Handsome position is not easy

Chapter 178 Decisive Battle against the Celtics ([-])

Yang again, Porto's first goal was an attack indirectly initiated by him. Now the young man has directly become the hero who re-established the lead. Coe sent the through ball through the defense before being surrounded, and Young couldn't get a goal out of thin air.

As soon as the boy rushed to the corner flag area, he turned around and looked for Deco. As a result, before he could find the Brazilian, Porto's frontcourt players threw Jan on the turf, and everyone was ecstatic Shouting loudly, it was Deco who finally rescued Young from the crowd, and Porto's two midfielders hugged tightly.

Young's goal turned the situation around again. Porto was freed from the pain and confusion of being equalized in an instant, and it was the turn of the Celtics who were behind. The high morale of the stage continued to score goals, but what happened next made him unable to believe his eyes.

The Celtics did not transfer to the backcourt to control the ball after the kick-off in the middle circle. Instead, they aggressively handed it directly to the feet of the frontcourt players to attack, because Alan Thompson encountered Ricardo Costa on the right side of Porto. They repeatedly hit the wall, so this time they chose their own right.

Jackie McNamara and Thompson are exactly the opposite type. This Scottish player born in Glasgow, because he is not tall and underweight, takes a dexterous route. He is accurate in his continuous dribbling along the right line Nunovalente's weakness, the latter tried to stretch his legs to intercept several times in the high-speed follow-up defense but failed.

When Valente was almost unable to hold on, McNamara took the initiative to slow down. Before Porto's left back had time to catch his breath, the Scottish right midfielder started a magnificent dribbling performance. It was shaking like flying between his legs, and the continuous left and right shaking quickly made Valente lose his balance.

Seeing the momentum, McNamara pulled the ball with his left foot, and Valente couldn't even make the movement of leaning up with his body at the moment. Seeing that the Celtics' right midfielder was about to cut inside and rushed towards the two forwards. In the extremely empty side of the penalty area, Paulo Ferreira, who was in the midfielder position, made it to Valente's side in time.

Without a firm footing, Ferreira was not sure about resisting McNamara's smooth dribbling just now. With the mentality of not digging holes for other teammates, he ruthlessly lowered his center of gravity and shoveled over. The right foot that slid across the turf immediately brought down McNamara, who was out of the way and had no time to do other moves.

Although Paulo Ferreira's left foot on the other side hooked the ball in front of the opponent almost at the same time, it was obviously a shovel that was not completely aimed at the ball, and the position of the referee was very close to this side , Seeing all Ferreira's fouls, McNamara blew the whistle immediately when McNamara rolled over in pain on the ground clutching his left foot.

The referee looked at the Celtic full-back who was wrinkled with pain in his nose, gritted his teeth and shook his head, then took out a yellow card and held it up in front of Ferreira, all the nearby players gathered here, Pietro The husband tried to explain to the referee that this was a red card action, and Ferreira pointed to his left foot to indicate that he had just touched the ball first.

The referee did not change his penalty because of the players' complaints. He just checked with the line referee on this side and then put away the yellow card. Where Marat fell to the ground, a free kick!
There was no time to chatter with the referee, and Baia quickly directed his teammates to line up the wall. This free kick was placed very close to the sideline and not too far from the goal. It was very suitable for right-footed players to cross and left-footed to hit directly. If it is, the angle that needs to be taken out is too large.

McNamara and Alan Thompson are both right-footed players, but the former has just been tackled, squeezed his ankle and then exited the penalty area. When Thompson adjusted the position of the ball, Mourinho suddenly had a problem. Feeling an ominous premonition, he immediately shouted to the Porto players on the field to concentrate.

Alan Thompson, who was still stepping on the turf near the ball with his left foot, suddenly took two steps back and rubbed the ball towards the back of the penalty area without a run-up. The Porto players did not expect the Celtics' set kick to be sent out so quickly. , Several defenders in the penalty area who needed to mark the man hadn't found their respective targets, and they were in a mess for a while.

It was the back point again, and Alan Thompson chose the back point again. When Sutton, Bald, and Miallbi were all crowded in the front point, the Celtics' kicker still chose to believe in the back point. teammates.Henry Larsson is waiting here, and Ricardo Carvalho, who was specially assigned by Mourinho to mark him, is still in the middle of the penalty area where Sutton, Costa and others are entangled.

This time Larson did not look far away. Although Thompson's pass was a little hasty, the quality was far better than the previous pass from the left. A clean Larson took off and fought for the landing point without any effort at all, and flicked his head to the left hand side with all his strength.

Baia's attention was first attracted by Sutton, Bard and others in the front and center. Thompson's sudden cross made him flustered in a hurry. Larson pointed at the near post in the back Porto's old goalkeeper didn't react at all. He raised his right arm in mid-air and stopped there, because the ball had already crossed the goal line.

It took Celtic just two minutes to equalize again after Young netted that goal with a fine forward run, using the most common set-piece tactic in their arsenal, Martin O'Neill. It is true that he has a hand in this regard. Even though Mourinho asked the players to practice countless times during training, he still failed to prevent the Scottish giants' tricks.

The reason why Porto conceded the goal this time is obvious. Although Thompson saw the opportunity quickly, it is difficult to react, but the most fundamental factor is the loss of several defenders of the Blue and Whites, especially Ricardo Carvalho, Mu Rinho made it a point for the young centre-back to keep up with Larsson on set-piece defenses, but he still couldn't get the job done, allowing the 1.7m-[-] Swedish striker to score twice with a header in one game Spend.

Carvalho looked at the Celtic players who were embracing and celebrating. He was very disappointed. The repeated comfort of his teammates failed to make him relax. The young Portuguese central defender raised his hand to Mourinho on the sidelines , This is an apologetic gesture, Porto's coach did not blame him, just gently raised his hand and gave Carvalho a thumbs up.

Now is not the time to repent, everyone will make mistakes, but the key is not to let mistakes continue to affect your next performance, and the most important thing is to concentrate on the game.

(End of this chapter)