Defense: Perfect, best performance so far, zero mistakes.
Goalkeeper: Perfect, zero mistakes.
Mourinho sat in the visiting team's coaching bench, watching the game on the field and evaluating the players' performance in his mind.
The team basically played the things he emphasized in pre-match preparations, such as restricting Sudong and suppressing Sporting Lisbon's midfield, which they did very well.
Offense is a persistent problem. After selling McCarthy, Mourinho has been unable to find a good center.
"Cappuccio hasn't been active enough in the past five minutes. He seems to have consumed a lot of energy." Faria came over and reminded him.
In the coaching staff, Faria is responsible for studying opponents and analyzing game data. He will pay attention to the dynamics of players on the court at any time, analyze the results, and provide them to the head coach as a reference.
Mourinho was not surprised by Cappuccio's performance and he was prepared.
"Let Clayton go up and Del Rey go to the middle."
After hearing this, Faria nodded, immediately stood up and turned towards the bench.
Soon, Brazilian winger Clayton went out to warm up.
Clayton is a left-footed player who plays as a right winger. This is Mourinho's attempt at him.
The effect of an inverted winger is completely different from that of a traditional winger.
For example, Sporting Lisbon's Ronnie can play with either left or right foot and can play on both wings, which is very troublesome.
If this kid wasn't too obsessed with the ball and too addicted to those chores, he would be more threatening on the court.
Seeing Ronnie, Mourinho naturally turned his attention to Su Dong.
"How is Jorge Costa doing in the past ten minutes? Is he okay?" Mourinho asked with concern.
When the game enters a stalemate, players from both sides fight for consumption.
Consume each other's physical energy, energy, and everything else that can be consumed, thereby prompting the other party to make mistakes.
Putting aside all the tactical characteristics of Su Dong, this player has one very obvious advantage, which is his dedication to the game.
He was running almost the entire game. He was very physical and devoted to the game. In addition, he had a wide range of activities and was excellent at running without the ball. This made it very painful for all defenders who defended him.
To put it simply, even if Su Dong doesn't score, it will be a nightmare for defenders.
Jorge Costa is a 31-year-old veteran who has participated in many games this season. Mourinho is more worried about his consumption.
"Judging from the performance in the last ten minutes and the last five minutes, it's quite controllable." Faria replied.
Mourinho nodded.
As long as veteran Jorge Costa can control his position, there won't be much of a problem with the defense.
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"Javier, what do you think?"
In the stands, Spanish scout Garcia smiled and asked the Spanish star Subilac sitting next to him.
On the other side, Su Dong and Ronnie's manager Mendes also raised their ears and listened carefully.
"It's really good. Among his peers, he is pretty good both without and with the ball." Subilac did not hide his appreciation at all.
"However, this game may be more dangerous for Sporting Lisbon."
"Oh? How do you say that?" Garcia asked with interest.
Subilac pointed to the bottom of the stands, in front of the visiting team's coaching bench, where Porto was preparing to make substitutions.
"Mourinho has obviously seen the opponent's problem. He is going to be the first to make substitutions. In the past 60 minutes or so, Porto has gained the advantage step by step. Now the balance is gradually tilting towards Porto. Mourinho will make substitutions at this time.
He was obviously going to make a killing move, but Sporting Lisbon didn't seem to be coping well."
Indeed, from the perspective of lineup thickness, Sporting Lisbon is not as good as Porto.
Especially when players like Niculai, Sa Pinto and Joao Pinto all performed poorly.
"Mourinho is really powerful. His style of play is very advanced and his training concepts are also very advanced, especially the cycle theory he established. This has allowed Porto's players to maintain very good condition this season. In the professional field,
The reviews in the circle are very high.”
The 39-year-old Mourinho can be called a young coach, but he is an upstart in the European football coaching circle.
Although he is still not famous now, it will be a matter of time.
Looking at Bologna, the difference is not too obvious.
"Is there really no chance?" Garcia didn't believe it.
Subilac heard Garcia's tone and knew that this old friend preferred Sporting Lisbon. He smiled slightly and said, "At this time, we can only hope... core stars."
Core star!
A star who can step forward and lead the team out of trouble at critical moments!
Does Sporting Lisbon have one?
People once thought it was Jader, but it turned out that Jader was not.
The Brazilian center can score goals, but he cannot turn the tide at critical moments.
Some people thought it was Quaresma, but in the past two seasons, Quaresma has proven that he can be the icing on the cake, but he cannot provide help in times of need. He is not the core star of the team.
Su Dong and Ronny are too young and not worthy enough.
Albertini, Barbosa?
No, they are all old.
"Sporting Lisbon has been selling people and stars over the years, so much so that at this critical moment, they can't find anyone who can step up."
