[football] walk side by side

At first, the ball stayed well at Deco's feet.

But under the joint coercion of Keane in front and Giggs on the left, Keane has already blocked the breakthrough space in front of him. In this case, he can only consider passing back.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a figure with a blue and white jersey in the back space on the left. Deco thought about facing Ferdinand's Del Rey and McCarthy who was guarded by Gary Neville. Then on the left, the defense The players here should not be as perverted as here, right?

Thinking of this, Deco hooked his foot, and kicked the ball obliquely to the rear with the outer instep of his left foot!

Of course, Cristiano did not ignore the pass. He turned his head and was about to go up to grab it, but Cyril secretly pulled the hem of his clothes. After a pause, he was knocked to the ground by O'Shea who came from behind.

Cyril, who grabbed the ball first, glanced at the front field and thought for a while.

Even if Neville cannot be attracted, it is the same to hook McCarthy directly.

Thinking of this, he raised his foot to aim at the ball and kicked it hard. This kick was so powerful that even the surface of the ball sank slightly inward, and then flew towards Manchester United's penalty area!

"...Deco passed the ball to the left, C-Ronaldo and Slade were fighting for the first point of the ball, oooh! C-Ronaldo and O'Shea both fell to the ground, Slade grabbed it This ball! Now there are 10 minutes before the end of the game, Porto got a good chance, maybe we have a chance to regain the lead... How will Slade choose? Pass the ball, break through? Or shoot directly?"

"Slade chose to shoot directly! Oh my god, this position is more than 30 meters away from the goal. Does he want to repeat the shocking long-range shot at the Bernabeu?"

Along with the commentator's voice, Gary Neville's gaze also turned to the football flying in the air.

Although everyone knows that the shocking lob shot by Cyril Slade at the Bernabeu that day is difficult to repeat, but to be on the safe side, from the beginning of the game until now, Manchester United players still have not let down their guard against Cyril Slade's lob shot. Unintentionally on guard.

Faced with this direct football, a choice was directly placed in front of Neville.

Is it to defend in front of the goal and beware of this lob shot, or to chase McCarthy and keep the defender?

Neville was a little hesitant, but during that little hesitation time, the ball was already in front of him.He was still hesitant to choose between the player and the ball, but he was surprised to find that the ball... seemed to be aimed at McCarthy?

Realizing this, Neville did not stop in front of the goal, but immediately chased after McCarthy, because the ball was not a shot... If it was a shot, then the level of this long-range shot would be too poor, it is really difficult It is believed that this will be kicked by a player who once staged a stunning lob.

"Ohhhhh!! It's a pass, McCarthy stopped the ball, Neville rushed over! McCarthy took a shot... this shot seems a bit rushed... no no no it's still a pass!! Ricardo - Carvalho!! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! Lore!" The commentator shouted, "Oh my God! When did Carvalho come up? The score is now 2-1. Porto once again leads Manchester United at home!"

Mourinho sat on the coach's bench, raised his fist excitedly, and shouted at the field: "The game is not over yet, keep attacking!"

However, Manchester United players seem to think so too.

Changing a team may feel lost because of the opponent's lore before the end of the game, which will affect the overall performance, but this definitely does not include Manchester United.

However, in many cases, things like football games are not only about strength, but also luck.

In the last 10 minutes of the game, although Manchester United aimed at Porto's goal and bombed desperately, they failed to blast through the gate guarded by Baia after all.

No Porto player was taken to the press conference in this game, but the next day's newspapers still "sincerely" reported what they saw and heard that day——

For the media in Portugal and England, it was a relatively happy period until the start of the second round at Old Trafford.They no longer need to dig out non-existent news. They just need to bring a microphone and camera and ask the Porto coach or Manchester United coach a few words.

Because just after the Antas game that day, the head coaches of the two sides used the media as a platform to launch an air battle.

"The Sun" wrote: "Ferguson accused Porto of playing rough and good at acting: In this game, I once doubted that I was facing a Premier League team, West Ham United or Wimbledon back then. Yes, our players have been brought down by them on the pitch countless times, and they have nothing to do with it, which is not fair to us."

