Since the Portuguese Cup is all played in a one-legged format. Before the semi-finals, the teams with higher league levels or higher league rankings played away from home, and this kind of event arrangement gave the weak team a home advantage, which increased the excitement of the game, and this can be regarded as increasing the ticket income for the club of the weak team. This is a poverty alleviation policy. However, in the semi-finals, a draw will be used to determine who will host and who will be the host. The final will be held at a neutral National Stadium.

In March, Vito'o represented Leiria FC and went to the draw of the Portuguese Football Federation. However, it was clear that Victor's hands were smelly that day, and he drew an away draw for Mourinho. Although Mourinho was interviewed in public, he said that he was confident that he would bring the team to the final of the Portuguese Cup and bring it to the National Sports Stadium. But in private, when he discussed it with Brito, he complained that Vitoo had a pair of shit-like hands.

In fact, looking at the schedule, you can see that Mourinho is so dissatisfied with it. Leiria's Copa Portugal semi-finals were scheduled for the third day after the 25th round of away games against Braga. It's another two-game schedule. If you play away, you have to work hard, which is not good news for Leiria, who is in the critical stage of the championship race. This will undoubtedly make it more difficult for Leiria to compete for the title on both fronts.

It was widely believed that Mourinho would play this game with an attitude of trying to fight against Maritimo by excluding the half-substitute and half-starting lineup. After all, the competition for the last five rounds of the league is very tough, after all, Leiria is still on the catch-up side. The pundit opinion is that Leiria should focus on the league to make a more rational decision, otherwise he will likely miss out on both this season.

Visiting Doss again. At the Bareiros Stadium, Jose Mourinho fielded a starting line-up that was far beyond the outside world. All of Leiria's main forces appeared, with an all-out attitude. In the dressing room, Mourinho has directly shouted out his goal for this season: "Guys, we are the best team in Portuguese football this season, we deserve all the titles. That's right, the league title and the Portuguese Cup, we all want it. We step on the corpse of Sporting Lisbon and ascend to the throne! But before that, guys take out Maritimo in front of you! It's us who are going to the National Stadium!! them out!! ”

"Kill them !!" Jose Mourinho's impromptu speech aroused the passion and will to fight of the players. As a professional footballer, no one is calm about honor. Especially players like Raio and Ben, who are already over 30 years old, before this season, they didn't think they could win the title, and it was two. This may be the most important and glorious moment of their careers, which may have just passed by in a hurry, leaving no lasting mark and being quickly forgotten. Now, however, they have the hope of making history of their own, and no matter how successful they win the championship, they will be remembered forever by Leiria FC, Leiria City, Leiria fans. Every Leiria will come and think of them at some point in the future and say, "Oh! The people who made history. ”

Such fierceness and expectation is undoubtedly what all veteran athletes expect the most. This is the highest honor and accolade that belongs to an athlete.

The Leiria player, who was in a state of great excitement, did not show any anxiety to eat Maritimo in one bite after coming on the field. Instead, he calmly played the ball according to the rhythm he was most familiar with, controlling the scene. They buried their excitement in their hearts, slowly waiting for the moment of outbreak.

This match has a lot of old Leiria fans who came to Madeira and came to Dos. Barreiros Stadium to show support for the team. This group of gray-haired and bearded fans have spent their lives loving the team, even if the team doesn't win a single accolade in their lifetime.

But this season, everything has changed, and there is a good chance that the team will win the glory. At this moment, these old people were boiling, and despite the dissuasion of their families, they came here in groups of three or five to cheer for the team. In the last seven games, they have to play alongside the lads from these teams. And in Doss. The cameras at the Barreiros Stadium also spotted this group of silver-white old fans in the stands, cheering and jumping like young people, and the football made them temporarily forget the traces left by the years.

And before the game started, Leiria's players also saw these old fans through the camera. In the face of these fathers, and even grandparents, the belief that they must win is more ingrained in the hearts of Leiria's players, and this is the role that fans play for the players. In this regard, the Scottish generation of famous coach George. Stan famously said, "Football is nothing without fans." ”

The appearance of old fans has brought the mental state of Leiria's players to the highest level, temporarily leaving behind the physical and mental fatigue brought by the end of the season. Such Leiria played a very dominant game at Maritimo's home stadium. Although due to the limitations of the players themselves, they were unable to play a subtle penetrating attacking football throughout the game, and this dominance of possession was often based on the massive running of the old thunder. But they keep the tempo at their feet and can choose to attack or defend at any time. Take the initiative of the game into your own hands.

