Chapter One Hundred and Four

Tight defense is Lao Lei's deepest impression of this Greek team. Although there are no stars in the team, the whole team is kneaded together, and the overall defensive coordination is the best that Lao Lei has seen so far, and the current Porto are not as good as them in this regard. The entire Greek half is like an airtight blue-and-white wall, and the Portuguese team's attack in the front court is difficult to move inch, at least this is the case with this improvised Portuguese frontcourt attack line that has not been put together for a long time.

Lao Lei frowned as he looked at the Greek player opposite, and at the same time his interest rose. I thought it was a boring warm-up game, but I didn't expect there to be such an unexpected surprise. This kind of defensive intensity will make people have a special desire to conquer. Since the start of the game, Greece's backline has basically not given Portugal's attacking players any chances, except for their own defensive line is very tightly arranged. Once in the one-on-one defense, Quaresma and other Portuguese players form a breakthrough, the Greek players will be very decisive in fouling, and the action is a little big, but there is no malice. So far in the game, the referee has not shown a single yellow card.

However, this defensive style has made Portugal's frontcourt players more and more impatient. Cristiano Ronaldo's accusations against the referee have become more and more excited, and they are so passive on the field that these young players who have been strong and arrogant for years can't help but feel emotional. Originally, they wanted to use a beautiful offensive performance to announce the arrival of their national team era, but they didn't expect to encounter such a difficult piece of kraft candy, which was completely different from the picture they imagined.

At the moment, the scene looks extremely dull, and Portuguese fans can only watch in boredom as their country's talented young players attack the Greek defence again and again. But again and again in vain. It doesn't seem to have any way to take Greece at all, and it's like a headless fly. Boo. Although it didn't sound, it was already ringing above Benfica's Stadium of Light. Scolari's face grew ugly. Although this game was only a warm-up match for the selection of the Portuguese national team, it was still unacceptable for him to play so ugly. This is also his first performance in Portugal, if he really messes up, think about the doubts he received when he first came to Portugal, he knows that he will definitely not be able to run after the game and will be named and criticized.

And Lao Lei is perhaps the most calm player of the Portuguese players on the field. He became more and more interested in the Greek team opposite, and he didn't really exert his strength for a while, but carefully watched it from behind. For such a highly disciplined opponent, Lao Lei has always thought that he can't hold the idea of eating one bite. Otherwise, it will definitely be your own side that suffers, and you must patiently look for its weaknesses, and then make a move, killing it with one blow.

In addition to defense, the mystery of this Greek is gradually unveiled in front of Lao Lei. Lao Lei found that this Greek team was actually playing an all-attack and all-defense tactic, and the distance between the three fronts was kept very tight, which was why its defense line was so compact and dense. However, this is the most bizarre all-attack and all-defense that Lao Lei has ever seen, almost completely giving up the initiative and achieving the ultimate in the defensive side. Never risk moving forward. The number of backward passes is much higher than the number of forward passes. This style of play has made them very few mistakes, and they have almost zero mistakes so far, and they have not given Portugal any opportunity to take advantage of. Portugal's backline. became the most idle person in the game, and he hasn't run much at all until now.

On top of that, their players have good skills at their feet, after breaking the ball. It is possible to control the ball at your feet. Ronaldo and others' active scrambling in the front court did not play a role. This period of time when the ball is controlled. to give the backline players time to breathe, and then then go on to defend tightly for the rest of the game. Stop the Portuguese offensive.

This is an opponent who can easily make people impatient, and Lao Lei has added another comment to this Greek team in his heart. At this time, Scolari's shouts came from Lao Lei's ears, and when he turned his head, he saw that the Brazilian coach was excitedly signaling Lao Lei to strengthen his attack on the sidelines. It seems that Scolari can't sit still, after all, Portugal's attacking staff in the front field so far has not only played stinky, but also has not even created a decent chance. Scolari was counting on Lao Lei to save some face for him, and the old Brazilian man was extremely glad that Lao Lei was not missed in this call-up.

Originally, he thought that since Lao Lei's position in the national team was stable, he would not need Lao Lei to come over this time. In the future, we still have to deal with Porto and Mourinho, and it is better to be a little more humane, after all, there are too many people from Porto this time. In the end, considering the feelings of other young players in the team, Lao Lei was still summoned. Thinking about it now, Scolari breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately he still summoned Old Ray. He has witnessed Lao Lei's performance in the World Cup, and he is still very confident in Lao Lei. It just so happened that he could also take this opportunity to take a good look at the commanders in his team.

Seeing that his head coach spoke, Lao Lei temporarily put down the idea of continuing to observe, and began to move forward, taking over the organization of Portugal, and no longer letting Ronaldo and others in the front court attack by themselves. And although Ronaldo and others were slightly unhappy that Lao Lei was pointing fingers at him, but under the eyes of the head coach, they didn't dare to play any slippery heads, so they could only press their minds and play football honestly according to Lao Lei's instructions.

