This sentence surprised the whole Portuguese team in the locker room, and they all thought of making a substitution, but they didn't guess that it was Lao Lei who was going to play. In a field like the World Cup, veterans are often more expected, and young people like Lao Lei, who appear on the national team for the first time, are often only sent on the field when the game is decided, so that they can feel the atmosphere of the World Cup. It's rare to be on the pitch in your first international trip, your first World Cup, and then in such a difficult situation as the team, and there's no doubt that playing at this time comes with a heavy responsibility.

The Portuguese players were amazed by Oliveira's trust in the old ray. Lao Lei himself was very surprised, he never thought that his first appearance in the World World Cup would come so soon. Although Lao Lei himself had ** in his mind, he turned the tide after he came on the field, and then he was worshiped in various scenes after the game.

Although surprised, Lao Lei is not a person with stage fright, and his heart said that since Oliveira believes in himself so much, he can't let him down. Old Ray nodded calmly to Oliveira, indicating that he understood. And the replaced Kuto also had no complaints, who let his performance in the first half be so bad, he couldn't hold it, and he couldn't attack.

Seeing that Lao Lei was still very calm, Oliveira nodded a little reassuringly, and continued to arrange: "Leima, you go up to play the position of the back midfield, take out your defensive strength in Leiria, I want you to form an iron gate in front of the back." Don't let the damn Yankees get through easily. Then help Rui control the midfield and take the initiative on the field. How, is there a problem? ”

"No problem, head." Old Ray took on this task with great confidence, which he often did in Leiria, and knew it well. With two goals down, Portugal's tactics were undoubtedly to press out and attack. Oliveira's purpose in replacing Lao Lei was to let him near the midfield to intercept the counterattack of the United States team, and the counterattack of the American team in the first half made Portugal very embarrassed, and Oliveira did not want to see this situation again in the second half.

At this time, outside commentators and football commentators are hotly discussing what cards Oliveira will play in the second half to change the situation that is so unfavorable for Portugal. Because it is obvious that everyone knows that the script for the second half is that Portugal will attack aggressively, and then the United States will steadily counterattack. And through the first half of the game, it can be seen that Portugal's attack is not very easy against the defense of the United States, especially today Keller also showed a very good competitive state. On the other hand, Portugal's counterattack by the United States, full of strength and speed, seems to have few options.

However, after the start of the second half, Oliveira's adjustment was beyond everyone's expectations, and Portugal's No.13 made his debut in this year's World Cup. "We could see that at the beginning of the second half, Oliveira was going to make changes. Number 13? It's Reima, Rema is coming! This was really unexpected, knowing that this was the first appearance of the Century Cup in Reima, and it came at such an important and tense time. And before this game, Remat had never played an official match for the Portuguese national team. Although last season, he had an amazing performance and performance in the Portuguese Super League, but I don't know how much he can play at such a moment. Now we can only hope that he has the trust of Mr. Oliveira. The Portuguese commentator was clearly surprised by Oliveira's substitution and expressed his concern.

The Joseph family and Kayla in the stands were very excited when they saw Lao Lei playing, and at the same time they were inevitably worried about Lao Lei's performance. They knew the importance of this appearance to Lao Lei. And the Portuguese fans obviously think the same way, but this is not the time to question the manager's decision, they expressed their encouragement to Lao Lei with applause, praying that Lao Lei can perform well.

Arena, the head coach of the U.S. team on the sidelines, was obviously surprised by Oliveira's substitution. Before this game, he focused more on Portugal's star-studded stars, and did not focus on the fringe players in the Portuguese team, and it was clear that Lao Lei belonged to the ranks of the fringe figures he defined. He turned his head and asked his assistant coach to look through Lao Lei's information. After looking at it for a while, he raised his head to look at Oliveira, who was hugging his chest and had no expression on his face, and felt a little uneasy in his heart.

He wouldn't have taken the youngsters lightly, or he wouldn't have put Donovan, O'Brien and Beasley in the starting line-up. After reading Lao Lei's information, he knew that Lao Lei's ability was not weak, and at the age of 20, he led the team to win the double championship, which is a very eye-catching resume. The only hidden danger is that he has only been training with this Portuguese team for half a month. At this time, Arenal only hopes that the nervousness, frizziness and mistakes of young people brought about by the appearance of Lao Lei, rather than momentum, and the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.

After Lao Lei came on, Portugal's formation changed to 4-4-1-1, Joao still played a shadow striker behind Pauleta, and Lao Lei's position was near the midfield before Couto in the first half. Although Lao Lei didn't feel very nervous before he played, when he really played, he still inevitably felt some nervousness in his heart. In order to relieve his nervousness, Lao Lei decided to solve the problem by saying hello to the American team.

