The time came for Porto to play Nacional in the Portuguese Cup, at the Rui Alves Stadium, home of the Nacional team. Rao Mourinho was prepared for a tough battle before the game, but was still taken aback by the extraordinary stubborn resistance of the national team. Although it was a home game against Porto, the Nacional team was very self-aware to put on a 4-5-1 defensive counterattack. Let their sharpshooter Adriano burst forward alone to contain Porto's backline while also being ready to counter-attack.

In the backfield, Asunsan shouldered the important task of watching over Deco, in addition to the task of sorting out the attack of the national team. He is somewhat similar to Lao Lei's style of play, also in the back position, and the same need to strengthen defense and attack. However, compared with Lao Lei, Asonsang is currently slightly inferior in strength. Especially in terms of offensive ability, Asunsan's ability to dribble forward, organize, and score is not a little worse than that of Lao Lei, and he belongs to the type of team that stays firmly in the backcourt and remotely controls the team's offense.

After the start of the game, the two teams fell into a fierce contact battle in the midfield, and the battle for possession was fierce. On their home turf, the Nationals have played with the confidence they have had this season and have been very proactive in tackling tackles. Although Porto have a slight advantage in the control of the midfield, the advantage is not very obvious. The fouls of the players of the national team were resolute and did not give Porto a chance to organize with peace of mind at all.

This is not the biggest trouble for Porto, the most troublesome thing is that Deco is now entangled by Assunção. Asunsan's defensive style is very tough and ferocious, which is difficult to get rid of, and Deco will be taken to the ground if he succeeds in getting rid of it. There was no chance of keeping the ball in good hands. After the lack of Deco as a control point and a transit point in the front court, Porto's ball movement in the front court. There is a broken chain and stagnation. Time. Let Lao Lei only be able to increase the number of times he can insert forward and the range of running, and often have to participate in the team's organization in the midfield.

Now the way old Ray runs is a bit back to the feeling of when he was in Leiria, the whole race. After Porto had Deco, he rarely ran like this. And this is also what Mourinho means, one is for Lao Lei's physical considerations, this season's three-line operation, if you use such a way of running, Lao Lei will definitely not be able to persevere. In addition, it is also to reduce the dependence of the Porto team's old Lei. If only it was mixed in the Portuguese Super League. Naturally, this is not needed. But once it comes to the European competition, there will definitely be people who will limit Lao Lei, and then Porto will be choked. As a manager, Jose Mourinho has to think long-term, and it's too risky to never focus on one person, just like at a top European club. Form, injuries, ............., no player can stay the same for their entire career.

But this time. I can't care so much about it. Lao Lei stepped up at the right time and took over the tactical dominance of the entire Porto team. Although the national team is still stubbornly resisting, Porto is finally strengthening their midfield advantage little by little. In the 16th minute of the first half, Porto finally played their first threatening attack. Lao Lei stepped forward to the frontcourt. Receiving the ball that Deco finally passed back, he accelerated forward. In the face of the defenders pressed by the Nationals, a stumbling Marseille maneuver. It's not skilled, but it's enough to get rid of the Nationals' defenders. Passing maneuvers like Marseille slaloms. After the basic skills of Lao Lei dribbling, he can barely use it now.

In the process of using the Marseille maneuver. Lao Lei has been holding his head high, observing the situation around him. Speaking of which, this posture is still thanks to Redondo's edification. When learning from Redondo, the old Lei inadvertently learned Redondo's habit of dribbling the ball from his own body, and never lowered his head to dribble the ball. Although this action is not beautiful enough, it is surprising enough to use it on Lao Lei. In the past, although Lao Lei occasionally had wonderful achievements, Lao Lei still gave people a rough impression. Even if it is the only slightly fancy Φ trick that is used more, Lao Lei still can't fully grasp it, and can only use it occasionally. More often than not, Lao Lei still relies on cooperating with his teammates, or using his body to force food, and simple methods such as croquettes to advance.

So this time, Lao Lei used a Marseille slalom in actual combat, proving that Lao Lei's strength has improved again. Looking at the surprised expressions of the players of the national team, Lao Lei felt how happy he was, no wonder there are so many players who are keen to pass others, and the pleasure is not enough for outsiders. Even the commentator in Porto was a little surprised and said: "Marseille maneuver? Is this still Remayr? Is this simply Godzilla dancing? His expression was like that of a Chinese seeing Zhang Fei embroidering. Compared to other surprises, Mourinho was relieved. He has always known that Lao Lei is training his dribbling, and when he sees his disciple making progress, he is naturally relieved in his heart, and those sweats have finally become an actual performance that will not deceive people at this time.

