[football] walk side by side

When the Porto players came out of the airport, they were greeted with an uncanny calm.

From the airport all the way to the Bernabéu stadium, the atmosphere outside the bus was always quiet. There were no fans pointing and cursing at the bus. More fans just calmly glanced at the bus with the Porto team logo printed on it, and then Turned around as if nothing happened.

Del Rey couldn't help muttering: "The pre-match atmosphere...was a little too friendly?"

However, as if to overthrow his statement, soon, a Real Madrid bus slowly approaching appeared on the other side of the street. waves!

The Real Madrid fans did not circle the bus, but kept a certain distance, but this did not mean that they did not support their team - some cheered for the team loudly, and some took the opportunity to wave their carefully prepared words Banners with slogans, and some fans simply sang the team anthem of Real Madrid on the spot.

Compared with Real Madrid's lively and extraordinary, Porto's side is much colder.

Although Porto also has fans who travel with the team, compared to the Real Madrid fans who are playing at home, it is just that there are far too few. Even if they want to cheer for the team, they are often quickly submerged in In the voices of the Lingers.

"Not friendly." Cyril said suddenly.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him in surprise.

Cyril didn't look back at his teammates. His gaze was always outside the window. Through the thin glass window, he could clearly see the large expanse of pure white ahead and the Bernabéu Stadium standing quietly under the sun.The white crowd moved slowly towards the stadium along with the small bus.

"The absence of hostility does not mean friendship, and it can also be the contempt of turning a blind eye."

People only feel hostile when facing opponents of the same level, and the reason why Real Madrid fans are indifferent to the arrival of Porto players is that they don't think that the opponent can pose a threat to Real Madrid.

Not to mention in a game where the ending doesn't matter at all.

Cyril's words silenced the Porto players who were chatting about various topics with great interest.

Indeed, for Real Madrid, who are the top giants in European football, Porto is really nothing. Portuguese Super League team in the Champions League.As Real Madrid fans, it is normal for Meilinger to despise Porto.

But this is precisely what frustrates the Porto players-they are underestimated, but the reasons for this underestimation are completely irrefutable.

Mourinho took it all in, but said nothing.

An hour before the start of the game, the Porto players performed simple warm-up activities on the court.

Cyril stepped on the soft grass, and his gaze unconsciously swept across the scattered stands of fans. It has to be said that the Bernabéu Stadium is indeed one of the best stadiums in the world. The huge scale makes this stadium It can accommodate 12 fans to watch the game live.

In the games that Cyril has played in the past, the number of fans that the stadium can accommodate is generally around 5 to 7, while Real Madrid has nearly doubled that of ordinary teams.And such a huge facility is not just about bringing huge benefits to Real Madrid every season.

Think about it, when the game officially starts, hundreds of thousands of Real Madrid fans are screaming in the stands at the same time... If it is not for the players who often play on this stadium, I am afraid it will be really difficult not to be affected by Real Madrid. The "12th Man" effect.

Before entering the locker room after the warm-up, Cyril couldn't help grinning while thinking about what it would be like if the stadium was full of fans.

Just imagining such a scene... will make the whole person feel like boiling.

Mourinho did not emphasize the tactics of this game-he had already told the Porto players how to play this game before the departure, and what he said now was just the usual pre-match mobilization.

All Porto players have their eyes on Mourinho.The latter also looked at each of his disciples seriously, and then asked: "Do you think this game is important?" He asked this question first, and then named Del Rey: "Del Rey, What do you think?"

"...Should it be important?" Del Rey said hesitantly. From the perspective of the goal of qualifying for the Champions League, this game is actually irrelevant, but he said that this game is not important in front of his head coach?Isn't that the rhythm of looking for death properly?

Mourinho raised his eyebrows, and seemed dissatisfied with the uncertainty in Del Rey's tone: "It's important if it's important, and it's not important if it's not important. What does it mean to be important?"

Under the aggressive aura of the head coach, Del Rey trembled. Although he didn't feel that way in his heart, he still chose to open his eyes and say nonsense: "It's important."

"Oh?" Mourinho seemed to be aroused by this answer, and he stared closely at Del Rey: "Then what do you think is the importance of this game?"