So there was such a scene, the second half was the United States team kicking off. And the second half of the game has just begun, and the Americans, who have played a good start, are obviously not ready to shrink immediately, but also press out to play an attack or two. After American striker McBride knocked the ball back, Donovan and Beasley quickly stepped forward, and the backcourt of the American team also cooperated with a long pass to Donovan on the right side.

Just as Donovan was running and turning his head to pay attention to the trajectory of the flying soccer ball above him, he saw a Portuguese player coming in his direction behind him. He turned around and prepared to lean his body against the Portuguese player before using his chest to stop the ball. It's his script, but anything can happen in football, and this time his script doesn't work.

Suddenly a huge force came from behind him, and Donovan was directly knocked forward, and he felt that his five organs were somewhat displaced. Donovan, who had not recovered for a while, lay facing the grass for a while before turning around. He had already heard the referee's whistle, and next to him was the back of a Portuguese player facing him, the number 13, with the printed name Remaia, the new player. In the first half, when Donovan was rushing around, he was not treated so directly and strongly. He suddenly felt that the second half of the game might not be as easy as he imagined.

"What is Portugal's number 13 doing! This must have been intentional. Did he think he was playing rugby? This should be shown a yellow card, which is a very bad deliberate collision. The American commentator shouted excitedly when he saw Donovan being put down by Old Ray. At the moment when Ray bumped into Donovan, the commentator thought he was watching an NFL game. Fans in the United States were also apparently dissatisfied with Lao Lei's foul, booing everywhere, putting pressure on the referee.

On the other hand, the Portuguese fans are much calmer. This meeting was in the last Portuguese Super League season, and they don't know how much they watched. Oliveira looked at Lao Lei's gift to Donovan, and sighed in his heart, afraid that Lao Lei would take the card just after he came on the field, which would cause a lot of interference to Lao Lei's next defense. However, seeing that the referee seemed to be just giving a verbal warning to Lao Lei, Oliveira was relieved.

At this time, Lao Lei was on the field with an "apologetic" smile and told the head coach that he didn't mean it, but he didn't hold back when he first came on the field. may be considering that Lao Lei has just changed to the field, and from the collision just now, Lao Lei's eyes have always been staring at the football, not intentionally, and the referee finally only gave a verbal warning.

The players of the American team were not happy at this time, and they surrounded the referee to explain the matter, which was always done by Portugal in the first half. The Portuguese players saw the behavior of the players of the American team, and their hearts were almost as comfortable as if they had drunk a cold white drink in the hot summer. Just rushed to this moment, and they thought it would be good for Oliveira to replace Lao Ray. At this time, Lao Lei was naturally a good person to the end, and went up to express a few words of condolences to Donovan with concern, and pulled him up by the way. Lao Lei felt that he was not nervous at this time, and said in his heart that it was really effective, and he tried it repeatedly.

After the restart, it was a free-kick opportunity in front of the United States. The players of the U.S. team drove directly to the front of the penalty area with a big foot, hoping to use their team's height and strength advantage to compete for football and fight for an offensive opportunity. This time, Costa and Beto's central defenders teamed up without making a mistake and firmly controlled the high-altitude ball, defusing the US team's offensive this time.

The American players didn't just care about the defense, McBlad and Beasley came up to interfere with Portugal's first pass from defense to attack. "Joe, this way." Costa, who was in control of the ball, heard the sound of old Ray asking for the ball. He usually has a good relationship with Lao Lei, and he passed the football to Lao Lei not far from him without doubting it, and behind Lao Lei was Donovan, who was greeted by Lao Lei just now.

Facing the interference behind Donovan, Lao Lei used his strong body to firmly block him behind him. Then without stopping the ball, he flicked the ball to the left wing-back Jorge, and immediately turned around, stepped forward, and pointed in front of him. If you are enthusiastic about understanding, you will return the ball to Lao Lei. Old Ray won the ball and immediately handed it to Rui Costa in midfield. These few transfers reflect the value of Lao Lei, with Lao Lei's running, the ball in the Portuguese backfield has become orderly and concise.

Rui Costa, who received the pass, had free space and time to deal with the ball, unlike in the first half, when the ball was too slow at the back, and when it reached his feet, there were often defenders of the United States who stuck to him.

The effect of Lao Lei after he came on the field was also reflected, in defense, whenever the American team wanted to launch a counterattack, he always found that there was an extra Portuguese player next to him who was interfering with him. In addition to being physically strong, all kinds of small actions are also at ease, and when necessary, the foul is decisive, so as not to eat cards, but it will definitely make you feel enough pain. Lao Lei gave full play to his power as a midfield-stirring stick, and the United States' counterattack was not as sharp as it was in the first half. Without the counterattack, the U.S. team is now left with only passive defense.

Portugal, who have been passive on the pitch, are now finally truly in control of the pace of the game.