CHAPTER XLIV

After a festive ceremony, the competition will officially begin. At this time in the stands, the banners welcoming them back had been put away. Regardless of the previous situation, they are now rivals. Porto fans are very clear about this, and they are also helpless. Therefore, today's Dragon Stadium is extraordinarily quiet, and there is no atmosphere in the devil's home stadium. Most of the Porto fans just watched the stadium quietly and didn't make a statement. Of course, if you look closely at their eyes, you can see that the nostalgia is so heavy, like the stars in the night sky constantly twinkling.

After the departure of Lao Lei, Mourinho and others, although Porto still maintains its strong position in the Portuguese Super League, it can still suppress Sporting Lisbon and Benfica, but it is not as strong as before. But in the Champions League, the decline brought about by Lao Lei's departure will inevitably appear. With one draw and one loss, the speed of the depravity of defending champion Porto is beyond people's expectations and reasonable. And this is one of the reasons why Lao Lei and others will be so popular, because Porto fans are especially nostalgic for the time of the previous two years and miss the invincible Porto at that time.

However, such a welcome ceremony may make Lao Lei and others feel very warm, but it also makes some people envious and jealous, such as Quaresma, such as Postiga. Although their prestige and status are far inferior to Lao Lei, as young talents who were once on a par with Lao Lei, their pride has been lost, and they can't accept their fans giving their opponents more cheers, which is simply a shame for them. They looked at Lao Lei in his eyes. Slowly, it's all about fighting spirit. "Eld, Ricardo. Come on! This is the Dragon Stadium, and you are the masters of it. And not Reima, too. Looking at the fighting spirit burning in the eyes of the two, Costa stepped forward and gave him a few words of encouragement. However, even he himself didn't believe that these two people could compare to Lao Lei, and this was more like a routine. Looking at Old Ray and Ferreira, Costa's eyes couldn't help but be full of nostalgia, nostalgic for that golden time.

After the handshake ceremony, players from both sides began to stand in their respective halves and wait for the official start of the game. At this time, there was a trace of unnatural expression in Lao Lei's eyes, and he thought of what Quaresma and Postiga had just told him. "Now it's my team. I'm the master here. "I'm home, I'll make them forget about you." As the former king of Porto, this word sounded in his ears and made him feel extremely embarrassed.

After thinking about it, he shook his head and put the little bit of thought in his head, and began to focus his full attention on the game. As a professional footballer, Lei has his own work ethic, and at this time he is a Chelsea player, so he has to fight for Chelsea to win. As for the rest. We'll have to wait until the game is over. In addition, he has another thought about this game. That is, he wants to use facts and victories. Sue Sù Quaresma and Postiga that they need to do more to replace him here. Very much. It's like a father marrying his daughter, no matter how good a son-in-law is to his daughter. In the eyes of a father, it is not enough.

After the start of the game. The first is Chelsea's possession. At this time, the formation in front of the old Lei was a completely unfamiliar Porto, and the new manager of Porto, Fernandes, put in a 4-4-2 formation for this game, with the intention of playing against Chelsea. It's not that the manager is so confident in Porto's quality, it's that the manager is a pure attacking football fan, the type who would rather die than attack. In this Porto, the biggest change in personnel is its defensive line. None of the old rays are known except for captain Costa, who are centre-back Pepe, right wing-back Bosinga and left wing-back George Costa. In addition, for the fresh face of Lao Lei, there are Brazilian midfielder Diego who plays as a left wing-back and striker Fabiano, who is also from Brazil.

These people, together with Quaresma and Postiga, were the ones who made up for the departure of Lao Lei and others. These are all powerful players, which provide a great complement to the fighting power of Porto, which is empty after the transfer. For these people, Lao Lei did a simple investigation before the game. In the investigation, he also saw several very dazzling resumes.

For example, Brazilian shooter Fabiano, although he is one year younger than Lao Lei, he has long been famous in Brazil, and there is even a very high-profile comment in the Brazilian media about him, "He should aim for Ronaldo's main position in the national team." It's an exaggeration, but for any young striker who can be compared to Ronaldo, that's a lot of praise in itself, especially in Brazil. However, Lao Lei has always been a person who only believes in his own eyes, looking at this brand-new Porto, he has a faint psychological state similar to his predecessors in his heart, weighing the pounds and pounds of these juniors.

At the start of the game, Chelsea continued to play possession as usual. Porto, on the other hand, looked aggressive from the start, aggressively pressing Chelsea's ball-handling players. It seems that the people who want to prove in front of Lao Lei that this is no longer his Porto are not only Quaresma and Postiga. However, this kind of pressing intensity has long been commonplace for Chelsea, and they have responded with great composure and calm.

In the third minute of the first half, Postiga and Fabiano, two starting forwards, quickly surrounded Lao Lei, who had just received a pass from Makelele. The two were together, very actively predicting Lao Lei's passing route, ready to break the ball at any time. At the same time, Quaresma, Diego and others also pressed on, blocking the passing point in front of Lao Lei as much as possible.

