Rui Costa, who was placed next to Andrea Pirlo, cut back a lot of possession. It's also right to think that after the position is dropped, the opponent's defensive intensity against Rui Costa will be weakened, and the Portuguese will not need to constantly stage dribbling to get rid of the defender's entanglement, and with Pirlo on the side, Rui Costa will be more relaxed to handle the ball.

Again, the division of labor between the two is clear, Pirlo has a stronger tendency to play and control the ball, he will dominate the tempo and direction, while Rui Costa, in addition to picking up his sleepy classmates, has a lot of through passes, almost half of the total number of passes!

As a nominal master, Rui Costa's insight and passing skills are unquestionable, so his through ball ball has half a chance to give his receiving team-mate a gap to take advantage of or simply form a one-on-one situation, and his team-mate only needs to accelerate to directly attack the weak point of the opponent's defence, which is the key reason why Mourinho had to move Maniche and Bosingwa back.

If Rui Costa's passing path is not restricted, then Porto's defence may not be able to hold on for long. Blindly grabbing is not the way, Rui Costa and Pirlo's combination itself is set up in order to calmly face the opponent's frontcourt pressing, once the high tackle is broken, then the two lines of disconnection in the middle and back will be put in front of the Milanese's eyes, the consequences can be imagined, so controlling the contact point and compressing the opponent's 30-meter area of the activity space has become the only option.

Scolari saw this brow squeezed out the legendary word "Chuan", in order to support Deco to become the core of the Portuguese national team, he did not bother much, but pressing Rui Costa on the bench made him a little annoyed by the waste of resources, and now Jiang Qi's transformation seems to have opened a window for him.

Rui Costa didn't know that there was an old Brazilian man sitting in a corner of the stands, and his mind was full of one thing, Porto's difficult defense, and a veteran like him naturally understood the consequences of a long time if he couldn't open the situation, so he would pay more attention to the running habits and technical characteristics of the Porto players.

Because Porto adopt a strategy of shrinking and defending densely in the 30-meter area to compress the space, when AC Milan advances to the periphery of the 30-meter area in front, it will become difficult to pass a pass that can directly face the goal, and more will look for opportunities to cut in possession, find teammates to break through in the direction of depth and then transfer. However, Mourinho's defensive system is really resilient and resilient, and with Porto's players running very well and the awareness of complementing each other is carved into their bones, the option to create a killing force in this regard is undoubtedly not what Rui Costa wants.

Many competitive sports can actually be regarded as time and space games, and many tactics or skills are interchangeable between time and space. If they want their team-mates to get enough space, then AC Milan will need to recycle and pull Porto out completely. If you want your teammates to have the opportunity to face the goal directly when they are given space, you need someone to pass the ball through the ball very quickly from the halfway line or even further away...... This situation came to Jiang Qi after watching the footage of the Porto game repeatedly.

This led to Rui Costa's decision to retreat, because the most likely person for this kind of pass in AC Milan is Rui, and no one can forget the long-distance straight ball that the Portuguese made in the European derby more than a year ago!

This kind of pass is only when you see it, you will be amazed at the ease and simplicity of deconstructing the opponent's defence, but in order to really send such a pass, what is needed is the movement of teammates and the observation of the passer to be unified on the same beat, and the probability of overlapping is like a solar eclipse.

Moreover, Mourinho's defensive system is not only excellent in complementing and marking closely, but also excellent in restricting passing lines.

Rui Costa didn't try things lightly, but methodically played his role as a midfielder and watched his opponent's reaction with each forward pass. Slowly, he found that Costinha's position seemed to be more sensitive to Inzaghi's position, and every time Inzaghi pulled the defense, Costinha would subconsciously glance at it first, and this detail was captured by Lord Rui and silently remembered in his heart.

Jiang Qi raised his wrist and looked at his watch, 30 minutes had passed in the game, and he made a gesture to control the rhythm on the court, slowing down the pace during this time period to loosen the opponent's tense nerves was much better than blindly high pressure.

'The Porto players were very focused and it didn't look like a point in the first half was a big deal. Czarcini shook his head, clearly not holding out his hopes for a half-time lead, "Should we start the second half with some special tactics?" ”

When facing a strong shield, it is not only the sharp spear that you need to pierce, but also the time, angle, and position of the stab, all kinds of details must be taken into account, and the same is true on the court.

The rookie head blinked, and then said in a deep voice: "Wait a little longer, maybe there will be a chance." ”

In the first 30 minutes, AC Milan created some chances on goal, but half or more of them were a little reluctant, which is the source of Ciacchini's regrets.

As the two were talking, Rui Costa suddenly got up with a long pass, and a pass over the top just got past Porto's interceptor, which coincided with Inzaghi's running route.

Pippo suddenly accelerated, but the kava rate beside him first squeezed Jiu Ye with his strong body, and then he also threw off his steps and chased after the landing point!

At this time, Inzaghi showed good flexibility, and did not fall down when Carvalho had the physical advantage, and it was difficult to get a small half body lead, but I was afraid that the football shot would be blocked by Carvalho, so Jiu Ye did not force the goal at the moment of receiving the ball, but used his left foot to force a very reluctant but very effective buckle...... Carvalho's center of gravity had already pounced, and he had to watch Inzaghi make a quick stop to dodge the gap, and his calf had swung into the air!

Carvalho's heart felt like someone had been thrown into icy water, and it felt like it was sinking and then frozen...... Suddenly, a figure came out from behind Inzaghi, this person did not appear vertically, but the whole person flew out horizontally, and shoveled out the football in front of the ninth master!

Costinia!

Proudly went to Schalke Stadium to set off a huge exclamation, some regret, some nervous, and some breathed a sigh of horror......

After being brought down by Costina's inertia, Jiu Ye calmly got up, turned back to the passing Rui Costa and raised his thumbs up, this ball is definitely a master, he needs to respond to his teammate's performance, but Rui in the field of vision gives him a gesture......

"Pull to the left, cross run, cover?" , the Ninth Master read the fragmentary riddle, and then followed Rui Costa's gaze to the target of his gesture, Shevchenko.