Handsome position is not easy

Chapter 168 League Championship!

Only four points away, Porto will be able to secure the championship seat of the Portuguese Super League this season. In the next league game, the Nerazzurri need to go to the Municipal Stadium of Coimbra to challenge the University of Coimbra. This team is on the edge of the relegation zone. The team showed a [-]% state, and Mourinho's rotation lineup also failed to play a good enough effect.

Although Young received a wonderful pass from Clayton and scored a long shot from outside the penalty area in the first half, the University of Coimbra quickly equalized the score with Diaz's header in the second half. The situation did not change until the end, but after all, Porto scored a point in the away game, which is one step closer to winning the championship early.

Next, Porto will be able to return to the home court again. If they get this decisive three-pointer at the Asantas Stadium, the Nerazzurri can comfortably enjoy the championship ceremony at home. The Portuguese Football Association is also very knowledgeable , After communicating with Da Costa, he directly brought the league championship trophy to Porto.

All the players under Mourinho know that as long as they get rid of Santa Clara, who is currently ranked second to last in the league, they will be able to raise the championship trophy at home in advance, which undoubtedly greatly boosted the morale of the team.When Mourinho stood on the coach's bench and looked at the home box where his wife Tammy and their children were staying, he vowed in his heart that he would not let the three points slip away from his hands.

In the final stage of last season, Santa Clara had a frenzied block against Porto, which was striving for the top three in the league. Neither the players nor the fans of the Nerazzurri had forgotten this incident. The players couldn't hold their heads up at all, and Porto's violent attack at the beginning didn't want to show any affection to the opponent.

Mourinho sent all the main players in the starting lineup. He will not miss the opportunity to let these heroes enjoy the cheers of the fans. Only 15 minutes into the game, Young's long pass from the backcourt accurately found Deco, Porto After receiving the ball, the midfielder commander spun around on the spot and flashed past the attacking Santa Clara midfielder, adjusted his two steps and shot furiously. The ball spanned a distance of 27 meters and went straight to the dead corner. Porto 1:0 Santa Clara, Mourinho also had a smile on his face.

Before the end of the first half, Deco held the ball in the 30-meter area again. After hitting the wall with Maniche on the left and passing the two, Porto's midfielder launched a textbook level with the arch of his right foot. With an oblique pass, Postiga, who was ambushing in the ribs of the penalty area, flashed past the central defender in front of him, turned around and shot the far corner. The ball hit the far post and bounced into the net. Porto 2:0 St. Clara, the shouts of "Champion, Champ" have started at the Asantas Stadium.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again, but everyone could see that Santa Clara had no strength to fight. After only 3 minutes, Young switched to the left and found Postiga with a level pass. Porto's No. 41 striker jumped into the air with his right foot, and Santa Clara's goalkeeper Silva made a wonderful save, but he couldn't keep the ball. A supplementary shot, carrying the opponent's defender and scoring another goal, Porto 3:0 Santa Clara.

Mourinho knew that no one could prevent Porto from winning the championship at this moment. In order to let more players enjoy the cheers of the home fans, he replaced Costinha, who had returned from injury, and Jankauskas, who had made many achievements as a substitute. , The fans gave warm applause to Young and Postiga who were replaced.

In more than 70 minutes of the game, Deco scored his second goal of the game, and then Jan Kauskas also put a perfect end to the game, Lithuania beat two Santa Clara La's central defender scored a header and the score came to 5:0, which also means that Porto won the Portuguese Super League championship four games ahead of schedule.

Mourinho opened his arms to receive the cheers from the fans. He blew kisses to his wife and children in the box. Tammy smiled while hugging Tita and Zuka. The two children may not understand the meaning of victory. , but they knew that the person who looked like a king enthroned was their father, and the family members in the box gathered around and touched the flushed faces of the two children.

Although the game was not over yet, Mourinho didn't waste any more time on the coach's bench. He trotted all the way to this box, whispered a few words to Tammy and the children, and then walked to the next box without stopping. In another box, Da Costa is waiting for Mourinho here.

Although many big names in Portuguese football were congratulating Mr. Chairman, Da Costa immediately saw the Setubal man behind the crowd. He and Mourinho looked into each other's eyes. With a smile, there is no need to say anything, they know how long Porto has been waiting for this moment.

Da Costa thanked the people around him softly, separated the crowd and came to Mourinho, the two embraced tightly, talking in their ears with a voice that only each other could hear.

"Congratulations, Mr. Chairman."

"Congratulations, my head coach."

The game went on but every area of ​​the Asantas Stadium was filled with celebratory cheers as Mourinho watched as pundits and reporters gathered around the boxes and tunnels where he took over last season The phrase "We will be the champions of Portugal's top league next season" that Porto said at the time was mentioned and criticized by these people countless times in the middle, but now the promise has come true, whether they admire Porto's champion or not, the fact is Just put it there.

Mourinho took the elevator down to the ground floor, and in the corridor leading to the dressing room, he was surrounded by club staff, and the Porto manager immediately joined the frenzied celebrations, the training equipment man, the turf caretaker , masseurs and nutritionists, these are behind-the-scenes heroes who never appear in front of the camera but are always closely related to the team's performance.

Mourinho shook hands and hugged everyone. In his heart, these people who belonged to the Porto team, like the players, contributed to the Portuguese Super League championship this season. At the door of the locker room, Mourinho met Blue Lafayette and Nelson, the leaders of the White Army's medical team.

These two doctors have the title of "Guardian of the Dragon" within the club. The people of Setubal have not forgotten their running figures when injuries occurred on the field. If the team lacks them, it is hard to imagine that Porto can play in the third line. Fighting the devil all the way to the end of the schedule, Mourinho stepped forward and hugged the two doctors for a long time, and the coach of the Nerazzurri patted them on the shoulder affectionately, without hiding his gratitude at all.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Mourinho walked towards the player tunnel. The game was about to end at this time. He leaned against the wall of the tunnel, took out his mobile phone and called Setubal's hometown. The old Mourinho sternly said After praising his son, when he wanted to say something more, a very noisy voice came from the receiver, and the old Mourinho smiled gratifiedly and said:
"Go and enjoy your victory, Jose, we have plenty of time to chat."

(End of this chapter)