Chapter 175: Tug of War
Compared to the line-up against Paris Saint-Germain, Pereira only made a slight tweak, replacing Alex, who had some thigh muscle discomfort after the last round of the league, with Mangala. Sandro. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It's not a familiar position for Mangala, but he's quick and can defend well, and his performance in terms of assists alone is much worse, resulting in a bit of a lack of play on the left side of the opening period.
Shi Hao was still playing as a right winger in this game, but Pereira explained that they often changed positions.
Both are available on both feet, but Shi Hao's right foot is a little stronger, and J Rodriguez is a little stronger with his left foot. When it was necessary to play more crosses, Shi Hao appeared on the right side, and J Rodriguez appeared on the left side; When the situation cannot be opened up on the wing and the winger is required to cut inside regularly, the two switch places.
At this time, Shi Hao was facing an old acquaintance, Taiwo. The player didn't play at Milan and was loaned to Dynamo Kyiv this season. For the player who became famous as a teenager, it was also bad luck.
And in this game, he was humiliated again. In the 15th minute of the opening game, Shi Hao shook off Taiwo with the ball on the right side, and ran inside to run near the penalty area.
Taiwo chased closely, Shi Hao dribbled the ball horizontally to the top of the arc of the penalty area, and was about to burst into the penalty area, but suddenly buckled the ball, and it seemed that he was about to shoot with his right foot. Taiwo scrambled to block it, but Shi Hao dunked the ball back and calmly wiped it past him. Shi Hao then flicked the ball to the left and shook off the central defender Kacheridi of Dynamo Kyiv, and then volleyed with his left foot near the penalty spot, the ball was extremely fast, the angle was tricky, and flew directly into the upper right corner of the dead corner, Dynamo Kyiv's goalkeeper Shovkovsky did not make any action at all, just watched the ball go into the net.
"Stone-Hao goal! Porto's unbeaten run continues! The on-site commentator at the Dragon Stadium shouted.
Shi Hao likes this narrator very much because he can pronounce his name accurately.
In the dugout, Pereira looked relaxed, and the other substitutes exchanged pleasant expressions. In their opinion, this game will definitely be won easily.
But it backfired, and the game process was full of twists and turns.
In the 20th minute, Dynamo Kyiv midfielder Veloso shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area, the angle was very tricky, and the power was also hit, but fortunately, Porto goalkeeper Elton was very concentrated, moved two steps in advance, and then took off to save the ball.
A minute later, Dynamo Kyiv made a comeback, Veloso took the ball from the right side of the box and hoisted it in front of goal, Elton had a problem choosing his position, jumped up without touching the ball, and the veteran Ukrainian international Gussev headed the ball into the empty net from the goal line.
Naturally, the Porto man was not willing to let the victory fly away and increased the tempo of the attack. There is Lucho. Gonzalez and Moutinho deployed in midfield, the front trident was like a fish in water, and the frequent switching between Shi Hao and J Rodriguez caused headaches for the back line of Dynamo Kyiv.
In the 33rd minute of the game, Shi Hao broke through Taiwo again and crossed from the edge of the penalty area. His pass was like a machete of the full moon, bypassing the defenders of Dynamo Kyiv and cutting into the heart of the Dynamo Kyiv penalty area with precision to find Martinez. All Martinez had to do was put his head up and smashed the ball into the half-empty goal. Unfortunately, his header had power and angle, but it was blocked by Brazilian defender Bertao, who had returned to the goal line near the goal line.
Damn, I can't eat the bread that feeds me to my mouth! Shi Hao had to brush up on two assists in this game, and he couldn't help but be a little impatient after almost half the game and hadn't received an assist.
However, Dynamo Kyiv quickly launched a counterattack, and he didn't even have time to stop and complain about Martinez.
However, Porto's backline was still very solid, breaking the ball and not allowing Dynamo Kyiv to fight back.
Porto continued to patiently organise the attack, and after more than a dozen passes in the midfield, Moutinho suddenly flew the ball to the left, and J Rodriguez caught up with the ball and crossed it directly with his feet. Martinez arrived at the landing point and shot directly with his left foot without stopping the ball. Shofkowski couldn't make a save and the ball flew into the goal from the bottom right corner of the goal on turf.
The attack came just two minutes after the last time Martinez didn't score. Shi Hao pounced on Martinez to celebrate, rubbing his hair and complaining: "James can score if you pass the ball to you, but you won't score if I pass the ball to you, do you think you should invite me to dinner?" ”
"Please, please!" Martinez said excitedly.
The 2-1 scoreline continued into half-time as Porto's players walked into the dressing room with a relaxed mood.
Pereira, however, is starting to be less optimistic about the game. In the first half of the game, Dynamo Kyiv still caused some problems for Porto, so that he no longer dared to underestimate this Eastern European powerhouse. The team's midfielders Guseff, Yarmolenko, Veloso, Garmash and Ideje are all strong and once they are in form, Porto must not take it lightly.
Pereira asked Shi Hao and J Rodriguez to have more substitutions, not to get too entangled with the two strong and fast full-backs Taiwo and Betao of Dynamo Kyiv, and take advantage of the slow speed of the opponent's two central defenders, Kacheridi and Mikalik, to resolutely hit the ball behind him.
At the start of the second half, Porto executed Pereira's tactics well, effectively containing the counterattack of Dynamo Kyiv, while also playing some good attacks themselves.
In the 53rd minute, Lucho. Gonzalez couldn't shake off the angle from outside the box and struck a cross, J Rodriguez followed up with a powerful shot that was blocked by the Dynamo Kyiv player.
Shi Hao appeared ghostly at the football landing point, picked up his left foot and was about to shoot, but Vukojevic hurriedly flew to block the gun's hole. Shi Hao made a false shot, and instead of shooting with his fast-falling left foot, he dialed the ball to Martinez, who was unmarked in the middle. Martinez didn't stop the ball and fired a left-footed shot at goal, Shofkovski couldn't make a save, but the ball hit the outside of the left post and flew off the line.
"Hey, what do you mean, I just don't eat the bread I fed?" Shi Hao is really a little angry, this kind of nanny doesn't score, is this a deliberate attempt to make himself unable to complete the task?
Martinez was also embarrassed and stuck out his tongue at Shi Hao.
Pereira also expressed his displeasure on the sidelines, shaking his head vigorously and muttering a few words to his lips, annoyed by Martinez's successive squandering opportunities.
Porto, which has been squandering opportunities in a row, has suffered retribution. In the 71st minute of the game, Yarmolenko shook off J Rodriguez and Mangala in succession, and took the ball to the center of the Porto penalty area. Striker Ideye chested the ball in the middle of the box and fired a right-footed shot at goal, which was saved by Elton. But the attack wasn't over yet, as Dynamo Kyiv got the second drop and, after successive passes, returned the ball back to Yarmolenko's feet. Yarmolenko crossed again and sent the ball into the same position, and Ideje switched to a left-footed shot this time, and the ball flew straight into the Porto goal like a cannonball, leveling the score at 2-2. (To be continued.) )