Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Picture Stands Still
During the short pre-match ceremony, Lao Lei seized the time to calm down his emotions. The silent welcome ceremony of the Leiria fans made him feel relieved and full of emotion in his heart. Compared to cheers and boos, this is the most acceptable way for him. At this time, Lao Lei was hurrying and shifting his emotions and attention to the game. Although he is inextricably linked with Leiria, when he comes to the game, Lao Lei will still go all out to win with the professional work ethic that a professional player should have.
On the sidelines, Mourinho received a brief cheer from the Lelia fans and came to the side to shake Wacker's hand. Unlike Lao Lei, Mourinho was still cheered on by the fans of Leiria. For Leiria's fans, Mourinho is more of a good manager and less emotionally connected to them. So for him to leave Leiria and go to Porto, the fans are also a little more emotionally acceptable. People go to higher places, and water flows lower places, which is applicable everywhere.
However, the cheers Mourinho received made one person unhappy, and that person was Wacker. From the very beginning of Jose Mourinho's arrival in Leiria, Wacker was full of hostility towards him, at first stealing Mourinho's position as manager, and then there was a little more jealousy inside. That's right, it's jealousy. Wacker, who is not very broad-minded, has never been able to accept the transformation of Mourinho from a translator in his eyes to a successful manager. Coupled with the doubts and ridicule he has received this season for leading the team, this unspeakable jealousy is even more serious.
And most of Leiria's starters before the game. After greeting Mourinho cordially, this jealousy erupted irrepressibly. He felt offended by his authority. His own players are so cordial with the opposing manager's manager that they ignore themselves. Isn't this a blatant way of telling people that they can't control the locker room anymore? However, there is nothing he can do about these players, because Leiria is the only one who can be of great use. Going against them would only hasten the end of Wacker's own coaching career in Leiria. Therefore, he sent these emotions directly to Mourinho without reservation.
Wacker put his hands in his pockets, looked at Mourinho in front of him proudly, waited for him to stretch out his hand, and then turned his head and left, trying to give Mourinho a dismount. looked at Wacker with a haughty look on his face. Mourinho had a contemptuous sneer on his face, and from the days before he arrived in Leiria, he knew what kind of goods he was. Originally, he wanted to shake hands with him for the sake of the Leiria fans, but now it seems that some people really don't know themselves. Glancing at the pretending haughty Wacker with disdain, Mourinho shook his head contemptuously and turned to walk towards Porto's dugout.
Looking at Mourinho's departing back, Wacker stayed for a few seconds. Then his face suddenly turned dark, he snorted coldly, turned around and walked to his seat, and said let's see. For this game that is related to their own jobs. Wacker finally abandoned the attacking strategy of the previous game and switched to the counter-attacking strategy of Mourinho's time. Or maybe it's just defense, no counter-attack. Because judging by the first few minutes after the start of the game, Leiria was simply unable to fight back. It's hard to stand up to Porto's attack. And this is still the result of Leiria's various foul tactics. This was also the tactical set-up of WACKER before the game. Fouls, vicious fouls. Although Leiria's players were not used to this dictatorial and stubbornly established Faracao as the core coach as soon as he took office, he also faithfully executed his tactics for the sake of winning the game.
The result was that Porto's players were brought down again and again on the pitch. After receiving the ball from Deco, Lao Lei was about to accelerate forward, but was pushed down by Caraba behind him. After the referee blew the foul, Lao Lei depressedly spit out the grass clippings in his mouth, and then Caraba's outstretched hand appeared in front of his eyes. Looking at the smug expression on Calaba's face, Lao Lei smiled bitterly twice, thinking that he really didn't spare his hand.
After Calaba pulled him up, Lao Lei just wanted to say a few words, but Kalaba didn't give him this opportunity, turned around and left. Lao Lei also knew in his heart that this was also a normal way for Leiria's teammates to win, and the foul was also very moderate, and he didn't mean to hurt himself. Thinking of Calabar's smug smile just now, Lao Lei's heart swelled with a hint of desire to win, and he said that he wanted to prevent me so easily, it was not so easy.
And all this situation, looking in Bartolomeu's eyes, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a smug smile. As the leader of the direct departure of Lao Lei and Mourinho, Bartolomeu has been questioned and booed no less than Wacker and Farakow during this period. He also came to the box at home to watch the game in person to show his support for the team as the chairman. Although the possibility of Zhilu Dao defeating Porto is very small, being able to see the scene of Lao Lei and Mourinho suffering can still make him smile. And his smiling face, which was also captured by the camera, appeared on the big screen of the stadium. Seeing Bartolomeu's smiling face, Lao Lei and Mourinho couldn't help but snort coldly. The fighting spirit in Lao Lei's heart became even more vigorous.
After the game restarted, Lao Lei significantly accelerated the passing speed between himself and his teammates, thus speeding up the passing speed of the entire Porto team. As the understanding with his Porto team-mates grows, this kind of fast passing can be played, and because of the player's individual ability, this speed is faster than in Leiria.
After speeding up the ball, Leiria's fouls and tackles in the backfield were obviously a little powerless, and he could only be helplessly led by Porto's pass. In the 21st minute of the first half, Porto managed to organise a brilliant and threatening short pass. After the formation was pressed, Porto's players played 18 consecutive short passes in front of the center with Lao Lei as the center, while Leiria's defenders did not touch the football at all. When it came to the 19th pass, Lao Ray followed Alenichev's pass and did not touch the ball, but turned and passed the ball directly. He sent a precise through ball to the feet of Deco, who pulled the edge.
