mtl008 Chapter 130 Is there really no chance?
Chapter 130 Is there really no chance?
Chapter 130 Is there really no chance?
Forward: Average, but within expectations.
Midfielder: Good, but not great enough.
Defensive line: Flawless, best performance so far, zero turnovers.
Goalkeeper: Perfect, also zero mistakes.
Mourinho sat in the coaching bench of the away team, watched the game on the field, and evaluated the performance of the players in his heart.
The team basically kicked out those things that he emphasized in his pre-match preparations, such as the restriction of Sudong and the suppression of the midfielder of Sporting Lisbon, all of which have been done very well.
Offense is a long-standing problem. After selling McCarthy, Mourinho has been unable to find a good center.
"Capcho hasn't been active enough in the past five minutes, and he seems to have consumed a lot of energy." Faria leaned over and reminded.
In the coaching staff, Faria is responsible for studying opponents and analyzing game data. He will always pay attention to the dynamics of the players on the court, analyze the results, and provide them to the head coach as a reference.
Mourinho was not surprised by Capucho's performance, and he also made preparations.
"Let Clayton go up, and Delly go to the center more."
After hearing this, Faria nodded and immediately stood up and turned to the bench.
Soon, Brazilian winger Clayton went out to warm up.
Clayton is left-footed and plays right-winger, which is Mourinho's attempt at him.
The effect of the inverted winger is completely different from that of the traditional winger.
For example, Ronnie of Sporting Lisbon, he can play both left and right feet, and he can play both sides, which is very troublesome.
If this kid hadn't been too clingy to the ball and too obsessed with those tricks, he would have been more of a threat on the court.
Seeing Ronnie, Mourinho naturally turned his attention to Su Dong.
"How is the situation of Jorge Costa in the past ten minutes? Can he bear it?" Mourinho asked with concern.
When the game enters a stalemate, the players on both sides are fighting for consumption.
Consume each other's physical energy, energy, and everything that can be consumed, and then prompt the other party to make mistakes.
Apart from all the tactical characteristics of the player Su Dong, he also has a very obvious advantage, that is, his dedication to the game.
He runs almost the entire game, has plenty of stamina, is very involved in the game, coupled with his large range of motion and excellent off-ball movement, this makes it very painful for all guards defending him.
To put it simply, even if Su Dong doesn't score, it's a nightmare for defenders.
Jorge Costa is a 31-year-old veteran who has participated in many games this season. Mourinho is more worried about his consumption.
"Judging from the performance of the last 10 minutes and the last 5 minutes, it is still controllable." Faria replied.
Mourinho nodded.
As long as the position of veteran Jorge Costa is controllable, there will be no major problems in the defense.
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"Javier, what do you think?"
In the stands, Spanish scout Garcia smiled and asked the Spanish star Subirac sitting next to him.
On the other side, Su Dong and Ronnie's manager Mendes also raised their ears and listened carefully.
"It's really good. Among people of the same age, both without the ball and with the ball are quite good." Subirac didn't hide his admiration at all.
"However, Sporting Lisbon's game may be more or less ominous."
"Oh? How do you say it?" Garcia asked with interest.
Subirac pointed to the bottom of the stands, in front of the coach of the visiting team, Porto was preparing to make a substitution.
"Mourinho has clearly seen the opponent's problem, and he will take the lead in making substitutions. In the past 60 minutes, Porto has taken advantage step by step. Now the balance is gradually tilting towards Porto. Mourinho's substitution at this time is obviously going to be a killing move, but Sporting Lisbon doesn't seem to have a good response."
Indeed, in terms of lineup thickness, Sporting Lisbon is not as good as Porto.
Especially with players like Nikule, Sa Pinto and João Pinto all underperforming.
"Mourinho is really strong. His style of play is very advanced, and his training philosophy is also very advanced, especially the cycle theory he established. This has allowed Porto's players to maintain a very good state this season and is highly rated in the professional circle."
The 39-year-old Mourinho can be called a young coach, but he is an upstart in the European football coaching circle.
Although he is still not well-known now, it will be a matter of time.
In contrast to Boloni, the gap should not be too obvious.
"Could it be that there is really no chance?" Garcia was a little disbelieving.
Subirac heard Garcia's tone, knowing that this old friend prefers Sporting Lisbon, he smiled slightly, "At this time, we can only hope for... the core stars."
Core star!
At the critical moment, the star who can stand up and lead the team out of the predicament!
Does Sporting Lisbon have one?
People once thought it was Jardl, but it turned out that Jardl was not.
The Brazilian center can score goals, but he can't turn the tide at critical moments.
Some people thought it was Quaresma, but in the past two seasons, Quaresma has proved that he can add to the cake, but he can't do it in a timely manner, and he is not the core star of the team.
Su Dong and Ronnie are too young for that amount.
Albertini, Barbosa?
No, they are all old.
