It was mid-March 2003, and after a match against Sporting Lisbon, Porto won. However, back-to-back games wore down Porto's main players, and in the 22nd round of the game at home to Leiria, Mourinho fielded all the substitutes, several of whom were even selected from the youth team on an ad hoc basis. Facing such Porto, Leiria won 1-0 and picked up three precious points.

At this time, Leiria's head coach is no longer Wacker, and Farakau has faded out. This season's defending champion, Leiria, has fallen at a record rate. Not only did he not score a point in the Champions League, he was out of the bottom of the competition, but he also lost in the domestic league and the Portuguese Cup one after another. After a few changes, the new head coach has a clear goal of ensuring a certain level. After more than half a season of turmoil, Leiria's results have been hovering in the relegation zone, and the three points are precious to them at this time. Lao Lei, who was in the stands, saw the current situation of the Leiria team, and it was inevitable that he would sigh again about the impermanence of the world.

Four days after this match, Porto played the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup at home against Benfica. In addition to Deco in this game, Mourinho played the main force again. Jose Mourinho again played in a 4-5-1 formation, but Benfica were also prepared, and the two teams played a dull first half at the Stade d'Longs. Benfica was afraid of Porto's counterattack and did not dare to attack with all his might, but I don't know what Mourinho thought, seeing Benfica like Porto, he also calmed down, and there was no sign of pressing out.

However, at the beginning of the second half, Benfica was hit by Porto's thunder. It was thought that Porto would continue with the original strategy of Benfica. He was not prepared enough to be attacked by Porto who suddenly pressed forward. Lao Lei after breaking the ball in the front court. After a quick change of direction flashed past two Benfica players, he made a precise through thrust. Gave McCarthy a chance to strike the fatal blow. McCarthy didn't look any further, calmly slotting home into the far corner. Before Benfica's players were ready, Porto's blitzkrieg breached the door for Benfica.

What made Benfica dizzy was that Porto immediately reverted to a 4-5-1 formation after the goal, as if they were defending and counterattacking. Faced with such a situation, Benfica reluctantly pressed out. However, when Benfica pressed out, the outcome of the game was already sealed. In the following game, Porto once again took advantage of a counter-attacking opportunity to score a goal and won 2-0 against Benfica. Advance to the top 4.

So far, the top four of the Grape Cup have all been born, and among the top three of the Portuguese Super League, only Porto has survived, and Sporting Lisbon and Benfica have all been out. In addition to Benfica being eliminated by Porto, Sporting Lisbon voluntarily gave up the Portuguese Cup and focused on the league to ensure a place in the Champions League. Major bookmakers have lowered the odds of Porto winning the Portuguese Cup again after this game.

After this match, Porto welcomed the second leg of the Europa League fourth round knockout round against Denizlispo. Lao Lei's original sentence "I hope they have a good memory in Porto" was once again hyped by the media. In order to avoid accidents. UEFA officials once again came out to make statements that UEFA would absolutely punish violence, while also faintly criticizing some players for being aware of their public figures and not inciting violence. Everyone knows that this "some players" refers to Lao Lei, and some media interviewed Lao Lei about this. But Lao Lei is simply pretending to be stupid. Without answering directly, he said, "Really? There are such players. Can you tell me who he is? He's such a nice guy. This can be regarded as Lao Lei's succinct venting and retaliation of UEFA's decision to ban him.

Lao Lei's answer once again slaughtered the headlines of major websites. It's been a long time since European football has seen a player go head-to-head with UEFA. It has aroused great concern. Lao Lei's words directly turned UEFA into a party that criticized the "good guys". Very clever slap UEFA in the face. In addition to the fans' support for Lao Lei on major websites and forums, Lao Lei has also received the support of some big names. Among them is Maradona, a figure who has been unruly all his life. The polo king expressed his support: "I saw Remaia's statement and I support him. If there were fans who did this to my teammates, I wouldn't let them go, it's a friendship between the players. You can't expect the UEFA bureaucrats to understand the players. “

Seeing Maradona's support for himself, Lao Lei was a little flattered. After that copy, Lao Lei has been friends with Maradona for a long time, and quickly expressed his gratitude to Maradona in the media. And this has also become the beginning of Lao Lei and Maradona's New Year's friendship, and it has become a good story in football. This is a later story, anyway, this game, which has no suspense, has once again gained a high degree of attention. Everyone wants to see how Denizlispor gets "good memories" in Porto, but in the past two years, many people have suffered losses from the Turkish team, just waiting to see the excitement and get angry.

