223 The first silver ball

From the lead to the bottom of the team, Mourinho frowned, but he did not send his anger to the players, he just came to the sidelines, made a few gestures, and conveyed his tactics to the players.

Deco, who is the team's midfield commander, nodded heavily after seeing Mourinho's gesture.

After the resumption of the game, the Porto team did not blindly strengthen their attack, but their attacking tempo increased slightly.

In fact, Porto's quick counter-attack was also very threatening. It's just that Mourinho knew very well before that if the pace was fast, it would be very risky to play with Tottenham.

But now that the team is behind, Mourinho has no choice, he can only take a risk.

In any case, he is confident that his team's backline is still stronger than Tottenham's, and as for the attack, it will not be much worse than them!

And just like that, after an hour of play, the rhythm suddenly brightened!

Instead of dwelling on the midfield rivalry, the two teams will choose to move through the midfield quickly, sometimes even sending the ball straight up front.

It is often a Tottenham attack on this side that is terminated, and the Porto team on that side is in the front in the blink of an eye, and after the Porto team's attack is finished, the Tottenham team's counterattack is also extremely fast.

This situation made the fans of both teams in the stands look extremely busy.

"Redknapp sent the ball to the right ......"

"Simon Davis broke through with the ball and got past Valente...... It's crossed! ”

"Morientes...... No, Jorge Costa rushed the ball out of the box first! ”

...... 'Porto counter-attack...... Deco broke through the midfield with the ball and played a long pass directly to the right side! ”

"Delray catches the ball and he cuts inside...... Hit the door directly! ”

"The ball was hit too squarely, and Keller was taken directly into his arms!"

...... "Keller directly hit the front court with a big foot and launched a counterattack! ”

"Morientes got the header and he gave it to Edison on the wing!"

"Edison passed Maniche and passed the ball to the back post......"

"Robbie Keane grabs the penalty and tackles ......"

"Oh~~~ The shot that was close at hand, he actually kicked it away! What a shame! ”

…… The narrator was also very busy at this time, and he didn't even have time to take a sip of water.

Halfway through the second half, something happened on the field!

Redknapp dribbled up front for a breakthrough and was on the verge of shaking off Ricardo Costa when he was put on the ball by the latter.

The referee on duty did not blow the whistle, but signaled for the game to continue!

While several nearby Tottenham players were looking for a referee theory, Porto had already launched a quick counter-attack.

The ball reached Deco's feet, and Deco dribbled forward at high speed!

There are three other players in front of him, Alenichev on the left, Kapshu in the middle and Delle on the right!

At this time, there are only four people in Tottenham's backfield plus Flender, this is a chance to play four!

Flender had been backing up with Deco's advance, and he didn't dare to rush up blindly. Tottenham's defence is also retreating overall.

When Deco dribbled into the 40-meter area, Flender knew that he could not go any further, and he stood his feet and prepared to face Deco head-on.

At this time, Deco suddenly passed the ball, and he hit a scalpel-like through ball to send the ball to the gap between Ledley King and Karl!

Alenichev intervened in time and chased the ball!

At this time, several defenders of the Tottenham Hotspur team were in the penalty area to make up for the defense to prevent the Russians from passing the ball horizontally!

After Alenichev got the ball, he immediately made a horizontal pass!

Karl directly blocked the route of Alenichev's pass with a sliding tackle, but he didn't want Alenichev to not pass the ball, but dunked the ball back with a light dunk!

At this time, Flender could only make up for Alenichev.

Alenichev took advantage of the time when Friend left Deco's side and knocked the ball back to the middle of the penalty area!

'It was a chance, Deco got the ball in the box!'

After Deco's goal, he adjusted it slightly, and at this time, the players of the Tottenham team were swarming to block Deco's shooting route!

After adjusting, Deco raised his foot and prepared to push the far corner!

His action sent Tottenham defenders and goalkeepers in front of goal to block the far corner.

At this time, Deco's ankle was cleverly twisted and pushed the ball into the near corner!

The ball almost grazed the near post and flew into the goal!

“gooooooooooal! Deco! Deco! Deco!!! It was a classic counter-attack, with Deco showing great composure in the face of his chances, using a feint to deceive the entire Tottenham backline and send the ball into the near post! Deco equalized for Porto! ”

The fans of the Porto team burst into loud cheers ~~~~~~ an instant. Mourinho on the sidelines also ran wild on the sidelines like a goal-scoring player!

