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Chapter 60 Mourinho's determination

When the UEFA Cup semi-final draw ended, Porto's odds of winning the title began to plummet for the first time, while Boavista's prospects for the final began to brighten.

Compared with the Boavista team that ran into the Scots, Porto may not be so optimistic about the Portuguese. Everyone knows which of the four teams is the fiercest. Lazio is definitely a piece that can collapse. The hard bone that dropped the Porto team's teeth.

This time, not only is the media not optimistic about the Porto team, even their chairman Da Costa has quietly asked Mourinho after the draw, what are the chances of the Porto team winning? It seems that even the Porto team is a little scared up.

The offense of the Porto team may have been brought into full play in the last two knockout rounds. In the confrontation with the Turks and the Greeks, they destroyed their opponents with fierce offense. All this was seen by others, and no one deny.

But no one can guarantee whether their fierce offensive momentum will still work when they encounter the Italians' chain defense. The Italian-specific concrete embankment may still be too strong for the Porto team's offensive tide.

Although Mourinho said that he hoped to meet Lazio when facing reporters, those reporters would think that this was just his psychological warfare. Everyone knows how difficult the Italians are. Want to meet them?Hell, who wants to run into those guys.

Peruzzi, Mihajlovic, Stankovic, Simeone, Lopez, Chiesa, God, look at this wonderful lineup of Lazio, compared with the current Porto team, they look so luxurious And scary.

Now in the Porto team, only Baia and Deco can barely be regarded as stars, and the rest of them are obviously inferior to their opponents in terms of reputation.

Don't forget, this is still a Lazio team that has fallen into financial crisis. If this time is advanced a few years, the luxury of that lineup may make the Portuguese even more tongue-tied. This is the deterrent power of the former Serie A champions.

Even if it has begun to decline and has lost its glory in the Champions League, Lazio is still too strong for Porto.

Whether it is in terms of fame or experience in European competitions, this former Italian champion team will become the biggest obstacle for Porto to enter the final. Many people have even brought Porto's UEFA Cup tour to an end in advance.

The Portuguese media this time, without exception, reduced the chances of the Porto team to the final to the lowest point. They pessimistically analyzed the strength of the Italians. It seems that the Porto team does not have an advantage from any angle. What awaits them is The fate of elimination.

Peruzzi may be the most stable goalkeeper in Italy. Although Buffon's popularity has made him gradually stay away from the national team, you can't deny the stability of this old guy and his rich experience. I'm afraid Dalley and Karp Both of Shu are feeling headaches in the corner now.

Maybe getting the ball through Lazio's defense is a very difficult thing, then getting the ball through Peruzzi's gloves will be an even more difficult task, and maybe Porto's offensive frenzy will not be staged again in the Giants. In the dragon field.

If you want to play against the Italians, you better not give them set-pieces, they will take every opportunity to kill you, especially Lazio, because they have a terrible guy in their team, free kicks are terrible Called the master Mikhailovich.

Uh, now Baia may already be hugging the goal post and complaining to God, why did he meet such a perverted animal in such a game, free kick hat trick, damn, that shocking record seems to have not yet Over the past few years.

Now even the defenders of the Porto team may be under pressure, because when they want to make a tactical foul, they have to consider whether the place where they strike is within the range of Mikhailovich's free kick.

but. . .It is said that the animal has a way to get the football into the net within 40 meters. . .How about a foul, are you going to bring down those threatening guys directly near the middle arc?
The most terrible thing is not these, maybe even Mourinho himself knows one thing, the Argentine striker of the Lazio team is his nightmare.

Claudio Lopez, that damn name is what Mourinho hates the most, he scores every time he plays against a team with Mourinho.

When Mourinho was still an assistant coach in Barcelona, ​​this had happened 8 times, especially the hat-trick scored by Lopez, who was playing for Valencia at the time, in the Champions League semi-finals was still fresh in Mourinho's memory.

Now those boring media have already vaccinated Mourinho in advance, maybe this lucky novice will face his first strong challenge in his career, this time his opponent is also a novice, Mancini.

One is the king of Sampdoria, who was extremely brilliant in his player era, and the other is a guy who can't even play in the lower Portuguese league. However, the difference in honor in the player era will not determine the outcome of the game.

