Chapter 42: The Scarf

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Frank Lampard! An unguarded easy push from the edge of the penalty area broke Baia's ten-finger pass again. It was only the 32nd minute of the first half and the defending champions looked defenseless in front of Chelsea. However, perhaps the most painful thing for Porto fans is that the goal came from their former king, and it was a world-class assist. ”

In the 31st minute of the first half, Lao Lei played a wonderful two-on-two with Joe Cole on the left side, and dribbled directly to the bottom and near the bottom line. In the face of Pepe, Lao Lei used a Φ trick that Porto fans are very familiar with. When Lao Lei pulled the heel of his right foot to make the football pass from behind Pepe, the whole dragon stadium fell into memory again. When Ray sped around the overwhelmed Pepe, he struck back with a precise touch to find Frank Lampard in front of the penalty area. Then came the goal, and when it was in place, Frank Lampard's shot looked effortless, and Maniche's tackle was ultimately slow.

After the goal, Ray waved at Frank Lampard, who rushed towards him, signaling that he did not want to celebrate. The Chelsea players were able to understand Ray's mood at this time, and instead of celebrating with him, they just patted him on the shoulder and head as a sign of encouragement. "Next time, I will never let you pass so lightly." When Lao Lei was about to turn around and walk back, a shiny bald head stood in front of him. Looking at Pepe, who was shining with a fierce face in front of him, Lao Lei did not have the previous disdain and anger in his heart at this time. It's a very strange feeling. Some envy, some appreciation. There are even some expectations.

"Then give it a try, boy." Old Lei said lightly to Pepe. There was no malice or provocation in his tone, and then he turned and walked back. Seeing Lao Lei's indifferent attitude, Pepe himself was stunned, he thought about a lot of Lao Lei's reactions, but he didn't think of this one. Based on his research on Lao Lei's sources, this should not be the case. Looking at the back of Lao Lei leaving, Pepe's eyes were full of meaning. From Lao Lei's words and deeds, and his eyes, he couldn't see the almost paranoid fighting spirit and desire to win described in the information.

Thinking about Pepe's words just now. Lao Lei shook his head, smiled, and put it aside. Lao Lei doesn't know much about this monk-like Porto central defender in martial arts novels. But the simple conversation just now made him feel that the central defender would become a great weapon in the future, and there was no specific basis, just a very strange feeling. Since Lao Lei's bad boy became famous, few people dared to provoke Lao Lei so bluntly. In the words of The Sun, "anyone who wants to provoke Remayr." Beforehand, you should think about whether you have the psychological capacity to endure any humiliation. Because this young Portuguese has an almost addictive need for this kind of thing. From his debut to the present, he has humiliated several teams. Several stadiums, and I don't know how many players are playing against each other. ”

After the game restarted, in order to fight back. Quaresma and the others began a frantic counterattack. In front of Chelsea's terrifying defence, in the 41st minute of the first half. Porto finally put up their most dangerous attack since the start of the game. Quaresma received the ball on the right flank and stepped on three bikes in a row. Directly with the right heel to knock the ball into the direction, although he did not completely shake off Makelele, but with his excellent body balance, he carried Makelele inward.

On the edge of the Chelsea penalty area, he had a beautiful one-two with Fabiano, who had pulled him out of the box. After receiving Fabiano's heel kick, Quaresma lifted the ball directly on his toes and let the ball pass over Carvalho's head and into front of Fabiano. The Brazilian striker showed his excellent ball sense and skill at his feet at this point, facing Quaresma's pass, he stopped and shook off the angle of the shot, and directly volleyed hard, but Cech's timely fall to the ground blocked the ball towards the far corner. However, Porto's attack was not over, and after turning and chasing back two steps, Postiga got the football again and was ready to shoot. However, he also did not succeed, Lao Lei returned to the defense in time, squeezed and leaned, and cut off the football directly from his feet, ending Porto's offensive.

And just like that, Porto's most threatening attack in the first half came to an end. The scoreline was held at 2-0 until half-time and the Chelsea players returned to the visitors' dressing room with a relaxed smile as they completed the first half. At half-time, Jose Mourinho did not make tactical changes, but only asked his players to control the intensity of the attack in the second half. Although this intensive schedule is about to pass, he knows that the players' bodies are almost exhausted by this time. To make matters worse, the national team break is just around the corner, and the World Cup qualifiers in Germany are about to begin. Due to the success of the season so far, a number of Chelsea players have been selected for the national team. The players need more rest or injuries are inevitable.