Deco, who scored the goal, even crossed the billboard and rushed directly to the stands where the Porto fans were!

While the Porto were celebrating wildly, the Tottenham players surrounded referee Michel.

"Mr. Referee! It was a clear foul on them! ”

"If the ball had been fouled, there wouldn't have been a goal!"

"Mr. Referee! If that's not a foul, I don't even know what a foul is! ”

…… The Tottenham players were arguing around the referee, and apparently, they all thought that Ricardo Costa's defense was a foul.

"Tottenham players are theorizing with the referee, let's take a look at the defensive ...... Ricardo Costa just now"

With the commentator's words, a slow motion of the ball was shown on the TV screen.

"According to the slow motion, Ricardo Costa did tackle Redknapp just now, but he also tackled the ball, and if the referee was stricter, there was no problem with the foul, but the referee chose to give a light penalty! This is obviously a blow to Tottenham, you must know that if they had just awarded a free kick, according to Edison's free kick percentage, they would have hoped to score a goal to extend the score, only to be equalised! ”

Indeed, this goal made the Tottenham players lose their cool a little, but Chen Xi seemed more sober at this time, while he put pressure on the referee, he also stopped between his teammates and the referee, so as not to have any radical behavior. He knows very well that this goal cannot be changed, and he can only hope that the referee will make a decision in Tottenham's favor in the future!

"Even in the Premier League, it's a fucking foul to defend like that!" Hoddle on the sidelines also scolded angrily.

Despite the outrage at Tottenham, the referee stood his ground, awarded the goal and signaled for the Tottenham players to return to their positions and get ready to restart.

Chen Xi and his teammates could only reluctantly accept such a result.

After the resumption of the game, the morale of the equalisers was boosted by the Porto side, and their attack became more and more threatening.

Tottenham's players were emotionally affected, and their defensive movements were significantly larger.

If it weren't for the referee's consideration of finding a balance, Tottenham would have had players to be sent off.

Even so, Porto had a couple of set-pieces in a row from great positions!

One of them, a free kick from the edge of the Deco penalty area was a direct shot on goal, almost opening the door for Keller.

Thankfully, Keller made a brilliant save and rubbed the ball off the line with his fingertips.

Tottenham, on their part, are still looking for opportunities through the two wings!

In the second half of the game, half an hour into the game, Chen Xi tore through the entire right side of the Porto team's defense, and crossed the ball to the middle of the penalty area!

It's a pity that the two strikers who outflanked in front of the goal were half a beat slower, and the ball slid past the goal.

This made the Tottenham fans in the stands regretful, and Robbie Keane and Morientes also regretted that they were not outflanked in time and missed such a good opportunity!

In the next game, although everyone has been fighting for more than 70 minutes, the two teams are still tirelessly fighting against each other!

The back-and-forth offensive of both sides not only made the fans in the stands addicted, but also made the supporters of both teams feel terrified.

Finally, in the last ten minutes of the game, Porto had a great chance to fight back!

Redknapp's through ball to Chen Xi was cut off by Mani, and Maniche turned around and handed the ball directly to Deco, who had already run to the midfield!

Deco launched a counter-attack with the ball again, and after dribbling past midfield, he faced Flender's defence. Deco made a strong move to the right, and after deceiving Flender's center of gravity, he shook the German with a clever flick.

However, Deco did not continue to move forward with the ball, but directly took the ball, trying to hang behind the Tottenham defender, because Kapushu was already plugged in at high speed!

Ledley King faced Deco's extremely fast pass, and after taking two steps back, he jumped high and barely managed to reach the ball.

This time, although the ball was prevented from going over the top, Kapushu failed to get the ball, but the ball flew to the right side of the penalty area!

Porto's striker Delle was once again ghostly on the ball's path!

Ledley King's header failed to clear the box and flew to the right side of the box...... Delley plugged in! ”

Facing the ball that flew over and bounced off in front of him, Dellay didn't make any adjustments, and just fired a volley, and the ball flew directly towards the far post of the goal!

