Chapter 86: Making a Change
Amid Mourinho's scolding, Porto's players quickly picked themselves up and prepared to restart the game. Simao's assault just now made Porto's players a little weak in the face of Mourinho's scolding, after all, Mourinho had repeatedly told him before the game to be careful of Benfica's sudden attack. However, this season's smooth sailing has made Porto's players subconsciously always despise their opponents, even Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, to be honest, they are not too much of a concern now. Although the reaction was slightly quicker than the one against Sporting Lisbon, it was still not enough to stop Simão's shot.
At the thought of Mourinho's furious appearance at half-time if the first half was not played well, the Porto players couldn't help but shudder in their hearts, concentrate all their attention and start the game. By the time Baia had kicked off, Porto had started to play their usual pass-and-control tactics again. Although Benfica's side was out of the line, there were still players such as Gomez attacking in the front. However, unlike Sporting Lisbon, their goal is not to break the ball and counter-attack on the spot, but to interfere with the brain of the old Porto man. Each player occupies an area, and whenever Lao Lei appears in his own area, he is forced to interfere with Lao Lei's passing control, not seeking to contain Lao Lei, but only to interfere with his organization.
Camacho's method works well on the field, although there is no big obstacle to Lao Lei, but it always makes Lao Lei feel a little uncomfortable. Just like the famous fairy tale Princess Pea, a little pea doesn't hurt, but it just keeps you from sleeping. And Benfica's attack tactics were also in the opening period. Let Lao Lei not organize a threatening offensive in the backfield.
However, this result did not make Lao Lei irritable and disappointed, but a little excited. Let's be honest. Lao Lei is now a little unexcited about the Portuguese Super League game, and he feels tired. If it is said at the time of Leiria. If Lao Lei is still a challenger with a lot of forward momentum, then now after coming to Porto, with the increase of his strength and the strength of his teammates, he slowly has a feeling of invincibility in the Portuguese Super League. In the new season, Lao Lei has begun to feel that his growth in strength has slowed down.
This is the effect of the environment on a person, if a person wants to grow fast, he has to go to a new environment, and there is a stimulus in the face of a broader New World realm. Only then can we grow. In fact, this is similar to the frog at the bottom of the well, when the world you are in is so big, and you have completely owned it, what kind of motivation do you have to pursue and move forward in this world.
Now Benfica's tactics have given Lao Lei a kind of stimulation, although it is not big, but it is enough for the current Lao Lei to make him excited. In the face of Benfica's attack, Lao Lei thought for a while, and then decisively began to change his style of play. If it is said before, Lao Lei's organization has always paid attention to the whole. If he is quick to play and run, then now he is slowly starting to increase his personal component in the playmaking attack, increasing his dribbling and ball control time.
Mourinho was on the sidelines and also saw the change in Lao Lei. I was very relieved. Because this is a good thing for Porto, a core of the organization only has the strength to cope with all kinds of game situations and can control the rhythm of the team at any time. Take control of the situation. As for his disciple's attempt, Mourinho watched with some anticipation what the effect would be. In fact, he has always had the idea of letting Lao Lei enrich his way of playing. But in the Portuguese Super League, there is a lack of environment that stimulates Lao Lei's change. He didn't expect Benfica to let Lao Lei come into contact with this opportunity today. Mourinho looked at the rigid Camacho next to him, and said in his heart that he really had to see the world for the first time in order to grow faster. Camacho, who grew up in Spain, brought new tactical ideas to the Portuguese Super League, and Lao Lei has also become one of the beneficiaries.
Lao Lei began to try on the field after receiving the ball, not immediately passing the ball, but took the way to get rid of the ball himself, to face such a light tactical attack by Benfica. At the beginning, Lao Lei was still a little unaccustomed and made some mistakes, but fortunately it didn't cause big trouble. But slowly, Lao Lei began to become familiar with it, and showed the skills he had learned so far, and the skills of getting rid of others one by one. And it has achieved good results, after all, in the Portuguese Super League, which focuses on attack, offensive players with good defensive ability like Maniche are rare.
And the fans of Porto don't know what Lao Lei made during this time, there are obviously more mistakes than before, just because Lao Lei is not in good shape today, and he just uses his cheers to cheer for Lao Lei, hoping that he can find his form as soon as possible. After all, how important a normal old ray is to Porto, even if you don't look at those post-match statistics, Porto fans can feel it themselves. Porto's on-site commentary also saw that Lao Lei was abnormal, and he naturally knew what Lao Lei was doing with rich football knowledge, even if he was looking forward to it, he was also a little worried. He can only call on the Porto fans in the stadium to cheer for Lao Lei, hoping that he can succeed.
Lao Lei did not disappoint them, after a moment of discomfort, in the 28th minute of the game, Lao Lei began to return to his due level on the field. It was at the back again, and when he was about to receive a pass from Costiani, Simão pressed from behind in time. Lao Lei faced the football and stretched out his right foot to stop the ball. When Simão lowered his speed and stopped behind Lao Lei, Lao Lei suddenly turned around with 180 force with his left foot, but his right foot did not touch the football. This made Simão a little dazed, unexpectedly, it happened too quickly.
