Midfielder

When Brito relayed Lin Yi's somewhat arrogant idea to Mourinho verbatim, Brito didn't even see any surprised expression on his partner's face, as if Mourinho was not surprised that Lin Yi would say that.

"When Porto won the European Cup for the first time in 1987, no one thought they would win before the game. We are the same now. Don't forget that a few weeks ago, even the Portuguese thought we couldn't enter the knockout stage, but now?"

"Real Madrid is always a chaser behind us, why can't a bigger miracle happen? Football games are like this, you can't predict its rules, even strong teams will fall, weak teams will overturn strong teams, not to mention, we are not weak, right?"

"Don't deny what others have said, because you and I don't know what will happen in the future." Mourinho's answer made Brito at a loss for words. Maybe he could only say in his heart that this master and apprentice are two crazy people, because they dare to make the boldest delusion.

Anyway, Brito now understands that these two guys are like this. As long as there is a chance to win, they will not give up. Championship? As long as there is a chance, they will not mind doing something. Even if the opponent is the Brazilian team, they will probably bite off a few bites of meat.

Only these two guys can instill the toughest temperament in the Porto team. Think about it a season ago. The team members did not change much, but both the league results and the European results have long changed. This may be a kind of magic.

Sometimes what a team needs most is that its leader has a strong personality. Lin Yi and Mourinho are undoubtedly people with strong personalities. Brito does not know what will happen in the future, but with these two guys, he will feel a sense of peace.

Let them go. These two crazy guys will definitely cause more trouble to those opponents. Porto is undoubtedly lucky to have them.

When Brito left, Mourinho looked through the schedule of the European Champions League. The pen in his hand subconsciously clicked the final day of the final. May 26, 2004, Germany, Gelsenkirchen went to Schalke Stadium. There was a date about the Champions League final.

"German stadium? Maybe that's a good sign." Mourinho said to himself. The last time Porto lifted the Champions League was at the Prater Stadium in Vienna, Austria. This time it was in its neighbor Germany. Maybe something will surprise everyone.

The weird smile when Lin Yi and Da Costa talked was the same as Mourinho's current contemplation, which made it hard to guess their true thoughts.

"Final? Champion? Why is that kid's fantasy so similar to mine? Strange." Mourinho packed up his things and left the office, leaving only the schedule, but he himself may not have noticed that the final day on May 26 has been heavily marked by him.

However, before Mourinho and Lin Yi fantasize about the final, they must first finish their group stage. Those French people who are unwilling to give up are still hoping that a miracle may happen. Now what Porto has to do is to strangle the last bit of Marseille's fantasy of advancement in the cradle.

With a record of 14 wins in the league, Porto once again stepped onto the field of the Champions League group stage. On November 26, Porto, which had been wreaking havoc in the Portuguese Super League, finally welcomed the visit of Belgrade Guerrilla at its own Dragon Stadium.

The last experience in the vegetable field in Belgrade was still fresh in their memory, but this time the damn grass would not bother them.

The away game draw with Guerrilla almost made them lose the chance to qualify for the group stage. Now Porto has to rely on winning this game to kill the French hope.

Costinha, Jorge Costa, Dallei, the absolute main players of the team have returned to the team after a few weeks of rest. The strong Porto team has sharpened its knife and is waiting to test it with these Belgrade Guerrilla players.

However, Mourinho did not use the 4-5-1 formation in the first two games against Marseille. Due to Deco's suspension for accumulated yellow cards, he left Lin Yi alone in the front midfielder position and asked him to organize Porto's attack, while McCarthy and Dallei appeared together on the forward line.

It is still the iron triangle in the front field, but now it has been replaced by two sharp knives and a little guy who can stab people from the back row at any time, but Mourinho believes that this will not weaken Porto's offensive power. The flexible position change between the three-person group will definitely find a chance to score.

"Find more loopholes in the two ribs, use the simplest pass, and directly cut through the opponent's defense line." This is the task Mourinho gave Lin Yi.

The team's back midfielder position has also changed from Maniche to Costinha, who has more comprehensive skills. The fierce Maniche has also returned to the left side. Bosingwa, who is both offensive and defensive, replaced Alenichev as the right forward. Mourinho also made appropriate adjustments on the back line.

With the situation of qualifying from the group looking very good, Mourinho is also letting Porto implement a reasonable rotation system. Only by maintaining the players' condition and preventing them from getting too tired in intensive games can Porto have the capital to fight on three fronts at the same time.

Porto can guarantee their early qualification as long as they win, while Guerrilla is still looking for their first Champions League victory. Although Guerrilla can tie the powerful Real Madrid away from home, it does not mean that they can do the same thing at the Dragon Stadium.

In their home court, Porto will not play cautiously. Their attack after the opening is extremely fierce. Guerrilla's defense has not been ready yet, and they have been directly pressed back by this group of barbaric guys. They were pressed in the half and couldn't even raise their heads.

