Chapter 32: What Do You Want to Do?
After Porto took a one-goal lead, Deco's midfield showed more overwhelming technique.
Zahovic was somewhat struggling to do so, and today's performance was completely stifled by the Brazilian midfielder.
This also made his old problems start to kick in again, especially when Marquis in the front line wasted his through kick, and the Slovenian's angry eyes when he stepped forward to complain, as if he wanted to tear the opponent alive.
This scene made the atmosphere of Benfica's team delicate, and Marquez's expression like a fly could almost make people read his inner language directly.
Zahovic stepped forward to complain about the pressure from his teammates this time, and even many Porto players felt it, so you can imagine how much impact it will have on Benfica.
Benfica coach Duarte also looked a little flustered at this time, he had no less time to prepare for the game than Mourinho, but the two obviously studied something different.
Now in this situation, where he is at a disadvantage and even the morale of the army is beginning to be unstable, how can he stop the decline, Duarte can't think of a countermeasure for a while.
Porto also didn't give him time to adjust, and soon played a good combination in the middle.
Deco's breakthrough is not as fancy as the traditional Brazilian player, and it is not as flashy as the ornate, but it is not inferior in detail, and what stands out is a simple and practical one.
This time, his breakthrough did not drag the slightest mud and water, and after hitting the hinterland, he directly picked up the pass, and the imagination of this pass was not inferior to those football elves in the Brazilian national team.
Zhang's sense of movement also followed up with this imaginative pass, but unfortunately this time the volley that did not stop after rushing into the box ended up slightly over the crossbar.
"Good shot!"
Deke felt a little pity in his heart, but he still stretched out his thumb to encourage Zhang Desheng.
He naturally knows that no matter how good a striker is, he can't score every goal, and Zhang Desheng's goal can be followed by two Benfica players to complete the grab and shoot, which is already very rare, not to mention that it is only a little higher, there is really nothing to find fault with.
"That's great, my question!"
Zhang Desheng blamed himself a little, but he would not be impatient because of this, because he also knew that no matter how good a player was, he could not seize every opportunity.
The patience of the pair soon paid off, as Porto got the ball back and started to attack again with Deco as the axis.
At this time, the Porto players, who were getting better and better, even kicked a pass in a row under the leadership of Deco.
But this time, Deco's last pass was a little too big under the interference, and Zhang Desheng did not catch up with the milking strength, and was finally cleared by Robert Enke, who attacked in time.
"Steady, steady!"
Jose Mourinho didn't see a player with an overly impatient mentality, but he was a little bit away from scoring twice in a row, and he knew how much it would have an impact on his mentality.
So before the problem happened, he gestured to the players on the sidelines, loudly signaling them to stabilize the defense first.
That's where a good manager comes in, Mourinho is not only strict and meticulous with his players, but he also has a timely sense of subtle changes in the situation on the pitch, which allows him to always fill in the holes before problems arise.
Benfica were indeed preparing a counter-attack, but before they could pee, they were overwhelmed by Porto's unwarranted retraction.
At this time, Zahovic, who was impatient, made a fatal passing error, and Carvalho grabbed the football and sent a long ball directly into the backfield, and he was looking for the fast McCarthy.
McCarthy's speed is indeed amazing, and Zhang Desheng is not as good as he can see it in the back!
If he had this kind of pace, Deco's slightly bigger pass would have been able to catch up before the opposition goalkeeper.
Of course, this does not mean that he will be inferior to McCarthy in speed in the future, and it is better to be too young now.
But although McCarthy has speed, his skills in handling the ball at high speed are still a lot worse than those of a real top striker.
The ball was met by Robert Enke, whose shot under pressure was clearly not of good quality, and the ball was saved before deflecting off and flying out of bounds.
"Oh God!"
When McCarthy saw the soccer ball rolling out of bounds against the post, he was so angry that he fell to his knees and slammed the turf!
But I have to say that he really wasted too many opportunities today!
Mourinho couldn't help but shake his head off the pitch, McCarthy was not delicate enough on the dribble, the ball was too big to lie down in the first place, and the accuracy of the final shot was not good, he obviously couldn't control his speed.
But he can't be blamed, if he really has the skills to control his speed, it won't be the price he is now, and Porto can't keep that kind of really top striker.
McCarthy has first-class explosiveness and speed, but his footwork and shooting skills are only second-rate, which is the level of a quasi-first-class striker.
Mourinho didn't know that his analysis was accurate, and Zhang's system gave similar evaluations.
McCarthy's acceleration and speed are 91 and 90 respectively, but his shooting, dribbling, ball possession, and stopping the ball are only at the level of 80-85.
To be honest, this speed is not considered a top level, it can only be regarded as a first-class entry, and there are two grades above it: top and historical.
Looking at it this way, he is indeed a lot away from a real first-class striker, and he is considered to have a speed specialty in the second-rate striker.
At this time, Porto sent a corner kick, which would have reached a half-step supergiant, and Deco, who could break through at any time, personally stood on the penalty spot.