"Sporting Lisbon has been selling people over the years, constantly selling leading stars, so that at this critical moment, they can't find a single person who can stand up."
Subirac's words are very to the point, but it is also the tragedy of a team like Sporting Lisbon.
Because they have no money, they can only keep selling their stars.
"No, Javier, I think there is someone who can do it." Mendes, who had been silent all this time, suddenly smiled confidently.
Subirac looked through Garcia and landed on Mendez, feeling very surprised, "Who are you talking about?"
"Su Dong!"
Subirac's first reaction was that this cunning agent deliberately touted his players in front of him.
"He is, Jorge," Subirac reminded.
Mendes still maintained a confident smile, "That's because you still know him, Javier."
"Really?" Subirac didn't believe it.
But at this moment, there was a burst of exclamation in the stadium.
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Su Dong retreated to get the ball again.
This time he directly withdrew from the 30-meter area.
Ronnie was suppressed by Ferreira and failed to take the ball forward. After seeing Su Dong pull out to catch the ball, he passed it immediately.
Su Dong took the ball with his back, and Costinha was behind him.
Porto struggled desperately with his lower back, kept probing and kicking, and made a lot of small movements with his hands. He kept secretly pulling Su Dong's jersey, but Su Dong insisted on leaning against him with his body. After stopping the ball, he turned around successfully with his physical advantage.
As soon as he turned around, Jorge Costa had already rushed forward.
The Porto defender filled his position quickly, but Su Dong reacted faster.
As soon as the whole person started to accelerate, he kicked the ball to the right with his left foot to avoid the defensive range of Jorge Costa.
The Porto defender tried to fall to the ground with a shovel, but Su Dong took the first step to poke the ball forward and avoided the shovel.
From catching the ball to turning around, and then smashing the ball to avoid Jorge Costa's tackle, the whole process happened in an instant, and even many fans couldn't see how Sudong avoided the front and rear pincers of the two Porto players.
When they reacted, they saw that Su Dong had reached the front of the penalty area.
Carvalho stood in front of him, bent slightly, and stared at Su Dong as if facing a formidable enemy.
Su Dong picked up his speed, and he was in front of Carvalho in a blink of an eye. After attracting the attention of the Porto defender, he suddenly made a diagonal pass and sent the ball to the rear of the defense line.
Quaresma threw off Valente, quickly slanted into the penalty area from the right rib, and kicked directly in response to Sudong's pass.
Porto goalkeeper Baia reacted extremely quickly and made a side attack, blocking Quaresma's shot out of the goal and out of the baseline.
"call!"
The entire Alvalade Stadium, tens of thousands of fans, let out a disappointed sigh at the same time.
What a great opportunity!
It can even be said to be Sporting Lisbon's best chance in this game, but Quaresma's single-handedly missed!
The goalkeeper Baia played a role at critical moments.
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"How was it just now?" Mendez asked Subirac with a smile, his eyes full of jokes.
Su Dong is still very competitive. After more than 70 minutes, it is not easy to still have such a performance.
Subirac directly ignored Mendez's banter, and was more surprised.
To be honest, he didn't see clearly how Su Dong broke through the two defenders just now, but he could see clearly that Su Dong passed and distributed the ball to the right side with the best position.
If the goal is scored, most of the credit goes to Su Dong. If he doesn't score, Su Dong still performs well.
"It's interesting!" Subirac had to change his view of Su Dong.
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On the pitch, Albertini takes a corner kick.
But unfortunately, the goalkeeper Baier abandoned the goal and picked the ball directly from the air.
Everyone is retreating, only Su Dong is still at the front of the line of defense.
Baia turned to the left, Su Dong ran to the left, Bai Ya turned to the right, Su Dong ran to the right.
He didn't run very fast either, but just cruising around the two central defenders. Coupled with the tacit cooperation between Ronnie and Quaresma, Baia was not sure about passing the ball.
When Baia wanted to make a big kick directly, the referee Baptista blew a foul.
"Baptista believes that the goalkeeper deliberately delayed the game and gave Baia a yellow card."
"As a result, Porto's central defender Jorge Costa and goalkeeper Baia both received yellow cards."
"Four to two, Sporting Lisbon has twice as many yellow cards as Porto, but Porto's two players who received cards are in key positions, and both are direct threats from Sudong."
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Baia finally kicked the ball directly with a big kick.
Pepe grabbed the spot, but Porto still planted heavy troops in the midfield, constantly pressing and oppressing.
The two sides entangled very tightly near the center line, seesawing back and forth.
Su Dong cruised in front, waiting for the opportunity, and at the same time took the opportunity to wink with Ronnie and Quaresma.
Both Sporting Lisbon wingers noticed Su Dong's gesture, with their index fingers pointing upwards.
This is the meaning of high ball.
Recently, Su Dong has been practicing high ball competition.
(End of this chapter)