Midfielder
Chapter 165
Deco's goal ignited the confidence of the entire Porto team, and made the Portuguese fans who went to the Riazor Stadium with the team go crazy.
Club owners like Da Costa, who have always been steady, stood on their seats and waved their scarves at the moment of the goal.
At this time, Da Costa did not care about the presence of the King of Spain not far away from him. He just wanted to cheer for the goal.
Just like Mourinho's words in a low roar, this is the first time that Da Costa has seen the possibility of Porto entering the Champions League final.
This is the second time that Porto has approached the final of the top European event since winning the championship in 1986. It is difficult for Da Costa to remain reserved.
Even if the old man God is sitting next to him now, Da Costa is afraid that he will not pay attention to him. Now the time belongs to the Porto team.
All Porto people are celebrating, including those fans who failed to come to Riazor with the team, and they are also cheering for the team in the city of Porto.
Being tied by the opponent at home originally made many people nervous, but the Porto team only let this suspense last for less than 20 minutes.
"Porto! Porto! Dragon!" Such roars rang out in the Riazor Stadium, and this sound seriously destroyed the confidence of the Spanish.
Even AC Milan could not sing their Milan, Milan in the Riazor Stadium, but the crazy Porto people had done it.
Deco's goal allowed Deportivo La Coruna to end the history of never losing a goal in eight home games in the Champions League since November 2002.
They broke the defense of this stadium like a barrier, and wrote their own legend on the Spanish territory with their powerful offense.
The eleven crazy people on the field, with a uniform movement, put their index fingers on the edge of their lips, pointed at Irueta standing on the sidelines, and even at the Spaniards in the entire Riazor Stadium. They were telling each other with actions, shut up! We have the final say here now!
Mourinho did not stop the players from doing this. For him, he didn't care whether it would anger the opponent or not. Anyway, he was not here as a guest. Be angry, Deportivo La Coruna! That will only drown your reason, make you more crazy, and bring you closer to failure!
Porto's goal made the Riazor Stadium fall into silence, and even many Spanish female fans began to clench their hands and pray to God.
Maybe they hoped too much that Deportivo La Coruna could continue to defend the glory of Riazor and continue the super reversal in the last game.
But it may be that the last game against AC Milan consumed too much luck for Deportivo La Coruna, and they seemed to have too many concerns in this game.
It's not that they didn't try to counterattack. Shortly after Deco scored, Belleron made a clever left-foot volley pass when facing Costinha, and Pandiani volleyed with the outside of his right foot 14 meters in front of the goal and barely passed the crossbar. This was their strongest counterattack.
This counterattack could not bring goals to La Coruña every time, but this kind of attack was the best cooperation they could play.
In the remaining time, they could only spend all their energy in endless scrambles, and could not effectively cause trouble to Baia.
Although they had shots and opportunities to enter the penalty area, they could only make Baia make sideways saves, but there were so few attacks.
Their overwhelming offensive wave in the last game was gone. Not only that, they even had many concerns when organizing the attack.
Deco's penalty kick shattered the Spanish insistence. They originally thought that this would be a battle for La Coruña to suppress Porto.
Now it seems that those crazy Porto people will never be easily suppressed on the field. They will put the sharpest tentacles on the opponent's chest and poke them hard until the opponent falls on the grass. This war is over, otherwise, it will never end.
Porto is not AC Milan or Real Madrid. They don't have an enviable past, but these crazy people have an amazing ability.
Porto has only lost once away from home in the entire Champions League, which shows that home and away games have little impact on Porto.
And don't forget, these guys played the game with a breath, and they have not yet avenged the Spanish team's overthrow at the Dragon Stadium.
Even after scoring, Porto still pressed desperately in the frontcourt and tried their best to suppress the opponent's counterattack. This is Mourinho's requirement.
AC Milan lost because they retreated across the board after being scored two goals by the opponent in a flash, trying to hold on to the final lead away from home.
The Italians were a little too dependent on their concrete-like back line, and they gave all the control of the midfield to Deportivo La Coruna.
But no matter how solid the fortress is, you will sooner or later fail to defend it in the opponent's stormy offensive. The tragedy of AC Milan was doomed early on. They paid a heavy price for their conservatism, but Mourinho will not repeat the mistakes of the Italians.
Even if they are leading in the score, Mourinho will not let his players retreat to the half court. Porto must attack in the opponent's territory.
Perhaps now Irueta will find out what kind of embarrassing situation his team is facing after losing three main defensive players.
Without Mauro Silva and Andrade, two experienced guys, the overall defensive strength of the team is a level lower.
