Midfielder

Lin Yi's words after the game were published on the headlines of AS like a letter of challenge, but this little guy didn't care what trouble this sentence would cause him. Even when facing the questions from Spanish reporters, he still had the indifferent attitude that could make people angry.

"It's just an ordinary Champions League group match. I don't know why you are so nervous. Are you afraid of the possible failure?"

Lin Yi mercilessly attacked the Spanish reporters. At this time, he would not talk about gentlemanly manners with the opponent's mouthpiece. Anyway, these people didn't intend to say anything good. He didn't care about adding fuel to the fire. Anyway, he would not let the other party take advantage of this kind of war of words.

As for how these people will understand what he said, it doesn't matter. Anyway, Porto will come to the Bernabeu in two weeks.

At that time, let everything on the field prove who is the winner of Group F. It's better to do less bickering with a group of keyboard players.

However, before going to the Bernabeu, Porto still has two league games and one cup game to complete, including a direct confrontation with Sporting Lisbon. In the mid-term of the league, facing their direct competitors, Porto people don't want any accidents to happen.

Those radical Porto fans are clamoring for the team to go to Spain to be a conqueror with 16 league wins and the League Cup semi-finals. They want to let the whole of Europe see the madness of Porto, and the fanaticism of the fans is also affecting the team.

Although Mourinho is not particularly concerned about maintaining an unbeaten record in the league or winning the championship with all wins, it is not bad to try to stabilize the advantage in the league standings before the start of the Champions League knockout rounds. When the knockout rounds begin, he must let the team focus on the European war.

The task of playing three games in two weeks is not a difficult task for the current Porto team. The large-scale recovery of the injured provides Porto with enough candidates, and they can fully cope with this schedule that has begun to become intensive.

With reasonable rotation and full exploitation of the team's internal potential, Mourinho has trained Porto to become the real overlord of the Portuguese Super League. Now, the only ones who can stop them may be themselves. No one in the Portuguese Super League can really beat them by strength.

All Portuguese sports newspapers are touting the achievements of Porto so far. Praise, flattery, and various reports have completely surrounded Porto. Flowers, beauties, applause, cheers, these things have rushed to these players without scruples.

In particular, Lin Yi has become the darling of the media, not only because of his response to Spanish reporters, but also because this little guy has become the key to Porto's victory. As long as he is on the court, he can guarantee that the team will definitely beat the opponent.

Now no one can attract more attention than him. Not only are the names of those big clubs associated with him, but even the Portuguese national team has begun to approach him. It can be said that after the group stage, the number of Lin Yi's fans in Portugal has increased at least several times.

Even though Ronaldo has gradually established his foothold in Manchester United, and his outstanding performance is no worse than those of his Portuguese predecessors, his current fame in Portugal cannot suppress Lin Yi's rising speed. Unknowingly, Lin Yi has become Portugal's hottest hope.

Even if Lin Yi is calm, he is just a 16-year-old kid, and the endless information bombardment still makes him a little dizzy.

As Portugal is about to usher in the European Cup, they need to have a good performance at the club level. At the moment when Sporting Lisbon and Benfica have fallen one after another, Porto's strong performance is undoubtedly what they are most looking forward to, and all kinds of praise are just icing on the cake in their eyes.

It can be said that the media treatment that Porto has suffered now is unprecedented, including Lisbon people have begun to praise Porto's games.

This is a voice of praise. Now no one can calmly analyze the future for Porto. There are only praises around them.

"The pride of the Portuguese club", "No.1 in the Portuguese Super League", "We want to relive the madness of 1987", these hats, one bigger than the other, began to be thrown at the Porto players. Now no one doubts the strength of these guys.

However, this excessive media hype also made these Porto players begin to become arrogant, which is a very dangerous signal.

Three days later in the Portuguese Super League, Mourinho encountered this big trouble. When facing the Amadora team at the bottom of the league points away, the Porto team encountered the most tenacious resistance since the start of the league. They were even at an absolute disadvantage on the field.

This is an inconspicuous opponent, a game that was characterized as a massacre by the media before the start, as if the victory of the Porto people was a matter of course, but many people forgot that there has never been a designated winner on the football field. If you want to win, you have to give everything you have.

No matter who you are, as long as you start to relax yourself in the game, you will face the ruthless blow of your opponent, and the Porto team is no exception.

Frequent winning streaks have made Porto relax their vigilance and their bodies. The unbeaten record in the Champions League has made everyone think that they are already superstars. What they care more about now is not whether the ball has been scored, but whether their hairstyle has become ugly because of the fight.

Everyone seems to have forgotten how to fight with the opponent, as if those opponents in the Portuguese Super League can be dealt with casually.

