At this time at the Dragon Stadium, the 11th round of the Portuguese Super League Porto's home match against promoted Mamoreirense has reached the final stage of the first half. Porto, on the other hand, had already taken a 2-0 lead, scored by Maniche and McCarthy in the 7th and 29th minutes respectively.

Although promoted Mamoreirense put on a resolute stance at the Dragons, their resistance lasted only seven minutes. In the 7th minute, Lao Ray stepped forward and the defender with his back to Morerence received a pass from Kostiani. Old Rei caught the Morirense player behind him, raised his right foot and slammed it down against the football, making a gesture of accelerating forward and getting rid of it with speed. However, instead of knocking the ball forward with his right foot, he suddenly hooked the ball back from behind him with his right foot, and the speed of this time was very fast.

Morelens' defender's center of gravity has been tricked into moving to the right, and he has lost his center of gravity and the ability to continue defending. Lao Lei took the opportunity to move the ball forward with his left foot, accelerated to get rid of the defender, and continued to insert the ball forward. This passing movement was accompanied by a uniform exclamation from the stands of the Dragon Stadium.

"Reima, beautiful Cruyff turned! What a genius!! Beautiful, completely shook off the defenders of Moreirens. Reima continued to dribble the ball to the edge of the box, what would he do with it? Straight plug?! A straight plug as sharp as a scalpel! Benny! Single-handed!!

Shot! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！ The ball went in, calmly shot and dealt with. The ball rolled between the legs of the Morirense goalkeeper and into the goal. We were ahead on our home turf.

Nice offense. Reima's previous Cruyff turn away was undoubtedly the shining point of this attack. It's been a long time since I've been in the game. Seeing that Cruyff, who used it so skillfully, turned around. Since arriving in Porto, Reima has continued to improve at an excellent pace. It's hard to associate him with the rough-and-down Godzilla of last season in Leiria. Godzilla's foot skills have been significantly improved. Thankfully, he's in our squad at the moment and we don't have to worry about how to limit him. “

Cruyff's turn, named after the legendary Dutch superstar Cruyff, is simple and practical, but easy to learn and difficult to master. The hardest part of it is to maintain the coordination of the body in the process of doing the movements quickly, so as to ensure the smooth and coherent movements. Many people use this move, but Cruyff is an easy one to learn but hard to master. Very few people can achieve the effect of Cruyff's use when using this movement. This simple and practical action to get rid of. It is very effective against pressing defenses, and if used well, defenders can often shake off their center of gravity and lose their defensive positions.

Lao Lei was redeemed in the exchange system for this extraordinary action. During this time, Lao Lei was very interested in dribbling and exchanged a lot of dribbling skills, including the previous Marseille slalom. Among them, Lao Lei has the fastest grasp of this action, and some of the rest of the movements are slightly slower. This is because of the training through the system. Lao Lei's body is developing in the direction of perfect coordination in all aspects, which also corresponds to the conditions and requirements of Cruyff's turn. When Lao Lei used this action, although it was not up to the level of Cruyff, it was already relatively finely used.

At this time, on the big screen at the Dragons Stadium, there was also a replay of the footage of the old Ray using Cruyff to get rid of the Morirense defense. So that the fans at the scene can enjoy it carefully. Looking at Lao Lei, who had a calm face on the big screen, and used Cruyff to turn around and pass in style, the fans couldn't help but clap their hands in admiration. They are aware of the high-tempo confrontation in the game. How difficult it is to pass people so beautifully and calmly.

At the same time, this goal also opened the door to victory for Porto. In the 29th minute, the goal came again. This time, when Deco received Lao Lei's accurate pass in the front court, he gently pulled the ball and turned around. Burst into the Morirense penalty area. After getting to the vicinity of the six-yard penalty area, there was a sudden knock back, and Maniche, who was in front of him, received the pass. A low shot knocked on Morirense's door again.

The score of 2:0 remained until the end of the first half. In the second half of the game, Porto was counterattacked by Alenichev, received a through ball from Deco, burst into the penalty area, and the goalkeeper in the face of Moreirense scored another goal to set the score at 3:0. With this scoreline, Porto also beat promoted Mamoreirense at home and maintained their unbeaten record at home in the new season.

However, Morirense is just an appetizer, and the next game against Setúbal and Natal at home will be a certain test for Porto. The old and spicy Setúbal has always been a difficult bone to gnaw in the Portuguese Super League, and the national team that has emerged this season has already made Porto suffer a little in the Portuguese Cup.

