Chapter 64: Outside Instep Assist
Sure enough, Adrianse couldn't be satisfied with the current situation, and at half-time he made a direct personnel change, replacing him with high school striker McKinsey, who was the main center of Porto last season.
Needless to say, the signal for adjustment is very obvious, and since there is no way to penetrate and destroy the opponent's defense, let's be simple and rude.
Send the ball over McKinsey's head and let him try to smash it into the opponent's goal, even if it can't go in, and create a little chaos!
Quaresma's task is also very clear, Adrianse deliberately pulled him and told him to make more use of the breakthrough on the wing to create cross opportunities, and then use his best outside instep cross, this kind of cross threat can be far more dangerous than other players in a random cross, if necessary, Quaresma can also decide to switch to another wing, anyway, his left and right foot crosses are powerful enough.
That said, Porto's hopes of victory now depend entirely on the performance of McKinsey and Quaresma, who have been the key to the game.
Quaresma likes the feeling of having a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, how can there be motivation without pressure?
If he always abuses vegetables, he'll be bored!
Constantly facing difficulties is the best way for a person to challenge himself.
The scrappy Quaresma was back on the pitch and the second half began.
Following Adrianse's instructions, Quaresma kept raising his hand on the flanks to ask for the ball, and although there were always two defenders around him, Quaresma didn't care at all.
I even broke up a strong wing like Chelsea, and would I care about the wing defense of a fish-belly team?
And with Bosingwa helping him attract firepower, plus Quaresma doesn't plan to rush inside, he can still get the ball smoothly.
In the 51st minute of the second half, after receiving a pass from Meireles, Quaresma turned to face the opponent's two defenders and raised his foot directly to cross at 45 degrees.
The opposition seemed to be guarding against this, as both men raised their feet at the same time to block, without giving Quaresma space to cross.
However, Quaresma reacted quickly, did not kick the ball with his right foot, and immediately turned into a pull, pulling the ball behind him, and at the same time knocking his heel to send the ball to the feet of Bosingwa, who came up.
With no one to defend Bosingwa, the Porto right-back sent straight crosses and when there were no obstacles, his crosses were of good quality.
However, McKinsey in the penalty area was surrounded by Gil Vicente defenders, and he was pressed when he jumped, and he was not able to jump completely, so he was naturally not able to reach the ball.
Porto missed a good chance to score.
McKinsey arched the defenders around him in annoyance, surrounded by a group of big men, and there was always a feeling of goosebumps all over his body.
Quaresma observed the situation in the penalty area and nodded quietly, he had an idea.
If the rhythm of the cross does not change, then Rao is a tall McKinsey and it will be difficult to grab a good position, after all, the opponent is too dominant in the number of defenders.
So, in such a situation, you have to find a way to change the rhythm of the cross so that it doesn't miss.
The next minute, Quaresma raised his hand again on the right flank, but this time, instead of making a kick-up cross or passing to Bosingwa, he wanted to continue to break forward.
The outside of the right foot toddles the ball, the center of gravity has just changed, and immediately the arch of the foot has moved the ball to the left side of his body, this change of direction and the movement of the center of gravity have already alerted the two defenders in front of him.
But that was clearly not all Quaresma's movements, and the next moment, Quaresma slammed the ball back to the right side of his body with his left foot, and the three quick changes of direction were enough to make any defender lose his center of gravity.
But at this time, Quaresma suddenly took his left foot as the axis, and the outside of his right foot pulled the ball, and his body came to a 270-degree rotation, and after the rotation, it directly became the right side facing Gil Vicente's bottom line, and there was no defender in front of him.
Without dribbling the ball again, fine-tuning the footsteps, directly starting the foot cross at this 45-degree position, and the outside instep cross stunt was reproduced.
No one could have expected Quaresma to cross straight instead of continuing to break through after a series of wobbly movements, and everyone was deceived by Quaresma.
That's the change in the rhythm of the cross!
Surprise is the only way to create opportunities!
For this cross, Quaresma took great pains.
The home fans in the stands couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamation, watching the ball fly all the way over the penalty area, and at this time, the home team's defenders were only a beat slower to defend, and their hearts kept sinking.
McKinsey, you're going to be angry!
Quaresma couldn't help but chant in her heart.
McKinsey in the box was actually shaken by Quaresma's dazzling cross, but after all, he was Quaresma's teammate and knew a little bit about Quaresma's temperament, at least he was prepared to grab points faster than the home team's defenders.
McKinsey, who was stuck in position and had the lead, didn't want to waste the opportunity that Quaresma had worked so hard to create, so he jumped high on the spot, met Quaresma's curling cross, shook his head hard, and headed the ball towards the Gil Vicente goal.
At such close range, the Gil Vicente goalkeeper didn't even react much, watching the ball fly into his own goal, only to realize that we had conceded the goal.
After the goal, McKinsey rushed all the way to Quaresma on the flank, giving Quaresma a big bear hug and almost breaking Quaresma's ribs.
However, Quaresma was just as excited, and the excitement and pleasure he actually brought to others was no less than his own goal, especially when he contributed such a wonderful outside instep curling cross.
The two hugged for a while, and their teammates rushed over to join in the celebration.
This game is stable!
Now that they are already ahead, the opponent has no ability to impact Porto's defense at all, not to mention defending most of the game and being fatally hit by Porto, where do they still have momentum.
When the game resumed, Porto also began to defend, so that the opponent had no temper at all.
In the end, with McKinsey's goal, Porto won all three points away from home and walked out of the predicament.
Although it was McKinsey who scored the goal, the official player of the match was still Quaresma, who was a threat on the flanks and whose crosses were so beautiful that if not the best player, it would be shady.
McKinsey naturally won't be upset with Quaresma, you know, Quaresma assists him.
And this season, with the addition of Fabiano and Postiga, McKinsey's playing time has decreased sharply, and he is not a center who can create opportunities by himself, if he wants to score, he needs the support of teammates like Quaresma, he doesn't want to please Quaresma, how can he have an awkward relationship with Quaresma!