After Porto took the lead with a quick counterattack, the Lens team did not change their attacking strategy and still maintained an offensive formation. The tens of thousands of index fingers at the Porto Dragons stadium made the head coach of the Lens team go berserk directly. He came to the sideline and opened his mouth to curse at his players, and poured his anger on the players. The commentator on the Lens side targeted Lao Lei, and he didn't know how to respect his opponent for Lao Lei, so he grabbed it and criticized it fiercely. The counterattack led by Lao Lei allowed him to find out that there was nothing wrong, and he could only pick and choose to put the matter of respecting the opponent on the table. He has chosen to forget about the pre-match declarations of victory that the Lens team had disdained.

Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, looked at the coach of the Lens team who had lost his demeanor and barked incessantly, and a disdainful smile curled into the corner of his mouth. For him, the head coach who doesn't mind his opponents is like this, because it makes the game easier and less effort. He stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets, with a very leisurely and cool attitude, full of confidence in winning this game, it is difficult to lose with such a manager.

After the start of the game on the field, the players of the Lens team, who were scolded by their own manager, were full of anger in their hearts, and they were ready to take this anger out on Porto. It's a pity that the wishes are good, but the reality is cruel. Although there was a lot of pressing and attacking up front, it was very difficult to break the ball at the feet of the Porto players. In addition to the fact that the Porto players are good at their feet, it is because every time they press and cause trouble to Porto's dribblers. Lao Lei will always appear in a safe position nearby, receive the football of his teammates who are forced to rob, and resolve the danger.

However, due to the fact that the players of the Lens team are currently in good shape. Their aggressive pressing still caused some trouble for Porto's organization. Lao Lei also temporarily slowed down Porto's offensive and defensive rhythm, and did not blindly play fast, but temporarily controlled the football at the feet of his own side. After all, playing fast with the Lens team is not a random fight, which consumes both body and time. If the effect is not good, Lao Lei will not do it. Looking at the players of the Lens team who were spreading joy everywhere, Lao Lei steadily led the Porto players to pass the football. Patiently waiting for the moment when the Lens players need to rest, play slow and fast.

Watching Lao Lei firmly control the rhythm on the field, Mourinho was very pleased to watch it off the field. Since Lao Lei has the habit of carrying the team's tactics, in addition to helping him better understand the players' running positions and offensive combinations on the field. Another benefit is that he is now slowly becoming like an invisible manager on the field. As the core of the organization, you can make timely adjustments to deal with various situations on the field. Recently, Mourinho has felt more and more relaxed, he only needs to make a general arrangement for each game, and the details of the rest of the game are almost all done by Lao Lei alone.

Although Lao Lei is not always able to make correct and effective countermeasures, and at the same time, he is suspected of overstepping, but Mourinho did not stop or reprimand Lao Lei, but used a very laissez-faire attitude. Let Lao Lei play freely. For Lao Lei, a proud disciple, Mourinho's attitude will always be more tolerant and soft. I have to say that I was lucky to meet Mourinho Lao Lei. His style of play will help him a lot in his development, but it's rare for a manager to allow a player to do so. One is to maintain the majesty of the manager, while the other is to allow the players to change their tactics, which generally has a big impact on the team's results, maybe good or bad, but almost no manager would bet on that.

Of course, such a situation cannot be said to be none, but Lao Lei is far from having the qualifications to do so. In history, there are also players who decide tactics and have the right to speak in the team, such as Maradona and Platini, who are geniuses who transcend an era. In their team, although there is a head coach to arrange tactics, but once they are on the field, they are outside, and the military orders are not subject to it, and they can make their own changes in the case of unfavorable games. To be honest, Mourinho's treatment of Lao Lei is almost conniving. But looking at the results achieved by Porto now, you have to say that at least Lao Lei has done a good job until now. And Mourinho is not a pedantic person, he can be a little easier, and the team can also get a good record, not to mention facing the proud disciples he has cultivated, so why not do it?

And this time, Lao Lei's decision also brought a favorable result for Porto again. There is a time limit for people's motivation, and once a very positive result is not exchanged for a satisfactory result, the enthusiasm will quickly plummet. The same is true for the Lens players, whose motivation is not guaranteed when their pressing has little effect and even looks like they are being slipped by the Porto players.

