Porto's first group game in the Champions League will be against Serbian Partizan Belgrade and it will be an away game. Since there is a giant Real Madrid in this group, if Porto wants to stabilize their qualifying places, they must try to score as many points as possible when playing against the other two group teams, so that they can take the initiative in their own hands to qualify. For this game, Mourinho also gave the team an order to win.

In this Porto team, except for old courtiers such as Costa and Baia who have experience in the Champions League, most of the main players are playing Champions League games for the first time. As the most influential cup competition in European football today, the appeal of the Champions League to every professional footballer is self-evident. Just like when a player chooses to transfer, whether the team that wants to introduce him can play in the Champions League or not will become a very important assessment criterion for the player himself. Therefore, before the start of the official game, the atmosphere in Porto's team was very high, and Lao Lei couldn't hide his excitement, and followed his teammates to discuss the grand scene of the game.

Brito, who was on the side, said to Mourinho with some concern: "Jose, don't you have to say a word?" Then they may be too careless. Mourinho looked at his old partner, then at his excited disciples, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Brito." I'm not worried about this at all. Such a question, to believe in the role of a veteran player like Costa. By the way, you read Vilas's report, what do you think? ”

"What can I think. Vilas's work is as excellent and detailed as ever. In this game, we have a good chance of winning. ”

"Not impossible. Rather, it must. Real Madrid are still too difficult for us to play against, so we have to try to get enough points against the other two teams. Especially the Belgrade guerrillas. For us, we have to get all three points against him and that will be a lot easier for us to qualify. ”

While the two coaches were discussing the schedule and the opponents, the players were discussing how many goals and how many assists they would have to score against Partizan Belgrade. The whole team of Porto regarded the Belgrade guerrillas as a dish on their plates, and I don't know if the Belgrade guerrillas would be angry if they knew.

The time soon came, the day of the match between Porto and Partizan Belgrade. Actually, Porto didn't know. The idea of the Belgrade guerrillas was the same as they were. After all, now that they're in the Champions League, who wouldn't want to go further, so Belgrade's goal is to keep third place and fight for second place. To achieve that goal, you need to score enough points at home anyway, and Porto and Marseille are their goals. However, the head coach of Partizan Belgrade also knows that as the champion of the last League Cup, Porto's strength is undoubtedly stronger than his own team, so the tactics he formulated for Partizan Belgrade are also very simple to defend and counterattack. Hopefully, the team can achieve some results on the counter-attack, and then defend with all their might and try to hold on to the result.

As for the mind of the Partizan coach in Belgrade, Mourinho has long figured it out. Since the main force of the team was in the last game against Morelense. He was in good shape and he had no qualms about sending out Porto's strongest 4-2-3-1 formation. He wants his team to get the team off to a good start to this season's Champions League journey with a hearty victory. The start of the season until now. The Champions League and the Portuguese Super League are only on Mourinho's mind, and the Portuguese Cup has been selectively abandoned by him.

Now that we have won two Portuguese cups. Jose Mourinho has little interest in the trophy and has made such a decision given the difficult Champions League schedule. And his decision is also supported by the club's senior management, after all, in any way, the benefits of playing well in the Champions League for Porto are not achieved by other achievements, and since the team's meritorious manager is so confident, they naturally fully support it. Moreover, Mourinho led the team to win three crowns in the first season, which also gave them a lot of confidence. However, their goal for Mourinho is to finish at least third and retain his place in the UEFA Cup. For this request, Mourinho naturally agreed without pressure. Therefore, Porto will definitely abandon the Portuguese Cup in the new season, and the matches will become a place to train young players.

Among them, in the Champions League and the Portuguese Super League, the Portuguese Super League is another low-hanging glory in Mourinho's eyes. As long as Porto does not have major problems in the season, for Mourinho, the Portuguese Super League title is almost secure, after all, in terms of strength, the current Porto is higher than the entire Portuguese Super League, belonging to the type of giant. In Mourinho's view, this is also a huge advantage for Porto in the Champions League, at least the team is not like those big teams, thinking about the Champions League while also distracting from the league. After thinking about it for a while, Mourinho shook his head, feeling that he was thinking too much about it, and it was better to think about the game in front of him first. Even with a good chance of winning, Mourinho took the time to check to see if there were any gaps in his tactical arrangement and plan.

