Chapter 159
The game has been played so far, those who hope that Lao Lei will stumble and watch badly have been disappointed, no matter what the final result of the game is, Lao Lei's comment on the return of a king is indispensable. For Marseille, the goal conceded so early was also unexpected. As a team that has to play defensive counter-attacks, conceding a goal too early can be fatal for them, and Marseille is like that. Lao Lei's goal made the Marseille players think inconsistently, some want to hold on until halftime, and then listen to the manager's deployment, while others want to try their best to equalize back. When a team doesn't think the same thing, you can't expect that team's defence will be tight and leave no holes for the opponent.
After the game restarted, Lao Lei also recovered from the joy of scoring goals and began to return to his original style of play. A momentary mood will be understood by others, but it is not good if you don't know how to advance or retreat. Seeing Lao Lei's return to normal play, Deco and others were also relieved, although they understood, it was not good to completely become a spectator on the field. At this time, Mourinho on the sidelines also breathed a sigh of relief, and Lao Lei's appearance made him believe that he had returned to normal and sorted out his emotional problems.
Marseille's manager, on the other hand, was not so good, and the situation on the pitch made him tremble. He rushed to the sideline and yelled loudly, trying to unify the tactical thinking of the players on the field again. However, the Porto fans did not give him this opportunity, and at the same time, the loud cheers of the Porto fans completely drowned out his voice, and the players on the field could not hear what he was saying at all. And now that the game is going on, he can't call the players to his side to teach them face-to-face. You can only do it on the sidelines.
On the field at this point, Marseille plays a bit like a headless fly. It's neither like holding on, nor like fighting back with all your might. It became a four-like situation. This is undoubtedly the best situation for Porto, and Marseille will not be any threat to them at all. Drogba, who was brilliant in the last meeting, also became isolated because he didn't have too much support from his teammates, and it was good to say that he had a Magath next to him in the last game, but this time he was really the only Marseille player in the frontcourt.
Lao Lei was in the midfield position and began to dispatch on a large scale to pull Marseille's formation and look for loopholes in their formation. For Marseille who are playing around. This kind of calm style of play is the most fatal, if they fight chaotically, they may still have the strength to fight. But in the face of such a clear tactical adjustment, they could only exert 8 percent of their strength, and once again dropped to about 6 percent of Cheng Dù.
In the 24th minute of the first half, the back and forth of the tonguò quickly sent back and forth, and Marseille's defensive formation was leaky. Lao Lei saw the opportunity to directly play a long-distance straight stopper, directly hitting the rib gap between Marseille's left wing-back and central defender, and hitting them behind them. By the time Marseille's left wing-back came back to catch up, he was already one step slower than Alenichev, who had already picked up. was eaten directly by him with speed. After Alenichev took control of the football, he took a step inside and knocked it back to the edge of the penalty area. After Deco made a shooting gesture, he tricked the Marseille centre-back. Marseille's penalty area is empty. Then he made a direct cross and found McCarthy in the box. Accelerating one by one, he dodged the close-fitting centre-back and made space to shoot. McCarthy fired a cool, low-angle shot through the Marseille goalkeeper at the same time. It also penetrated the gates of Marseille. With less than 30 minutes into the game, Porto were already leading by two goals at home.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! After successive inverted feet. Suddenly pick up the tempo and hit the holes in the Marseille defence. Concise, fast, every link is perfect, and in this Porto, you can already vaguely see the figure of a strong team. This is normal Porto and I can already happily announce Godzilla's official return. “
The team's performance has convinced Porto fans that another victory is coming, and now the only thing they have to do is cheer and cheer for their impact. And on the field, the fact that Porto scored two goals in a row seemed to blind the Marseille players. They came with the determination to fight to the death, but they didn't expect to get such a bad situation. Before they could fight hard and use 10 points of strength, the game was almost over.
The head coach of Marseille didn't care about criticizing anyone, so he quickly called his captain to his side and asked him to motivate and adjust the psychology and emotions of the Marseille players. At this time, he didn't think about winning, but at least he couldn't lose too ugly. Although Marseille is at the bottom of Group F at this time, even if they lose this game, it is still uncertain whether they will miss out on the UEFA Cup. What he wants his players to do now is try not to concede too many goal differences, and in the end that is the key to whether or not they can play in the UEFA Cup.
