Rhythm is a very important factor in football games, and it is most appropriate to describe it in a sentence of Mao Taizu, that is, "you hit yours, I hit mine". Each team has its own rhythm, and only in its own rhythm can the strength of the team be fully played. The so-called control rhythm is to use guò ball control, counterattack, foul and other means to disrupt the opponent's rhythm and pull the opponent into his own rhythm. To put it in a slightly humorous way, a fool will first lower your IQ to the same level as him, and then use his experience to beat you.

When it comes to controlling the rhythm, we have to talk about the change of rhythm. In football, the rhythm is not always in the same key, it can change from time to time. And the initiative of this change is often in the hands of the party that controls the rhythm. Rhythm change is a very useful means to break the opponent's defense line at the necessary moment, when the opponent is accustomed to the rhythm on the field, because of the initiative, with a sudden change of rhythm method, to hit the opponent by surprise, and this can often achieve good results, commonly used means are suddenly speeding up the rhythm, suddenly full counterattack, etc. And what Lao Lei is doing now is to change the rhythm on the field.

After the restart, Porto's attacking tempo suddenly increased, with a noticeable increase in the speed of passing and the speed of running. The Marseille players, who had not yet recovered from the joy of the equaliser, were clearly ill-prepared for this, and their defence looked a little wolf in the face of Porto's accelerated attack. In the 41st minute of the first half, Lao Lei made a quick pass with Deco in the front court, and soon passed the football to the hinterland of Marseille. This caused a panic in Marseille's defense.

Lao Lei suddenly dribbled horizontally at the edge of the penalty area and knocked the ball with a hidden heel. Sending a football into the Marseille penalty area between the Marseille defenders. McCarthy was the first to get the pass on with a clever run, but he didn't have a good shot when he was surrounded by Marseille players. So he chose to flick the outside of his left foot and distributed the ball to Maniche, who had already slotted diagonally into the box. And Maniche just in time for the Marseille central defender's tackle to come over, directly with a low shot into the near corner of the goal. At this time, the goalkeeper of Marseille immediately pounced sideways, but after all, it was not too late, and the football flew into the goal in the near corner. Just five minutes later, Porto had taken the lead again, showing Mourinho's calm, steady character since becoming manager.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ Ma-Ni-Che!! Porto put the score out of the scoring again, in front of us. The joy of the Marseille only lasted 5 minutes! Maniche's calm appearance in the penalty area deserves to be commended. But let's not forget McCarthy's unselfish ball and Reima's creative back-heel split at the edge of the box. “

Marseille fans, who have not yet recovered from the excitement of the equaliser, suddenly feel like they have been poured cold water from head to toe. You must know that it is already October 23rd, but it is not the hot summer of May and June, and it is not a thing to enjoy being poured cold water in this kind of weather. As soon as the equaliser was scored, it was immediately overtaken again, and the gap between them made the Marseille fans forget about it for a moment and boos the Porto players who were celebrating in the Marseille corner. Mourinho on the sidelines was also excited to show his chic kneeling skills again when he saw this goal, and compared to the lead of the score, this goal was a blow to Marseille's morale. It's what makes him happier.

The Marseille players didn't seem to be able to accept the goal all of a sudden, and stood in place. Such frustration is bad on the football field, and the reason why the Germans have been able to stand tall in world football is because of this perseverance that never falls. Frustrated players are not combative. When a team is in a frustrating atmosphere, it is most likely to concede goals. It's the same situation as Marseille now, after the restart. Marseille came close to suffering another fatal blow.

Lao Lei saw the current problem of Marseille players, and immediately led his teammates to continue to press on Marseille's players to maintain the pressure just now. Marseille has not yet come to his senses. There was a mistake and Marseille's midfielder was under pressure from the old ray. There was a mistake in the busyness, a wrong pass, and Deco on the side seized the opportunity to cut it off smartly. Then Deco immediately took the ball and began to cut forward, and Lao Lei also put down Marseille's back and pulled it to the side, ready to support at any time. Marseille's back line was clearly ill-prepared for the mistakes of their own teammates, and the defensive arrangement of the back line looked a little panicked.

Deco's shot from the edge of the box was denied by their centre-backs before it fell to Lao Lei on the other side. In the face of the falling football, Lao Lei first used a shooting feint to trick the forced defender to stretch his foot to block, then changed his left foot to his right foot, and gently pushed the football to the feet of Maniche who was inserted forward. Maniche played a pass to Lao Lei in the box, stopped with his left foot, and shot again with his right heel. Unfortunately, this shot went through the defense of the Marseille goalkeeper and was blocked by the post. The dull "thud" of the football hitting the goalpost made the heart of the Marseille fans return to their stomachs, and Marseille narrowly escaped. Maniche missed the chance to score a brace and Porto lost the chance to lock in the big picture.

