Chapter 200 4
However, just as Lao Lei completely stepped over Melchiot, who had fallen to the ground, the silent dragon stadium became more noisy in an instant. Lao Lei's actions made Porto fans feel that there were a lot of stuff in their chests, and they couldn't say it, so they could only shout it out loudly to resolve these things. At this time, the sky above the dragon stadium was noisy, noisy, and loud. And Lao Lei's move also attracted the punk girls in the stands, and they couldn't help but say: "Cool!" A pair of beautiful eyes stared at Lao Lei tightly, and there was an inexplicable look in his big eyes.
At this time, because Melchiott was still lying on the grass, the Chelsea players did not bother to find trouble with the arrogant old Lei, but hurried to check Melchiott's injury. The referee also temporarily stopped the game and gave Chelsea's team doctor time to treat him. Melchiott's ankle is not a big deal, just a little sprain, and he can continue to play, as long as it is relieved. However, at this time, for Melziot, the psychological blow was far greater than the physical blow.
In a scene like the Champions League semi-final, someone shook down to score. Then, what made Melchiot even more unacceptable was that he watched Old Ray step over him, and he was powerless to stop it. This is a great psychological blow to a high-spirited young player, and when encountering a young man with weak psychological elements, he may even be directly defeated psychologically. And Melchiot was not completely defeated, but he was also blinded. Until he returned to the court, he still didn't come back to his senses, and kept replaying the picture in his mind. Doctor at Chelsea. After reporting to Ranieri about Melchiot's condition, Ranieri was worried. But it was still decided. Make another substitution in the second half and hopefully get through the last few minutes of the first half.
After the restart. Chelsea seemed completely unmoved by a single goal conceded and continued to be resolute in their counter-attacking strategy. As for Porto, under Lao Lei's construction, there was no intention of stopping in the first half. Because Lao Lei knows that since Chelsea will not take Melchiott, now is a good opportunity to continue to increase their efforts against Melchiott. As a young man, Lao Lei didn't believe that he could recover from such a blow so quickly.
In the 41st minute of the first half, it was on the left side again. Porto is back again. In these few minutes, Porto's attacking focus was completely on his left side, making Chelsea's right side of the defense jump, and Melchiott did not recover at all, as expected by Lao Lei. He still seems to be in a state of blindness, his reaction is a lot slower, and his technical movements are not in place. It's like I don't know how to play all of a sudden. Without Melchiott's play, Chelsea's right side of the defence is full of holes. At this time, Ranieri regretted it. However, it was too late to regret at this time, Porto's tidal offensive did not give him the opportunity to make substitutions.
This time. The trio of Ray, Deco and Maniche again played a quick, delicate triangle on the left flank. Blockades by Makelele and Glen Shire. In the face of such a cooperation, it also seemed helpless, and Melchiott once again became a hole in the defensive line. Maniche who received Lao Lei's precise pass. A simple change of direction acceleration left Melchiott behind. At this point, Melchiott became a colander completely.
After easily breaking through Melchiot, Maniche dribbled directly into the ball diagonally. Again, Gala had to pull out, block him, and leave Terry alone against McCarthy. This time Maniche chose to knock back, and McCarthy no longer played the role of a terminator, but became a staging station. He leaned on Terry behind him, faced Maniche's return ball, stretched out his foot and pushed it directly, giving the football to Alenichev, who was also cut inside. After Alenichev received the ball, he almost took it horizontally, and after opening up the space for a shot, it was directly a long-range shot from outside the penalty area. The long-range shot was angled, and the ball went straight to the bottom left corner of the goal, which was the opposite direction of Cudicini. Although Cudicini is known for his quick reflexes, this time he is also to no avail, the angle of football is too tricky. The ball hit the inside of the left post again and bounced into the goal. 2:0, in the final stage of the first half, Porto took advantage of the victory to chase and expand the score.
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! Season-m-t--li!! Nice long shot! 2:0! 2:0!! Unbelievable, we had an unbelievable first half. Chelsea have conceded just one away goal in the Champions League before, and we broke that record in just one game! In the second half, we could still score a couple of goals?!!! Ha ha! ”
After seeing the goal scored, Ranieri directly angrily threw away the mineral water bottle in his hand. Angry, he didn't notice that the mineral water was already wet on his trouser legs. Mourinho, on the other hand, excitedly came to his knees again to celebrate, raising his hands and shouting at the sky. The result in the first half was much better than he expected, and now Chelsea will have to follow in Porto's footsteps in the second half.
