Chapter 132: Shooting with the back
Porto's active pullback turned the game into a dull one. AC Milan's superstars have lost their former radiant appearance in the face of Porto's dense defence. Porto's foul is very clever and his actions are well restrained, and while making the AC Milan players uncomfortable, he has only a small chance of getting a yellow card. However, compared to the AC Milan players, who have been anxiously booing from time to time, the AC Milan players and the manager Carlo Ancelotti have not changed in terms of expression and emotion, and although such a situation is not common for them to be in the battle, it is by no means uncommon. Besides, some of them have absolute confidence in their own strength, and they don't feel that such a situation will always bother them.
Mourinho, who was carefully watching the changes in the situation of the AC Milan team from the sidelines, sighed in disappointment. Although he had long guessed that AC Milan would not appear in the gap so easily, when the speculation was confirmed, Mourinho couldn't help but sigh regretfully. However, this kind of situation comes and goes quickly, Mourinho once again cheered up, his eyes paid attention to the situation on the field without blinking, since the strength fell to the bottom, then he had to find a way to find it from other places, psychological tactics, and change on the spot
By the 19th minute of the first half, the AC Milan superstar seemed to have finally gotten used to Porto's defense and began to play to his strengths. Rivaldo played a delicate match with Seedorf and Rui Costa in front of him. The continuous collision between the three people made Kostiani and Lao Lei a little careless, and they couldn't care about each other. Rui Costa after receiving Rivaldo's knockback ball. Suddenly, it gave a subtle straight stopper. The ball slipped through the gap between Costa and Carvalho and into the feet of Shepchenko, who was in the box in the box. Rui Costa, the classical midfield master. Finally, for the first time in this game, he showed his specialty, passing the ball accurate to the centimeter.
And the nuclear warhead Shepchenko also showed his speed at this time. The nimble turn accelerated, earning him a one-on-one chance. The Porto fans in the stands, seeing that the team had suddenly fallen into this dangerous situation, immediately let out an exclamation of "hmm" in unison. And at this dangerous moment, the old goalkeeper Baia decisively chose to attack, because Shepchenko was too close to the goal, he was able to seal in front of Shepchenko at once. Faced with such a situation, Shepchenko wanted to hit the far corner with a rubbing shot. However, Baia made a world-class save this time around, and it was an unbelievable reflection. Let him stretch out his right hand to the football in a hurry. And it was he who touched the right finger of the football, which caused the ball to change its trajectory subtly, and finally flew out of the bottom line by grazing the far post.
It was only at this time that the Porto fans breathed a sigh of relief. Mourinho on the sidelines was also shocked, if this goal goes in, it will be the worst case for Porto. Costa and Carvalho also stepped forward excitedly and rubbed Baia's hair, although the two of them did not make mistakes in defending just now, they were definitely not excellent. Rui Costa and Shepchenko's simple passing and cutting combination broke through the defense of the two, and in any case, the two of them are inescapable of taking responsibility for this defensive force.
Shepchenko, on the other hand, covered his head with regret. He didn't expect Baia to touch the ball, and he was almost about to make a celebratory gesture just now. Rui Costa glanced at Deco meaningfully at this time, and then shifted his gaze, and the competition for the main forward position in the Portuguese national team began to officially start. And Ancelotti although equally regretted. But I didn't pay much attention to it. What he cares about is that the team finally had a great chance in Porto's dense defense. This time it didn't go in, it didn't matter. There is a first, there is a second. The third time, there will always be a chance. Ancelotti was also proud at this time. looked at Mourinho, who was a little angry on the side, and said proudly: "No way, I just have a lot of stars." ”
After this shot, AC Milan's morale was boosted and the attack gradually picked up. Lao Lei and Kostiani faced the AC Milan midfielders who were in shape, and suddenly they were a little stretched. In the 22nd minute of the first half, Kostiani was thrown away by Rivaldo's successive feints and had to choose a tackle behind the side to block Rivaldo's further advance. The tackle also earned him a yellow card, the first of the game.
Ancelotti on the sidelines looked at Rivaldo, who was standing up to sort out his socks on the field, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes. Ancelotti was not happy when Rivaldo was brought in, but his naturally unaggressive nature prevented him from confronting the team's big bosses Silvio Berlusconi and Galliani. In his opinion, Rivaldo does not fit his tactical system, Rivaldo is too sticky and will slow down the team's advancement, this is not Barcelona with him at the core. Like this time, if he had split the ball early, it might have been a different story. Thinking of this, Ancelotti glanced at a handsome young figure who was sitting on the bench, staring seriously at the situation on the field, and nodded, as if he had made some kind of decision in his heart.
At this time, the situation on the field began to slowly fall to the side of AC Milan, and Porto's defense became more and more surprised. The Porto fans in the stands looked anxiously at the stadium, worried about every attack by AC Milan. However, compared to the fans, Porto's players are more calm. In such a situation, when preparing for the game, Mourinho had already told them I don't know how many times, and he had already been mentally prepared. Besides, they are not without the power to fight back, but they have to be patient and wait for the opportunity to come. As Porto's brains on the field, Lao Lei calmly scanned the AC Milan line and waited for the opportunity to counterattack.
