Porto vs Chelsea.

The match didn't need to be hyped up by the media at all, and it was a natural thing to attract the attention of the whole of Europe, not least because of the decision of the match - this match is crucial for Porto, and even directly related to their ability to qualify for the group stage of Group H of the Champions League.

The second is naturally another more important meaning of the game - the championship coach Jose. Jose Mourinho returned to Porto for the first time since leaving England.

And before the start of the game, the focus of the event was the "madman" Jose. Mr. Mourinho, however, has once again become the target of the world's talk because of two other events, and has become the topic of the entire European media.

Chelsea are now in full swing and manager Jose Mourinho is a natural favorite in the city of London, and yesterday, the day before the game, Jose Mourinho's official autobiography was released in Portuguese this summer. Jose Mourinho: Made in Portugal" will be published by David Brown, a small local publisher in Manchester who has produced David Beckham: Made in Manchester. Lewis Press officially launched in Europe.

The book's release was held on the day before the Porto vs Chelsea game, which may represent a very symbolic moment between Mourinho's past and present, which gives the match another meaning.

A lot of media coverage of this and a lot of football celebrities talk about the topics in this book, talking about their opinions, etc., which is of course a good thing, and it has a good effect on Mr. Mourinho's personal reputation, but another thing that has a bad impact on Mr. Mourinho's reputation.

On 6 December, the day before Chelsea arrived in Porto, the Portuguese police raided Porto president Nuno. Pinto. Reach. Costa's home, even the office at the "Stade de la Dragon", tried to find clues that the Portuguese football icon bribed referees to influence the outcome of the game, a move that attracted national attention from the host country of the 2004 European Championship. Once Costa's guilt is confirmed, it not only means that after the arrest of the president of the Portuguese professional football league, Lloreiro, for match-fixing, the second heavyweight "big fish" has been caught, but also means that the "treble" miracle created by Mourinho in Porto contains some water.

This is certainly not a good thing for Mr Mourinho, who led Porto to the 'treble' last season, and before the start of this game, Da Mourinho, who spent more than 100,000 pounds on bail and was temporarily freed. Costa was present at the Stade de la Dragon, who appeared to be on his way to watch the match between Porto and Chelsea.

At this time, the game had not yet started, but the fans in the audience were already in high spirits.

Dangda. When Costa appeared, the 25,000 Porto fans in the stadium all stood up in unison. Kestein cheered heroically, and for Porto fans, the president who brought Porto to to the top is undoubtedly a heroic figure.

It is worth mentioning that Da. Costa yesterday attended the launch of his autobiography "100 Years of a Long Life", which was put up for sale alongside Mourinho's autobiography in many bookstores in Lisbon.

In the autobiography, Da? Costa sees Mourinho as an 'alien' and has almost no affection for the 'madman', and it is clear that the two partners who have created the Porto miracle together have reached a point where they are incompatible. Costa's incident in the east window made Mr Mourinho's heart feel uncomfortable, and no one wanted anyone to question his proud achievements.

For a series of reasons, the match was so explosive that Mr Mourinho had to cancel Chelsea's pre-match acclimatisation training at the Stade Dragons, and the Portuguese police reacted quickly, sending 420 police officers to the Stadio de la Dragons to maintain order on and off the pitch to ensure that this game of significance for both teams could go smoothly.

But even so, when the Chelsea team walked out of the players' tunnel, especially when Mr. Mourinho walked to the Chelsea dugout, the nearly 30,000 Porto fans in the stadium still unanimously let out a chorus of 'boos' that shocked the entire stadium. The name 'Jose Mourinho' has been equated with 'traitor', 'traitor' and 'man who only seeks money', and they cannot tolerate this 'traitor' of Porto leading a 'Sterling Army' to victory at the Stadio de Dragons, which will surely become a shame erased in the history of Porto!

Listening to the voices of the audience, Wang Li turned his head to look at the expressionless face of the head coach Mr. Mourinho, and felt some sympathy for this Portuguese in his heart. He turned his head to look around, and by this time the audience was already covered with all kinds of slogans written in Portuguese script, as if he was afraid that the Chelsea players would not recognize these words, and several banners were written in authentic English - 'We don't need traitors!!' Get out of here!! ’

'Bastards who only know pounds, get out of here!!' ’

'You are a Portuguese, but you have the blood of betrayal in your veins!!' ’

…… However, the focus of the stadium was not limited to the Porto people, even if there were more than a dozen times fewer fans than the home team, but the more than 1,000 Chelsea fans who followed the team to Porto were not inferior in momentum, just because they brought the banner that was more than 50 meters long.

"Blue will shine on the whole earth, we have the strongest will, and the pace of victory will never stop!! Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea!! ”

The banner was definitely the main focus of the game, and although the Chelsea fan stand was only about 25 metres and couldn't fully hold it up, the fans were clever enough to hold the banner in a semicircle, which dropped a lot, but it was all the more eye-catching, making everyone want to know what was written on it.

