[football] walk side by side

Chapter 69 European Super Cup

2003年8月10日,波尔图在吉马良斯主场阿方索-亨里克斯体育场1-0雷利亚摘得了葡萄牙超级杯的冠军,这也预示着2003/2004赛季葡超联赛的正式开始。

When a team wants to continuously achieve good results, it is a necessary behavior to constantly absorb new ideas and implement new tactics.No team can rely on a set of tactics to win the world - and Porto is the same.

After the last successful season, whether it is the Portuguese local team or the opponents that may meet in the Champions League, they will inevitably formulate strategies based on Porto's style of play. Therefore, in this season, if Porto still wants to win To achieve a certain result, there must be some changes in the style of play.

Mourinho's choice is to start with the formation.

In the last season, Porto used a 4-3-3 formation in the Portuguese Super League, while in the UEFA Cup, they used a more defensive 4-4-2. Mourinho does not intend to Then let the team try a new formation, because in his opinion, these two formations are the most suitable for Porto at present, and what they need to do is to strengthen their familiarity with these two formations until they can easily play together. In a game, switch between these two formations at any time.

Soon, the Portuguese Super League officially started, but when those Portuguese Super League teams carefully studied the Porto style of play last season, they visited the Antas Stadium with confidence (due to the poor lawn of the Dragon Stadium , under the suggestion of coach Mourinho, Porto's home court temporarily returned to the Antas Stadium.), they were surprised to find that Porto's formation switch made all their preparations useless!

On August 2003, 8, Porto played against Athletic Braga at home.

"Ha! Gomez was completely dumbfounded! He thought that Porto would be the same as last season, but he didn't expect that Mourinho also updated his tactics! Now the score is 2-0, and Porto beat Braga lightly Sporting, it was Del Rey and the new signing McCarthy who scored his first goal for Porto in the Portuguese Super League! Porto got off to a good start!"

It doesn't stop there.

In Porto's away game against Amadora five days later, people were surprised to find that not only Porto's usual formation had changed, but also the positions of some players.

In addition to the fact that the main position of some players was replaced by better new players, which made the opponent feel strange, in the last season, Cyril, who was originally assisting Deco, was pushed to a higher position, and his role was more effective. Leaning towards attacking midfield, this caught many teams trying to cut off the link between Cyril and Deco during the game.

"GOOOOOOOAL! Porto overtook Amadora 2-1 again! It seems that Cyril Slade is fully able to adapt to the physical strength of the Portuguese Super League. Let's take a look at the replay of this goal-Villas obviously I wanted to destroy the goal with my body, but Cyril Slade completely stabilized his body and the ball went into the net! Porto took another three points!"

After ending the Portuguese Super League with Amadora, Porto will soon usher in the second final of the season-the European Super Cup.

According to the rules of the European Super Cup, the two sides of the game will be a contest between the UEFA Cup champion and the European Champions Cup champion-that is to say, in the Monaco Stadium five days later, they will face the 2002/2003 Champions Cup The winner, Serie A giants AC Milan.

For a giant at the level of AC Milan, the UEFA Super Cup is a handy game. The low gold content makes the champion of this game more dispensable. No one will dislike too many medals in their hands. , even if that medal is not particularly valuable.

For the fans, players and even the head coach and management of Porto, it is difficult to say whether this UEFA Super Cup is important or not. If they can beat last season's champion AC Milan, it will be a big deal for all Porto. In other words, it is a very honorable thing, but even if you lose the game, it will not hurt, and it may not even cause any blow to the players' confidence.

After all, no matter what, AC Milan this year is undoubtedly the top team in European football.

For a team like Porto, being able to talk to a top team like AC Milan is a precious opportunity in itself, so Mourinho and his coaching staff began to study AC Milan's style of play long before the game , and formulate corresponding game plans.

However, before the tactical study began, Mourinho hesitated in choosing who to play.

