number one striker

Chapter 516 Fighting Porto Again

When the plane from Porto, Portugal landed at Madrid Airport, a group of young people filed out.They are Porto players, with a 1:3 disadvantage in the first leg, they came to Madrid to fight for their honor.

After the last loss, Pereira took the responsibility on himself.

"There are obvious deficiencies on the defensive end, which is the main reason for our loss."

This time, Pereira is going to pull Mangalala back to the back line. At the same time, Sandro and Danilo are on the left and right, attacking and defending, and are responsible for guarding the team's flanks.

It's just that Danilo needs a helper to help.

After all, in the last game, Danilo's underpants were gone when he was shot by Caesar.And the offensive end that he is good at is also suppressed by Atletico Madrid's strong offensive firepower.

You know, once Danilo loses his offensive attributes, he is not as useful as a backup defensive guard.

佩雷拉这次给达尼洛选了一个帮手，球队的阵容从4—3—3变成了4—5—1，瓦雷拉和比利时速度型边锋德福尔分居两侧。

The winger is placed at the back, in order to prevent the opponent's wing attack and increase manpower on the defensive end.

It's just that it will be harder when attacking, and they need to run up and down.

Moreover, because the position is relatively low, the offensive method must change from hitting behind to frontal assault, which requires a certain amount of support from the midfielder.

The midfielder Pereira still sent Ronaldo and Moutinho, and the midfielder became Jess Fernando. In the last game, he seemed a bit reckless in the full-back position, but when he came to the midfielder, the team needed him to actively rush.

Different positions have different functions.

With all the preparations, Porto came to the Calderon Stadium and worked hard for a slim chance of qualifying for the quarter-finals.

The score of 1:3 requires them to lead Atletico Madrid by 3 goals. It is already very difficult to score 3 goals for Atletico Madrid. They must also ensure that Atletico Madrid does not score.

Pereira's strategy for this is also quite simple, let's take one step at a time.

But Simeone and Boggs are not thinking about this now. They have long been confident about the promotion, and they are more interested in a group of young and promising young people in Porto.

On the offensive end, Atletico Madrid already has Saul, Griezmann and De Bruyne on loan, including Cork, Caesar, and Costa are still on the rise.

Therefore, on the offensive end, Atletico Madrid's talent reserves are quite sufficient.

But on the defensive end, talent is relatively withered.

It just so happens that there are a group of young defensive players in the Porto team.

What Sandro, Danilo, and Mangala are all rising stars.

"I think we can consider introducing a few young people from Porto. Sandro is good. His defensive ability is strong. Although his offense is lacking, we have Saul and Koke, and we don't need much support on the offensive end." Boggs analyzed.

Simeone nodded. He also took a fancy to Sandro. Compared with Danilo, he seemed much more reliable.

I just don't know if the club has money for transfers. After all, the team is not owned by Simeone. He wants whoever he wants, and the team's funds and other issues must also be considered.

It rained lightly on the day of the game, which was a good weather for Porto.

Fighting in rainy days means accidents are prone to occur.

They just needed an accident, and they also needed a rain to stun each other's minds.

As a result, when the game started, it was the Porto players who were hindered by the rain.

"James stopped the ball at the front of the penalty area! Hit the goal!! Oops! James fell down!"

Ronaldo was unsteady on his feet and fell directly on his buttocks.

Vidal quickly poked the ball away and passed it to Turan who was in front of him.

"Turan drove straight in! Cross the middle! Cork came over!"

Atletico Madrid, which was counterattacking, was very fast, and came to the front of the penalty area in two or three strokes.

Cork saw Caesar in the far end and immediately passed the ball diagonally.

It's just that the ball was too weak, and it was broken by Danilo who was inserted horizontally.

"Counterattack counterattack counterattack!!"

Danilo looked very excited. He swept past Felipe Luis who had put in the assist, and approached the Atletico Madrid goal.

"Here!" J Ma hurriedly raised his hand to signal for the ball. At the moment, Atletico Madrid's defense was a little empty, and it was a good opportunity to attack.

Godin went out to make up for it, Danilo smashed the ball back, Ronaldo adjusted a step, and crossed with his left foot.

The ball flew over J Ma's head, and Moutinho, who was on the back point, took off a step late, and the ball flew out of the baseline.

Danilo patted his head with some regret, and hurried back.

Obviously, Porto's style of play has become much simpler, just hit the goal and it's over.

But what they don't know is that this tactic is more in line with Atletico Madrid's appetite.

Any offense is a process of simplifying and simplifying. No matter how the ball is passed, it will still fall back to the middle anyway.Porto is now only attacking the middle, without those bells and whistles, Atletico Madrid only needs to tighten the fence.

"Sandro assists! Give the ball to Moutinho! Give it to Defour!"

Defour also made a direct pass after receiving the ball, and Courtois ran out and confiscated the ball.

"Porto seems a little too anxious! In fact, they can stabilize and play slowly."

Pereira also wanted the players to calm down before the game, but young people are not so easy to follow the arrangement, and they are a little too excited when they play.

Especially Danilo, his position is a bit forward, obviously he wants to assist too much.

Atletico Madrid immediately took advantage of his gap. After Miranda cleared Porto's cross, Vidal on the periphery swept the ball without stopping.

His technique is not particularly outstanding, and the pass of the ball is not too good.

However, Porto's defense was too empty, causing Caesar to run several steps before the defenders came over to make up for it.

"Mangala in the middle defends Caesar!"

Obviously Mangala was a little anxious, he didn't stand still, but approached.

Sandro made up his position in the middle. Seeing Mangala's dangerous position, he hurriedly reminded: "Don't worry! Don't rush up!"

Then, Mangala was passed.

He also turned around and yelled: "Don't talk nonsense, it distracts me!"

Nima!

You bastard!

Otamendi covered the defense, Caesar crossed over, and at the same time he advanced forward to help Costa take away the defender.

Costa stopped the ball at the front of the penalty area, took a look with ease, and sent the ball hard into the bottom corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Ayrton was beyond his reach, and Porto opened the door to victory by Atletico Madrid in less than 20 minutes.

"I owe you the last game." Caesar patted Costa on the head, and the latter said embarrassedly: "It's actually nothing, just have this opportunity a few more times in the future."

(End of this chapter)