Chapter 190: Injuries

With the win over Malaga, Porto were able to focus on the domestic arena for the rest of the day, consolidating their lead. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

They thrashed Rio Ave 3-1 at home before facing Sporting Lisbon away in the 21st round of the Portuguese Super League.

Sporting Lisbon have just hired former Porto Meritorious coach Patrick Ferreira as their manager, who knows Porto very well and his tactics are very targeted, but the strong Porto still beat their opponents 1-0.

Porto then returned to the home stadium and beat Estoril 3-0, scoring nine points in a row, and morale was also extremely high.

In these 3 games, Shi Hao has scored one goal in each game, Martinez has contributed 2 goals, J Rodriguez has also rebounded in form, and the trident looks unstoppable.

Porto came to the famous Costa del Sol on March 13 with a relaxed mindset to visit the Rose Garden Stadium.

The course, which was built in 1935, was built on the grounds of a rose garden on the other side of the Guadalmedina River. Today, there are no roses in the Rose Garden Stadium, only the frantic shouts of the Malaga fans.

Málaga's squad hasn't changed much from the previous game, with their right-back Jesus Murphy Murphy Gámez returned to replace Sanchez, and "Rabbit" Saviola replaced Santa Cruz; Porto, on the other hand, replicated exactly the line-up they had at home to Málaga, with J Rodriguez still on the bench.

Although the whole Porto team was ready to withstand the onslaught of the opponent, in fact, Malaga did not attack after the opening. The situation seemed to be gradually being taken into control by Porto, who were well on their way to playing their own attacking football.

Just nine minutes into the game, Porto were a killer. Barella received Shi Hao's pass at the edge of the penalty area in the middle, made a shot feint and then split the ball to the right side, Danilo quickly ran up to receive it and hit a high-quality volley from a tight angle, but unfortunately the ball flew off the crossbar.

In the 24th minute, Shi Hao cut inside and handed the ball to Lu Qiao. Gonzalez, who was then brought down by Antunes. Due to Porto's favorable attack, the referee did not blow the penalty. Gonzalez volleyed hard at the top of the arc and went just over the crossbar.

Shi Hao still clutched his right ankle and fell to the ground, only then did the referee run over and show Antunes a yellow card first. There was a chorus of boos in the stands, and the fans in Malaga thought Shi Hao had faked the fall.

Antunes looked very excited, he felt that his actions were not enough to reach a yellow card, but the referee couldn't help but say that in the end it was the captain Wellington who pulled him away, otherwise he might have voluntarily applied for a red card.

The referee looked at Shi Hao again, and saw that Shi Hao was still holding his ankles, so he motioned for a stretcher to enter.

Pereira was a little nervous, and Shi Hao couldn't be hurt at such a critical moment. However, he still prepared with both hands and warmed up Izmailov.

Shi Hao was very worried the moment he fell to the ground, because it was really painful, and even made him feel that his ankle bone was broken. However, after lying down for a while, the pain was much less, and he knew that it should be fine, just a ligament contusion.

Sure enough, after being carried off the field, the team doctor checked him, shook his head and said that the bones were fine. After spraying some painkillers, he felt much more comfortable. He slowly tried to stand up, stomped his foot, and figured that he should not be able to exert himself violently, but it should be fine to hold on for a while.

After a short rest, he applied to the fourth referee to play.

Duan Wenxuan, the host of CCTV Sports Channel, also breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that Shi Hao is fine, he is ready to play again." ”

Although Shi Hao's temporary expulsion from the national team is a fait accompli, there has been no news of him being banned so far. Moreover, Shi Hao and Jun Yingzhi are faintly regarded as the saviors of Chinese football, and they dare not block them at will, so they can only beat him with the way of "temporary expulsion from the team".

Therefore, when commenting on Shi Hao's game, Duan Wenxuan didn't have any worries, and he said whatever he had to say.

Today's partner is Wang Tao, Wang Tao took over the topic and said: "Shi Hao's way of playing football relies too much on speed and explosiveness, which causes too much burden on the body, and it is also easy to be maliciously violated by the other party. I've talked about this before. If he doesn't face up to this and change his style, I'm worried he'll be injured in the future. ”

This is a bit similar to a crow's mouth, Duan Wenxuan did not answer, but changed the topic: "The game has been going on so far, it seems that Malaga's desire to win is not strong, and it doesn't look like a team that is behind 0:2 on aggregate at all." Looking at the number of dangerous shots on goal from both sides, Porto had 2 and Malaga just 1. Possession was 54 per cent for Porto and 46 per cent for Malaga. ”

Wang Tao said: "But Isco played well today, running and passing have a bit of the style of a European golden boy, not sleepwalking like in the last game." ”

Duan Wenxuan said with a smile: "Fans and friends who often watch La Liga games may know better, in fact, this is Isco's real strength." He's very good at his feet, he can pose a huge threat when he has the ball, and he's very explosive. It's just that sometimes he plays a little bit alone, but his passing in this game is quite good. ”

Shi Hao, who returned to the game, didn't show much for a while. Whenever he tried to exert force, his ankle would hurt. This pain is actually not particularly serious, but it will somewhat deform his movements.

Moreover, this pain always reminded him of the days when he broke his leg, which cast a shadow on his psychology, and he always felt that he didn't dare to let go of his hands and feet to kick. Even if he was a little injured, he could run a speed of 9 points, but he only dared to use 8 points of force to run a speed of 8 points.

Isco observed this and chose him as the breakthrough.

After being passed for the first time, Shi Hao didn't dare to exert his strength, and chased slowly for a while.

Two minutes later, Isco deceived Shi Hao with another feint, and Shi Hao should be able to fight for control of the ball when he turned around immediately, because Isco's body was also very thin, and Shi Hao was confident that he would not lose to him.

However, when he turned around, he suddenly had a pain in his ankle, and he slowed down, and was eventually broken through by Isco.

Shi Hao was a little angry in his heart.

In the 30th minute, Malaga kicked off the goal and the football flew straight to Isco. Shi Hao jumped up and saw that Isco was about to point the ball down with his head, and he was still a little distance away from Isco, so he simply jumped up and stretched his legs to reach the ball.

His right foot grazed Isco's face and kicked the ball first, while his left knee hit Isco's waist and sent Isco to the ground.

After Shi Hao stumbled to the ground, he immediately ran to chase the ball, but heard a whistle.

"Tick!" (To be continued.) )