159. Clover in Dida's pocket
Making fouls decisively is a very technical job, and even once symbolized, "falling" is also very learned, at least the referee will stand on the favorable line when blowing the penalty, so it is undoubtedly a very inferior way to find the body of the defender by action alone.
And there is another difficulty that Deco must overcome if he wants to make a foul - ball possession!
After the start of the second half, the Porto team still did not have many opportunities to control the ball, Mourinho did not give up the defense, but only emphasized the formation to press up at the right time, but AC Milan's offensive pressure is still very heavy, and giving up the contraction of the defensive system will undoubtedly bring bad results, so the foundation of the first step of Deco's foul engineering needs to start from getting the ball.
As a result, the Portuguese began to retreat sharply, Porto's midfielders have a considerable ability to intercept, but the midfielders on the Milan side are also fierce after being cut off, Van der Vaart has not been afraid of physical confrontation after a season of baptism, Ljungberg's speed and strength are labeled, Kaka's explosiveness makes it easy for him to sneak from behind when counter-robbing, and even Shevchenko often retreats to surround and grab.
In such a high-confrontation situation, it will be very difficult for Deco to face Rui Costa through midfield after gaining possession, requiring his teammates to cover and more importantly, to be smart enough to avoid the feet of Milan players and prevent small fouls from quick counter-attacks.
There is technical content in making fouls, and there is also technical content in fouls, at least Jiang Qi pays great attention to the scale of foul actions and the training of some small actions, AC Milan team is not short of defensive experts, and it is really from all over the world, and it has been stormy for a long time...... In today's slightly relaxed scale of the Spanish referee, it is even more like a fish in water. Deco is often interrupted by these fouls that are small but can effectively prevent him from accelerating and changing the rhythm, and because he retreats deeper, the Milan defense has at least two or three people left in the counterattack, so that the opponent's foul interception is not very serious in the situation, and the referee will not blow a tactical foul.
Mourinho is also well aware that he regards the creation of set-pieces as a last resort, and the opponent must be able to guess, so there is no better way to believe in Deco's ability.
As the focus shifted to midfield, the game began to get more and more dull, with scrambles, scrambles, and scrambles becoming the only thing the crowd saw, which continued for nearly 70 minutes.
Costinha cut off Kaka's through ball and then distributed to the right, Bosingwa controlled the ball and was about to stabilize the rhythm by the way to see if his teammates in front of him had a good chance, Deco suddenly got out of behind him like a ghost, quickly stepped out to take the ball, and then aimed at the right Van der Vaart to cut in a rare gap to accelerate.
Deco himself is not very fast, but the technique of combining the ball with his feet is very solid, and the start is very sudden, so after acceleration, it can still give people a sense of impact, Rui Costa and Maldini have arranged the defense at an angle, and the result of the straight impact is likely to hit the wall......
However, the Portuguese did not slow down, but suddenly made a change of direction with the heel of his right foot, cutting sideways to the middle, if you don't look at the back and only look at a pair of legs, you will mistake this for Cristiano Ronaldo when he first debuted.
Rui Costa followed the defense, and was also trying to find physical confrontation to slow down Deco, but what he didn't expect was that Deco made two rapid changes in a row, which was purely using the frequency of action to shake off the opponent's center of gravity, and the damage caused by this change of direction to the knee of the football player was also very terrifying, but Deco was obviously fighting, he knew that Porto would not have many opportunities in the whole game, and once it appeared, he had to desperately seize it!
Deco's forced breakthrough paid off, and Rui came close to stopping his path and had to reach out to bring him down, earning him his first yellow card of the day.
The position of this set-piece is a bit off, and it is not impossible to shoot directly, but the angle is not ideal, and it seems that the effect of the cross will be a little better.
The Porto players were also not conservative, leaving two wing-backs at the back, and after establishing a barrier for Costinha in the middle line, the rest of the players were involved in the set-piece attack. Deco and Maniche stood in front of the ball, Maniche had a long-range shot, and the power was great, and Deco's killer features such as "refracting Dafa" at the moment were not known.
Delle, Bosingwa and Joao Costa all found temporary positions in the penalty area, waiting for the whistle to blow and then making their own moves, and strangely enough, Carvalho, the central defender, did not enter the box, but forced himself into the edge of AC Milan's wall, relying on his body to get into a position......
Spanish referee Gonzalez reviewed the distance of the human wall, observed the faint commotion in the penalty area without excessive physical friction, and then blew the whistle.
Maniche takes the lead!
Just as he was running in front of the football, Deco suddenly took two steps up and pumped the ball towards the goal with the back of his foot!
The ball was very well controlled and came out quickly against the ground!
Because of Maniche's cover run, the Milanese fence did not see too clearly when Deco got up, and subconsciously jumped up with Deco's swinging calves in an attempt to block the route of the football overhead......
There was only one person who didn't jump, Carvalho!
Later, the spectators only saw the white trajectory drawn by the ball hitting the human wall, and then a broken line was formed, and it flew diagonally towards the corner flag area on the right......
But suddenly, a figure rushed out obliquely to get the ball and then rushed forward!
AC Milan's veteran captain Maldini was the first to react, and stepped forward to block the attacker who came out of nowhere, but he was forced to overtake by the second level push of his explosive power again, and then directly kicked the goal!
These changes were too sudden, and as soon as there was an exclamation in the stands, Dida had already made a textbook lateral save, and the hand control was very accurate, shooting the Porto player's shot directly out of the bottom line!
This set-piece attack was like a glass of ice water smashed into the appetite of dog days for the audience who watched the half-time dull scramble, and instantly woke up their attention.
The AC Milan players were clapping and celebrating, surrounding Dida and constantly patting the shoulders of the Brazilian goalkeeper, and the always restrained Dida couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar, venting the pressure of the moment just now. The Porto players were a little disappointed, and even Uncle Bird couldn't help but feel frustrated.
The audience guarding the screen discovered the subtlety of the Porto team's set-piece design through slow motion, and the finishing touch was Carvalho who squeezed into the human wall, no one thought that Deco's shot was actually a slightly more powerful pass, and Carvalho, a man who played as a central defender, actually knocked out a folded pass with his heel at the moment of contact with the ball, which was both fast and hidden, which really caught AC Milan's defenders off guard.
The person who killed in the oblique stab was the 20-year-old Alberto, who accelerated to overtake Maldini and then vigorously shot the near corner, a series of actions have been very concise, but unfortunately Dida has been leisurely for most of the game, but his concentration is still high enough, and his reaction is surprisingly fast to block this miracle!
This routine has been practiced by the Porto team for a long time, it is very mature and effective, but no one will know if the goalkeeper has a clover plant in his pocket when he comes on the pitch, like Banks who saved Pele's header......
Mourinho turned around, and the disciples who were affected by the set-piece did not win any corner kicks, and he shook his head a little helplessly, knowing that the outcome of this game was likely to be locked in this way.