It's August 30th, and today is the day of the UEFA Super Cup, which takes place at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, France. At this time, the stadium has been occupied by two colors: red, black and blue-white. However, it can be seen that the red-black color is significantly larger than the blue-white. This is mainly due to the fact that most of the neutral fans are coming for AC Milan, which is the difference in the influence of the club, and in this regard, Porto cannot catch up with AC Milan. However, Porto's fans do not lose momentum, and they have the intention of winning more with small ones. Fans of both sides had already begun to fight before the game officially began.

At this time, the head coaches of both sides are also seizing the time to arrange tactics, and it can be seen that both sides are determined to win this championship. Both teams have won the UEFA Super Cup, with Porto only once in '87 and 16 years now. AC Milan have won the UEFA Super Cup three times, but the most recent one dates back nine years.

Both sides are willing to regain the honor of winning the UEFA Super Cup at this time, which is quite a-for-tat. Before the game, the AC Milan coach expressed his declaration of victory early, although he said that Porto should not be underestimated, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that the expression on their faces was that they had already eaten Porto. Seeing this situation, Mourinho's eyes rolled, and when he was interviewed by the media, he suddenly changed his previous strong personality and touted AC Milan, looking weak. At the same time, he also banned Porto players who wanted to fight back from being interviewed. looked at the aggrieved disciples and the fighting spirit in their eyes. Mourinho smirked inwardly.

However, AC Milan did not underestimate because of its strength beyond Porto, after all, it is the winner of the UEFA Cup. If you don't get it right, you'll capsize in the gutter. In case, the game is lost. Then the words of himself and others before the game completely became a laughing stock. Their manager, Carlo Ancelotti, watched the video of Porto's game very carefully in the past two days. One of their advantages over Porto is that when Serie A games start at this time, they have more time to prepare and rest.

After research, Ancelotti also had to admit that this Porto team is a very competitive team, with no obvious shortcomings and shortcomings, good tactical discipline, and overall football is impressive. And at the same time when the team is suffering. There are also players who can step up and try to change the game with their individual abilities. However, he is absolutely confident that his team is superior to Porto in every aspect, so Carlo Ancelotti has set up a strategy for the team to compete head-to-head. At the same time, he also made special defensive arrangements for Lao Lei and Deco, aiming at the shortcomings that he could observe according to his own observations.

As for Porto, Mourinho is also self-aware and knows that if he has to fight hard face to face. Porto is certainly a lot of bad luck. So he had to think of some tricks, and one of them was to keep the Porto players from speaking and make them more motivated. But it still needs a little stimulation to get the high fighting spirit to fully burst out. And that's exactly what he did at this time.

When Mourinho walked into the dressing room, he brought with him several newspapers, all of which were newspapers from Italian media. Clap your hands. After focusing all the attention of the players on himself, he held up the newspaper in his hand. He said in a loud voice, "Guys, I brought something for you to see." Here are a few newspapers I bought today. I think you need to hear what these media have to say. 'Porto are decent but I don't think they have a chance to beat the great Rossoneri unless the AC Milan players suddenly sleepwalk. ''UEFA Cup winner?'' That was nothing in the great Rossoneri. The only suspense in this game is how big the Rossoneri will beat Porto. ''I'm looking forward to seeing a dragon slay in Monaco.'' ‘“

Mourinho read the newspaper and carefully observed the expressions on the faces of his disciples, and the result made him very satisfied, all of them were in a state of anger and fighting spirit. Although the Porto players know that they are indeed a cut behind AC Milan in terms of quality, they are still very confident that they are not without a good match for AC Milan. Last season's triple crown gave them that confidence. But they didn't expect that the outside world would belittle themselves so much, too high for AC Milan. As the saying goes, the clay man still has 3 points of fire, not to mention a group of big men. I have to say that Mourinho's goal has been achieved, and at least there is no need to worry about the fighting spirit at this time.

Then he said, "I don't know what you guys think. I'm upset anyway, very upset! I feel that we have been insulted and despised. You are the best players in my eyes. But now it seems that all of a sudden, our hard-earned achievements have become dismissive in the eyes of others. Sue me, are you willing? Are you willing to accept this qiē point of view? “

"Unwilling!!" Porto's players replied in unison, their tone full of dissatisfaction and anger.

Mourinho seemed pleased with the player's form, nodded his head before continuing: "Good! In that case, let's go and tell the gang of uncles on the other side, they are quite dragon slaying warriors? Very well, then give me a bite to swallow them. Sue them, we are such evil dragons! Go for it, guys! ”

"Oh!!" With Mourinho's words coming to an end, the Porto players came out with high morale. Lao Lei was naturally inflamed by Mourinho's words, although he felt that there must be something wrong with those newspapers. But this qiē doesn't matter now, it's just a reason to give yourself a reason to fight, but the effect is really good.

