221 fouls, limited battles

Porto's counterattack does not have too many new routines, the wing attack is the main, and the middle is inserted to follow up, which is centered on Deco, who is responsible for the ball scheduling of the counterattack, choosing the best counterattack line, and then following up the middle and plugging it himself.

Deco has a strong ability to control the ball, but Qin Xiong found that his speed is not a strong point in the game, even if Qin Xiong is not a player who is good at defense, but as long as he is not broken through head-on, or even if he is broken through and not clean, he can still entangle Deco, so that Porto can only play a fast attack on the side, but not a combination of sides and middles, and carry out a wide range of lateral scheduling.

Just as Porto are expecting Ajax to attack, give them space to counter-attack.

Ajax are also looking forward to Porto's counter-attack.

This is dictated by the style of football.

If the opponent is stubborn, it will be extremely difficult for Ajax to get on the scoresheet.

But as long as the opponent is still counter-attacking, they will put in at least 4 players, in other words, when switching between attack and defense, Ajax can have a better attacking environment as long as they play with speed and faster tempo.

In the 21st minute of the game, Deco played the ball to Costinha on the wing, and he instigated a fast attack on the right side but was unsuccessful, Escud and Galasek stifled the opportunity of teenager Alberto to get a through ball in the penalty area.

After Ajax defended successfully, they immediately turned around and played a fast break.

**Qin Xiong began to run actively, at this time, it was impossible for him to be harassed by the players from Porto, Alberto and Delle were on the front line, they were desperately chasing back, but if they could run faster than football. What the hell!

When Galasek passed the ball to Qin Xiong. Deco, who has a super ability to read the game, followed him. Qin Xiong had already figured out how to deal with Deco's pressing, he wanted to take the ball back first, and then pull the ball sideways to find an opportunity to send the ball forward.

But as soon as he touched the ball, there was a huge impact behind him, Qin Xiong's expression changed slightly, he didn't expect Deco to directly force it up!

Well, the plan changes!

He made a left swing and turn, and Deco immediately moved to the left. But Qin Xiong made a false shot, and he immediately turned to the right side to break through with the ball!

Deco, who had lost his center of gravity, was very close to Qin Xiong's body, and he grabbed Qin Xiong's arm covertly with his hand!

After slowing down the center of gravity and delaying Qin Xiong's speed, he directly raised his leg to block Qin Xiong's forward path, which made Qin Xiong stumble under his feet and poke the ball out of the distance.

Qin Xiong stabilized his center of gravity and was about to shake off Deco's hand, but found that Deco's hand had been withdrawn.

Qin Xiong looked at Deco, and the "traitor" in the eyes of the Brazilian fans looked calm and wanted to start chasing the ball.

At this time, the referee's whistle blew!

The referee raised his arm and pointed at Porto's goal, meaning Ajax won a free-kick. Awarded a defensive foul on Deco.

Deco showed his innocence to the referee.

Qin Xiong crossed his waist a little helplessly, and he turned his head to look at it without surprise. Delle and Alberto were two meters away.

Porto tactical foul!

Yes, if the game is going on non-stop, then Ajax will have no problem even giving Porto a chance to defend against it!

This is the price that must be paid!

The clash between offensive football and utilitarian football is such a-for-tat.

Porto are going to play on the counter-attack, how many players are put in the front?

A player who wants to break down Ajax's defence is a pipe dream!

There is little hope for both players.

The probability of three players has increased dramatically!

Four players will give Porto the confidence that they can crush Ajax on the counter-attack!

But Ajax doesn't think so, when the opponent switches from defense to attack after each counterattack, Ajax's 3-second shot is good at instigating a fast attack, which will make them turn their heads and attack the Porto defense twice the success rate!

But there is one big premise: the game is not interrupted.

Obviously, Mourinho's team was complained and criticized by the coaches of Manchester United, Lyon, and Deportivo on the way to the Champions League, not for no reason, it was not the innocent moaning of the weak, but it was really stimulated by Porto's way of using the rules in order to shape a favorable shape for their own side, and even risking to challenge the rules and destroy the smooth and beautiful gameplay of the football game!

Now, it is Ajax's turn to feel the impact of this football philosophy, which is very different from their own.