15 minutes after the opening, the Serbian goal was defeated by the crazy offensive of Porto, and Matthäus fell silent in the visiting team's coaching bench.

At that time, Lin Yi quickly passed the ball to his left in the middle, and Valente, who was running at high speed, made a cross from the left. South African Diamond McCarthy volleyed directly with his left foot at the edge of the small penalty area. Guerrilla goalkeeper Pantic saved it sideways, but he failed to stop Dallei from making another supplementary shot in the penalty area.

Dallei, like a ghost in the penalty area, scored again. His goal made the Dragon Stadium boil, and the excitement of the players and the cheers of the audience were completely blended together.

A neat offensive routine, from Lin Yi's passing to the ball entering the net, the whole process was as smooth as flowing water, without any pause.

The Serbians' idea of ​​using physical confrontation to stifle Porto's attack was completely strangled. This is not Madrid. Porto people don't care about elegance. They pay more attention to effectiveness and the most incisive attack!

There is no need for too much ball control and dribbling. When Lin Yi should pass the ball, he never drags his feet. He controls the rhythm on the field in the most concise way.

1:0, after 15 minutes of the game, the game has been completely taken over by the Porto team. They calmly organized the attack, bit by bit wearing out the patience of the Serbians. At the end of the first half, the Porto team had reached a terrifying 70% ball possession rate.

A completely siege state, but the Porto team is not attacking all the time. They are luring the opponent to stick to them. Only in this way can there be a suitable gap for them to use, especially Lin Yi, who can always use his eyes to sense the gaps in the opponent's defense line.

"Oh, my God, look at what our court elf did! Lin Yi just gave us a perfect performance at the bottom line. He actually passed two opponents along the bottom line by passing through the crotch! It's a pity that Dallei failed to kick the ball into the goal. This guy should feel ashamed."

"Again! Lin Yi continued to pull the ball with his feet near the penalty area, and the double-teaming of the opponent also failed to steal it. Foul! Those Serbians can only use fouls to deal with him now. The referee should protect the players at this time. The opponent is too barbaric!"

Such words came out again and again from the mouth of the on-site commentator. He was not exaggerating. At this moment, Lin Yi, who was running on the field, became the most troublesome opponent for the Serbians. In the first half, they paid the price of 3 yellow cards on this little guy.

But Matthäus's roar and the defenders' fierce interceptions could not stop Lin Yi from looking for opportunities in the heart of Belgrade Guerrilla again and again.

Passing, passing, cold shots while dribbling, Lin Yi showed everyone his comprehensiveness when he took the lead in Porto's attack.

"Secure the qualification, and then go to the away game to find trouble with the Spaniards! Entering the second round, I want to make the team go further!" Lin Yi now has only such a simple idea in his mind. Sometimes the simpler the people, the more terrible, because their persistence is terrifying.

So Lin Yi had no scruples when attacking. He only thought about how to get rid of the opponent's entanglement. Even the opponent's defender's flying tackle with studs could not stop his forward steps. Time and time again, time and time again, deadly passes, were born under his feet.

Strong combing ability, this is Matthäus's first feeling when sitting in the coaching seat. Last time, his team was tied by this kid before the end of the game in a vegetable field. Many people think that it was just luck that stood on the side of Porto at the critical moment.

But now Matthäus, who was once extremely sharp on the court, knows very well that the boy definitely does not rely on luck, but on a sensitivity to attack. He can capture fleeting opportunities. If he had appeared earlier in the last game, perhaps the guerrillas would not even get a point.

Now Lin Yi's performance on the court has also proved this point. Although the score remains 1:0, the Serbians have lost the chance to win the game. They even only got one chance to shoot in the first half. A kind of powerlessness from the bottom of their hearts made them choose to give up.

Mourinho's requirement is not to give the opponent any chance to control the ball on the court, nor to let the opponent have a coherent counterattack route. The overall formation of the Porto team is extremely rigorous, like a machine that fits perfectly, leaving no space for the opponent.

In front of Matthäus, the Porto people used the coldness and mechanicalness of the Germans to make the Belgrade guerrillas begin to despair. Look at the expressions of those Serbians when they walked off the court during the halftime break. They were wooden, sluggish, and without any vitality.

If the Guerrilla team tied Real Madrid with courage and fighting, then now they were completely defeated by more fierce fighting and attacking.

"Dragon! Dragon! Porto! Take off! Knockout!" Such shouts floated inside and outside the stadium. This was the night of the Porto team.

2:0, six minutes into the second half, McCarthy received Lin Yi's through ball from outside the penalty area and entered the penalty area. Facing Petich's attack, the South African Diamonds chose the safest rub shot. When the football was hoisted into the empty goal, At that moment, all the heads of the Serbs were lowered.

The remaining 40 minutes of the game had become meaningless. The Porto team, which completely controlled the situation, did not leave any chance for their opponents to comeback.

