As a guest at the Fire Dragon Stadium, Sporting Lisbon was fully prepared for a defensive counterattack.
Bologna once again deployed a three-midfielder formation in this game. Only the trident headed by Su Dong was left in the frontcourt to prepare for counterattack. The midfielder was led by captain Barbosa and Albertini, based on stable defense.
Mourinho's use of troops in this game changed from his previous prudent approach, and instead seemed a bit radical.
In the 433 formation, the defense line has basically not changed. That is, Costinha was taken out of the midfield, and Maniche was used as the deep-lying midfielder, with Deco and Alenichev in the front. These two players
They all have very good offensive power, and the frontcourt is a trident composed of Delle, Postiga and Cappuccio.
It's clear that Porto aims to take the initiative.
At the beginning of the game, as everyone expected, the home team kept testing Sporting Lisbon and organized attacks again and again.
Sporting Lisbon is waiting for the opportunity.
There seemed to be a bit of a stalemate on the scene, with neither team willing to make mistakes easily.
The pace of the game was not slow, and it progressed smoothly, without too many fouls interrupting the game.
Both teams have free kick masters, which makes both teams unwilling to foul easily in the hinterland. Coupled with the cautious strategy, once the ball is lost, they immediately retreat to defend. The two sides did not struggle too much in the midfield, so
There are fewer fouls.
But everyone can see that this stalemate and stalemate are temporary.
As long as either side makes a mistake, the opponent may score a goal at any time.
For example, in the 36th minute of the first half, Sporting Lisbon made a serious mistake.
The midfield pass was intercepted after a mistake. Deco dribbled the ball forward quickly and quickly distributed it to the left. Delle dribbled the ball away from Queiroga's defense and sent the ball into the penalty area at the feet of Postiga.
Postiga stopped the ball and hit the goal directly!
At the critical moment, Pepe made a precise sliding tackle, tripping Postiga into the penalty area with the ball.
The referee indicated that Pepe's defense was effective and it was not a foul if he touched the ball first.
This made the Porto players very dissatisfied, and the scene was booed loudly. Obviously they all thought this should be a penalty kick.
Afterwards, the game continued to be stalemate.
During the halftime break, Mourinho made a substitution adjustment.
Midfielder Thiago replaced Alenichev.
The Russian midfielder performed poorly in the first half and was not excited enough. Mourinho was dissatisfied with his performance and made a decisive substitution.
Porto made a substitution over there, and Sporting Lisbon continued to hold on.
It's not that Boloni is unwilling to make substitutions, but that the eleven players currently on the court are already the strongest lineup he can put together, and he really can't make any more substitutions.
…
Su Dong has been patiently waiting and looking for opportunities.
Especially in the second half.
After the UEFA Cup semi-finals, Porto began to change its strategy, abandoning the targeted defensive strategy it had deployed against Sudong, and instead adopted a strategy of suppressing the midfielder and reducing the number of midfielders.
Therefore, in the midfield, Maniche, who is behind, is more of a sweeper, while the other two midfielders are more of a suppressor.
This is also the reason why Mourinho replaced Alenichev and replaced Thiago. The Russians did not do a satisfactory job in suppressing defense. On the contrary, Deco was very comprehensive. Whether it was offense or defense, he
All finished quite beautifully.
Without the ball in the midfield, Su Dong's role in the frontcourt will naturally be greatly reduced, and he will be less of a threat.
But there is no perfect defense in this world.
Su Dong knew very well that Porto's style of play was certainly suppressing Sporting Lisbon, but as the midfield pressed forward, the defense also moved forward. As physical exertion increased, or players made mistakes, gaps would inevitably appear behind them.
.
This is his chance.
So he kept pulling and running.
until……
…
"The ball is still in Porto's court."
"Deco continues to organize and orchestrate the team's offense."
"Leave it to Thiago and pass it forward."
"Derle got the ball on the left, faced Queiroga, and tried to pass into the penalty area."
"Postiga didn't grab the ball, and Andre Cruz stole the ball first."
“Sporting Lisbon’s successful defence.”
"Cruz passed the ball to Albertini and quickly launched a counterattack."
"Albertini stopped the ball and made a long pass."
"Hit directly to the left side of the frontcourt."
"Su Dong ran to the left to catch the ball..."
…
The moment Sudong saw Albertini's pass, he quickly ran to the left and went straight behind Ferreira.
At this time, the Portuguese right back also realized the danger and immediately turned around to chase.
But Su Dong still took the lead, seized the most advantageous position, and tried to stop the ball.
Ferreira also reacted very quickly. Seeing that he could no longer catch up with the ball, he simply gave up fighting with Su Dong for the first shot and instead blocked the inside of Su Dong, especially when he saw Su Dong trying to stop the ball.
At that time, he made a sliding tackle without hesitation.
It has to be said that Ferreira's tackle came very quickly and urgently. As soon as Su Dong stopped the ball, his sliding tackle came.
