Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 293 Great Victory over Porto

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Porto is one of the most successful football clubs in Portuguese history.They have countless domestic titles and 2 Champions League titles and 2 Europa League titles.

Being able to train people, but failing to keep them, this may be a common problem of all small and medium teams or non-mainstream league teams, and Porto is no exception.

Next, let's take a look at what kind of team Liverpool will face today if Porto does not sell big-name players in recent years (the formation is 4-3-3):
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas.

Casillas is one of the best goalkeepers in football history, and his career began with Real Madrid.Played for Real Madrid for 16 years, and transferred from Real Madrid to Porto in 2015.

Full-back combination: Sandro and Danilo:
Sandro is currently one of the best left backs in the world. He played for Porto for 4 years and helped the team win 2 league titles and 1 Portuguese Super Cup.

The 27-year-old Brazilian full-back left the Dragon Stadium in 2015 to join Juventus.

Danilo only officially landed at the Dragon Stadium in early 2012.He played for Porto for four years and played over a hundred times for the team. He was one of the best full-backs in the Portuguese Super League at that time.

In the summer of 2015, the Brazilian full-back left Porto and joined La Liga giants Real Madrid for 2150 million euros. After two years at the Bernabéu, he joined Manchester City for 3000 million euros.

Centre-back combination: Otamendi and Felipe Montero:

Otamendi played for Porto for four years. He used his performance on the field to prove that he is one of the best central defenders in the Portuguese Super League. He joined Valencia in 2014 and later joined Manchester City in 2015.

Felipe Montero joined Porto from Brazil in the summer of 2016, and he quickly became an integral part of the team.

Midfield combination: Ronaldo, Hector Herrera and Ruben Neves:
Ronaldo joined Porto in 2010 and started his career as a superstar. He was the Portuguese Footballer of the Year in 2012 and was selected to the Portuguese Super League Team of the Year twice.

In the summer of 2013, the Colombian international left Porto to join Monaco. In the World Cup in Brazil in the summer of 2014, Ronaldo became famous in the first battle. After the World Cup, he joined Real Madrid at a sky-high price of 7500 million euros.

Hector Herrera is one of the best midfielders in the Portuguese Super League. He joined Porto in the summer of 2013 and won the Portuguese Super League's best player award in the 2014-2015 season.

Portugal international Ruben Neves was born in the youth training of Porto and won the best rookie award in the Portuguese Super League in 2015. However, this rising star left the Dragon Stadium in the summer of 2017 to join the Wolves and successfully helped Wolves have been promoted from the Championship to the Premier League.

Forward combination: Falcao, Yacini Brahimi and Andre Silva:
Colombian striker Falcao moved from River Plate to Porto in 2009, joined Atletico Madrid in 2011 and became a great striker before moving to Monaco in 2013.

Algeria international Yacini Brahimi joined Porto in the summer of 2014.He was selected as the 2014 African Footballer of the Year selected by the BBC, and was selected as the best team of the Portuguese Super League in 2017.

Portugal international Andre Silva joined Porto's youth training camp in 2011. The 23-year-old Portuguese winger won the best rookie award in the 2015-2016 season of the Portuguese Super League and was also selected for the UEFA Champions League. Best rookie lineup.

His outstanding performance attracted the attention of many giants, and finally, he transferred to AC Milan in the summer of 2017.But Milan coach Gattuso has no place for him. Currently, Andre Silva is joining Sevilla on loan.

Now, Liverpool, which has entered the top 9 for the first time in nine years, does not need to consider the above-mentioned famous opponents. They are all converted into euros by Porto and distributed all over Europe.

This game is the fifth confrontation between the two teams. Liverpool had the upper hand with 5 wins and 2 draws. The last time Liverpool won the Portuguese team was in 2.

Porto (4-2-3-1):

12-Jose Sa;
21-Ricciardo, 23-Reyes, 5-Marcano, 13-Tress;
27-Oliviera, 16-Herrera;
11-Marega, 25-Otavio, 8-Brahimi;

29 - Suarez (not the one from Liverpool to Barcelona).

Liverpool (4-3-3):

13 - Pickford;

66-Arnold, 3-Maguire, 4-Van Dijk, 26-Robertson;
7- Milner, 10- Zhang Mai, 5- Wijnaldum;
11-Salah, 9-Firmino, 19-Mane.

Most of Porto's team is unknown, while Liverpool has the strongest lineup, and Zhang Mai is also ready to swap positions with Firmino in front at any time.