It was half an hour before the start of the game, when Mourinho was making his final mobilization in the team's dressing room: "Guys, we are finally in the Champions League! I told you from the first day I came to Porto that our goal was never in Portugal. We want to be the best players and managers and now we're on this stage. This biggest stage! Last season, we had a great result, but it is still not in the eyes of the big guys, who will always see us as a second-rate team.

I'm upset about that, very upset! Since they think that only here, the table xiàn in this stage deserves their attention. So guys, now let's go and sue them. Go sue them, we're coming! Porto is coming!! With a victory. Go sue them! Go ahead!! “

"Oh!!" With the high fighting spirit aroused by Mourinho, Lao Lei and his teammates rushed out. Came to the players' tunnel. Listening to the loud singing from the stands of the stadium, Lao Lei couldn't help but worship. As the referee team took the lead in thinking about walking in the stadium, Lao Lei followed behind his teammates, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "My time, our time is coming!" ”

After a series of ceremonies, the two sides finally stood on both sides, waiting for the referee's whistle, while Lao Lei was jumping non-stop and couldn't hold back his eagerness. Finally with the referee's whistle blowing. Porto's match against Partizan Belgrade has officially begun.

First of all, Porto's possession, Lao Lei held back the excitement in his heart, suppressed the rhythm on the field, did not let his teammates speed up the pace of the game, and immediately pressed up to attack to prevent mistakes in the busy. And after all, this is the opponent's home field, and the team that can come to play the Champions League is not very weak, and it is still necessary to slowly figure it out. Looking at Lao Lei's steady table with the style of a general. Mourinho nodded with satisfaction, it's a good thing to have a high fighting spirit, but everything is too much and needs to be controlled.

At the beginning of the game, the Belgrade Partizan wanted to rush out and try to make a surprise attack. But Lao Lei and his teammates calmly resolved the opponent's pressing. After 5 minutes, seeing that things were not feasible, Partizan Belgrade was instructed by the head coach. The active front retreated, and put on a defensive counterattack formation. Partizan Belgrade played in a 4-5-1 formation. Stockpiled heavily in midfield to deal with Porto's midfielders. This might have worked in the past. However, the state of Porto's players today was very exciting, switching positions with each other, running and passing to a very high level, and the midfielders of Partizan Belgrade looked a little wolf in the face of the slippery Porto midfield, and there was nothing effective to do.

Partizan Belgrade fans in the stands also saw the team's plight, but unfortunately their boos did not interfere with Porto. In the 21st minute of the first half, Lao Lei formed a solid passing triangle with Deco and Maniche in the midfield. On the left side of the pitch, a succession of three passes broke through the midfield defence of Partizan Belgrade, before Maniche carried the ball to the edge of the box.

Facing the right wing-back of Partizan Belgrade, Maniche flicked the outside of his right foot and accelerated inward. After two lateral steps, a through plug was knocked to McCarthy, who was slashing in diagonally from the other end of the box. When the Belgrade Partizan centre-back jammed McCarthy and prevented him from turning, McCarthy gave a knock back to Ray at the edge of the box. After Maniche and McCarthy disrupted the Partizan Belgrade defence, Lao Lei stopped the ball passed by Maniche, and then adjusted slightly, and before the defenders blocked it, he was about to shoot from a distance.

The ball made a wonderful inside arc in the air and headed straight for the far corner of the goal. The goalkeeper of Partizan Belgrade, in the face of Lao Lei's high-quality shot, could only look at the ball and sigh, and there was no way. The ball bounced into the net after hitting the inside of the far post. 1:0, in the 22nd minute of the first half, Porto took the lead with Lao Lei's long-range shot.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ Nice long shot! Reima opened the scoring for us with Porto's first Champions League goal of the season. A series of passes before the goal left us hooked, and the Partizan Belgrade defence had nothing to do. Based on the form of the players today, I can make an announcement. Partizan Belgrade goal today, undefended!! ”

After Lao Lei saw the ball scored, his first reaction was not to go to his teammates or fans who followed the team, but to rush to the straight black figure in front of the Porto bench.

After shaking off his teammates who wanted to hold him to celebrate, Lao Lei rushed to the bench and slid directly to his knees from 7 or 8 meters away.

And Mourinho saw the excited love apprentice, and also cooperated with Lao Lei to kneel down.

The two masters and apprentices just knelt and hugged each other.

Beside them were the Porto players who were about to gather.

"Head, I've scored!"

"Well done, boy!" (To be continued......)