Midfielder

Before the second round of the League Cup promotion match, the Portuguese Super League will continue. Porto still has to keep up with Benfica in the standings and prepare for the final battle in the next game.

It is difficult for a team like Braga to stop Porto at this time, especially for the Porto players who just returned from the European war. They are more like ferocious beasts. They are all angry about losing the game on the poor Braga team.

5:0, Braga was also beaten into a sieve by Porto in their home court. Mourinho did not suppress the crazy attack of these guys. In his opinion, this is just sharpening the knife before the battle, and it is also good to find the feeling of shooting.

Is this a tragedy? Porto contributed a total of 23 shots in the whole game, while Braga only had two, and they were all very outrageous long shots from the periphery, and they were all very unfortunate anti-aircraft guns, which is almost the same as not shooting.

They didn't even have a symbolic attack in the first half of the game. They didn't expect to win such a game at all, but they lost a bit miserably this time. But thinking about who the opponent was, they could only endure it.

Compared with Mourinho, who sat comfortably in the coaching seat for the whole game, the head coach of the Braga team could only face the boos of the fans after the game with a frustrated look. Fortunately, they had already secured relegation in advance, otherwise, he would definitely be killed by these crazy fans.

5:0, still in their own home court, this result is indeed a bit horrible, but this is the absolute gap in strength. All the players of the Braga team can't do anything about it. It's not that they didn't try, but they can only accept the ravaged ending helplessly.

It was almost a strong suppression from beginning to end. Even at the end of the first half, Porto was already leading 4:0. In the second half, except for Dallei who wanted to get a hat trick, the forward line had completely changed the attackers.

But even with such rotation, Porto's offensive tide could not be stopped. The siege of these guys even made Braga have no chance to cross the half court, and they could only passively wander around the penalty area.

Lin Yi also got 45 minutes again, but this time Mourinho gave him the task of organizing the entire front court and did not let him go particularly forward. He now hoped that Lin Yi would use his passing vision to distribute the ball reasonably, so that the game would be completely controlled by Porto.

Although he was far away from the goal, Lin Yi's threat did not decrease. Mourinho needed him to control the ball, but did not tell him not to attack. The two straight passes from the ribs of this kid still brought a bit of excitement to the lazy rhythm in the second half.

Dallei also received Lin Yi's pass and completed his wish of a hat trick. Now he can finally sit safely in the first place of the scorer list and look down on those pursuers. Cardoso and Sa Pinto have no hope of catching up with him.

Lin Yi's integration ability in the front court was confirmed for the first time in actual combat. His pass near the center circle arc can always accurately find the two wing attackers, especially Valente, who was suspended in the League Cup, who benefited a lot.

If the substitute striker had not wasted too many opportunities, perhaps the score would be even bigger, but Mourinho didn't care much about all this. His eyes never left Lin Yi's performance on the court, and the pen in his hand kept writing something.

Brito once took a look at those things, but what he saw was not any text, but a pile of stadium icons, with some running routes drawn on them in all directions. Apart from that, there was nothing else, which made Brito a little confused.

In the second half of the game, Mourinho didn't even leave the coaching seat. It was the first time that he directed the game so quietly, or this guy didn't focus on the second half of the game against Braga at all. He was thinking about the future, not this game that was destined to win.

There is no way. This is the football circle in Portugal. Teams like Porto, Benfica and Sporting Lisbon are like Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain. They almost monopolize the entire league. Occasionally, one or two teams can steal the championship when they are napping.

But the main melody of the entire league has never escaped their control. As long as they play the game seriously, few teams can take advantage of them, even at home. The gap in strength determines everything.

However, the internal friction between the top three is also fierce at certain times. Otherwise, Boavista would not have won the league championship last year. This is all caused by the struggle between their three teams, but it was just an accident.

Look at this season. In order to achieve results in the UEFA Cup, Boavista has almost given up the idea of ​​competing for the league championship.

This is a helpless choice. After all, they can't keep enough personnel when fighting on two fronts like Porto.

However, the only thing they can be proud of is their luck in the UEFA Cup. They are obviously better than Porto. They have won the first round of the round of 16, and it was a big win. The score of 3:0 has almost allowed them to reach the threshold of the quarterfinals.

Porto's defeat made the players of Boavista feel that their original choice was correct. After all, such a small team can only attract others' attention in the European war, and their players may have the opportunity to go out and play for the giants.

Perhaps this is the sadness of small teams. When they play well, they have to face the end of disintegration. Their success is often only one year. Long-term and stable victory is a luxury fantasy for them.

Even the top three teams in Portugal cannot escape the plunder of those European giants. Now Portugal is more like a primary processing plant, not those marketing businessmen. The benefits they can get are selling their future. This is an unchangeable fact.

Compared with Porto's big win, Benfica's 1:0 seems a bit insignificant, but Villariño praised such results.

After all, there are only two rounds left in the league, and Benfica still has a one-point advantage. In the next game, they may not necessarily take away the victory from the Dragon Stadium. A draw is enough for Benfica.

Villariño may not consider whether his team can get 3 points from Porto now. With only 1 point, they can ensure that the championship will stay in Benfica in the end. He, as the chairman, has not broken his promise to anyone.

