Porto lost this game, but it was still highly praised by the media. The prevailing pre-match prediction was that Porto would only be able to withstand the first half and would start to collapse in the second half, but no one expected the game to be so intense. According to this result, the odds of Porto entering the knockout stage have been lowered again, and European football people have also increasingly rated this Porto team, saying that it is the most competitive Portuguese Super League team in the past 10 years.

And because the opponent is the giant Real Madrid, the exposure of Porto players such as Lao Lei has increased again. In particular, Lao Lei's performance in the game did not fall behind at all, which made the scouts of the major giants improve their evaluation of Lao Lei again, and rose from a worthy introduction target to a key introduction target. There is no impermeable wall in the world, Lao Lei refused Porto's request to renew the contract, although it did not break out at this time, but the major clubs interested in introducing Lao Lei have long been aware of it. The current investigation is to prepare for the transfer in the summer of '04, and scouts from several clubs have begun to follow Lao Lei's game for a long time.

Real Madrid, on the other hand, did not have such a good time, although they won the game, but this did not satisfy the media and fans. Among them, Queiroz's platoon has become the most concentrated criticism from the outside world. In the eyes of the outside world, Real Madrid was able to win this game thanks to the explosion of superstars, otherwise the Galaxy Battleship would likely be shot down at the Dragon Stadium. This time it was against Porto, so the next time it faced other evenly matched giants, would Real Madrid still be as smooth as this game? Although this statement is biased, some of Queiroz's set-ups are still bright. But there is no way that the football world is sometimes so irrational, only failure and success. If you fail, no one cares how much you put into it. What was done.

Soon the conversation was extended to the conjecture of how long Queiroz could sit in the position of Real Madrid manager, and there was nothing more to do. There is no way, the fans just like to watch the reports of the giants, and as for Porto, it is just an occasional condiment. Mourinho and Porto are very satisfied with this, when the media pays too much attention to Porto, it will have a bad impact on Porto's Champions League journey, after all, dark arrows can hurt people. Jose Mourinho wants Porto to be a rubbish team in the media, which can both paralyze opponents and motivate the players.

After the Champions League, Porto began their journey to crush in the Portuguese Super League. Before the start of the next group stage of the Champions League. Porto have 3 Portuguese Premier League games to play. First of all, in the sixth round of the league, Porto will go away to challenge promoted Amadora, and then Porto will face Benfica at home. Three days before the Champions League group stage against Marseille, Porto also have a game away to Guimaraes.

These three games are not a rare fixture for Porto, with the exception of the game against Benfica, the other two games have been relatively easy games. Benfica's table is still good this season, although Gomez's table is still sluggish, but under the leadership of young winger Joaquin, Benfica's table so far this season. Only behind Porto, Sporting Lisbon is firmly under them. It's a good time for Jose Mourinho to grab points and a relaxed fixture to accumulate more league points. Prepare for the Champions League fixtures ahead.

In the match against promoted Amadora, Mourinho fielded a 4-4-2 formation to allow Kostiani and Alenichev, who were overworked in the previous game, to rest. Porto's 4-4-2 formation is a more attack-oriented one. I think Mourinho came to confirm the victory of the game as soon as possible to give more people time to rest. Defensively though slightly weakened. But in the face of Amadora's attack, it was still enough.

Just 2 minutes into the game. Porto made a sneak attack and successfully won the away game. After Lao Lei cut off the football at the feet of Amarado's front midfield, it was directly a long pass with a big foot, and he accurately found Maniche on the left side. After winning the ball, Maniche immediately drove the throttle to the maximum, and when Amalado's right wing-back pressed up, he decisively played a one-two with Deco before going down. Maniche's left-footed cross was pinpoint in front of goal, and McCarthy did a good job of covering it up front to attract most of the defence's attention, which gave the Brazilian youngster Carlos Alberto an opportunity to take advantage of the ambush at the back post. Unguarded at the back post, Alberto stretched out his right foot and made an easy block to keep the ball out of the Amarado goal, allowing Porto to take the lead.

Conceding so quickly was a huge blow to the morale of Amarado's players, who were already lacking in confidence to face last season's treble winners Porto as a promoted horse before the game, and a draw in this game was their goal, and this goal suddenly made their only fighting spirit be lost. In the next game, Porto naturally completely controlled the situation on the field, objectively speaking, Alamado's defense is still good, but after being successfully counterattacked by Porto, the role of such a defense is not so good. The players are not so resolute in defense, losing one goal is a loss, losing two goals is still a loss, and with this thinking, Amalado's players have more ideas on offense.

