was 0-0, we are still on the same starting line."

And in this game, although the Porto team has the disadvantage of Lin Yi's absence, the opponent has two main central defenders who have accumulated yellow cards and suspended the game.

Including Andrade, who was suspended due to a red card, Deportivo's defense line in the last game now has at least three positions that need to be adjusted.

This is not good news for a team. Mourinho is confident that he will open up the gap to victory from those substitute players.

But Mourinho didn't care what his opponents said, and he deliberately asked his players to pay attention to the news from Spain.

Anyway, this unanimous argument that Deportivo can win the game will definitely anger the lunatics under him. Mourinho needs those guys to play in Riazor full of anger. This time they are coming to Spain You don't need to be polite to settle accounts with the Deportivo team.

And this time, with the Porto team going to Spain, not only all the senior management of the club, but also a large number of Porto fans.

The biggest advantage of the Iberian Derby is that Porto fans only need to drive across the border and enter Spain.

This time, a large number of Portuguese fans went to Deportivo with the Porto team. Their slogan was "Turn Riazor into a dragon stadium!"

As for the lunatics of the Porto team, everyone wrote the words of fighting for Lin Yi on the inside of the jersey, and they all remembered their promise to that kid.

"Boy, get well as soon as possible, we are waiting for you at Aofu Schalke." This is what Deco said when he called Lin Yi before the start of the game.

"You will definitely win and let Riazor become the cemetery where La Coruña is buried." Lin Yi was not polite on the phone, and he thought so too.

"Definitely! Just wait and see, we will not let Porto down, we will not give up the tickets to the Champions League final to anyone easily."

Lin Yi, who was sitting on the hospital bed watching TV, was also praying for his fellows, he hoped that they would have good luck.

"God, you old guy didn't bless my calf, this time you must bless this group of guys to win this game in Riazor."

Lin Yi found that the feeling of sitting in front of the TV and watching his teammates play football was really fucking awkward and depressing.

If it wasn't for Mendes not allowing him to move around easily, Lin Yi would have liked to act with the team, even if it was going to an away game to listen to the boos of the fans.

This is much better than sitting on the hospital bed watching the game and worrying about nine or 10 minutes. The feeling of not being able to play football is really bad.

But in order to recover as soon as possible, what Lin Yi needs to do now is to try his best to cooperate with the doctor's treatment plan, after all, there is still a final.

"Those guys will definitely take down La Coruna. The wretched uncle is not used to the beauty of adults. He is an annoying destroyer."

When Lin Yi said this while sitting on the hospital bed, Mendes who was sitting on the side didn't respond, but this guy's trust in Lin Yi and Mourinho really couldn't be explained. In terms of Lin Yi's future transfer, this is also an issue that he must consider.

It is really difficult to disassemble this pair of animal master and apprentice, and Mendes doesn't want to turn Lin Yi against himself because of the handling of this issue.

"Hey, this pair of masters and apprentices who climbed back the mountain is really a headache." Mendes swore that this was definitely the transfer that cost him the most brain cells.

However, this is something that Mendes and Lin Yi will have to consider in the future. What is before them now is the second round of the semi-final.

At his own home court, Irueta's formation can no longer be conservative, and he doesn't want the game to drag into overtime or even a penalty shootout.

The disadvantage of the Spaniard not being good at penalty kicks made Irueta want to resolve the battle within 90 minutes. The longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for them.

Irueta has not forgotten how the Celtics fell at the feet of Porto in the UEFA Cup final last season, and he does not want to do it again.

The Deportivo team sent their strongest lineup in the starting list, the goalkeeper Molina, the defenders are Pablo, Romero, Nebett, Cesar, and the midfielders include Sergio and Victor. , Luke, Belleron, and Duscher, and the forward line is played by Pandiani alone.

Although there is no increase in manpower on the front line, the midfielders of the Deportivo team are very good at inserting in the back row. This kind of attack is very sudden.

Like Belleron and Luke, their offensive ability has the ability to kill in front of the goal. A striker does not mean that their offense is not sharp.

Mourinho doesn't care how the opponent will line up. Anyway, he has made up his mind for this game and will not let the team shrink back to defend.

"This is the opponent's home court, but I don't want everything here to be decided by the opponent. We are Porto and I need you to attack!"

"Destroy the opponent with crazy goals!" This is Mourinho's roar in the locker room. In this game, he is determined to attack.

What the fuck is home field advantage, Riazor is the hell?Well, if the stadium is hell, then Porto are a bunch of demons from hell.

The Porto team also sent all the main players except Lin Yi. The goalkeeper is Baia, and the main players are playing on the back line. Ferreira, Valente, Costa, Carvalho, the midfielder is four people this time, The forward midfielder Deco, the defensive midfielder Costinha, Maniche and Alenichev are separated on both sides.

On the forward line, the Porto team also gave up the single forward tactics that they had used for several games, and replaced them with the double forward combination of Dalley and McCarthy.