Before the game restarted, Ranieri really couldn't wait for the start of the second half to make any more substitutions, and directly replaced the beaten Melchiot with Desailly. The young Dutch centre-back walked down without saying a word, without high-fiveing Desailly or communicating with Ranieri. Walked straight to the bench and found a towel to cover his head, no one was thinking about anything at this time, what was his expression.
Upper Desailly is already Ranieri's helpless move, the former world's best central defender, is already 36 years old, his body and form are declining, and he is no longer as brave as he used to be. Desailly has now become a pure dressing room leader, a spiritual leader, and is already very good at helping the team financially. However, Ranieri's purpose in bringing Desailly is to allow him to stabilize the situation on the pitch and serve as a deterrent to the rest of Chelsea's players on the pitch.
And after Desailly came on the field, it was indeed no longer Ranieri's high hopes. Although he can't run in a wide area like he did when he was younger, and help the team's attack. But defensively, with his rich and seasoned experience, he can still provide some residual heat once in a while. In the following first half of the game, he used two vicious and accurate card breaks in a row, so that Maniche, who wanted to bully the "old man", could not steal the chicken. Also eroded a handful of rice. Such a table is also even if it stabilized Chelsea's military morale, and did not let Porto, who took advantage of the victory, to achieve results again. And the last few minutes of the first half ended in the process.
With the referee's whistle, the Porto players walked into the tunnel amid the cheers of the home fans. The Chelsea players, on the other hand, looked devastated, with the result of the first half being a bit unacceptable to them. Reaching the last four of the Champions League allowed them to break their best result in the history of the Champions League, and it was also the time when they were in high spirits to achieve even better results, with the final even the Big Ears Cup. However, this first half, like a basin of ice water, directly poured them a cold heart, making them a little disappointed.
Avril in the stands didn't retract her gaze until she watched Ray's figure disappear at the intersection of the players' tunnel. Looking at the lively atmosphere around her, Avril felt that football was not bad for the first time, and it was completely different from her watching ice hockey in Canada. Compared with the frenetic tension of ice hockey, the rhythm of football is like a wavy line, with both rapid and slow. Moreover, the atmosphere of watching football on the spot is more majestic than ice hockey, and the auditory shock of tens of thousands of people speaking together is incomparable to ice hockey. This kind of atmosphere also deeply shocked Avril, and she didn't feel such an atmosphere at the punk princess's concert.
Taking advantage of the intermission, she got up to solve personal problems and buy something to fill her stomach by the way. By the time she arrived at the women's restroom in the stadium, Kayla had just walked out of the women's restroom with Mi Ji. Because Avril was wearing big sunglasses, Kayla didn't pay attention to Avril for a while. Avril, on the other hand, recognized Kayla and Mi Ji, and through guò news reports, she also knew about their relationship with Lao Lei.
After passing by, Avril turned to look at Kayla holding Miji's back, comparing Kayla's tall stature to herself, and couldn't help but sigh. The girl seemed to be deeply struck, and whispered in a coquettish voice, "I hate tall people." After one more look at Kayla and Mikie, she turned and entered the women's bathroom. At this time, Kayla also suddenly turned around, and she felt that the petite punk girl just now seemed to be a little familiar. But when she thought about the football field where she was, she shook her head, she knew what America was, it was a football desert. The woman over there probably knew about Beckham, how could he come to Portugal to watch the game, he shook his head.
At this time, Xiao Jijiao's voice sounded: "Kayla, what are you thinking?" Let's go to the little shop, I'm hungry. As he spoke, he grabbed Kayla's arm with both hands and shook it. Kayla was also amused by Xiao Ji's little greedy appearance, and lowered her body and whispered, "Okay, okay." We'll go shopping for something to eat right away. After saying that, he pulled Mi Ji away with him. At this time, Lao Lei, who was still listening to Mourinho's tactical instructions for the second half in the locker room, did not know that Kayla and Avril had officially met once.
The break passed quickly, and the players of both teams were already standing in the stadium, waiting for the start of the second half. (To be continued......)