Subilac's words are very to the point, but they are also the tragedy of a team like Sporting Lisbon.
Because they have no money, they can only keep selling their stars.
"No, Javier, I think there is someone who can." Mendes, who had been silent all this time, suddenly smiled confidently.
Subilac's eyes passed through Garcia and fell on Mendes. He was very surprised and asked, "Who are you talking about?"
"Su Dong!"
Subilac's first reaction was that this cunning agent deliberately praised his players in front of him.
"He's only eighteen years old, Jorge." Subilac reminded.
Mendes still maintained a confident smile, "That's because you still understand him, Javier."
"Really?" Subilac didn't believe it.
But at this moment, a burst of exclamations suddenly erupted in the stadium.
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Su Dong retreated again to get the ball.
This time he directly withdrew from the thirty-meter area.
Ronnie was suppressed by Ferreira and failed to dribble forward. After seeing Su Dongla come out to catch the ball, he immediately passed it over.
Su Dong took the ball with his back, with Costinha behind him.
Porto's defensive midfielder struggled hard, kept probing and kicking, made many small movements with his hands, and kept secretly tugging on Su Dong's jersey, but Su Dong pressed his body against him, stopped the ball, and successfully turned around with his body advantage.
As soon as he turned around, Jorge Costa had already rushed towards him.
Porto's central defender filled the position quickly, but Sudong responded faster.
As soon as he started to accelerate, he dunked the ball to the right with his left foot, allowing the ball to avoid Jorge Costa's defensive range.
The Porto central defender tried to fall to the ground to make a tackle, but Su Dong was the first to poke the ball forward and avoid the tackle.
From receiving the ball to turning around and then smashing the ball to avoid Jorge Costa's tackle, the whole process happened in an instant. Even many fans couldn't see clearly how Su Dong avoided the two Porto players.
Pincerd.
When they reacted, they saw that Su Dong had reached the edge of the penalty area.
Carvalho stood in front of him, bowed slightly, and stared at Su Dong as if facing a formidable enemy.
Sudong picked up speed and was in front of Carvalho in a blink of an eye. After attracting the attention of the Porto central defender, he suddenly made a diagonal pass and sent the ball to the side and rear of the defense.
Quaresma threw away Valente, quickly crossed into the penalty area from the right rib, and took off directly in response to Sudong's pass.
Porto goalkeeper Baia reacted very quickly and made a side dive to block Quaresma's shot from the goal and out of the baseline.
"call!"
The entire Alvalade Stadium, tens of thousands of fans, all let out a sigh of disappointment at the same time.
What a great opportunity!
It can even be said to be Sporting Lisbon's best chance in this game, but Quaresma's single shot didn't even score!
The goalkeeper Baia played a role at the critical moment.
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"How was it just now?" Mendes asked Subilac with a smile, with a hint of joking in his eyes.
Su Dong is still very impressive. After more than 70 minutes, he can still perform like this. It is not easy.
Subilac ignored Mendes's joke and was more surprised.
To be honest, he didn't see clearly how Su Dong broke through the two defensive players just now, but he saw clearly that Su Dong passed by and distributed the ball to the right wing, which was the best position.
If the goal had been scored, most of the credit would have gone to Su Dong. If it had not been scored, Su Dong would have still performed well.
"It's interesting!" Subilac had to change his view of Su Dong.
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Inside the stadium, Albertini took a corner kick.
But unfortunately, goalkeeper Baia abandoned the goal and took the ball directly from the air.
Everyone was retreating, but Su Dong was still at the forefront of the defense line.
Baiya turned to the left, and Su Dong ran to the left. Baiya turned to the right, and Su Dong ran to the right.
He didn't run very fast, he just cruised around the two central defenders. Coupled with the tacit cooperation between Ronnie and Quaresma, Baia was not sure to pass the ball.
When Baia wanted to take a big kick, the referee Baptista called a foul.
"Baptista believed that the goalkeeper deliberately delayed the game and gave Baia a yellow card."
"As a result, Porto's center back Jorge Costa and goalkeeper Baia both received yellow cards."
"Four to two, Sporting Lisbon had twice as many yellow cards as Porto, but the two players from Porto who received cards are in key positions, and both are direct threats from Sudong."
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Baia finally kicked the ball out with a big kick.
Pepe grabbed the spot, but Porto still buried heavy troops in the midfield and kept pressing.
The two sides were tightly entangled near the center line, going back and forth.
Su Dong was cruising in front, waiting for an opportunity, and at the same time he took the opportunity to wink at Ronnie and Quaresma.
Both Sporting Lisbon wingers noticed Su Dong's gesture, with their index fingers pointing upward.
This means to hit the ball high.
Recently, Su Dong has been practicing high-ball competition.