The football rolled past Simang's side according to its original trajectory, and was easily obtained by Lao Lei, who was wound behind Simang. This wonderful getaway caused a burst of exclamations and applause from the Porto fans in the stands. Lao Lei's dashing getaway is rare in their impressions. And this time it was a wonderful, imaginative "runwiththeball", which naturally surprised them.
"Runwiththeball", as the name suggests, is to run with the ball, which is a very timingly and deceptive ability to get rid of it. The trick is when you're going to fake the ball and get the opponent's attention. Suddenly concede the ball and then bypass the defender. Get out of the defense. The football king Pele had a wonderful "runwiththeball" pass in the finals of the World Cup and passed the goalkeeper. However, once it is detected by the opponent. It's the moment of embarrassment, so it takes a lot of courage and imagination to use this technique, and it's hard to see it in actual competitions. And Lao Lei successfully demonstrated this skill this time, without shame, and received praise and amazement. Porto's on-site commentary was also relieved, and he didn't like to give praise to Lao Lei's imaginative getaway this time.
The advantage of getting rid of the ability properly is that it can be speeded up without the need for reorganization. A good getaway can sometimes create a deadly threat. And although Lao Lei is not fatal this time, it can be regarded as the beginning of a threatening offensive. After flashing through Simang, Lao Lei quickly accelerated forward. Facing the first line of defense in the Benfica midfield, Lao Lei decisively chose the fastest way to pass, and after playing a one-two cooperation with Maniche, he began to pull to the middle to make room for Maniche's forward insertion.
When he walked forward diagonally and attracted enough defensive force to pay attention, Lao Lei looked to the right. With his right foot, he lifted the ball over the defender's head and flew in front of Maniche. Following the gap that was pulled out by the old thunder, Maniche drove his speed directly to the maximum horsepower, and in front of him was already a left corridor with an empty defensive line. Maniche before the ball goes out of the line. He controlled the ball and then cut decisively along the baseline into the box. When McCarthy stepped forward and pressed Benfica's defence into the box. Maniche suddenly knocked back to the edge of the box, where Old Ray was already in place.
After receiving Maniche's knockback. Lao Lei even had time to make adjustments, and then get up and shoot vigorously from a distance. The soccer ball has almost no arc in the air. It flew straight into the far corner of the goal and bounced into the inside of the post. Simão is also a goalpost but on the outside, and it seems that in his home stadium, Lao Lei's luck is also better than that of the opponent. After almost 30 minutes of fierce battle between the two sides, Lao Lei helped Porto take the lead at home with a wonderful volley.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Thunderhorse! It's Reimama again!! Nice getaway! Nice shot! Reima took care of the start and end of this attack!! At every critical moment, he always stepped up. Along with the passionate commentary of the on-site commentary of Porto, the Dragon Stadium also vibrate, and the loud cheers floated in the sky. In the first 30 minutes, Porto did not have an absolutely obvious advantage on the pitch, and Benfica's stubborn defense scene was relatively dull, and Lao Lei's first flash of the game directly detonated the entire Dragon Stadium.
Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, was also excited, he didn't expect Lao Lei's change to have an effect so quickly. Originally, he was ready to give up 3 points, and that 1 point was time for Lao Lei to get full exercise and adapt to a new style of play. However, he didn't expect that Lao Lei's adaptation time would be so short. In fact, Lao Lei's addition to get rid of the technique has already had a certain foundation after such a long time of accumulation, but it didn't stimulate him to compete in this way. Although some people have arranged special personnel for Lao Lei to defend or something to contain him before, Lao Lei can be resolved with his running ability. This time, Benfica's defensive strategy of only limiting and not containing gave him the incentive to make changes. To some extent, Benfica has become the boss of Lao Lei's upgrade and progress.
And in the next game time, Lao Lei was even more interested. In the face of Benfica's defense, all kinds of ways to get rid of the old Lei Club appeared in a concentrated manner at his feet, and then turned and knocked the ball past people, picked the ball past people, and Cruyff turned around.................. Although it was not successful every time, after each failure, Lao Lei actively and effectively counter-grabbed on the spot, so that Benfica did not take any advantage. Just when Porto fans thought that Lao Lei's style of play was going to change to chic. When he was elegant, he used such a strong and direct way to return to his previous true colors. The style of coexistence of rudeness and elegance began to be reflected in Lao Lei.
Under Lao Lei's active play, Porto also began to expand their advantages on the field. Although they didn't take the lead again in the first half, the Porto fans had little doubt about another victory.
But on Benfica's side, there was one person who didn't agree, and the game went on like that.
clenched his fists and stared at Lao Lei's back with a fighting intent. (To be continued......)