Midfielder

Lin Yi is injured, but the game has to go on. Deportivo La Coruna will not wait for Porto to be ready. They want to end the battle at home.

Seeing the opponent's core midfielder injured, although Irueta said to the interview camera that it was a regrettable accident, Mourinho could see that the old guy was holding back a smile in his heart. Without Lin Yi's interspersion in the frontcourt, Deportivo La Coruna's defensive pressure will be much smaller.

Especially in the case of Andrade's red card suspension, without Lin Yi's frequent harassment in the front midfielder position, Irueta will be much more relaxed.

In the first sixty minutes of the last game, Lin Yi's performance in the offense simply made Irueta crazy on the sidelines, but fortunately he didn't abandon him.

If it weren't for his defensive players being fierce enough and the referee Merck's whistle being soft, maybe that kid would have scored a goal long ago.

Irueta doesn't want to keep such a time bomb in the back line when he needs to attack. Lin Yi's injury is definitely good news.

It's just that he still needs to act like a gentleman in the interview and express regret for Lin Yi's injury, but he really wants to laugh out loud.

"This is the most important game in the history of La Coruña. Porto is very fast and has very good skills. Of course, Andrade's foul is indeed a pity, but I think that since we can keep a clean sheet away from home, there is no reason not to win at home."

This old coach, who ranks third in the history of coaching matches in La Liga, now seems so confident and talkative. This is the "old fox" Irueta. For the upcoming "Iberian derby" with Porto, Deportivo La Coruña has shown super confidence.

This is the first time that Irueta has shown such confidence. Perhaps it is because Deportivo La Coruña's home record is so good that it gives him this confidence.

Here they can beat AC Milan, so now against a Porto team without Lin Yi, they obviously feel more confident.

The most important thing is that a week before the start of the second round of the semi-finals, Deportivo La Coruña once again defeated Real Madrid at home.

In order to preserve their strength, Irueta played with the "Deportivo B team" in that game. Even so, they defeated their opponents 2:0.

This was originally a game that Irueta had given up strategically, but the players' good condition formed a sharp contrast with Real Madrid's low morale.

This continuous victory gave Irueta absolute self-confidence. Riazor Stadium has never been easily conquered this season.

Whether it is AC Milan, Barcelona or Real Madrid, they have never gotten an advantage at the home court of Deportivo La Coruna. It is simply a hell.

Now not only Irueta is full of confidence in the game, but many people in the Deportivo La Coruna team also seem to be determined to win this game.

Deportivo La Coruna's Valeron even said: "Porto is the champion of the UEFA Cup last season. They are very strong and did not let us score at home. But after the battle with AC Milan, my teammates and I believe that we can win at home and qualify."

The strong offensive momentum of Porto was stifled in the first round away from home, which gave Valeron a strong confidence that they would definitely win this game.

This time, many Spaniards stood on their side, including Real Madrid's mouthpiece AS, which also publicly supported Irueta in the newspaper.

There is no way, because a few weeks ago, many Spanish fans were beaten up in Porto, and AS has a deep grudge against Porto.

AS even advocated that Porto's only defeat this season was to a Spanish club, and this time history may repeat itself.

It seems that they are very happy to mention the game in which Real Madrid won Porto at home, but they forgot how embarrassed the Madrid players were in the first half of that game. If Mourinho had not chosen to give up during the halftime break, no one could have predicted the final result.

Perhaps the reporters of AS are still expecting their Spanish compatriots to overturn their opponents at home and avenge Real Madrid.

But just a few days ago, their Real Madrid also lost the game here. I really don’t know if the reporters of AS will feel awkward.

But no matter how they fight to the death in the league, these Spaniards still seem to be quite united when they are united against the outside world.

These Madrid people even gave advice to Deportivo La Coruna. Because of Lin Yi’s injury, the two flanks of Porto will become the main attacking points. As long as Luke and Victor can contain the opponent’s two flanks, Deportivo La Coruna will have a great chance of winning.

It seems that these Madrid people want to see Mourinho lose this game more than Irueta. Maybe this is the grudge after the last game.

Especially between AS and Mourinho, it seems to be tit-for-tat. The war of words between them has never stopped completely.

The Spaniards seemed to have foreseen the scene of Deportivo La Coruna defeating Porto at home, but Mourinho was very puzzled.

"The key to this game is to see who has a sharper attack. It is enough for us to score a goal at the Riazor Stadium. I really don't understand why the opponent is so confident. I want to remind some people that the result of the first round was 0-0, and we are still on the same starting line."

Also, in this game, although Porto had the disadvantage of Lin Yi's absence, the opponent had two main central defenders suspended for accumulated yellow cards.

Counting Andrade who was suspended for a red card, at least three positions of the defense line of Deportivo La Coruna in the last game had to be adjusted.

