Chapter 54: This is Godzilla!
At halftime, Lao Lei's half-court straight plug was frequently replayed by major TV stations. This makes the fans in front of the TV sigh every time they watch it. On the Internet, the video of this pass has long been clicked by netizens frantically, and more and more people have begun to talk about this pass. A netizen also uploaded a classic pass of Rui Costa during his time in the Fiorentina team, and compared it with Lao Lei's pass. In the video, Lao Lei's passing action and line selection are simply a copy of Rui Costa, which attracted a lot of Rui Costa fans to comment and watch.
Of course, Lao Lei didn't know all this. There was a relaxed atmosphere in the dressing room in Leiria, even when they were equalised by Sporting Lisbon in the first half, which was a big change from before the game started. The first half of the game gave the players confidence and won confidence.
Mourinho was also in a good mood, and even joked with Old Ray: "Reima, that goal in the first half, I thought you were possessed by Rui Costa." Well done, you scared everyone. ”
"I'm indeed possessed." Lao Lei answered honestly, and was despised by all the Leiria players, they Lao Lei is pretending to be forced, Rui Costa is really in the prime of life, the soul is possessed, then there must really be Rui Costa's soul. It's only that Lao Lei usually leaves a bad impression, and it's rare to tell the truth once, and no one believes it. Looking at the people who obviously didn't believe it, Lao Lei could only sigh in his heart that he was really on the road to pursuing the truth, full of ups and downs and incomprehension, and life was really lonely like snow.
In the dressing room, Mourinho made a change to the tactics: "In the second half, Reima you have to increase your running area, and you have to connect the back, the midfield, and the front by yourself. Sporting Lisbon can't ignore your threat of long balls, their defence will stretch apart, take advantage of this opportunity to play more short passes, control the tempo of the field, and don't let Sporting Lisbon play their best attacking form. When Sporting Lisbon can't hold their breath, they must make a decisive long pass and kill with one blow. “
Defensively, Raio continued to defend tightly against Jadel in the second half. Then your defense in the second half shifted to the middle, and it was clear that Sporting Lisbon's wide players were a little out of shape today. Of course, in the second half you have to increase your range of movement, you have to go to the flanks to help defend, and defensively Rema will support you more in the second half. When Godzilla was most threatening, it was in the second half, especially in the second half. “
"Alright, go and defeat them. We're a strong team, tell the shit media about that. “
In fact, in Mourinho's heart, this game has been played so far, and it is five or five. This is also based on the fact that Lao Lei's play was as good as in the first half, and in any case, Sporting Lisbon's overall strength and individual ability are a cut above Leiria, especially at home. Sporting Lisbon, who were unwilling to settle for a draw in the second half, will surely have a frantic comeback, which will be the biggest test of the season for Leiria's defence. And Mourinho's other concern is that Leiria's offensive ability has never been very stable against strong teams, especially in the game against the big three, to a large extent, relying on Lao Lei's unexpected performance. For Leiria to win this game, in Mourinho's view, it depends largely on how well Lao Lei, the X factor, will play.
At the start of the second half, Sporting Lisbon began to attack wildly. This made Leiria's defense stormy, so that Lao Lei had no chance to organize an attack at all, and he had to put himself into the defense as well. However, Sporting Lisbon's attacking idea is very firm, and once the goal is conceded, it will start a frantic pressing in Leiria's half, and with a lot of physical exertion, Leiria has no chance to win the ball or counterattack.
In this case, Lao Lei can only spare no effort to make up for the holes in the defensive line in his own half, breaking the ball, sliding tackles, and pressing, Lao Lei is like a busy bee. On one occasion when Jadel shook off Laio, Lao Lei was unable to directly knock over Jadel to prevent him from entering the penalty area and received a yellow card. Although this free kick did not allow Sporting Lisbon to score, Lao Lei felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart, he could feel that his teammates were about to be unable to support it, and they were about to reach the limit, and the defensive pressure was too great.
