Handsome position is not easy

Chapter 87 Rebellion and Obedience ([-])

Although Paulinho is 31 years old, he has too much physical strength to squander compared to Yang who only played for more than 60 minutes. How to gain a foothold in the national team with a 1.7-meter midfielder depends on Paulinho's agility and speed , and a turn radius that would make a lot of nimble players useless.

This kind of situation where there are only two ways to go, and there are still people around all the time, is really difficult for this young man. Mourinho is thinking about how to counter Porto's tactics. Now he has the advantage of a one-goal lead. Leiria may not be able to hold on to this victory. Instead of being dragged into the situation of exchange by Octavio, it is better to take the initiative to seek change.

In the 75th minute, during the counterattack launched by Leiria stealing the ball, Yang, who was already extremely upset by the defense, did not choose to play the ball quickly this time. He wanted to rely on his personal ability to make two moves against the annoying guy on the opposite side. Running on offense and defense, Yang's physical strength has reached a dangerous limit.

He himself didn't notice the abnormality of his body because of his anger, but the experienced Paulinho would not miss the slightest signs. He fell to the side and shoveled the ground, even with the ball and someone knocked Yang to the ground.

This action can’t be said to be harmless, but at least it touched the ball first. The referee didn’t even whistle for a foul, but just sentenced Paulinho to tackle out of bounds. The ball still belonged to Leiria, but Ke Yang was already covering it on the ground. The calf is rolling.

Seeing this scene, Mourinho could no longer contain the anger in his heart. While complaining loudly to the referee, he gestured to Brito and Faria who got up to check the situation.

Substitution!Replace Young and Paltrow, who failed to connect successfully in the second half, and take the long-awaited two wingers, Marciel and Cervantes.

Jan, who got up after a while, was about to rush towards Paulinho, who was standing nearby with a sarcastic smile on his face. Marovic and Thiago struggled to stop the blood from pouring into his head. Young man, Yang, who was forcibly turned around, looked up and saw two teammates standing by the sideline, as well as the substitution number plate that the fourth official was about to hold up.

Young has never been awkward with Mourinho, but now his eyes are red, and he shouted angrily: "I can, coach, he can't stop me, don't replace me!"

Brito squinted at his boss. Mourinho turned cold and didn't make any other movements except hugging his arms. Brito thought there was something wrong and was about to ask. But Mourinho has already forced two words from his lips:

"Substitution."

When Yang walked out of the field angrily, he didn't even look at Mourinho. Brito also felt a little embarrassed. Only Faria followed with a towel and wrapped it on the teenager's sweat-soaked head. A few times.

Although Mourinho replaced two offensive players, Porto did not make any adjustments accordingly. Octavio just reminded Secretario, who was frequently inserted, to pay attention to defense, so that Paulini, who no longer needed to mark O rejoined the offense.

Until more than 80 minutes into the game, Deco made another side shovel. Although he kicked the ball away, it also touched Marovic’s calf. The referee stepped forward and gave Deco a stern verbal warning. If there is another foul , he was sent off with a second yellow card.

Octavio, who noticed the change in Deco's state, couldn't sit still. He beckoned and called his assistant coach. He wanted to replace the slightly tired Brazilian midfielder with Benny McCarthy, but Deco saw the head coach do it. After making a substitution gesture, he ran directly to the sideline near the coach's bench.

On the way, he made gestures of shaking his index finger several times in a row. While his teammates tried their best to delay Leiria's kick-off time, Deco quickly communicated with Octavio. Although the Porto coach's face was not very good, But he still reluctantly agreed to his baby captain's request.

Benny McCarthy replaced Postiga, who was supposed to partner with him as a double striker, while Deco remained on the field.

Because there were many fouls and players fell to the ground in the second half, the referee gave 5 minutes stoppage time. Seeing the Arabic numerals on the sign held up by the fourth official, Mourinho shook his head and faintly felt it. A breath of danger.

Leiria has no choice to replace any of the three midfielders at this time. What he can do now is to delay the time as much as possible. Porto took a precious three-pointer here, and Mourinho signaled to replace Del Rey with a defender, intending to use up substitutions to run out of stoppage time.

But while waiting for the dead ball, Deco once again displayed his amazing escape technique, dodging the siege of two defensive midfielders one after another, and hit a strong volley at the top of the penalty area. The ball hit the central defender Bu Riggs had a bottom line.

Even though Del Rey dawdled to the sidelines at the slowest speed, the referee firmly gave Porto the corner kick. Deco stood behind the corner flag area, sweat kept rolling down his face, and some rolled down his neck into the corner. In the wet jersey, some of it pooled on the eyebrows and eyelashes, blurring the Brazilian's vision.

Time was running out, everyone rushed into Leiria's penalty area, even the goalkeeper Paul Santos was eager to try at the top of the arc, Deco lifted the hem of his jersey and wiped his face fiercely, and it was the same guy who stretched out his hands like In the posture of a big bird with wings fluttering, his right foot slammed on the bottom side of the ball.

It was a beautiful arc full of power. The ball slanted down from the air to the center of the penalty area with a fast spin. Everyone jumped up. In the chaos, no one knew whether they would be lucky enough to complete this arc. A touch of fate.

Benny McCarthy, who had just been replaced not long ago, was slightly behind the middle of the penalty area. The 1.8-meter-four South African forward's thigh muscles suddenly exerted force, and he seemed to be higher than everyone around him. The black head slammed in the direction of the goal.

The ball, whose flight trajectory was changed by McCarthy, slammed into the underside of the crossbar and bounced into the net. Leiria goalkeeper Loza, who had been disturbed too much, didn't even see the trajectory of the header clearly.

There was a lot of people in the penalty area, but the South African was still standing firmly on the ground, as if others had fallen into the abyss, but he remained grounded.

Absolutely flat!

2:2, Deco created a corner kick that meant the end of the game, and took the penalty himself. Relying on McCarthy's header, Porto equalized the score at the last moment.

Mourinho took a deep breath and looked at the sky above the Asantas Stadium with a complicated expression. The clouds there seemed to be disturbed by the people below, and they just stopped and walked, and then disappeared with the wind.

The Porto players were running wildly on the field, celebrating almost crazily. Even Octavio rushed towards them regardless of his image. The fans in the Asantas Stadium were clamoring loudly. The color ocean revived in an instant.

Mourinho's final adjustment didn't have much effect. Instead, that desperate corner kick disrupted everything. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something in the emptiness and loss, and turned to look at the suddenly rebellious child.

Young sat on the second row of the bench, his head buried deep between his legs, Mourinho saw his shoulders tensely hugged, and knew that Young was sorry for his failure to help the team score three points And depressed.

It's just that the noise here is loud enough, and the people around him also have their own sorrows, so they haven't noticed it, so it doesn't seem so embarrassing.

"If I wasn't the head coach, if you were still that young, I would definitely sit next to you and hug you."

Mourinho buttoned up his suit jacket, smiled and met Octavio, whose hair was messy and his clothes were equally messy, and the two held hands tightly.

"exciting competition."

"mutual encouragement."

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