No wonder Coman gave the players psychological precautions before the game, when a very good fast break opportunity was presented in front of him, but was contained by the opponent with a premeditated tactical foul, Qin Xiong's mood was also complicated in an instant.

Regret, loss, helplessness, and even annoyance!

You've got the power to defend me!

Don't sneak around for fouls!

But this is where the diversity of European football lies, Qin Xiong spends most of his time in the Eredivisie, the Netherlands advocates offensive football, they are used to playing beautiful and smooth offensive football, so few teams will do this kind of thing so obviously, some fouls are indeed unstoppable choices in a hurry, but Porto's players are premeditated and calmly fouled!

Porto used this approach to minimize the threat of exposing the line to Ajax's fast attack, even if their counter-attacks were unsuccessful.

In the 24th minute of the game, Sneijder, who retreated to respond, also had a good opportunity to organize the attack, but was knocked to the ground by Costinha, and the referee again awarded Porto a foul and issued a warning to Costina.

To the annoyance of the Ajax players, the Porto players were very good at admitting mistakes after fouls, and the referee did not punish them with a card without impunity.

Qin Xiong responded, began to kick the ball frequently, ran more actively to respond, and tried not to give the opponent a chance to foul as much as possible.

But when you play this way, the efficiency of the fast break is a little worse, because you can't effectively cooperate with your teammates in the fast run of the ball in such a demanding situation as one shot, and often the fast break opportunities are turned back into positional battles.

Porto's overall speed of return, coupled with the close connection between the midfield line and the back line, Ajax frequently tried to shoot from distance on the periphery, and also got a few free kick opportunities.

Qin Xiong tried two free kicks to attack the goal, both of which were directly blocked by the human wall, and the third time was a little far away, and his vigorous bombardment failed to hit the effect of the elevator ball, and the football flew directly into the stands.

The Ajax attack did not look particularly effective, as Porto compressed the defensive space in the danger zone, while at the same time premeditated entanglement with the Ajax attacking players, disrupting their attack with small movements, often turning into local battles that ended in a successful siege by the Porto players.

Seeing that the frontcourt attack group was a little unable to open the situation, Qin Xiong and they did not panic, the final must be a hard battle, and they had such an awareness before the game.

Grigra and Maxwell started to move on the wings, and the tacit understanding between the two was to keep one person defending at the back, not two people attacking forward at the same time, so they were cautious from the start.

Towards the 30th minute of the game, Grigla saw the opportunity to step forward along the wing to attack, and he played a fast and dazzling one-two with Qin Xiong, and Maniche couldn't do anything to foul him.

After coming to the front, Grigra and Van der Vaart crossed and switched, this running position confused Valente, Qin Xiong decisively sent a through ball in the middle of the front, the scalpel-like through ball penetrated the Porto defense, and accurately found Grigra who cut into the bottom line.

The Czech full-backs formed the most unexpected attacking point that broke Porto's solid defence from the opening moment to the present.

He calmly watched the movement of the Porto backline.

Ibrahimovic was blocked, Van der Vaart covered for him and was blocked outside the box, with Deco and Mendes blocking the pass in front of him.

Grigra himself doesn't have a shot angle, it's almost zero now, and if he dribbles outside to get the angle of his shot, it's not what he's good at, and he is likely to concede the ball.

He saw Sneijder, who was most likely to end the attack!

Sneijder sneakily moved from the left wing to the left in front of the penalty area, and he shook off Ferreira!

Grigra no longer hesitated and decisively sent a diagonal return pass!

Goalkeeper Baia was drawn to the near post on this side, and if Sneijder could shoot the ball towards goal from outside the box on the other side, it would be a goal!

After Grigera's pass, his hopes were dashed by the long legs of Costa who fell to the ground to intercept!

Costa fell to the ground and stretched out his leg to block the ball just as he was on the last shot, and the ball landed at Deco's feet.

Qin Xiong immediately pounced on it for a counter-attack, and he couldn't give Deco time to adjust his attack.

However, the Brazilian reacted quickly, half-turned on the spot and kicked the ball to the left side of his attack!

Seeing this attack appear, Mourinho's cold eyes on the sidelines flashed with excitement. (To be continued......) R1292