As soon as the whole team of Denizlispo got off the plane, the hospitality of the Porto fans began. They were harassed by the Porto fans all the time, and they didn't get a good rest at all, and some Porto fans even didn't know how they got the phone numbers of the Denizlispor players and harassed them all night long...... When I stepped on the field to train, I got a field like a swamp. In the face of such a situation, one of the protesters became Denizlispoo.

At the beginning of the game, Lao Lei sat in the stands and watched the game. Although Lao Lei and Deco were not on the field in this game, Porto was not weaker than the underdog in the situation. Porto once again put in a counter-attacking line-up, this time with two wings as the main starting point for their attack. In the face of Denizlispo's comprehensive pressure on the huge gap in the back of the field, Porto are comfortable on the counter-attack and can often create dangerous situations. In the end, Porto won the game at home with a score of 2:0, and eliminated Denizlispo with an aggregate score of 6:1.

However, what attracted the most media attention after the game was not the result and process of the game, but the qiē that happened in the stands. Before the start of the game, a surprising scene occurred when the on-site commentator introduced the list of Denizlispor players. Under the leadership of Lao Lei, the more than 5,000 fans in the stadium raised their hands and put out two middle fingers, in addition to boosing, and this situation will occur whenever a player Denizlispo fouls. The whole team was treated with more than 100,000 middle fingers throughout the game, and I don't know if this is a Guinness record.

After the match, Denizlispo left the Dragon Stadium with more than 100,000 middle fingers and immediately flew back to Turkey. The picture of the middle finger of the whole game at the Dragon Stadium also quickly spread on the Internet. Although some people criticized it and said that it had a bad effect, most people still accepted it with a smile. After this game, Lao Lei's maverick also left a deep impression on European football again.

After the match against Denizlispou, Porto's busy schedule also came to an end for the time being, ushering in a slightly easier time. But perhaps the old man couldn't see that Porto was safe, and just when the tide about Porto was about to pass, a news broke out that Porto once again became the focus of Portuguese media attention.

A Portuguese newspaper suddenly broke the news that Porto's Brazilian player Deco had successfully applied for Portuguese citizenship and had already received Scolari's approval for the national team. For a while, the whole of Portugal was arguing about the news, with some opposing and some in favor, but the opposition still accounted for the majority. Portuguese fans can't understand why Portugal's national team should be called up to Deco, and the runners-up in the '02 World Cup have made them very confident in the quality of their national team. Most people think that the national team has little influence with or without Deco, so why let Deco be an outsider to occupy the quota that should belong to the Portuguese.

The news caused a storm in Porto. Mourinho stepped up at this time and stood firmly on Deco's side, saying: "I can't understand why some people have such a big reaction to Deco's entry into the Portuguese national team. As Deco's manager, I believe he definitely has the quality to help Portugal get more honours and better results. As for the words of any outsider, it is simply bullshit, he is now a Portuguese citizen, not Portuguese, or something. Deco has been in Portugal for 5 years and it is undoubtedly his second home. I'm rooting for him! "Mourinho is one of the few people who has spoken out publicly for Deco at this time.

In fact, Lao Lei also wanted to come out to speak for Deco, but he was stopped by Mendes. After some understanding, he realized that this matter was not as simple as it seemed, it was deliberately arranged by someone, and this person was Rui Costa's agent. Deco's position overlaps with Rui Costa's, and there is bound to be a fierce battle between the two. I don't know if it was due to Rui Costa's age and injuries, etc., his agent was afraid that he would lose his position in the main force of the national team, so this time happened.

However, this is not what Lao Lei is most worried about, he is worried that there will be a big man in the Portuguese team who will take the lead in expressing his diswelcome to Deco, and things will not be simple at that time. With Rui Costa's popularity within the national team, it is not unlikely. A few days later, Ray's fears came true, and in an interview with the media, Figo made it clear that he didn't like to see Deco in the Portuguese national team.

Ray understands why Mendez stopped him. Don't look at Lao Lei, although he is known as the next generation leader of Portugal at this time, his prestige is still a cut below that of Figo. If he stands up and speaks, it will inevitably affect his affairs in the national team. And Lao Lei has a good relationship with Rui Costa and Deco, so it's hard for him to be caught in the middle.

These disturbing things made Lao Lei feel for the first time that playing football is not just as simple as playing on the field and training. (To be continued......)