In the third round of the league, Maritimo is about to embark on its first away trip of the season.

They will travel to Estadio Besa in Porto to take on Boavista.

Boavista is the quintessential veteran team that our ancestors once had.

He is the only team in the Portuguese league to have won the title in Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and Portuguese C. This has not even been done in the top three of the Portuguese Super League.

Of course, it is not that Boavista is better than them, but because the top three of the Portuguese Super League are not relegated and do not have to play in the lower leagues.

Boavista last won the league in the 20002001 season, and the current Portuguese Super League was created in 2002, which means that Boavista won the last national league title before the Portuguese Super League.

However, since the creation of the Portuguese Super League, the title has been monopolized by Porto and Benfica, while Boavista's results have been lackluster. Especially in recent years, the record has been declining, and there is a faint trend of competing with the previous Maritimo team for a relegation place.

In the first two games of the season, Boavista drew two in a row, accumulating 2 points and only ranking 11th in the standings.

The outside world is unanimously optimistic that the morale-boosting Maritimo will get three points away and continue to lead the table.

However, Gao Yuan is not so optimistic.

By watching the footage of Boavista's game, he found that this is a very tenacious team defensively.

The reason why they didn't win the first two games was mainly because their attack was not strong, but their defense was very well organized, and they even drew 0:0 with the powerful Sporting de Portugal.

On the road, play a team that is very tenacious defensively and desperate for points. This ball is not easy to play!

In addition, subjectively, Gao Yuan does not think that his team has achieved perfection.

The first two games were really good, but that was on home advantage and on the premise that the opponent didn't know much about him.

Purely in terms of hard power, in fact, the current Maritimo does not have the ability to crush all opponents.

On the one hand, the tactics have yet to be further implemented, although the players have absorbed the tactical concept quickly, but after all, the time is still short, and the details and changes have not yet been fully integrated;

On the other hand, in terms of the staffing of the squad, the team actually still has shortcomings.

Especially in the center position, although Dzeko has arrived at the team, his body has not fully recovered, and he has not understood the team's tactical concept.

In the current Maritimo formation, there are many dagger daggers with good technology and speed, but only one battering ram is missing.

This also laid a hidden danger for the team's attack.

On this away trip, after weighing it repeatedly, Takato did not take Dzeko, who had just arrived at the team, but left him in the base to resume training alone.

This was actually a gamble, knowing that the opponent might defend intensively, and left the battering ram at home. However, Takato is also confident that with his system and the ability of his players, he is able to deal with the complications that may arise.

As soon as the starters on both sides stepped up on the field, Gao Yuan found that what he feared had become a reality.

The opposition lined up in a 5-4-1 formation.

It seems that the opposing coach Vidigal's thinking is very clear, that is, to put down his body, play steadily, not to win, but to be undefeated.

And Takato's starting line-up came out 4-5-1.

Goalkeeper: Niu Gensheng

Defender: Danso Antonio Cusse Barella

Midfielders: Joao, Zhou Yong, Joolavukovic, Liu Yun

Forward: Wang Zi

Pan Xinyue, who had performed well before, was put on the bench, because Gao Yuan expected that the opponent might set up an iron bucket formation before the game, and Pan Xinyue, who was good at running, would not have too many opportunities.

Since Pan Xinyue did not play, this lineup is actually a strikerless formation, it seems that Wang Ziding is at the front, but he often retreats to the midfield to participate in the organization of the attack. And once he retreats, Vukovic, Liu Yun, and Chora on the forward line will take turns to step forward, using their different characteristics to kill the opponent.

The most ideal state is that the entire midfield is like a trickle of non-stop rotation to achieve the goal of winning without a front.

Of course, these are all ideal states, and as long as the opponent is not muddy in the actual game, they will try their best not to let you succeed easily.

In this game, Maritimo's flowing attack was met by the opponent's dam-style defense.

Boavista's defence is very dense, with five defenders, two midfielders, and two wing-backs who are also actively involved in the defense. It was like a wall of sighs that stretched in front of Maritimo's line of attack.

The opponent is heavily stationed in the backfield, and Maritimo's best counterattack can't be played; The small space is very densely populated, and there is no room for short pass infiltration.

Maritimo players can choose to pass, but after one, the second is quickly pasted, and even if they can pass the second, the third is already eyeing Hou there.

Can't rush up, can't pass in, can't get rid of, Maritimo's previous two smooth attacks can't be played.

If it is in DB, the young people of the Gao Jiajun who have a very tacit understanding will immediately choose, open the space, use the width of the court, mobilize the opponent's defense, cross from the side, and kill the center.

But Maritimo is not a DB, and there is no long-distance dispatch of a midfield organization master like Xu Yifan; There is no crosser like Qiu Feng, who sends a long pass like precision guidance; The most important thing is that there is no strong centre-forward like Alfonso who dominates the skies in the box.

In desperation, Maritimo hit the wing several times, although it took a lot of effort to form a cross, but whether it was a bottom cross or a 45-degree bomb, the ball was easily defused by the opponent's tall defender.

As time went by, Maritimo, who couldn't open the situation for a long time, became more and more unhappy and anxious.

The two magic weapons they are proud of, physical fitness and technology, both have advantages, but they can't solve the problem.

The Maritimo people can still rush, grab and fight, but the opponent is huddled in the half, exchanging the number of people for space, and if you don't run blindly with you, no matter how good your physical fitness is, you can't show an advantage.

In terms of various techniques, the Maritimo people are still delicate, steady in stopping the ball, sharp in dribbling, accurate in receiving and passing, but it is useless, there is no space to shoot, and no matter how good the ball controls, it cannot change the score.

Xu Kai and Wu Gan's faces were gloomy, and they were about to drip water. These two are die-hard supporters of both physical and technical extremes, and in their minds, their style of football, if practiced to the extreme, can solve all problems. They also came here to prove their football philosophy.

But today, they were really taught a lesson. It turns out that there are some things on the football field that cannot be solved by physical fitness and technology; Football is complex, and there is no one-size-fits-all formula.

There is a cloud in the art of war: if you can't attack for a long time, you will lose the city.

As the game went on, the mentality of the players began to become impetuous. Mistakes began to increase, all kinds of waves, and nonsensical hard bursts are not uncommon.

Gao Yuan watched the real-time data analysis of the game handed over by Perinati: the shot ratio was 3:15, the shot on target ratio was 1:4, and the possession rate was 32%:68%......

Looking at the data that seemed to be leading in all respects, Gao Yuan's brows couldn't help frowning.

Only 4 of the 15 shots on goal were within range, and most of the rest were waves, indicating that the mentality of the players was very impetuous.

And the possession rate seems to be possessive, but most of them are ineffective ball control, inappropriately handing over the ball to the opponent and letting the opponent attack, how can there be room to create a threat?

And in terms of personal data, Vukovic actually hit 7 shots, but only shot on target once, is his confidence a little overdone now? Self-confidence is a good thing, but arrogance is troublesome, and you have to talk to Su Yi when you go back and let him pay attention to the scale of psychotherapy!

And also......

In short, Gao Yuan has a headache, this half, there are a lot of problems exposed, and we have to hurry up and find a way to solve it.

Just as Gao Yuan was thinking about countermeasures, the referee's whistle sounded, and the first half of the game was over.

It seems that I was busy at halftime!

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