Keller in front of the goal subconsciously stretched out his left arm, but he couldn't touch the ball, and the ball flew towards the goal behind him...... "it's~a~goooooooooal!! Delle ~~~~~~~ Silva!! The Brazilian striker once again showed his excellent nose in front of goal, appearing in the most crucial position in time to seize the opportunity! Del Le scored twice and it was his thirteenth goal of the tournament! Porto overtook the score 3-2! It was exactly a good game! ”

Boom~~~ The Porto fans, who only accounted for about one-third of the whole game, once again let out a shocking cheer, they obviously didn't expect the team to exceed the score again!

Mourinho on the sidelines was also very excited, his arms raised high, roaring excitedly on the sidelines!

At this time, the Tottenham Hotspur Formation fell into a dead silence, and now there are only about ten minutes left in the game, but the opponent is overtaking the score, which is undoubtedly a desperate situation for them!

The expression on Hoddle's face at this time was already frozen, he obviously didn't expect his team's back line to be so vulnerable, and it took less than twenty minutes for the team to go from leading to lagging behind!

The Porto players were celebrating with all their heart's content, especially Delle, who scored the goal, and he excitedly took off his shirt. Although he can't snatch Chen Xi's golden boot, if he can snatch the Tottenham championship, it will be even more exciting!

Ledley King, who had just headed in an own goal, had frustration written on his face and he thought it was his fault for conceding the goal.

At this time, Chen Xi took out the ball from the door and ran towards him, Chen Xi patted Ledley King's shoulder and said, "Ledley, don't take it to heart, if you don't top the ball just now, it will be easier for them to score!" Pick yourself up, hold the last ten minutes, and attack...... Leave it to us! ”

Although Chen Xi is a few years younger than Ledley King, but somehow, Ledley King just trusts the Chinese kid in front of him very much, he nodded heavily and said, "Well, the defense is handed over to us!" You let go and attack! ”

After Chen Xi nodded, he held the ball and ran towards the middle distance!

"Don't be discouraged, there are still ten minutes left! That's enough for us to get back on the score! On the way to run, Chen Xi did not forget to cheer up his teammates, after all, attacking is not his own thing.

After hearing Chen Xi's words, his teammates also came out of frustration, it was not too bad to lose the ball at this time, at least there were ten minutes left for them!

The referee didn't let the Porto players celebrate for too long, and at his urging, the Porto man slowly ran back to his position.

By this point, Mourinho had already stepped out of the excitement of taking the lead, pressing his hands on the players and signaling them to control the tempo.

Deco nodded heavily, as a midfield playmaker, he is still good at controlling the rhythm, when he wants to be fast, he rushes up, and the two fast attack counterattack goals just now were instigated by him. And to slow down the pace, he also has his own way.

Once the game resumed, Tottenham launched a ferocious counter-attack.

After a dead goal, Hoddle also replaced Ziggy, who was already a little exhausted, with Tarico and the Argentine's assistive ability was something Hoddle wanted to put to good use.

When Tarico came on the pitch, he showed his characteristics as a left-sided corridor player with plenty of fitness, both in attack and in defence.

With Tarico's support, Chen Xi is also more active on the left side.

In terms of attack, Chen Xi still prefers to partner with Tarico, but because he doesn't like to defend very much, under normal circumstances, a fullback with excellent defensive ability should be arranged behind him.

In these extraordinary times, the role of Tarico is manifested.

In the eighty-fourth minute, Tarico and Chen Xi played several one-kick matches in a row, and Chen Xi also took the opportunity to get rid of Ferreira's defense and go to the middle!

Rushing to the edge of the penalty area with the ball, after attracting Ricardo Costa's defense, Chen Xi stealthily knocked the ball across the middle.

Redknapp got rid of Deco's entanglement and plugged in from behind Chen Xi, and shot directly at the incoming ball!

This shot is powerful, but the angle is slightly positive, Baia in front of the goal is in a very good position, he didn't dare to slack off the ball out of the penalty area with both fists, and the ball bounced to the right corner of the penalty area!

Simon Davis volleyed directly into the ball, but unfortunately he blasted the ball into the stands with too much force!

Oh~~~ The regretful sighs of Tottenham fans were once again heard from the stands, and as time ran out, they became more and more anxious. However, they still believe in their hearts that Chen Xi will create a miracle again!