When facing the Amadora team, this emotion has spread to the field. An opponent with the bottom points is no longer taken seriously by them.

There is no tension. Although Porto suppressed the opponent after the opening, they lacked a sharp feeling. The game is more like a performance.

They rely more on technology to deal with opponents. In the first fifteen minutes of the opening, Lin Yi and McCarthy’s two front-line cooperation in the penalty area were actually completed with heels. This was not because of the opponent’s tight defense, but because these two guys thought that this way was beautiful enough.

But this is not the Dragon Stadium. Their performance was not exchanged for the cheers and applause of tens of thousands of fans, but huge boos and endless abuse.

This problem of pursuing splendor is not only seen in Porto's frontcourt. Even Costinha and Carvalho, who are always steady, played tricks to pass the opponent's forward in the defensive position, and more than once. Even after being cut off, they continued to play such games.

Porto, which has always attached great importance to its overall defensive formation, began to actively push the defense forward. Costinha's position has even stood in the opponent's half. Porto left a large area of ​​fatal space behind the opponent's forward line that can be used.

Although Mourinho has reminded his defenders with voice on the sidelines, this meaningless siege is still continuing, but they have not been able to break the deadlock on the field with this forced kicking method, and the opponent's counterattack is threatening the goal guarded by Baia.

If it weren't for the opponent's forward's poor ability to seize opportunities, perhaps Porto would have lost completely, but Porto's pride aroused the opponent's fierce counterattack. No one can show mercy when being despised, and Lin Yi also paid the price for his playfulness.

Throughout the first half, he had been overturned by his opponent several times on the field because of too much dribbling, and each time was so fierce. Although the referee showed a yellow card to warn the opponent, this situation continued. It was the first time that Porto was treated like this in the league.

But Porto did not find fault with itself, but vented this complaint to the referee. McCarthy was even shown a yellow card as a warning because of the quarrel with the referee. There was no change in the score, but the mood of Porto had begun to become impatient.

They failed to break the opponent's goal until the halftime break, and the opportunities on the field were wasted again and again, but no one cared about these. They thought that as long as they wanted to win the game, maybe in just a few minutes, the score on the big screen would be rewritten, because they were Porto.

They could even tie Real Madrid and remain unbeaten in the Champions League. This was just an ordinary Portuguese Super League, nothing big.

However, when they returned to the locker room and saw Mourinho's face, these guys suddenly realized that they seemed to be in trouble. Even Lin Yi and McCarthy, who always liked to joke, shut up consciously. The atmosphere in the locker room was even a little depressing for a moment, but no one dared to speak at this time.

This might be the first time this season that Mourinho made his face so ugly. He closed the door of the locker room without saying a word. After a moment of silence, he threw the notebook in his hand to the ground with force and punched the blackboard in the locker room directly.

"Arrogant! Proud! So arrogant that it makes people sick! In the past 45 minutes, I have only seen these poor performances from you. The continuous victories in the Champions League have made you dizzy. You have forgotten how to respect your opponents on the field!"

"No matter who you are, you think you can become the focus of others on the field! Pointless mistakes, too much dribbling, you have forgotten what you should do on the field! All I see is performance! No game! I just want to tell you that this is not a game, this is professional football!"

Mourinho's sudden roar resounded throughout the locker room. His roar made all Porto players bow their heads. Just as that guy said, the entire Porto team was sleepwalking in the first hour of the game, including Lin Yi, who forgot his duties on the field.

More often than not, they no longer put their opponents on the same level as themselves. The game has been turned into a cat-and-mouse football game by them.

But this time, they themselves have become mice, and the opponents have become predators. Arrogance and conceit have put them in trouble. The rhythm of the game has been out of control. Mourinho's anger has also made these guys begin to understand what they have done on the field.

"Don't forget! You just made it out of the group stage, which does not mean that you have lifted the European Champions League! You are stars in Porto, but in world football, you are just a group of novices. Before you become a champion, you have already contracted the disease of pride!"

"If anyone still thinks he is a superstar, please change his brand-name clothes now and get out of the locker room immediately!"

After Mourinho said these words, he ignored these guys at all. He opened the door to the locker room and walked out without saying a word, leaving only a room full of bewildered players, including Lin Yi. At this time, he was a little confused. This was the first time he saw the uncle so angry.

When Mourinho was angry just now, his cold eyes swept across Lin Yi's face. It could be seen that the uncle's anger was also directed at him. Now Lin Yi felt a little feverish on his face. I played a little too much on the field, which is not the attitude that the game should have.

"We..." Costinha and Jorge Costa seemed to want to say something else, but the closed door left them speechless.

"Forget it, José, they just lost their cool heads because of the media's praise." Brito, who was chasing after him, grabbed Mourinho and said.

