[football] walk side by side

A holiday morning that should have been as normal as ever.

Cyril, who finished his morning exercises and breakfast early, sat by the TV and waited quietly.He didn't put his energy into various words or topics as usual. It stands to reason that things like TV programs should not have any attraction for him, but a live broadcast of a widely watched ceremony , Enough to make countless Porto people gather in front of the TV.

The draw ceremony for the UEFA Cup semi-finals in the 2002/2003 season will be broadcast live on the TV station, and the final draw result will be conveyed to every viewer.

In this season, four teams have entered the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, Porto and Boavista from the Portuguese Super League, Scottish Celtic from the Scottish Super League and Lazio from Italy.

For Porto, it really doesn’t matter who the opponent is. If it’s Boavista or the Scottish Celtics, then with the recent high morale and their own strong strength, Porto is enough to defeat any of them and advance to the final .If the opponent is Lazio, it is equivalent to the final being staged in advance. As long as Lazio is defeated in the semifinals, Porto has a great possibility of easily winning the cup.

Cyril is also not worried about the result of the draw, he just wants to know who Porto's next opponent is, and then make full preparations before the game.

After nearly half an hour of waiting, UEFA President Johnson announced the results of the draw.

Boavista VS Scottish Celtics, Porto VS Lazio!

Cyril didn't feel much about the result of the lottery, or rather, he was quite happy to hear it-it's not a bad thing to stage the final in advance. As the season goes on, the players' physical reserves will only worsen. After passing the level of Lazio, it will be much easier to face any of the other two teams in the final.

To be more precise, this is already a much better result than he imagined.

Four days later, Dragon Stadium.

Just over ten days ago, the Porto Club officially announced the construction of the Dragon Stadium, which also means that the Antas Stadium will no longer be Porto's home court, and will be replaced by this modern new stadium named after the club's logo.

Many fans are saddened by the replacement of the home stadium that has been with them for many years, but the new games in the new stadium are also worth looking forward to.Before the game started, the Porto fans had already entered the field early, counting the various tools they used to cheer the team nervously and expectantly.Compared with the few people in the away fan area, the home fan area is full of blue and white at a glance.

When Cyril followed the crowd out of the player tunnel, he saw a huge slogan set up in the "Super Dragon" area of ​​Porto's diehard fans from a distance, which read: "As long as you believe, we will believe."

The trust from the fans made the fans of Porto even more excited. Everyone believed that Porto would win the game-from the chairman, to the coach, to the players, to every Porto fan who was present and not present.

And as long as this game is won, will the UEFA Cup champion be far away?

Amidst the screams and shouts of the fans in the audience—more precisely, the cheers of the Porto fans, the Lazio fans who came from afar were suppressed by the Porto fans, and the audience could hear it The team anthem to Porto was flying above the stadium for a long time.

In this case, the game begins.

Considering Cyril's age and physical disadvantages, Mourinho did not let Cyril in this game, but put him on the bench. Porto's midfield partners are Deco and Gianni Kai Da.

Cyril has no complaints about this. In fact, at the age of 16, Mourinho usually gives him enough opportunities. For Cyril now, proper rest is very necessary .

On the other hand, Mourinho also considered Porto's defensive problems.

Both Deco and Gianni Keida are midfielders with good defensive ability. In this game, Porto needs to beware of Lazio scoring first. The reason is simple: Italian teams always have a headache defense, and once Italy The team scored first in the game, so it is by no means an easy task to break through their defense in the rest of the game.

Only when Porto scores first, Lazio will want to attack. On the contrary, once Lazio takes the lead and puts up a defensive formation, it will be a headache.

But after all, there are many things in this world, which are always not so satisfactory.

In the 14th minute of the game, Claudio Lopez accelerated and cut into the middle. Valente tried to defend him, but Lopez's speed was too fast!Without waiting for Valente to form a defensive action, Lopez passed him directly by speed. When another Lazio player passed the ball to the penalty area, Lopez, who happened to be there, raised his foot and shot!

