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Mourinho has never been afraid of opponents attacking.

3 people failed to attack, 4 people failed, 5 people, 6 people...

When the opponent can't shake Porto's defense, more and more offensive players are piled up on the front line, so the opportunity brought to Porto is: the opponent's backcourt space is wider, and the defensive force is less!

I'll defend first so you can't attack!

If I fight back again, you will be crushed!

Deco's oblique pass in the front half of the penalty area was not particularly accurate, but fortunately he grasped the strength of the pass, so that Maniche did not have to worry about the football rolling out of the sideline.

After Maniche got the ball from the midfield side, he quickly started, and moved forward in a straight line along the side.

The midfielders De Jong and Garasek saw the opponent's two forwards Alberto and Dellei also quickly follow up in the middle, so they didn't dare to split up easily to help defend the side.

After Maniche passed the ball to the side area [-] yards away from the goal, De Jong moved to the side, trying to double-team Maniche with Heitinga.

Porto really used all their attacking talents in counter-attack tactics.

Alberto and Dellei did not rush into the penalty area and wait for the opportunity. Porto's counterattack was not rigid, but flexible.

After De Jong moved, Dellei seemed to follow De Jong, and opened a parallel distance with Alberto to ensure that Garasek could only mark one player. He and Maniche were separated by Heitinga and De Jong. .

At this time, when the young Heitinga saw De Jong coming to help, he rushed forward to break the football under Maniche's feet.

He did not observe Alberto's position.

As soon as he moved, the horizontal defensive distance in the penalty area was invisible, forcing Maxwell and Escuder to passively adjust their defensive positions and guard key areas.

As the Ajax defense struggled to adjust, Maniche decisively passed the ball across the gap between Heitinga and De Jong.

De Jong and Heitinga just looked behind them, but they saw Dellei kick the ball and then put the ball straight to the baseline.

Maniche makes a strong cut from Heitinga to the bottom line of the Ajax penalty area!

After passing the ball, Delly also advanced into the penalty area, forcing Escuder to move towards this side, thus exposing the space in front of the penalty area and the back point. Maybe that space will be covered by Garasek and Max within two seconds. Will fills.

But in this wave of Porto's counterattack, Ajax's defensive line was continuously passive after adjusting from the first step, so Alberto seized the opportunity and rushed to the empty area in front of the goal first.

Maniche's cross pass bypassed Escud's back, and when Escud turned around to look back, Alberto made a push to meet the ball!

Garasek shoveled one meter behind him to block the pass, and it was less than a second slower. Maxwell was on the way back to the middle, but he was only less than two meters away from Alberto!

Lobante had nothing to do, Maniche's cross prevented him from abandoning the goal, and he passively followed the football to adjust his defensive position. As a result, Alberto's push shot hit a counter-cutting line, and Lobante reacted At that time, he knew that saving and saving would not help, so he could only look at the ball and sigh!

The Porto fans who went to the stands of the Schalke stadium roared excitedly. The young coach Mourinho lowered his head and closed his eyes so that his proud smile could not be seen. His grim expression returned.

"Maniche's cross, Alberto outflanks and pushes in the middle, and the goal is scored! Porto took the lead in breaking through Ajax's gate in the Champions League final! The hero of the goal is the young player promoted by Mourinho from the Porto youth team Alberto, he repaid the trust of the coach with a goal! In this contest with distinctive styles between the two teams, Porto took advantage of the defensive counterattack to take the lead!"

Koeman didn't have time to make any expression of loss or frustration on the sidelines. He walked to the sidelines, took advantage of the Porto players' space to celebrate, and called Griguera, who was walking towards the backcourt, to his side, and gave Gryguera face-to-face instructions. Nodding with a serious face, he walked back to the backcourt.

Koeman couldn't blame a certain player for the goal just now.

Ajax focuses on offensive football, and the tradition of active attack cannot be abandoned. This is the foundation of Ajax's foothold in world football and must not be shaken!