In the face of such a big formation, Lao Lei smiled lightly and did not panic at all. He kept playing with the football with his feet, and he was extremely agile in a small area, and the football seemed to be stuck to his feet. Then, suddenly, with his right foot, he stepped on the football and pulled it back and forth, and with a bang, it was given between Fabiano and Postiga and to the feet of Terry behind him. Very chic. Very freehand cracked the encirclement, every move. It's all weightlifting.

In the stands, when the Porto fans watched Lao Lei use his skillful foot skills and amazing imagination to get out of Porto's encirclement. This familiar scene made them still can't help but let out an exclamation. It's been a long time since Ray left, and they haven't enjoyed this kind of pleasing football technique. At this time, even the on-site commentator in Porto couldn't help but sigh: "Rema is still so good." He has given us such wonderful performances countless times, and we have been so happy. This scene made me feel like I had gone back to the past. ”

However, the exclamation of the Porto fans is not so acceptable to the current Porto players. Such a sentiment xù. It motivates them to be more motivated. But for Chelsea, Porto's over-positivity could hurt them, especially when the Chelsea brain is on the pitch. Looking at the active offensive of the Porto players, Lao Lei used his running and strategy to seduce Porto's formation step by step, so that their defense in the midfield began to become loose. In this regard, the whole Porto team was unaware, although Diego was good enough, but against Lao Lei at this time. Obviously still not enough. Although Chelsea's advantages are not conspicuous enough, people with a heart can already see that the current Qiqi on the field is walking according to the predetermined track of Chelsea and Lao Lei.

In the ninth minute of the first half, Chelsea's consecutive possession of the ball had reached three minutes. It's been a while since the Porto players have touched football. Eager to snatch the ball back, they have completely stepped into the trap woven by Lao Lei. At this moment, Ray was facing Terry's pass with his back to the back. Straight on his toes, he lifted the football over his and Quaresma's heads. And then. He himself turned 180 degrees and left Quaresma behind. Quaresma who overcharged. He completely lost his position all of a sudden, and could only watch Lao Lei leave.

Turning around and facing the falling football, Lao Lei stretched out his right foot and picked it up again, picking the football over Maniche's head. Then, as soon as he was short and accelerated, he forced his way through Guò from the right side of Maniche. After waving his hand and jumping, after dodging Maniche's tactical foul, Lao Lei continued to dribble forward quickly and rushed straight to the edge of Porto's penalty area. Seeing this, the stands of the Dragon Stadium resounded with the boos of falling stars.

However, in the end, the offensive organized by Lao Lei was not able to continue. Lao Lei's old partner Kostiani knows Lao Lei too well, and after letting go of Lampard and forcing him up, he didn't think about anything else, just pulled Lao Lei down, and didn't give Lao Lei any chance to deal with it at all. He knew that as long as he hesitated, in this situation, Lao Lei would be able to seize the opportunity and deal a fatal blow to Porto. Seeing Lao Lei being put to the ground, the boos in the stands of the Dragon Stadium suddenly became louder, and suddenly quieted down, and the Porto fans finally came to their senses, Lao Lei was wearing the Chelsea No. 13 shirt at this time.

This foul, if it were someone else, Lao Lei would probably have turned his face a long time ago, but in the face of his old partner Kostiani, he couldn't get angry. After being pulled up by Kostiani, Lao Lei hugged him with a wry smile. Because before Kostiani turned around and walked away, he also teased Lao Lei a few words by the way, "Lei Ma, don't think about me lightly." I know all too well any of your movement habits. ”

With the feeling of being "stabbed in the back" by his comrades, Lao Lei stood in front of the football and prepared to take the free kick. More than 30 meters away from the goal, it is a little difficult for Lao Lei to swing his legs on the spot to shoot, but the pass is still okay. Three seconds after the referee's whistle, Chelsea scored. Although Kostiani held back the old ray's advance, it wasn't Chelsea's only weapon.

When Lao Lei's free kick accurately found Drogba in the penalty area, the Ivorian striker used his body to squeeze past Costa and grab the first landing point. With a hard head thrust, the football was pushed into the net. Because of the proximity, Baia had no choice.

After seeing the goal scored, Lao Lei did not have any joy in his heart at this time, but a little bit of bitterness, the same mood he had when he returned to Leiria.

Instead of chasing Drogba, who celebrated the goal, he knelt down on the spot.

Kiss lightly on the turf of the Dragon Course.

seems to be expressing his unbearability and helplessness to the place where he once fought.

Looking at Lao Lei, the Porto fans were silent.

The boos in the stands are almost inaudible!

Of course, there was no applause.

Porto fans suddenly find themselves unable to find a better way to express their current feelings than silence.

This is not your typical Dragon Stadium, nor is it your typical Porto fan.

The kneeling Chelsea No. 13, the former king, and Godzilla, who once inhabited the Dragon Stadium, became a qiē!

A qiē here!! (To be continued......)