"..." Del Rey: "Make Real Madrid pay for belittling us?"

Mourinho didn't speak, but just stared at Del Rey silently. The latter was a bit calm in his heart, but he still mustered up his courage and looked at his head coach with a serious expression.After they stared at each other for a few seconds, Mourinho burst out laughing.

"Der Rey is the anti-example, you don't follow him-this game is not important at all."

Del Rey: "???"

Mourinho ignored the question mark and aggrieved Brazilian striker, and continued to the other players: "As you all know before the game-whether we win or lose this game, we can qualify safely, But we must realize that after qualifying, we still have to face the situation that the bench is not thick enough, but we have to fight on three fronts."

Listening to Mourinho's words, the Porto players suddenly showed strange expressions: What do you mean by this sir... Could it be that they just let them kick and deal with it?

Facing the wonderful facial expressions of the players, even Mourinho, who was as calm as he was, couldn't help but twitched his mouth: "I didn't mean to ask you to stay strong!"

"Considering the insignificance of this game, but also taking into account the dignity of Porto as a representative of the Portuguese Super League team - we cannot hide and play defense because this is the Bernabéu, this will only make this insignificant game ugly. , so our style of play in this game is to attack, attack and attack."

"Since you can't keep Real Madrid's superstar anyway, it's better to do the opposite." Mourinho said with a smile: "Scoring goals at the Bernabeu, does this statement make you feel full of fighting spirit?"

The Porto players also laughed.

No one likes to defend, and neither do the Porto players.And as Mourinho said, scoring goals at the Bernabéu is a great temptation for every non-Real Madrid player.

Not to mention the Porto players who have been faintly underestimated since arriving in Madrid.

"So," Mourinho was the first to push open the door of the visiting team's locker room, "unleash your offensive talents to your heart's content, and let Real Madrid's defense see Porto's offensive ability!"

Cyril exhaled and walked out with Mourinho.

The moment he stepped out of the locker room, huge boos came at him overwhelmingly. Even Cyril, who thought he was strong against pressure, couldn't help but pause for a moment, reflexively heading towards the stands look.

This is obviously just a field. When you step on the grass, you can even clearly see the dewdrops on the tip of the leaves. The sun on Sunday also makes people feel dry and comfortable, but the Real Madrid fans are stunned. His boos turned this green field into a battlefield!

It is not unreasonable that few teams have been able to capture the Bernabeu for so many years.Not to mention that Real Madrid is so luxurious that it can use a superstar to form the entire Porto first-team lineup. The boos of these 10 people alone are not something ordinary players can bear.

But...he rubbed his ears.

——It also makes people have an urge to quiet the stadium!

From the first minute after the start of the game, Real Madrid's offense played vigorously, methodically and elegantly, with a posture of besieging Porto.To everyone's surprise, Porto did not defend outside the penalty area quickly. Although their offense was forcibly suppressed by Real Madrid in the half, they did not blindly resist defense, but did everything possible to find opportunities to attack.

The advantage of the home court and the demands of the fans made Real Madrid have to attack wildly, even if the game was not important-just winning is not enough. For Real Madrid fans, a beautiful game process is also very important.

If it is an ugly match, even if the final outcome is victory, the Meilingers may not be happy.

It's just that when everyone's eyes are on the Porto players——

"This, this..." Even a well-informed commentator can't help but be stunned by Porto's attack. As a commentator who has been in charge of Real Madrid games for a long time, what he has seen is that he dared to play against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu. It can be said that there are only a handful of teams: "Unbelievable! This is really unbelievable! Who would have expected before the game that Porto arrived at the Bernabéu Stadium. Not only did they not restrain themselves, but they attacked even crazier?"

"I can only say - I admire Porto's courage to play a confrontation at the Bernabeu... I have a hunch that this game may have the largest score in the Champions League group stage..."

Although he didn't say it clearly, it is obvious that he is not optimistic about Porto.

On the face of it, this game currently has everything the discerning Real Madrid fan wants.When both teams choose to play offense instead of defense, the flow of offense makes the game look full of beauty.

But the consequence of this mad attack is... Real Madrid's offense is a bit crazy.

How crazy is it?