AC Milan's attack is becoming more and more fluid, and in order to score as many goals as possible, their line is starting to move forward and the number of people who are investing in the attack is starting to increase. In the 32nd minute of the first half. AC Milan once again created danger in front of the Porto goal. First, Rivaldo's long-range shot from the edge of the box was saved by Baia's hands, and then Shepchenko's follow-up shot in front of goal was again blocked by Costa on the goal line. Two shots in a row that are close to goal. None of them found the back of the net, which made AC Milan fans almost collapse. It's too bad luck.
After Shepchenko's shot was blocked by Costa, Ferreira grabbed the spot and passed to Lao Lei outside the box. Behind Lao Lei, Rui Costa pressed up, Lao Lei shook Rui Costa's body back with a force, and then turned around in the face of Ferreira's pass, and then began to accelerate. He saw Cafu also assist just now, and this was the opportunity that Porto were waiting for.
After Lao Lei took a few steps forward, he met Gattuso pressing up with a fierce face. At this time, the AC Milan players also noticed that something was wrong. They all started to accelerate and run back. And Lao Lei did not choose to come hard in the face of Gattuso, and he also knew Gattuso's difficult journey. Push the ball to the left, then continue to accelerate forward, face the ball knocked back by Maniche, catch up with Gattuso, and send the ball directly to the left front without stopping. Since Cafu had not yet returned to the defense at this time, it was Nesta who switched positions to mark Maniche. Faced with such a situation, Lao Lei pushed directly behind him. Let Maniche fully exploit his speed advantage. In the face of such a large acceleration space at the back, although the frontal defense is very good, but when it comes back to chase the speed, Nesta is not as good as Maniche.
In order not to be fouled by Nesta tactically. Maniche also deliberately made a small arc and did not let Nesta's hand hold his shirt. The next thing that appeared in front of Maniche was an undefended empty space. At the same time, in the middle, Lao Lei, Deco and McCarthy also played in three ways to open up AC Milan's defensive strength. At the far end Alenichev also accelerated forward insertion. Raced against AC Milan's left wing-back Pancaro. Porto fans who have long been familiar with the way this Porto team plays. Excitedly, he stood up and craned his neck. Watch the development of this goal. You must know that in the past two seasons, Porto's quick counter-attacking whirlwind has caused the Portuguese team to lose their armor, and fans hope that this counterattack can be effective.
At this time, Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, didn't know if he was too engaged, and he followed the team's counterattack from the moment Lao Lei broke through with the ball, and ran forward together. When Mourinho ran past the fourth official and Carlo Ancelotti, they almost thought they had a hell to do.
At this point, Maniche was already grazing the ball diagonally into the box, and Maldini was trying his best to chase back to stop Maniche from advancing or shooting. By the time Mani cut into the box, Maldini came up behind him, and before Maldini could reach out to block his shot, Maniche had already opted to shoot straight to the goal. The ball hit the back foot of the goal, and AC Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Dida did not dare to slack off and saved with a two-handed football.
On the other side, Alenichev, who won with speed, came to the back post at this time and received a shot saved by Dika. Pankaro came in with a big sliding tackle behind him to block the shot, and he succeeded, Alenichev's shot hit his calf and bounced. However, the football is still not out of the danger zone, it is still above the big penalty area. At this time, Lao Lei and others in the middle were already in place, and a group of people were crowded together, competing for the first landing point of football.
McCarthy grabbed the first spot in the matchup with Nesta, but couldn't press the top of the force. The only option was to play the ball, and the ball was headed into the far corner, where it was Old Ray against Gattuso. And Lao Lei's position was on the left side of the ball, so he had to choose to turn around and jam Gattuso with his body, unable to shoot directly. In the forbidden area, although Gattuso did not dare to act rashly, Lao Lei could feel that his whole body was stuck by Gattuso, and he could not turn around lightly. At this time, AC Milan's defenders were already in place, and passing the ball was not a good option.
Lao Lei didn't want to lose this hard-won opportunity. Facing the football that fell in front of him, Lao Lei suddenly had an idea, and he didn't have time to think, so he did it when he thought of it. In the face of the falling football, Lao Lei stretched out his right foot, and at the same time his body hit it backwards. With his right foot in front of the ball, it flew over the heads of Ray and Gattuso, and slowly thought about the goal.
Dida couldn't react for a while, and was stunned for a moment before jumping back desperately and reaching out to touch the football. To his despair, the ball flew past his fingertips and bounced on the inside of the far post and into the back of the net. 1:0, AC Milan, which had been attacking for more than half an hour, did not score, but it was Porto, who was at the bottom, who scored with a counterattack.
At this time, the scene fell silent for a short time, some of them couldn't accept Porto's goal, and some were shocked by Lao Lei's way of scoring.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Thunderhorse! It's Reimama again!! Our king, once again, stood up!! God, how did he come up with it?!! How dare he shoot in such a way! How dare you!! The pick-up of the back! I've never seen a single earthling do this, does Godzilla have eyes in the back of his head?!! Unparalleled!!! 1:0, the lead is ours! Porto lead AC Milan!! ”
After seeing the ball scored, Lao Lei excitedly rushed to the corner area and rushed to the fan stands in Porto.
Mourinho, who was excited there, had already opened his arms to greet the old ray.
Without thinking about how Mourinho appeared here, Lao Lei rushed over and jumped on Mourinho's body. The two masters and apprentices, like excited children who have bought toys, hug each other to celebrate.
The backdrop of Lao Lei waving his fist in celebration was the many superstars of AC Milan.
At this moment, the superstar is dim, and Godzilla is roaring!! (To be continued......)