Chapter 108: The Decisive Battle (4)

After conceding again and almost 60 minutes into the second half, the tide was again tilted in Leiria's favour and Sporting Lisbon came to the brink of a cliff. After the goal, the whole of Leiria was once again in a clamour. After McCarthy scored, he passionately performed two backflips, and he no longer had the embarrassment and frustration of not being able to play in La Liga.

Jose Mourinho's goal meant he felt like he had even touched the league trophy with one hand, but the one-goal lead was the least secure one on the pitch. He took a few deep breaths to calm down and direct the team to play the last 20 minutes. He knew that the time had come for Sporting Lisbon to attack at all costs, and that it would be the time for Sporting Lisbon to counterattack at its worst.

However, in the stands, in addition to the fans of Sporting Lisbon, there were some people who were still calm at this time, and they were holding notebooks and quickly writing something. Some of them are from Manchester, London, some from Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and some from somewhere in Spain, including the assistant coach of the Portuguese national team. But what they all have in common is that the name Remayr is circled several times in their notebooks and marked emphatically.

In addition, in the box of the stadium, Bartolomeu was watching the ball with the president of Sporting Lisbon and officials of the Portuguese Football Federation. Seeing that his team was in a good situation, he got up and let Vito'o follow him to a secluded place outside the box. Asked in a cold voice, "How's it going?" Did he intend to renew his contract? ”

"Nope. Even though I raised my salary, I firmly refused. ”

"Humph! In that case, have you found a good reporter? I don't want unnecessary trouble then. ”

"No problem, I've already arranged it. As soon as he leaves office, the news will be in the newspapers. ”

At this time on the field, Leiria's players had to stop their celebrations when the referee stopped them, and it was obvious that they were still unsatisfied. Lao Lei thought about this game, it seemed to be easier than he imagined, and it seemed that the good things exchanged in the exchange system were not used. However, he soon changed his mind, and Sporting Lisbon, who launched the last attack, was not so easy to deal with.

After the resumption of the game, Sporting Lisbon began to make substitutions. Jardine replaced a centre-back and replaced a midfielder to strengthen the control of the middle and strengthen the attack. Jardim waved his right hand vigorously on the sidelines, signaling the team to press forward, as if he were a band conductor, directing the band to begin the most passionate performance.

Because the most defensive Lao Lei and Calaba are close to the wings to limit Quaresma and Xiao Xiaoluo, so after Sporting Lisbon strengthened their middle, Andre, the weakest of the three, began to appear to be more than capable of strength, and faced Sporting Lisbon's impact in the middle. In this way, Lao Lei and Calaba had to retract to the flanks to help Andre's defense, which led to the long-dormant Ronaldo and Quaresma coming alive again. This was the result of Sporting Lisbon's gambling substitutions, which of course led to a weakening of their defence. Now it's up to see who scores again first in this last fight.

Quaresma and Ronaldo were on both flanks, launching a decisive assault, simply and brutally attacking Leiria's wide defense with their own speeds. Due to the investment in attacking numbers, Leiria's defense began to struggle, and was beaten more and more inward by Sporting Lisbon, and even Hugo and Bruno came back to help defence, leaving McCarthy alone in the frontcourt. And because of Sporting Lisbon's overall decisive mental state during this time, every player of Leiria who gets the ball in the backfield will be interfered with like a mad dog by Sporting Lisbon players, and this kind of physical play in exchange for Leiria's counterattack was temporarily sealed.

'We can't be passive all the time, we need to play the ball up front a lot and we have too much pressure at the back. Maybe 10 of these counter-attacks will fail, but we need to put pressure on Lisbon defensively. Florno said with some concern about the situation on the field.

Theoretically, anyone knows how to do this, but the difficulty is beyond the reach of the commentators, journalists and fans on the sidelines. It's not Pro Evolution Soccer where you can control each player to play the ball as you wish. Leiria didn't think about trying to counterattack, but when the first pass was not good, the quality of the counterattack was destined to be high. Rather than play this kind of counterattack with a very low success rate, and then in turn be seized by Sporting Lisbon to counterattack, it is better to stabilize the defense first. Anyway, with this kind of intensity of attack, Sporting Lisbon can't last long. When they are exhausted, it is the best opportunity to fight back.

However, Sporting Lisbon's unreserved offensive firepower has exhausted Leiria's players, and Lao Lei has no time to fill in others' holes at this time, so he can only focus on his own defensive area. Sporting Lisbon has repeatedly played football into the danger zone of Leiria, and although Leiria is well controlled at the moment, it can be seen that the holes in Leiria's defense are being hit more and more by the desperate Sporting Lisbon. The current Sporting Lisbon is like a dying beast, and the beast at this time is the most terrifying and dangerous.

The Leiria fans in the stands raised their hearts to their throats again, and from time to time let out exclamations of surprise and rejoicing. Football is a sport that takes the heart into account, as it is now for fans of both Sporting Lisbon and Leiria. At this point in the bar in Leiria, the beer was temporarily put aside without the sound of cheerful drinking.

