Handsome position is not easy

Chapter 108 Trying
Taking advantage of Porto regaining the ball again, Mourinho quickly called Deco, who was close to here, Paredes was from Paraguay, and Alenichev was from Mao Xiong's side. I can't convey my meaning accurately, so I can only rely on Deco, who is a sneaky Portuguese speaker. The Brazilians have been here for more than five years, and they can even understand the dialect.

"Anderson, I need you to send a message to a few players on the field, let Alenichev help Paredes defend McManaman, stop him behind the halfway line at all costs, and let Sekere Tario prepares for a one-on-one with Roberto Carlos.

When necessary, you can defend McManaman instead of Alenichev, and let him also deal with Carlos. As for the offense, let’s stabilize it first. You can leave it to Capuccio and Postiga to try their luck, but for now The top priority is still defense. I have to make adjustments during the halftime break, and I must not lose the ball in the first half! "

Mourinho's speech was fast, Deco nodded and tried to memorize it. Just after he finished speaking, the possession of the ball on the field changed. Mourinho gently pushed the Brazilian on the back, Deco rushed back to the backcourt to join the defense, there was another mess outside the penalty area, and finally Mario kicked the ball back to Real Madrid's half.

Not long after Deco started spreading the word, Porto's formation on the field changed dramatically, from 4-3-3 to a weird 3-4-1-2. On the left side, his role is more like a sweeper sandwiched between the back line and the midfielder, and he keeps an eye on the line that connects Figo and Zidane.

Alenichev, who was still cruising at the left winger position, withdrew to the center line. He and Paredes, together with Secretario, who was watching behind him, almost strangled McManaman and Carlos. All routes that can be rushed forward at a time.

Deco also defended very close in front of Paredes, and he was positioned to either intercept long balls to the left trying to contact Figo and Zidane, or to quickly join the defense on the right.

The two on the front line were simply released. Capuccio was still hanging around Salgado to put pressure on him. Postiga's task was not only to continue bickering with Hierro, but also to harass Real Madrid's backcourt. Short pass possession.

Mourinho's change of formation is very deceptive. Not only the fans of the two teams sitting in the Bernabéu stadium think that he has completely given up the desire to attack, but even Del Bosque thinks that this kind of winger will be pulled back in less than ten minutes after the opening The defensive behavior was too lacking in aggressiveness. Looking at the Porto players who were silent and unwilling to hand over the ball easily, the entire Bernabéu immediately booed.

Real Madrid only made a few tentative attacks, and it frightened the young Porto coach. Now he is thinking about keeping the tie and taking a point to go home?Bosque shook his head lightly. He was not very familiar with Portuguese football. He didn't expect that the strong team in Portugal's first division had fallen to such a point. How could it be that he thought he was inferior to others and dared not even fight?
Mourinho doesn't care what others think about his tactical layout. In order to win and get more points, he doesn't care whether the process looks good. Mourinho is thinking about how to let the team regain an effective offensive method, as long as Porto Being able to defend the 0:0 draw in the first half may buy him some more time.

After Deco was intercepted by Makelele again because he dribbled deep, Mourinho frowned. Porto's offensive number is too small, and even the midfielder Deco can't find a reasonable passing line. Most of the time, you can only rely on your own dribbling to go hard. The three-on-four or even three-on-five in the slow-down state has no effect at all.

Deco needs to undertake the responsibilities of advancing and controlling the ball at the same time. In contrast, Bosque's tactical arrangement is much more effective. He separates the tasks of different areas on the field. As long as the players can connect with each other successfully, The entire midfield of Real Madrid will be like a machine on the assembly line. It doesn't care about the direction, left or right, or the number of people. As long as it is running, hitting the goal is an effective attack.

This is where Porto's dilemma lies. The two engineer-type midfielders in the midfield are mainly there to protect Deco as the core in the Portuguese League. They split up and fought separately, so Deco can get very little support, and there are very few points where the ball can be divided in the frontcourt. Most of the reasons why he is frequently intercepted by Makelele are these.

The game has been going on for 10 minutes, and Mourinho is still desperately thinking about countermeasures. After taking a few steps impatiently, he was about to walk back to the coach's bench and take a picture with the tactical board, but the situation on the court suddenly changed. , The leg that went out was taken back abruptly by him.

Porto's 3.5 defensive players on the right did block Real Madrid's advance in this direction for a certain period of time. Obviously Bosque also proposed a way to deal with this. Makelele and Erguera, who were lagging behind, started Give the ball more to Figo on the right.

The 29-year-old Figo is definitely slower than other young wingers, but with his and Zidane's dribbling success rate, he still relies on positional warfare to constantly pull Porto's defense line, and even Salgado occasionally inserts. to assist in the attack.

Although the overall speed has dropped, Real Madrid's ball possession rate is constantly rising. During this period of time, they have been relying on short passes to infiltrate Porto's left side to make waves. Costinha and others are very tense, lest they be negligent But the two great gods found loopholes.