Maniche's shot that hit the post not only made him hold his head in regret, but also made Mourinho wave his hand helplessly to express his disappointment. But now that it's happened, it can't be changed. Mourinho quickly adjusted his emotions and applauded and raised his thumbs to the disciples on the field as a sign of encouragement.

After the resumption of the game, the Marseille players finally got back together. Let the remaining minutes pass steadily in the process of falling to their feet at the back, and the Porto players did not continue to press the attack, they needed to take a breath, the attack just now consumed a lot of their body. It is also important to beware of Marseille's counter-attack, with Drogba's unreasonable goal still etched in their minds.

With the referee's whistle blowing at the end of the first half, the first half of the third leg of the Champions League group stage match between Porto and Marseille ended with a score of 2:1. Porto take the lead at the Velodrome Stadium. For 15 minutes at half-time, Mourinho began by praising the Porto players for their performance in the first half. Basically his goal has been reached. Mourinho did not make any major changes in the tactical set-up after that. It's just that a change has been made in Drogba's defence. The first was the requirement that two players must be by his side when Drogba was in the box, a decision that was met with the heads of Costa and Carvalho, who had already experienced Drogba's power firsthand in the first half. Then it is for Lao Lei and others to strengthen the persecution of Marseille midfielders, not allowing them to easily feed ammunition to Drogba, reduce Drogba's chances of receiving the ball, and his power will naturally be greatly reduced.

As for Marseille, their tactics still revolve around Drogba's strong point. In the second half, Marseille's goal was to get a chance from a set-piece and make the most of Drogba's destructive ability. In the arrangement of the managers of both sides. The 15-minute half-time break passed quickly and the second half of the game began quickly.

After the start of the second half, Mourinho's set-up played a big role in limiting Marseille's attack, without Drogba as a strategic fulcrum, Marseille's attack looked weak in front of Porto's defense, and there was not much to do. With two men in the spot, Drogba is no longer as unscrupulous and unscrupulous in the penalty area as he was in the first half. Marseille's midfielders were also pressed more fiercely by Porto at the same time, and they were forced to be a little scrambling. It is simply impossible to accurately deliver ammunition to Drogba.

The positions of Deco and others also retreated slightly after the start of the second half, joining the pressing of Lao Lei and Kostiani. There are two powerful scavengers, Lao Lei and Kostiani, plus Deco and others on the side to help. Marseille's midfield was not having a good time. Although this will hurt Porto's attack, Mourinho believes that Marseille will be the first to sit still.

But even so, Drogba still had one or two eye-catching appearances. In the 52nd minute of the second half. Drogba received a long ball from Marseille's backfield just outside the box and picked up Costa behind him. A buckle of the right foot. Forced turn, just in time for Carvalho to make up for it. Immediately it was a powerful volley. Drogba did it very smoothly when he stopped the ball and turned around and shot, and the shot was also of good quality. Baia, who was very focused, flew up and blocked Drogba's shot with both hands. Drogba's shot shocked Mourinho on the sidelines, and thought: "Has he mastered his own attack?" Then my defensive tactics will have to be rearranged. ”

Fortunately, it quickly turned out that Mourinho was a false alarm. In the 59th minute of the second half, Drogba once again attacked himself, and when he turned the ball, there was a low-level mistake, and Costa behind him seized the opportunity to stab the football and defuse the attack. After this attack, Mourinho can be sure that Drogba has not fully mastered the technique of the back, and it can be seen that he is training this technique, but it is not yet mature, and there is still room for improvement. Looking at Drogba, Mourinho thought of a message that his agent Mendes told him a few days ago, and the name Drogba drew a big red circle in Mourinho's heart.

While Jose Mourinho's mind drifted elsewhere, Porto had another fantastic opportunity. In the 64th minute of the second half, Porto immediately began to counter-attack after Costa managed to break the ball at the feet of Drogba again. Lao Lei met Costa's pass, did not stop the ball, and directly picked up a pass with a half-turn, which accurately reached the feet of Deco, who had accelerated forward. After Deco got the ball, he only took a step, that is, he immediately kicked straight and gave the route of McCarthy, who accelerated forward.

Porto's counter-attack was extremely quick with three passes to send the ball to the heart of Marseille, which had not yet been formed. McCarthy used his speed to shake off the Marseille defenders and take the lead in the game. A smash let go of the Marseille central defender who had no choice but to slip over, and in the face of the attacking Marseille goalkeeper, he calmly shot and broke through the Marseille goal again.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！！ What kind of counterattack is this!! 10 seconds!! In just 10 seconds, Porto completed a successful counter-attack! This can be found in the classic counter-attacking case of football textbooks. The Blitzkrieg of the Porto people broke through their homeland before the Marseilles could come to their senses! (To be continued......)