Chapter 180: Defend with all your might?
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The Parisian formation looked a little more aggressive, with Ibrahimovic up front and Mane and Ravic swimming behind him. Matuidi, Shantom and Pastore form a midfield that has both a certain hardness and a good way to comb the ball; At centre-back, there is a Brazilian pair, Thiago. Silva and Alex are both good and strong enough, and while Alex is a little slower, Thiago Silva is better at filling in the gaps. At full-back, Maxwell was still on the left and Van der Wiel on the right.
In contrast, Porto's starting XI has not changed much, after all, Porto are far inferior to PSG in terms of bench depth. The front trident is unshakable, and the combination of midfielders Fernando and Gallucho GonzΓ‘lez and Moutinho is in no way inferior to the midfield of Grand Paris. Mangala and Otamendi at centre-back may be a little worse than the defenders in Paris, but the two full-backs Alex. Sandro and Danilo are more aggressive and youthful than PSG's full-backs.
Unsurprisingly, PSG launched an onslaught soon after the opening whistle.
In the second minute, Paris gave Porto a kick-off, their midfielder played into the box with a quick pass, Pastorere pulled the ball away from the mangala and crossed low to the near post, Ibrahimovic flew over and fired a right-footed shot that hit the side-netting against the post.
Some of the big Parisian fans at the scene didn't see it clearly, thinking that the ball had gone in, and there was a huge uproar.
Pereira was shocked to get up from his seat and was pacing back and forth until Porto restarted the goal-kick.
One minute later, Paris Saint-Germain made a comeback, Ravic won the ball in the ribs of Porto and went straight into the box, then faked a real pass to play the ball into the six-yard box. Van der Wiel followed up with a powerful shot from a tight angle, and the ball hit Porto's side-end netting, sending Elton into a cold sweat.
Porto have been beaten passively, they have always been good at pressing high and attacking on the spot after grabbing the ball. But today they implemented the tactics of overall retreat, and the high pressing in the front field did not come out, but was attacked by Paris Saint-Germain in waves until the 11th minute, Porto had the first shot of the game, Martinez received Shi Hao's through plug, and shot with his right foot, which was easily saved by Sirigu.
After this shot, Porto fell silent again. Shi Hao and J Rodriguez both ran up and down to respond, but Porto's midfield was still disrupted by PSG's aggressive scrambling and could not organise an effective attack. So for the next period of time, what everyone saw was the scene of the siege of the Porto goal in Grand Paris.
The commentators have been busy broadcasting the performances of the Paris Saint-Germain players, with the Porto players only appearing in the commentary as a background.
"Mane takes a corner and heads it in! It was saved, out of the bottom line, and it was another corner. It was Alex who jumped high to grab the point. β
"Pastore dribbled the ball, he got past Moutinho and shot from distance! Hit Otamendi. β
"Ibrahimovic dribbles, he passes Fernando, another one, Ibrahimovic shoots! It's a little higher, this ball is of high quality, and if you press it a little lower, you might go in. β
"Ravitch passes in and Ibrahimovic shoots! Elton flicked a corner kick from Paris Saint-Germain. β
"Mane comes to take this corner and drives it to the front point! The Porto defenders cleared, Matuidi grabbed the landing point and shot again! It was so dangerous that the ball hit the defender and there was a change of line, and Elton almost got rid of it. β
"Paris came on again, on the wing, Van der Wiel got the ball. Trying to break through, he passed the ball to Mane. Hit in the box, Ibrahimovic shoots! A little bit higher. β
"Mene dribbled the ball, past Shi Hao, and thought about it! The referee blew the ball, and the ball should have been fouled by Fernando. A free kick was given. Hehe, Shi Hao's defense is really ......" Duan Wenxuan joked with a smile, "This is the legendary eye defense!" β
Maxwell took the free-kick and drove it to the back post. Silva header, the ball is in! In the 29th minute, Paris Saint-Germain opened the scoring. Silva receives Maxwell's free-kick and heads home! Nice, nice ball, pretty top pretty powerful. β
The Porto players were a little flustered. Originally, the scene was not good, and the score was behind again, and even if I wanted to tie, I didn't know how to play.
Pereira found out that he had made a mistake. Porto are not good at defending, they are good at attacking, attacking, attacking again! It would be a mistake to ask the team to defend and they should play their own style and crush the opponent with a mercury-like attack!
He stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly for the players to attack and press forward.
Adjusted tactics, Porto quickly regained their form. In the 33rd minute, less than four minutes before Paris Saint-Germain's goal, Porto made a successful steal in front, Martinez distributed the ball to the side, and Shi Hao knocked the ball to Danilo with his heel. Danilo took the ball in stride to break past Pastore, and then did not hesitate to cross directly, Martinez dived and hit the goal with a diving header, and Sirigu tried his best to save sideways without touching the ball.
1:1, the game is back to a stalemate.
Porto, who have come to their senses, did not let Paris Saint-Germain take the initiative anymore, they launched a scramble in every corner of the field, you come and go, so lively.
In the 40th minute, J Rodriguez shot from outside the area and was confiscated by Sirigu. In the 42nd minute, Shi Hao made a cross from the bottom, and Fernando outflanked it in the middle, but the header was slightly off. In the 43rd minute, Paris had another chance, Mane took a corner kick, Thiago. Silva crossed the ball at the front post and Da Bong headed home at the back post. But Elton made another step up and slotted the imperative goal over the crossbar.
At half-time, Pereira admitted his previous mistake in tactical arrangement, asking his players to play in the second half instead of defending, but also to pay attention to the position of the backline and not give Paris too good a chance to counter-attack.
"Shi, Hames, you have to put enough pressure on the opposing full-backs so that they don't dare to press up and assist. Jackson, drop back more and try to bring their centre-backs out and give Stone and James space to cut inside. β
Trident a little head.
Pereira has put the treasure on these three men, and if their trident can't cause enough problems for the other team, the team is in danger of total collapse.
And in the dressing room of Paris Saint-Germain, Carlo Ancelotti also looked confident: "Don't focus too much on their two wings, we try to shrink to the middle, cut off their midfield passing routes, and force the two boys on their flanks to fight alone." β
In the second half, Porto played more actively, but Paris Saint-Germain was not willing to admit at home, and the two sides played offensive football, which was very enjoyable for neutral fans. (To be continued.) )