At 6 o'clock in the evening six days after the match with Morirense, the 12th round of the Portuguese Super League match between Porto and Setúbal officially kicked off at the Bonfi Stadium, the home of Saibatur. The match started as Mourinho had envisioned before the game, and the two sides were locked in a scorching struggle. For any opponent, Saibatur's characteristic overall style of football is tricky, like a dog skin plaster, even if it is torn off, it still has a layer of skin. It's hard to eat Sai & Baal in one bite, and it always takes more effort and time to do it.

Setúbal is also one of the few clubs that Rai Rai takes seriously, apart from Benfica and Sporting Lisbon. When he was in Leiria last season, he played against Setúbal twice, which left a deep impression on Lao Lei, and also allowed him to accumulate some experience against Setúbal.

At the beginning of the game, Lao Lei began to use the ball to suppress Setúbal, slowly looking for opportunities in the positional battle, and was not in a hurry to score and take the lead. For an opponent like Setúbal, it is taboo to rush things. Old Ray was self-centered, dispatching back and forth between the left and right of the midfield, pulling Setúbal's formation and testing their defence. The pace of this game was slowed down by Lao Lei like this, which made the fans watching feel drowsy. It was in this way that Lao Lei wore away the attention of the Setúbal players, and it was not until the 29th minute of the first half that Lao Lei organized Porto to launch the first real all-out offensive offensive.

The game was almost half an hour away, and the football was almost all in control of Porto's feet, and the possession rate was almost seven or three. At this time, Lao Lei finally found a good gap, which was between Setúbal's left wing-back and central defender. After Lao Lei received the ball at this time, he suddenly accelerated forward with the ball, which caught Setúbal's defenders off guard, and he didn't completely keep up with Lao Lei for a while. After a one-two with Deco, Ray temporarily got rid of the defence and then made a precise long-distance through ball behind the left side of the Setubal defence.

Maniche quickened well and managed to get the ball ahead of the defender. Then he decisively got up and crossed to McCarthy in the box. McCarthy was pressed by a defender and a clever header flicked back, giving Deco a long-range shot from outside the box. And Deco's powerful volley also successfully opened the door for Setúbal.

After taking the lead, Lao Lei and his Porto teammates shamelessly brushed up the possession on someone else's home field, and did not wait for Setúbal to press out, just did not attack. It wasn't until the 67th minute of the second half that Setúbal could not help but finally force it out. And in the 76th minute, Porto successfully seized the opportunity to play a quick counterattack and extend the score. Old Ray, Deco, McCarthy, three people two-footed passes, one shot, completed a classic quick counterattack.

In this way, Porto won the difficult Setúbal with a score of 2:0 away from home, and removed a big stumbling block for their half-way championship journey. Despite the lethargy of the whole game, Porto still got the three points, and that was the most important thing.

Before facing Benfica, there is only one opponent left. Before the game, the two teams also broke out a war of words, and the whole national team expressed their dissatisfaction with the defeat in the Portuguese Cup, and they came to revenge Porto away from home. Mourinho, on the other hand, was very succinct in saying that the referee should control the enforcement of the game, knowing that this is the Porto Dragons Stadium, not Braga. The implication is that the referee should pay attention to Braga's defensive movements, the last time they relied on home advantage to be so unscrupulous, but this time it was at our home stadium in Porto, and it is impossible to say that such a thing will happen again.

Mourinho's words really made a difference in the game. The referee's enforcement in this game was very strict from the beginning, and he was very strict with the defensive movements. Under such a scale of law enforcement, the defense of the national team seems to be constrained, and they cannot play their fierce defensive characteristics. Porto, on the other hand, seems to be like a fish in water, although there are fierce people such as Lao Lei in the team, but in the face of the national team, they will rarely be the defensive side, and most of them are the attacking side that dominates the ball.

In such a situation, Porto broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute of the first half with Lao Lei's direct free kick and took the lead. This time, Lao Lei used his own free kick with the outside of his instep on the spot. With the superposition of training, Lao Lei's free kick kung fu is also slowly improving. You must know that Lao Lei has to practice for several hours every day for free kicks, whether in reality or in the system.

And this goal also became the only goal of the game. The attacking staff in the front court didn't seem to have shooting boots on goal today, and they frequently missed good opportunities. Thankfully, Ray's goal was enough for them to get three points and secure a halfway title for Porto.

At the same time, Porto also warmed up for themselves with three consecutive wins during this period.

Waiting for Benfica's challenge at home.

Of course, before the game, there is also a lot of chatter. (To be continued......)