When all the Porto fans instructed the above text and thought about Chelsea's record this season, the cheering momentum plummeted. Everyone knows that Porto won the treble last season, but that was only last season, and the team's biggest hero was sitting on the pitch at this time, but he was Porto's opponent.

'Will we have a chance to win?' That's what a lot of Porto fans thought at the time.

And a lot of them looked at the brunette kid on the bench, they knew that the brunette kid in Chelsea was the real trump card, but most of them exhaled softly, 'It's good he didn't start', and many people thought about it.

Of course, this kind of thought is only for a moment, and it is not a joke to exhaust more than 30,000 Porto fans, even if the Chelsea fans are full of momentum, it is impossible to overpower the Porto fans, and under the comparison, it makes them shout more energetically, which is by no means a good thing for Chelsea players.

In this environment, Wang Li also experienced for the first time a more annoying away atmosphere than the Parc des Princes, the home stadium of Paris Saint-Germain, almost all of the stadium cheered for the opponent, and there were boos for his own players, of course, this had no effect on him, after all, he was placed on the bench today, and there was no pressure in his heart at all.

However, the other players on the pitch were different, especially the young player Altyn who experienced this kind of tournament atmosphere for the first time. Robben and Thomas. Clark, both of them have more or less stage fright, so the level of performance can be imagined.

The other players did not have their usual composure and calmness, and the serious expressions of all the Chelsea players on the pitch made Mr Mourinho even more worried, and he knew that it was not only because of the atmosphere of the game, but also because of the pressure on these players due to the team's winning streak.

Although the result of this game did not matter to Chelsea at all, Mr Mourinho's semi-substitute line-up was more or less influenced by the media, showing that he was calm against his old club under the eyes of all Europe, but in reality, the 'madman' did not want to lose the game - this game was really important to Mr Mourinho.

Seeing the atmosphere at home and looking at the expressions of the players on the field, Mr. Mourinho already regretted his stubbornness in his heart, and if he played with all the main lineup, I believe the current situation would be much more optimistic.

At this time, he turned his head to look at the black-haired boy who was sitting on the bench chatting with the player next to him, and sighed slightly in his heart, and said in his heart: "Fortunately, Alan was not left in London. ’

……… With the captains of the two teams guessing the coin, Porto were given kick-off, and the two teams were already in their positions on the pitch, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle to announce the start of the game.

At this time, the British BBC TV commentator Joe Cot who broadcast the game live. Smar also began to introduce the starting line-ups of both teams to fans in front of the TV - "...... Porto lined up in a 4-3-1-2 formation, with goalkeeper Nuno and defenders Citalidis, Jorge. Costa, Pedro. Emmanuel and Arreas, midfielders Diego, Costinha, Maniche, midfielder Delle, McCarthy and Brazilian teenager Fabiano in the forward line. ”

“…… We can see that Postiga was on the bench in this game, and the striker, who was a standout striker last season, has been really poor lately, and it seems that Mr. Fernandez has been quite unhappy with him. ”

Chelsea, on the other hand, lined up in a 4-4-2 formation with goalkeeper Thomas Thomas. Clark, the guard from left to right is William. Gallas, captain John. Terry, Glenn. Johnson and Paul. Patrick Ferreira, midfielders Smerkin, Frank Lampard, Scott. Parker and Wayne. Bridget, the striker is Damien. Duff and Drogba. ”

'The competition between Chelsea's two young goalkeepers seems to be intent on letting go of the competition that has been seen in recent games, and it seems that Mr Mourinho is intent on letting them start in the game, and both Clarke and Cech have performed quite well, which is the envy of many big clubs. And in this competition, the dance master Allen. Wang also sat on the bench, wondering if this is because Mr. Mourinho is confident in the game, or if he doesn't care about the result of the game at all? ”

It is worth mentioning that the British BBC TV station also specially invited the legendary goalscorer Gary in England. Lineker was a special guest in England, and in England, Lineker's name is quite resounding, and in 80 England team games, he scored 48 goals, only more than the all-time first Bobby. Charlton scored one less goal, while his performances at two World Cups and his outstanding performances after his move to Barcelona in La Liga also cemented him as the leading goalscorer in the history of world football, and he was the only striker in England to win the Golden Boot.

Although Lineker has long since retired, what he says will still have a wide impact among fans.

……… Back on the pitch.

In the narrator Joe Cot. After Smar introduced the starting line-ups, the referee's whistle kicked off and McCarthy kicked the ball to Fabiano and ran forward, who knocked the ball to the back and headed towards the Chelsea hinterland.

After a few kicks at the back of Porto, midfielder Maniche slotted a forward through ball to Costinha, who made a couple of short passes with Diego before breaking through the Chelsea defence and sending the ball to the edge of the box with a pinpoint through-ball.

This time, after receiving the ball, Fabiano showed Brazilian samba style football skills, he met the ball, did not look back, and with a light tap on his heel behind the ball, he crossed John who came to steal. John Terry, the ball was in front of him at the same time, and then the Brazilian teenager followed up with a through ball that found it at the feet of McCarthy in the Chelsea penalty area - "Danger!!" Almost at the same time, BBC TV commentator Smar shouted.