If it weren't for the Champions League, he wouldn't have changed his formation to play a double midfielder system.

And even if it changes, this system was formally established after the first round against Arsenal.

Ideally, Ajax will have at least five defensive players even if they are counterattacked by their opponents.

Three defenders plus double defensive midfielders, the lesser defender is a fullback, who cannot return to his position immediately after being assisted to the frontcourt. This is common in high-level games. If a fullback assists and goes up to attack, the opponent cannot The advance speed of the counter-attack can allow the full-back to return to the defense and catch up, so the opponent will not counter-attack at all!

And five defensive players to defend the opponent's fast break, two staggered defensive iron triangle system is already the limit of tactical deployment!

But the specific problem in this game is that Grigera can't move!

He always has to be involved in the defense.

Because Heitinga and De Jong are too young, and they are defensive players, once they make a mistake, it will be a disaster.

In the defense just now, Heitinga and De Jong went to the zone defense to pinch Maniche. The idea was good, but they miscalculated the situation. It can be said that there was a big problem with the defensive choice of the two. De Jong ordered Garasek was very embarrassed, directly changing from active defense to passive pursuit of the opponent's target. Heitinga also forced Escuder and Maxwell to change their defensive positions and was seized by Porto in this series of changes. line of defense.

Koeman asked Griguera to reduce the assists in the half-court, to ensure that when dealing with the opponent's counterattack, if a 5-man defensive line is to be formed, it is also a three-back of Griguera + Heitinga + Escuder, at least this can reduce one The probability of the defensive system collapsing due to a problem with the defensive selection of the point.

This means that the heavy responsibility of Ajax's full-back assists falls on Maxwell, which will also reduce the comprehensiveness of Ajax's offense. After all, without a wing assist, the threat to the opponent will of course decrease.

The Ajax players looked solemn, and Ibrahimovic stepped on the ball in the middle circle, his expression was extremely displeased.

Ajax's strong attack failed, but the opponent scored first. This is the difficulty of Ajax, the risk that offensive football must bear.

If Ajax and Porto are given a chance to counterattack, they can perform better. Unfortunately, Porto is not Ajax and will not be willing to play an open and passionate game with Ajax.

Qin Xiong took a deep breath, trying to relieve the tension rising in his heart as much as possible.

It came from pressure, and the determination to win the championship will not be shaken, but the score on the scoreboard is a reality that cannot be ignored.

Affected by the goal, Porto played more calmly, but they tried to counterattack from the left again and the effect was not satisfactory. Heitinga will not easily cause disaster under the protection of Grigera and Escuder. De Jong also paid attention to the surrounding situation under the reminder of Garasek.

Ajax kept their sanity and continued the game.

Porto's foul finally began to be taken seriously by the referee.

In the 37th minute and 40th minute of the game, within 3 minutes, the referee gave Costinha and Dellei a yellow card warning respectively. The referee is discerning.

After receiving a yellow card on Costinia, Qin Xiong decisively changed his offensive strategy and concentrated on Costinia's defense zone!

At the same time, there is also Maxwell's support on this side, which makes it easier to cooperate and connect.

But Deco will also move to this side like a shadow, increasing the defensive hardness.

Through conventional means, it seems that it is difficult for Ajax to shake the opponent's defense, and the free kick obtained by the foul, today it seems that the quality of free kicks taken by several long-range shooters is not high.

At this time, geniuses are required to improvise and gain local advantages.

Someone has to step up!

Mourinho showed a thoughtful look on the sidelines. He considered whether to completely shrink the formation before the end of the first half to firmly hold the lead, but after all, the game time was not short enough to be completely relieved.

Porto is actually in a very similar situation to Ajax. If they stick to it, they may not be able to defend it. There must be an offensive threat to intimidate the opponent and force the opponent not to go all out in the attack.

Mourinho glanced at the time on the big screen, and he decided that when the time reached 43 minutes into the first half, he ordered Porto to stick to it.

However, when the game entered the 42nd minute, there was a scene on the field that Mourinho regretted!