Chapter Eighty-Eight: Cowboy
In the roar of the Porto fans, Porto finally scored another goal in the 73rd minute of the second half to extend the score. After Lao Lei won the ball in the backcourt, he stepped forward with the ball. Facing Benfica's defenders who were obviously hesitant to force up, Lao Lei unceremoniously accelerated forward directly, and broke through Benfica's first line of defense in the midfield in a simple and quick disguise. After coming to the frontcourt, he formed a connection with Deco, and the continuous two-to-two cooperation between the two helped Deco get rid of the defenders. And Lao Lei's appropriate through plug created an opportunity for Deco to dribble directly into the penalty area and face the Benfica goal head-on.
It's a pity that Lao Lei's teammate Canela in the national team did not give Deco this opportunity, but pulled Deco down at the edge of the penalty area, and did not allow Deco to enter the penalty area at the cost of a yellow card and a free kick. And Camacho on the sidelines was already looking at the situation on the field with a blank face, and in his heart the game was over. Because of the Benfica defense he built single-handedly, because of Lao Lei's direct and strong foot behavior of sending people off the field, he lost his belief in defense and has begun to slowly become useless. In a word, their courage was knocked out by Lao Lei. With Gomez not up for the task and Simão a little unqualified, there is no one to step up and re-energize this team, and Benfica lack a spiritual leader.
This free kick, Lao Lei and Deco stood at the penalty spot again. After the first few games, Lao Lei's free kick kung fu has been put on the list of studies and attention by various teams, and the possibility of an unexpected surprise attack in the game has become less and less. This time, after talking to Deco next to him for a while, both of them stood in front of the ball. Make a gesture of being ready to take the penalty.
For Benfica's goalkeeper, although noticing Lao Lei's free-kick. Eliminates the possibility of being fatal by a sudden blow. But to guess who kicked this free kick between Lao Lei and Deco is still a difficult problem for him to solve. With the referee's whistle. Ray and Deco both made their own free throws at the same time, and Benfica's wall jumped up to block the free-kick route.
At this time, the corner of Lao Lei's mouth showed a hint of triumphant smile, it was he who first touched the football, and this free kick was Lao Lei's penalty. However, the football he threw did not fly into the air, but flew directly to the ground. Although Lao Lei himself is practicing the free kick with the instep outside the spot, it does not mean that he will only use this trick brainlessly, in this kind of cleverness. His head is still alive.
The ball passes under the foot of the jumping wall and then moves straight towards the near corner of the goal. And Benfica's goalkeeper didn't think of this move at all, without the slightest defense. By the time he reacted and made a move, it was too late, and the ball had already rolled into the near corner of the goal. Benfica's goal was opened for the second time of the game, with Porto extending their lead at home thanks to a clever free-kick from Lao Lei.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! It's Reimaa again! Brace!! It's a smart free-kick, yes it's smart! It was a brilliant time difference, although the footwork was not spectacular. But it's the wisdom of football. Our Godzilla not only has great strength, but also has a quick wit. "Visually, the free-kick has no value. But it made the Porto fans in the stands shine and was a novelty. As the live narrator in Porto said. It's the embodiment of football wisdom.
The old Ray who scored twice wanted to show off his muscles on the stage, but his teammates didn't give him a chance. When he was about to take off his shirt, he was already crushed by them. Porto fans saw it. There was also a good-natured laugh. Fans will never get tired of watching their own team show unity. After all, there is only a united team. in order to obtain victory and honor. A team that has been disunited, although it may be a good performance in a single game. But it's hard to make a difference in a long season.
Taking the lead in the 75th minute of the game sounds like a solid win for Porto, especially now that Benfica's morale is still low. Maybe even Benfica's own side thinks so, except for one Simão. In the first half, Simão occasionally performed well, but in the second half, he was disgraced by Lao Lei and disappeared directly from the field. Such a performance was unacceptable for Simão, and the most important thing he learned from the gloomy morale of Barcelona was that perseverance, no matter what the circumstances, is only hopeful.
He brought that attitude to the playing field. At a time when almost all Benfica players have given up, Simão has not given up hope. The careless old problem of Porto's players gave Simão a great opportunity to show himself. In the 79th minute, when an attack by Porto ended with a shot from McCarthy that was deflected wide of the goal, the Benfica goalkeeper saw Simão raising his hand to ask for the ball and immediately kicked the ball towards Simão in front. Benfica's goalkeeper was too powerful, and Simão was already desperately gritting his teeth to accelerate, but he was still the first to be able to control the football by Valente.
