Midfielder

When the plane carrying the entire Porto team landed in Manchester and walked out of the airport, Lin Yi completely experienced what a crazy media was.

There were at least hundreds of British reporters waiting outside the airport, and the collective bombardment of long guns and short guns directly confused the Porto players.

Almost all the well-known media in England have arrived, and their target is obviously only one, that is Lin Yi.

"Excuse me, have you received an official invitation from Chelsea? Does this mean that you will definitely leave Porto in the summer?"

"With three top English clubs expressing interest in signing you, what is your choice? Do you have a specific goal?"

"You were named the best player in the last round of the Champions League knockout stage. Will you still perform so well at Old Trafford?"

"Regarding the news of your relationship with Hollywood sweetheart Selena, can you give a positive response here!?"

"Will you represent Portugal in the European Championships held in Portugal this summer? Or will you choose to join another national team?"

"There are rumors that you and Cristiano, who are also under Mendes' agency, are not on good terms. Is this true?"

What the hell is going on? Why do some people say that he and Ronaldo are not on good terms? And why are there questions about that girl?

Is this an entertainment reporter or a sports reporter? Lin Yi really doesn't know what these reporters around him do. This round of questions made Lin Yi stunned, but it is really a bit unbearable for Lin Yi to face dozens of microphones at once.

This does not include the dozens of bright camera lenses around, plus the flash lights that are several times larger than them, which simply dazzled Lin Yi's eyes.

Moreover, even Lin Yi himself was not very clear about the issues that these reporters were concerned about. He had already handed over the transfer issues to Mendes.

Now he was asked how he made the choice, how to answer? Not to mention that he hadn't thought about it, even Mendes probably didn't have a definite answer at this time.

As for Selena, uh... After returning to the United States to make a movie, the little girl only called Lin Yi when she had nothing to do.

But now the two of them finally don't look like a pair of enemies. At least they can spend more than ten minutes talking about the weather in the United States and Portugal.

But love? I guess this word doesn't apply to Lin Yi and Selena. Lin Yi swears that he really has no "sexual" interest in minors.

For this collective bombardment, Lin Yi felt his brain a little numb for the first time. Now he just wants to get out of this encirclement as soon as possible.

Not to mention that Lin Yi was a little confused, it is estimated that the officials accompanying Porto were also a little confused. Even Da Costa had never seen such a scene.

Even though Mourinho was well-informed in Spain, he could not withstand the questions of so many people. This posture was likely to drown the Porto team.

The collective bombardment of the media was only the first level that Lin Yi and his team had seen. Compared with these media reporters, the fans of England seemed more terrifying.

In Portugal, Lin Yi and his team had seen crazy fans. Their home stadium of the Dragons had also become an insurmountable fortress in the eyes of many teams.

The fans who waved flags and shouted for Porto were crazy enough, but compared with the English people in front of them, they were simply too gentle.

Outside the encirclement of those media, there was another layer of fans, and those fans had the eye-catching logo of Manchester United tied on their arms.

This was definitely not to welcome the Porto team. On the contrary, the expressions and actions on these people's faces were not so friendly, or even a little dangerous.

Waves of intimidation broke out from the team of fans with only a few hundred people, as if a group of beasts were making their threatening roars.

Although those people did not do anything radical, the Porto team, which only had dozens of people, always seemed a little weak in the face of such a group of guys. Moreover, this was not in Portugal. If something unexpected happened, no one would be able to take the responsibility.

For safety reasons, the airport even used airport security to escort the Porto team to the bus, but those English fans did not disperse.

Those crazy guys even drove their cars to continue following the Porto team's bus, and the exteriors of those cars were painted with conspicuous Manchester United logos.

"Go back to your Portugal! Manchester is not where you should come! This will be your hell!" This roar has been surrounding the bus. Looking at those hideous Englishmen, Lin Yi felt for the first time that football was really like a war.

Brito even took out his mobile phone to call the police. In his eyes, these Englishmen were definitely a group of very dangerous terrorists.

Before coming to England, Lin Yi had heard Mourinho say that the three most common things in the British Isles were gentlemen, drunkards, and football hooligans.

This time Lin Yi has seen it all. Maybe those crazy guys are not football hooligans, but they are definitely not good citizens.

It seems that Porto's away trip this time will not be as smooth as they thought. It seems that Manchester does not welcome these visitors.

