The match after the match was also hailed by the Portuguese media as the beginning of Porto's domination of the Portuguese Super League in the new season. And this is indeed the case, after the end of the Portuguese Super Cup, the Portuguese Super League soon began, and Porto also began the new season in the even Super League. In the first two rounds of the league, Porto will host Rio Ave and Sporting Lisbon at home. In both games, Porto won the game easily and did not spend a lot of effort.

In the first round of the league, Porto established a 2-0 lead early in the first half. In the opening 3 minutes, after receiving an accurate long pass from Lao Lei, Alenichev staged a high-speed rush on the right side. Finally, he knocked back from near the penalty area and gave Deco the chance to make use of his long-range shooting skills. Rio Avey's goalkeeper was very brave enough to save Deco's shot, but he was completely helpless in the face of McCarthy's timely follow-up shot. At this time, some Porto fans have not even found their seats, and when they reacted that the team was ahead, they regretted that they did not see the whole process of the goal.

After taking a one-goal lead, Porto started playing control football on their home turf. After last season's experience, Porto has become more proficient in passing the ball. Under the active pressure of Rio Ave, he is still at ease. Under Porto's non-stop passing, the patience and fighting spirit of the Rio Ave players were greatly tested. In the 32nd minute of the first half, one of Rio Ave's players finally couldn't help but want to save. It was Lao Lei again in the backfield, after flashing a defender, and a long-distance straight plug to the ground. To Deco in the front court. And Deco faced Lao Lei's pass, and he didn't stop the ball. Half-turned and rubbed back, and the ball flew straight into the Rio Ave penalty area. Deco nice quick handling balls. made Rio Ave's players unable to react, and directly let McCarthy's early start and throw it clean. Allowing him to get a good one-on-one chance, McCarthy didn't waste it, with a bounce of the outside of his right foot that sent the ball grazed the far post and into the back of the net.

Porto held a two-goal lead until half-time, and in the face of such a situation, Porto fans have already started celebrating the victory in advance. Facing Rio Ave, who went all out in the second half, Porto once again expanded the score in the 57th minute of the second half with Lao Lei's long pass assist and Maniche's calm push. And after taking a 3:0 lead. Mourinho began to deploy troops to maintain the body-of-the-game for the next game, and Lao Lei, Deco and others were replaced once on the field.

In the end, Porto got off to a good start in the first league game of the new season with a score of 3:1. And the most eye-catching thing after the game was not the victory of the game, but the four shining trophies that were presented at the Stadio de la Dirón at the opening ceremony of Porto before the start of the game. The preservation of these 4 trophies has given people a clear understanding of Porto's dominance of the Portuguese Super League in the past year, and it seems extremely domineering.

After Rio Ave, Porto will face Sporting Lisbon. However, compared with the past, this time the two sides lacked a lot of attention. The reason is simple. The suspense of this game is not in doubt, and without Cristiano Ronaldo and Quaresma, Sporting Lisbon will no longer be the runners-up behind Porto last season.

And the process of the game was as expected, although Sporting Lisbon kept saying that they would try to win this game, but the actual situation made them feel helpless. The Portuguese Super League giants are entering a period of reconstruction. The score of 3:0 in the game is enough to show how bloodless and effortless Porto are to win.

In the 23rd minute of the first half. Lao Lei drove straight into the backcourt with the ball. Facing the experienced veteran Bento of Sporting Lisbon, Lao Lei did not choose to force a breakthrough. Instead, he chose to play an inverted triangle pass with Deco and Maniche. A succession of passes between the three of them, and finally it was the old ray who received the heel knock from Deco. At the same time, it also allowed him to completely get rid of Bento's defense. After coming to the front of the penalty area to attract enough attraction, Lao Lei came to a classic finger to the west. After several consecutive dribbles in the opposite direction, suddenly the right foot tiptoe passed the ball back to its original direction. McCarthy stepped forward with understanding, and in the face of the falling football, he did not choose to shoot directly, but slammed his right heel back again, giving up the opportunity to shoot to Maniche who cut in diagonally. Maniche struck the ball with a delicate shot that made a wonderful arc in the air and bounced off the inside of the far post into the back of the net.

The goal obtained after a series of dazzling crosses made the reporters and commentators who watched the game have to sigh that the strength of this Porto team is indeed superior in the current Portuguese Super League. The gap is not something that Cristiano Ronaldo and Quaresma can make up, but their departure has made it even more obvious. The essence hidden under Porto's gorgeous offensive is that Sporting Lisbon's offense is weak, and the director Zhì Lao Lei and others can participate in the attack without any scruples, based on a solid defensive line, and play such an attack, which is a dignified strength gap, without the slightest moisture.