Naturally, he wouldn't have gone to Zhang Desheng for this goal, and Carvalho's goalmouth rush made Benfica fans break out in a cold sweat because the Portugal international's header was slightly wide.
The Porto fans were looking their heads together and sighing, there were a couple of times today when they were close to scoring, but they were always a little bit unlucky.
But Zhang Desheng knows that it has little to do with luck, this level of competition is not only under great pressure, but also the opponent will exert great defensive pressure, coupled with the pressure on and off the field formed by the media and fans, no matter how good a player is, it is impossible to be as omnipotent as he is in training.
This is the same as many blue-collar players in the NBA who actually shoot seven or eight percent from three-point range in practice.
At this time, the big guy looked at the time, and at this moment the second half was already in the 75th minute.
Mourinho also gestured to the players, and since the attacking end was always out of breath and failed to extend the lead in time, there was no need to take any more risks now, and directly retracted and waved the bus to greet Benfica.
They are now 1-0 up, and Benfica should be more anxious at this time.
McCarthy soon walked off the pitch in some frustration, and Mourinho was ready to put in a bucket formation, and two more strikers were in his head.
The Benfica players looked at Porto, who had changed into a 5-4-1 formation, and their expressions were much more ugly than McCarthy, who had just been substituted.
Their frustration is very justified, if they can rely on Zakhovic's spirituality, or a little luck, to occasionally hit the 30-meter range in front of the goal to create some threat.
Then at this time, the overcrowded Porto half, they really can't find the space to operate.
This will not say that they can't get into the penalty area, even outside the big penalty area, the space they can operate is greatly compressed.
Of course, if you get the peak Messi or the peak Neymar, there will still be a lot of room for manipulation.
But at the moment, Benfica only has Zakhovic who began to complain about his teammates, so he can only try his luck with long-range shots.
However, when Mourinho's team is determined to defend, they will not even give you the opportunity to shoot from a distance, otherwise how can they win so many finals in the future?
At this time, Porto not only sent one or two people forward at the first moment, but even if the Benfica players were far away from the penalty area, the Porto players would quickly pop up to block.
This is to not give you any comfortable chance to get up and shoot from a distance, or even to stop the ball for more than 1 second to watch.
Benfica players naturally became more and more impatient as time went on.
At this time, they can't take care of Zhang Desheng's little tail, anyway, 0:1 is a loss, and 0:2 is also a loss, so they just break the kettle and forget it.
So after 80 minutes in the second half, Benfica's players basically pressed on all fronts.
At this time, I can see that half of the stadium is densely packed with people, which is really a bit of a mess.
Zhang Desheng was a little bored cruising around the center circle, and finally went back to participate in the defense.
Mourinho didn't care about him and let him move freely on the pitch.
But no one expected that an accident would occur at this time......
In the 83rd minute of the second half, Benfica's midfielder Thiago took a long-range shot from 40 meters away, which turned into a pass.
Carvalho ran desperately, and after intercepting the football, he wanted to kick the ball forward, because by this time Benfica's players were already pressing, and he only had to pass it and hit Zhang Desheng's head, then he was likely to create a goal.
But when he raised his eyes, he actually found that this little clever ghost was a few meters away in front of him.
Zhang Desheng and Carvalho were a little confused at this time, one of them was a little unable to brake, and the other didn't expect Zhang Desheng to come here?
"What do you want to do?"
"Bring it to you!"
Zhang Desheng didn't have time to explain at this time, he appeared here to actually intercept this missed shot, and he and Carvalho actually grabbed a piece.
What's even more outrageous is that Zhang Desheng will be unable to stop the car, but he doesn't plan to stop it forcibly, just steal his teammates directly.
So, I saw Carvalho, a Portuguese international, who was actually stolen by his 17-year-old striker teammate directly in the backfield.
"Nima!"
Carvalho was not as simple as being tackled, in order to avoid Zhang Desheng's rush, he forcibly twisted his body to dodge, but he was still scratched by Zhang Desheng, and finally fell to the ground in embarrassment.
"Thanks!"
Zhang Desheng is very grateful to Carvalho in his heart, because his current body can't hit the strong Carvalho at all.
If Carvalho doesn't get out of the way, he'll definitely be catapulted.
But if he had moved out of the way, Carvalho himself would have been scraped to the ground as he is now, because his body balance was all used to dodge, which was equivalent to losing the ability to fight.
However, Carvalho subconsciously chose to make a fool of himself in order to prevent Zhang Desheng from being injured under the collision, which is why Zhang Desheng is grateful.
"What's the situation?"
"Infighting?"
"Okay, my own people have grabbed it!"
“……”
This strange scene made the fans of both teams a little overwhelmed!
But it's not the most surprising scene for your own people to rob your own people!
Next, I saw Zhang Desheng after grabbing the football, a chic emergency stop, and then looked up to see that the opponent's goalkeeper Robert Enke's position seemed to be a little forward, and he didn't even hesitate for half a minute at the moment, directly at least 70 meters away from the goal, and after two steps to run, it was an ultra-long-distance hanging shot.
"What, he shot?"
"Hell, he wouldn't really think about it!"
"Oops, Enke's position!"
“……”