Mourinho dismissed this, knowing that Ferguson was preparing for the next round at Old Trafford: On the surface, he was accusing the Porto players of playing rough, but in fact he was reminding The referee of a game, in order to put pressure on the referee and Porto players, so that they have scruples in the game.

However, Porto's tactical play is destined to be full of fierce physical confrontation in their games. If Porto is really timid in the game because of Ferguson's words, the Porto players must be the ones who are unhappy in the end.

Therefore, within a day, Mourinho hit back in the "Ball": "Sir Ferguson's remarks are really ridiculous. A Premier League team that plays rough football accuses a Portuguese team of being rough and good at acting? Ha! We didn't dive, or huddle around the referee pleading wrongs that didn't exist!"

Mourinho is also reminding the referee to pay attention to Manchester United's performance-many referees particularly hate being surrounded by a few people from a certain team to talk during the game, because this will greatly affect the referee's judgment. And Manchester United happened to do this often. The referees were just out of Ferguson's face. No matter how dissatisfied they were, they couldn't just deal cards casually because of their irritability.

In addition, the venue of the next game is Old Trafford - it has to be said that Cristiano's frequent flops also left a very bad impression on the hearts of the Premier League referees.

Ferguson: "That's because some teams' methods are too rough! Our players have to use some special methods to protect themselves on the field. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Technical players should be protected. Football is not There should be only rude physical confrontation!"

Mourinho retorted: "But on top of all this, football games should be full of fairness and sincerity, not false confrontation!" He said as if he had never told his players to flop.

In addition to the two head coaches fighting each other in the newspapers, some reporters also specially interviewed the players of both sides.Manchester United captain Keane did not join the battle between the two coaches, but expressed his confidence in the second round:

"The second leg? Of course we will win. Old Trafford has always been our blessed place, and this time is no exception. Porto will realize here what the real Manchester United is. We, including the fans, will definitely give Porto People realize how stupid it is to offend the Red Devils, and Mourinho should also learn to respect his predecessors who are better than him, instead of swearing at each other."

Now that the Manchester United players have spoken, of course the Porto players are also indispensable. However, when the reporters of the "Ball" blocked the Porto players who had finished training, they were shut down.

Cyril shrugged and answered like a good baby: "Sorry, sir, we are not allowed to reply to your interview."

"He thinks it's between him and Sir Alex Ferguson and we shouldn't be meddling in it," Carvalho added.

Then no matter how the reporter asked, the Porto players kept silent, even if the reporter deliberately provoked the conflict between Porto and Manchester United, it was useless.As for Keane's provocation, Mourinho also responded: "I think the best way to express my respect for Sir Alex Ferguson is a victory at Old Trafford. If you retire, you will definitely be able to retreat at Old Trafford."

As soon as Mourinho said this, not to mention the English newspapers, the Spanish media and newspapers were also a little dissatisfied. They said that Manchester United is fine, but why are we talking about Real Madrid?Therefore, "Marca", which has always paid little attention to other leagues, also reported Mourinho's remarks on a page, and sarcastically said: "Mourinho is too arrogant. Is it all about the European Champions Cup? But I think their road to the Champions League has probably come to an end, and Manchester United will let them understand what it means to be a giant."

Regarding this "battle" that lasted for nearly half a month, Mourinho said this to his disciples:

"Your battlefield should be on the football field, not in the newspapers. These off-field things should be my job. What you need to do is to train hard, and then kill Manchester United in the next round!"

When Mourinho said this, it happened to be a rest period in the middle of the training, so everyone stopped their actions and listened quietly to the coach's instructions:

"Ferguson is a head coach who likes psychological warfare very much. Therefore, no matter how the English jazz criticize us in the newspapers, I hope you will not take it to heart, and it is best to ignore it completely."

"You just need to know - although Ferguson likes to play a little psychological warfare before the game, he doesn't use this trick against every team. Combined with the score of the last game, what does this say?"

Mourinho said, with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth: "This shows that Manchester United is already afraid of us! They are not sure that they can reverse the game at Old Trafford, so they have to try to use some small actions to influence us." Ours, they are already afraid of us from the bottom of their hearts. Therefore, regardless of their remarks, we only need to maintain our style-the final victory must belong to us!"

Then, just a week before the race for a place in the last [-], Cyril got a call from England.