Chapter 107: The Decisive Battle (3)

Back in the dressing room, Mourinho slapped his face: "Forget the guys in the first half, the 45 minutes of the second half are the real game. You did a good job in the first half and we need to keep it in the second half. Hold on to your defence, don't let Sporting Lisbon take their rhythm and take control of the rhythm yourself. It's our home ground and we're taking advantage of it. Mourinho tried to use an understated tone to relieve the pressure on his disciples and mitigate the impact of the equaliser in the latter stages of the first half. Often, if the manager doesn't care, the players will feel that it is not a big deal.

"Reima, in the second half you go to the right and help Victor to control that 'little Figo' for me, I don't want to see him too active in the second half. I don't care what you do, I just need to see the results. Can you do it? Hearing Mourinho's arrangement, Lao Lei nodded calmly, this is the confidence brought to him by this season's results, and it also happened to follow Lao Lei's own heart. He remembered Quaresma, the defiant look in Sporting Lisbon's eyes after his goal.

On the other side, in the dressing room of Sporting Lisbon, Jardim focused on the players to pay attention to the attack, pay attention to the counterattack of Leiria. This season, Leiria's counterattack has made the Portuguese Super League team disgraced, and in Jardin's view, curbing Leiria's counterattack is equivalent to making it lose a leg and unable to run.

At halftime, when the players and managers of both sides were preparing for the second half, everyone in the media booth was also discussing the performance of the two teams in the first half. The deepest impression left on the reporters in the first half was that it was intense, the offensive and defensive rhythm changed quickly, and the game was lively. And both sides did a good job defending, with Sporting Lisbon doing a good job of controlling Leiria's quick counter-attacks when they pressed on their own. Strictly speaking, Leiria's counter-attack didn't achieve much in the first half, except for the first goal.

Leiria's control of Sporting Lisbon's two-sided strikers was also eye-catching, as they kept the entire first half off except for Quaresma's breakthrough in the latter stages.

"In the second half, if you keep playing like that. We should have a better chance of winning, and conceding in the latter stages of the first half should be enough to make Leiria's mood fluctuate a lot. They're not us, and in such a crucial game, we can catch up. In the second half, we should be able to keep them under hold and then break them down. You know, they don't have Jadel, they don't have Ricardo. That was the main idea of the Lisbon journalists, who looked like they had already written the script for the second half of the game and looked beaming.

The smug and proud look that shone in his eyes all the time, the reporter who saw Leiria itched his teeth, and could only say to himself in his heart that I was a civilized person, a civilized person. They have a lot of faith in this Leiria team, which has grown up under their noses, and they don't think that a single equaliser will be enough to beat this Leiria team, even in such an important game.

And after the start of the second half, Sporting Lisbon did press fiercely as soon as they came up, wanting to continue the offensive momentum in the second half of the first half and defeat this Leiria team at once. With this breath, in the first five minutes of the second half, they pressed Leiria into their own half.

Such a scene can see those fans, clasping their hands and lifting their hearts. However, in the eyes of those who know the ball, Sporting Lisbon's attack thundered loudly and rained little, and it did not put much pressure on Leiria's defense, just like a reef in a strong wind and waves.

At the beginning of the second half, Quaresma saw Lao Ray, who was standing beside him, did he want to be one-on-one with him, and Quaresma's belligerent blood boiled. And when Xiao Xiaoluo saw the black and thick Calaba standing in front of him, his face was pale, and he was underestimated, this was his feeling. And that's exactly what happened.

In the second half, Quaresma had just received the ball, and Lao Lei greeted him according to his habit. Quaresma wanted to use his speed to eat Lao Lei directly, and after a flick of the football with his right foot, the whole person was about to overtake Lao Lei along the sideline. Lao Lei sneered, turned around directly and opened his arms, spread his legs, and made a pass at Quaresma, who rushed up from behind, but leaned back and squeezed. Lao Lei, who had a physical advantage, did not move but rushed up Quaresma fell directly on the court, as if he had hit a wall.

"Yellow card! At least a yellow card. This is a sabotage of artistic football, and the referee must give Remaia a certain punishment. What the?! There is only one verbal warning, black whistle! Black Whistle!! "The commentator on the Sporting Lisbon side was very excited, as if Lao Lei had done something very rebellious.

Quaresma felt like her internal organs were about to shift, and she stood up very sadly. Looking up, he could see the playful look in the eyes of Lao Lei standing in front of him. In the following period, Quaresma was taken care of by the old Thunder body hair level, and various small actions took turns on the court, and Quaresma had fallen twice in a row in just 5 minutes. Quaresma got up again and looked at Lao Lei standing beside him again, with the same playful look in his eyes, and deeply felt that Lao Lei was not easy to deal with.

