Chapter 189: Waterloo at the Dragon Course (2)
This person?! Wearing a coat, standing outside the door of Manchester United's dressing room, looking at the unruly and straight back of the man in a black coat, Li Lei couldn't help frowning a little uneasily. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Li, what's wrong with you, let's go." Because Li Lei's tall figure stopped blocking the exit of the locker room, and Li Lei was also wearing a jacket behind him, O'Shea, who was a substitute in this game.
"Oh." After coming back to his senses, Li Lei just answered the call and got out of the way, and didn't say anything more, but the frowning brow just now was not completely unraveled, and it was still there.
After Li Lei touched a cold face, O'Shea didn't pay much attention to it, just walked over directly, and didn't say anything more, he was used to the cold face and indifference of this young Asian teammate.
Li Lei, on the other hand, looked worried, followed O'Shea to the vicinity of the exit of the players' tunnel, and stood behind the queue of the starters on both sides. Their substitutes, including the coaching staff and staff of both teams, will not be able to follow in until the starters have fully completed the entrance ceremony.
As soon as he stood up, Li Lei's eyes immediately fell on the crowd standing behind the queue of Porto's starters, and soon, he found the back he was looking for, the figure in a black coat who had just passed in front of him.
This man is indeed my own kind. After staring at Mourinho for a long time, Li Lei finally made this uneasy judgment in his heart. When he had just passed Mourinho, he smelled the same kind of breath from him, but he was not sure for a while, but now he was very firm in this judgment.
It's just that although the judgment has been made, Li Lei himself knows very well that this is not a judgment that is beneficial to Manchester United.
Although Li Lei did not know much about Mourinho and his coaching experience and ability before the game, he still heard Ferguson mention Porto's "small treble" last season's good results in the pre-Manchester league meeting.
If that's the case, then it's really not good, Li Lei looked at Mourinho with a cold face at the moment, standing with his hands in his pockets, and his face expressionless, and his brows gradually wrinkled deeper.
He's a guy who trusts his instincts, and if his instincts tell him that Mourinho is of the same kind, or at least close to him, he's very adamant about that. In this way, even if he has not really come into contact with Mourinho, or even said a word, he can still make some judgments from himself and others, using empathy.
Li Lei asked himself, if he is transferred to the position of Mourinho, if the team he coaches will face the test of Ferguson and the Red Devils Manchester United, he will not have the slightest fear in his heart, but will be excited and determined to adopt the method of doing everything is to tear off a piece of meat from Ferguson and Manchester United when everyone in the outside world is not optimistic.
This is not a conclusion reached by rational thinking, but the nature of a pragmatist like Li Lei, who is aggressive by nature and extremely ambitious, and almost paranoid, an instinct to always think first about how to overcome no matter what kind of strong enemy he faces.
According to this, and thinking of the fact that Mourinho only complimented Ferguson and Manchester United a little when the draw results came out before the game, and until today before the start of the game, including the whole Porto team, there was no media interview or public speech, Li Lei immediately made such a decision in his heart, this person must be deliberately showing weakness, and the same is true for Porto.
Based on this alone, Li Lei can be sure that Manchester United will not have a good time in today's game. For the atmosphere of relaxed preparation in the Manchester United team before the game, this is a typical calculating and unintentional, facing a strong opponent who still has a certain strength base, Li Lei, who has successfully plotted against others in the slums in the past, is sure that today's Porto is at least a hard bone to bite.
After all, he knows that Manchester United are like a sick tiger right now. If it is against a team that loses three points in terms of momentum as before, maybe Manchester United can solve it as easily as before, but once it encounters a weak one that is eyeing it with fierce eyes, and wants to overturn this hegemon that has slipped to its peak, and is still a weak opponent, then things are not necessarily true.
As can be seen from the last few games, such as the draw by Leeds United in the relegation zone, the current Manchester United team is still in an extremely unstable state, and if the strong dialogue may still not scare anyone, but anyone can lose if they are not careful.
It's like this one, although the game hasn't started yet, and Porto's strength on paper is not as good as Manchester United, which is now in the rebuilding period, but Li Lei can't help but start worrying about the prospects of Manchester United in this game.
However, he did not tell Ferguson about his worries. Because, he knows very well that even if he says it, I'm afraid there will be no result.