At least the fans do not welcome their arrival. Maybe the situation at Old Trafford will be even worse than this. This will be a journey to hell.

After such a toss, the Porto players couldn't relax for a long time. Until they checked into the hotel, this harassment didn't completely disappear. Now the Porto team has completely seen what a real European war is. At this time, absolutely no one behaves like a gentleman.

As for when the Porto team went to Old Trafford to adapt to the venue, this crazy harasser was still around them.

This was just one of the episodes before the game. Just before all the members of the Porto team got on the plane, Mourinho also caused trouble in Portugal.

That trouble even lasted until before the game started. The hornet's nest that Mourinho poked this time was no smaller than the time when Lin Yi beat someone.

At the moment when the European Championship is approaching, the friendly match between Portugal and Sweden is the last chance for Brazilian coach Scolari to adjust the lineup.

This Brazilian, who has been stubborn about the lineup adjustment for more than a year, finally announced publicly for the first time that he would call up Lin Yi in this friendly match, and he decided to give Lin Yi a chance to play in this match against Sweden to verify whether he is suitable for the Portuguese team.

Maybe Lin Yi's recent fierce state has moved this tough Brazilian old man. Anyway, he has made up his mind to observe Lin Yi once.

Unlike choosing Ronaldo to join the team, Scolari did not plan to operate on the front midfielder position when he had Deco and Costa.

However, Lin Yi's strong state in recent times has indeed moved him. It may be a good idea to choose a potential backup for the team.

But the perfect draft plan in the mind of this Brazilian old man was ruthlessly denied by Mourinho. He refused to let anyone participate in this game.

"What a bullshit friendly match. For an unnecessary game, he actually wants to use six absolute main players of the Porto team. He is dreaming!"

Although there is no feud between Mourinho and Scolari, he does not want to be a good guy when the Champions League knockouts are becoming more and more intense.

What's more, that guy is in charge of the national team games. What does he have to do with the club he is in charge of? Anyway, if he wants to transfer people away, there is absolutely no way!

Moreover, this damn friendly match was actually played in Sweden, which meant that several national team members of Porto had to live a life of frequent flyers.

"If there is a problem with that Brazilian, let him call me. Anyway, it is absolutely impossible to let Porto players go to Sweden to play games!"

Not only did Mourinho refuse to let Lin Yi participate in this friendly match, but even Deco, Carvalho, Costinha and others were not allowed to participate.

You can say that this guy is too domineering, but looking at the expressions of Deco and others when Mourinho said this, you can know that those guys don’t want to suffer this. After all, such a long journey can easily cause them to get injured in the game, not to mention that this game is really meaningless.

It’s just a routine inspection of the national team. Compared with the fierce Champions League, it doesn’t have much practical significance, but more tactical running-in.

Players like Deco and Costinha who have participated in many national team training camps now don’t have to worry about too many running-in issues. How to ensure their own state is the most important thing. For them, friendly matches like this are more like an unnecessary burden.

So when Mourinho rejected Scolari's request to transfer players, they were happy to do a favor, after all, they were just players.

However, Mourinho's refusal completely angered Scolari. Scolari, who had always been very tough in the Portuguese national team, this time used the trick he used to refuse Brazilian President Cardoso to intercede for Romario: "I am the coach of the national team, I have the final say on who to choose!"

But this time his toughness got only one response, Mourinho replied to his request with one sentence, "Go ahead and sue wherever you want!"

Not only did Mourinho ignore Scolari's anger, but even the Portuguese Football Association and political circles did not stand on Scolari's side.

After learning about the dispute, Portuguese Prime Minister Barrosote publicly expressed his support for Porto to prepare for the Champions League: "I hope Porto can eliminate Manchester United in one go, and even win the final championship, because the European champion can bring joy to all Portuguese people."

Compared with an insignificant friendly match, those bureaucrats and politicians understand better what it means to Portuguese football to be able to eliminate Manchester United.

Especially with the European Championships approaching, if there is a breakthrough at the club level, it will be a rare political achievement for them.

No matter how dissatisfied Scolari is behind the scenes, his toughness this time has no effect anyway. The old Brazilian even refused to talk about Lin Yi again.

Lin Yi himself did not react to this matter. Now he just wants to have another 90-minute battle with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

As for the national team, sorry, this is a temporary substitute choice, which has no appeal to him. Although Mendes told Lin Yi that the world championship is the stage that a player should conquer most, Lin Yi also replied to him, "Do you think I am useful? What did the old man do?"

