Chapter 190: Waterloo (3)

The uneasiness in Li Lei's heart soon became a reality on the playing field. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After the restart of the game, although Manchester United once again created a threat in the Porto penalty area in the 16th minute of the first half, they were not too flustered because of the first goal, and after Vanney received a cross from Fuqiong, he was not prepared, resulting in the face of the timely attack of Baia without an angle shot and took a return pass to the middle of the penalty area, Porto captain Costa made an accurate prediction and did not let Porto concede consecutive goals in a short period of time at home The tragedy happened.

And after that, Porto completely and smoothly controlled the advantage on the field. In the face of Manchester United's high-pressure pressing in the midfield, instead of blindly retreating or opening a big foot, they used their skillful skills to boldly use continuous short passes to crack Manchester United's high-pressure pressing tactics, and boldly launched a fierce counterattack against Manchester United.

Truth be told, when this happened, almost everyone who watched the game felt that Porto and Mourinho were dragging their feet too much, and that it was an overly risky and radical move.

In the case of already falling behind by one goal at home, in the face of a strong Manchester United, why not stabilize the situation first, such an aggressive counterattack, are you not afraid of being taken advantage of by Manchester United to use a counterattack to expand the score again?

At this time, this is the question in everyone's hearts about Mourinho's "unwise" tactics, thinking that this young coach in European football has been carried away by the previous touting for some time, and is too eager to prove himself in front of legendary predecessors such as Ferguson, because they have the impression that this Porto team is better at defense and counterattack, rather than active attack and positional warfare.

But what they didn't see was that when Mourinho waved his hands to signal the Porto players to press the attack, he stood on the sidelines with his hands on his chest, and Ferguson, who had just looked calm, suddenly shrank his eyes, revealing a trace of uneasiness that was not easy to detect, and he suddenly found that his biggest weakness had been completely seen through by the enemy.

At the same time, Li Lei, who was sitting on the bench on the sidelines, also immediately chuckled in his heart. The heart that had just been put down because Manchester United took the lead was pinched again. By this time, he really understood what Mourinho's idea was, and when he looked at Mourinho's figure on the sidelines, a trace of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

He knows that the biggest weakness of the Manchester United squad on the field has been completely seen through by the Portuguese young coach.

Although the ability to score from the front line is the most well-known problem and stubborn problem of Manchester United this season. However, this alone is not enough to make Mourinho make a bold attack at home, and the main key is now the backline problem in the line-up.

The first is Rio Ferdinand's suspension, which goes without saying that the England centre-back's more than 8-month ban has directly led to the loss of Manchester United's defensive backbone in all the games of the season, which in turn has lowered the team's defensive ability to a new level.

On this basis, after being held to a humiliating 1-1 draw at home to Leeds United a few days ago, what made matters even worse was that Silvestre had to miss the first leg against Porto after the game.

As a result, Ferguson had to temporarily put Gary Neville in the center-back position to partner with Wisbrown, and let Phil Neville, a panacea-all-trades, play as Gary Neville's right wing-back position. However, these changes are not a big deal overall, and the key is in the left-back position of Foqiong's cameo.

You must know that Fu Qiong is not a jack-of-all-trades player, although his physical fitness allows him to play all positions in the backfield except for the goalkeeper without physical limitations, but he has not undergone any professional special training after all.

In the past, when Manchester United were so attacking and sharp enough to force almost all opponents to adopt more conservative or simply counter-attacking tactics against them, it was okay for him to occasionally fool around on the back line, which requires a very high sense of defensive positioning.

But it will be a big problem if United's attacking power is no longer as deterrent as it used to be, and the 'amateur' full-back's defensive awareness can turn United's left-hand corridor into a free passage in the eyes of opponents.

Under Li Lei's somewhat worried gaze, this scene was staged in the 22nd minute of the first half. Previously, Foqiong's attacking awareness led to an away goal for United, but this time, his attacking awareness has also caused a stir in front of the United goal.

On the side of the main Fuqiong, it is obviously Mourinho's arrangement before the game, and Porto must have practiced the tactics. This time, when Porto was too close to the huge gap behind him, Porto's midfield core Deco didn't look at his teammates on the left after winning the ball in the midfield, and just before Keane posted it, a long pass sent the ball behind Fortune, where Porto's right midfielder Alenichev was running forward at full speed.

At this point, a threatening attack by Porto took shape in an instant, and the empty left side of the defence sent almost all of the United players running back in shock. At this time, Fu Qiong is still in the front of Manchester United, unless he suddenly becomes the Flash, otherwise he cannot be expected to play any role in this defense.

In the end, the veteran Bart's timely arrival did not allow Alenichev to dribble directly into the United penalty area, but he was powerless to prevent Alenichev from delivering a precise cross.

Although Porto striker McCarthy, who was outflanked in the middle in the end, did not comfortably complete the header in the air under the desperate interference of Gary Neville, causing the football to deflect off the far post, but just look at McCarthy's stunned and unresponsive appearance in front of the goal when he shot, you can know how much of a threat Porto's attack poses to Manchester United.

Call!

Seeing that the ball did not enter the net, in the sighs of regret from the Porto fans in the stadium, Li Lei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. But he didn't relax for long, and his heart immediately rose again. He knew that unless Alex Alex could suddenly come up with a clever solution to the defensive problems on the left side of the flank, he was afraid that such a scene would be repeated more than once in the next game.

At this time, Li Lei's eyes when he looked at Mourinho again, there was a little more change and more admiration.

It is not difficult to see the weaknesses of Manchester United's squad on the field, and many experienced managers in world football can do this, but the difficulty is to be able to think about Manchester United's weaknesses with this winning mind when facing Manchester United, and also boldly do it in actual games, which is something that only a manager with strong ability, desire to win and ambition can do.

What's more, you must know that after the Bosman Act, Mourinho's current coach Porto is no longer the most competitive giants in the entire European football world, and they have not even reached the Champions League for a long time, let alone the knockout round, and it is even more commendable to dare to do such a thing in the face of Manchester United, the world's top giants, in such a situation.

If someone else else, maybe even if he sees Manchester United's weakness, he will not dare to take a tactical move like Mourinho is now making the whole Porto team press and seize the famous Manchester United left side of the famous team to attack fiercely.

Therefore, there is no doubt that in Li Lei's heart at this moment, Mourinho is definitely a manager who cannot be underestimated in the future.

But now is not the time to admire the enemy, and the more Mourinho gets good reviews in his mind, the more uneasy he is about United's prospects in this first-leg fixture.

Pushing himself and others, Li Lei felt that if he were Mourinho, he would definitely hold on to Manchester United, just like a hungry wolf that has aimed at the throat of his prey, until he bites the prey to death, he will never let go!

I won't let go of my mouth when I die!!

It's the nature of people like Lee Lei and Jose Mourinho.

Like a wolf!

Be bold and calm!!

and brutal!!