At the start of the second half, Chelsea's formation began to retract, play and keep the ball when it could, and no longer pressed as heavily as it did in the first half. In this case, in the face of Porto's counterattack, Lao Lei began to use his control ability to control the scene. Maybe it's for the Porto fans to leave something, Lao Lei played particularly fancy at this time, and seemed to want to leave them with more wonderful pictures after the game.

For example, in the 54th minute of the second half, after Lao Lei won the ball near the center circle, he was immediately surrounded by Diego and Kostiani. At this time, Lao Lei could have handed the football directly to Duff with his back heel, but at this time he chose to go hard. Ray's feet kept the ball rolling back and forth in the middle, not giving Kostiani room to put their feet down. Then, suddenly, he stepped on the football with his right foot, pulled the football behind him, and knocked it, so that the football passed through Diego's crotch. This made Kostiani have to use tactical fouls, so that Lao Lei, who was about to get up, was not able to continue to advance. Although this breakthrough was not successful, Lao Lei's delicate foot technique still led to a burst of amazement.

In the 64th minute of the second half, under the organization of Lao Lei, Chelsea once again pushed the football to the front of the Porto penalty area, compressing the Porto defense into the penalty area. In the non-stop pass, Lao Lei was slowly observing the gaps in the Porto defensive line. Then, after a sudden one-two with Frank Lampard, Lao Lei led the ball directly into the Porto penalty area.

In the face of Pepe, who was pressed out, Lao Lei directly accelerated to eat him raw after two quick change of direction feints. However, Lao Lei's breakthrough was not successful, because Pepe's center of gravity could not be adjusted, and he directly sent a shoulder and knocked Lao Lei to the ground from his side. At this moment, the players of Porto gathered together all of a sudden, surrounding Pepe in it, for fear that Lao Lei would do something.

Looking at the Porto players who were on guard and dissuading him, Lao Lei smiled helplessly, he had no intention of preparing to make trouble. Today's Lao Lei can be regarded as a saint, and he doesn't plan to make any unpleasant trouble on the day he goes home. After seeing Lao Lei's smile, Costa and the others all let down their guard in embarrassment, not aimed at Lao Lei, but just instinctively reacted. They have been teammates with Lao Lei, but they know Lao Lei's temper.

After Lao Lei got up, he patted his buttocks, and then walked to Pepe, who was looking at him. Looking at the approaching Lao Lei, Pepe is still a little nervous, with Lao Lei's current prestige and status in Portugal in the country, he is the boss of Portugal. And Pepe is a fledgling and just emerging, and he is naturally far inferior to Lao Lei in terms of aura. Although the agents of the two are Mendes, they are not very familiar with each other, thinking of the arrogant arrogance that Lao Lei showed in the video he had watched before, Pepe was already a little nervous and ready to do it. And in order not to leak his timidity, Pepe widened his eyes and made a strong posture as much as possible. When the Chinese see it, they will definitely exclaim: "What a look of King Kong angry." ”

When Lao Lei raised his hand, everyone's hearts were tense again, and they chuckled. Porto fans, in particular, don't know what to do if they do. But fortunately, the next scene made them relax. Lao Lei just patted Pepe's big bald head casually, and didn't do anything to him. "Good hairstyle, boy. I love your hairstyle. Looking at Lao Lei's back, Lao Lei was a little confused.

The position of this free kick, 26 meters from the goal, was just within the range of Lao Lei. This should have been Lao Lei to take the penalty, but considering that the victory of the game was basically in hand, Lao Lei himself did not want to take the penalty and gave up the right to punish Lampard. For Lao Lei's move, everyone understood, or they expected it.

When Frank Lampard's free-kick flew over the crossbar, he was replaced by Jose Mourinho with Thiago. When Old Thunder came off the field, the Dragon Stadium was silent and silent. There was no applause, no boos, the Porto fans just watched him quietly, watching his every move, their eyes full of complexity.

After coming to the sidelines, looking at Mourinho, Lao Lei said: "I'm sorry, head." I just can't use my full strength. 'He's apologizing for the free-kick he just had, and he knows it's the kind of thing Mourinho hates the most, and in a way, it's against the professionalism of the players.

"I know, and so do I. Go rest, boy. Otherwise, that Brazilian might have scolded me in front of the TV. "Patting Lao Lei's head, Mourinho didn't scold. He understands Lao Lei's feelings, because this stadium is equally special to them.

When Lao Lei was about to walk to the bench, suddenly there was a Porto scarf, which was thrown down by an unknown Porto fan and fell in front of Lao Lei.

He leaned over and picked up the scarf.

Then, he hid it in his arms.

Deep!

Gently!! (To be continued......)