Chapter One Hundred and Five
To be honest, this attack was able to score in the end, and Lao Lei was a little surprised in his heart. Because he actually didn't know the bottom of his heart about this pass, he wasn't sure if Ronaldo could understand what he meant. After all, on weekdays, there is a gap between the two, and when they are training and resting, they don't talk much, and they don't know each other much. It's okay for two people to be opponents, but I'm still a little unaccustomed to being teammates. However, the tacit understanding between two people may be explained in one sentence at present, the person who knows you best is often your opponent, not your friend.
Reghar on the sidelines, a little helpless to see this goal, this kind of star's personal flash, sometimes the head coach hates the most, because he is completely unreasonable, easily cracked the tactics you worked so hard to arrange day and night, and only the head coach himself can know the gap. However, Reghar is also accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, and quickly adjusted his mentality. This time, he didn't rush to the sidelines and yell at his disciple, because his disciple didn't do anything wrong in the process of scoring the goal. However, from the goal conceded, he saw that his team's wide defense seemed to be flawed, and the defensive force seemed to be too concentrated in the middle, so Regehar fell into deep thought.
The goal, which was only in the 20th minute of the first half, finally brought a smile to Scolari's tense face and cheers from the stands at the Stadium of Light. Lao Lei, Ronaldo and Quaresma, as the three participants in this goal, looked very embarrassed in the celebration goal. Very uncomfortable. Young people who are in competition with each other are always difficult to get close to each other all at once. It takes time. However, in order to prevent the media from breaking out any rumors of discord in the Portuguese team, the three still hugged each other with a smile.
But after scoring that goal. Lao Lei always felt that something was wrong. Thinking about it, it suddenly occurred to him that so far the Greek team didn't seem to have even fought a counterattack, which was too abnormal. Old Ray doesn't think that a manager like Reghar would set up tactics to let his team be beaten passively. He vaguely felt that the Greek team seemed to be deliberately using Portugal's attack to hone their defense. The more he thought about it, the more he felt so. What is even more terrifying is that the players seem to have no objection to this at all, so disciplined. Suddenly, a trace of vigilance inexplicably rose in Lao Lei's heart. Suddenly, Lao Lei seemed to have a hunch that this Greek team would definitely make a wave at the European Championship in one year's time.
And after the game restarted, as Lao Lei thought, the Greek team didn't seem to care about the score behind, and still shrank in the half to defend. And with the morale boosted by the goal, Portugal launched a siege against the Greek team. In the second minute before Lao Lei went off, Portugal scored a goal again with an attack on the wing. Valente came up with an assist on the wing. Linking up with Quaresma on the right flank, he was given a chance to cross the bottom. This time, Valente's cross was scrambled by Postiga and headed into the top corner of the net. Maybe it was the last time Cristiano Ronaldo knocked back to the front of the penalty area. It affected the judgment of the Greek defence, and the defensive strength in the penalty area was weakened, which also indirectly led to Postiga's header goal.
See this result. Instead of being annoyed, Reghar nodded with deep appreciation. Lao Lei saw Lao Shuai's actions. is even more sure of the guess in his heart. Looking at this miraculous coach who single-handedly created the miracle of Kaiserslautern, Lao Lei suddenly had a premonition. The coach's coaching career will reach another peak in Greece.
And after this goal, Lao Lei was quickly substituted, and he sat on the bench to watch the whole game. The game ended with a score of 2:0, and after Lao Lei and others left the game, the scene returned to the situation in the opening stage. Looking at his teammates on the field and the pale-faced Scolari, Lao Lei knew that there were not many people left in this group. But he didn't have the leisure to worry about the fate of others, and he sat on the bench and wandered out of the world, thinking about what to eat at night, thinking about what Miki was doing, and thinking about Kayla for the other.......
After the game, the media made an analysis of the tactics adopted by Portugal in this warm-up match. It is widely believed that Scolari is going to adopt Porto's 4-2-3-1 tactics, and the key to this selection is to see if the players can adapt to this formation. Some media also made it, and the Portuguese national team ushered in the era of the Porto gang. On the contrary, there is not much attention paid to the outcome and process of the game, after all, everyone knows what the real meaning of this game is. Unless Portugal loses unexpectedly to Greece, it might be a cause for concern.