Duscher can't bear Silva's task on the field at all. When facing Deco, he is as immature as a newborn baby.
Moreover, he doesn't have the ball control ability of Silva at all, and it is difficult to assist Belleron in organizing the counterattack of the La Coruna team.
This unfortunate Argentine has once again become the target of the broadcast camera, but this time, he looks more embarrassed on the field.
Now is not the time when he became the public enemy of the whole England by kicking Beckham with a fierce tackle. Deco will not give him the opportunity to kick himself.
There is a wide space in the front field, which gives Deco enough passing options and breakthrough routes. Duscher can hardly get close to him.
With Porto leading, Deco became more comfortable in organizing the offense, not to mention that there was a Costinha beside him.
That guy's back row would also cause trouble for the opponent's defense. Although Lin Yi was not there, Porto still had two organizers.
Now it is not a double front midfielder tactic, but Porto always has someone who can deliver a fatal pass, which is the most terrifying thing about Porto.
The strength of the midfield gives Porto an absolute advantage. They can calmly find opportunities to pass and run, and constantly harass opponents.
Under Mourinho's training, the most terrifying thing about this group of Portuguese is stability, passing, running, everything seems so precise.
Andrade's absence gave a slippery guy like Dallei too much room for movement. The Brazilian roamed freely in the penalty area.
The most fatal thing is that the two central defenders of Deportivo La Coruna, Cesar and Nabet, are the same type of players. They are tall and strong enough, but lack speed, and there is no complementarity between the two central defenders, which also creates another hidden danger in Deportivo La Coruna's defense.
McCarthy is not a traditional center forward. He is very strong in running and interweaving in the frontcourt. He will never wait for one point.
This is not like the last game. The opponent's central defenders have good complementarity. Porto is the main attacker. McCarthy, a single striker, must stand in the penalty area and fight with the opponent. It is not surprising that he was trapped, but Porto is now playing with two strikers.
Dallei has a strong ability to move, and so does McCarthy. After having a partner, he will not deliberately stand in front of the opponent's defender.
Inserting from the back row, this is Mourinho's intention to use two strikers to involve the opponent's central defender. The strikers must leave enough space for sprinting.
Even if the opponent's two central defenders have strong bodies, they can't lock the South African at all. He is like a black sword now.
What's more, Porto has two strikers, which makes the defenders of Deportivo La Coruna seem to be unable to form an effective defense.
Don't forget that Porto is leading now, and the Spaniards must attack. The more they do this, the bigger the loopholes in their defense will become.
And Dallei and McCarthy are the sharp knives that cut into the soft ribs of the Deportivo La Coruna team through these loopholes. Every time they advance, they are bloody.
The lag on the field makes the Deportivo La Coruna team's offense very impatient, especially after the midfield loses control. Their offense often directly plays long passes from the backcourt to find Pandiani, trying to rely on their ace killer to find a chance to shoot and score in the penalty area.
The problem is that Pandiani is not a sharp blade on the front line. At most, he is famous in La Liga, and his personal ability is not very outstanding.
When facing the fierce blockade of two powerful guys, Carvalho and Costa, Pandiani can only do his best and leave it to fate.
The defense line that even beasts like Van Nistelrooy and Drogba cannot easily conquer is obviously not a gap that Pandiani can break.
Even if Pandiani occasionally gets control of the ball, Porto's meticulous defense will deal with the danger in the first place, not giving the opponent a second chance. With this simple attack, Porto will not make any mistakes.
Just like those professional football commentators said before the game, don't expect Porto to make mistakes on their own initiative, they are quite stingy.
This group of lunatics from Portugal made it to the top four of the Champions League by relying on their never-making-mistakes style of play.
Throughout their entire Champions League schedule, except for the situation when they were controlled by their opponents when facing Manchester United, they kept the rhythm of the game firmly in their hands and would never easily let go of any opportunity to defeat their opponents.
Now Deportivo La Coruna is behind at home. If they still want to enter the Champions League final, they must score two goals in a limited time.
Before Deportivo La Coruna, only Real Madrid had done this, but their goal was also penetrated twice by Porto.
However, this task now seems difficult to achieve, especially in front of Porto's highly layered defense. Deportivo La Coruna's offense was very chaotic, and it didn't feel like they beat Real Madrid a week ago. It seemed that everyone had lost the ability to score.
Even if Porto sometimes left them opportunities, they couldn't effectively grasp them. Deco's goal brought them too much pressure.
Sometimes football games are like this. The more impatient they are, the more abnormal their performance will be. Even if there are good opportunities, they can't catch them at all.
Just like in the 34th minute, Duscher succeeded in a rare insertion. He unloaded the ball on the right side of the front court and dribbled past Valente's interception.