"I don't want my team to be defeated by pride. That is a shameful way to lose, especially that kid Lin Yi. I must warn him in a stern way. Too many talents are ruined in this way. In the endless pursuit, I don’t want him to be the next one.”

Mourinho's serious attitude made Brito unable to refute. He could only ask his partner to calm down as much as possible. After all, there was still half a game.

"Give them fifteen minutes. If the situation doesn't change in the second half, then I don't mind freezing a few people in the next game. Losing in Portugal is better than them losing people elsewhere.", Mourinho You can accept failure, but you cannot accept being defeated by yourself.

It may be the first time for the home fans to see someone who only stayed in the locker room for less than 5 minutes before returning to the coaching bench, but those sensitive reporters can find that Mourinho's expression looks a bit disturbing. It feels very cold.

No one knows what happened in the Porto locker room, but it was definitely not a very harmonious and friendly scene. Just look at Mourinho's black face. Those unlucky guys, at least It was repaired after a scolding.

After the halftime break, the home fans who were still clamoring were still shouting crazily, Amadora must win! Kill the Porto people!

But a few minutes later, they discovered that those Porto people who had been leisurely and contented in the first half began to become fierce, especially the black-haired boy. His first touch of the ball after the start of the second half went straight through Amado. Pull the team's back line.

With a fierce tackle, Porto's first offensive opportunity was almost forced by Lin Yi with his small body. The opponent's midfielder, who was more than 1.8 meters tall, was forced to tackle him from the side. After stealing the ball from his feet, the boy turned around and pulled the ball past the opponent, leaving the space for the pass.

It's just that McCarthy's shot hit the outside of the goalpost, but the muffled sound seemed to be a signal to charge, driving Porto's crazy attack.

Ten minutes, seven shots, three direct free kicks, and four corner kicks. Porto's siege reached a peak at the beginning of the second half. They continuously used passes and intersperses to mobilize everyone on the field, a kind of Penetrating attacks began to frequently threaten the opponent's goal.

Lin Yi not only started passing the ball again and again from the midfielder position, but his two shots also made the Amadora fans break out in a cold sweat.

Although the Porto team has not been able to change the score, the control of the game has returned to their hands. However, Lin Yi secretly glanced at the uncle on the coaching bench during the game, and his dead face was still tense. Very serious, which made Lin Yi always a little worried.

The fierce suppression forced the Amadora team to retreat to its own half. This crowded half was filled with at least seventeen or eight guys. The shrinking space that could be used prevented Porto's offense from successfully attacking. Open the door to your opponent.

It's just that Mourinho didn't make any adjustments to the situation. He didn't even stand on the sidelines as usual. He just had that expression and sat on the coaching bench without saying a word. This may be his first time. He was so silent during the game.

After all, God has not given up on the guys from the Porto team. In the 85th minute of the game, Dallei's kick was counterattacked, and Lin Yi volleyed in the middle, although the football could not be scored directly. , but it hit the opponent's defender and was refracted.

A very lucky goal allowed the Porto team to take away the 15th league victory and three points from the opponent's territory. However, in the training session the next day, everyone in this group of Porto team players was better than usual. After practicing for two more hours, I was able to practice with real swords and guns during the confrontation.

Especially Lin Yi, he very consciously took the initiative to increase the amount of exercise during the extra training. This time he didn't say a word nonsense and obediently followed Faria in doing everything.

However, Mourinho did not intend to let this matter end like this. In the second game against Wazim, he made a large rotation.

Lin Yi, McCarthy, Dallei, and Costinha all sat on the bench. They could only watch helplessly as the second-line substitutes defeated their opponents with a score of 2:0, while themselves, within one minute Didn't even get any playing time.

"They don't play as freely as you, but they understand what they are doing on the court. If I find that you are repeating the same mistakes in the next game, then you will sit on the bench forever!" Mourinho warned. In exchange, these guys nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

Proper warnings can calm down these hot-headed guys. Mourinho doesn't want to put himself in such a passive position when facing Real Madrid away.

However, this time Mourinho's iron fist finally brought these guys back to the real world. Porto returned to the most normal state, and the outside world's flattery began to be forgotten by them.

Three days later, this group of fierce guys locked the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup in Lisbon with 2:0, without making the same mistake as last time.

A week later, on the plane to Madrid, a group of wolf-like guys were ready to fight to the death with their opponents.

(I will probably update once tomorrow, and more from the day after tomorrow... Shen Si, Qi Hong, Jiang Jin, when these guys are being investigated one by one, I really don’t know whether the match against Oman that I saw in Wulihe in 2001 was real. The joy I felt back then is now discounted... For those who were partying together at that time, I really don’t know how you will feel when you see this scene... I am a little confused...)