Handsome position is not easy

Chapter 161 Battle against Lazio ([-])
Delray yelled twice before venting his inner emotions. The Brazilian striker was very happy to see the dejected expressions of everyone in Lazio. He picked up the ball from the net and rushed towards the halfway line. With a high five, the Asantas Stadium, which had been silent because of backwardness, regained its vitality at this moment. The fans shouted the names of Delray and Young, and the cheers could not wait to break through the sky.

Mourinho looked at this very relieved goal, and couldn't help shouting towards the main stand. Porto had regained the initiative, but the ecstasy of the Setubal people lasted only a few seconds, and he did not forget , What a terrible thing for an Italian team to score an away goal. If the game ends 1:1, the Nerazzurri must win at home in Lazio to enter the final.

Mourinho gave a thumbs up to the four players who played exquisite coordination, and at the same time made a gesture to continue attacking. If they can score again, Porto will have a higher possibility of winning the final victory in the Italian territory. His disciples lived up to the coach's expectations. Porto's diamond-shaped four midfielders were fully active. After several fierce fights, the dragon gradually took the initiative on the field.

Mancini seemed to be very dissatisfied with the conceded goal. He signaled Stankovic to withdraw his position. Since Porto has the advantage, Lazio must continue to play defensive counterattacks more resolutely, except for Castroman who is the left midfielder. As well as the double striker, the remaining players of the Blue Eagles once again formed the two defensive chains they are famous for.

Young and Deco observed the opponent's intentions, and they began to handle the pass more cautiously. When there was no absolute opportunity, they would rather pass the ball across than recklessly threaten the ball forward.Even if Lazio sent two or three players to snatch them, these two dexterous and careful guys did not lose the ball. On the contrary, the patience of the Blue Eagles was constantly consumed. In order to keep up with the rhythm of Porto's transfer, they had to use Lots of running to maintain formation.

Lazio's physical energy was exhausted in the first half, but Porto's situation was much better. Young and Deco were the ones who ran a lot. They could also take a short break by letting the two forwards retreat to hold the ball. , the Blue Eagles did not have this kind of treatment. For the rest of the first half, the players in Lazio's first defensive chain began to gasp.

When the halftime break was approaching, Diego Simeone, who had been running in a wide range, finally made a rare mistake. The Argentine midfielder failed to control the ball under the double defense of Deco and Maniche. Porto’s NO .18 The midfielder squeezed and hit the ground to steal the ball, and passed it to Delray in front of him with a flick of his right foot.

This time the Brazilian striker didn't have much space to sprint with the ball. He twisted and smashed the ball several times but failed, but fortunately he passed the ball back to Deco before being forced to the sideline by Stam. A series of small steps by Porto's front midfielder forced Gianni Keida to retreat. Deco and the retreating Postiga played a two-for-one cooperation with the retreating Postiga, and easily passed Gianni Keida's defense.

Fernando Cotto and Negro did not make another positioning error this time, the two were firmly stuck on the edge of the penalty area, with Del Rey and Postiga both helping to open the space, Deco was in a parallel position There was no passing point at all. Porto stepped on the ball on the spot and turned around to pass Simeone's supplementary defense. His heart sank slowly. He was already surrounded by Lazio's two defensive chains.

In order not to be intercepted and counterattacked, Deco had no choice but to dribble the ball to the right, trying to find space to shoot a long shot under the defense of Simeone and Negro, and finally kicked the ball out Out of bounds, in any case can not give Lazio a chance to fast break.

The ball swayed continuously under Porto's front midfielder, and Deco's room for movement became smaller and smaller. Just as he was about to give up this offensive opportunity with a kick towards the sideline, a figure rushed from behind Simeone and others In the past, the speed was so fast and the start was so sudden that even Lazio's defense did not react.

The reason why Deco was able to realize this opportunity before the Blue Eagles players was that Maniche often used the routine he played in training. His speed is not slow, and his basic skills are solid. The position delivers shells to him, Maniche is always able to give his teammates huge surprises.

When Porto's NO.18 midfielder just rushed to the edge of the penalty area, Deco took the ball abruptly and took a step back. Before his body lost his balance, he tipped his toes and lightly passed the ball to the penalty area.His pass was really sharp, and Fernando Cotto, who wanted to follow Maniche, could only retreat while trying to clear the siege with a header because he couldn't turn around, but Deco's pick pass completely passed the Lazio players. The maximum range of defense, it seems that only Maniche, a guy who is sprinting towards the goal, can stop smoothly.

Peruzzi felt the huge threat of this pass, and he moved half a step in the direction of the landing point ahead of time. Although Cotto had a height advantage of 1.8 meters [-], he had no time to turn around and had to jump backwards to reach it. The falling ball, at this time, it is difficult for his neck muscles to exert strength, and it is easy to make mistakes in judging the landing point.

Mancini just watched as Cotto, the heroic central defender, unbelievably fell off the top during the clearance. After the ball bounced off the ground, the speed decreased greatly, but the direction did not change much. Maniche ran on the correct route. For the second time in the first half, Peruzzi faced the single-handed Peruzzi. He didn't know what it was like. He didn't bet on whether he could pounce in the right direction. .

After Peruzzi's decisive attack, the space left for Maniche has been reduced to the extreme, and the ball is still in the air after bouncing off the ground. If he wants to stop the ball and play again, the Lazio goalkeeper will definitely take it at a faster speed. to the ball.Maniche knew that hesitation was the most useless thing at this time. He kicked his left leg on the ground before stepping forward, leaned back in the air, and stretched out his right foot with all his strength.

Maniche's body looked weird when he twisted in the air because he stretched out his legs to reach the goal, but he still used this movement similar to a fighting kick to complete the goal. He tried his best to rub the ball, but there was no way, Peruzzi was on the line between him and the goal, and there was an 80.00% chance that the shot would be blocked directly, so Maniche took a gamble, betting that the ball would be rubbed out will not roll off the bottom line.

Peruzzi did not expect that the Porto player in front of him would use such an unconventional posture to hit the goal. He was still swaying one leg and raising his arms to guard against the opponent's poking shot, but Maniche kicked the ball towards the goal like a kick. With a flick from the side, Lazio's old goalkeeper failed to hold back his forward footsteps, and directly tackled Maniche, who was twisted and landed on the ground. When he reacted and looked back, the ball was already against the inside of the goalpost Rolled obliquely into the goal line.

(End of this chapter)