Although Ronaldo and Deco have tempted him many times, Lin Yi has not let go and said for sure which national team he will join.

"Let's talk about it after the Champions League. Even if I join the national team now, I am the fourth choice behind Deco, Costa and Figo."

As for the feud between Scolari and Mourinho, it can be regarded as completely closed, but Mourinho has no feeling about this resentment.

Compared with a wizened old man from Brazil who looks like a resentful woman, what Mourinho is thinking about right now is how to kill that old Scottish guy.

The rumor that Mourinho may coach Chelsea is no longer news. It has been seen many times in English newspapers. If this is true, then the current confrontation between Porto and Manchester United is likely to be the next one. A replica of the Premier League title race this season.

And Sir Alex Ferguson's defeat in the away game in the first round made these two guys become mortal enemies. The grudges between them have already begun to unfold.

The war of words between them also intensified after the Porto team landed in Manchester, and those guys from Manchester United began to provoke.

"Are they men? In the first leg, they fell down on the pitch and rolled on the turf as if they had been shot. Such a performance is really a stain on football! I don't think they should This, in fact, is not what men should do!”

In a private interview with The Sun, Gary Neville, one of the veterans of the Manchester United team, said emotionally in front of the camera.

However, Mourinho is already too experienced in dealing with such wars of words. When facing the same interview, he seemed very graceful.

"I don't agree with the opponents' criticism of my players. If my players are wrong, I will apologize to Manchester United. Otherwise, I hope they can do the same. Manchester United is a great team and our players are not as valuable as Manchester United. One-tenth of the score, they should beat us by a big margin.”

An understatement was resolved, and Mourinho threw all the problems to his opponent. His subtext was also very good, "Your Manchester United team is so valuable, our Porto team is so cheap, but why did the winner in the end... Us? This only proves that you are too good."

When Lin Yi responded to Gary Neville's complaints, he was even more ruthless, "See you on the field, where do you have so much time to talk nonsense?"

This sentence is so direct, especially when the Portuguese media accompanied this interview with a picture of Lin Yi teasing Neville.

This was a naked contempt on the opponent's territory. Mourinho and Lin Yi have now completely become the mortal enemies of Manchester United fans.

If these two guys really join Chelsea, this hostility will become more serious and even become out of control.

This endless war of words continued until the moment Porto entered Old Trafford and showed no sign of stopping completely.

As Porto entered the field to warm up, there were also the roars of nearly 80,000 Manchester United fans. At this moment, Old Trafford was more like a battlefield.

This was the first time for Lin Yi to enter this place called the "Dream Theater" by others, a football mecca that had accommodated the rise and fall of Manchester United for a century.

With a capacity of nearly 80,000 people and more than a hundred years of vicissitudes, when Lin Yi stood on the sidelines, he felt not only the raging roar, but also an impact.

It was a kind of historical accumulation. Compared with the Bernabeu in Madrid, the Old Trafford Stadium at this moment left him with a shocking feeling.

In particular, the bronze statue of Sir Matt Busby standing outside the stadium and the "Munich Clock" on the outer wall give this stadium a sense of vicissitudes of life.

Mourinho also told Lin Yi before the warm-up that there is also the Manchester United museum in the north stand, where all their trophies are displayed.

"That is all the glorious records of Manchester United since the day it was founded. What we are going to defeat tonight is a legendary history."

"Victory over a glorious piece of history? There's nothing wrong with that, right? Only by breaking history without scruples is the game dominated by us!"

When Mourinho looked at Lin Yi grinning at him, he found that he could never measure how courageous Lin Yi was. Even in the face of the roar of 80,000 people at Old Trafford, that kid could still smile so easily and brightly.

However, when Mourinho looked at Manchester United's lineup, he didn't have such a bright smile. Instead, he felt that there would be a little trouble.

This time Ferguson completely abandoned the 4-3-3 lineup he used in the last game and completely changed to a new lineup and tactical arrangement. Moreover, Mourinho discovered that the old Scottish man wanted to play with him. In an all-round confrontation, they actually chose the 4-5-1 formation.

The goalkeeper is still the unstable American Howard, the left back is the Irishman O'Shea on the back line, the center back is still Brown's partner Gary Neville, and Phillip Neville, who recovered quickly after his injury, magically appears at the right back. position.