Many of those who were able to be invited by Mourinho to his coaching staff were old friends and old partners of Mourinho. Therefore, their hesitation towards Mourinho can be said to be seen through at a glance. Holding a pen and repeatedly writing down and crossing out a few names in the notebook, I was a little confused: "With all due respect, Jose, since the opponent is a top team like AC Milan, we can only send the best team. Choose a strong lineup? Is there anything else worth your hesitation?"

Mourinho frowned slightly, shaking his head in silence.

This unusual behavior aroused the curiosity of many coaches. Boas came over strangely and glanced at the name that Mourinho wrote and crossed out on the notebook. Even he couldn't help it. He frowned in surprise and said, "Wait! Jose, are you planning to let Cyril play in this game?"

As soon as this remark came out, the goalkeeper coach Silvino couldn't help frowning: "...Although I admit that Cyril Slade is a genius, but the opponent is AC Milan! If you let Cyril play, are you going to let him play?" Where does he play?"

Without waiting for Mourinho to answer, Silvino fell into thinking to himself: "The midfielder organization? Impossible, this will weaken Porto's overall defensive ability. This position can only belong to Deco..." said At this point, he seemed to think of something, Silvino widened his eyes, and looked at Mourinho in disbelief: "Wait! Jose, don't you want Cyril to still play as the midfielder?...You are you crazy!"

Mourinho was silent and did not deny the question.

Seeing Mourinho's reaction, which of the coaches here didn't know that this was Mourinho's heartfelt performance?Before the coaches next to him could speak out, Boas, who was in charge of Cyril in the youth team, couldn't help being anxious: "My God...Jose, are you kidding me? Tell me, you Just made a joke on us - the opponent is AC Milan!"

How strong is AC Milan now?

To put it bluntly, any team would rather play against Real Madrid and Barcelona than against AC Milan.Unlike Real Madrid, whose locker room was divided because of the superstar policy, AC Milan now has everything that a Champions League champion team has-united players, a harmonious locker room atmosphere, and every position. The world-class stars who are at their peak, even the youngest Kaka in the lineup, is already a well-known genius in Brazil!

Most importantly, since the new season, Mourinho has arranged for Cyril to be a midfielder or central midfielder. This position close to the striker means that Cyril's main purpose in the game is to attack. If you play, then he will have to start a direct offensive and defensive contest with the Italian defender!

Take a look at AC Milan's perverted defense: Maldini, Nesta, Cafu, Costacurta.The Pirlo Pirlo organization in the midfield, Kaka was pushed into the striker by Ancelotti, and Seedorf and Gattuso are also strong midfielders who are good at defense!

In this game, the forwards have to face not only a sophisticated line of defense, but also a wall!

When the abilities of offensive players and defensive players are not equal, there will only be two results: the defensive player will be shaken to collapse by the offensive player, or the offensive player will be frozen into invisible.

That's right, Cyril's dribble is very good, very good. If the total score of the ability of dribble is set as a full score, then the score of Cyril's skill will definitely be 90.But in many cases, the defender's defensive skills are not only in their ability to steal the ball at their feet, but also include strong physical fitness, and the accuracy of fouls when they should be fouled!

After adjustments and training during the summer break, Cyril has fully adapted to the physical confrontation of the Portuguese Super League, but compared with AC Milan, the Portuguese Super League team is a proper team.

It's not that Boas doesn't have confidence in Cyril, but that confidence also depends on the actual situation. If the opponent is Real Madrid's defense, he still has confidence in Cyril breaking the defense or scoring goals, but AC Milan?

Let’s not talk about whether it can tear through AC Milan’s defense. As Cyril’s coach in the youth team, Boas is even more worried that Mourinho’s practice of pushing him to the front line will make him play against AC Milan. Under the confrontation of the defender, his self-confidence was destroyed because of constant frustration!

Of course, Mourinho also considered Boas's problem-otherwise he would not keep writing Cyril's name in the lineup and then erased it.But Mourinho had more in mind.

What he considers is not only the success or failure of Porto in this game, but also the success or failure of Porto in this season. In addition to the interests of the team itself, as a head coach who is also eager to train golden ball winners, he considers Yes, and the whole future of Cyril

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