Chapter 34: Revenge for an Arrow
The most fearful thing about doing anything is not that you don't work hard, but that you can't see any effect after working hard, but make mistakes. This is the situation that Lao Lei is currently encountering, in Lao Lei's heart, he feels that he caused this goal, and his heart is full of dare and guilt. In this first half, Deco taught Lao Lei a good lesson, telling him that football is not so simple and that football is realistic. This is the first real defeat in football since Lao Lei's reincarnation. Of course, after a short sense of failure, there is a surge of unwillingness and unwillingness.
At the end of the game, Lao Lei lowered his head and was a little silent. The captain Ben saw Lao Lei's low mood, he came to Lao Lei's side, hugged Lao Lei's shoulder, and comforted Lao Lei softly in his ear: "Cheer up, Lei Ma." The goal you conceded, you did well, you didn't do anything wrong. In that case, putting Deco into the box would have a far better chance of scoring than a free-kick. You made the right choice, and no one will blame you. ”
Lao Lei turned his head to look at Ben and said firmly: "Captain, I was not knocked down. I'm just not reconciled, I'm not reconciled to lose so easily. Ben looked at the stubbornness and unwillingness on Lao Lei's young face, as if he saw that when he first appeared in the first team game, he was also higher than the sky at that time, and he hated and refused to accept defeat so much. However, seeing that Lao Lei was not too frustrated because of this goal, Ben touched Lao Lei's head comfortingly and encouraged: "Then make a comeback again in the second half." ”
Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, was also paying attention to Lao Lei's mental outlook at the moment, and then saw Ben go to comfort Lao Lei, and he didn't see the meaning of decadence in the looks of the two, so Mourinho was relieved. Jose Mourinho is not one to throw in easily, admitting that he made a complete mistake in the first half, that his tactics were completely studied and that his core was completely useless. Lao Lei seems to be just a sapper role in Mourinho's tactics, but it is Lao Lei's super running and scrambling ability that has the basis for Mourinho's tactical success. In the second half, the old Ray was an important role in Leiria's counterattack, and if the blow in the first half made him lose confidence, it would be almost hopeless for Leiria. In Mourinho's view, the current situation is not yet dead, and there is still hope for everything. Turning his head to look at Porto's coach Paulo with a happy smile on his face, Mourinho snorted coldly, turned around and walked towards the players' tunnel, saying in his heart that the game is not over yet, let's see who laughs the most.
In the dressing room in Leiria, the atmosphere was oppressive and quiet, with only the heavy gasps of the players. Mourinho looked at his silent disciples, and suddenly clapped his palms vigorously, attracting the eyes of his disciples to himself. He suddenly bowed slightly to them, and then said: "I am responsible for the situation in the first half, it was my negligence, everyone played very well. ”
Faced with Mourinho's sudden bow, Leiria's players were stunned, and the manager took the initiative to apologize for the first time in his career. It was this bow that made the players in Leiria really convinced of the 38-year-old manager, and Mourinho began to have real control over Leiria's dressing room.
After bowing, Mourinho first began to encourage the morale of his disciples, saying: "We still have a chance to win. If we were strong, I could have imagined what the shitty media would say, and they would say look, and I'd just say that a small team like Leiria can't beat Porto, and they'll always be like that. Xie Lu thanked Porto for providing them with the morale and time they needed most right now, and that's what they did to start the game. Tell me, do you think so? Don't you guys care about that? Are you willing? ”
I have to say that Mourinho's language skills are very good, and a few words can re-inflame the fighting spirit of Leiria's players. The players all shouted, "No, of course not. We are not reconciled, we are going to defeat them. Lao Lei shouted in agreement, stood up and said loudly: "Kill them, I don't believe that we can't kill them." ”
After seeing that his players had recovered, Mourinho began to lay out the tactics for the second half, saying: "First of all, Reima's position in the second half is premise, I want you to advance in the second half. Lao Lei suspected that he had misheard the front midfield, had auditory hallucinations, and looked at Mourinho in disbelief. Mourinho's first tactical arrangement made everyone stunned, Lao Lei played in the front midfield, which is unimaginable, think about Lao Lei's rough skills, which makes the players say that this is looking for death?
Mourinho looked at the suspicious old Ray and explained firmly: "Yes, you play in the front midfield. But you don't have to do anything to organise the attack, I want you to disrupt Porto's passing system at the back. Since you can't defend Deco, prevent his passing, you have to use your running to block his passing route, as well as force the receiver at the first time, increase the intensity of physical confrontation, strengthen their passing difficulty, and don't let them organize the attack easily. Ivan paid attention to help Reima, waiting for the opportunity to break the ball. Hearing Mourinho's next explanation, everyone suddenly realized that this is a defensive striker, and the defensive striker doesn't know if Reimama is a precedent.
Then he said, "Laio, Deco will be handed over to you." I don't want to break the ball, I don't care if you want any means, just make it harder for him to pass, and then use your body to force him out, try to get him to pass the ball back. When the rest of the people are back in the penalty area, they must pay attention to the spread of the defense, do not stick to the penalty area, and let them handle the ball easily on the edge of the penalty area. ”
Soon the break was over and the players were back on the pitch. The on-site commentator Freno, seeing that the mental outlook of the players in Leiria was very different from that at the end of the first half, said: "Look at the confident expressions on the faces of the players, I don't know what Mourinho did at half-time and what arrangements he made. It seems that this game still has to be seen. See what our players can do. ”
Some of Porto's commentators had already awarded the victory to Porto at this time, and said lightly: "Now we are only concerned about our team being able to get close to a few goals in the second half, and Leiria has no power to parry when facing us." ”
After the start of the second half, Leiria also returned to the penalty area as expected, but they were surprised that Lao Lei did not stay in the box, he stayed near the midfield with Ivan. The change in the position of Lao Lei made everyone scratch their heads, and Florno said: "We saw that in the second half, the position of Lei Ma was premised, and it seemed to be in the position of the forward midfielder. Whether our Godzilla still has offensive skills that we don't know how to do, we'll wait and see. In fact, Florno is also skeptical of this change, but as Leiria's on-site commentator, he will definitely explain from Leiria's standpoint, even if he doesn't agree with it, he won't say it openly when explaining.
