Chapter 135: Last Chance
With around 15 minutes left in regular time, Porto are one goal behind and will not play well against AC Milan. After the restart, AC Milan made it clear that they were retracting their formation, clearly to lure Porto out and then attack. This is a conspiracy, and Porto, as the lagging side, has no room to refuse. If they don't press it out, I believe AC Milan won't mind using the pass to consume the last remaining period. At this time, Mourinho on the sidelines, standing up, he was about to make a substitution, and the game has played so far, and it has been a desperate fight for Porto.
On the pitch, Porto played very passively, with Kaka and Shepchenko in their own half, Porto's backline was nailed and unable to press the assist with all its might. Not to mention Shepchenko, Kaka's impressive impact alone made Porto's backline dare not move. Porto was caught in a dilemma, but time was of the essence, forcing Porto to make changes. Lao Lei felt at this time that even if he turned on the devil's muscles, it would not work, and in the face of AC Milan's skillful conduction, his running seemed somewhat weak. Today, the Devil's Flesh Man brings an additional skill that increases the passing stat by 15%. But this didn't make much difference, no matter how accurate Lao Lei's pass was, but his teammates in the front court looked a little stretched when facing AC Milan's stable defense.
Just when Lao Lei was wiping his sweat vigorously on the sidelines, and his heart was anxious, Mourinho finally made a move. In the 80th minute of the second half, Kostiani was substituted and Alberto, who had just been promoted to the first team for the new season, came on. Porto's lineup became 4-1-3-2. And according to Porto's tactical system, Lao Lei often has to step forward to assist. So all of a sudden, the iron gate in front of Porto's back line disappeared completely, and Porto's back line was completely exposed to the AC Milan attacking group. Meantime. Mourinho came to the sidelines and shouted at Lao Lei: "Reima, attack!" Offensive!! Press it out. ”
'We saw that Mr. Mourinho finally made a move, replaced Kostiani and brought on a striker. This is the charge of Porto to launch the final counterattack, and in the last 10 minutes, who will kill the deer? 'Jose Mourinho's substitution gave a clear signal to the outside world that now we are going to do the final blow.
Lao Lei also knew that now was not the time to hesitate. Time is Porto's worst enemy right now. After receiving Mourinho's instructions, Lao Lei's position moved forward, cooperated with his teammates in the front, and began to press frantically. Under such pressure, although AC Milan's passing ball has become less comfortable, correspondingly, their space to handle the ball in the front court has also increased. In the 84th minute of the second half, the combination of Lao Ray and Maniche was unsuccessful, and Rui Costa was under the bag. Still with difficulty, the football was sent out and delivered to the feet of Kaka, who had already been inserted forward. After receiving the football, the body that only came on the field in the second half was still sufficient, and he had to speed up with the ball. Face Costa. It was that move again, speeding up, and Costa was helpless. Pulled down Kaka from behind.
The referee ran over and looked at Costa, who looked pleading. Without hesitation, a yellow card was shown. In the first half, Costa had already received a yellow card for Shepchenko. This time, if you take one more, it will be two yellows and one red, and you will be sent off. Although the Porto players surrounded the referee to intercede, the referee was very resolute and ignored him. Costa bowed his head in frustration and removed the captain's armband from his right arm. did not go to other veterans, but walked straight to Lao Lei, and then in Lao Lei's surprised gaze, he put on Lao Lei.
"Captain?" Logically speaking, although Lao Lei is now the flagship star of Porto, according to seniority, it is not Lao Lei's turn to wear this captain's armband. With a surprised look, Old Ray looked at Costa and asked with questions.
"Reima, win the game!" Costa didn't answer Ray's question directly, and after putting on his armband, he patted his arm vigorously and said firmly. Then he turned and walked to the sidelines, accompanied by applause from the Porto fans and Jose Mourinho, and no one could blame the dutiful old captain. Whether Costa's foul was worth it or not, no one knows, no one knows whether AC will score even if Kaka breaks through this time. But Costa's act of choosing to take on this responsibility alone at that moment deserves everyone's respect.
"Jorge is off the field and the captain's armband is worn on Reima's right arm. Porto will have to play with 10 men for the next five or six minutes, especially with a lack of defensive leaders. The 21-year-old Reima, who was captaining Porto for the first time, faced a daunting task. Will there be any more miracles? The Porto narrator uttered this in a deep voice. Trailing behind with five minutes and 10 men, Porto will need a miracle if they are to win against a star-studded AC Milan giants. The Porto fans in the stands were already full of anxiety, and some were already biting their fingernails nervously, expecting the appearance of heroes. The vast majority of them have their eyes on the blue-and-white Porto No.13 in the middle of the pitch, hoping that their young king can step up again.