Mourinho on the sidelines was also surprised, he didn't expect Pinto to be so aggressive. In Mourinho's view, Sporting Lisbon's goal is simply to take the lead in the second half and grasp the strategic advantage. At that time, Leiria, who is not good at attacking, will lose the tactical initiative and will have to increase his efforts to attack. This is a very risky tactic, because this kind of pressing will consume a lot of physical strength, and if it can't last long, there will be a high risk. Now at this time, it depends on which of the two sides can't hold on first.
Unfortunately, in the end, Leiria couldn't hold out first. Sporting Lisbon's aggressive tactics were a success. At 60 minutes, they finally got on the scoresheet. There was a certain amount of luck with the goal, it was a line-changing goal. Sporting Lisbon's Carrillo got the ball cleared by Laio at the front of the big penalty area, and the players of Leiria who were not guarding around him, at this time Lao Lei was still about 6 meters away from Carrillo, and it was impossible to make up for the defense.
Carrillo shot straight from distance, and Ben, who pounced on it, barely lifted his foot to block the shot. However, Carrillo's long-range shot was powerful and Ben's toe touched the ball but did not deflect it away from the goal. Lemato was not prepared for this situation at all, and he had no time to adjust his center of gravity as he had already moved. Eventually, Carrillo's shot bounced off the bottom right corner of the net.
Sporting Lisbon finally took a 2-1 lead at their home stadium, and fell behind in the 60th minute at Sporting Lisbon's home stadium, which was bad news for Leiria. The fans in the stands erupted in the loudest cheers of the day, and it was the first time that their team took the lead of the day. And the fans know what this goal means, and the balance of victory is tipped in Sporting Lisbon's favor.
After Pinto scored, he immediately began to make substitutions, making two substitutions in a row. Goal-scorer Carrillo was also replaced, and it seems that Pinto is not going back and he will continue to put enough pressure on Leiria's defence. And Mourinho has not made personnel adjustments, the key is that there is no one to change, and the field is already the strongest squad at present. Mourinho did not show the regret in his heart, and came to the sideline to make a gesture of attacking and pressing, while shouting: "Reima, attack." Attack and go out, according to the tactical arrangement. “
Old Ray heard Mourinho's shouting and nodded at him. With his hands on his hips, his eyes were on the goal of Sporting Lisbon. After all the kick-offs, Leiria pressed frantically, and Sporting Lisbon, which had a large physical exertion, decisively recovered, leaving only 3 players including Jadel to attack in Leiria's half, so that Leiria's defense did not dare to press wantonly to help attack.
The running speed of Lao Lei, who turned on the devil's muscles, was obviously not able to keep up with the Sporting Lisbon players who had greatly consumed physical strength, and Leiria's running ball was smooth, and the ball possession rate was already rising. However, at this time, Sporting Lisbon's heritage as a Portuguese Super League powerhouse began to show. Although Sporting Lisbon has played an offensive style this season, the ability and experience of the players made them look calm and even comfortable in the face of Leiria's attack, and they did a good job on the defensive end, without giving Leiria a good chance.
Leiria is a team that doesn't have offensive strengths, so they will have a big lack of attacking ability. This problem will not be obvious against the underdogs, but it will be evident against the strong teams. When the overall technical ability is not enough to help them break through the opponent's defense, the lack of star players to step up is the weakness of all small teams.
And at this time, it was Mourinho who was thinking in his heart, it depended on whether Lao Lei played unexpectedly at such a time. In the face of Sporting Lisbon's tight defense against him, Lao Lei has no good way to do it for the time being. After all, he will not have enough good luck at any time.
There was no possession of the ball and no real threat to Sporting Lisbon. On the contrary, Lisbon's occasional rebounds scared Leiria's players into a cold sweat. In the 68th minute, the players of Sporting Lisbon cut off the ball at the feet of Ugo and immediately counterattacked.
