Iron Man on the pitch

After returning to the club, what was waiting for Li Ling was the Portuguese Super League with Ferreira on September 14, and then the most heavyweight championship in the club competition, the UEFA Champions League, which started on September 16.

Because Sporting Lisbon won the Portuguese Super League last season, he was directly shortlisted for the Champions League this season. The Porto team, which was originally supposed to be shortlisted directly on the timeline, needs to play the playoffs, but in the playoffs, they were not defeated by Serie A Fiorentina like Li Ling's previous life, but instead rely on a strong forward line of 3. The group started a battle against each other and entered the Champions League group stage with a total score of 5:4.

Although Sporting Lisbon replaced the original Porto team, it did not have any impact on the group stage grouping. The other three teams in Group D are still Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, and Athletico de Greeks.

On September 14, Sporting Lisbon defeated Ferreira 4:0 at home. Li Ling won the second hat trick of the season in this game, which was a header that rushed into the back row. , a free kick 27 meters away from the goal, and a penalty kick.

On September 16, Sporting Lisbon visited Stamford Bridge Stadium and ushered in its first Champions League match of the season and Li Ling's first Champions League match.

"Hey, rookie, the first European game, don't be nervous to pee your pants." In the player channel, Joao Moutinho joked with Li Ling.

"What are you talking about? Ruo Ao, I am a genius. You just have more experience in failure than me." Li Ling responded with a smile.

"It seems like you can win if you are there, that's Chelsea!"

Li Ling teased, "Why are you afraid of not kicking? This is not possible. You are the captain, learn from Cristiano! They never say discouraged words."

"You are making fun of me," Joao Moutinho pounded Li Ling's shoulder. "Although they are all captains, how can I compete with him."

Soon, players from both sides entered the court with caddies and began to line up for the opening ceremony.

As the passionate music sounded, Li Ling deeply felt the fanaticism of British football culture.

Stamford Bridge Stadium is full, and the sounds of fans singing and cheering can be compared to the volume created by the audience during the last round of last season's game at Alvarad Stadium. You know, that is the game that determines the ownership of the league championship. Now, it is just a Champions League match against a team again, and the Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge Stadium burst into enthusiasm like a volcano eruption.

"I'm a little excited about the Champions League. I could only see this kind of scene on TV and live broadcasts in my previous life. Now I have participated in the competition myself." Li Ling took a deep breath, tiptoed, and prepared to take out 205.98. % work hard to play this game well.

In this game, Sporting Lisbon continued to form a 4-5-1 formation, and there was no big change in personnel.

Goalkeeper: Rui Patricio.

The defenders from left to right: Joao Pereira, Anderson Polga, Tonell, Grimi.

The midfielder put up two midfielders: Pedro Mendes and Joao Moutinho.

The left and right front-wing forwards are: Vukcevic and Miguel Veroso.

Front Mid-in: Li Ling.

Single striker: Ledesson.

The defense line has replaced veteran Tonell, who is facing the powerful Chelsea away, and head coach Paul Bento strives to be safe.

Chelsea team formed a 4-4-2 formation under the command of head coach Ancelotti.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

The back line from left to right: Ashley Cole, Terry, Ivanovic, Bosingwa.

Midfielder: Essin dragged, Maluda, Barak and Lampard were in parallel.

Double strikers: Drogba and Anelka.

Sporting Lisbon kicked off first.

Including this year, Sporting Lisbon has entered the Champions League for four consecutive years. Although it took a hard time to break through the main quota obtained in the playoffs in the first three years, the players did not have any tension on the field. This is also the origin of Joao Moutinho's confidence in teasing Li Ling at the opening. After all, they are not uncommon for such so-called big scenes.

It has to be said that Chelsea players' individual combat capabilities are basically above Sporting Lisbon's players. They suppressed Sporting Lisbon back to halftime through a wave of pressing. Fortunately, Sporting Lisbon, as a Portuguese Super League team, has a delicate skill under his feet and is very tacit in cooperation. Although he looks embarrassed on the scene and passes back the goalkeeper from time to time, he still firmly controls the football under his feet.

Li Ling is also very annoyed, and whenever he wants to catch the ball near the middle circleAt that time, Chelsea's midfielder, Essin, known as the "Buffalo", will quickly stick it up to start a physical confrontation. Even though Li Ling strongly resisted Essin and received the football, because Essin was too tight to turn around, he had no choice but to pass the football back to his teammates who came to pick him up.

Unless Li Ling retreated to the top of the penalty area to catch the ball, Essin would not catch up, but Li Ling, as the midfielder, retreated too deeply. No one could respond in the frontcourt except the lonely Ledesson. If you want to attack by dribbling the ball, you have to face interceptions from Lampard and Barack, and even beware of Drogba's sudden return to defense and steal.

"Sure enough, the confrontation between top-level teams is not comparable to that of the Portuguese Super League. Only Porto and Benfica are intensified in the game. The midfielders of those two teams are also at a disadvantage in the face of me."

After Li Ling sighed in his heart, he was not very panicked. He observed the situation on the court and passed the football to left back Joo Pereira, signaling him to the left forward Vukcevic on the sidelines. To cooperate, this guy is one of the few players in Sporting Lisbon midfielders. Under Chelsea's defense, he can barely dribble the ball and advance for a distance.

After passing the ball, Li Ling did not stand in place, but instead quickly stepped forward and headed straight behind Maluda. Compared with Lampard and Barack, his defensive ability was weaker, which was chosen by Li Ling. Breakthrough.

Joao Pereira and Vukcevic made several passes and cooperation. With Joao Moutinho who rushed over, Vukcevic successfully got rid of Bosingwa's entanglement and took the ball. Promote. However, the leading position is just a temporary advantage obtained by taking advantage of the early start. If Vukcevic dribbles the ball and advances 15 meters, he will definitely be caught up by Bosingwa, who raises speed.

But in fact, Essin, who could not even run, quickly moved from the middle circle position and blocked Vukcevic's dribble path.

However, Vukcevic did not need to be one-on-one with Essin. He knocked the ball with a cross stroke and sent it to the foot of Li Ling who had been inserted before.

Maluda, who should have made up for defense, was half a beat slower because of his slightly poor defense awareness; Barak, who made up for defense from the other side, was thrown away by Li Ling two positions because of his insufficient speed.

So from the beginning of the game to now, it took 8 minutes. Li Ling, for the first time, got the football comfortably near the center line, and had plenty of room to drive the ball.