[football] walk side by side

"It's 2-2 on aggregate over the two legs. Manchester United took advantage of the promotion with an away goal. Now the pressure is back on Porto's side. They need to score another goal in the next game to keep the promotion. Hope for the next round."

Ferguson smiled and clapped. Mourinho frowned, but he was still calm.

On the field, facing the obvious provocations from his friends, Cyril didn't take it seriously, instead he raised his hand and gave him a thumbs up. The smile in his eyes was clear and gentle, as usual.

His straightforward affirmation and praise made the deliberately provocative Cristiano feel as if he had punched a sponge. He was speechless, so he scratched his head and turned away depressed.

For Cyril, this goal was not an accident, it was even within his expectation—it was just that what he did not expect was that this goal would come so soon.

Cristiano's progress in football has always been very fast. In this field, he is not as rebellious as he seems on weekdays, but can quickly make improvements to his own shortcomings.

The match against Porto in the last match had dealt too much blow to Cristiano—and this setback itself was a constant driving force for him to keep moving forward and make himself stronger.

When Cyril deliberately prevented Cristiano from taking the ball from various small details several times, he thought that the farewell with Cristiano at Old Trafford would not be easy.

Because of this, Manchester United's goal did not bring an emotional and confidence blow to Cyril.

But Cyril can face this conceded goal calmly, but it does not mean that other Porto players can also.

Especially after Porto captain Gero Costa went off due to injury, the dullness and depression surrounding the Porto players became even more serious.Fortunately, Mourinho also discovered this, and quickly used Clayton to stabilize the morale of the army.

He replaced Jorge Costa with Clayton, and after a short and quick exchange with the manager, the new Clayton quickly conveyed Mourinho's words to everyone in Porto:

"Sir, let me tell you, he is very satisfied with the current score in the first half!"

This sounds really unbelievable-just 5 minutes ago, Manchester United scored them a goal, causing Porto to fall behind, but their coach told them that he was very satisfied with the current score?

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, looked at each other, speechless.

Cyril immediately understood Mourinho's meaning. Seeing that the game was about to start again, he thought about it and briefly explained: "Manchester United is very strong-although they are now in the running-in period of replacement, But they're still strong."

"So it's not a big deal to be ahead by United, it would be weird if United couldn't score. 1-0 is the best we can accept and what we should do now is not to let the score go any further. , otherwise by that time, we will be truly powerless."

"Cyril is right," Deco nodded, with a serious expression on his face: "Control the ball well, control the game well, it doesn't matter even if you go back to halftime with a point behind, the important thing is to keep the score. Let Manchester United score again!"

Under the leadership of their own head coach and the core of the team, all Porto members have regained their strength. The originally slightly messy defense line has gradually returned to stability. Hold the ball and stabilize the situation.

Manchester United originally wanted to seize the opportunity to score another goal when Porto's mood was uncertain. However, in the face of the crazy offensive Manchester United, Porto, which had returned to stability, stubbornly defended.

In the 301st minute of the game, Deco and Cyril worked together to block Giggs outside Porto's midfield, and Costinia and Carvalho on the defense also locked Gary Neville's forward route Dead, Clayton quietly compressed the area outside the penalty area, eliminating the possibility of Manchester United crossing from the wing.

Seeing that there was no room for passing the ball on the field, Giggs frowned and had no choice but to pass the ball back again.

In the 309th minute of the game, Ruud van Nistelrooy received a pass from Cristiano in the middle. Facing Maniche who was lying in front of him, he raised his foot and pulled the ball to the left, waiting for Maniche's center of gravity to follow. When moving to the left, he buckled the football back, accelerated under his feet, and passed directly by Maniche!

However, the Manchester United fans were not happy with this chance they finally got. Ruud van Nistelrooy could only barely shoot under the attack of Carvalho and Costinha, and the ball was caught in Baier's arms by a side attack. .

"After the goal, Manchester United's offensive became more fierce. On the contrary, Porto, who was behind, chose to lock the defense and increase the defense. The change of Porto started when Mourinho replaced Clayton. Mourinho is this. What to do? Is he going to give up the game?"

On Manchester United's coaching bench, Ferguson, who was chewing gum, paused and turned his eyes to the pitch, but his brows were tightly furrowed.