Lao Lei saw that the situation was not good, and thought of the card "fanaticism" he redeemed, which was to increase the excitement of the whole team, fall into a state of madness, and recover the best state he could achieve within 20 minutes. The side effect is that the player is in a state of frenzy, has reduced control over the movement of the body, and is easily emotionally agitated. In Lao Lei's opinion, this is simply the "Blood Demon Disintegration Dafa" in the martial arts novels in front of him, it is a double-edged sword, but this is a rare group effect. After the end of the game, Lao Lei didn't feel that his luck was so good every time, and he could just be near the place where the team's danger occurred, and he had time to remedy it.

He needs everyone's help, and when he thinks of it, he immediately starts the card "Mania". The effect was immediate, and Leiria's overall players were like chicken blood, and their speed and reflexes on the defensive end improved a lot. This temporarily stabilized the situation. In the Leiria half, the two teams were intertwined, with red and white being evenly matched.

At this time, a light rain suddenly began to fall, and slowly the rain began to become heavier. Soon the players on both sides were drenched in the rain, the jerseys were sticking to their bodies, the pitch began to get muddy, the sky was getting dark, and the stadium lights were turned on. Heaven seems to be building momentum for this decisive battle, and the battle in the rain will always have a tragic and romantic color.

Leiria's players, who were affected by the "Fever" effect, began to get bigger, and Sporting Lisbon's players began to get more and more taken to the ground. Lao Lei also expected this situation, and this is the time to see your luck and the home whistle.

However, the effect of "fanaticism" is obviously greater than Lao Lei imagined. Andre, the team's famous technical player, also began to tackle the players of Sporting Lisbon, and walked away with a vicious face, without the slightest intention of apologizing to the players of Sporting Lisbon. Leiria's players look like orcs in fantasy novels, and they are very fierce. In such a situation, the jerseys of the players on both sides were quickly covered in mud and looked very embarrassed.

The defensive actions of the Leiria players drew an outcry from the commentator on the Sporting Lisbon side: "What are they doing, is this a wrestling match?" The referee should show them a yellow card or a red card to warn them. This is tarnishing the charm of football, they are too savage. "Sporting Lisbon's players and Jardim have also complained to the referee many times, believing that the referee's penalty standards are too lax. Mourinho also wondered when his disciple had become so fierce, but as the manager, he still stood by the side of the players and fought with Jardim in front of the fourth official.

At this time, Lao Lei was a little uneasy in his heart, this rhythm was not right. After the rain for something, the emotions of his teammates seem to become more difficult to control. Lao Lei took advantage of the dead ball time when his teammates brought down the players of Sporting Lisbon again, and entered the system to take a look. A hint appeared: "Due to the unexpected rainfall, the emotional out-of-control state caused by the 'frenzy' is doubled." At this time, Lao Lei only has two words in his heart, is there still a fake and shoddy product in the system, where can I complain.

It's now the 85th minute of the game, and there are still two minutes and 20 minutes to go, and by this time Sporting Lisbon is basically powerless to attack. Lao Lei can only hope in his heart now that the game can pass peacefully, but the sky does not fulfill people's wishes.

It was at this point that Victor, around 24 meters from the goal, tackled Quaresma from the side and kicked him firmly into the calf. Holding her right calf, Quaresma fell to the ground screaming, looking in pain.

"Toot", the referee blew the whistle, ran to the place of the accident, and showed Victor a red card without hesitation. With almost eight minutes of stoppage time added to the closest, Leiria would have to settle with 10 men, and the race was once again at a turning point. And this is what Lao Lei has been worried about.

Victor, who was sent off with a red card, seemed to suddenly come to his senses at this time, covered his head, and couldn't believe what he had done. Although Leiria's players were agitated to surround the referee to complain, there was nothing they could do to change the result, as was the deafening boos at the Magalhays Stadium.

The reporters on the Lisbon side were excited, could this be a turning point in the overtake, there was still time for Sporting Lisbon to equalize or even overtake the score, especially against Leiria with only 10 men. "Victor was too impulsive and this red card could change the whole situation. The Lisbs themselves were on the verge of despair, but now they were ready to fight again. Florno couldn't help but blame.

At this time, Lao Lei ran up and hugged Victor, who was bowing his head in frustration, and said firmly: "We will win, Victor, don't worry." “

"It's up to you, Reima." Old Ray could clearly see the bitterness on his face.

Lao Lei's heart was full of guilt for Victor at this time, if he hadn't started the "fanaticism", maybe Victor wouldn't have taken a red card, even if he lost this game, he wouldn't be the "culprit" in the eyes of everyone. But now if the game is really going to be lost, Lao Lei can imagine what kind of infamy Victor will bear. And this is exactly what Lao Lei can't accept, because to some extent, there are more factors in it.

If you want to win, Lao Lei has one more reason to win in his heart.