Chapter Seventy-One: This Is the Return
At half-time, Jose Mourinho did not make any detailed tactical arrangements in the dressing room. After all, judging from the situation in the first half, Porto still had the advantage, but the score was tied 1:1. It can be seen from this that Porto's current hard power is already higher than that of Sporting Lisbon. With the exception of the opening surprise attack by Sporting Lisbon, Sporting Lisbon did not have a single successful overall attack in the entire first half, and at most it was an individual performance by players such as Quaresma. For such an offensive performance of Sporting Lisbon, Mourinho sits firmly in Diaoyu Mountain, and unless there is an accident in this game, he is already sure in his heart.
In Mourinho's view, since his side has overwhelmed the opponent in terms of strength, he should use his strategy openly and honestly to knock them down head-on. The scheming is good, and if it succeeds, it is an easy victory, but the stakes are too high, and Mourinho chooses the side with the highest success rate at all times, which is his football philosophy. And this is even if Porto has set off a goal storm in the Portuguese Super League, Mourinho is still a complete utilitarian image in the eyes of media reporters, whether it is offensive football or conservative football, as long as he can win, Mourinho doesn't care at all.
However, he did give his players a slight reminder to prevent Sporting Lisbon from repeating their old tricks at the start of the second half and being raided by them again. Other than that, he didn't say anything else, just repeated some ways and methods such as Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo. Although Mourinho is arrogant, his success is indeed what he has earned with his talent and hard work.
Before the game, he had already passed the video. Do a good job of analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of Quaresma and Ronaldo, and make corresponding defensive arrangements. If it weren't for this, Porto's defence would not have been so successful in restricting the likes of Quaresma, Cristiano Ronaldo. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, it was Quaresma's first goal, and that was a situation that could not be stopped.
Actually, that's what makes football so interesting. You can find all kinds of laws of success, but there are no absolutes, because you can't make an equation for it, you can only limit a range, and the smaller the range, the greater the probability of success. It's true for the players, the manager and the club. This is also the reason why those successful giants attach so much importance to tradition. But the army is impermanent. Water is impermanent, and the world is always moving forward. Either way the mode limits the range, there will be a day when the victory is no longer within the range of your mode limits. At that time, that's when you make reforms and changes.
After football enters the 21st century, it seems that it has come to the time node of reform. No matter what era you are, as long as you are the first group of people to lead the reform, it is not surprising that you can become a successful person in a certain field. Just like Mourinho at this time, he thinks he has the pulse of football reform, so he is arrogant and confident in his success. Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. In his eyes, he belongs to the kind of person who doesn't know it. In Mourinho's view, the days when the biggest stars on the football pitch decided the game alone or two or three people are over, and they can pull off the winning shot, but the basis for success is the team as a whole.
In Mourinho's opinion. The superstars of the new era will be the superstars of the system, not the superstars who are outside the system and compete on their own. Gone are the days of Maradona. That's the case with Old Ray, although he is the absolute core of Mourinho's tactics. But every decision he makes on the pitch has to be for the whole team. Once the superstar can't be in the system for the team at the time. That's when he left this team. This is a good superstar, not as good as a good system.
Just like Sporting Lisbon in this game, the victory or defeat of the game was put on Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo, which Mourinho deeply looked down on. If he were the manager of Sporting Lisbon, Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo would be the main decoy to attract firepower for others, rather than the only point of support for attack, and that would be the best option.
And this is the reason why Mourinho is full of confidence in this game, if Quaresma and Ronaldo alone can break Porto, then Mourinho will not be able to go this step today. This was the case during the Leiria period, although Lao Lei performed well at that time, he was an immature young player with no experience after all, coupled with Leiria's group of unknown players, if it wasn't for a good tactical system, how could he achieve such excellent results. Jose Mourinho is the director of it all, both in the past in Leiria and now in Porto.
After the start of the second half of the game, although the head coach of Sporting Lisbon made a transfer and successively changed the striker and midfielder, he still could not have a big impact on the situation on the field. The situation on the pitch is still firmly controlled by Porto, which is a real and even better performance.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Lao Lei came to the front again and penetrated into the hinterland of Sporting Lisbon half with his teammates with continuous short passes from the group. The defense of Sporting Lisbon was greatly compressed, pressing to the arc of the penalty area, making Sporting Lisbon's defense look like an ellipse. In the face of such a dense penalty area, Porto patiently passed back and forth on the edge of the box, slowly looking for an opportunity to kill with a single shot. Lao Lei got the ball and faced the dense penalty area defense of Sporting Lisbon, and suddenly took the ball horizontally to the right side, pulling the defense of Sporting Lisbon. This time, Deco rarely formed a wonderful tacit understanding with Lao Lei again.
When Lao Lei was advancing to the right, Deco suddenly pulled to the left. At this time, Sporting Lisbon's defense had fully focused their attention on the old ray with the ball, and did not notice Deco's running. There is a saying in the art of war called "If you defend for a long time, you will lose", and this sentence is also applicable on the football field. If the defending side on the football field is in a state of mental tension for a long time, their reflexes and concentration will decrease, and holes will appear. That's how the Sporting Lisbon defence is at this time. Lao Lei tugged to the right for a while, causing a hole in their defense line on the left side. And they didn't notice that Deco was already in the hole in their defense, ready to deliver a fatal blow to them.