After the game restarted, the Marseille team, which received instructions from the manager, cheered up and began to defend in full force, and Lindrogba returned to the midfield to help the team defend, striving not to concede goals at least in the first half. In the face of the Marseille team that could not hold out, Porto, under the organization of Lao Lei, launched several waves of offensives in a row, but they were helplessly blocked by the Marseille team that was fully defending.
In the rest of the first half, McCarthy's shot in the 37th minute of the first half was undoubtedly the most threatening, but it was also a pity to miss the goal. At the front of the penalty area, after receiving the ball from Lao Lei, Deco faced the dense Marseille penalty area, and directly kicked a long shot. The ball hit Marseille's defenders, changing the line, and although the speed was slow, it was better at the angle. But it was a pity that the Marseille goalkeeper, who was very focused, tried his best to get the football out of the goal line, and then McCarthy followed up with a follow-up shot, but in the face of the empty goal, he put the anti-aircraft gun in a big way, and missed the goal.
After this attack, Lao Lei deliberately slowed down the pace of the game because of time, and directly dragged the time to the end of the first half of the game. In the dressing room in midfield, Mourinho praised the players' performance in the first half, and also asked the players to try to play as much as possible in the second half, and there is no need to continue to attack with all their might. If you provoke the anger of Marseille and cause injuries, it will be more than worth the loss, and the score will be enough to ensure victory.
After the start of the second half, Lao Lei followed Mourinho's instructions and began to play the control ball. Seeing Porto's style of play, the manager of Marseille also breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that it seems that the other party has no intention of killing them all. Porto fans, who watched the wonderful first half, were a little unaccustomed to the dull slow pace of the second half for a while. If they hadn't confirmed that they were sober, they would have thought that they had watched two different games, each with their own halves, and the rhythm was simply two extremes.
Seeing that Marseille was not moving, Lao Lei and his teammates were happy to brush the ball possession. It wasn't until the 60th minute of the second half that Porto began to slowly try to push forward, lest the scene be too ugly. In the Marseille half, the tactics of breaking the dense defensive line of the half were practiced. In the 65th minute of the second half, Lao Lei got in touch with Deco and others, and played a series of quick kicks in the front court, breaking through Marseille's defense. In the end, Lao Lei sent a through ball from outside the box, passed through two Marseille players, and came to the feet of Maniche, who was diagonally inserted into the box. Although Maniche didn't score with a push that went wide of the goal, Porto were not too much of a pity.
Maniche and Ray expressed their regret for the attack in a playful way, and Maniche spread his hands regretfully at Ray and shrugged his shoulders. And Lao Lei shook his finger in a funny way, deliberately making a contemptuous gesture. Seeing each other's posture, the two of them couldn't hold back in the end and laughed. This relaxed interaction between the two also made the Porto fans in the stands laugh good-naturedly.
Just when Porto was practicing their offensive tactics smoothly, Marseille also played a few good attacks, which were a few bright spots in this game. In the 70th minute of the second half, Marseille won a corner in front. In the battle for a corner, Drogba once again beat Costa for the top spot, flicking his header to his team-mate at the top of the box. With a powerful shot, it was also of good quality, but it was blocked by a quick side save from the attentive Baia and did not score.
The game has become good again so far, and the two sides have also let go a little in the final moments, giving the fans a wonderful last 10 minutes of the game. However, neither side changed the score again, and the score of 2:0 was maintained until the end. Lao Lei had a high-quality heavy cannon shot at the goal before the end, but unfortunately he was blocked by the post and missed a good opportunity to score a brace. However, this did not prevent Lao Lei from successfully winning the official award of the match after the game, and overall it was an excellent return performance. In this game, the haze that Lao Lei had been shrouded in his heart for a period of time began to dissipate.
But one thing that made Lao Lei very puzzled was that when he stepped forward to ask Drogba for his phone number, Drogba's expression seemed to him very suspicious, he was afraid, and after he was sure again, there was nothing wrong but naked fear. After Drogba struggled for a while, he didn't want to sweep Lao Lei's face in person, and finally reluctantly gave his number, but when he turned around to leave, he left a sentence that made Lao Lei puzzled for a long time, "Actually, I don't use my mobile phone much." “
For this sentence, Lao Lei thought for a while and didn't get an answer. Then the reporters surrounded him, and he put the problem behind him and dealt with the problems of the reporters in front of him.
In the newspaper the next day, Lao Lei's shirtless kneeling celebration picture became the most used photo, and the title was similar.
"Godzilla is back, the dragon is crazy!!" (To be continued......)