Chapter 193: Advance to the top 8
In the second leg of the Champions Cup quarterfinals between Porto and Malaga, just 4 minutes into the second half, Shi Hao was sent off with a red card! It was also Porto's 10th red card in Champions League history. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
After rewatching the slow motion, Duan Wenxuan sighed and said, "Shi Hao's elbow did hit Isco's face, but judging from the slow motion, he shouldn't have done it on purpose, he just swung his arms normally when running, and this punishment is subject to discussion." β
Wang Tao smiled and said: "Originally, there was basically no suspense in this game, and Malaga had to score more than 3 goals to avoid the fate of being eliminated." But now that Porto are 10 to 11 and Malaga have a glimmer of hope, the game should look even better. β
Watching her son walk away in despair, Chen Shuxian was a little dumbfounded. She has also watched the ball for a year, so she naturally knows what it means to be off with a red card. She grabbed her husband's arm and asked hesitantly, "Xiao Hao shouldn't be fine, right?" β
Shi Zhonghua was calm: "Every professional player has to go through it, you can't do this, don't worry about it." β
Chen Shuxian nodded worriedly.
The game will go on and will not stop for the sake of a player's dismissal.
Andreas Pereira has kept his emotions under control and asked centre-back McCone to warm up. He saw Shi Hao walking to the bench blankly, so he greeted him, regardless of Shi Hao's sweat, hugged Shi Hao and said, "It's okay, you've done well enough." Let's take a shower and watch the game. β
Shi Hao nodded, and went to the locker room without saying anything.
When the ball was dead again, Pereira replaced Barrera with McCone and set up a back five formation, which was determined to defend to the end. He didn't believe that in the last 40 minutes of the game, Malaga could score three goals!
MΓ‘laga also made a change, replacing the lackluster Baptista with Santa Cruz in an attempt to strengthen the attack.
The game continued, and Shi Hao hurriedly took a shower and returned to the sidelines to watch the game with his teammates.
Isco is still active. He first ran to the right and played a clever pass to Saviola, but Saviola's effort from six yards was blocked by Mangala.
Then in the 78th minute, Isco took a corner kick from the right side, Santa Cruz grabbed the front post, and with a powerful header, the ball hit the ground and bounced into the far corner to make it 2-1.
Seeing hope, the Malaga offensive was more intense, leaving Porto with the opportunity to counterattack. J Rodriguez's clever pass narrowly missed Martinez, but the latter's shot from an empty cushion was missed.
McCone crossed the ball over the top from the back and Martinez chested the ball and volleyed it into the net, but it was ruled offside.
As time went on, the situation on the pitch became more and more intense, and both sides used up their last substitutions.
Manuel Pellegrini replaced Saviola and JoaquΓn with Portillo and Fernandez to make a last-ditch effort. Pedro replaced the exhausted Fernando with Devore.
But as the minutes ticked by, MΓ‘laga's hopes became slimmer, and the fans in the stands stopped shouting and singing, quietly watching their heroes fight helplessly on the field.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Isco, who had a good performance throughout the game, volleyed with his left foot on the periphery and hit it with great strength, but he was still held by Elton. The referee blew the whistle three times at this time, and the game was over!
Porto finally advanced to the round of 8 with an aggregate score of 3-2!
Shi Hao rushed into the field with other substitute players and celebrated with the players on the field. At this time, he had forgotten about his red card for a while, and just wanted to enjoy the moment of great joy in front of him!
"Congratulations to Porto, congratulations to Shi Hao, they made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup. The team that performed better was victorious, and Porto deserved their promotion! Unfortunately, Shi Hao will miss the first leg of the quarterfinals. Duan Wenxuan was still chattering.
"Their opponent in the quarter-finals will be Borussia Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund, who were underdogs in the group stage, stubbornly made it out of the group of death, knocking out mighty Manchester City and Ajax and pushing Real Madrid into second place in the group. In the quarter-finals, they eliminated Shakhtar 2-2 away and 3-0 at home, a team that should not be taken lightly! They will be Porto's toughest opponents on the road to the Champions League! β
Shi Hao couldn't hear this. Even if he heard it, he would only say, "Whatever, let's talk about it now!" β
Shi Hao feels very cool now!
After returning to the locker room, the players were still having fun, and Shi Hao couldn't wait to dial Liu Xiyu's phone.
As soon as he saw the other side connected, he couldn't wait to shout: "Baby, we're promoted!" Did you see that! β
There was a moment of silence on the other side, and then a middle-aged male voice said in an angry tone, "Who do you call baby?" β
Yes? Shi Hao was dumbfounded. At this time, he heard Liu Xiyu's embarrassed and annoyed voice from the other side: "Dad, why are you answering my phone indiscriminately!" β
"You're my daughter, what can't I hear!"
"Don't make a fuss, give it to me!"
A murmur came, and it took a long time before Liu Xiyu's panting voice came, and before he could speak, he laughed for a while, and then said coquettishly: "You too, you don't hear clearly and shout nonsense." β
"I didn't know your dad would answer the phone!" Shi Hao felt a chill all over his body.
"Be careful next time. My dad looks at me very hard now. β
"What then?"
"It's okay, I asked him to watch your game with me." Liu Xiyu smiled, like a goblin who only came out to charm people.
Shi Hao was hot. "Your dad isn't around, is he?"
"Yes, it's gone."
Shi Hao lowered his voice: "I miss you, baby." β
"I ...... Miss you too. β
"Hehe," Shi Hao smirked, "We've been promoted, have you seen that?" β
Liu Xiyu said softly: "Of course I saw it." Congratulations! β
"I remember telling you to watch the Champions Cup. Are you coming? When we played Dortmund. β
"You're home and away again, you can't play at home." Liu Xiyu had already calculated.
Shi Hao then remembered that he was sent off with a red card and had to be banned for one game, and he couldn't help but be a little frustrated. "Would you like to see our home game or our away game?"
"Fool," Liu Xiyu's voice became softer, "I don't want to watch it without your game." β
Shi Hao was finally in a better mood. Martinez next to him had been listening for a long time, and he had been grimacing, sticking out his tongue and glaring at him, so Shi Hao didn't say much to Liu Xiyu: "Hang up first, I'll arrange it." You remember to get your passport done early. (To be continued.) )