After Deco and Lao Lei's bodies were staggered. After Lao Lei took two steps horizontally, the heel of his right foot suddenly slammed back without warning. This made Sporting Lisbon's defense unable to react, and by the time they wanted to go up to block and intercept, Deco had already mediated the ball and was ready to shoot. Deco had a long-range shot, and after the ball flew up, it hit the left side of the goal at a rapid pace. The goalkeeper of Sporting Lisbon, although he had stretched his body as far as he could, was in the opposite direction when Deco shot. So he was not able to stop the flight of the football. While he was still in the air, the ball flew into the goal and slammed into the net, creating white waves that symbolized passion.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Deco! Deco!! The Brazilian opened the door for us again, with a beautiful long-range shot and a lot of power. And this goal, again Remaia's assist, a beautiful and imaginative heel. Every home match in Porto, Remaier's passing show. It has become an indispensable attraction for Porto fans. Godzilla is the dragon of this season, a well-deserved heart!! After Deco scored the game-winning goal, the Porto commentator raised his eyebrows and explained excitedly, and a lot of praise poured out of his mouth without money.
Porto fans in the stands. The warmest cheers of the game were issued. Falling behind at home for the first time this season, Porto is behind. This nasty feeling is too foreign for the fans. And it's still annoying, without any diminishing. It's time to overtake now. The Porto fans really got rid of that feeling, and all that was left was excitement. Mourinho on the sidelines also put down the last stone in his heart. Although there is confidence in the strength of the team, anything can happen on the football field, otherwise there would be no dark horses and upsets that are almost miraculous. After the goal was born, the only worry that made Mourinho disappear.
Once this Porto team is ahead, it will be a difficult thing for its opponents. The reason is this Porto defence, Mourinho has made adjustments to the midfield and forward line since he came to Porto, and the only thing that has not moved is this backline. One can imagine his satisfaction with this backline, not to mention the addition of Lao Lei, a running maniac, to upgrade this line again. Coupled with Porto's sharp counterattack this season, it is not a simple matter of 1 plus 1 equals 2, but equals 4, 5, or even 6.
After taking the lead, Porto's overall formation began to retreat, and it was their turn to play defensive counterattacks. The most immediate result of Porto's retreat is that Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo are less threatening, and when they are at their most powerful, when they are counter-attacking, there is plenty of space for them to show their skills and speed. And due to the retreat of the Porto formation, the space is now smaller, which naturally plays a weakening role in their power. After falling behind in the away score, the attacking power that they had relied on was weakened, and Sporting Lisbon was getting closer and closer to defeat.
Porto easily reversed the ball in the center and backfield, and they didn't worry that Sporting Lisbon would not be forced to come up at that time, and they couldn't accept it if they conceded defeat like this. In the 66th minute, Sporting Lisbon finally couldn't help it, began to press and grab the ball, and took the initiative to attack. Quaresma got the ball again on the right and Maniche marked in front of him. Maniche's retreat reduced Quaresma's space on the flanks. So this time, after doing a few feints on the spot, he directly flicked the outside of his left foot and made an accelerated inward incision. Maniche didn't eat his feints, still following him closely.
But he didn't make a move, because he was waiting for someone. Quaresmane had not taken a few steps when suddenly, a foot slid from the other side. I wanted to hide, but the other side was blocked by Maniche. As a result, the ball was left behind by the foot, and Quaresma fell to the court.
When Quaresma looked back, all he saw was the blue-and-white figure of No. 13. After Lao Lei dribbled the ball, he quickly accelerated forward and counterattacked. Facing Sporting Lisbon's midfielder, Lao Lei played a one-two with Deco, and then accelerated through Sporting Lisbon's midfield. Soon he was at the edge of the Sporting Lisbon penalty area, and in the face of Beto's defense, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and an idea came to his mind.
Facing Beto, Lao Lei stepped on the bike, crossed with his left foot, crossed with his right foot, and then suddenly kicked back with his right foot, and knocked the football to the left side of his body with his right heel. When Beto's center of gravity moved, Lao Lei's left foot suddenly buckled back, and Beto was caught off guard, and Lao Lei got a little room to deal with it. Quaresma, who was running back at a very fast speed behind him, looked at Lao Lei's movements and felt a little familiar, and suddenly sighed in his heart, right?
Not only him, Mourinho, the players on both sides, the fans on the scene and in front of the TV, all stared at Lao Lei tightly, thinking in their hearts?
After dunking the ball back with his left foot, he swung his right foot and slammed the football hard. With a "bang", the ball drew a beautiful outer arc in the air and flew towards the near corner of the goal. Under the gaze of everyone, the football slashed through the hands of the Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper and flew into the goal. 3:1, Porto sealed the win.
After seeing the goal, Lao Lei turned around directly and stared at Quaresma, who slowly stopped.
Then he directly raised his hands and made a gesture of dominating the world, with a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth.
It was the same as Quaresma's goal, whether it was the process, the result, or the celebratory and provocative actions.
Looking at the stunned Quaresma, in the silent Dragon Stadium, under the attention of tens of thousands of people, Lao Lei put down his hands, the corners of his mouth turned down, shrugged his shoulders, and spread his hands.
Signaling that I didn't mean to.
This time it's a return salute!!
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Remayr! Remayr!! God, I've never seen anyone do that!! How the hell did he do it, isn't he afraid of failure?!! Lunatic! This Godzilla is crazy!! But my love for this madman is dead!! ”
With the excited commentary of the commentator, the dragon stadium suddenly burst into a deafening noise.
"Godzilla! Godzilla!! Godzilla !! ..............." (To be continued......)