There is a dream called football

139 - The price of pride

Five minutes after the opening of the second half, the Porto players were stunned. Beckham's scimitar was sent into the penalty area, and Figo shoveled the ball into the goal.

"Asshole, these guys didn't take my words seriously, nor did they take Li Qiao's words seriously."

The miracle in Istanbul did not happen by accident, or the countless battles in human history where the weak defeated the strong did not happen by accident. It was a natural slack of people in a dominant position.

Madrid is boiling. Although they will still lose 2-2, at least they are only one goal away from advancing.

Baia slapped his big hands, "Guys, work harder."

Everyone knows to work harder, but it is difficult to get nervous quickly after the spirit is relaxed.

Mourinho roared on the sidelines, but it didn't help much, because many people couldn't hear what he was shouting.

Here Queiroz simply put Figo on the forward line and Raul formed a double forward position.

Beckham passed curve balls into the penalty area again and again, and Porto's midfielder also came back here, forming three central defenders.

"It's different."

Mourinho suddenly said to himself.

"What's different?" Morris asked.

"Real Madrid's momentum is different. In the first half their stars were like stragglers."

The years when the Galaxy Warships were the biggest players were also the years when the stars frequently reported discord. Later, Zidane's most successful point was to integrate Real Madrid into a whole.

"Queiroz must have said something at half-time."

Queiroz was already laughing at this time, and the old coach who later led the Iranian team to shine was also scheming.

Of course, he didn't want to leave at all. As long as he won the Champions League, he would have the capital to negotiate with Florentino. At that time, it would be some disobedient big names in the team who were going to leave, not himself.

*****
Porto managed to snatch the ball from the backcourt, Costinha got the ball, and Deco pointed to Li Qiao on the other side, "Give it to him!"

With such a long distance, Costinia must not have heard what Deco shouted, but the gesture was very clear.

Deco knew that he was being watched to death, so there might be unexpected surprises in another attacking routine, so...

The ball was passed to Li Qiao, who faced Carlos with the ball.

carlos...

I don't know when it started, Carlos has a nickname in China called colander, that's because he was strong offensively and defensively weak when he was in Real Madrid.

The offense is very sharp, but the defense is often ignored, so it is called a colander.

But when Li Qiao got the ball, Carlos was in his defensive position.

"Forced?"

Very excited and very arrogant idea, passing Carlos with speed, it will last a lifetime, but Li Qiao is not that crazy.

He is waiting.

Wait for Ferreira to go up.

When the right back assisted, Carlos couldn't touch Ferreira without the ball. After Carlos' eyes were attracted, Li Qiao quickly broke through with the ball.

Carlos was dumbfounded.

Ferreira was a front.

This is the importance of running position. Ferreira ran 50 meters and didn't touch the ball in the end, but he managed to attract Carlos' attention. This is the value of his assists.

After Li Qiao broke through, Real Madrid's defensive midfielders and central defenders all closed in, and Real Madrid's defense line shrank very quickly.

Li Qiao judged that he would not be able to enter the penalty area, so he passed a cross to Deco, who didn't take the ball, and gave it to McCarthy. He had a chance to shoot in the penalty area. At this moment, the Brazilian Del Rey ran away.

Players at this level have formed instincts, that is to say, when teammates run to a better position, they must pass the ball.

So McCarthy scored a goal.

but……

This time it was messed up because Del Rey was in an offside position.

Mourinho was so angry that he almost fell to the ground. McCarthy could shoot himself, but he passed the ball to his teammate who was offside.

This is idiotic.

Although Mourinho could forgive McCarthy after the game, he was really about to explode at this moment. This is the most critical moment. The two teams are facing each other, and another goal may kill the opponent.

Queiroz over there also let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's so dangerous, I was almost scored."

*****
The ball was handed to Zidane's feet. When he took the ball, he looked around, obviously looking for someone.

Beckham runs down the wing.

He didn't pass it on.

Figo plugged in.

Zidane was unimpressed.

Raúl pointed to his head, which was ignored by Zidane because he was waiting for someone, and when a flash of gold flashed, Zidane passed the ball.

Golden Wolf Guti!

If Guti gets in from the back row, there will be no one marking him in the penalty area, and there will be a temporary vacuum in Porto's defense. This is Qi Zu's strategy.

And Zidane's wishful thinking was indeed realized, Guti disrupted Porto's defense, and Carvalho was blocking.

The moment Guti was about to shoot, Carvalho stretched out his leg. Unexpectedly, Guti seemed to be possessed by Ronaldo, and suddenly buckled.

With this buckle, Carvalho was powerless, he could only reach out and pull.

In the next second, Carvalho's world seemed to be banned. He just saw the referee pointing to the penalty spot.

penalty!

The Bernabéu was completely boiling.

If a penalty kick is scored, then Real Madrid will overtake.

Who will take the penalty kick for Real Madrid?
It should be said that these superstars in the Real Madrid team can take penalties. Zidane, Figo, and Raul are all very good choices.

But this time Zidane held the ball and put on an expression of doing his part.

No one competed with him, because in the European Cup 4 years ago, in the Netherlands, it was Zidane's penalty kick in overtime that defeated Portugal and ended the opponent's sexy football. That time it was Baia who stood opposite Zidane.

The same opponent, but four years apart, Baia still thinks of those years when he stands on the goal line.

Zidane placed the ball on the penalty spot with a blank expression, and the referee blew his whistle. Baia wondered if Zidane would choose the same footwork as before.

That time Zidane kicked the upper left corner of the goal, a theoretical dead corner.

I didn't expect that Zidane was really going to do this this time. It requires a lot of self-confidence and superb footwork.

Zidane ran up and then kicked the ball. Everything was like a replay of the European Cup four years ago, except that both of them were four years older.

The ball is in! !

The Bernabeu was boiling, Queiroz jumped up, and Mourinho bulged his cheeks.

Li Qiao was a little helpless. As a time traveler, the things he could change were too limited, because there were many things that he couldn't tell his teammates.

"I tried my best, but nothing changed."

The reality is that Porto is behind again, and if this score is maintained, then Real Madrid will be the last to advance.

(End of this chapter)