Handsome position is not easy

Chapter 98
After cursing a few words in a low voice, Ferreira walked back to the bench angrily, and called out João Tomás, who immediately took off his vest. Any fool could see that Miguel couldn't hold on anymore. , Even if the game has gone on for more than 40 minutes now, Benfica will not risk the ten-man battle to postpone the substitution until the intermission.

With the help of the team doctor, Yang stood up slowly, took a few deep breaths, jumped up and down twice to confirm that there were no other injuries, the team doctor patted him on the shoulder, praised his good luck, and then picked up the medical kit walked off the field.

Taking advantage of the interval between Benfica's substitutions, Costinia came to Yang's side, touched the boy's head and whispered: "You did a great job, I couldn't do anything at the time, if it wasn't for your supplementary defense, thanks Ya is going to scold us again, but Yang, you have to be careful, your body is still a little thinner than those guys from Benfica, try to avoid this kind of confrontation."

Yang nodded lightly. Costinia had already taken two steps, but he turned back after thinking about it: "I must say sorry to you. I saw you asking for the ball from me in the midfield. But I have always been worried about you, so..."

"You don't need to apologize. It was the same in Leiria. I understand that the trust between teammates is accumulated little by little." Yang tilted his head and shrugged at Costinha.

"If you feel okay with yourself, I'll pass the ball as much as possible, you know, I'm not good at what Deco does, you're the midfielder, Jan, anyway, you've got my trust."

The two held hands together. Yang knew that he had already taken the first step to integrate into Porto. With Costinha's words, he could also do his job as a front midfielder more relaxedly. For example, Mu Before the game, Rinho had always emphasized to himself the possession and distribution of the ball, rather than being forced to throw his body out to gamble on luck.

Miguel had already been carried down on a stretcher, and João Thomas also ran into the field from the halfway line. The referee saw that both players were in position, took the ball and walked to the place where the collision occurred before, and called Porto. Several people from the party.

"My penalty is a dropped ball. The ball belongs to you. The game will restart as soon as the ball hits the ground. Do you understand?"

Costinia nodded and stood next to the referee. Seeing the penalty, Ferreira angrily swung his foot at the empty water bottle behind him, and greeted the referee's family cordially: "Dog* raised Bastard, are you blind?!"

The fourth official immediately rushed to Ferreira's side and gave him a hard look: "Warning once, and next time, I will notify the referee to send you to the stands!"

Ferreira shut his mouth immediately when he heard the penalty. Benfica had a huge advantage in this game. If he couldn't stand on the sidelines and celebrate when he finally won, it must be the worst thing in his coaching career.

Mourinho didn't even look at what was happening around him. After asking the team doctor if Young had no obvious injuries, he kept thinking about the adjustments that Porto needs to make next. If the second half is still this weak He couldn't figure out how to face the fans at the Asantas Stadium and the trust of Chairman Da Costa.

After the referee dropped the ball, Costinia directly returned the ball to Benfica with a big kick. Although this kind of sportsmanship won the applause of the fans in the stands, there were still some discordant voices mixed in it.

"Idiot, we are still behind!"

"Damn it, is Porto leading by three goals? It's your turn to be a good person?"

The ball was directly stopped by Meera's chest. This tall central defender likes to dribble the ball forward when he has the opportunity. Now that the ball is at his feet, he will naturally not let this opportunity go. His movements were not smooth because of his height, but they also threw McCarthy away by a large margin.

Ferreira is aware of Mela's habit, but Benfica is far from getting the advantage of the central defender dribbling the ball across the half. A little panicked, he yelled loudly to tell this guy to quickly distribute the ball and return to his position.

Fernando Mela was still enjoying the cheers of the Benfica fans when he dribbled the ball, and he was a little disapproving of the coach's yelling, but after Ferreira scolded him for the second time and asked him to hand over the damn ball to the midfielder, Mela resented Suddenly, he pushed the arch of his foot and passed it to Charno in front.

But these two didn't think of going together at all. Charno felt that the team had to stabilize after the substitution, and with Ferreira's instructions, he stood still and planned to control the ball, but Meera thought that the midfielder Before the break, Porto's momentum should be severely suppressed, and a strong through ball was passed directly.

Charno, who was too late to start, could only watch the ball pass far in front of him, and he had just taken a left leg. The inadvertent mistakes of the two were caught by Young who was wandering in the midfield. , He easily rushed a few steps forward to stop the ball, and there was nothing in front of him.

In Benfica's 4-4-2 formation, there are only Chano and Calado in the midfield. These two gave up some space in the middle because of Meera's sudden forward. Young took the ball and rushed in the direction of Meera's retreat. In the past, there was no Benfica player who could limit him for a while.

Young dribbled the ball very fast and walked in a straight line. He didn't care about Carado, who was farther away. When Charano moved laterally to intercept, Young flicked his right foot across the ball. The moment Nuo also moved his center of gravity, he raised his right foot and circled in front of the ball again, and then leaned to the left as if to hook the ball and prepare to break through.