Probably, except that most of the front midfielders are on Porto's front court, even Carlos, who is a defender, has come up.As for Pavon and Bravo, although they are not too far ahead, they are almost there.

This leads to - behind the Real Madrid players, in front of Casillas... are all empty.

Casillas is a bit square, very square.

Wait, you guys! !Although this game is not important, you can't let yourself go like this! !Although their own defense line has always been scumbag, it still exists anyway, but now...

Casillas looked miserable.

He doesn't beg Makelele now... Oh God, return his family's tofu dregs defense line!Something is better than nothing!

Cyril was thinking about what Mourinho had said.

He felt that his husband was really skilled in speaking—"Let Real Madrid's defenders see Porto's offensive ability!"

Real Madrid defender.

Hmm, no problem.

While making this conclusion in his mind, Cyril raised his head and habitually looked at the opponent's backcourt, and then he was a little dazed to see... a blank.

Why do you always feel a little itchy feet?

Do whatever comes to mind, and when the ball went to the Porto player again, Cyril raised his hand for the ball.

Mourinho said, to "let your own offense go" (no), the pass to anyone is the same, and Cyril has always been very reliable... With this thought, Maniche was very happy The ball was given to Cyril in the middle.

With the transfer of the ball, the Real Madrid players quickly set their sights on Cyril. According to the head coach's pre-match introduction, this young player prefers to attack, and sometimes occasionally participates in offensive shots, but What needs to be guarded most is the through ball when he assists his teammates.

"...The ball fell to the feet of Cyril Slade, and Figo was in front of him, and Zidane was on the right front. This place is not easy to break through. Will he pass? Or will he choose to assist? Hope he You can make the right choice..."

Figo stared at the young player who was likely to become his teammate in the national team, guessing where he would pass the ball, and was ready to rush to intercept at any time.He didn't rush out, but waited patiently, and then he saw Cyril lift his foot, and kicked the ball with a huge force that could be seen with the naked eye.

Kicked out.

The force was so great that Figo, who was only a short distance away, could clearly hear the sound of the heavy impact between the feet and the ball.

"Huh? Cyril Slade chose to take the ball, but it seems that he made a mistake? The strength is too great, and Del Rey in front must not be able to catch it. What's going on? Porto made a mistake?"

Not only the commentator, but at this time, the Real Madrid players who had stopped in front of Cyril were confused.

What's this?Assist?But with such a powerful assist, how could it be impossible for teammates to receive it?And at this moment, Porto was almost beaten by Real Madrid in the half court. The direction Cyril kicked, let alone Porto players, didn't even have a Real Madrid player, okay?

... not even a Real Madrid player?

Raul woke up suddenly, he quickly turned around, and ran towards his own half without even looking at it!

Following the actions of their captain, the Real Madrid players immediately reacted: Fuck! !This is not an assist! !This is a fucking midfield lob! !

What is a midfield lob?

As the name suggests, this is a lob shot from the center circle that spans the entire half court!Strictly speaking, it is also a long-range shot, a kind of world wave, but the difference is that the requirements for midfield lob shots are too high, and the success rate is too low, so they rarely appear in the top league. Not to mention the UEFA Champions League at the first level.

It's not to say how difficult it is to shoot from the midfield, but that this shooting method, in addition to skill, also has a lot of luck in it.

Not only that, it is very difficult to use this shooting method successfully in the top league-because it is rare for a team to attack so far in the top league that it forgets to defend and exposes most of the rear.

Most strong teams, especially wealthy teams, tend to focus on both offense and defense. Even if they attack with all their strength, they will still have room to return to defense.

The midfield lob requires not only skill and luck...it even requires "the cooperation of the opposing team" to score a goal.

So can this midfield lob shot go in?

Raul was still chasing desperately at the beginning, but after chasing, his pace slowed down, not because he lost his energy, but because the speed of the football leaping through the sky was destined to be faster than people running Be quick, there is no way to catch up!

Prince Bernabéu smiled wryly and turned from wild running to slow walking, looking helplessly at his goalkeeper.

Whether this goal can be scored depends on Casillas.

Casillas was still touched at the beginning, and his teammates finally realized that the defense line was gone. However, he soon discovered that in the sky not far away, a black and white ball was heading straight towards where he was. Follow the direction!

