Handsome position is not easy

Chapter 126 Cooking Without Rice ([-])

Five people were injured in two games. Porto's official injury report made the fans of the Nerazzurri feel sad. Chairman Da Costa had a little hope when he visited the hospital, but the doctor who diagnosed the injury and the team members The medical team always gave him some negative news.

Yang's ankle problem is between a first-degree sprain and a second-degree sprain. Both the anterior talofibular ligament and the calcaneal ligament show signs of slight tearing. In addition, the feet are red and swollen. The boy cannot walk on the ground at all. To reduce swelling by applying and raising the affected area, it is conservatively estimated that it will take about a month of recuperation.

Pedro Oliveira's toe nails have already been pulled out. Just treating the trauma and taking anti-inflammatory drugs requires observation for a period of time, and it takes at least three months to half a year to grow new nails. , the 17-year-old second team teenager is lying next to Yang's hospital bed. The two young people can only comfort and cheer each other. For them, the injury is still a relatively new thing, and the team also needs to assist in the recovery of their mental state. .

Ricardo Carvalho's gluteal muscle strain is not particularly serious, and Lafayette's emergency treatment is relatively timely. It is expected that he can basically complete the recovery within two weeks. However, in order to prevent the recurrence of the injury caused by excessive exercise, he still Can not immediately return to the team's daily training, must be under the supervision of the medical team for recovery training with stretching.

Baia's left knee soft tissue injury shocked everyone at the time, but after going to the hospital for an examination, he found that the injury was not too exaggerated, at least no bones were injured, and it is expected to return to normal within three weeks, but Porto's old captain is already 32. At this age, the doctor does not recommend him to come back prematurely. After all, as a goalkeeper, the knee injury is the most important thing to guard against. No one wants to lose Portugal's main goal before the World Cup.

From this point of view, Deco's injury is the lightest, and he can participate in training after a week of simple fixation, but Mourinho is really scared. For the Porto coach, there is no hard requirement for the target club of the Champions League this season. On the contrary, the league situation was extremely chaotic, and he didn't dare to take the risk of letting these players play with injuries. There were still many games to come.

The Brazilian sat in front of Young's hospital bed with his arms hanging. Ever since he received the assist from the teenager in the match against Real Madrid, his relationship with Young has become better day by day. Rinho also asked the staff to bring them a lot of game videos. Deco and Young joked about each other's mistakes during the replay, and the two chatted more and more happily.

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When Real Madrid came to the Asantas Stadium as a guest, all the wounded who could move went to the scene, and Young also sat on the best seat on crutches. , Binding feet, and two team doctors sat next to them to monitor them, so as not to cause any secondary injuries due to the excitement of the few people.

Mourinho's starting list is goalkeeper Paul Santos, the back line Secretario, Jorge Andrade, Ricardo Silva and Mario Silva lined up, Costini Ya and Paredes partnered with double defensive midfielders, the left and right forwards were Alenichev and Capuccio, and Postiga and Benny McCarthy were used as a double forward combination.

Bosque's starting goalkeeper is still Iker Casillas, the left and right wing backs have not changed, they are still Roberto Carlos and Salgado, the three central defenders are Karanka, Ivan Campo and Pavon, Makelele Single midfielder, Zidane and Figo continue to partner in double midfield, with Munitis and Raul Gonzalez on the front line.

Although Real Madrid's starting lineup has changed a bit, it still has an overwhelming advantage over the shabby Porto. The draw in the last round put Bosque under a lot of pressure, so he removed Guti, who was not performing well, from the starting lineup. , Morientes and Elguera, the old captain Hierro also did not travel with the team because of his rotation.

In order to ensure victory, Bosque did a lot of homework. The news that Porto lost four players in a row against Bellamar naturally entered his ears. Under the influence of the wave of injuries, Mourinho The only cards that can be played are that point. The old coach can basically guess the opponent's starting lineup with Porto's player list.

Without Ricardo Carvalho, a young defender with a huge coverage area, Porto has only a few options for high center defenders, and Del Bosque has also come up with the combination of Raul and Munitis. Real Madrid's No. [-] has a very comprehensive ability , the latter is a well-known bantam player in Spain, with the support of a top midfielder, who can repeatedly attack Porto's defense by relying on speed.

As for the opponent's offense and counterattack, after losing the two attacking midfielders Deco and Jan Rodriguez, Porto's midfielder has been unable to provide any creativity. Bosque guessed that Mourinho would use 4-4-2 or 4-5-1 formation, and the main offensive methods are nothing more than two familiar styles of play.

Either use the British style of long pass to reduce the midfielder's consumption of counterattack speed, or follow the old path of finding a high point in the bottom pass, so the Real Madrid coach is very sure that he will only use Makelele as a defender Waist, in his understanding, not only does Porto have no midfield organizers, but even typical back-up players are very scarce. The chances of being able to advance from the center to their own backcourt are almost zero. It is enough to have Makelele in the center.

As for the back line, the average height of the three central defenders has reached 1.8 meters five, and they all have enough physical advantages when facing Benny McCarthy and Postiga. Roberto Carlos and Salgado can also play a role. Suppressing the role of the opponent's wide players, Real Madrid has been invincible on both offense and defense.

Although tens of thousands of fans at the Asantas Stadium cheered for the Blue and Whites with singing and cheers, Porto, who was in a state of remnants, still had a hard time parrying Real Madrid's attack. The game had just started less than 4 minutes ago. The pass found Raul, and Real Madrid's double forwards had a series of exquisite cooperation with five players in a row.

When Munitis hit the goal, Munitis passed the last defender Andrade and knocked a cross to Raul. The latter made a light push with his foot. At this moment, only goalkeeper Paul Santos was alone in the empty city. Porto, who lacked opportunities to play The second goal did not create a miracle, Raul's eyes tricked him, Santos rushed in the opposite direction, and Real Madrid led 1-0 away.

Porto, who could not resist such a sharp edge, quickly chose to retreat with all members, but bad things never happened only once. In the 8th minute of the game, it was Raul who relied on his personal ability to rush past the two, and then slyly Knocking the ball with his heel to Zidane, who had already been ambushing behind him, the Frenchman made a long shot, and the ball went straight to the dead corner of the right post.

Santos failed to make an effective save again. When the ball was spinning in the net, Zidane kissed the Real Madrid team logo on the black away jersey, and stretched out his right hand to the expedition fans in the away stands. Hanging their heads in frustration, they knew that even at the Asantas Stadium, this game no longer belonged to them.

(End of this chapter)