The guys from Partizan Belgrade also lost their offensive momentum. Although they had four shots in the second half, they were all ridiculously long-range shots of about thirty meters, and they could not cause any damage to the gate guarded by Baia. any threat.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Lin Yi had already taken off his jersey and ran to the edge of the stands with the most die-hard fans. He threw the jersey up with all his strength, while he himself was in the slightly cold wind, naked. He kept his upper body and kept swinging his hands wildly towards all the fans.

"Great Porto! We can now say loudly to the European Champions League! We are here again! We want to go further in the knockout rounds!"

With Lin Yi's swinging hands and the running Porto players, the on-site commentators also loudly incited the atmosphere on the court. This was a night that made the Porto people proud. They were unbeaten in five games in the group stage, winning three and drawing two. Porto has already advanced out of the group stage one round ahead of schedule.

They are no longer the weak team that needs to look at other people's eyes before they can consider entering the next round. Now the world of Group F is decided by them!

The little guy with black hair led the audience in cheers and applause, knockout, knockout! Lin Yi also shouted loudly.

For him, this is the first time he has reached the second round of the European Champions Cup. Now he is no longer satisfied with just rushing here. He needs more victories, more cheers, and the collective worship of 60,000 people. This feeling! It’s so cool!

At the end of the 90-minute game, Mourinho walked quickly to Matthäus and stretched out his hand to greet him, but it all seemed more like a consolation.

Although Matthäus was a leader when he was playing, now he can only watch Mourinho lead the Porto team over him, and the Portuguese who was unknown when he was playing is now An absolute winner, and not just for Partizan Belgrade.

Another game that started at the same time as Porto also had a winner. This time Zidane returned to Marseille and was not greeted with applause. Marseille completely let go for their own chance of qualifying. A life-or-death confrontation unfolded at the Velodrome Stadium.

Originally, this game had a special meaning for Zidane. He had participated in 89 European competitions here, surpassing the French player record held by Deschamps. But what awaited him this night was only ferocious tackles and fierce competition. physical confrontation.

Real Madrid did not dare to slack off at this time. They threw all their main players on the court without any reservation.

But in the first 25 minutes of the game, they did not take any advantage. Marseille even far surpassed them in the number of shots and threatening attacks. However, Drogba's two wonderful plays were both blocked by his teammates. Ruthlessly squandered.

Real Madrid will always have to rely on the emergence of a savior to get out of trouble. It was Zidane who played this role in Porto, and at the Velodrome Stadium, Beckham successfully took over the starring position.

He stood in front of the football in the 35th minute. At that time, Zidane escaped from the opponent's marker on the left and passed low to the center. Ronaldo was brought down by Christian Vale, and Real Madrid gained an angle more than 20 meters in front of the goal. Very good direct free kick opportunity.

Beckham and Carlos stood in front of the ball at the same time. Carlos used a long run-up to create a realistic screen. Beckham used his golden right foot to kick a full moon in front of the opponent's jumping wall. Knife, the football accurately bypassed the edge of the wall and went directly into the upper right corner.

But Real Madrid's lead could not be maintained for long. Their very "promising" defense made a catastrophic mistake just five minutes after the goal. Pavin and Bravo actually made consecutive mistakes. A ceiling collapse occurred in the small penalty area.

Mido almost hit the football less than two meters in front of the goal, which left Casillas helpless. He was not a real God after all.

When the TV camera glanced at Queiroz's face, everyone could see a livid face from above. The Portuguese had become intolerable to his defense. In addition to being able to kick away the water bottles on the sidelines, he also I can no longer vent my anger.

The team's assistant coach swore that at that moment, he definitely heard a series of curses from the mouth of the always good-tempered head coach.

"Damn ability to prevent headers! A bunch of idiots! A bunch of guys with high salaries but performing idiotic performances!" Perhaps this is the first time that Queiroz truly shows his anger instead of standing there like a puppet. Bian looked at everything blankly.

However, those Real Madrid superstars did not let Queiroz suffer another fatal blow. In the 70th minute of the second half, the alien Ronaldo performed a standard outer space performance. His tricky shot missed the goal post. Entered the Marseille goal.

Zidane, who contributed assists, did not participate in the celebrations of his teammates. He just silently looked at the familiar stadium and familiar fans and lowered his head.

2:1, Real Madrid also got the expected three points, but now they still have to catch up with Porto, unless they can defend the honor of the traditional giants in their home court, but now no one dares to say that there will be no problem.

See you on December 9th, Bernabeu... This is the only sentence Lin Yi said in the interview after the game.

In addition to a game, it seems that there is also a very formal invitation...

(After next Tuesday, I will start to update more. My family will finally be discharged from the hospital. I breathed a sigh of relief. I hope that every reader's elders can spend every day safely in this bad weather. Family harmony, everything will be prosperous, and being free of illness and disaster is the happiest. In addition, celebrate my AC Milan 3:1 to beat Chievo. All 4 goals were scored by AC Milan. What a great fact... Tragic Ibrahimovic, you are so dead and kick a claw into your own goal!)