Casillas: "...???"

etc!That place is nearly 50 meters away from the goal! !He thought that his own players were already crazy enough to attack, dare to say that Porto is even crazier?

No no no this is not the point anymore, the ball has already flown over! !

At this time, the commentator also reacted: "wow! This is not an assist!! My God! This is a shot, a midfield lob from the middle circle! My God, Cyril Slade is this Are you crazy? How could this kind of long-range lob shot be hit? For a rich team, their solid defense will not let..."

The commentator was still in shock for Cyril, until he saw the empty half of Real Madrid's side except Casillas.

The narrator stopped talking.

Hell... Although I knew that Real Madrid loves to attack very early on, and I also knew very early that the outcome of this game is irrelevant, but is it really okay for the superstars to play so unrestrainedly?Anyway, can you leave a way out for your own defense?Saint Cassie is going to cry!

Casillas is no longer in the mood to think about what is there and what is not.

He took a deep breath, staring at the traces of the football flying, while thinking quickly in his heart, according to this speed and height, the ball will fall to the grass before it reaches the net, so it is best at this time Take the initiative.

Thinking of this, Casillas immediately trotted forward a few steps, ready to catch the ball, but——

As he expected, the ball fell rapidly five meters away from the net, but the force of its fall was far stronger than Casillas imagined, and it was a little farther away, which led to a rapid fall The football slammed into the grass, bounced quickly, bypassed Casillas's head, and bounced into the net.

Casillas also maintained a posture ready to save.

The stadium, which was originally noisy like the roar of war cannons, was dead silent.

Even the other part of Porto fans forgot to celebrate, they just stared dumbfounded at the ball slowly rolling out of the net like a naughty child.

This... just scored a goal?

Can this also score? !

Not to mention the fans of both sides, at this moment, even Cyril himself was a little confused.

To be honest, a midfield lob shot is a shot that tests luck, and Cyril himself knows this, so when Cyril chose a midfield lob shot, he didn't even think about the possibility of scoring a goal.

As for why he still tried to score when he knew it was impossible to score, it can only be said that Cyril was a rare young man who felt awkward looking at the space behind Real Madrid and wanted to scare the Real Madrid fans in the stands.

Anyway, didn't the gentleman say it himself, attack and shoot as much as you want, it doesn't matter if you can't score, anyway, the outcome of this game is not important.

If I do this, it shouldn't be considered against my husband's will, right?

Thinking of this, Cyril turned his head and glanced at the coach's bench. It was terrible to see this way, and he found that Mourinho was more excited than him!The head coach of Porto jumped up directly from the coach's bench, facing the lawn beside him, he slid and knelt to celebrate!

Seeing the rare madness of his head coach, Cyril had a real feeling of scoring a goal—yes, he scored a goal. Stadium, scored a goal that can definitely be recorded in the history of Real Madrid's humiliation!

Before Cyril had time to be happy, his teammates, who seemed more excited than him, had already surrounded him in excitement, and started to move around him in various ways. This one touched his head, and he laughed and said yes, that pinch A chin or something, especially a rhythm of pinching Cyril as a toy.

The Real Madrid superstars on the field maintained their original movements and stared at the scene in front of them in a daze.

"This goal, this goal... This goal is scored!! oal!" It took a while for the commentator to react, and he screamed excitedly: "Cyril Slade! A midfield lob shot from the middle circle! The most important thing The amazing thing is that the goal was scored! This goal is really... so beautiful! This is simply the most exciting goal I have seen in this season's Champions League!"

At this time, no one cared about the commentator's praise.

Because at this moment on the court, what has happened has happened to everyone - Porto fans, Real Madrid's coaching staff, Porto's coaching staff, players from both sides, and even the No. [-] box in the stands, Porto Chairman Da Costa and Real Madrid Chairman Florentino was caught off guard.

In that pure white fan stand, there was sudden applause from the Real Madrid fans!

At first it was just a small piece, but the Porto fans who quickly reacted enthusiastically joined in, and then the older and more Real Madrid fans stood up from their seats one by one and joined in the applause among the ranks.

Their faces did not have the joy of the Porto fans, but serious applause without the slightest expression.

This is from the most discerning fans in the world, and for the opponent, the most sincere praise!