The ball hit the net at the sound, and at this moment Baia was still standing there in a daze, not even having time to make any defensive moves.

"Lazio leads 1:0," the commentator of the Dragon Stadium, Ji Wen, had no interest in cheering Claudio Lopez's goal. He stated the score indifferently and briefly, and then directly jumped to the topic of the Porto players. On the body: "We can see the Porto players-they look very calm, and this lagging score does not seem to have the slightest impact on them. On the contrary, Porto's offensive has obviously become more fierce. It seems that our The Warriors are not willing to stop here," said the commentator suddenly paused, then he took a deep breath and said loudly: "Porto——"

"—Long live!" He was accompanied by the roar of tens of thousands of people in the dragon stadium!

The person in charge of filming next to Ji Wen was dumbfounded, never expecting him to come to such a situation.The job of the commentator is just to explain, and this kind of suspected atmosphere-mobilizing thing has nothing to do with them, but he looked at the excited fans on the stage, and silently swallowed the words that did not meet the regulations.

Well, the fans are the boss.

At this time, Cyril's eyes were still on the field.

For more time, his attention was on Deco, learning Deco's defensive positioning skills, but at this time, his eyes were on the overall situation——

Just like Ji Wen said, none of the lagging Porto players and his teammates felt depressed because of this conceded goal. It is different from the depression of the young players when he fell behind in the European Youth Championship. Porto players at this moment Still full of desire to win, he kept attacking Lazio's defense line!

Cyril was slightly touched in his heart.

I don't know why, a desire to play, amidst the shouts of tens of thousands of people, as a member of this team, to participate in this tenacious collective suddenly surged from my heart.

Want to play, want to touch the ball, want to attack, want to score!

At this moment, Mourinho suddenly said, "Cyril, go warm up."

Cyril was a little surprised. Now that Porto is behind and it is home, it is very important to recover the score or even overtake the score. At this time, Mourinho is indeed the most suitable for an offensive player, but how can he I didn't expect Mourinho's substitution to come so quickly!

You know, in this kind of heavyweight game (for Porto), especially when the opening time is less than ten minutes, no player will be willing to be replaced, because it means that the replaced player will not be replaced. The head coach trusts, and a little carelessness will cause conflicts between the players and the head coach.

But Mourinho's decision was very decisive. He explained calmly and quickly: "Maniche is obviously out of shape. He does not support the striker enough and his passing is not up to standard. You replace him. Don't defend, I will replace you Going up is to enhance your offensive ability, and offense is what you should do." He stared into Cyril's eyes with a serious expression: "Perform well, I always decide to play based on the performance of the players-if you and Maniche is also out of shape, even if you just came on, I will let you off."

Cyril looked back at the head coach calmly, and nodded seriously: "I understand, sir."

"Porto applied for a substitution and it was No. 26 Cyril Slade. This is a player who is biased towards organization and attack. It seems that Mourinho really trusts Cyril Slade. As far as I know this It's not the first time that Mourinho has played Cyril Slade at an important stage of an important game. Generally, teams will let young players play when the team is leading, but Mourinho has played against Cyril Slade. That's not the case with Slade at all... just don't know how the young player is doing."

After playing, Cyril did not immediately join the team's offense. He first ran to several teammates and conveyed Mourinho's tactical requirements:

"Stop blindly defending and organize as many teams as possible to attack." This sentence was said to Deco.

"If I put in an assist, you have to retreat and defend." This sentence was said to Gianni Keida.

Cyril was actually not used to hearing Mourinho's order at the beginning, because the tone of these words sounded like an imperative, and he still asked the other party to cooperate with him.But Deco and Gianni Kaida, who accepted the order, nodded very calmly and agreed without hesitation.

"no problem."

"OK, I will cooperate with you."

The author has something to say: Tomorrow there will be a professional exam qaq, which may delay the update or stop updating for a day. If there is no update around [-] pm, then it is time to ask for leave