And the fans of the two teams turned the entire Riazor Stadium into their battlefield before the game started, with shouts and songs intertwined,
This time, not only Da Costa was sitting upright on the rostrum, but not far from him, King Juan Carlos of Spain also came to Riazo to watch the battle in person.

It can be seen that after Real Madrid was eliminated, the Spaniard's expectations for the Champions League are now placed on Deportivo.

But these Spaniards seemed to have too much confidence in Deportivo's home record, they completely forgot that they were facing a group of lunatics.

All lunatics never play cards according to common sense. Their brains are a single-minded way of thinking. As long as they look for it, they will carry it out to the end.

This time Mourinho instilled only one tactical idea into this group of lunatics. At the Riazor Stadium, the Porto team did not need to play any defensive counterattacks.

attack!Completely burn the flames of war to the opponent's half, don't need any steady ball control, as long as there is a chance, let the football fly to the opponent's goal!

And the execution ability of this group of lunatics will be so powerful that people will feel fear. From the beginning of the game, Irueta understood how wrong he was.

Those Porto people are even crazier than they were at the Dragon Stadium. Their offensive firepower poured into Riazor's stadium.

Even Mourinho changed his usual way of commanding while sitting on the coach's bench. He just stood straight on the sidelines and yelled at the players loudly.

"Pay attention to the rhythm! Don't let the opponent control the football on the field! Go up and hit them behind! Don't stop your attack!"

This guy is almost like a tyrant, standing on the sidelines and frantically urging the players to press forward desperately, without giving the opponent a chance to breathe.

The nearly [-] Porto fans at the Riazor Stadium all stood on their seats, cheering for the team with their loudest voices!
"Porto! Porto! You are soaring dragons!!!" This voice almost flooded every corner of the Riazor Stadium.

The voice of the Spaniards has been completely suppressed, and their shouts have been strangled in the cradle by the continuous offensive of the Porto team.

Irueta's first defensive line, even without that boy Lin Yi on the field to interfere, the attacking power of the Porto team on the field is so terrifying.

Deco, who was completely contained in the last game, ran and pulled desperately in the frontcourt like a doping.

The midfielder of the Deportivo team can't restrain that guy at all, and the frequent switching between Dalley, McCarthy and Deco has caused big troubles for the Spaniard's defense, not including the Porto team The offensive momentum set off on the wing, the group of Portuguese were really crazy.

Even Valente and Ferreira are now engaged in offense. Mourinho never regards solid defense as his task at all, he only wants to attack!

This kind of crazy attack like a desperado made La Coruña's idea of ​​investing in a large-scale offensive come to naught, and they could only defend passively.

After the Deportivo team lost three important defensive players, their defense in the midfield was obviously weaker than in the previous game.

Especially the central defenders, the gap between the two substitute players and the main players has been clearly revealed. They simply cannot keep an eye on McCarthy.

The most important thing is that the Porto team's offense gave them a lot of mental pressure. The Deportivo team, which has never played in the Champions League semi-finals, showed their nervousness. They just made frequent big-foot clearances and could not control them at all. Keep the rhythm on the court, not to mention any defensive counterattacks.

In the first 15 minutes, Porto's ball possession rate once reached a terrifying 75%, which was beyond the imagination of the Spaniard.

Moreover, the Porto people did not let these possessions become a futile pass like the previous game, and every attack they made was strongly penetrating.

Only 5 minutes into the game, Deco made an oblique pass from the left side of the penalty area. McCarthy missed the ball smartly, and Maniche caught the ball and shot angrily.

The kick was blocked by Molina with his fists. Dalley, who came through from the flank, grabbed the first point and headed the goal directly. The football hit the post hard and popped out. Although the goal missed, but The entire Riazor Stadium screamed, and the Spaniard already felt that something was going to happen.

Their premonition was indeed accurate, and just 3 minutes later, their midfielder Victor strained his thigh muscle in the fight with Maniche.

Scaloni, who didn't even do the preparatory activities, was replaced by the depressed Irueta. This old man felt a potential danger.

In less than 10 minutes, his own midfield lacked an absolute main force. Riazor, who was regarded as a blessed place by Deportivo, seemed to have begun to change.

This is not the worst thing, just in the No. 20 minute of the first half, Deco once again passed the interception of Belleron in the midfield.

When breaking through to the left side of the frontcourt, Deco passed Pablo's steal with a pass-like fake sub-link, and drove the ball straight into the penalty area.

Cesar, who was already in a panic, rushed out at this time, but the defensive action chosen by this guy simply drove Irueta crazy.

A sliding shovel in the penalty area, and it was the kind with a lighted sole. When Cesar's foot hooked Deco, Riazor fell into silence.

And the bald referee Collina's finger pointing to the penalty spot seemed to be an acupuncture point, which made the entire Deportivo team dumbfounded.

When Deco's penalty passed through Molina's fingertips and drilled into the goal net, Mourinho was on the sidelines, shaking his clenched fist vigorously.

finals!Porto, here we come. . .

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