This was not good news for a team. Mourinho was confident that he could open the gap of victory from those substitutes.

However, Mourinho did not care what his opponent said, and he also deliberately asked his players to pay attention to the news from Spain.

Anyway, this unanimous view that Deportivo La Coruna could win the game would definitely anger the group of lunatics under his command. Mourinho needed those guys to appear in Riazor with anger. They came to Spain to settle accounts with Deportivo La Coruna this time, and there was no need to be polite.

And this time, not only all the club's senior executives, but also a large number of Porto fans went to Spain with Porto.

The biggest advantage of the Iberian Peninsula Derby is that Porto fans only need to drive across the border and enter Spain.

This time, a large number of Portuguese fans went to La Coruña with Porto. Their slogan was "Turn Riazor into the Dragon Stadium!"

And the crazy people in Porto wrote the words "Fight for Lin Yi" on the inside of their jerseys. They all remembered their promise to the boy.

"Boy, get well soon. We'll wait for you at Schalke." This is what Deco said to Lin Yi when he called him before the game.

"You will definitely win. Let Riazor become the cemetery where La Coruña is buried." Lin Yi was not polite on the phone. He also thought so.

"Definitely! Just wait and see. We will not let Porto down. We will not give the tickets to the Champions League final to anyone easily."

Lin Yi, who was sitting on the hospital bed watching TV, was also praying for his group of guys. He hoped that these guys could have good luck.

"God, you old man didn't bless my calf. This time you must bless these guys to win the game in Riazor."

Lin Yi found that the feeling of sitting in front of the TV and watching his teammates play football was really fucking awkward and depressing.

If Mendes hadn't stopped him from moving around easily, Lin Yi would have wanted to move with the team, even if it was to go to the away game and listen to the boos of those fans.

This is much better than sitting on the hospital bed and watching the game and worrying about it for 90 minutes. This feeling of not being able to play football is really terrible.

However, in order to recover as soon as possible, what Lin Yi needs to do now is to try his best to cooperate with the doctor's treatment plan, after all, there is still a final.

"Those guys will definitely take down Deportivo La Coruña. The wretched uncle is not used to helping others. He is just a disgusting destroyer."

When Lin Yi said this while sitting on the hospital bed, Mendes, who was sitting next to him, didn't say anything, but this guy's trust in Lin Yi and Mourinho really couldn't be explained. Maybe this is also a problem he must consider in Lin Yi's future transfer.

It is indeed difficult to separate this pair of beastly master and apprentice. Mendes does not want to make Lin Yi and himself fall out because of the handling of this issue.

"Alas, this pair of master and apprentice who climbed the back mountain is really a headache." Mendes swore that this was definitely the transfer that consumed the most brain cells for him.

However, these are all things that Mendes and Lin Yi have to consider in the future. Now they are facing the second round of the semi-final.

In his home court, Irueta's deployment of troops naturally cannot be conservative anymore. He does not want to drag the game into overtime or even a penalty shootout.

The disadvantage of the Spanish team not being good at penalty shootouts makes Irueta want to resolve the battle within 90 minutes. The longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it is for them.

Irueta has not forgotten how the Celtics fell to Porto in the League Cup final last season. He does not want to do it again.

Deportivo La Coruna sent out its strongest lineup in the starting lineup, with goalkeeper Molina, defenders Pablo, Romero, Nebet, Cesar, midfielders Sergio, Victor, Luque, Belleron, Duscher, and forward Pandiani alone.

Although there was no additional manpower on the front line, the Deportivo La Coruna midfielders are very good at inserting from the back row, and this kind of attack is very sudden.

The offensive ability of Belleron and Luque, they have the ability to kill in front of the goal, and one striker does not mean that their attack is not sharp.

Mourinho doesn't care how the opponent will arrange his troops. Anyway, he has made up his mind for this game and will not let the team shrink in the backcourt to defend.

"This is the opponent's home court, but I don't want everything here to be decided by the opponent. We are Porto, and I need you to attack!"

"Use crazy goals to defeat the opponent!" This is Mourinho's roar in the locker room. In this game, he is determined to attack.

What the hell is the home advantage, Riazor is hell? Okay, if the stadium is hell, then Porto is a group of demons from hell.

Porto also sent out all the main players except Lin Yi. The goalkeeper is Baia, and the defense line is full of main players, Ferreira, Valente, Costa, Carvalho, and the midfielder this time is four people, the attacking midfielder Deco, the defensive midfielder Costinha, Maniche and Alenichev are separated on both sides.

On the forward line, Porto also gave up the single striker tactics used in several games and replaced them with the double striker combination of Dallei and McCarthy.

Before the game started, the fans of the two teams turned the entire Riazor Stadium into their battlefield, with shouts and songs intertwined.

This time, not only was Da Costa sitting on the rostrum, but not far from him, King Juan Carlos of Spain also came to Riazor to watch the game.

