Green Dragon

Chapter 34 Do You Want A Miracle?
Moutinho is not a showman, his status in Sporting Lisbon and the Portuguese national team is not based on his face!
Before he was 19 years old, he became the vice-captain of Sporting Lisbon, and he was promoted a year later, becoming a banner figure of one of the best giants in Portugal. The hope of becoming another football superstar who came out of Sporting Lisbon!
But today, he fell on an unremarkable rock!
"Beautiful! Although Moutinho used the cover of his teammates to temporarily get rid of Long Shute's defense, but Long Shute seemed to have expected it in advance, and appeared on the passing line first, and easily passed a counterattack from Sporting Lisbon. destroy!"

Shao Shengyi repeatedly sent praises for his compatriots.

That was a really sudden counterattack:
First, Ajax's left midfielder Emmanuel Sen staggered to Sporting Lisbon's left rib on a bicycle, trying to stun the defensive player with his upper body fake.

But he probably forgot that the personal skills of the Portuguese players are not inferior to those of the Dutch, and the nickname "European Samba Team" is not for nothing...

So Emmanuel Sen failed to use the bicycle to complete the breakthrough until his legs became weak. Instead, he was poked out by the calm Portuguese defender.

Sporting Lisbon immediately launched a counterattack. They only used two passes to score Ajax's 30-meter area from their own penalty area!
Although Ajax's grand strategy in this game is to defend and counterattack, the Dutch players are actually similar to the Brazilian players in their bones. They all have a special liking for offense. By the 20-minute mark it was inevitable that some nerves would relax.

So the front of Sporting Lisbon reached the penalty area after five or six seconds!

Even Long Shute was confused by the opponent's players who were crushed by the soldiers at this moment!
But in this flash, he made the most correct choice!

He didn't blindly chase the accelerated Moutinho, but quickly glanced at the half-court situation, and made the most rapid analysis of the ball-handler's possible next move!

Then he strode across and kicked the long-distance direct pass that the opponent wanted to pass to Moutinho out of the sideline!

Before Van Basten even had time to jump up from his seat, Sporting Lisbon's lightning counterattack had been completely resolved!
The head coach of Ajax swallowed hard, and then showed a look of astonishment to the assistant coach Witzger beside him with difficulty.

Compared with Van Basten, who was once a top player, Witzger, who was far inferior in state and vision, was even more surprised: because even from his perspective as a bystander, he couldn't conclude that Lisbon Competitive players will choose this less obvious passing path.

"This prediction..." Weitzger moved his lips, and finally spit out a few words, "It's too accurate..."
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The Ajax players who have endured this lesson are obviously a lot more cautious. The two wingers are properly retracted inward, which enhances the thickness of the midfield, while the two strikers Suarez and Suleimani are more active. Sporting Lisbon's midfield and backcourt interspersed with running positions, so as to tear the opponent's defense line, making them unable to attack, thereby reducing the pressure on the defense of their teammates.

There was not much difference in the strength of the two teams, but Ajax had the right time and place to play at home. In addition, Suarez, the killer, had already entered the state. When the Uruguayan used an unreasonable attack in the 38th minute After the physical impact smashed the Sporting Lisbon defender and blasted the football into the goal, the trend of the game gradually tilted towards the home team after all.

"Suarez! 1-0! Ajax scored first at home!"

Hans de Kool of Dutch TV raised his arms and shouted in the live broadcast room-in the commentary of this game, the commentator who criticized Van Basten maintained a patriotic feeling of sharing the same hatred and unanimity , When Suarez broke the deadlock, he was full of joy and excitement, as if his wife had given birth to a fat boy who looked exactly like him.

His partner, Storm Jansen, was also smiling: "Ajax leads 4-1 on aggregate, and the Portuguese's hope of advancing is getting slimmer!"

"It's not so absolute," De Cour raised the corner of his mouth, and said nonsense in a serious manner, "As long as they score three goals in the second half, the game can be dragged into a penalty shootout! They can learn from Liverpool back then and stage a game. The miracle of Amsterdam!"

The reason why the great reversal of the night in Istanbul is extremely high is because this event is too incredible, if it can be copied casually, it is impossible to be called a miracle by later generations.

Although there have been many surprising reversals in football in the following years, at least this Sporting Lisbon team does not have this ability.

With the support of more than 4 home fans, the Ajax players scored 120 points. No one wants to be the second AC Milan. The difficult opportunity to advance is handed over to others.

After entering the second half, Sporting Lisbon broke the pot completely: the two full-backs chose to advance to participate in the attack without hesitation, and even the central defender sometimes rushed into the frontcourt to take long shots from time to time, and the overall lineup moved forward. Moves very noticeably.

They almost gave up defense and put all their forces into the attack.

They can only place their bets on their own offense!
They can only bet... their striker can score three more goals than Ajax before their goalkeeper collapses!
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"Sporting Lisbon's fast break! Ajax beware!"

De Cour raised his voice slightly, then relaxed again:
"They're still trying to infiltrate from the middle? Why are the Portuguese so naive?!"

Moutinho gasped heavily while slowly getting up from the turf.

Only 15 minutes into the second half, the clean jersey he changed into at halftime was already black and blue.

It was almost exactly the same as a week ago, no matter how I flicked around, I just couldn't break through the blockade of the No. 8 player!

He's going crazy!

Moutinho thought he had learned a lesson after that failure and was much smarter. For example, he used Veloso and Postiga to cover himself many times in this game, and even let these teammates block the dragon. Special running lines, but these little tricks hardly do anything!
That young man with short black hair... Although he had little experience and was easy to be fooled at the beginning, he made a huge improvement in a week than Moutinho imagined!

——Of course, you must know that in the Ajax team, the person who conducts the most one-on-one offensive and defensive training with Long Shute is the most cunning, treacherous, best at using the body, and best at small areas in the team Get rid of the player who breaks and is also the best at diving!Uruguay striker Suarez!

Even for Suarez, he admitted that Long Shute’s first reaction was amazing, and his prediction of the ball path was extraordinarily accurate. In many cases, the football was clearly passed to Suarez from the blind spot behind his head Si, but Long Shute was able to intercept it suddenly at the very moment, as if he had eyes all over his body!
Long Shute was not only able to completely freeze Moutinho, but also showed an expression of spare energy. He had fought on the field for nearly 60 minutes, but his footsteps did not show a trace of heaviness!
And Moutinho already felt that his legs were filled with lead. Because of multiple impacts and falls, the muscles in his back and waist were also aching, and the joints all over his body seemed to be creaking, as if at any time It is possible to crash.

He took a deep breath and looked up at the head coach on the sidelines.

Bento, who was standing in the command area, had been anxious for a long time, his hands were constantly gesticulating in the air, but the players with red eyes from Sporting Lisbon couldn't care less to look at him!

Moutinho could feel that his physical strength was rapidly draining from his body, and there was not much time left for him to perform.

Before leaving the field...he must help the team get back a goal!
Standing behind him, Long Shute seemed to feel his determination, and quickly pushed forward to stabilize Moutinho.

Do you want to create miracles?
That won't work!

All I want is another chicken!
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Have a good rest on Labor Day haha

(End of this chapter)