Some people also asked Scolari if he had already chosen the people he needed for this game, and of course the experienced Scolari would not say it clearly, saying a lot of official words, saying that everyone is very good, and he needs to continue to observe carefully. Anyway, in the end, even the name was not revealed. However, some media have given a list of speculations, such as Lao Lei, Ronaldo, Quaresma, Miguel, etc. Some call this game the start of the new Portugal.
Leaving aside the national team, Mourinho is in a very bad mood at this time. Looking at the disciples who were tired from the round-trip journey, he could only scold in his heart, the national team! He can only be glad that Porto has accumulated enough points advantage in the first half of the season to accept a certain amount of consumption. In the 18th round of the away game against Bellamar, Mourinho reluctantly sent a semi-main lineup, and even Lao Lei was simply put in the stands.
In this game, Bellamar launched a powerful attack against such Porto. The backline has become Porto's biggest problem, with the exception of Costa, all of whom have been played by substitutes. Although hard work, strength is not something that can be compensated for by hard work.
After the start of the game, Bellamar lost two goals in straight sets in the first half to give them a two-goal lead at home. Although McCarthy headed in a free-kick from Deco in the second half, he was still powerless to prevent a defeat that came after Porto's first defeat in the league this season. At the post-match press conference, Mourinho also spread his hands left and right to express his helplessness. The media also did not report much about this defeat, after all, everyone knows the reason, who let most of Porto's main players sit in the stands.
After their first league defeat, Porto had to travel again to France to take on Lens. This time, Deco and others were left in Porto, and Mourinho took Lao Lei and other main players who reported to the Portuguese national team to Lens, France.
The match, which had no impact on the promotion result, ended with a 1-0 win over Porto by Lens. Although Lao Lei and others went to Lens, they were not sent to the starting position by Mourinho, but sat on the bench. Jose Mourinho brought them in just to have already secured a place in the promotion and to add a lock. Although he doesn't think that Lens has the strength to make a big comeback, but thinking of what Deportivo La Coruna has done this season, he feels that they can feel at ease with Lao Lei. As a result, Lao Lei watched a boring game for 90 minutes on the bench.
Then in the 19th round of the Portuguese Super League, Porto finally sent the strongest squad that had not been seen for a long time. Facing a well-formed Porto, Ohannes's resistance did not last long, and in the 23rd minute of the first half, Porto knocked on his own goal.
In the 22nd minute, after Lao Lei broke the ball in the backfield, he directly took the ball to the front, and Porto fans also saw Porto's exquisite front-court positional attack again at the Dragon Stadium. This time, Lao Lei plus all four people in the front court were involved in the attack, and five people played a pleasing combination in Ohannes' half. The continuous passing to each other allowed O'Hannes' defenders to run behind their butts in a wolf. Ohannes' defense, as they kept passing, quietly dissolved. In the end, it was Ray who picked the ball into the box with a fancy flower arrangement, and McCarthy followed up with a wonderful powerful volley to draw a perfect sentence for the attack. From the time Lao Lei broke the ball forward to McCarthy's shot, a total of 14 consecutive passes were made, and the Porto commentators couldn't wait to put on the halo of "artwork" for this goal.
And after scoring this goal, it seems that all of a sudden the Porto players have reached their best form together. In the following games, Porto's players played very relaxed and freehand. When Valente is pressed by the opposing striker and passes back to Bea with a freehand backheel, you can imagine how relaxed the Porto players are. In this match, Porto's ground coordination was at its extreme. At one point in possession of the ball, the odds reached 73 points, and O'Hannes' players were beaten to the point that they had no temper at all.
Although the final score of this game was only 2:0, such a small score. As long as you watch this game in its entirety, no matter who you are, will not consider it a close game. Ohannes was led by the nose by Porto throughout the game and had no initiative at all. Perhaps the best way to sum up the game was one quote from Porto's on-field commentator: "Did our players want to get the ball into the Ojeunis goal? “
After the game, the head coach of Ohannes also said helplessly: "When you meet Porto in such a state, you can only be restrained. Thankfully, Porto don't play like this and have this kind of form in every game. “
Amid the admiration of the media again, Porto is back on track after a period of travel. However, Porto, which seemed to be smooth sailing, did not know that the real test had just arrived. (To be continued......)