And the common advantage of these two guys is that they are young, they have enough courage, maybe such a collision will be more suspenseful.

However, in the eyes of many media, such suspense may just be the wishful thinking of those Porto people. In their view, Porto is dead this time, and those gloating Lisbons are still waiting to see how well the Porto team was slaughtered. play.

Lisbon may be the only city that does not want Porto to win, especially the die-hard fans of Benfica. Compared with Lazio, they obviously want to see Porto hit a snag. Take the league title from Benfica.

Maybe that fat idiot from Benfica has already bought champagne and waited to see the Porto people get unlucky, maybe those Italians can help him avenge his loss of the league championship, this is the emotional entanglement between the top three in Portugal, and a bloody romance Drama makes no difference.

But Mourinho doesn't have the time to talk to these people, he only has one week to prepare, and now he has too many things to do, watch the opponent's recent game video, find out the opponent's possible weaknesses, Specify targeted tactics.

He has too many things to do, even Brito is so busy now, it is the first time that he is so busy as an assistant coach.

If you let yourself lose your courage because the opponent is strong, then it is better not to play this game, at least Mourinho has no idea of ​​​​giving up first.

He has reached the top 4 of the UEFA Cup. At this time, Mourinho does not want to lose to any opponent easily. Even Lazio, he has to find a way to kick his opponent to hell. There are no natural winners in the football world.

If you hand in your guns and surrender now, how will you play the Champions League next season?Is it going to stage a round of the Champions League group stage?I am afraid that the Porto people will not accept such a thing to happen, let alone Mourinho.

The most important task now is to use this week to adjust his state. The first round is Porto's home game. The first shot must be fired. He will make those who doubt him watch the game with wide eyes. .

Mourinho's strictness was soon reflected in the training. He wanted to cheer up the guys under him as soon as possible. The opponent was very tough, but Mourinho also wanted to step over the bodies of these guys to block them. Villa, he will use the first game as a starting point.

Victory, this is the only requirement, and it must be a victory that makes the opponent lose confidence. Porto's offensive frenzy will directly destroy Lazio.

In these few days of training, Mourinho did not design too many tactics. He just asked the team to continue the fierce attack of the previous two rounds, especially in the frontcourt. Must, if someone can't do this, then he immediately roll back to the bench.

To deal with this kind of team with extremely mature skills and tactics, you can only find opportunities by disrupting their rhythm. Mourinho will not let his opponent lead him by the nose. He is also a novice. Mourinho wants to make himself better than that Samp The King of Doria is more ferocious.

Maybe those old players who are familiar with the European competition have a very direct feeling for the difficulty of the Italians, but Lin Yi has not felt anything, because he has never been exposed to what is called a concrete defense, so he is still playing every day. Continue to practice after regular training.

The tense atmosphere approaching the game is not that serious to him, because he doesn't even know if he will appear in such a game, so what is there to be afraid of?Maybe Lin Yi is the only one in the entire Porto team who really doesn't feel any tension.

For him, this may mean that the ignorant are fearless, "Lazio? Sorry, I'm really not familiar..." This is what Lin Yi said in an interview with reporters. It's really not clear about the opponent's situation.

He is only 15 years old, and it is difficult for Lin Yi to recognize these opponents in the Portuguese Super League, let alone a team that he has never seen before, and he already knows it just by looking at the expressions of those guys in Baia , the next opponent must be very strong.

But what's the point?You always have to meet someone who is stronger than yourself, will you give up when you meet?At least Lin Yi didn't have this idea. In football games, accidents always happen. Who stipulates that those strong teams will definitely win?
Everyone in the Porto team is training hard for the game against Lazio. Just like Mourinho said, they don't want to lose.

Now the whole city of Porto is waiting for the arrival of that game, they are looking forward to another miracle staged. . .

But now there is one person who is not focused on this game, and that is Lin Yi's agent Mendes, who is sitting in the office with a frown and looking at several faxes on the table.

Obviously, he was in trouble. . .

(One update today, I’m busy these days, I’m really sorry, but I will resume two or three updates next week, at least 6000 words a day, I promise, I really shouldn’t be a professional writer, I can only maintain this speed, please forgive me ...Thank you for everyone's support, let's take a group as a thank you... Mainly I am very happy today, because Xie Longwang was arrested, I hope he will not come out in this life...)
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