As the game entered the final five minutes, Mourinho simply brought his players back to the back and began to shrink defensively, while also calling up a defender Emmanuel on the bench to replace him on the pitch to defend the win.

Although Mourinho is young, he will never blindly pursue good looks, and victory is what he values most!

For a time, the Porto team's half is often piled up with ** players, and only one striker is often left in the front court to prepare for a counterattack. This has undoubtedly narrowed the gap in Tottenham's attack.

And Mourinho is also ready to replace a defender and a striker to make this defense a little more thorough!

Tottenham's attack could hardly reach Porto in the box.

Whether it's a cross or a long-range shot, it's all blocked by piles of people in the box!

Mourinho has called back Amanour, who has warmed up, but there has been no dead ball on the field. It is often the Porto team that defuses a Tottenham attack, and after the big foot clears the ball to the front, the Spurs team wins the ball and then comes back.

This frustrated Mourinho and he even wanted to tell his players to get the ball out of bounds, but he knew it was too risky and he didn't want to disturb the players who were guarding carefully on the pitch.

It wasn't until the fourth official began to adjust the electronic cards in stoppage time that there was still no dead ball on the field.

Anyway, time is running out, so let's just don't die until the end of the game! Mourinho on the sidelines thought to himself.

It's a pity that this idea of his is obviously wishful thinking.

Finally, when the fourth official lifted the electronic scoreboard for three minutes of stoppage time, the referee's whistle blew.

Jose Mourinho finally got his chance to get a dead goal, but he would rather not get it.

Because after the referee blew the whistle, he ran to the front of the Porto penalty area, and then pointed to the goal with his right hand, awarding Tottenham a direct free kick opportunity from the edge of the penalty area!

It turned out that after cooperating with Tarico on the left side just now, Chen Xi took the ball and went to the middle!

Chen Xi's continuous center of gravity shook and passed Ricardo Costa, who came over to make up for the defense.

Seeing that he couldn't stop Chen Xi's breakthrough, Ricardo Costa moved his body sideways towards Chen Xi's action route, and after colliding with Chen Xi, the two fell to the ground together.

The referee decided that Ricardo Costa had deliberately blocked the foul and awarded Tottenham a direct free-kick.

The decision caused a lot of displeasure from the Porto players, who knew what it meant to give Tottenham such a good free-kick opportunity.

Mourinho on the sidelines also forgot about the substitution, and ran to the sidelines and scolded!

The referee was obviously not going to change his decision because of the opinion of the Porto players, and he walked out of the siege of the Porto players and signaled that they were ready to line up the wall!

Mourinho also knew that it was useless to argue at this point, so he replaced striker Capsushu with Aymanuel. At the same time, he could only pray in his heart that the Chinese boy's free kick was not as terrifying as the legend!

Baia was obviously nervous as well, and he fully expelled a six-person human wall in front of Chen Xi. almost blocked the angle of Chen Xi's shot.

The free-kick was on the left side of the penalty area, slightly diagonal, so it was good for Porto's human wall to block.

However, Chen Xi didn't care, after setting the ball, Chen Xi withdrew a certain distance and waited for the referee to blow the whistle!

Finally, after almost a minute of time, the Porto team finally fully set up their defense. It can be said that this is basically the last time that Tottenham will attack. Because halfway through stoppage time.

The Tottenham fans in the stands are also secretly praying, hoping that Chen Xi's free kick can save the team again like before.

Beep~~~ The referee's whistle sounded, and Chen Xi started his own run.

His every step of the run almost stepped on the hearts of everyone on the scene, making people feel breathless!

Finally, Chen Xi's left foot stepped heavily on the side of the ball, and then the inside of his right foot was pumped on the ball!

Baia in front of the goal stood in the center of the goal, because he knew that for Chen Xi, it was easy to send a free kick over the wall, if when the ball crossed the wall, he flew over the far post, I am afraid it would be too late, so he could only stand in the middle of the goal.

Baiya's approach is not unintelligent, but it is also a gamble, after all, in this case, he almost completely exposed the far corner to Chen Xi!

In fact, Chen Xi also noticed this, so the free kick he took did not fly over the head of the human wall this time, but made an arc almost against the turf, bypassing the human wall at the end of the far post, and whistling towards the goal!