This is Leiria in the best form. In the face of Leiria's passing ball, Maritimo had no choice but to watch them pass the ball and wait for the moment to attack. They are not ignorant of the way, Lao Lei is the center and core of all passes, but how easy it is to control Lao Lei, not to mention the need for a strong body, at least you have to follow him first. Lao Lei's ability to maintain a fast run has surprised Portuguese football this season, and the Portuguese Super League is unsurpassed. I'm afraid no one will know the truth, thanks to a fierce hound named Robin.

In the 25th minute of the first half, Leiria seized a lethal chance. After the ball was broken in midfield, Lao Lei saw the gap behind Maritimo's right wing-back. The right wing-back didn't have time to get back into his position after the assist, which gave Hugo a good chance to attack.

Old Ray's big feet pinpointed Ugo. Ugo received a long pass from Lao Lei, and praised a good ball in his heart, although the control of the strength needs to be strengthened, but it is very accurate, and it is not so difficult to catch it. He couldn't figure out how Lao Lei's progress could be so fast. He still clearly remembers Lao Lei's stinky feet when he first came to the first team. Taking advantage of the absence of the opposing full-back, Ugo accelerated and rushed forward with the ball, rushed to the vicinity of the penalty area, and cut inside. took a few steps horizontally, and suddenly a straight plug gave McCarthy, who now has a tacit understanding of the front anti-offside, and went straight into the diagonal pass.

McCarthy surprised Maritimo's goalkeeper by hitting a tight angle into the near corner. The ball stuck in the post, rolled into the goal and hit the net. 1:0, Leiria takes the lead.

"Beautiful, it's a typical Leiria attack, quick and concise, a few passes can create a chance to shoot. Like a venomous snake, patiently waiting for its prey and then killing it with one blow. The TV commentator also had to sigh that Leiria's attacking mode had made huge waves in the Portuguese Super League this season, it was so efficient. Leiria don't have many shots per game on average, but they always take their chances to score.

In this regard, a Portuguese football commentator said: "This Leiria team is like a cunning team that hunts experienced vipers and is efficient. If you retreat, it will use the patient and smooth transmission ball back and forth to suffocate you, expose the flaw, and then it will seize the opportunity to strike a fatal blow. If you attack it, it will be more to their liking, and there will be more gaps for them to take advantage of. Their football is tight, efficient, and lethal. This comment on Leiria, which is the most widely recognized in Portugal, captures the essence of this Leiria.

After the victory, Leiria played more calmly, and in the face of Maritimo who continued to retreat, Lao Lei even shamelessly took Leiria's players to his own half and brushed up the ball possession. This is also the usual trick of Leiria this season, and it is also the point of attack of some hostile media against Leiria, saying that Leiria is killing the charm of football and making the game boring and lethargic. In this regard, Mourinho made a clear interview statement: "This is my football. I can lead Leiria to victory and number one. That's what matters most to Leiria. As for making the game attractive, isn't that what the big clubs should do? ”

Slowly, there was a disagreement between Maritimo's players in terms of tactical goals. Some players felt that they should press out to put pressure on Leiria and try to pull a goal back. Others believe that they should continue to defend and wait for the arrangement of the midfield manager. In the 40th minute of the first half, Maritimo's attacking players did not hold back in the end. All of a sudden, they pressed out and wanted to wait for an opportunity to break the ball and counterattack.

At this time, the old ray got the ball, and the striker who faced Maritimo did not pass the ball, and shook him in the opposite direction with a croquette. Then he dribbled straight past the center circle and suddenly inserted an attack.

This time, Lao Lei played a one-two-one cooperation with Andre again. Andre received the ball on the spot and then made a pass to help Ray break through another defender. After bringing it to the front of the penalty area, Maritimo's players habitually thought that Old Ray would pass the ball, and instead of pressing it, they followed McCarthy and others closely.

Seeing that no one came up to defend himself, Lao Lei also unceremoniously suddenly threw a cold arrow and directly hit the goal. And with the outside of the right foot instep to play the arc of external rotation, there is a line change after bouncing the ground, which makes the Maritimo players who were already unable to react unable to react. At 2:0, Leiria almost sealed the win. After leading by two goals this season, Leiria has not been equalized.

Maritimo, whose morale was hit, conceded another goal in the 60th minute of the second half. Ugo received McCarthy's header and scored. After taking a three-goal lead, Andre, Ugo and Lao Lei were all substituted to accumulate energy for the next championship match.

The score of 3:0 was maintained until the end.

"Toot", the referee's whistle sounded. The players of Leiria, who were on the bench, all rushed to the court at once, celebrating wildly. They're going to the National Stadium, to the finals, to compete for the championship!!

The old fans in the stands also shouted at this time: "We are going to the National Sports Stadium!" We're going to the finals! We're going to the National Stadium! We're going to the finals! “

Some elderly people have even cried with excitement, leaving tears of excitement.