Midfielder

Porto's lead triggered a crazy counterattack from Monaco, which was not surprising, after all, the French did not want to lose the game.

This counterattack was inevitable, but the defense and offense of the two teams seemed a bit chaotic because of Lin Yi's sudden goal.

Monaco did not expect that they would fall behind so quickly, and similarly, Porto did not have the ability to foresee that they could score a goal at the beginning.

Anyway, after the game resumed, the reactions of both teams were a bit confused, and the offense and defense were a bit chaotic, which also gave Giuly a lot of opportunities.

Moreover, Monaco's offense was targeted to a certain extent. It can be seen that Deschamps has really put a lot of effort into studying Porto's defense.

He once carefully sorted out the configuration of Porto's back line and created a special offensive routine for Monaco.

Giuly's attack on the wing was indeed very sharp, and not only him, but also Rothen began to look for opportunities to break through on the left side of Valente's defense.

During this period, the two sharp knives on the left and right used their crazy sprints to attack Porto's two flanks.

Anyway, Monaco strived for every opportunity to attack and equalize the score in the shortest time. Their attack was very impactful.

Deschamps saw Porto's flank defense. He knew that Porto's attack often started from the flank.

Especially Valente and Ferreira. These two guys always had timely assists from the flanks in the previous games.

This has become Mourinho's usual trick to tear apart the opponent's defense. The combination of flanks and center always allows Porto to take advantage in positional warfare.

Not only Lin Yi and Deco can find space for passing in the middle, but Porto's flanks can always create quite threatening opportunities.

This can make Porto's attack very layered and continuous, just like a surging tide, always able to set off waves of charge.

That kind of continuous impact often has a good effect in the game, especially making it difficult for the opponent to keep a close eye on them when defending.

Two wingers plus two full-backs, such frequent position changes will always be a headache, not to mention that their breakthroughs and crosses are very accurate.

Even the defense of Manchester United cannot completely trap these Portuguese people. You can imagine how dangerous such continuous sprints are.

In this case, Deschamps will do the opposite. He deliberately arranged a 4-3-2-1 formation, which is to prepare for this style of play.

Aren’t your Portuguese side attacks fierce? Well, I will use Monaco’s two sharpest wingers to attack your two full-backs.

Monaco’s style of play is to completely cut off the two flanks of Porto, especially the connection between the wingers and full-backs.

Hiding your two wingers behind Maniche and Bosingwa is the effect you want. Deschamps wants to use this winger tactic.

You go to the wing, I go to the wing, everyone concentrates the firepower of the attack on these two sides, let's see who can break through whose defense!

Although Morientes is Monaco's top scorer, this time, Deschamps vowed to focus his attack on the two corridors on the wing.

Not only to suppress Porto's wing attack, but also to open a gap from here to help Morientes's grab.

In the case of falling behind in the score, Monaco people have to use their most powerful wings to tear apart Porto's defense. This breakthrough has indeed brought a lot of trouble to Porto's defense, especially Carvalho and Costa, who must entangle Morientes tightly.

After all, Giuly and Rothen's crazy breakthroughs on the wing, their ultimate goal is to provide ammunition for the Champions League scorer in the middle.

And Morientes' impact and header skills are indeed not given in vain, Carvalho must now be very alert to stare at the opponent.

Even so, Morientes' header just now still scared Carvalho into a cold sweat. That header was too dangerous.

Carvalho didn't want Baia's roar to sound again. He and Costa immediately turned into dog-skin plasters and stuck to the opponent.

In the first fifteen minutes of the first half, the two teams' fights were all concentrated on the two flanks, and the center, which was heavily stockpiled, became a decoration.

At least the Monaco people had no intention of breaking through from the front, especially Giuly. The little Frenchman seemed to be targeting Ferreira.

The best right back in Europe seemed to have no good way to stop the opponent in front of Giuly's unreasonable sprint breakthrough.

This is also a major weakness of Ferreira. His turning speed is not particularly slow, but he is really afraid of encountering such a pure speed player.

Moreover, Giuly's footwork is not rough. His flexible ankles can always make confusing fake moves while dribbling at high speed.

A slight shake of Giuly would cause Ferreira to lose his defensive focus, which made all Porto supporters a little nervous.

Even when facing Giggs, Porto's wingers had never been so embarrassed, but this time, it might be that the final made Ferreira too nervous.

Sometimes it is like this. The more you don't want to make mistakes, the more you will make some inexplicable mistakes, just like Ferreira is now against Giuly.

Mainly, Giuly's ability to cut inside is very strong. Ferreira must always be on guard against Giuly's sudden cutting to the middle, which makes him really struggling when defending.

And Porto's two central defenders have no energy to fill in for him at this time, which makes Ferreira have to be cautious every time he defends.

