World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 441 Evening
The unexpected loss of the ball did not disrupt Maritimo's offensive rhythm.

In fact, everyone predicted the difficulty of the game well before the game.

Who is the opponent?That's Sporting Portugal!One of the top three in the Portuguese Super League.

What's more, it's still at the opponent's home court.

So what if you are behind 0:1, it is already a surprise to completely take the initiative on the field.

Next, just continue to attack!

Sporting Lisbon, which has taken the lead, further recovered its formation and actively gave up possession of the ball.This is the smartest way to play when the physical fitness is insufficient and the state is not good.

Hoarding heavy troops in the back line, reducing consumption as much as possible, and looking for opportunities to play defensive counterattacks has indeed won a respite for Portuguese sports.

However, the fans at the Jose Alvalade Stadium did not buy into such a passive situation. Whistles, boos, and rang from all corners of the stands.

The home team coach Amorim did not look good because of the lead.Before, he thought that an unexpected goal would give his players a shot in the arm and discourage the opponent at the same time, but he didn't expect the opponent to be unmoved, and his own players still looked half-dead.

"Damn it, the FIFA virus seems to be very contagious this time!"

Fortunately, the first half is almost over.When it's halftime, I have to use all my firepower to scold and wake up these guys!
In the following period of time, frequently raising his wrist to look at his watch became Amorim's signature action.

The TV broadcast also noticed this, and from time to time they gave the Portuguese young marshal a close-up of his watch.

Even the TV commentator joked: "Did Amorim endorse the watch product just now? Didn't forget to advertise his watch during the game!"

Amorim is really in a hurry!The opponent's indiscriminate bombing frequently threatened their own goal.

If it were Maritimo in the previous rounds, facing the strict defense of an opponent at the level of Sporting Lisbon, there may not be many ways to do it, but now it is different. The team already has a battering hammer-Dzeko!
This is also Dzeko's first league game after joining Maritimo.

Facing the tough battle, Dzeko showed the excellent qualities of a top high center forward.

Not only can the ball be used as a ball in the penalty area, but also Mount Taishan can be overwhelmed when crossing from the wing.When the opponent's backcourt fell, he was also aggressively pressing at the expense of physical strength, and even occasionally staged a wonderful performance of taking the ball and getting rid of the shot.

It can be said that Dzeko's ability is top-notch in the Portuguese Super League. Even facing an opponent at the level of Sporting Lisbon, he is still incomprehensible.

"Dzeko is 34 years old! He is only 1 year younger than himself! Other Maritimo players are not afraid of the FIFA virus, but this old guy is alive and well!" Amorim cursed inwardly.

However, although Dzeko is fierce, he seems to have forgotten his shooting boots in Madeira.Under the entanglement of the Portuguese defenders in turn, Dzeko's shots were always a little bit short, either wide of the goal, or too straight, and the ball was confiscated by goalkeeper Maximino.

Finally, amidst the boos of the home fans, Amerim waited in fear until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

With a nonsensical own goal, in the first half, Sporting Portugal temporarily led Maritimo 1:0.

During the intermission, in the locker room of the home team, the Amorim brand "hair dryer" was turned on to the maximum gear.

"Damn it, do you have any sense of shame! How did you get crushed by Maritimo's kids at your home court! I know you are tired, but isn't Maritimo tired? He just finished the national team training day! I think you are a bunch of lazy..."

For the entire 15 minutes, Amorim used almost all of his players to criticize his players, with little tactical adjustments.

It's not that Amorim doesn't distinguish between primary and secondary, but that motivating players' fighting spirit and enthusiasm is more critical than skills and tactics.

Besides, there is nothing to adjust tactically. With the current physical and mental state of his players, it is good to be able to defend. Amorim doesn't expect them to play any good offense.

Similarly, Amorim believes that the opponent has no room for adjustment. Facing the bus, it is nothing more than smashing the ball into it.

That Chinese kid should be helpless now!

The second half of the game begins.

Sporting Lisbon still played in the first half, voluntarily giving up possession of the ball, shrinking the backcourt defense, and not giving the opponent room to attack.

But Maritimo's style of play seems to have changed slightly.

The team is no longer so eager to attack, but has a lot more ball possession in the midfield.

"It seems that the opponent's physical strength has also reached the bottleneck, and the speed has dropped! Hehe, looking at the strength of the first half, I thought your physical strength was unlimited, but that's all!" Amorim thought with some pride.

What made him feel even more at ease was that he didn't spit in vain. His players seemed to muster up some courage, and they started to run and fight actively.

If the kick continues like this, the opponent will definitely become more and more anxious as the time behind them gets longer and longer!And your own team will become more and more handy and comfortable.

Amorim seemed to have seen that the balance of victory was tilting towards him.

But he didn't expect that, precisely because his players became active, a huge crisis was rapidly approaching.

In the 66th minute of the game, Maritimo's core player Wang Zi took the ball in the midfield, still unhurried, seemingly strolling in the garden.

If it was in the first half, the Sporting Portuguese players who were not active in running would definitely not pounce on them. Instead, they would lazily stand in their positions and guard their defensive areas. At most, only one player would come up to harass them.

However, because of being scolded for 15 minutes during the halftime break, the Portuguese Sporting players who seemed to have been beaten into chicken blood were very active and rushed towards Wang Zi.

Wang Zi is also a courageous person of Yigao. Facing the siege of four players rushing from all directions, he took the ball under his feet and stepped on it without any haste.

Since Sporting Portugal's full-back Acuna and midfielder Eduardo da Silva are both involved in the press, there is an empty space at the left rear of the defense!
After the ball was thrown out, Jorah, who was lying in ambush, understood it, rushed out, and caught up with the ball near the baseline.

But Sporting Portugal's defensive players were left far behind, and Jorah even had time to stop the ball and observe calmly.

If you were the former "Lone Ranger" Jorah, you would definitely rush into the penalty area with the ball in your head.But now, under Gao Yuan's training, Chora's overall view and passing awareness have increased a lot, and he has understood the importance of passing timing.

This time he made a correct choice. After raising his eyes to observe, he immediately kicked up and passed the ball to the back point.

Although there are many defensive players in the penalty area, Dzeko's ability is exceptionally outstanding, as conspicuous as a towering tree suddenly growing out of a small bush.

Dzeko was double-teamed by two defenders, pulled a green onion from a dry land, jumped high, and hit the ball first.

With a "bang", the ball hit the opponent's goal hard.

The score was tied at 1:1!
Dzeko scored his first goal in the Portuguese Super League!
Amorim's face was extremely ugly. When he saw this man, who was only one year younger than himself, galloping recklessly on the green field, his heart was full of acid.

hateful!Is he retiring too early?Or Dzeko's body is too perverted!Why is he completely unaffected by the FIFA virus?
Amorim couldn't figure out the answer to this question, but he knew that after being equalized, the next game would be even more difficult!
(End of this chapter)