And the commentary on the Porto side was unceremoniously mocking: "Look at what the translation manager of Leiria has done, pushing a defensive engineer to the position of the midfielder, is he joking?" Or is he a magician, and at halftime, he used magic to turn Leiria's No. 13 into Rui Costa. Haha Or are they ready to disarm and surrender, Haluha. ”
But Paul on the sidelines was not so optimistic, he didn't believe that Mourinho would make such a stupid move, he must have some deep meaning, no matter what, he began to feel a little uneasy in his heart, because he couldn't understand Mourinho's intentions, the unknown is always the most disturbing.
The referee's whistle blew and the second half began. Deco was relieved to see that it was not the original No. 13 big man defending himself, the big man's running and strength were still a big interference to himself, except that the experience was a little worse. However, once the race started, Deco didn't feel any easier. Although Laio's running and strength are not as good as Lao Lei, he is more experienced, and when he knows when to grab the road, the effect will be better, and the defense will be more spicy. Once, Deco has the intention of dribbling the ball, and immediately presses up, and it is not easy to bully Deco's body. However, the hardest thing for Deco is not this, but that his own passing has become difficult.
Leiria's defence has become more aggressive, no longer sticking to her own penalty area, and her defence has become more resilient, often spreading out, making it more difficult for Deco to handle the ball forward and horizontally under Raio's pressure. And backwards, it's not easy. Lao Lei, who was full of unwillingness, began to press frantically in the rear of Porto. Once Deco passes the ball backwards, the rear players are faced with Lao Lei's frantic scrambling, which makes the pass of the rear player with slightly worse skills look precarious, you must know that there is an Ivan on the side of the road, in the first half, Ivan almost did not get the ball, and the physical strength is really abundant.
The situation in the second half was slowly moved back by Leiria. In the 63rd minute, Deco finally made a mistake. His return pass was prejudged by Raio, who was blocked on tiptoe and changed direction. Immediately, like a hungry dog seeing a steak, Lao Lei stopped the football with a long-distance sliding tackle. The opportunity to counterattack finally appeared, and Lao Lei immediately passed the ball to Andre, who stepped forward to respond, and Andre was also a long-distance pass with big feet, and the target was Ivan, who had already run towards the Porto penalty area. And Lao Lei also rushed forward quickly, at this time there were only 3 defenders in Porto's backfield, and it was good to think about going up to scare them, attract the attention of defensive players, and create better opportunities for Ivan.
At this time, Costa, who was a veteran in the Porto backline, was already quickly returning to the defense when he saw Lao Lei breaking the ball. By the time Ivan stopped Andre's pass, Costa had already pressed on. Ivan made a few feints to shake off Costa, but the steady Costa was not fooled, and just slowly pressed up, slowing down Ivan's attack and waiting for his players to return to defense.
Just when Ivan was distressed that this hard-won opportunity was about to be lost, a voice suddenly came from the meeting: "Ivan came." "This made Ivan very happy, and his teammates came up with an assist. Passing back, it was No. 13 Remaya, Godzilla of Leiria.
Florno suddenly became excited: "Our Godzilla got the ball, what will he do, the Porto defenders are really fast to get back to the defense. … Stylish, stylish one-two combination. Ivan, single knife, chance. ”
After Lao Lei got the incoming ball, he took two steps sideways, and when he attracted Costa's attention, a short pass hit Costa's back, and the football went into the penalty area. Ivan squeezed forward and got a pass from Lao Lei to face Porto goalkeeper Baia.
Baia is undoubtedly a veteran goalkeeper with excellent skill and experience, and he took a few steps against Ivan and then tried to extend his defensive area to block Ivan's shot. Ivan faced Baia and calmly opted to push into the far corner. At this time, Baia exerted his strength and touched the football with his left toe, changing the direction of the football and slowing down the speed of the football significantly. Then Costa stepped forward and was about to clear the ball with a big kick, and it was clear that Leiria was about to end a rare attacking opportunity.
"Oh God. Ivan's shot was blocked by Baia on tiptoe and Costa stepped forward to deal with it. The opportunity we got so hard was wasted. No, wait, God, Remaia, Remaia is really rushing towards football in a frenzy. Oh oh oh oh, he's right behind Costa, and the outcome is still undecided. ”
Costa also heard the sound of crazy pursuit behind him, and wanted to speed up, but this was already his extreme. He saw a player from Leiria who was about to overtake him, and immediately wanted to block him and stop him.
However, when it came into contact, a strong pass was unstoppable, and Costa was eaten hard by Lao Lei, who opened the devil's muscle man in the 60th minute. Ignoring Costa's tugging on his jersey, Ray came to the ball with a big foot and blocked the ball into the goal with a pass, and Baia, who had just gotten up, could not do anything about it.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Godzilla! Godzilla!! Our Godzilla, nice catch-up shot!! 1:1。 ”