However, it turned out that although Kostiani was not there, the midfield barrier of the old ray alone was enough to face Amalado. Lao Lei has become an insurmountable iron gate in front of the Amarado midfielders, and his excellent prediction and physical elements make Lao Lei appear to be comfortable in the face of Amalado's midfielders. And the long passes of Amarado's midfielders in desperation have no effect in the face of Costa and Carvalho's steady insurance, and the attack will inevitably affect the defense, especially the weak attack will weaken the defense even more.

Seeing this situation, Lao Lei was also happy to do so, and even deliberately conceded some possession, played against Amalado, and pursued the speed of the attack, so that the game could be played more easily. In the 23rd minute of the first half, after receiving a pass from Costa, Lao Lei turned around with a light pull ball, and after getting rid of the midfielder of Amarado behind him, he began to accelerate forward. After two consecutive wall combinations with Deco and Maniche, Ray easily made his way to the edge of the Amarado penalty area.

Facing the central defender forced out by Amalado, Lao Lei suddenly flicked the outside of his right foot to the right, and after taking two steps horizontally, he pulled away from Amalado's defense. Then suddenly a through ball was given to Alberto, who was cut diagonally in the box, and the youngster showed his excellent ability to handle the ball in a small area and shoot at this time. In the face of Lao Lei's pass, he accelerated forward to gain a little space to handle the ball, and then without making adjustments, he directly hit a low shot into the far corner. The ball arced on the grass, bypassed the Amarado goalkeeper and flew into the post to break the goal for the second time in the game.

Alberto scored a brace and turned to celebrate with Ray after the goal. Like a big brother, Old Ray patted Alberto's head and put his arm around his shoulder, while Alberto smiled and didn't react otherwise. In fact, Lao Lei is only two years older than Alberto, and the two of them look like Lao Lei is at least 5 or 6 years older. However, no one thinks there is anything wrong with this appearance, Lao Lei's strength on the field, the maturity beyond his peers and the appearance of his teammates at any time, all give him the qualifications to do so in the Porto team.

And Amadora has already broken the can after falling behind by 2 goals. The result was another sneak attack from Porto in the final stages of the first half. In the 42nd minute of the first half, McCarthy received a cross from Deco in the penalty area and fired a beautiful volley to help Porto extend the score to 3-0 and seal the victory. And 3:0 is also the final score of the whole game, at the beginning of the second half, Lao Lei and others were replaced off the field to rest, which directly led to the end of the second half of the game in a somewhat dull atmosphere.

After another win in this game, Porto still have a Portuguese Cup game to play. The match between Porto II and Braga ended with a 1:2 defeat for Porto, which also announced the end of Porto's Portuguese Cup journey this season. After this game, Porto will be able to concentrate on the league and Champions League for the rest of the season.

After the Braga game, Porto had little time to rest and they had to rush to Lisbon to take on Benfica at the Stadium of Light. Unlike in the past, the Benfica media before this match was no longer as sharp as before, and the various declarations of victory were not visible, and the result of this game was very low-key. It also shows that Porto's dominance during this period has gained universal recognition. However, Lao Lei has some regrets, without the pre-match quarrel with Benfica, he suddenly feels a little unaccustomed. Well, this proves once again that Old Ray is a somewhat low-boned person.

The current situation in the Portuguese Super League standings is that Porto are three points ahead of second-placed Benfica, and this game is technically a battle for the top spot in the table. However, it is widely believed that this is not a close game, and Benfica's chances of winning are too small, and even Benfica himself did not propose to overtake Porto to reach the top.

Of course, in any case, Mourinho and his Porto do not believe that Benfica would surrender so easily, and if that were the case, it would be a shame for them to be the Portuguese giants. Lao Lei received a call from Joaquin the night before the game, and Joaquin's tone on the phone was not a tone of wanting to give up.

The clock was fast approaching 10 minutes before the game, and both teams were just out of the tunnel of the players.

When the DJ at the scene introduced Lao Lei, there were still shrill and loud boos at the Stadium of Light.

Hearing this familiar voice, a wicked smile appeared at the corner of Lao Lei's mouth.

That's it, that's how it works.

Otherwise, what's the point of winning? (To be continued......)