After McCarthy received the ball, he reacted and turned and volleyed directly, but fortunately the angle of the ball was not tricky, and goalkeeper Thomas reacted quickly, and he held the ball tightly in his arms, so that the Chelsea players could feel a little more at ease.

However, just two minutes later, Porto made a comeback, this time with McCarthy, whose cold shot from the line of the penalty area sent the more than 2,000 Blues fans who had followed Porto into a cold sweat, but Thomas made another contribution, and he lifted the ball over the crossbar with both hands in a stunned moment, once again defusing the crisis.

Perhaps it was affected by the atmosphere of the fans, or maybe it was really the pressure caused by consecutive wins, in short, the performance of the Chelsea players in the opening 10 minutes was really bad, which made the goal frequently missed, and the performance of the Porto team was really good, which made the neutral fans, including the reporters present, unable to see anything outstanding about Chelsea, who have been winning streak since the start of the game.

Thankfully, as the game ticked on, the Chelsea players found their groove.

In the 14th minute of the game, Wayne. Brigi cut in from the left and fired a cold right-footed shot wide of the far post and out of bounds.

In the 21st minute, Frank Lampard sent a cross down the right flank, Drogba headed a powerful header from seven yards in front of goal, and the ball was hit by goalkeeper Nuno with a one-handed save on the crossbar, startling many Porto fans to get up from their seats.

Porto then launched a sharp attack, and in the 24th minute, Chelsea captain John Terry was fouled outside the box, but McCarthy, who took the free-kick, curled wide of the near post.

In the 28th minute, Drogba received the ball in the penalty area, stopped the ball on his chest and turned and volleyed high over the crossbar and flew off the bottom line.

Just three minutes later, Diego took a free-kick for Porto, which was only managed by goalkeeper Tomas. Clark flies to dissolve.

In the 34th minute, Duff dribbled the ball diagonally into the middle of the right rib, shook a defender at the edge of the penalty area, and shot a cold arrow with his left foot 20 meters away from the goal.

……… Throughout the first half, Chelsea and Porto engaged in a thrilling battle of attack, with occasional performances of good links and individual skills to the delight of the fans in the stand, but perhaps not for the Porto fans as they were already ahead.

The score also brought a sigh of relief to the manager, Mr Jose Mourinho, who felt that not only the strength, but also the luck seemed to be on Chelsea's side.

After the start of the second half, manager Jose Mourinho arranged for Thiago. Mendes replaced Smerkin as a winger, and it looked like he wasn't too happy with Smerkin's performance, with the 29-year-old Russian struggling to even make a substitute at Chelsea.

In the second half, there was a change in the form of the two teams, Chelsea led by one goal, so Mr. Mourinho immediately arranged for the team's defensive line to retreat, and moved out of the defensive counter-attacking formation, in fact, this season this defensive counter-attacking tactics is really tried and tested, many Chelsea players even think that as long as Chelsea use this tactic, then the game will be won - although this style of play has been ridiculed by many opponents and the media.

However, the game often has a lot of random surnames, and there is no perfect tactic on the football field, let alone an outright winning tactic.

Just six minutes into the second half, Porto defender Citaridis fired a right-footed shot from near the corner of the right-hand penalty area. John Terry pushed the ball over and Diego didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground and fired a groundbreaking volley with his right foot on the instep of his right foot from 18 yards in front of goal, but Thomas couldn't react at all and Porto made it 1-1.

The goal cheered the Porto fans so much that even BBC special guest Mr. Lineker said, "Beautiful!! It was a fantastic kick and the Brazilian youngster is at a very high level, and seeing that the Premier League teams should also go to the South American league to tap some potential stars. ”

But in fact, many English teams have been to the Brazilian and Argentine leagues to scout players, but these South American players often choose to go to the Eredivisie or the Portuguese League when they enter the Europa League, because only these two leagues are suitable for South American players with technical flow to adapt to the environment of the Europa League.

Seeing Porto equalise, the manager Mr. Mourinho couldn't sit still, although the game didn't mean much to Chelsea, but it was very meaningful to him personally, so he immediately called Wang Li to warm up and prepare for him to play.

However, just before Wang Li could finish his warm-up, Chelsea were cut off in front, substitute Quaresma hung high into the box on the left, and South African striker McCarthy beat Williams at the back post. Gallas, with a header from 8 yards out, bounced the ball and fired into the far corner to make it 2:1.

The Chelsea players looked helpless when the score was down, but thankfully when the Porto players celebrated their goal, the fourth official raised the substitution card - Wang Li replaced Damien. Duff comes on.

Seeing the brunette finally on the pitch, the momentum of the Chelsea team gradually turned back, because in the eyes of many Chelsea players, 'Allen. The name 'Wang' is almost synonymous with a goal.

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(To be continued)