Charno expected this swaying action, and he kept three-point force when moving his center of gravity. Seeing Yang's body leaning to the left, Benfica's lower back stretched out his right foot and shoveled towards the ball under Yang's feet. Don't even try to pass this way.

But the momentum of Yang’s body leaning to the left is still a fake action. The right foot that swung the ball around did not knock to the left as Charno expected. Edge rushed over.

At this time, Mela, who is still pushing back, is the most embarrassing. He was originally arranged by Ferreira to suppress McCarthy in the penalty area. In Benfica, only Mera, who is 1.9 meters two, can control McCarthy who is 1.8 meters four. Tie, but now he has not been able to return to the penalty area, and Yang is about to rush in front of him.

At this time, whether Meera is advancing or retreating, the 1.7-meter-long guy in front of him is extremely flexible, and even Chano, who is good at one-on-one defense, is easily passed by. Do you still expect Meera, who is about to pull out the most The reaction of a big man with a cute height difference to compete with Yang?
Mela, who had already reached the top of the arc in the penalty area, had no choice but to switch positions with Adel. This kid from Porto might be able to use the time difference to send a pass that directly threatened the goal. In desperation, he insisted The scalp is pushed up, and the troubles I caused have to be settled by myself.

Since his feet definitely couldn't keep up with the opponent's rhythm, Meera simply became ruthless. At this time, he didn't care about being reckless or not. Relying on his height and long legs, he shoveled obliquely towards Yang's right foot that was dribbling the ball. Going down, in order to increase the defensive area as much as possible, Meera completely threw her body out, and even stretched her arms.

At this time, it doesn’t matter what the foul is or not, even if someone dribbles the ball, it’s fine, just take it as revenge for Miguel who was injured and ended up off the field. This kid is also a ruthless character. Anyway, my actions are not bad. Outside the penalty area, at most it is a yellow card plus a free kick.

Meera's shoveling momentum was very strong, but he still delayed a little time to change gears from backing up to going forward. Although it was too late for Yang to get rid of the huge shadow cast by this guy, he finally left a little room for maneuvering.

Yang kicked out two small steps very quickly, before Meera pounced, his foot was hooked and pinched on the bottom side of the ball, and it was directly sent to McCarthy in the penalty area, whose back was facing the goal. At the same time, he also Not wanting to take the hateful blow from the Benfica central defender, he jumped up with both feet to avoid Meera's shovel the moment he picked up the ball.

It was also his luck that Meera couldn't raise her legs high enough. Even though she stumbled a little, Yang managed to jump over him, and then the teenager ran to the left side of the penalty area, and the ball was indeed given. McCarthy, but he still has to create space to continue to cooperate, or a chance to make a supplementary shot.

McCarthy is worthy of Mourinho's trust in his starting position. The South African forward on loan from Celta Vigo in La Liga easily leaned against Adel, who is slightly inferior to him. The Benfica central defender failed to stop McCarthy from turning around. With a movement, the dark-skinned thigh muscles swelled, and the ball that came along was slammed towards the goal of Benfica.

Robert Enke once again became the savior of Benfica. The German stretched out his arms and threw the ball obliquely from outside the goal line in a very thrilling way. Fell back through the door.

Maybe it was because the distance was too short, Enke didn't open his hand when making the save, the ball was just slowed down, and fell from the air to the bottom line. There was regret and regret in McCarthy's eyes, he I felt that I could have played the angle less positively, so I wouldn't have wasted this almost guaranteed chance to score.

But a figure suddenly jumped out of his eyes. Facing the ball that was about to fly out of the baseline, Yang jumped up a meter or two away. The flexibility of the young man was fully revealed at this time. Swinging his legs, his obliquely protruding right foot was unbelievably raised in front of the ball.

McCarthy swore that at that moment he seemed to have seen a boa constrictor swinging its body in the air, or a cat falling from a height and still maintaining its balance. It's not even possible to tell where the owner of the No. 77 jersey touched the ball with his foot, even though everything is in slow motion.

Yang barely hit the ball with the outside of his foot and heel in the air. It was the last effort of all the muscles in the hip, thigh and calf. He was not sure how to stop the ball within the baseline, so he had to take a gamble and see. Can he kick the ball back into the penalty area, leaving his teammates a chance to make up shots.

McCarthy knew that if he wasted another wonderful ball assist, he would regret the missed opportunity for the rest of his life, so he kicked his feet hard on the ground and kicked the turf out of two holes.

There was no run-up, only an instant reaction. The 1.8-meter-four body just flew more than half a meter horizontally in front of the goal. McCarthy shook his head vigorously at the ball that flew obliquely to the goal.

At this time, Enke still maintained the movement of getting up from the door, Adel was still on the spot and couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the ball shuttle, Meera raised her head on the ground and stared at the chaotic scene in the penalty area, and the ball was caught by McCarthy On the line of the head facing the goal, there is only air that seems to be frozen due to tension.

The ball is in!
1:1, in the last few minutes before the intermission, Young's extreme save from the baseline gave Benny McCarthy a wonderful assist. No one in front of Benfica made a second interception. The German goalkeeper Enke could only watch as McCarthy shook his head and broke through the gate he was guarding.

(End of this chapter)