Energetic, with age-appropriate defensive experience, and very good at grasping the range of movements, so that you won't get cards when you are in pain. Although Quaresma told himself in his heart not to be afraid to continue to maintain the intensity of the attack, the physical pain and the teasing eyes of Lao Lei, who appeared in his mind all the time, slowly made him fall silent. Although he was talented but inexperienced, Quaresma was suppressed by the already experienced Lao Lei for a while.

Lacking the very important right Quaresma, coupled with the little Ronaldo on the left side of the left side of the card under the marking of Calaba, the attack of Sporting Lisbon without wings is in trouble, and many times, their midfielders can only choose to find Jadel with big feet under the pressure of the Leiria players, hoping that Jadel can make another fairy ball. However, such a simple way of attacking did not have a good effect. Under the double care of Ben and Laio, Jardel, who is not very good at dribbling skills, has nothing to do for a while.

Fortunately, due to this time, most of Ray's energy was focused on Quaresma, so Leiria's counterattack did not start. On the field, it seemed that Sporting Lisbon still took the initiative. Seeing the situation on the field, Mourinho was temporarily relieved, there was no problem in defense for the time being, and the next thing is to see when there will be a turning point in attack.

By the 60th minute of the second half, Lao Lei turned on the devil muscle man again, and the familiar feeling of full strength appeared on him again. Quaresma happened to receive a pass from a teammate with his back at this time, and Old Ray slammed into his back. At this moment, Quaresma was obviously underprepared, and he obviously felt that Lao Lei's strength seemed to have suddenly increased, and his body staggered.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lao Lei squeezed in front of him and broke the football with a stab of his foot. As soon as he got the ball, a player from Sporting Lisbon pressed up, obviously trying to destroy Leiria's counter-attacking opportunity at the root. However, he didn't expect Lao Lei's choice at this time to be so direct and rude.

Flick your right foot forward, and you will eat him raw. He didn't expect Lao Lei to be so resolute suddenly, and he was about to be squeezed by Lao Lei, and he wanted to leave Lao Lei with his hands and feet. However, Lao Lei's left elbow scraped his abdomen "gently" at the right time, making him loosen his hand in pain. Taking advantage of this time, Lao Lei accelerated and broke through him. This is not a technical breakthrough, but a breakthrough in force, simple and crude.

After getting rid of it in time, Lao Lei has plenty of space and time to deal with football. Sporting Lisbon is very strict with Lao Lei, and there will be another person who will pounce on him immediately. At this time, Leiria's frontcourt attackers have already begun to step forward, and the game enters Leiria's counterattack mode. Old Ray looked at the running of Andre and Bruno on the right, and Sporting Lisbon's defense inadvertently neglected his defense on the left.

Before the Sporting Lisbon defender could come up, Ray raised his right foot, and with a toe turn, the ball was passed to the left front, and he was looking for Ugo. This is a very difficult pass, not only does not look at people, but Lao Lei himself is not far from the left touchline, such a pass strength and route are difficult to control. However, today, Lao Lei's feet continued the good form of the last game.

"What will Rema do? Passed the ball, on the left? He didn't look to the left, it looked like there was no one on the left, was it a mistake? ………… No, it's Ugo, it's Ugo chasing the football that is still in the air. There was a gap in Sporting Lisbon's left side of the defense, good shot! It was a good chance to fight back. I'm going to give Reima a genius to handle the ball, take off your hat and salute, here's our chance! ”

The Leiria fans in the stands stood up, and such counterattacks they have seen countless times at the Magalhaus Stadium, most of which have had good results. This time hopefully it can be the same, they expect. And Sporting Lisbon's defence was suddenly in turmoil, as their right wing-back was still behind Ugo at this time, and he had not had time to retreat after the assist.

Ugo finally caught up with the ball before it could roll off the line, and this time he had to slow down to stop the ball. The desperate right wing-back of Sporting Lisbon finally came back at this time, just standing in front of Hugo. But at this time, Ugo took advantage of his unstable footing and cut inward, leaning on him and walking into the penalty area.

Two big strides into the box, Sporting Lisbon's right wing-back didn't dare to make too much defensive moves, and could only keep up with the angle from which to block Ugo's shots and passes as much as possible. Then Ugo suddenly stopped, snapped and flicked, and seemed very confident to insert it into the bottom line. At this time, McCarthy and Bruno were already outflanked, just waiting for Hugo's pass.

Coming to Ugo near the baseline, he crossed into the box before the right wing-back's foot shoveled in to block the pass. McCarthy outflanked him and stabbed him gently.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!! Sharp counter-attack, all McCarthy needed to do was poke the ball into an empty goal, which was the easiest goal for a striker. The standard Leiria-style counter-attack once again broke through the Sporting Lisbon defence. After two breaks, one missed the ball, one did not look at the long pass, Remaa! Godzilla!! Dominate Leiria's attack. He's our brain!! ”