The 2-1 at the Antas Stadium made Ferguson fully understand the ability of the Porto coach. Mourinho is by no means the kind of coach who can be judged by routine. Others do not understand what Mourinho is. Why, Ferguson only felt that there was a ghost in it!

However, until the end of the first half of the game, Porto did not show any signs of "ghosts". Since the end, Mourinho also sat calmly on the sidelines, seemingly in no hurry for Manchester United's lead.

When the referee announced the end of the first half and the score was still 1-0, Mourinho even smiled peacefully, seemingly satisfied with the result.

The Porto players can no longer be as calm as their own head coach. The backward situation made the entire visiting team's locker room silent, and they were able to defend the 1-0 situation entirely because they had reached the habit of doing Mourinho's instructions. At its best, "Sir is always right", "Sir says what we do".

But in fact, the mood of the Porto players at this time is still sluggish-because Porto is now lagging behind Manchester United, this is an undeniable fact.

Taking a panoramic view of the players' depression, Mourinho looked calm, and he emphasized again: "We knew before the game that we can only enter the next round if we score goals-this is what I told you in advance A lot of times, I want you to keep that in mind. It's normal to fall behind in the first half."

Speaking of this, he smiled, with a confident look: "The last thing I want to tell you is-our chance will come after 20 minutes in the second half, and I will replace Jankaskas at that time to attract Manchester United's two centre-backs."

What Mourinho said is so mysterious, even the Porto players who have always insisted that "Mr. is always right" are a little confused, because this sentence sounds too much like a magic stick. ...But everyone looked at the serious coach and nodded hesitantly.

Forget it, I don't want to.

Anyway... Mister is always right_(:3J∠)_

Cyril glanced at his teammates who hesitated and then decisively gave up thinking, feeling a little complicated.

Now he finally understands why some people always say that many players are no different from children. Compared with adults who are struggling in society, players of the same age are obviously much more innocent.

Of course, Cyril will not simply and rudely execute the coach's instructions like his teammates. If the midfielder is so brainless, then that player is not worthy of being called the midfielder.

He lowered his head and once again reviewed the tactics that Mourinho had ordered before the game.

The 15-minute half-time break was fleeting, and Cyril, who had collected his thoughts, took a deep breath and followed Mourinho out of the locker room.

When the game started again in the second half, Porto still did not rush to attack.

Their tactics are still based on stability, just like what Mourinho told them-their chance is 20 minutes after the opening of the game. Now that the game has just started, there must be no chance, so honest defense is alright.

Therefore, the current situation is-Manchester United's offense is wave after wave, but Porto's defense is like a stubborn rock standing still in the torrent, allowing Manchester United to attack in every possible way, and has never wavered in the slightest.

In the stands, the Manchester United fans cheered one after another-in their view, it was Porto who had no power to fight back under Manchester United's attack at this time, and could only resist desperately. Naturally, they were extremely excited.

Ferguson doesn't think so.

Now it is Manchester United that has the advantage in promotion. Even if Manchester United does not seek offense, but pure defense, as long as the score remains unchanged, Manchester United will be able to advance. Whether it's defense or not doesn't really matter.

The strange thing is that Porto-they are the side that should have the pressure to advance. It stands to reason that what Porto players should do is to attack and play against Manchester United, not defend.Attacking is the only option for Porto to win.

But Porto didn't.

It was this strange point that made Ferguson worry about it since the second half of the game. He always felt that something had been forgotten, and he felt deeply uneasy about it.

Why on earth?

In the 70th minute of the game, Porto proposed a substitution, and Mourinho replaced Maniche with Jan Kauskas.

Ferguson was refreshed, here we come!

Maniche is a defensive midfielder, while Jankauskas is a striker. With a striker instead of a defensive midfielder, Mourinho's meaning is obvious: Porto is about to start attacking!

But the situation after Jankauskas came on the field disappointed Ferguson.

It stands to reason that when a striker is replaced, everyone knows that this should be an offense, and Jankaskas did try hard to break through, but Porto's focus is still on defense!

Look at Mourinho again, the Porto coach is sitting on the coaching bench with a calm face, but Ferguson is a little annoyed.

So what the hell is this all about?Do you still want to win Porto?

The author has something to say: Thank you little angel Qinglan Yanluo for mine~=3=