However, Mourinho will not let his back line passively bear the opponent's impact. He quickly made tactical adjustments.

When Mourinho saw that Ferreira began to be dragged down by the defensive pressure, he immediately signaled Bosingwa to retreat immediately and assist in defense.

He would rather sacrifice his right-wing attack than be attacked by Giuly so wantonly. He must kill Monaco's side attack.

On the other hand, he signaled Maniche to help Valente consolidate the side and completely kill Deschamps' tactical arrangement in the cradle.

Such tactical adjustments soon paid off. With two lines of defense, compact defense density, and reasonable positional protection between each other, Giuly's threat became much smaller. After all, it was impossible for him to use his speed to pass through two lines of defense every time he faced two people.

And during this time, Porto also arranged its three lines very compactly, trying not to give the opponent a large space to sprint.

Anyway, Porto is leading now, and Mourinho is not afraid of turning the game into a stranglehold. The more the situation is deadlocked, the more anxious the French will be.

Mourinho is now trying to drag his opponent into such a cycle. As long as he does not have any fatal omissions, he is not afraid of fighting a war of attrition.

After ten minutes of madness, the two teams began to fall into a stalemate again. Although Mourinho has eliminated the opponent's flank intrusion and did not let the two flanks become his defensive hidden dangers, the retreat of Bosingwa and Maniche has also played a role in relieving defensive pressure.

But passive defense is always a taboo in the military. He must ask the players to move the defensive line forward and not retreat to such a position where they are vulnerable.

Porto cannot allow the opponent to attack its side so wantonly, and Mourinho will not let a goal become a burden for himself.

There have been too many cases in history where the team was killed by the opponent because of conservative tactics after leading. Mourinho does not want Porto to become a negative example of a classic case. He must let the team press forward and bring the rhythm of the game back under his control.

"Press forward!" Mourinho stood on the sidelines and waved his hand vigorously to his offensive players, signaling his players to start pressing forward.

After seeing Mourinho's instructions, the group of crazy people, including guys like Deco and McCarthy, began to press frantically in the midfield.

This sudden burst of very strong pressing force did make the French uncomfortable for a while, especially the Monaco midfielders.

Don't be afraid of fouls, don't be afraid of the referee's whistle, do everything possible to strangle the opponent, this was originally the task assigned to them by Deschamps before the game started.

But now the Porto people have implemented this tactical arrangement very effectively, and Monaco is obviously a little unprepared for this change in Porto.

Players like Cisse, Bernardi, and Zicos were obviously panicked when they suddenly faced the siege of Deco and Lin Yi, a group of crazy people.

They have a certain ability to control the ball, but these Porto people's feet are really too fierce, and they don't give them the opportunity to stop the ball or control the ball at all.

The group of Porto people not only rushed fiercely when attacking, but also appeared very fierce and ruthless when they counter-robbed on the spot after losing the ball.

Anyway, it is impossible for Monaco's backcourt to pass the ball smoothly at this time. They often have to passively kick the ball.

Otherwise, the ball under their feet is in danger of being intercepted by the opponent. This kind of counterattack after losing the ball is simply familiar to the Porto people.

However, Monaco's blind clearance from the backcourt completely disrupted their offensive rhythm this time, and the midfield was completely abandoned.

The backcourt pass directly looks for the forward, not to mention whether the header is accurate enough, just the consumption of the forward's physical strength by this kind of pass is a problem.

The effect can be imagined. How many headers can Morientes win with this high point? Do you still expect Giuly to fight for such a ball?

This kind of pass from the backcourt has become inaccurate, and the first victims are Monaco's offensive players, who can't get the ball at all.

Especially the wingers who were playing well just now, this time they were silent. Without the pass from the backcourt, they had to grab the opportunity themselves.

For players like Giuly and Rothen, it's okay to give them space to sprint desperately, but it's really difficult to let them be a midfield engineer!

It's not that the French don't want to provide support to the frontcourt, but guys like Cisse who intend to break through from the wing were all shoveled to the ground by Lin Yi.

Lin Yi's kick almost knocked Cisse to the ground with the ball. With such a fierce pressure, do you still expect him to dribble the ball?

When Cisse got up from the grass, he saw Lin Yi's unfriendly expression, which was even a little fierce.

Nelson showed no mercy to such a foul. He took out a yellow card and warned Lin Yi. However, when the boy turned around and walked away, he did not show any regret. This is what Mourinho needs them to do, tough! Use tough methods to snipe the opponent!

Mourinho doesn't care whether it is a foul or not. Anyway, as long as they are not sent off, it is their own business to play how they like. He doesn't care what others say.

