The referee blew a loud whistle, and the 02-03 League Cup final kicked off with the cheers of the fans.

In fact, there is nothing too surprising about the starting line-ups of the two sides, Porto only have one main line-up, while Notts County, although there is no particularly large difference in strength between the substitute and the main line-up, still likes to use one line-up in major cup competitions.

Carvalho looked at his former team-mates opposite, his mind drifted away, fate was sometimes really magical, he stood on the field of the League Cup final with his former teammates, and still as opponents, which really made him feel a little incredible.

After Porto kicked off, they didn't press heavily on the attack, and attacking was not their strong point, so after a tentative play, they were ready to hand over possession to Notts County, while they came to press the space for the best quick counter-attack.

"Hey, Ricardo, I didn't expect us to stand on the same field as opponents today, and tell you that I won't release water today!" Maniche took advantage of this attack and ran up to say hello to Carvalho, as a former teammate and friend, it was really amazing to meet in such an environment.

But before Carvalho could respond with a smile, a figure wearing a Porto jersey appeared in the oblique stab, and said in a very flamboyant tone: "Since you are willing to fall to Notts County to make money, then don't blame our subordinates for being ruthless, Porto will win this game today, I will let you taste the taste of regret for failure, and I will blow you up in the matchup!" ”

Carvalho was stunned, he never thought that Capjo, a former teammate, would actually jump in front of him and talk nonsense to himself.

You know, in the days when Carvalho was still in Porto, Capjo was just a little-known pawn, and even now, he can only come off the bench in most games, and if it weren't for Postiga's suspension due to a red card, he would have had to sit on the bench and watch the game.

Who gave him courage!

Could it be that in the two seasons that he was not in Porto, what amazing improvement has Capjo made?

It's not like ah, I haven't heard of any amazing performances from him!

Carvalho looked at his former teammate suspiciously, a little speechless.

"I'm scared, haha, you're going to tremble under my lewd power!" Capcho thought that Carvalho would fight with him, but he didn't expect Carvalho to be indifferent at all.

It seems that in the two seasons since he left, a lot has changed in Porto!

Carvalho couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He is not a person who is good at verbal fighting, he prefers to let his opponent know on the field how serious the consequences are of provoking himself.

However, Carvalho did not say that it did not mean that the other players of Notts County could see it, and Westerman was full of trash talk, pushing away Capjo, who was still chattering, and almost did not cause a clash between the two teams in the opening period.

The referee separated the players of the two teams with black lines, this has just begun, it is so hot, is this game destined to get out of control?

When Notts County took control of the ball, they did not slowly launch a tentative attack in formation as expected, but went straight to the bayonet and opened fire on Porto.

Loew is well aware of the strength of Porto's defense, and if he passes and penetrates at a slow pace step by step, it is likely that there will not be a good result, and it will also leave room for the opponent to counterattack, and such a tactic will definitely not be implemented.

If you want to destroy the opponent with attack, you have to speed up the rhythm of attack, the rhythm of running, the rhythm of passing, you have to make Porto follow the speed, at least in high speed, it is difficult for the opponent to think perfectly, even if this has the same problem for Notts County, but it is always more effective than slow passing.

The wings are also the sharpest weapons of Notts County, and if they can suppress the opponent's wide players in the half, Porto's counter-attack will also not be able to play, which is a way of playing in one fell swoop.

However, due to Porto's overall defense of controlled space, Notts County's rapid advance has also caused some problems, and even Iniesta, who has the best combination of man and ball, has difficulty making consecutive moves in tight spaces.

Xiaobai and Leyton Baines made a one-two combination, staggered into the ribs of Porto's defense, and when facing the defense, an inverted triangle pass passed to Alonso, and Longgo met the ball with a volley.

However, Porto's defenders in the box were still dense, and this shot hit the defender and unfortunately bounced off the line.

Notts County were awarded a corner kick in the opening period.

In the face of Porto's strong defense, set-pieces must be Loew's pre-match focus on scoring, so the two centre-backs with excellent header ability went to Porto's penalty area together, full of intimidation.

Porto's defence was bound to be a monolithic defence, with one of the two strikers staying outside the box ready to counter-attack, while the other striker, Capjo, returned to the box to help defence, and it just so happened that he needed to mark the same Carvalho he had just mocked.

"Hey, cowardly Ricardo, what are you doing when you don't stay in your own defence, what are you doing in our box, do you think you can still score? Stop dreaming! Capjo pushed and shoved as he continued to talk trash as he continued to talk trash out of his mouth.

Carvalho didn't bother to pay attention to this self-righteous guy at all, the two were not on the same level at all, and calculating with an idiot would make it impossible for others to tell who was an idiot.

Alonso took a corner kick and the ball flew high into the box with a strong spin, crossed the front post and spun towards the back post, not even the goalkeeper's attack touched the ball.

Capuccio was still chattering and interfering with Carvalho when he suddenly saw the ball flying towards his head, and in shock, he jumped up in a hurry to clear the header.

However, before he could jump to the top of the ball to get to the ball, a not-so-tall figure in front of him jumped high and completed a head-to-head attack in front of him.

This figure is none other than Carvalho, who was still being ridiculed by himself just now.

Domineering head shake to attack the goal, the ball seemed to have an unbeatable momentum, straight into the goal, no matter how many defenders in the Porto penalty area or the goalkeeper, they were too late to block, they could only watch the ball fly into the goal with desperate eyes, and then smash it on their hearts.

Capjo was completely dumbfounded, even if his feet landed on the ground, he seemed to have no perception at all, and fell to the ground in embarrassment, and then looked at the tall figure in front of him, and a complex emotion surged into his heart. (To be continued.) )