There is a dream called football

Chapter 149 Fast as Lightning Monaco

"CCTV."

"CCTV."

"Friends in the audience, we are about to bring you the 2004 UEFA Champions League final match."

Duan Xuan immediately took over and said: "The opponents are Monaco from Ligue [-], wearing white jerseys with red left shoulders."

"On the other side is Porto from the Portuguese Super League, and Chinese player Li Qiao is among them."

"This is also the first time we announced the Champions League final match on the spot." Huang Jianxiang said.

The atmosphere in the stadium is already very hot, the theme song of the Champions League has already played, players from both sides have also paid their respects, and the starting lineups of both sides are displayed on the big screen.

Here in Monaco.

Goalkeeper - Roma

Defense - Ebarra, Julien Rodriguez, Give, Evra
Midfielders - Eduardo Cisse, Bernardi, Zikos
Frontcourt - Giuly, Morientes, Rothen

"Monaco's lineup is exactly the same as they played against Chelsea in the semi-finals. Their captain is the Frenchman Giuly, a very fast winger."

Here in Porto.

Goalkeeper - Vitor Baia
Defense - Ferreira, Carvalho, Jorge Costa, Valente
Midfielders - Maniche, Costinha, Deco, Li Qiao, Start Alberto

Forward - McCarthy
"The captain of Porto is Costa of the golden generation. They changed a player today. Alberto started and the South African McCarthy played the single arrow."

After the introduction here, the referee over there has already blown his whistle, and the game has begun.

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After the opening, Giuly forcibly overtook Valente on the wing and directly kicked the outside instep curve ball.

The ball was floating, and it flew out of the baseline with a strange arc, brushing the goal post, and the audience exclaimed, and the game entered the rhythm faster than expected.

"The pace of the game is very fast. Usually, when Serie A is broadcast, the two sides must play Tai Chi for a while in the first 10 minutes."

"Hahaha."

This is Huang Jianxiang's commentary style, which is very humorous.

Didier Deschamps thinks that Monaco is slightly behind Porto in terms of strength, so it is very important to grab the start and score a goal.

In fact, Monaco at this time is very similar to Chelsea later. At that time, Chelsea had Arjen Robben on the left and Duff on the right. The speed of the two fast horses was very fast. Coupled with the center forward Didier Drogba, it was a big hit in the Premier League.

The same is true in Monaco now, with Giuly on the right and Roten on the left, both of whom are fast and short, with big center Morientes in the middle, and the overall match is very strong.

Roten on the left made a curve ball pass, and Morientes in the center flew the ball under Carvalho's marking.

"Monaco started very aggressively," Duan Xuan said.

"Yes, it will be troublesome if one is really included."

Mourinho is not worried at all. Football is always ebb and flow. If the opponent grabs the start, it will naturally be a physical bottleneck after 10 minutes. At that time, it will be his own opportunity, so it's okay.

Mourinho pointed to the two midfielders, and then pointed to his own eyes, meaning to be stared at by me.

Mourinho always feels that the most powerful thing about Monaco is actually their three "rough brother" midfielders. These three iron gates are the essence of Monaco.

Sure enough, the biggest threat after the opening came from the midfielder - the Argentine Bernardi's sudden forward shot.

This kick forced Baia to make an extreme side attack, which shocked the Porto fans into a cold sweat.

The Monaco fans thought that their team had the upper hand, then the game would be stable, and it is likely to continue like this until a goal is scored and the game is won.

But soon all this changed, and Mourinho's expected physical decline appeared.

Deco went straight to Alberto, and the Brazilian also used his speed to overtake and cross. McCarthy in the middle took a shot, but he didn't hold it down.

"Porto finally had their first shot."

Soon the ball went to the right, Huang Jianxiang and Duan Xuan were excited. This was the first time Li Qiao got the ball in this game, but he was facing the French international Evra.

Evra is fast and has comprehensive skills. Li Qiao swayed the ball a few times, but Evra didn't take Li Qiao's fake moves at all.

"A strong enemy."

Li Qiao passed the ball to Deco, and then prepared to play two to one. Evra was even more ruthless, and he directly adopted the strategy of passing the ball.

"Foul."

Li Qiao knew about Evra. This guy was the main left-hander of Manchester United, and he was entrusted with important tasks by Ferguson.

However, Evra's foul almost caused Monaco to concede the ball, because after Deco's free kick was taken, there was no threat to such a free kick from such a distance, but Monaco's French central defender Givet took the lead.

How weird is this take off?

It was so weird that even the Porto players didn't think of it, so Maniche, who hit the back, stretched out his foot and sent the ball flying.

Mourinho held his head, obviously very regretful.

"Can this ball fly?"

These were words spoken under emotion, but in fact Maniche stretched his foot subconsciously, which he did not expect at all.

But the camera was given to Evra immediately, as if to say something.

"If this goal is scored, then Evra will cry to death." Huang Jianxiang laughed.

When the game reached 15 minutes, the situation of the unknown game since ancient times appeared, and both sides became cautious.

Mourinho began to change, he made a few gestures, and saw Li Qiao and McCarthy suddenly switched positions.

"Li Qiao going to the middle?"

"It's kind of weird."

Huang Jianxiang and Duan Xuan watched many Li Qiao's game videos. He was always on the wing. After all, the body of an Asian is incomparable to that of a black and hard African, but the speed of an Asian is no problem.

But it was Mourinho's change that reaped miraculous effects after 5 minutes.

McCarthy made a cross from the wing. Originally, the ball was under the control of Monaco's two central defenders, Rodriguez and Givee, but Li Qiao suddenly jumped in front of the central defender. He did not touch the ball, but interfered with Monaco's central defender.

The ball passed through, Alberto was not polite, flew up with his left foot, slashed in the air, and the ball went straight to the goal.

The goalkeeper made a pounce, but missed the ball.

1 to 0.
The blue Porto fans turned high. Although Porto also won the Champions League, it was too far away.

As if it happened hundreds of years ago, young players have long forgotten the glory of that time. What they want is now, this Porto team under Mourinho.

Alberto.

Li Qiao.

McCarthy.

……

……

Everyone rushed to the bench excitedly. Everyone hugged Mourinho and teammates on the bench.

The knockout round was very hard. Porto is usually the first to concede the goal, but in the final, they became the first to score. This feeling is wonderful.

(End of this chapter)