By the time the Porto players arrived at the tunnel of the players, the AC Milan players were already standing in line there, chatting happily and relaxedly, and the atmosphere was very relaxed. And the arrival of the Porto players with a straight face and a murderous face made this atmosphere suddenly dissipate without a trace. Looking at the scrappy Porto players, the AC Milan players also put on a fighting posture. Lao Lei and the others didn't even go to greet Rui Costa for a few words, just because it was battle time. Each side is its own master. Such an atmosphere scared the little caddies into silence. I just think these big brothers and uncles are terrible.

After a while, the referee team led the players of both teams into the field. For a time, the Luce II Stadium was thunderous. The fans cheered their players with the most enthusiasm, and from time to time the opposing players booed.

The pre-match ceremony on the field is being held. Lao Lei looked at the lineup of AC Milan opposite, and after really seeing it in person, it was really stressful. AC Milan fielded a 4-3-2-1 formation in this game, except for the fixed combination of the central and backfield, the front court Rui Costa and Rivaldo partnered in the double forward midfield, and the nuclear warhead as a single striker. The combination of these three men alone is enough to make any team's defense fearful. Lao Lei is looking forward to fighting them. But my head still hurts. He has a hunch that his movement today will not be as free as he used to be, and he may need to put more effort into defending to help solidify the team's defence.

With the whistle of "beep", the 03-04 season of the European Super Cup officially began. Once the game started, it was AC Milan who had the ball first. At this time, Porto did not press forward as usual, but took the initiative to retreat in formation. Perform a shrink defense. Ancelotti on the sidelines was stunned when he saw Porto's move, and unexpectedly glanced at Mourinho who was expressionless beside him, he didn't expect Mourinho to be so crisp and sophisticated, and take a defensive counterattack posture. Originally, he thought that Porto would at least press out and play a few rounds with AC Milan first. Retracted. He also plans to use this opportunity to see if the team can take advantage of it and score a goal. Mourinho's move clearly sealed the possibility, and Ancelotti shook his head. I don't care, it's just that I lost a few small opportunities. He is on his own team. Some absolute self-confidence.

'It seems that Porto are very self-aware, they just don't know how long their defence can hold off AC Milan.' This is the common view of the commentators. They felt that Porto should put themselves in the position of the underdogs. However, Porto's players don't think so, in their opinion, they are active defense, and there is a big gap between the passive defense and the strength of the passive. The gap is reflected in the fact that Porto's defensive area is very resilient and does not stick to the front of the penalty area, but whenever AC Milan passes back, it will be pressed out very resolutely and ferociously under the leadership of Lao Lei and Kostiani.

In the face of the defensive gate formed by the two iron waists of Lao Lei and Kostiani, the players of AC Milan seemed to have little to do for a while. Porto's pressing was not only ferocious, but also wide-ranging, not giving AC Milan's players a chance to pass forward and handle the ball at all. And when necessary, Porto's fouls were not relentless at all, and in the first 5 or 6 minutes of the opening game, AC Milan's frontcourt attackers had already been put down. Ancelotti on the sidelines also frowned slightly at this time, he didn't expect Porto's defense to be so aggressive, like a hedgehog, if you attack it, you will definitely get injured.

And the rhythm controller of AC Milan's team, Andrea Pirlo, is not having an easy time, and Maniche is inseparably interfering with him according to Mourinho's instructions. With a poor attack up front and a chaotic rhythm at the back, AC Milan's attack suddenly fell into a predicament. This surprised the football commentators who watched the game, who did not expect that Porto, who were defending with all their might, would give AC Milan such a big problem.

In the 11th minute of the first half, Rivaldo received the ball with his back and was brought down by Kostiani again. At this time, the AC Milan fans finally couldn't help it and booed to put pressure on the referee. They were expecting to watch a team slay dragons with ease, but now it doesn't seem to be so easy. At this time, Porto seemed to them to be the destroyer of artistic football. AC Milan captain Maldini also came forward to complain to the referee, who he thought should have warned the Porto players with a yellow card. However, Graham, the referee on duty, did not think so, and in his opinion, Porto's action was not as good as Cheng Dù, who took the card.

Mourinho on the sidelines was relieved to see this situation, at least so far, Porto has not shown any shortcomings and loopholes.

And Ancelotti also stretched his brow and sat back in his seat, seemingly not worried at all.

The head coaches on both sides don't seem to have any intention of changing their tactics. (To be continued......)