In the 34th minute of the first half, Lao Lei was keenly aware of the moment when the players of the Lens team slowed down. At this time, he received a goal from Kostiani, and in the face of the midfielders of the Lens team who were already pretentious and came up to scramble, Lao Lei suddenly started with the ball. An acceleration kick-in with a horizontal flick of the right foot got rid of the Lens midfielder. And Lens's defense line was obviously a little caught off guard by Lao Lei's surprise attack, and this moment of panic gave Lao Lei time and space to move forward quickly with the ball.

By the time Lens' defenders pressed up, Lao Lei had already rushed into the heart of Lens' half with the ball. In the face of a defense line that was obviously not organized, Lao Lei and Deco were familiar with a one-two, and got rid of the defenders of Lens who were pressing. After accelerating a few steps, Lao Lei came to the front of the Lens penalty area, facing the central defender of Lens who pressed out, and suddenly led to the right horizontally, pulling Lens's defense. Immediately followed by a sudden straight plug, to Alenichev, who was diagonally inserted at the right time, the two passed and ran very tacitly, and they were not offside.

Alenichev relied on his speed advantage to stop the football before it could go out of the line. The full-back of Lens had been completely left behind by him, and Alenichev swooped straight down the line towards the six-yard box. Facing the goalkeeper of Lens, who was scrambling to attack and block his shot and pass angle, Alenichev had a lot of room to make two passing feints before he lightly picked up the football on his toes and crossed the ball to the edge of the penalty area, and Maniche, Deco and McCarthy were already in place in front of the goal.

In the end, it was Maniche at the back post who got a pass from Alenichev and after stopping the ball on his chest, he poked the ball with his toe and stabbed the ball into the goal before the Lens defender could come to block. The score changed to 2:0 in the 35th minute of the first half, and Porto had a two-goal advantage at home.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL！！ Maniche!! Our right wing, once again! A concise, fast rush. And Reima once again acted as the chief director of the goal, a clever quick attack, and the Lens defense was clearly unprepared to deal with it. The front of their exclusion zone is like an undefended PR garden. 2:0, it's not even in the first half yet, I don't think it's going to be the final score. We can try to end the suspense of this knockout round at home. Now Lens's declaration of victory, we can see him as a joke. The commentator on the Porto side triumphantly explained how ridiculous Lens's declaration of victory before the game seemed to be, and how uplifting Lao Lei's declaration of a settlement looked.

And after the goal was scored, Lao Lei came to the bench of the Lens team again, this time he extended his thumb and index finger, which is the meaning of two goals. And the players of Porto also cooperated with Lao Lei's actions again, and followed Lao Lei's gesture of "two". Lens's declaration of victory before the game has long made the fans of Porto unbearable, and they are happy to do it at this time. At this time, the commentator who criticized Lao Lei for being impolite at this time was also silent. On the football field, if someone can be rude to you again and again, remove some immoral factors such as racial discrimination or something, it is because others are stronger than you. Such a situation can be described in one sentence, if you can't resist, then you can only endure or enjoy.

After trailing by two goals, Lens now wants to play defensive counter-attacks, but they can't play. In a two-legged knockout round, being down by one goal away from home is a grudgingly acceptable result, but if it's two goals, it's not good for the team, especially if you don't score away goals. Although at this time, the head coach of Lens finally had a clear mind and let Lens's players counterattack with defense first and spend the rest of the first half. But in any case, in the second half, they must have to press out to play against Porto, and they have lost the strategic initiative.

Facing the Lens players who were 2 goals behind and demoralized, Lao Lei originally wanted to take advantage of the victory to chase and lay down the victory in one fell swoop. However, McCarthy and Deco's next two shots were slightly wide of the goal, missing the opportunity to extend the score. The first half of the game ended with a score of 2:0, and the "must-win" Lens lost face in the first half. The Lens players and manager walked into the tunnel with their heads bowed to the cheers of the Porto fans.

During the break, the big screen at the Dragons Stadium kept replaying the image of Lao Lei sticking out his finger after scoring a goal and Porto fans sticking out his finger. This made the dragon stadium, from time to time, let out excitement, or slightly mocking laughter. Porto fans are confident that the team will win this game, and this season Porto have won all of them in the end as long as they scored first at home.

The next thing they want is whether the team can bring them more joy.

However, I believe that the Porto players will live up to the expectations of the fans.

Especially Lao Lei, because he has not fulfilled his words and killed the suspense of the game in this one.

To kill the suspense, 2 goals are not enough. (To be continued......)