Before the joy brought by Sudong's goal had completely dissipated, Sporting Lisbon's defense was on fire.
It was a wonderful combination from two Brazilian players.
After Delle received a pass from his teammate on the left, he suddenly spiked the ball and cut inward. After attracting the attention of the defensive player, he sent a short pass. Deco stepped in and shot directly into the penalty area.
Long shot from outside.
After the ball drew a strange arc in the air, it entered the Sporting Lisbon goal.
One to one!
The game trend once again confirmed the ten-minute theory.
Deco's goal came only seven minutes after Su Dong's goal.
After equalizing the score, Mourinho made a decisive second substitution, with Costinha replacing Postiga.
This is a signal to strengthen the midfield defense, and it also tells everyone that Porto only needs a tie to win the championship.
Yes, in the current standings, Porto has one point more than Sporting Lisbon. As long as they tie tonight, they can win the championship with this one-point advantage, while Sporting Lisbon can only return with regrets.
Under the instructions of the head coach, Porto's players also gave up their previous high-pressing style and adopted more reliable tactics. At the same time, they established a solid defense line in the midfield to suppress Sporting Lisbon's midfield and backfield.
When Porto began to shrink its defense, Sporting Lisbon's offense began to hit a wall.
On the one hand, Porto's defense is quite solid. Mourinho himself is an expert in organizing defense. Especially this season, he has built Porto's defense into the strongest defense in the Portuguese Super League. Even Sporting Lisbon is slightly inferior.
On the other hand, Sporting Lisbon's head coach Boloni was still relatively cautious, or rather conservative, and his on-the-spot reaction was a little too slow, resulting in a stalemate. It was not until the 73rd minute that he suddenly reacted and said in one breath
Two players were replaced, Tonito and Niculai.
The team immediately changed into a 4-4-2 formation and adopted a two-forward style of play.
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After Nikolai came on the field, Su Dong obviously felt that the pressure he was under was much relieved.
It's not that the defensive players paid less attention to him, but that Nikolai was too aggressive.
The Romanian center has been suppressed by Sudong this season, and his performance has been unsatisfactory. As a result, recently, there have been many doubts that Sporting Lisbon should sell him this summer.
Now, having finally got the opportunity to play in an important game, Nikolai naturally behaved extremely positively.
He is eager to perform, eager to score goals, eager to prove himself, and eager to stay in Sporting Lisbon.
With such a player around him, Su Dong's pressure will naturally be reduced a lot.
But the reduction does not mean that there is no problem. On the contrary, although Porto's defenders are guarding Niculai who just came on the field, their attention is still focused on Su Dong. His every move involves the attention of Carvalho and others.
The game time passed bit by bit, and Sporting Lisbon was unable to open up the situation.
Porto, which focused on defense, became more and more calm, especially after entering the 80th minute.
On the other hand, Sporting Lisbon started to become a little impatient.
Just like when Ronnie was dribbling for a breakthrough, he was too sticky to pass the ball out in time and was tripped by Ferreira. The Portuguese winger jumped up from the ground and pushed Ferreira away hard.
There was almost a conflict.
The referee gave Ronnie a yellow card warning, which barely suppressed the anger of the Sporting Lisbon youngster.
"Take it easy, buddy." Su Dong advised.
Ronnie was furious and said through gritted teeth: "This guy is as clingy as dog skin plaster."
"Your wife, if she doesn't stick to you, who will she stick to?" Su Dong said with a smile.
Ronnie was also very angry and laughed.
Every time he played Porto before, Ferreira suffered a lot from Ronnie, but now Ronnie is too impatient.
The characteristic of Ferreira as a player is that he is stable. He knows that you are anxious, and he even wants you to be anxious. The more anxious you are, the happier he will be.
"Ronnie, pull him away a little bit." Su Dong whispered.
Ronnie was stunned and looked at Su Dong, his eyes full of questioning.
Su Dong did not answer directly, but nodded, understanding the situation tacitly.
Soon, Su Dong caught another opportunity and said the same thing to Quaresma on the right.
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The game quietly entered the 85th minute.
Porto defended steadily and occasionally counterattacked, but did not put much effort into the attack.
It seems that Mourinho is more inclined to maintain this tie, and the goal is just the icing on the cake.
Sporting Lisbon gradually increased their offensive intensity, especially in the midfield and backfield.
Both wings were wide open, forcing Porto's defense to follow suit.
Tonito began to get some opportunities in the middle and took the initiative to advance with the ball.
Especially in the 86th minute, he ran out of the gap, received a pass from Albertini, and immediately drove the ball forward, attracting two defensive midfielders, Costinha and Maniche.
attention.
Porto's two midfielders are like two goalkeepers, blocking the top area of the penalty area.
Tonito advanced with the ball, and when he was about to enter the defensive zone between the two, he made a forward gesture.