After breaking through the first interception, Lao Lei directly advanced to the front of the Nationals' penalty area with the ball. He watched Maniche cut in on the left, then violently swung his right calf and picked the ball towards the middle of the box. McCarthy followed up in the middle with a well-timed jump and a tackle that flew under the Nationals' goalkeeper's arm and into the net. 1:0, Porto took a difficult lead over the national team.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ Reimaa and McCarthy's beautiful two-man offensive combination, Reima's previous beautiful Marseille maneuver to get rid of, and the most unscrupulous kick and unsightly assist, plus McCarthy's crisp finish. This goal highlights the tacit understanding between the two, and it is really a sexy attack. ”

After McCarthy scored this goal, Lao Ray himself was very excited. The assist was a testament to the increased ability of his individual players and the fact that his football journey had taken another step forward. In order to become a superstar, in addition to the necessary luck, you must have a strong individual ability. A player who can only survive in the system will never be able to become a superstar because he lacks the ability to turn the tide when necessary. Lao Lei's previous performance of turning the tide basically depended on the system's ability and props. But this time it proves that Lao Lei has taken another step forward in the development of his own strength. This is a sign that Lao Lei is beginning to gradually get rid of the influence of the system, after all, relying on himself is the most real. After all, no one knows how the Dao system came about. Then I don't know if it will disappear. In addition, the system is not necessarily all good. After such a long period of contact, Lao Lei deeply felt that the reputation of this unscrupulous system was not very good, and he didn't know where Lu Dao would give you a pit.

After returning to the game and restarting, the national team did not change their strategy and still fought back steadily, and Porto did not break the score again. After this goal, the national team took decisive fouls and did not let him advance at all. A couple of free kicks. Old Ray also did not succeed in kicking a dangerous outside instep free-kick. The score of 1:0 was maintained until the end of the period.

At the beginning of the second half, the Nationals relied on a surprise attack to score. A simple long pass after the kick-off made the Porto defense, which had not yet reacted, suffer a big loss. Costa's hasty header clearance, interfered with by Adriano, made a mistake. After the football hit the top of his head, it didn't pop out of the box, but instead wanted to fly in the box. Adriano, on the other hand, stepped forward smartly and easily got a one-on-one chance. At such a close distance, Baia had no choice. Just 3 seconds into the second half. The Nacional relied on Adriano's goal to get back on the scoresheet.

After the goal, Lao Lei and they haven't reacted yet, so they were scored? Even the fans of the national team did not react for a while. It was a few seconds before the Rui Alves stadium erupted in loud cheers. Mourinho was very unhappy, such a small mistake was not tolerated in his eyes. Even Costa is an old courtier of Porto. was also severely reprimanded by him.

The Nationals, who equalized the score, executed their defensive counter-attacking strategy more resolutely. And because of home field advantage. The referee also takes care of them. Make the Nationals players on the tactical foul above. I let go of my hands and feet, and I was very decisive. Porto's offense was cut into pieces by a succession of fouls. Although Mourinho was very dissatisfied and complained to the fourth official several times, there was still nothing he could do about the situation on the field.

In such a situation, feeling the difficult national team players around him, Lao Lei decisively increased the offensive proportion of long passes. Relying on McCarthy's fulcrum up front and his ability to play the ball, Maniche and Alenichev used their pace to impact the Nationals' defense. In this way, Porto began to attack frequently with two wings, although they did not form an effective attack. But in the face of the unreasonable and brutal onslaught of Maniche and Alenichev, the national defense became at least superficially unruly. Asunção also had to lighten his grip on Deco and focus part of his attention on defending on the wings.

And this is exactly what Lao Lei wants to see, taking advantage of the fact that the middle defense of the national team is slightly weakened. Lao Lei suddenly strengthened the penetration of the middle, and in the 67th minute of the second half, Deco finally had the first opportunity to perform in this game. After cooperating with Lao Lei's continuous collision with the wall at the front of the Nationals' penalty area, Deco finally shook off Asunsan's marking, and used a beautiful long-range shot to help Porto exceed the score again, and at the same time, he also gave a vicious breath.

This national team is a team with strong tactical discipline, even if they are led by Porto at this point in time, the overall pace is not inconsistent, and the overall defensive counterattack strategy is maintained. It wasn't until 15 minutes after the end that they were completely pressed out. Not only attacking, after the ball changed hands, the players in the front court formed a very tacit and active pressing, which made the players of Porto scramble. This trick is a sharp weapon to deal with others, and Porto himself finally tasted what it is like.

In the last 7 minutes, the National team even started a siege against Porto, and Lao Lei was nailed to the backfield to defend and resist the National team's most stubborn counterattack. Even so, if Adriano's header hadn't hit the crossbar in the 89th minute, the outcome of the game would have been decided.

Although in the end, Porto successfully advanced at the home stadium of the national team with a score of 2:1.

But the process of the game was not satisfactory to Mourinho. It wasn't supposed to be such a tough game, but in the end, it was Porto's players who were beaten lightly in the game. In response to this situation, Mourinho couldn't wait to criticize the whole team on the bus back.

The lion fights the rabbit and does his best.

What's more, Porto is not a lion.

Mourinho looked at the tired player and said: "And this has disrupted my plans." (To be continued......)