When the ball came around the side of the wall, Baia in front of the goal was taken aback and immediately pounced on his left hand.

It's a pity that Chen Xi's shot was very tricky, and at the same time, the force was not small, and finally with a strong spin, he drilled into the goal in the gap between Baia's fingertips and the far post!

“gooooooooooal!!! goal!goal!goal~~~~goal!goal!Edison! Edison! Edison!!! A stunning free-kick went straight to the goal, and Edison once again saved Tottenham! At the end of the game, when the Porto were just over a point away from celebrating and lifting the trophy, Edison shattered their dream with a brilliant free-kick! And at the same time pulling Tottenham back from the edge of the cliff! It was also Edison's seventeenth goal of the tournament, and he once again extended his record!! ”

Boom~~~ The cheers of more than 30,000 Tottenham fans almost toppled the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Seville.

The Tottenham coaches and players on the sidelines were also in a burst of ecstasy, and more than a minute ago, they had already given up the title, thinking that the championship was far away from them! As a result, Chen Xi pulled them back from the brink of despair and rekindled their hopes of the championship!

The Porto people were frustrated at this time, they had already touched the trophy with one hand, but they were destroyed by Chen Xi's free kick!

Mourinho on the sidelines looked grim, knowing that the game was about to go to extra time and that there was only one striker left on the field, so he could only call a substitute striker Marco Ferreira from the bench.

At this time, Chen Xi, who scored the goal, ran to the sidelines, stood in front of the billboard, and danced a flamenco dance leisurely.

Oh~~~ After scoring such a crucial goal, Edison actually danced with a relaxed face. He seemed to be mimicking the dance of the girls in the 'Ketchup Band' before the game. Oh my God, what is his heart made of? In such a situation, you can maintain such a relaxed mind! ”

The teammates who were originally in ecstasy and were about to rush over to have a crazy celebration with Chen Xi also felt a lot more relaxed after seeing Chen Xi's performance. Robbie Keane writhed with Chen Xi.

It's just that this guy's dance is much uglier than Chen Xi's.

"Edison Jackson! Edison Jackson! Edison Jackson! ”

Seeing their "King of Dance" once again use dance as a celebratory action, Tottenham fans in the stands also called out Chen Xi's nickname.

Chen Xi thought of this celebration after hearing the "Tomato Sauce Song" before the game, but his previous goal did not use this celebration because it had the meaning of breaking the goal record, and this time, he finally got the opportunity to use this celebration. Though...... The timing wasn't so right.

But what Chen Xi didn't know was that his funny celebration had a good effect, that is, the tension of his teammates was eased, and their mentality would be more relaxed in the next game.

Chen Xi: Their celebration took almost another minute, so that the three minutes of stoppage time were almost gone, and an overtime game was imperative.

Sure enough, not long after the game restarted, referee Michelle blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"Okay, 90 minutes into the regular season and Tottenham and Porto are 3-3 and they're going to go into extra time. It seems that we really hope to witness the first 'silver ball' in world football today, as long as either team scores a goal in the first half of extra time and holds the lead until the end of the first half of extra time, they will use this 'silver ball' to make the opponent die suddenly......"

According to the rules, there is no break between the 90-minute game and overtime, Chen Xi and his teammates can only stay on the field, go to the sidelines to replenish water, and then take a short break, they have to exchange venues with the Porto team to start extra time.

The coaches of both teams took the time to ask about the fitness of the players, and the team doctor gave leg massages to the exhausted players on the sidelines.

Although Chen Xi is also very tired, he knows that he can still keep playing, in fact, his physical condition is definitely better than most of the players on the field!

Chen Xi and his teammates showed determination to persevere through the game, so Hoddle did not choose to make a substitution.

However, Mourinho chose to replace the veteran defender Jorge Costa, who was already at the end of his power, with Marco Ferreira.

As a result, the formation of the Porto team returned to four-four-two.

A few minutes later, the referee called up the players from both teams, motioned for the players to switch courts, and the game began!

After the start of extra time, neither team rushed to attack, and they obviously knew that in these ten minutes, if there was any mistake, the opponent could seize the opportunity and give themselves a fatal blow.