After Deco chases the ball. There is no stopping of the ball, it is just a heel that goes straight back to the middle. Gave the old ray who stepped forward, and it was the twentieth pass. Deco's heel opened up space for Ray to handle the ball and pulled away from Leiria's defense. After Lao Ray took a few steps, he went straight to McCarthy's feet, and the tacit pass between the two of them easily cracked Leiria's anti-offside tactics. McCarthy, on the other hand, was not easy to handle the ball in the middle, surrounded by Leiria's defenders, and Laio was already sliding over. Blocked his shot. At this point, he opted for a cross knock on the left and gave Maniche to Maniche, who was already on the empty left.
At this time, Leiria's defensive strength had been pulled into the middle, and Maniche faced an unguarded left corridor. Faced with McCarthy's timely ball, he calmly pushed into the near corner, and Lemato, who had been dazzled by Porto's pass, was too late to react. Maniche's push rolled into the goal with precision against the post. In the 22nd minute of the first half. Porto gave Porto the lead on the road thanks to a delicate 22-footed pass that was completed by Maniche on the back of the net.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Pretty! Beautiful goal!! It's a work of art goal! My God!! A strong contender for the best goal of the season has emerged. Its author. It's the whole Porto team. In contrast to the excitement of the Porto commentators, the Magalhayes Stadium was a bit silent. On the other hand, there are also old Lei, Ivan, McCarthy and Mourinho, the old courtiers of Leiria, who invariably chose to remain silent. There was no celebration.
The whole Porto team understood them and didn't celebrate in a big way. They simply hugged each other. Leiria's players are also reluctant to accept the fact that they are behind. From this attack, they really felt the difference in strength. However, Wacker on the sidelines couldn't accept it, as if he had received a great stimulus, he came to the sidelines and shouted loudly: "What are you doing, foul, I don't know what the foul is, isn't it?" If you don't want to kick, give it to me. “
Looking at Wacker, who was in a state of rage, Leiria's players all turned their heads and ignored him. Even the Leiria fans who came to the home stadium felt a little embarrassed and home, wondering how they could have believed this idiot's rhetoric in the first place. Mourinho turned around directly, with a playful smile on his lips, staring at Wacker as if he were watching a circus clown show. However, Wacker's words were not listened to by no one, and Farakau, who was looking at Lao Lei jealously on the field, listened very carefully. Looking at Lao Lei, there was a cruel look in his eyes.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Lao Ray and Costa teamed up to easily cut off the ball at Farako's feet. Just as Lao Lei was about to start reorganizing the attack, he only heard a call of "be careful" in his ears, and then after jumping up like a reflex, he felt a huge force and pain in his ankle, and then he fell heavily on the grass. Holding his aching ankles, Lao Lei's heart was cold, thinking that he was fortunate to have jumped, otherwise he would have been seriously injured this time, and now he has no protection from the devil's flesh and blood.
The scene was in chaos, and the Porto players angrily surrounded Faracao in the middle. Leiria's players didn't like him either, but they were still their team-mates, and Ben pulled him out of Porto's players. At this time, Mourinho was like an angry lion, rushing to the fourth official on the sidelines to complain.
"Damn, what does he want to do? Tamar wants to get rid of my players. ”
"Please calm down, Mr. Mourinho."
"I can't calm down."
All this was met with smug sneers on the faces of Wacker and Bartolomeu. The Leiria fans, on the other hand, were a little overwhelmed, looking at Lao Lei who had fallen on the grass and didn't know whether to cheer or boo.
And Lao Lei was fortunate that the jump was not a big problem, and after the pain passed, he fought. The first thing that caught his eye was a smug smile on Farrakau's face. Looking at him, Lao Lei's eyes were full of coldness, and he knew that the other party was coming at his ankle, and the corners of his mouth also showed a sneer, and the smile made people's hearts chill.
I don't know if it's because this is Leiria's home stadium, and Lao Lei has no major incident, Faracau just got a yellow card that made Porto extremely unhappy. However, Farrakau didn't know what to say, behind him, Lao Lei showed the same happy expression as him, but there was a little more coldness in Lao Lei's joy.
In the midst of Porto's reluctance, the game resumed. In the 41st minute of the first half, Farakau received a ball from the Leiria player at the back. As soon as he turned around, he was facing Lao Lei, the long-awaited Lao Lei, the expression on Lao Lei's face was like a beast that had seen its prey, cold and terrifying. Farakau couldn't help but stop, and a few terrifying emotions inexplicably rose in his heart.
Facing Farakao, Lao Lei suddenly put away his defensive stance. Then he smiled gentlemanly and stood aside, raising his hand to signal that you could pass by at will.
This smile is a typical smile that doesn't smile, and Lao Lei is now like wearing a smile mask.
Old Ray's gentleman's smile turned into a demonic grin in Farako's eyes. He felt that as soon as he started, he would face the spikes that Lao Lei was sticking out from behind him, and the target was his ankle.
Without moving forward, Farakoshi said he would undoubtedly be the laughing stock of all of Portugal tomorrow. In the midst of this struggle and hesitation, he stepped on the ball and stopped, and froze for a while.
The offensive player stepped on the ball and did not move forward, while the defender stepped aside and motioned for the offensive player to pass by, looking undefended.
Such a strange scene suddenly silenced the entire Magalhayes Stadium.
The players on both sides also seemed to be startled, stopped, and looked at the strange two.
The whole stadium, as if the stop button had been pressed suddenly, the picture was still with a treacherous atmosphere. (To be continued......)