Midfielder

Signing with Porto does not mean that you have established a firm foothold in Porto. Both Mourinho and Lin Yi need to rely on their results to speak for themselves. Especially now Lin Yi needs to win the trust of Porto fans with his feet, and he must integrate himself into the team as soon as possible.

This is a brand new environment, and Porto's situation in the league is not easy now. The fans will not give Mourinho too much time, nor will they let new players like Lin Yi have any relaxed environment. After increasing investment, the Porto team needs to see results.

Especially these newcomers who joined the team midway must be in high spirits to accept the test. They need to use their own performance to tell those fans that the club's money is not wasted, nor is it wrong, and they deserve every penny.

There are still ten rounds left in the league, and Porto has entered the top 16 in the League Cup. This undoubtedly increases the pressure on Mourinho now, and also poses a problem for the depressed Porto team. What kind of results do they want to achieve? This requires a choice.

Now Porto may be the worst team in the club's history in the past 30 years. They are not short of money, but everyone lacks the courage and determination to win the game. They were reversed by their opponents at the last minute in the three games they fell in the last few years.

The continuous failure of not winning any championship title in a few years has made everyone begin to doubt their ability, including the head coach who has resigned voluntarily. The team is denying itself from top to bottom.

The continuous failure has hit the morale of the team. It is Mourinho's most difficult task to cheer them up again.

Porto is not short of excellent players. Da Coste's large investment has brought many famous players, including excellent talents like Costinha and Deco, but they lack a strong heart and the courage to win the game.

The feeling of losing is like a poison, it will always spread in people's hearts, and Mourinho must be an antidote now.

Mourinho needs to make the team stronger, and he must instill confidence in these guys to win the game, so his opening remarks in the first training session in Porto were very simple and direct.

"I can take Benfica to the top of the league in a few months, and I can repeat that process here."

"I can do it when I am short of players, and I can still do it when you are well-organized, because you are good enough."

"Five points, this is the gap between us and the first place now, but there are still ten rounds of games. Believe in yourself, and please believe me, the champion will be born under your feet."

"I promise to win in the end! Now, I hope you can also tell yourself with the strongest voice that you can do your best!"

Mourinho needs to instill these psychological hints into everyone's mind. What the previous coach did not do, he must do here, and he even left himself no room. The league championship, he doesn't want anything else.

And Mourinho's most direct move after taking office was to throw aside those players who did not work hard on the field, no matter how much they were worth. Mourinho only used one sentence to explain all this to Da Costa.

"That's not the player I need to win the championship. They can leave immediately after this season. I need ambitious people to take the main position, not these guys who are just idling around."

Da Costa fulfilled his promise. He would not interfere in any team management matters, which also saved Mourinho a lot of trouble.

Compared to the problems Mourinho needs to deal with now, the situation that Lin Yi may face seems more severe. He is the youngest in the entire Porto team and has the least game experience, which has become his weakness when competing for a position.

There are not many people who understand his ability here. All the opportunities to play must be won back by himself. There is no Edward here, nor teammates from the youth team. Only Mourinho and Maniche are familiar to him.

But Mourinho can't promise Lin Yi any guarantee of playing. If he wants to win the opportunity, Lin Yi must rely on himself. He must make himself the most important part of Porto in the shortest time.

Although the fans of Porto have also seen the wonderful performance of this black-haired boy on the field on TV, the ups and downs of young people also determine Lin Yi's future in Porto. Although it is not as bad as Benfica, it is not optimistic.

There is no ban here, but there is competition here. In the last ten rounds of games, Lin Yi has little time to prove himself. He must seize every opportunity and must have a performance that will make everyone shine.

Porto is not like Benfica, which lacks manpower in the front midfielder and midfielder organization. Lin Yi must now see which competitors are standing in front of him. If he wants to play, he must win these people first, otherwise he can only be on the bench.

Pedro Mendes and Thiago Moreira, these two mature guys hold the position of Porto's midfielder, while Porto's front midfielder position belongs to Brazilian Anderson Deco. These three people will become Lin Yi's main competitors.

Brazilian Deco has firmly grasped the position of Porto's attacking midfielder. Whether Mourinho is the coach now or not, it is impossible to easily replace this midfield soul of Porto. Lin Yi almost does not need to consider anything in the competition for the attacking midfielder.