However, Simão did not give up, but pounced directly in order to cut off the ball directly at Valente's feet, and then play an attack on the spot. And this time, God rewards hard work, and opportunities are always given to those who are prepared. Valente saw that the football was about to go out of the border, and he carried Simão who was pressing behind him, and wanted to give the ball directly off the sideline. Just as the ball was about to go to the touchline, Valente let up and Simão seized the opportunity.
The short stature became his advantage at this time. Simão swooped down and got under Valente's armpit to get under the ball before it could go out of the touchline. Valente was only busy going up at this time, wanting to physically squeeze Simão out of the sideline with the ball and prevent Simão from attacking. At this time, Simão's body and flexibility in his feet are once again revealed. In the face of Valente, he stretched out his foot and stabbed the football in his crotch. Then he turned 180 degrees and shook off Valente completely. Walked past him.
At this time, due to Porto's offensive pressure, the front line was too pre-examine. Leaves a lot of space at the back, and the defense is weak. Simao's move past Valente earned Benfica a great opportunity. Simão took the ball, cut horizontally into the penalty area, stopped and flicked, shook off the defending Costa, and immediately got up to shoot. This close-range shot left Baia with no choice but to watch the football fly into the net. With one of Porto's own mistakes. Simão seized the opportunity to pull a goal back just five minutes after Lao Lei's goal.
This goal made Mourinho, who was ready to replace part of the main team to rest, be furious and shook off the mineral water bottle in his hand. This goal will not only help Benfica recover a point, but also arouse the already lost desire to win of Benfica players, and will inspire them to give it a go. This not only made Mourinho's plan unable to be implemented, but also made Porto's three points in hand have suspense again.
Porto fans can't seem to believe the situation either. This made their already relieved hearts lift again, and they looked nervously at the situation on the field. And Valente, who is most responsible for the goal conceded this time, is also holding his head high, and it seems that he can't believe that he will make such a low-level mistake. Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, also knew that this was not the time to hold him accountable. It's about adjusting the mentality of the players and avoiding continuous mistakes. He moved Porto's line back 10 minutes from the bottom. Focus on consolidating the defense and then wait for an opportunity to play Benfica's counter-attack. You don't have to think about it to know the way. Benfica will definitely launch a desperate counterattack after the last 10 minutes. looked at Camacho, who was dancing very excitedly. Mourinho snorted with disdain and turned his head to stare at the situation on the field.
In the last 10 minutes of the game, this dull offensive and defensive battle suddenly ushered in the top management. Benfica pressed on it and played wide, not caring about its own defense at all, and pressed it all over the board. In the 84th minute, Benfica, who were attacking with all their might, bombarded the front field and allowed Gomez to find a chance to make a follow-up shot in the penalty area, but his follow-up shot was blocked by Costa on the goal line and missed a good chance to equalize. This shocked the Porto fans couldn't sit still, and they all stood up and watched the game in fear.
As for Porto, in the 86th minute, McCarthy's shot after receiving a long pass from Lao Lei was also defused by Benfica's goalkeeper with a world-class save, which made Porto's fans look up to the sky and sigh pity. At the beginning of the 87th minute, Benfica won three consecutive corners in the front, which made the Porto penalty area a storm and made the Porto fans scared and couldn't sit still.
When it came time for the final corner, Valente atonement for the ball from the penalty area. Outside the penalty area, Lao Lei relied on the superhuman speed at this time to grab the second landing point. Then Lao Lei started to move forward with the ball alone, because at this time almost all the players of Benfica came to Porto's half. When Lao Lei used a ball to divide and use his body to force Canella, there was only Benfica's gate and goalkeeper in front of him.
When Lao Lei was about to enter the forbidden area, Simão gritted his teeth and used up his last little strength, and caught up with Lao Lei with the advantage of absolute speed. However, Lao Lei only used a quick stop to smash the ball, and let Simao, who used the most difficult means, directly face Benfica's goalkeeper in the penalty area.
The Benfica goalkeeper opted to strike when Simão slid and the ball flew over his head and into the goal behind him with a light toe pick. 3:1, when the game was about to enter injury time, Lao Lei used a personal long-distance run to lock up the game.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! No more suspense! Without!! Victory belongs to Porto! Great Porto!! Oh God, hat-trick! Hat trick!! Thunderhorse uses a crazy hat-trick to knock down the eagle, or rather the birdie! A hat-trick at the back, it was a record-breaking performance anyway!! Unbelievable!!!! “
And Lao Lei ran straight to Benfica's bench after scoring a goal.
With a pistol in his right hand and a wicked smile on his lips, he pointed at Benfica's bench.
I made a shooting pose, 3 times.
Then he blew his index finger, which was not smoking, and made a gesture of inserting a gun.
By the way, he also held the non-existent hat on his head with his left hand.
It's like an American western cowboy.
And the corners of his mouth kept smiling evilly. (To be continued......)