Even Tottenham, which is known for its attack, did not dare to attack blindly, and in the absence of a great opportunity, Chen Xi and his teammates would not easily send the ball into the penalty area.

It wasn't until five minutes of extra time that the two teams had their first shots on goal.

Maniche's long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area hit the anti-aircraft gun!

This kind of long-range shot will not give Tottenham a chance to counterattack, so although Mourinho on the sidelines was dissatisfied with Maniche wasting the ball like this, he did not show too much excitement!

Three minutes later, Tottenham had a shot on goal!

After Chen Xi sought a breakthrough on the left side, under the defense of Ferreira, he passed the ball into the penalty area!

Morientes was still not at the back of the game against the newcomer Amanuel, and he managed to grab the penalty and head the ball towards the goal. It's a pity that his physical strength has been consumed a lot after all, and the strength of the header is a little small, and it was directly obtained by Baia in front of the goal.

Fifteen minutes into the first half of extra time quickly passed, and it looked like the hopes of witnessing a silver ball were not very good.

It's true that both teams were a little scary in extra time, neither team was able to create too many chances, and at the same time they didn't give each other any chances!

Soon, the first half of extra time had already reached the last three minutes, looking at the calm situation on the field, fans were waiting for the second half of extra time, and even began to wait for the penalty shootout!

The coaches of both teams were also thinking about whether they should make any adjustments in the second half of extra time and the line-up of the penalty shootout afterwards.

At this time, Chen Xi, who had been casually backing his feet with his teammates on the left side, seemed to be waiting for the end of the first half of the game, but suddenly moved!

In the face of Redknapp's pass, he flicked the inside of his foot and the ball spun and went to his flank. With a deft turn, he passed Maniche!

Maniche, who had been keeping an eye on Chen Xi for so long, was also a little tired, he couldn't keep up with Chen Xi's pace, so he could only watch Chen Xi walk away!

After passing Maniche, Chen Xi went directly to the middle lane!

First of all, Deco made up for it, although he was transformed into a back midfielder in his later life, but his current defensive ability is still not enough to stop Chen Xi who has already rushed up!

Chen Xi passed Deco with a forced acceleration change of direction and continued to rush towards the front of the penalty area!

"Oh my God! Edison didn't want to be a guy who had been playing for more than a hundred minutes! His sprint was still like a Ferrari tank, so fast, so ferocious! ”

In the face of the menacing Chen Xi, Ricardo Costa could only defend himself with trepidation. After several direct conversations with Chen Xi, he didn't dare to have any contempt for Chen Xi.

Without waiting for Ricardo Costa to get closer, Chen Xi picked up his right foot and seemed to be about to shoot directly from a distance!

Ricardo Costa, although he considered that it could be a feint, he still had to raise his feet to make a block.

Chen Xi's right foot really didn't kick the ball directly towards the goal, but flicked it to the right.

Ricardo Costa retracted his foot, and when he walked towards Chen Xi, Chen Xi once again turned the ball sideways and shook him off.

Alenichev, who had already returned to the backcourt, immediately made up for it, and after Chen Xi still made a feint to shoot, he continued to flick the ball sideways and shook off the Russians.

Facing Carvalho who rushed out of the penalty area, Chen Xi still had a simple lateral ball action, and shook off the gap!

This time, he really picked up his right foot!

Baia in front of goal is focused and ready to make a save!

When Chen Xi's right foot was about to hit the ball, it suddenly fell down, rubbed the inside of his foot to the point of the ball, and the ball obediently flew towards the goal!

It turned out that Chen Xi also noticed that Baiya's position was a little forward in the process of dribbling the ball laterally, so he pretended to shoot vigorously, but in fact he made a hanging shot!

The ball drew a wonderful rainbow in the air and then began to fall near the small penalty area, towards the top left corner of the goal!

After Baia took a step back, he threw himself behind him, but still couldn't catch the ball, and could only watch as the ball fell into the goal behind him!

“unbelievable!!! fantastic~gooooooooooal!!! Edison! Edison! In the last three minutes of the first half of extra time, he made a classic lob shot! He scored an incredible hat-trick! 4-3, Tottenham Hotspur exceeded the score again! Will this be the first silver ball in world football? ”

(To be continued)