A half-high cross hit the back post directly. Pandiani rushed to Carvalho and headed the ball back to the middle of the penalty area. Belleron saw the opportunity 9 meters in front and volleyed with his right foot, but Belleron, the absolute core of Deportivo La Coruna, didn't seize such an opportunity.
The damn football missed the right goal post under the gaze of tens of thousands of Spanish fans. Deportivo La Coruna missed the best scoring opportunity since the start of the game. At the moment when the football missed the goal, Belleron hugged his head with both hands. His expression was more than just frustration.
Not only him, but also Tristan, who was exercising on the sidelines and preparing to play, was annoyed, not to mention Irueta's performance on the sidelines.
The old Spanish man almost dropped his coat on the ground. This was a good opportunity for Deportivo La Coruna to reverse its morale.
But such a shot missed the goal by chance. What else can they say? God is no longer on their side.
The attack of Porto has put a lot of defensive pressure on Deportivo La Coruna. After their midfield lacked Victor, the organization was even more messy.
Belleron had no chance to get in at all. He had to be on guard against Deco breaking through Duscher's defense at all times, which had already involved too much of his energy.
This offensive opportunity that was hard-won was wasted at the last minute, and the fans could only sigh.
It's not that Deportivo La Coruna doesn't have beautiful footwork, but because their mentality is completely messed up, they can't play football calmly at all.
Although Irueta kept roaring at the players on the sidelines, it couldn't change the embarrassing situation the team is facing.
Not only did the players of Deportivo La Coruna seem impatient, but the guys of Porto kept using small moves to make things difficult for their opponents.
These Porto lunatics will try any method that can make their opponents feel awkward, anyway, they don't intend to let their opponents play comfortably.
The impatient mentality of the Deportivo La Coruna team also made them the prey struggling in the trap of the Porto team, and the game became more and more confusing for them.
Duscher and Belleron also received yellow card warnings for using fierce actions to retaliate against the opponent's small actions. This made Irueta taste the bitter fruit of being suppressed by the opponent at home. Mourinho was determined to return the experience of the previous game to the opponent.
Isn't it to see who has more means? OK, no problem, let's see who is more ruthless. Porto has no shortage of Brazilians.
Compared with small actions, guys like Deco will never lose to anyone, and Deco is eager to retaliate against these Spaniards.
When Lin Yi saw this scene on TV, he turned his head and said to Mendes, "The revenge of those beasts is really strong."
Mendes looked at the little guy in front of him who seemed to be so righteous, and thought to himself, if you were on the court, you could only play more ruthlessly than Deco.
Even when fighting with a tough guy like Keane, Lin Yi didn't suffer any losses. You can imagine how ruthless this kid is when he kicks.
Mendes dared to bet with anyone that if Lin Yi was not lying on the hospital bed, he would definitely be crazier than Deco and the others if he was on the court.
Porto wanted to make these Spaniards depressed and want to die on the opponent's territory. Anyway, they would never let the opponent get what they want.
This is your home court, so what? We Porto want to step on your corpses to enter the Champions League final. This is the price you pay for pissing us off! Irueta's shouting on the sidelines was loud enough, but Mourinho was crazier than this Spanish old man.
This guy was never idle on the sidelines. He kept reminding his players with his voice to concentrate and tear apart the opponent's defense.
And the crazy people on the Porto team did follow Mourinho's instructions. They kept attacking the goal of Deportivo La Coruna.
In the 42nd minute, Deco got the ball in the midfield and passed Duscher, then accurately passed the ball behind the defense of Deportivo La Coruna. The flexible Dallei accurately broke into the left side of the penalty area, and after a light dunk, he shook off Cesar's defense. Dallei shot with his left foot, but was saved by Molina.
Porto used such a coherent and accurate attacking method to threaten the goal of Deportivo La Coruna all the time, and never stopped.
When Dallei shot in front of the goal at the beginning of the second half, passing through Molina's fingertips, the game was completely put to rest.
With a two-goal lead, even the tough Irueta became expressionless. Perhaps only the King of Spain can still be polite now.
Tens of thousands of Porto fans and all Porto players raised their hands to the sky at the same time, and everyone clenched their fists!
"Roar!" At this moment, it seemed as if a blue and white dragon took off from the Riazor Stadium. This was their moment.
Lin Yi also turned his head and grinned at Mendes, "For three weeks, I must fight hard, otherwise I will misjudge the final."
This is a blue and white night. They are now one step away from the top of Europe. . .
(It seems that the Rockets are really ready to trade Yao Ming... Thank you so much Morey...)
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