After Lao Lei's position was moved, Portugal's transmission of the ball in the midfield gradually became smooth. The stagnant front court has been revitalized again, and the defensive effect of the Greek team has also been weakened to a certain extent. However, this did not break through the Greek defence, their defensive formation has been maintained well, the players have changed positions and rotated with each other, there have been no mistakes, and still no good attacking opportunities for Portugal. However, judging from the scene, at least the Greek defense line has been pressed back, forming an encirclement posture, which is much better than the previous scene.

At this time, Reghar, who had been sitting steadily on the sidelines, stood up, arrived on the sidelines, and closely watched the situation on the field. In his opinion, the game time ahead of him was completely worthless for him, and Portugal's chaotic attack. It would be ironic to him if he could break his carefully placed defenses. It wasn't until he saw that Lao Lei had achieved the effect in advance. Only then did they pay close attention. As the head coach of Greece, he naturally pays more attention to Lao Lei, Portugal's emerging talented midfielder. After all, Portugal are the favourites to win the tournament. With a World Cup runners-up finish and the advantage of playing at home, there is not a single opponent who is aiming to win the title without putting Portugal at the top of the list of opponents.

Since receiving the Greek coaching whip in the second half of '01, Reghar has embarked on a major reform in the Greek national team. Instead of the relaxed and lazy atmosphere of the Greek national team in the past, the rigor and discipline of the Germans have been injected into this team, and it has achieved good results so far. However, Reghar was not satisfied, his Greek team did not complete the final improvements, there is still room for improvement, and the goal of the warm-up game is to find shortcomings that can be corrected.

At this time, Portugal has already used a smooth pass ball on the field to help them gain a firm foothold in the front court. But Lao Lei can feel it on the field. After all, the training time is still short, and the cooperation between himself and the frontcourt players has not reached the smooth process in Porto, otherwise he will not be able to enter the hinterland of Greece. In such a situation, Lao Lei can only use his personal ability to drive the attack of the whole team, and at the same time, he also opens the devil muscleman, after all, he only plays for 30 minutes, so he doesn't have to use it in vain.

After getting a pass from Ronaldo in the front court, Lao Lei faced the captain of Greece Zagorasski, first sideways. After making a gesture to accelerate, suddenly one hooks the ball back to the left with his right foot, and at the same time accelerates forward with his left foot. Zagorasski was stunned by the turn of Cruyff, a very high-quality old Ray, and lost his defensive position. After the old thunder accelerated. He wanted an impact behind him to knock Lao Lei down, but Lao Lei, who had the devil's muscles, stubbornly withstood his impact, but his body shook slightly. And he was completely thrown off by Lao Lei because of this.

However, Lao Lei, who successfully broke through, did not take two steps and met the Greek defender Dlas who came up from the defense. At the time of the previous game. Lao Lei had long seen the difficulty of the Greek line, and he had no intention of dealing with the Greek defense line alone. This breakthrough. It's just used to drive the Greek defense, no matter how tight the defense is, as long as it moves, there will always be gaps, it's up to you to catch it, because some gaps are too small or you can't see them at all.

At this time, the Greek defense wants to send an assist, just like the short pass content that Lao Lei trained in the system at this stage, in the dense crowd, seize the gap for a moment and send accurate passes. Old Ray's eyes looked at Postiga's running position in the penalty area, and waved his right foot to pass the ball, causing Dellas to come forward and stretch out his foot to block. But the ball never flew to Postiga in the box, but was picked up by Lao Lei's toe to the left side of the box, where Ronaldo was already plugged in at high speed. The biggest feature of this kind of finger-to-the-west pass is its deceptiveness, and the extra time and space for the receiver to handle the ball before the defender comes to his senses is its most valuable place.

In the fast-paced actual arena, an extra second, half a meter of time and space to handle the ball may be the distance between heaven and earth for professional players. The only flaw is that it requires a great understanding between the passers. However, if young talented players want to cooperate with each other, it is always easy to play tacit cooperation. In this regard, sometimes you have to blame God for partiality, and some people are always special.

is like the current Ronaldo, maybe he himself doesn't know if Lao Lei will pass the ball, but he just started by feeling and really received Lao Lei's pass. Before the ball went out of the bottom line, after controlling the football, Ronaldo did not cross horizontally, but knocked the football back to Lao Lei, who was unattended at the edge of the penalty area at this time. Before the Greek defenders could rush back, Ray made another cross and gave Quaresma on the right. This gave Quaresma plenty of time and space to adjust his shots. Quaresma lived up to Ray's kindness and fired a long-range shot from the outside of his right foot into the top right corner of the goal.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Quaresma, World Wave!! What a beautiful fit! The wonderful combination between the three young players finally opened up the Greek defence. What a sexy match, they will undoubtedly be the future of Portugal!! Golden Future!! (To be continued......)