Ferguson unexpectedly put five people on the forward line, beyond Mourinho's expectation. The veteran Giggs and the tough Scholes partnered in the middle of the frontcourt, while Butt and Djemba Djemba added Fletcher guards the midfield and backfield together, a midfielder that is definitely strong.

As for the forward line, Ferguson left Ruud van Nistelrooy alone for the first time. It was obvious that the old man was ready to fight in the midfield.

There haven't been many changes on Porto's side, it's still a 4-5-1 formation with two attacking midfielders, and Mourinho is now ready for a fight.

The only personnel adjustment Mourinho made was to replace the right back from Ferreira to Bosingwa. He needed to guard Giggs on the wing.

Ferguson piled up five people in the midfield. The intention was obvious. Since the last game at the Dragon Stadium, Ferguson has been thinking about how to restrain Porto's control over the midfield. The old Sir Alex Ferguson has no plans to do anything about the small skills of the foot.

However, Ferguson will strangle the opponent in a tougher way. Fletcher, Butt, and Djemba are the three locks of the midfield defense.

Even if some people say that this is a destructive style of play for Manchester United to retreat to the midfield, Ferguson does not deny that he just wants to disrupt Porto's rhythm.

Don't compete with the opponent in footwork, just use the physical advantage to fight the opponent to the death, even if it is ugly on the scene.

What Ferguson requires now is practicality. Even if this is Old Trafford, he only puts on a single arrow. The old man is ready to fight desperately.

No longer relying solely on the forward line to find opportunities, Van Nistelrooy's role is now more like a bridgehead, and the real killer is behind him.

Giggs's rib insertion and Scholes's back row insertion are the most important weapons. Manchester United's offense will advance in parallel from the midfield.

Manchester United's change of formation was beyond Mourinho's estimation. He originally wanted to wait for the game to play for a while before considering whether to change the tactical arrangement.

But Ferguson obviously didn't leave him this opportunity. Manchester United's offense was fierce from the beginning, and the tide of offense was endless.

From the second the referee's whistle blew, the entire Manchester United team was like a dam bursting, completely tilting the offense to Porto's half.

Although Manchester United only had one Van Nistelrooy on the forward line, it was this guy who made Baia sweat in less than 15 seconds after the start of the game.

Giggs dribbled the ball at high speed on the wing. Under Bosingwa's close defense, he found a chance to cross with a clever emergency stop and change of direction.

Although Carvalho had blocked Van Nistelrooy's position in advance, the Dutch killer's long legs were not so easy to block. Van Nistelrooy relied on his strong physical fitness and poked the ball with his toes while sideways and half-volleying.

This close-range volley shot made Baia unable to react. He didn't even lower his body before he saw the ball jump over his fingertips.

"Bang!" When Baia was about to despair, it was this crisp sound that made him come to his senses. The damn shot hit the goal post.

Costa, who was in place, did not dare to be careless and kicked the ball directly, but Van Nistelrooy's shot had awakened the entire Porto team.

The Dutchman's shot made the entire Old Trafford stadium excited, and those crazy Manchester United fans began to sing loudly.

"Manchester United! Manchester United! The Red Army marches forward! Just like those "Busby's children", we have the blood of the Queen!"

This high-pitched voice filled the entire Old Trafford stadium, just like blowing the horn of Manchester United's charge, calling for madness.

Although the Dragon Stadium also has such a crazy atmosphere, compared with those violent Englishmen, it always lacks a sense of excitement.

Accompanied by the loud and clear singing of those crazy fans, Manchester United set off an offensive frenzy and began to attack Porto's goal again and again.

It is estimated that Mourinho did not expect that the opponent would press out so fiercely at the beginning of the game, without caring about the safety of the defense.

However, this strong suppression did make Porto have no time to worry about the attack. All five of their midfielders were pressed back to the half court for defense.

Even Lin Yi retreated to the arc of the center circle to press Fletcher. You can imagine how embarrassed Porto was at this start.

The voices of the thousands of Porto fans who came with the team were completely drowned out, and the blue and white team flags were also covered with a bright red.

This is Manchester United back at home, this is Old Trafford, full of the Red Devils' mark, a football castle for Manchester people.

It may be a difficult task to pry it open. . .

(The Heat lost three games in a row... Oh, how embarrassed are Pat Riley by you Big Three...)