Midfielder

The cheers and shouts at the Dragon Stadium did not surprise the Benfica players. This was the treatment they received at away games. They were used to this hostile environment, especially in a championship game. There was no chance of applause. They could only face the booing.

However, they did not intend to lower their heads in the Dragon Stadium and let the opponent step on them and beat them up. They were Benfica. They still had the courage and strength to attack. Moreover, their coach had explained before the game that attacking would be their only choice.

4-4-2 vs. 3-5-2, a formation that seemed a bit calm, but both Porto and Benfica chose to attack. Especially the first attack after Benfica kicked off, which sounded the alarm for the Porto players.

After Simao kicked off, he handed the ball directly to his backcourt as usual, and he ran towards the heart of Porto. However, his running route did not go directly to the wing, but cruised in the central area.

This is the adjustment that the guy named Tony made to the entire team's frontcourt attack combination after he arrived at Benfica. Without Lin Yi and a core forward who could support the frontcourt operation, the guy chose to let Simao act as the commander of the frontcourt.

Maybe Simao's vision will not be as wide as Lin Yi, but his experience on the field can make up for it well. More importantly, his starting speed and acceleration are very fast, and his ability to attack on the wing is strong. Such a person suddenly changed his position, but the effect is very brutal.

Simao's position change may bring a greater threat, and Tony gave Simao absolute freedom. As long as he thinks he can cut in at a certain position, he does not need to fix himself in the middle or the wing. Everything is up to him.

Maybe this is where Tony is smart. He did not limit Simao to the wing as a simple winger, but gave Simao as much free space as possible in the frontcourt, allowing this guy to find opportunities and create opportunities.

Facts have proved that his decision is correct, especially after Lin Yi left the team, Simao has contributed at least one assist in six consecutive games.

Moreover, Simao can also find loopholes that can be broken through in such an organizational process. Seven goals in five games have already explained everything.

Paulo Ferreira's nerves became tense because of Simao's cut-in. He followed this dangerous man of Benfica step by step, but the first to launch the attack was not Benfica's top sharp knife, but their midfielder Thiago.

Lin Yi and Deco did not expect that Thiago would suddenly rush in with the ball at the center circle. This sudden change caught them off guard. Even when Thiago rushed forward with the ball in the middle, the two of them did not even make a move to chase back.

Breaking through the middle, Thiago's sudden forward insertion disrupted the formation of the Porto team. A front midfielder and a central midfielder failed to form the first interception line, allowing the opponent to break through so easily. Moreover, Thiago's forward insertion position directly threatened the backcourt because of the loss of position of Lin Yi and Deco.

Now they can only rely on Costinha's defense. He must push forward one step in advance, otherwise, Porto's central defense will be completely useless. However, just when Costinha rushed up to intercept Thiago, the guy passed the ball.

A quick pass with great power while dribbling the ball directly found Benfica striker Cardoso who was wandering on the edge of the penalty area.

Stop the ball, turn around, shoot, Cardoso's handling of the ball is very coherent, he did not miss such a shooting opportunity. But there was a guy who was faster than him. At the moment when Cardoso kicked the ball, a foot stretched out and directly blocked the way of the ball.

Carvalho! This tough guy on the Porto defense, at this time, used a fierce tackle to directly block Cardoso's shot.

However, the goal guarded by Baia was not far away from danger because of Carvalho's blocking. In the direction where the ball bounced out, Paulo Ferreira was unable to hold on to Simao, who had a strong sense of forward penetration. The little guy met the ball with a fierce volley.

A dangerous cold shot, Baia was still afraid until he punched the ball out with both fists. If his center of gravity had not moved in advance when Cardoso shot, perhaps this cold shot would have killed him.

If they fell behind within less than 1 minute after the start, and this scene really became a reality, then it is estimated that Porto will have a very sad day today.

Not only Baia was a little scared, Paulo Ferreira was already sweating. He had been following Simao tightly, but this loach-like guy suddenly tested his heart.

When Mourinho saw this scene, he could no longer sit still in the coaching booth. He stood on the sidelines and loudly reminded his players, "Come on! Don't make this kind of mistake again! Otherwise, they will kill us mercilessly!".

The coach's roar on the sidelines reminded everyone that this was a decisive game. Those Benfica players would not shrink in the half court to be beaten. They would also fight back. Such an attack allowed those Porto players to quickly enter the game state.

Simao's shot aroused the exclamation of the entire Dragon Stadium, and then Porto's attack turned this exclamation into applause and shouting.

The ball kicked by Baia fell at Costinha's feet. The Porto midfielder did not choose to slow down the transition rhythm of offense and defense. He chose to attack at the fastest speed.

Costinha passed the ball directly to Deco, who was looking for opportunities in the opponent's half, with a pass of more than 30 meters. However, as the core of Porto, the Brazilian always had Benfica people on guard, but Deco's sideways leak made the opponent's man-to-man defense empty talk.

One pass and one leak, such a clever cooperation allowed Lin Yi to receive the pass smoothly in the frontcourt, but at the moment he received the ball, Petit, who had been following him, directly made a fierce kick behind him. This guy's elbow hit Lin Yi's chest directly.

Petit knew very well that he could not compete with Lin Yi, a little guy, in terms of footwork, and he would not even let Lin Yi have any chance to receive the ball comfortably, otherwise, he would be unlucky, so his defensive action this time was very fierce, and even his hands were very active.

But this action did not give him any advantage. Deco and his team's pass seemed very sudden. Lin Yi had already moved forward to the penalty area to look for opportunities. When Petit called him with such a fierce action, Lin Yi was ready.

Although he felt suffocated in his chest, Lin Yi's frequency of movement did not slow down. When the opponent tried to intercept the ball in this way, he lightly led the ball in front of him with his left foot, and his whole body leaned forward along the direction of Petit's fierce action.

Sideways, lying horizontally, Lin Yi's half-turn shot suddenly shot towards the goal along the opponent's foul action. This hidden shooting action made Benfica's goalkeeper Moreira unable to react even when the ball shot from Petit.

"Bang!" This crisp sound finally made Moreira, who was in a daze, react to what happened. When he hugged the ball that popped out, he probably could clearly feel that his heart, which had just stopped beating, resumed working.

"Damn it!" Lin Yi watched the damn football go on a date with the goalpost again. He pounded the grass hard. He didn't know if it was God's joke or he was possessed by the god of bad luck. This was clearly a fatal chance to kill the ball, but the damn shot failed again.

However, the entire Dragon Stadium still applauded and cheered for the black-haired boy. Three passes and a beautiful quick counterattack. Although it missed the goal, Porto had responded to Benfica's ferocity with such an attack.

Especially the black-haired little guy seemed so casual in handling the last shot. Those Porto supporters believed that the final victory must belong to them!

Don't think that only your attack is fatal. Our attack will also make you sweat. Porto counterattacked Simao's cold shot in this way.

Attack against attack, the battle is in full swing.

The game entered a white-hot stage from this moment. . . The outcome is hard to know. . .

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