At the beginning of the first half of the game, the confrontation between the two sides was extremely fierce after the start. For the sake of the Champions League game, everyone wants to go further.

Zhang Mai, like most of the Red Army players, this is the first confrontation with Porto. After the start, everyone is adapting to the Portuguese Banba's playing style, so the pressing is not very tight.

In the 7th minute, Otavio cut inside the penalty area and shot hard. After hitting Maguire, the deflection was slightly higher than the goal.

In the 14th minute, Porto won a corner kick, and Marcano's header from the corner kick was confiscated by Pickford.

After adapting to the opponent for about 15 minutes, the Red Army soldiers found that the current Porto is "four different":
The Latin-style passing and receiving coordination is not smooth enough, the speed of the wing attack cannot be increased, the defense is more than fierce but not accurate enough, and the body is not tough enough.

It is simply an ultra-low-profile version of the Manchester City team. The Red Army, which has gradually become familiar with the opponent's situation, has launched a large-scale attack.

In the 19th minute, Zhang Mai went straight in the midfield, Firmino at the front of the penalty area passed the ball, and Robertson shot from the left side slightly higher.

In the 25th minute, Liverpool scored the first goal. Wijnaldum broke into the penalty area and the shot was blocked. The ball returned to his feet. The Dutch midfielder passed the ball immediately. Mane's arc shot from the edge of the penalty area was blocked by Jose -Sa deflected into the net after blocking, 1-0.

Leading Liverpool took the lead and continued to put pressure on Porto's defense, quickly expanding the score in the 29th minute.

Milner broke through to the left edge of the penalty area and shot hard. The ball hit the right post and bounced back. Salah bounced the ball continuously past the attacking goalkeeper and scored an empty goal, 2-0.

This is the 30th goal scored by the Egyptian striker this season, breaking the record of the fastest scoring 1896 goals set by George Allan in 30.

In the 33rd minute, Mane passed the ball after breaking through from the left, and Firmino missed a long shot.

In the 39th minute, Milner made a straight pass, and Zhang Mai shot a low shot from the edge of the penalty area straight into the lower right corner of the goal, 3-0.

Porto has been fighting hard after losing the ball, but its strength is not good, and it has not been able to regain the disadvantage. It was struggling in the next 30 minutes.

In the final stoppage time, Milner passed a direct pass to Salah, and Jose Sa struck out in time to confiscate the ball first.

Klopp showed all his players during the halftime break. Zhang Mai also agreed with Firmino to switch positions in the second half and serve as the forward center of the Red Army.

The game continued in the second half, Porto still had nothing to do with Liverpool's high position, and the Red Army still took the initiative on the field.

Liverpool sealed the victory in the 53rd minute, Salah passed the ball, Firmino's low shot from the edge of the penalty area was saved, Zhang Mai resisted two defenders in the small penalty area and scored a supplementary shot into the net, 4-0.

Liverpool, which led by a large score, began to slow down the offensive rhythm, giving the home team some breathing space.

In the 57th minute, Marega's shot in the penalty area was confiscated by Pickford, and then Oliveira missed a long shot.

In the 61st minute, Liverpool quickly counterattacked again. Arnold made a cross from the right. Firmino shot from a long distance and was saved by Jose Sa. Zhang Mai scored a header in front of the goal, 5-0.

Porto's coach Conceicao couldn't sit still on the sidelines, and immediately changed two people to adjust the formation on the field, trying to win a goal and save the home face.

In the 66th minute, Herrera passed the ball, and Varys, who had just come off the bench, shot from the outside and was confiscated by Pickford.

In the 69th minute, Liverpool scored again, this time Milner crossed from the left side of the penalty area, and Firmino shot low from 10 yards into the bottom left corner of the net.

Liverpool led 6-0, and the Dragon Stadium was dead silent, and some home fans started to leave the stadium silently.

Klopp on the sidelines no longer danced and celebrated the goal, but immediately arranged for a substitution. Zhang Mai was replaced by Matip, and Uncle Zha asked the players on the field to take it easy.

In the remaining 20 minutes of the game, the two sides were mostly entangled in the midfield position. The Red Army also slowed down the rhythm and concentrated on defense, while the Porto players spent their days on the court.

The two sides have failed to score again since then. In the end, Liverpool beat Porto 6-0 in the away game, which can be said to have firmly entered the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Zhang Mai once again staged a hat-trick in this battle, raising his Champions League goals this season to 20, proudly leading the Champions League scorer list.

(End of this chapter)