Fortunately, Su Dong's reaction was not slow, and his left foot was now very flexible. After stopping the ball, he kicked it back immediately. Only then did he barely avoid Ferreira's sliding tackle, but his momentum of rushing forward was also limited.
It was stopped abruptly.
By the time Su Dong suddenly stopped and turned around and regained control of the ball at his feet, Ferreira had already gotten up from the ground and stared at Su Dong as if facing an enemy. His eyes seemed to say: Don't come here again, I
I will really resist!
Sudong faced Ferreira and glanced at the penalty area. Ronny and Quaresma were already in the middle and right, ready to respond at any time, but Jorge Costa, Carvalho and Maniche were also in time.
came back.
Without any hesitation, he skillfully circled the ball with both feet and pressed Ferreira step by step.
The Portuguese right back lowered his center of gravity, bent over, and was ready to use his hands and feet at any time.
In this position, he didn't mind entangled Su Dong in any way.
Su Dong also knew what he was thinking. As he approached, he kept changing his fake movements.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Just as the ball was about to reach Ferreira's feet, Su Dong suddenly sank his left shoulder and looked like he was about to dribble the ball toward the baseline.
, made a pass from the bottom.
Ferreira also immediately changed his position and followed the baseline to block Su Dong's inside.
But as soon as he moved, Su Dong suddenly buckled the ball back with his left foot, and then gently moved the ball sideways with the outside instep of his right foot, directly changing from the original bottom to inside. At the same time, the whole person moved as fast as possible.
, sprinting horizontally to the right along the front edge of the penalty area.
This sudden change shocked Ferreira and wanted to catch up, but he was a step too late.
Maniche ran over to help defend immediately, but before Porto's midfielder could rush over, Su Dong took two consecutive lunges and rushed in front of the ball. After standing still with his left foot, he quickly launched an earth-shattering kick with his right foot.
shoot.
“Bati GOL!!!!!”
"Su Dong cuts inside and hits the goal with his kick!!"
“The ball went in!!!!”
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"In the 61st minute, Su Dong scored another goal from Porto."
"Unlucky Ferreira, he has been tricked by Su Dong several times in a row!"
"This time, he was easily passed by Su Dong's change of direction."
"Of course, no one can blame Ferreira, because he has tried his best. It can only be said that Su Dong's speed is too fast, especially his explosive power. He can easily throw away defensive players and get gaps.
"
"This kick cut in from the left and volleyed hard with the right foot. It was a very beautiful shot. The goalkeeper Baia was helpless."
…
The moment Su Dong kicked the ball and hit the goal, the entire Fire Dragon Stadium fell into deathly silence.
The moment the ball hit the net, bursts of cheers erupted from the stands.
Two thousand fans from Sporting Lisbon gave out deafening cheers in unison, and many people shouted in unison for Su Dong and the Little God of War.
Sitting among the crowd, Su Wenji and his wife were also inexplicably excited. They even felt that their blood pressure was soaring and their heart could not bear it. The mother, who has high blood pressure, could only take deep breaths continuously.
Next to him, Ma Dawei, like other Sporting Lisbon fans, rushed out of the seats crazily and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Awesome! So beautiful!"
"Uncle, aunt, have you seen it? This goal is so beautiful!"
"This is a long-range shot from the left, at least twenty meters away. The strength of this kick is really surprising!"
It is absolutely unusual for an eighteen-year-old to be able to kick such a ground-breaking shot. Not only is he powerful, but the ball is also so fast. This must be achieved after a long period of strength training.
Su Wenji and his wife didn't understand this, they just nodded their heads, full of excitement.
…
Mourinho frowned, shook his head and sighed.
"This kid is really troublesome. He has such strength at the age of eighteen." Boas was full of admiration.
"I heard from people at the University of Lisbon that he has hired a personal trainer for a year and a half and has been insisting on strength training. His personal trainer is now a lecturer at the Human Dynamics Institute of the University of Lisbon and is very skilled in training players."
"But isn't this progress too fast?"
Last season and this season, Su Dong's performance has improved by leaps and bounds, both in terms of data and performance.
It can be said that he completed the transformation of his career this year.
At least in the Portuguese Super League, he can be considered a first-line player.
"We currently lack such a player in the frontcourt. If he were there, Sporting Lisbon's goal would have been broken countless times. Why would we wait until now?" Mourinho said unconvinced.
His team has an absolute advantage on the field, but it has been unable to score. One of the key reasons is that it lacks a strong fulcrum in the middle of the frontcourt.
Postiga still doesn't work.
Although this Porto youth talent has made significant progress this season compared to before, compared with Sudong, Quaresma and Ronnie, his rate of improvement lags far behind.
If this continues, will this genius still be able to meet the expectations of the outside world?
Mourinho is very skeptical about this, but as the head coach, he cannot let the whole team stop and wait for Postti to add one.
That's why he wanted to introduce Su Dong.
As long as Su Dong comes, his construction of Porto's entire tactical territory will be complete.