He knows that it's not that Ferguson won't be humble, but that as a legendary manager who has been in football for many years, that kind of absolute confidence and control of the team is not something he can understand at this moment. Even if the old coach accepts Li Lei's statement, I am afraid that he will be very confident in his heart that no matter what tricks Porto and Mourinho play, his Manchester United can win with absolute hard power.
In the end, Li Lei sat on the bench with this worry after the appearance ceremony of the starters of both sides. Although he didn't say anything to Ferguson, his eyes always involuntarily turned to the upright figure standing in front of the Porto coach's bench, and the worry in his eyes never disappeared.
However, to Li Lei's surprise, Manchester United's start to the game was unexpectedly smooth.
Although Porto after the opening, relying on the advantage of the home field, soon temporarily took the initiative on the field, launched an offensive against Manchester United, and in the 7th minute of the first half, their Portuguese midfielder Maniche received a corner kick from their midfield core Deco in a corner kick attack to complete the first shot of the game before Manchester United, but it was Manchester United who scored first.
In the 14th minute of the first half, although United had not yet formed a situational advantage over Porto at home, Porto were still using their skilful feet to control the football on the field, but it was in this situation that United took advantage of a set-piece opportunity in front of the court to break the deadlock of the game somewhat unexpectedly.
Judging from the situation before this, people thought that United would have to take advantage of the field and break the door of Porto at least after 20 minutes of the first half, but they did not expect to have a gain in the 14th minute.
Porto captain and centre-back Costa gave United a chance when a foul on Ryan Giggs on the left side of the pitch gave United a chance. It was a free-kick that surprised the Porto defenders, and after the referee's whistle signalled that Ryan Giggs was ready to take the free-kick, the Welsh winger, who had just made a pass into the box, suddenly unexpectedly flicked the ball down the middle, creating a long-range opportunity for Paul Scholes at the edge of the box.
Ginger's powerful long-range shot is famous in European football, and the Porto players naturally won't be unprepared before the game, but this time before they could make a surprise save, Scholes's long-range shot had already hit their goalkeeper Baia.
This time, although the Portuguese veteran goalkeeper reacted quickly and blocked Scholes's goal, he couldn't save the ball at all because the power of Ginger's shot was so strong that he could barely block it.
However, this gave the left-back in the penalty area the opportunity to shoot, and the South African did not waste this gift from heaven, and an easy push from around 7 meters from the goal broke the deadlock for United without much effort.
Such a result immediately gave the Porto fans who were still cheering just now. The team's previous brilliant performance against Manchester United once gave them hope of beating Manchester United, but who knows that this hope was not born long before it was doused with a basin of cold water by Fu Qiong's lucky goal.
Against the backdrop of the crazy celebration of the Manchester United players, it was a dead silence in the entire Dragon Stadium! Desperate dead silence!!
Seeing this, Li Lei, who was sitting on the bench, also breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but wonder if he was thinking too much. With such thoughts, he inadvertently glanced at Mourinho on the sidelines again, but it was this glance that directly fixed his gaze.
When he just looked over, Mourinho did wave his hand angrily as he imagined, and exploded a few foul words at the Porto players on the field in an unpleasant tone, but to Li Lei's uneasiness, he quickly calmed down.
And not only him, but also the somewhat depressed Porto players who had just lost the ball on the field quickly calmed down and regained their demeanor.
They look like a goal from Manchester United in the knockout rounds of the Champions League is not a big deal at all, and they can get it back anytime and anywhere.
Such an idea is simply incredible!
No other team in European football would dare to be so calm against Alex Ferguson and Manchester United in such a situation, this is a Champions League knockout game, it is a precious away goal, and the home team is still on the side behind, which is simply too bad, how can it be calm.
But while Manchester United was celebrating, Li Lei watched this Porto and Mourinho do it with his own eyes.
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, Li Lei's heart instantly alarmed, they must have some plan to give them this kind of confidence again, otherwise, it is impossible to do this.
Looking at the figure of Mourinho, who had calmed down on the sidelines and was standing with his hands around him, a trace of deep jealousy flashed in Li Lei's eyes.
There is definitely a problem, otherwise this person would not be so stable now!
In his eyes, Mourinho, who was wearing a black coat at this time, was like a dark abyss!
Bottomless!
Murderous Engine!!
Extremely dangerous!!