Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 27

Various plans have already been deduced in Mano's mind.

"In the first half of the game, we mainly defended. As long as we withstand the opponent's opening three axes, their morale will decline. Then our opportunity will come. As mentioned above, we will attack the opponent's left side with concentrated firepower. Once we attack, the frontcourt will press high at the right time, change the rhythm, and catch the opponent by surprise."

Having said that, Mano pointed his finger at the team's big brother, Gomez.

"You are the commander who is up for grabs, understand?"

Gomez patted his chest, and answered cleanly, "No problem, boss!"

As a battle-tested veteran, Gomez has an excellent ability to read the game, and he is perfect as the commander of the upper echelon.

The frontcourt presses and presses, giving the opponent's defense a great pressure in a short period of time, forcing the opponent to make a hasty clearance, rob the second point, or make a low-level error, and seize the opportunity.

High-pressure force pays attention to two points, one is the passing route, and the other is cutting off.

The so-called pass route requires the first team to force the opponent's back line to pass the ball within the designed pressing range. Once the opponent falls into a trap, the second echelon cooperates to oppress the players without the ball in the area and intercept the pass route.

Such tactics have very high requirements for the tacit cooperation of the team, the opportunity to grab opportunities, and physical fitness.

Of course, the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

A sudden change of rhythm is a great pressure on the defensive players. For the offense, a successful high press is a great boost to morale.

It is said that Barcelona, ​​who once owned the peak Habaibu epic midfield combination, is in control of the top three. In fact, his high position pressing is even more powerful.

Looking around, the Barcelona Dream Team [-] is hardly the best in terms of offensive and defensive physical fitness, but it is able to contain all kinds of opponents with bullish bodies, relying on super tacit understanding and terrifying high-position pressing ability.

Use your strengths to attack others' weaknesses.

Barcelona's dream of the top three is control, which is a historical level of control. It is the weakness of the opponent's central defender's poor ability to play the ball. It uses continuous pressure to force the opponent to make a hasty clearance or kick. As long as the second point is robbed, it will be a nightmare for the opponent.

With the ability of which team at that time, it was to press down on the opponent and play wave after wave of attacks.

The midfielders of Harvey, Iniesta, and Busquez played the functions of transmission, speed booster, and card dealer respectively. They are handy with each other, just like the formations in martial arts novels. The buff bonus makes it difficult to compete.

Although the high-position press consumes physical strength, the Mengsan Barcelona team can fully use the gap in controlling the ball to replenish physical strength and dominate the ball. The defensive side is obviously more tired and exhausted.

It's a pity that with Harvey's retirement, Xiaobai and Busquez's aging, such a pass control that is almost like a precision instrument has also begun to decline.

The tide of football control has also begun to change.

Of course, because of this trend in the past, two new positions were born in football, one is the central defender, and the other is the goalkeeper (I believe that in the future development of football, the goalkeeper will play an increasingly important position)
The Benfica team is obviously incomparable with the Barcelona Dream III at the time, but they can intermittently press and press in high positions, change the offensive rhythm, and make the opponent at a loss.

"Okay, guys, come to the Dragon Stadium, we are not here to be losers, the Champions League quarter-finals are in sight, fight, Benfica!"

Mano clapped his hands and beckoned the players to come together, fist bump in the center, and shout.

"Fight, Benfica!"

……

In this game, Wang Po still sat on the bench.

In terms of starting personnel, there is no difference from the last round of the Champions League.

Only the formation has been changed to 451, with four defenders, two purely defensive midfielders, the core Riise in the center, the left and right fullbacks and the midfielder line parallel to form the second line of defense, with Benfica's team's top scorer Gomez on the front line.

Stepping into the Dragon Stadium, the ears are filled with thunderous drum noise.

This time, the booing was given to Benfica, and Wang Po also deeply felt what is called a devil's home court. In view of the various unhappiness with this team before, he seemed to be the focus of the attack.

Even during the warm-up, the boos accompanied by Wang Po never stopped.

The blue and white fan phalanx is the main color of the Porto jersey.

The red and white team is extremely small in such a terrifying number of blue and white teams, like a drop in the ocean. Although the expedition Benfica fans frantically cheered for their beloved team, the difference in size cannot be smoothed out, and the voice was completely drowned in the boos.

Even so, the team can still feel the cry of the fans.

Fight south and north, never walk alone.

Fans have always been part of the football club and will always be No.12 on the field.

This time, Wang Po did not have any communication with Silva and Aola before the game, but this does not mean that the fight will be annihilated. On the contrary, this kind of competition is the most cruel.

Accompanied by the passionate Champions League theme song, players from two teams, Porto and Benfica, began to enter the field.

The blue and white scarf wall formed a mighty cheering team. Compared with the Stadium of Light half a month ago, the momentum of the Dragon Stadium is not much less.

The players on both sides looked confident and full of morale. As calm as they were before the game, they were as cruel as they were during the game.

Destined to have only one winner in this game.

The Porto team, which is two goals behind, will definitely not let it go when facing a rival for many years, and it is foreseeable to go all out!

"beep"

A whistle sounded, and the game finally started.

As Mano predicted before the game, Porto's strategy was to grab the start as soon as it came up.

The two wingers used their speed and dribbling skills to constantly pull, tearing apart Benfica's side defense and opening a breakthrough for the center attack.

"Ah~~!"

Riise, who was holding the ball in the midfield, was tackled by the chasing Silva, and rolled on the grass holding his ankle in pain.

The referee quickly stopped the game and showed Silva a yellow card for the tackle.

Only 3 minutes into the game, there was already the first yellow card, and the next time is destined to be turbulent.

Such a penalty result made Porto extremely dissatisfied, and the boos of the audience were given to the chief referee on duty.

The Benfica team is also dissatisfied. This action is obviously aimed at people and should be expelled with a red card.

Players from both teams surrounded the referee, trying to persuade him to change the penalty in their favour.

The referee blew a hasty whistle to expel the surrounding players, and the captains of both sides wanted to fight for it. However, when they met the referee's sharp eyes, they swallowed back the words one by one, because his hands were already in his trouser pockets, and he was about to play cards.

(End of this chapter)