The state of the ball always moving on the right lasted for more than ten minutes, which made McManaman and Carlos, who could not continue to play, very unhappy. When the central axis deviated, Bosque always restrained the other side very conservatively. Players in the opposite direction are not allowed to press too much forward, but if this is the case, then Real Madrid's dressing room is too easy to manage.

In fact, the problem of the Galaxy Battleship at the beginning of the season is even more serious. Who of these long-established bigwigs is willing to stay behind and do the dirty work?Seeing that the attack on the right has never really been completed, McManaman has long been impatient.

The superstar policy of the new chairman Florentino makes every member of Real Madrid feel insecure. They may be banned by the new generation at any time due to poor performance. With the weakening of the wing role, McManaman's playing time has been further compressed, and he often needs to compete with Solari and Guti for the same position.

The Englishman is 30 years old. With the obvious hopelessness of transforming into the core of the midfield and Zidane and others competing for the ball, the gradual decline in his physical condition made him understand that if he cannot perform well enough in the limited playing time Impressing coach Bosque, it will be a matter of time before he leaves Real Madrid.

So when Porto's clearance ball flew to Real Madrid's backcourt again, McManaman made up his mind not to give the ball back to the right for the rest of the first half. The main left midfielder with 66 goals and 112 assists, no matter how you say it, he can't just do some work in the backcourt and control the ball, right?

He stopped the ball with his chest very easily, and McManaman gestured to Carlos who was nearby, ignoring the shouts of Makelele and Elguera for the ball, and he put his right foot behind the ball. After stabbing, he rushed directly to Porto's heavily guarded sidewalk with the momentum of Juechen.

The signal he sent to Carlos was obvious. We were having a good time there, but the possession of the ball has to be covered by both rain and dew.Carlos is a Brazilian and a typical offensive full-back. He has long since lost his temper. With McManaman in the lead, Bosque can't blame himself, so why not do it?

When the Englishman didn't score the ball in the first place, Deco sensed something was wrong, and quickly approached from the middle, but McManaman's long legs stepped up, and the Brazilian who was not pulled horizontally could catch up Yes, he just took three or two steps vigorously, and Deco was left behind because of a misjudgment in advance.

Alenichev and Paredes, who were still paying attention to the status of their teammates in the midfield, quickly woke up. The two of them sandwiched one after another towards McManaman who was rushing over. The Russian who was in place first Although he didn't have much defensive experience, he still stretched out his legs after seeing the distance between McManaman's dribbling.

The Englishman used small steps to create a sense of frustration. The arch of his left foot lightly tapped. The ball bounced to the right and then rolled in the direction of his right foot. McManaman withdrew his left leg to catch up with the ball again. Facing Paredes again, the poor defense of the Paraguayan last time made him full of confidence.

Porto's midfielder, who was reminded once by Mourinho's ears, is now much more cautious. No matter how ecstatic the Englishman's small steps are, he never stretched out his foot recklessly to poke the dangling grain. With the ball, McManaman knew that someone might have caught up with him behind him, so he had to make a breakthrough as soon as possible anyway.

The Englishman dodged to the right, trying to take advantage of his height and long legs to take advantage of his opponent, but Paredes judged that he was not a fake move this time, so he quickly stopped his backward steps and stuck it up, leaving no room for dribbling. McManaman caught a glimpse of the white Real Madrid jersey on his left hand, and quickly tapped his right foot, preparing to pass it to Carlos who was already in place.

But at the moment when the ball was knocked out horizontally, Paredes' right foot also arrived, and the outside of his straight calf rubbed the bounced ball lightly, and then directly lifted it to McManaman's side , the Englishman, who sensed that the situation was not good, had already jumped up to avoid it in advance, but his left leg was still scratched a little.

Because his body lost his balance, McManaman staggered to the ground and landed heavily on the turf with his right foot, but he shook his arm and finally managed to stand still. The ball that flew a little higher was caught by the card from the left Los wrapped up, and the Englishman wanted to keep up, but his right foot tipped a few times on the ground. His left leg alone could not support his weight, and McManaman's ankle gave way and fell to the ground.

The Englishman was lying on the ground, clutching his heels and sweating. Naturally, the referee saw Paredes' tackle, but the ball was still at Carlos' feet. Carlos ran forward with his hands outstretched, indicating that the attack was favorable for the game to continue.

Carlos originally thought that the referee would stop the game, so he moved a little slower. Secretario seized the opportunity to push over from the Brazilian's right. He knew that Carlos's bipedal abilities were not balanced, so Simply stick to the body and squeeze the opponent to the sideline.

Carlos wanted to speed up and break through directly, but his thick thighs could not break through a gap that could be passed through. Porto's right back was sure of this, and he stepped in front of him with his right leg. The short but very strong man Carlos suffered from lack of space, and the ball just rolled out of the sideline.

The referee only suspended the game at this time, and everyone looked at McManaman lying on the ground. The Englishman's expression was very painful. Paredes stepped forward to apologize, but was surrounded by Real Madrid players with unkind faces. Open, the Bernabéu stadium sounded boos endlessly.

(End of this chapter)