Niculai, who originally withdrew to the front of the penalty area, thought his teammate was going to pass the ball to him, so he immediately went straight into the penalty area and rushed to the right side of the goal. This attracted Carvalho's attention and forced him to move to the right.
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But Tonito did not pass the ball to Nikule, but continued to take a step forward, attracting Maniche to leave the defensive area, passed diagonally to the left front, and sent the ball directly into the penalty area.
In the penalty area, Su Dong turned his back to the direction of attack, with veteran Jorge Costa blocking his back.
The Porto central defender was very experienced and held on to Su Dong while observing Su Dong's body movements.
It is a very troublesome thing to be proficient in both left and right feet. This means that Su Dong can turn left or right.
Jorge Costa was fooled once before and became more careful this time.
When he saw the ball flying towards Su Dong, Su Dong opened his body slightly and stepped forward slightly with his left foot while leaning his back against him. It looked like he was trying to control the ball and stop it.
, and then proceed to the next step.
Therefore, Jorge Costa did not dare to act rashly. He knew that he was not as tall as Su Dong. If he rushed to grab the ball, he might not get the ball, but he might lose his position. Once Su Dong turned around, it would be really fatal.
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In line with the mentality of not seeking merit, but seeking no faults, Jorge Costa still stands behind Su Dong.
The Porto central defender was observing Su Dong, and Su Dong was also observing the opponent.
When Su Dong realized that Jorge Costa was silent, he sighed in his heart, but the moment he saw the ball flying, he only felt a flash of lightning flash across the right side of his head, and a flash of lightning flashed through his mind.
A flash of light.
The football came to Su Dong's left foot just in time, but Su Dong did not stop it like Jorge Costa or everyone else reacted. Instead, he used the inside of his left foot.
Gently push the ball towards the bottom and to the right.
After the ball was stressed, it bounced off the grass and passed behind Su Dong's right foot.
Jorge Costa realized something was wrong, especially when he saw Su Dong knocking the ball with the inside of his left foot. He immediately reacted instinctively and took a shot to block it.
But Su Dong also guarded against his move, and the ball bounced into the air, passed Jorge Costa's feet, and landed near the penalty spot.
At this moment, Jorge Costa was completely spartan, and a very devastating thought came to his mind.
Damn it, I got fooled by him again!
Carvalho was so frightened that he immediately abandoned Nikolai and rushed towards Su Dong.
He is fast, but Su Dong is faster.
After knocking the ball with his left foot, Su Dong immediately turned around, took a step forward, got ahead of Carvalho, and fired a furious shot with his right foot.
The ball was volleyed vigorously by his right foot, and with lightning speed, it got into the lower left corner of Baia's goal.
The Porto goalkeeper didn't even have time to react and watched dumbly as the ball hit the net!
At this moment, Carvalho rushed to Su Dong, but Su Dong had already raised his arms, turned around excitedly and rushed out of the stadium.
Both Jorge Costa and Carvalho looked at Su Dong's back with despair, and then looked at the football in the goal line. They were heartbroken!
What the hell is going on?
Can such a ball be scored?
When did he become so imaginative?
Also collapsed was Nikolai.
At this moment, the Romanian center was equally disheartened. He looked at Tonito with resentment, only to find that the Spanish midfielder had followed Su Dong away and celebrated wildly.
He really wanted to pull Tonito over and ask clearly, you clearly gave me the signal to run forward? Why did you pass the ball to Su Dong?
Thanks to my trust in you, you actually played with me like this!
I originally set my heart towards the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch.
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"A very beautiful stroke of genius!"
"It can be seen from the slow motion that Su Dong's knock on the ball to escape from the opponent is very imaginative."
"Jorge Costa was completely fooled by Su Dong. He looked like a clumsy wooden stake and was completely powerless."
"It's really hard for us to believe that Su Dong, who is 1.95 meters tall, can actually make such imaginative foot movements, especially with his left foot. This is really unbelievable."
"But this is the little God of War Su Dong. He is always creating accidents and surprises!"
"Two to one, Sporting Lisbon takes the lead again!"
"The current situation is very unfavorable to Porto, and there is not much time left for Mourinho."
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Mourinho is also very aware of this.
Therefore, when the game started, Porto pressed forward with all their players, making almost no reservations. Even goalkeeper Baia risked his life and rushed towards Sporting Lisbon's half.
They have no choice!
Su Dong's goal forced them to a dead end.
If you don’t want to lose, don’t want to lose the championship, and don’t want your mortal enemy to win the championship at your home court, you must equalize the score.
With such a belief, Porto players burst out with crazy energy, and everyone charged frantically towards Sporting Lisbon's goal.
Sporting Lisbon, on the other hand, retreated across the board, with everyone determined to live and die with the goal.