It can be seen that after Real Madrid was eliminated, the Spaniards' expectations for the Champions League are now on Deportivo La Coruna.

But these Spaniards seem to be too confident in Deportivo La Coruna's home record. They completely forgot that they were facing a group of lunatics.

All lunatics never play by the rules. Their brains are a stubborn way of thinking. As long as they are determined, they will execute to the end.

This time, Mourinho instilled only one tactical idea in this group of lunatics: at the Riazor Stadium, Porto does not need to play any defensive counterattacks.

Attack! Let the war burn completely to the opponent's half, don't have any steady control of the ball, as long as there is a chance, let the football fly to the opponent's goal!

And the execution ability of this group of crazy people is so strong that it makes people feel terrified. At the beginning of the game, Irueta realized how wrong he was.

Those Porto people are even crazier than at the Dragon Stadium. Their offensive firepower is poured all over the Riazor stadium.

Even Mourinho changed his previous command method sitting in the coach's seat. He stood straight on the sidelines and yelled at the players loudly.

"Pay attention to the rhythm! Don't let the opponent control the ball on the field! Attack and hit them from behind! Don't stop your offensive steps!"

This guy is just like a tyrant, standing on the sidelines and madly urging the players to press forward desperately, not giving the opponent a chance to breathe.

The nearly 20,000 Porto fans at the Riazor Stadium all stood in their seats, cheering for the team with their loudest voices!

"Porto! Porto! You are a soaring dragon!!!" This voice simply drowned every corner of the Riazor Stadium.

The voices of the Spaniards have been completely suppressed, and their shouts have been strangled in the cradle by Porto's endless offensive.

In Irueta's first defense, even if there was no Lin Yi on the field, Porto's offensive power on the field was so terrifying.

Deco, who was completely contained in the last game, was like taking stimulants in this game, running and pulling desperately in the frontcourt.

The midfield of the La Coruna team could not restrict that guy at all, and the frequent position changes between Dalrey, McCarthy and Deco caused great trouble for the Spanish defense, not to mention the offensive momentum of Porto on the wing. Those Portuguese people are really crazy.

Even Valente and Ferreira are now involved in the attack. Mourinho has never regarded solid defense as his mission. He just wants to attack!

This desperate and crazy attack made Deportivo La Coruna's idea of ​​investing troops in a large-scale attack come to nothing, and they could only passively defend.

After losing three important defensive players, Deportivo La Coruna's defensive strength in the midfield and backcourt was obviously weaker than in the previous game.

Especially the central defenders, the gap between the two substitutes and the main players has been very straightforward. They simply can't keep an eye on McCarthy.

The most important thing is that Porto's attack has put a lot of mental pressure on them. Deportivo La Coruna, which has never played in the Champions League semi-finals, showed their nervousness. They just frequently kicked the ball away and couldn't control the rhythm on the field at all, let alone any defensive counterattacks.

In the first fifteen minutes, Porto's possession rate once reached a terrifying 75%, which was unimaginable to the Spaniards.

And Porto didn't let these possessions become futile passes like in the previous game. Every attack they made was highly penetrating.

Only five minutes into the game, Deco made a diagonal pass from the left side of the penalty area. McCarthy cleverly missed the ball at the front point, and Maniche received the ball and shot.

This shot was blocked by Molina with both fists. Dallei, who came from the wing, grabbed the first point and headed the ball directly. The ball hit the post and bounced out. Although the ball did not go in, the whole Riazor Stadium exclaimed. The Spaniards already felt that something bad was going to happen.

Their premonition was indeed very accurate. Just three minutes later, their midfield general Victor pulled his thigh muscle in a fight with Maniche.

Scaloni, who did not even do the warm-up, was replaced by Irueta with a depressed face. The old man felt a potential danger.

In less than ten minutes, their midfield lacked an absolute main force. Riazor, which was regarded as a blessed place by Deportivo La Coruna, seemed to have begun to change.

This was not the worst thing. In the 20th minute of the first half, Deco once again dribbled past Belleron's interception in the midfield.

When breaking through to the left side of the front court, Deco made a fake pass that looked like a pass, dribbled past Pablo's interception, and dribbled straight into the penalty area.

Cesar, who was already panicking, rushed out at this time, but the defensive action chosen by this guy simply drove Irueta crazy.

A sliding tackle in the penalty area, and the kind that lit up the soles of the shoes. When Cesar's foot hooked Deco, Riazor fell into silence.

And the finger of the bald referee Collina pointed to the penalty spot, as if he was pressing an acupoint, which made the entire Deportivo La Coruna team stunned.

When Deco's penalty passed through Molina's fingertips and went into the net, Mourinho was on the sidelines, shaking his clenched fist vigorously.

Final! Porto people, here they come. . .

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