Deco may be the only guy in Porto who can keep moving forward on the field. He is also the kind of person who never admits defeat. He doesn't care whether others give up the game, he won't, which is why Mourinho will not easily replace him.

And Lin Yi has only played one game in the position of attacking midfielder so far, and his unfamiliarity with the position also puts him at a competitive disadvantage.

Even in the game between Benfica and Athletic, Lin Yi has perfectly demonstrated his ability in the attacking midfielder position, but that was just an attempt. Now even Mourinho must clearly tell Lin Yi that he is temporarily behind in the competition with Deco.

This has nothing to do with ability, but in terms of the pressure resistance on the field, people like Deco who have played in the league for several years can better play their abilities at critical moments. Even if there are no wonderful shots, he will stably complete the tasks assigned by the coach in the game.

What Lin Yi lacks now is this kind of stability and rich game experience. Even if Mourinho wants to use him, he can only treat him as a surprise weapon again.

Moreira and Pedro, two experienced guys, will not easily lose to a young man like Lin Yi, especially Lin Yi's physical disadvantage, which also makes him fall behind in the competition for central midfielder.

But Lin Yi has never been the kind of person who easily admits defeat. He speeds up the training plan given to him by Mourinho almost every day. Every day, he spends more time on the training ground than in bed. Almost every Porto player can see Lin Yi, who is already sweating profusely, doing basic training there when he arrives at the training ground.

And the ruthlessness of this kid when playing football has already given these new teammates a vivid lesson since the first training session.

Porto's team training is just like when Mourinho first arrived at Benfica. It always seems a bit loose. This may be a common problem of Portuguese people. They prefer to play some small games in such training instead of fighting desperately.

But Mourinho would not leave them such a comfortable training life. He asked Maniche and Lin Yi to bring the most realistic feeling of competition into the game. From the first attack, the guys from the Porto team had already felt a sense of oppression.

Costinha, the main defensive midfielder of the Porto team, and Jorge Costa, the captain of the central defender, both suffered a great loss from the little guy Lin Yi. They paid the price for their lax defense. Under the watchful eyes of Mourinho, they were directly shaken off by Lin Yi's two consecutive changes of direction in the middle.

The agile feeling and instantaneous explosive power when dribbling were fully displayed in Lin Yi. He did not give the two defensive backbones too many reaction opportunities at all, and rushed over with the ball directly. The two changes of direction in the fast movement directly shook off the defenders.

When they all lost the opportunity to defend, Lin Yi kicked the ball directly. If it were not for the goalkeeper Baia's very focused attention, it would be a wonderful shot and score. From that moment on, no one would ignore the ability of this kid.

Because of Lin Yi's fierce performance, the entire training match has completely entered the stage of actual combat confrontation. Everyone began to fight desperately on the field. Mourinho has said that he does not need a waste, and no one wants to be a waste, so they can only fight hard.

Now, whether from the perspective of experience or seniority in the team, Lin Yi's chance of winning is not great. He is more of an investment in the future bought into the team by Da Costa, but Lin Yi does not want to be just a hope for the future.

Now in the minds of Porto fans, he is more of a novice, with an uncertain future. Only those defenders who were tortured by him on the training ground can deeply know that this kid is not so easy to mess with.

Lin Yi has sounded the alarm for every competitor with his performance in actual combat training. He told these guys in the most direct way, "Don't underestimate me! I will use the game to prove my ability!".

What Porto needs to do now is to try their best to grab points in the league. Mourinho doesn't care about any situation of his opponents now. The remaining ten games are a contest between Porto and themselves. They must ensure that they cherish every point, and how others play the game has nothing to do with them.

The five-point gap was completely erased from the minds of every player by Mourinho. Now he just needs to make every game a final. Don't think about how much is left. What we need to consider now is that we can win three points in every game.

Only by making the team fierce can Porto achieve the final success. Now is the time for Porto to grab points.

There is not much time left for Porto, and there is not much time left for Lin Yi to prove himself. Now they can do is to fight for every game, and Lin Yi needs to fight every minute.

Three consecutive victories, this is the gift that Mourinho brought to Porto with a desperate and fierce attack after he took over the team. He won nine points in a row to narrow the gap between Porto and Benfica to two points. Now Benfica and Athletic are in trouble.

In the last seven rounds, the battle for points has just begun. Lin Yi is also gearing up to go on the court.

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