Just when people couldn't help but lament the slump of Sporting Lisbon and the strength of Porto, Porto scored again just five minutes later. After relying on aggressive pressing up front to force Sporting Lisbon's defenders to make a mistake in returning a pass, McCarthy was alert to seize the opportunity. Before the defender could fall to the ground and clear the ball, there was only the goalkeeper of Sporting Lisbon in front of him. After deceiving the goalkeeper of Sporting Lisbon with a feint of shooting, after a lateral flick, McCarthy appeared in front of an unguarded empty goal, and an easy shot from a small angle widened the score.

The match ended with a 2-0 win for Porto. Although Porto did not score again in the second half, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Porto stayed strong and deliberately closed the play to lead the situation. Otherwise, the score is bound to go up further. After the game, the Portuguese media couldn't help but lament that Sporting Lisbon, the only one who could play with Porto, also fell into a slump, and Porto really didn't have any challengers in the Portuguese Super League. From the 60th minute of the game, Mourinho began to make substitutions one after another to prepare for the next game.

In a few days' time, Porto will face the first tough game of the new season, as last season's UEFA Cup winners will face last season's Champions League champions AC Milan - the Rossoneri for the UEFA Super Cup 03-04 season. While the outside world is almost overwhelmingly favoured by AC Milan, Jose Mourinho and Porto are not looking to hand over the trophy. Whether it's against a trophy they've never won, or AC Milan, a giant rival who has played against each other, they have no reason to give up on winning.

Lao Lei, in particular, was dismissive of the media's praise of AC Milan's behavior. He has become this AC Milan team, both in terms of lineup and technical and tactical play, it is currently the top level of European football, and Porto is slightly inferior to AC Milan in every aspect. But football has never been a relatively strong competition, if it is simply a comparison of strength, then those small clubs will not have the need to continue, and there is no hope of victory. The more the media touted AC Milan in this way, the more it will arouse Lao Lei's desire for victory, and one of the happiest events in the world for Lao Lei is to dare to pull the emperor off the horse.

Of course, the difficulty is indeed not small, and looking at the star-studded lineup of AC Milan, you know that this giant team is at its peak. The four-man duo of Maldini, Kaladze, Nesta and Cafu at the back is both offensive and defensive, and the solid back line has laid a solid foundation for AC Milan's success, and the free addition of Cafu in the transfer period has also upgraded the attacking ability of this terrifying defence.

In midfield, AC Milan can be called a luxury, with Seedorf, Andrea Pirlo and Rui Costa forming the attacking triangle in midfield. All three of them can play the role of No.10 in the team, and having these three people is enough to ensure that AC Milan's attack can be endless. And Gattuso has become the one who mainly attacks and defends, with super running ability and unyielding will, which makes AC Milan's midfielder difficult and good defensive ability while attacking well. And in addition to these four people, AC Milan's bench at this time also sat the former world footballer Rivaldo and the new powerful rookie Kaka.

On the forward line, there is no need to say more, the coordination of super Pippo and nuclear warhead is perfect. Both are among the best strikers in European football, and in terms of strength and combination, they are undoubtedly superior to Real Madrid's Ronaldo and Raul. With these two men up front, the opposition backline will never dare to press the attack. One is a man who claims to have been "born on the offside line", while the other is a nuclear warhead known as "one man can complete an attack", and both are undoubtedly legendary goalscorers who can go down in the history of AC Milan. Shepchenko has not seen it with his own eyes, he has only watched the video of the game, but from it you can also see his extraordinary destructive power. But Inzaghi has personally played against him, and Inzaghi's ghostly assassin-like appearance in the 02 World Cup still impresses Lao Lei very deeply and cannot be forgotten.

To be honest, after carefully studying AC Milan's lineup and playing style, Lao Lei's heart is very stressed about this game. But at the same time, he was also excited, Lao Lei had not met such a strong opponent for a long time. After the 02 World Cup, AC Milan is undoubtedly the most powerful opponent Lao Lei has ever faced. But such an opponent is what Lao Lei desires the most, because you can see the gap and shortcomings when you play against them. At the same time, it is the most rewarding to defeat such a powerful person.

Late at night at home, the elder Lei carefully studied the video he had taken from Mourinho. After watching it for a long time, I turned off the TV with a "pop", and then it was time to put on and prepare for tonight's training.

"Come on, I can't wait."

In the darkness, the burning battle intent in a pair of eyes was so clearly visible. (To be continued......)