Even if the Monaco fans have already cursed loudly in the stands behind him, Mourinho can remain unmoved.

"The thickness of this face is almost as thick as the wall." When Brito saw this scene, he admired his old partner even more.

With this mental quality, it is absolutely strong, but Brito also has something to say, "There are really not many people who are so shameless."

However, compared with Mourinho's calmness, the players on the field are the most fierce bandits. They are completing Mourinho's tactical arrangements in their own way. This fierce siege in the front court has completely disrupted the opponent's offensive rhythm in the shortest time.

The Monaco players, who were still very fierce just now, were dragged back to the midfield competition by Porto's strangulation tactics, and the madness of the attack began to fade.

In the first fifteen minutes, the Monaco players won a total of five shooting opportunities in the fierce counterattack, two of which almost broke through Baia's ten fingers, but from the fifteenth minute to the twenty-fifth minute, their forward line even only got one chance to shoot.

That was when Rothen forced a breakthrough route from the sideline guarded by Valente, and then used his speed to cross the bottom.

This time, the cross from the bottom was a bit forced and not very accurate, but Morientes still headed the ball at the back post.

But this time, the Spaniard's header did not cause much trouble to Baia, and Baia easily caught the header with both hands.

This was also the only time in the nearly ten minutes of the game that Monaco caused trouble for Porto, but such a header was indeed not threatening.

On the other hand, the Porto players got several counterattack opportunities under their own strong pressing, especially McCarthy's two headers in front of the goal.

Without Alenichev's wing breakthrough, Bosingwa was forced to retreat to assist in defense, but Porto's wing attack did not stop.

The biggest feature of the Porto team this season is that the guys in the front court do not have a particularly fixed offensive routine at all. They are always moving, looking for fatal gaps while moving, and you never know where he will suddenly attack you.

Lin Yi used this method to give everyone a headache. His attack points can be said to be spread over a range of 35 meters from the goal.

This time, Lin Yi suddenly pulled to the wing, which caught Deschamps off guard. The kid's choice is always so sharp and deadly.

Originally, Porto's passing and cutting in the middle were frequent enough, and their wing attack was withdrawn, which made Evra move to the middle.

But at this juncture, Lin Yi suddenly rushed to the wing, and twice in a row, which gave Monaco a shocking threat.

It was this kid's two breakthroughs on the wing that allowed Porto's wing to play two beautiful cooperations, and also allowed McCarthy to find a chance to head the ball in the middle of the penalty area. If Monaco's goalkeeper had not reacted quickly enough, perhaps this header would have become a fatal goal.

Such an attack forced Evra to refocus on the defense of the wing, but when he withdrew from the middle, the black-haired boy once again cruised to the middle and launched a very deadly attack, once again becoming the focus of everyone.

That was the moment when Evra returned to the wing. Because of Lin Yi's continuous suppression on the wing, Monaco's defense line was once again in a brief chaos.

Lin Yi wanted to seize this opportunity. After receiving a direct pass from Costinha, he poked with his toes before Zicos came over and wiped it away in an instant.

This time, there was no Evra behind Zicos to fill in for him, and after Lin Yi wiped it away, he did not continue to break through, but chose to pass the ball. He used the inside of his foot to knock the ball to McCarthy's position very coherently, and then rushed straight into the penalty area.

McCarthy received the pass on the right side of the penalty area, without any pause, and knocked it back directly, playing a very standard two-on-one cooperation with Lin Yi.

Two consecutive passes completely got rid of Rodriguez's blockade, but that was not the worst. The really bad thing was that Lin Yi could shoot.

McCarthy's pass gave Lin Yi enough space to squeeze Ji Wei, and he unloaded the ball very calmly with his right foot, and then shot directly to the ground.

All this happened too quickly, and Ji Wei had no time to think about how to deal with it. He could only subconsciously stretch out his foot to try to block the ball.

But it was this tragic guy's foot that just touched the edge of the ball, causing the shooting angle to change strangely.

Flavio Roma had already prepared to save the ball, but it was Ji Wei's light touch that made him completely an idiot again.

The football went into the net again from where he was standing. All that was left for the Monaco players was a shaking net and a football bouncing in the net, and the tragic guy Givet lowered his head and pounded the grass with both hands.

2:0, the changing numbers on the big screen and the cheers around again told the French that all this was not a dream.

This is the final of the Champions League, and their Monaco has been scored twice in a row by the black-haired kid within half an hour.

It seems that all the French have seen a tragedy unfolding at the Schalke Stadium. . .

(I hope everyone has a happy Christmas Eve. I won’t say more. Regarding the basketball book, has anyone made any suggestions? Players? Or coaches? Also, I will write after the book is finished. This book will not end badly, and it will not be TJ. Sincerely, . . .)