As for next year, perhaps his check can really make Benfica have the capital to make waves in the European Champions League, but the premise of all this is that they win the league championship, otherwise everything is out of the question, and whether he can still sit firmly in the position of chairman here depends on this league championship to give him insurance.

Benfica's new head coach Toni did not forget to challenge Porto at this time. To be more precise, he was challenging Mourinho. Only by defeating the guy who led Benfica to the top of the league can Toni prove that he is qualified to stand in the position of head coach.

Otherwise, he can only face the non-stop comparisons from the media here every day. Such comparisons put a lot of psychological pressure on him, and even a little collapsed. Now he also urgently needs to use the result of victory to justify himself. Even if he does not beat Porto, at least he must ensure that he does not lose.

However, Mourinho did not respond to such provocation directly. He just said two words to the reporter by chance during the interview after the game.

"Tony? Who is it? Is he the new chairman of Benfica? Since he said he would beat us in the next game, let him come. Porto people are very hospitable, but the championship will not be given to anyone. From one point behind to two points ahead, it is not difficult. One game is enough."

"Is it useful to say more? The game is played, not talked about. Let's see the result in a week. The 90 minutes of the game will tell everything."

Arrogant? The media in Lisbon may not be used to Mourinho's declaration, because this guy's words have wiped out all the duels and counterattacks they have exaggerated. Mourinho warned Benfica in this way again.

Want to cross over the Porto team? Sorry, there is no mountain for you to cross here, only the tip of the knife and thorns. There is only one ending for you to come to the Dragon Stadium, that is, to leave the championship here obediently and then get out of here. There is no other way for you to go.

After all, the match will not come for another week. Now Mourinho needs to consider the "Jessbon" team that is about to kill him. Don't forget that they are still 1:2 behind, and that team also holds the belief of defending to the end.

In the two tough battles within seven days, Mourinho is thinking about how Porto will respond. He can't afford to lose these two games. Taking a step back is a bottomless abyss. Falling down means death. Mourinho can't let himself fall into death, and he can't accept failure.

Change, he needs change. The whole Porto team can already feel the suffocation before the decisive battle. Although Mourinho's training has not increased, he requires the authenticity of actual combat during the group confrontation. Even if someone kicks more fiercely, it has been tacitly accepted.

Moreover, Mourinho greatly adjusted the positions of the midfielders during the group confrontation. He mixed and disrupted the entire Porto team's midfield. He kept trying, as if he was looking for a certain feeling.

But Brito, as an assistant coach, was a little worried at this time. He didn't know whether this change was an attempt for Porto. After all, stability is the quality that a mature team should have. Taking risks often comes at a heavy price.

But Mourinho did not stop this experiment. He combined almost all the midfielders who could play football together. In the 20-minute confrontation, he kept combining the positions of the players on the field, and even changed the fixed 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 of Porto.

When there was only one day left before the game of the "Jessbon" team, usually in such a one-day confrontation, it was already decided who would appear on the field. When Mourinho walked out with 11 yellow training suits symbolizing the main team, he revealed the final answer.

Goalkeeper: 99, Baia, right back: 22, Paulo Ferreira, center back: 4, Carvalho, left back: 2, Jorge Costa, defensive midfielder: 6, Costinha, right midfielder: 15, Alenichev, left midfielder: 18, Maniche, center midfielder: 10, Deco, attacking midfielder: 20, Lin Yi, forward: 11, Del Rey, forward: 21, Capucho.

When Mourinho announced his arrangement, everyone was a little surprised, not only because Porto's formation changed to 3-5-2, but also because Lin Yi actually replaced Deco's position as attacking midfielder, while Deco moved back to become a central midfielder.

In such an important knockout match, the head coach suddenly changed his tactics. Is it a blessing? Is it a curse? No one knows, but the iron discipline created by Mourinho can ensure that these players choose to accept the arrangement after being surprised, and no one says a word.

Only Lin Yi was a little dazed at this time. He didn't know why he could play in such a game, and he was the main starter.

You know, even when he was behind in the last game, Mourinho didn't let him get up from the bench to do warm-up activities, but now that uncle made him take the position of controlling the entire team's offense. Lin Yi felt a little numb.

"If you don't want to be the main force, you can go back to the bench!" Mourinho said stiffly when he walked to Lin Yi.

"Uh... It's okay, I just took a look, I haven't worn this clothes." Lin Yi took the yellow clothes and hurriedly said. Although he was a little confused, he didn't want to miss such an opportunity. After all, it was a European arena, and he had already felt ready to move.

"What... Uncle..." Mourinho was about to turn around and leave the center of the field when he heard Lin Yi calling him softly beside him.

"What for?" Mourinho turned around and asked.

"Is this the main vest?" Lin Yi asked while holding the clothes.

"Nonsense, if you are not used to wearing it, you can take it off and give it to me!" Mourinho found that this kid seemed to be making conversation.

"Well, I just asked, do you have any pants?" Lin Yi asked innocently.

"....." Mourinho felt like killing someone. . .

Main force? Maybe this will be a different game. . . At least for Lin Yi. . .

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