The Lisbon player up front fought for the first point of a long pass and cleverly flicked a header to Jadel who was cutting forward. Jardel got a large amount of room to move forward, but fortunately, Jardel's skills were not excellent, and the speed of dribbling was not very fast, and he was chased by Lao Lei, who quickly returned to defense, and used his own strength to hit Jardel to lose control of the football, thus destroying this counterattack.
Then on 75 minutes, it was Jadel again. This time he received the ball closer to the penalty area. Sporting Lisbon's two new attacking players played a beautiful one-two. He then played the ball to Jadel, who this time did not attempt to dribble, but shot straight to the far post before Raio could pounce. This time, Lao Lei was too late.
Lemato, who was standing near the post, moved a few steps to the back post with some panic, then jumped up with all his might, and then stretched out his hands as far as he could. This time, Lemato made a meritorious move, and after his fingers touched the football, the ball hit the top edge of the crossbar and went off the baseline.
Sporting Lisbon fans let out a chorus of sighs of regret, with Pinto and Jadel both clasping their heads in their hands. It would have been a winning goal, if it had been scored. And Leiria's side is naturally a sense of happiness for the rest of his life. Especially Lao Lei's heart almost burst, his heart said that it was okay, there was still hope for his life, and his back was full of cold sweat.
Sporting Lisbon also had a corner kick opportunity, which allowed the Lisbon personnel to come to the Leiria penalty area with a few more or less men. This is an opportunity and a challenge for Leiria, as long as it is defended, it is a good opportunity to counterattack.
The corner was spotted too close to goal by Lemato, who raised his fists and knocked the ball out of the box. At this time, Lao Lei was like a hungry dog that saw a meat bun, and rushed to the football that flew out of the penalty area. Outside the penalty area, there are players from Sporting Lisbon who want to unload the football with their chests, and at this time, Lao Lei, who is already desperate, rushes directly towards the football, his head sticks out, and there are some devils who protect him, and Lao Lei has no taboos.
This Sporting Lisbon player, when he saw Lao Lei, who looked fierce because of his desperate face, felt a chill in his heart and hesitated. It was this hesitation that made Lao Lei's head take the lead in touching the football. The football flew past the side of the Sporting Lisbon player, and Lao Lei relied on his increased speed to bypass the opposing player and chase the football with his big foot.
At this time, Lao Lei found that he had no teammates by his side, and he was ruthless, your grandfather's, I will come by myself. Lao Lei used his speed to touch the football first, facing the defenders who pounced. Lao Lei kicked the ball far away again, and he decided to use his speed to grab the opponent. Obviously, at this time, Lao Lei's speed is faster than the players of Sporting Lisbon who are defending in the backfield, and these Sporting Lisbon players have consumed too much physical strength to press at the beginning of the second half, and they are already a little unable to keep up at this time. Moreover, the first half of this game was not slow.
Lao Lei didn't even give the opposing player a chance to pull himself, and with a wave of his hand back, he knocked off the opponent's hand. There are only two Sporting Lisbon players in front of them. At this time, there was a lot of boos on the field, and it was a crisis moment in Lisbon. The two players came up, and Lao Lei, who is currently lacking in skills, only saw a gap between the two.
Narrator: "What will Remaia do, this time he will have to rely on himself, his speed is simply faster than at the beginning of the match, terrible physicality. Oh, and he still wants to pass the ball. Ah, it's a pity that the defenders have seen through his strategy and closed the door. This time Leiria's counterattack was also ......... Wait, what do I see, God. Aliens have arrived! No, no, it's Godzilla who has arrived!! Godzilla !! Godzilla crashed straight into two defenders. One-on-one! One-on-one!! Is it a hero or is hope dashed?!! ”
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Nice hard volleys, perfect solo savior. A man who surprised everyone and scored a goal that surprised everyone. This is the most perfect embodiment of individual heroism, Godzilla descends. This is Godzilla! This is Godzilla!! This is Godzilla!! This is Godzilla!!! ”