After putting on the captain's armband, Lao Lei suddenly felt a huge pressure pressing on his body, and he could feel countless eager eyes on him. Lao Lei took a deep breath, clapped his hands, walked to his teammates' side, encouraged and motivated his teammates, and cheered up all his spirit to face the last few minutes. For pressure, Lao Lei is not afraid, and there is enough pressure to burst out with extraordinary power. Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, looked at Lao Lei expectantly, and said with full expectation in his heart: "Come on!" Reima, only if he can break this kind of scene, is a superstar. Go for it! Brat!! ”
Once the match started, it was first AC Milan who wanted to take a free-kick from 35 meters out of the Rioporto goal. If this free kick is sent to Porto, Lao Lei may directly put the football in order to delay time. Drive to your own half. But AC Milan is different, they are the top giants. It's disdain to do this kind of thing. If it had been in the past, Lao Lei would have felt that this gesture of giving the other party a chance was too stupid. But at this time, if he could, he would say to AC Milan loudly: "This way is too fair, you deserve praise, very smart. ”
In the end, AC Milan's free-kick was sent out before Carvalho got past Shepchenko in the box, and AC Milan won a corner. AC Milan then won two corners in a row, and the time was already in the 87th minute of the second half, with only three minutes left in normal time. If you add injury time, it will only be six minutes at most, and Porto is getting closer and closer to the abyss of defeat.
When AC Milan's corner kick was taken again, this time Ferreira in the middle beat the AC Milan players and grabbed the first landing point. He pushed the football out of the penalty area, and Lao Lei's eyes flashed, like a hunting leopard, and rushed out at once, and his prey was the football that was falling in the air. After two steps out of the restricted area. In front of Lao Lei's eyes is Gattuso, who wants to compete with him for this second landing point. In order to get the football before him, he used his left foot and kicked it. The whole person jumped forward and raised his right foot, and the posture of the whole person was quite like the feeling of an eagle spreading its wings in Chinese martial arts.
In the end, with this leap. Old Ray still caught up with Gattuso and touched the football. However, Gattuso did not give up, and still accelerated and rushed over. Old Ray toeed out. The football was picked up and flew over the head of Gattuso, who rushed over, and Gattuso also quickly braked and turned to chase the ball again. After Lao Lei landed, he did not adjust the time, his left foot was raised closely, and he picked up the football again, and the football flew over Gattuso's head again.
Then Lao Lei immediately leaned on Gattuso, who turned around again, faced the falling football, stretched out his right foot and unloaded, and then accelerated forward. Gattuso, who was behind him, saw such a situation, and he hit it and wanted to knock Lao Lei down. And Lao Lei relied on the devil's muscles and flesh man, and stubbornly withstood the impact behind Gattuso, although the whole person stumbled a little, but he still stubbornly stopped and began to accelerate. The referee also lowered the whistle in his mouth, signaling that the game would continue and that the attacking side would be favorable.
By this time in the game, Lao Lei's acceleration on the field had made most AC Milan players unable to catch up, except for Kaka. Kaka quickly chased after him from behind, and soon was side by side with Lao Lei, who had already advanced the football to the vicinity of the center circle. Kaka also knows that the key now is that as long as Lao Lei is not allowed to continue to carry the ball forward, AC Milan will win this game. However, as a young talented player, Kaka disdains to use foul means, but uses his body to constantly interfere with Lao Lei, not letting him get up again, so that his teammates can return to the defense in time and arrange the defensive line.
Faced with such a situation, Lao Lei suddenly slowed down, causing Kaka to also follow a beating, and then suddenly accelerated, and at the same time, the Φ trick also appeared again at Lao Lei's feet. The football passed from behind Kaka, and while Kaka was stunned, Lao Lei picked up speed again, and pulled a little distance between him and Kaka again. However, the situation is not optimistic at this time, and AC Milan's defenders have returned to their own half. The good news for Ray at this time is that his teammates Deco, McCarthy and Maniche have also come to the rescue, and Alenichev has been unable to keep up due to physical reasons.
By the time Lao Lei finally arrived, AC Milan's players were only 30 meters away, and the AC Milan defense was about to be arranged. After Lao Lei observed, he flicked his left foot and made a gesture of forcing Maldini to eat hard. After holding Maldini with his body and forcibly walking inside, Pancaro and Maldini immediately formed a posture of encirclement towards Lao Lei in an instant. At this time, Lao Lei's eyes turned, and the heel of his left foot knocked on the football, and the football returned to the feet of Deco at the front of the penalty area.
At this time, due to the forward pressure of Lao Lei, Deco has already got a long-range opportunity at the edge of the penalty area. In the face of Lao Lei's pass, Deco stopped, and shook Gattuso, who was chasing back, with a stop. Just as Deco was about to shoot from distance after adjustment, he dodged one of Gattuso's feet, but did not dodge the other and was taken down on the pitch by Gattuso.
With a "beep", the referee ran over and showed a yellow card to Gattuso without hesitation, and Porto got a chance to take a free kick at the edge of the box in the 89th minute of the second half.
This is perhaps the best chance for Porto in the final period.
And the old Ray appeared in front of the football without giving up.
There was unmistakable confidence in his eyes.
In other words, it should be said that it is full of murderous spirit.
Suddenly, the attention of the audience was on Lao Lei.
Life or death, heaven or hell, are all on this foot of Lao Lei.
The AC Milan fans booed wildly at Ray, trying to put pressure on him.
And Lao Lei's ears were filled with the sound of his heart beating wildly.
He felt like it was going to explode! (To be continued......)