On January 25, the Portuguese team came to Piracicaba, a small city located on the Tiete River, for their first away challenge. Doleza and the others did not go with the team this time, but they told

Good news for Li Zhao. The next time they play at home, they will see a brand new cheerleading team come to support them.

"Compared to our previous opponents, our opponents this time are weaker and have suffered defeats in both previous games, but there is no guarantee that they will not fight against the odds, so we still need to be careful. Like Jonathan in their team

, Pipiko and Danilo are both capable players, so the key to our victory in this game is defense." DeRozan was still analyzing the game on the road.

"Blank defense will not allow us to retreat. With all due respect, if we only pursue a draw, we will only have a greater chance of losing. Even the strongest defensive players cannot defeat their opponents by relying solely on defense. I think the same goes for offense.

Importantly, if we perform well, we can completely make up for some defensive problems. Besides, we are on par with our opponents in terms of team strength, so why should we be on the defensive?" Figo said about DeRozan's plan.

I didn't agree, so I put forward my own opinion.

However, this time DeRozan did not compromise and insisted on his opinion. The two sides also had a heated debate on this issue, but they still failed to convince the other side, and then they all looked at Li Zhao.

"Why are you looking at me? I'm just a player, you are the coach!" Li Zhao was also confused. He already felt that being the boss was pretty good and he could gain more initiative on the field for himself. But now

I also discovered a problem, that is, the identities of myself and the coach are somewhat reversed. The coach will ask himself more or less before making decisions, which makes me a little annoyed. If you meet a good coach

Fortunately, he will stick to his own policy, but DeRozan is obviously not such a coach, and he is too conservative in terms of tactics.

"Although our goal is only to be in the top eight, the requirements must not be as simple as that. It should be to keep the eight and fight for the third. When encountering a game that we are capable of winning, we still have to try our best to win, even if it is an opponent who is stronger than us.

We can't give up easily, so I still agree with Coach Figo." Li Zhao thought about it before expressing his opinion.

DeRozan finally accepted Figo's opinion, but he couldn't help but feel a little unhappy in his heart. He felt that Li Zhao favored Figo, although the final result of the last game proved that the other party was right.

At 5 p.m. (3 a.m. the next day, Beijing time), the game officially started.

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The arrangement of the Portuguese team is still the same as the previous game, starting goalkeeper: Lauro. Defender: Moises Mora Pinheiro, Valdomiro, Luis Ricardo, Rogerio. Midfielder

:Henrique Santos, Li Zhao, Moises Lima Magalhães, Gabriel Javier. Forwards: Wanderson Cristaldo, Gilberto Sosa. The formation is still the same

It's 442.

Since there were two Moises in the team, in order to distinguish them, the older defender Moises Mora Pinheiro was called the big Moises, and the other one hit

Moises Lima Magalhães on the field was called Little Moises.

After the game started, the Portuguese team was the first to launch a series of attacks. In the second minute of the opening, Li Zhao took advantage of a loophole in the opponent's defense and transferred the ball to Gabriel who rushed in from the right. The latter

After passing the ball, Wanderson followed in the middle and jumped to the top. However, the opponent's goalkeeper made no mistake and pushed the ball out of the baseline while being highly concentrated.

Henrik took the corner kick. The ball floated in the air to the back point, but the opponent's goalkeeper hit the ball out of the small penalty area before Moises. The defender of Piracicaba received the ball and thought about it.

He raised his big foot and prepared to make a clearance, but the ball failed to hit the ball and was grabbed by Li Zhao who was following behind.

Before the ball hit the ground, Li Zhao fired a volley from the air. Unfortunately, he was a little unlucky. The ball hit the post in the upper left corner and bounced out of the baseline. The Piracicaba team escaped.

In the fifth minute, Gilberto was violated by the opponent's defensive player 28 meters away from the left side of the opponent's goal. The Portuguese team got another frontcourt free kick. Although the position of this free kick was a bit biased, it was

You can still hit the goal directly. Regarding the distribution of free kicks, since Li Zhao and Henrik have different left and right inertial feet and each has their own strengths, they are also divided into different areas in private. This time the position is more suitable for Henrik.

Rick came to kick. After Li Zhao cooperated with Henrik, he knocked the ball to him. Unfortunately, Henrik's kick was too high.

It's just that the Portuguese team has always been unable to score. Although they pressed the opponent in the first 20 minutes of the game, they failed to score, and their final kick was also a little short.

However, after being unable to attack for a long time, the Portuguese team's defense also became lax. In the 22nd minute, a long pass from the Piracicaba midfielder penetrated the Portuguese team's defense, and Danilo turned offside.

After success, he quickly broke into the penalty area, but his last shot was not handled well. The ball quietly missed the post on the right side of the goal, and the Portuguese team escaped.

DeRozan on the sidelines also gave loud instructions, asking the players to shrink back the line. However, Li Zhao did not completely obey the coach's instructions, but led his teammates to launch a new round of attacks. Fortunately,

This time, the hard work finally paid off.

In the 31st minute, after Valdomiro grabbed the ball in the backcourt, he passed a long pass to the front. Li Zhao got rid of the opponent's defender and got the ball. Then he saw Wanderson in the front position.

Then he transferred the ball. Wanderson did not miss another opportunity this time. After receiving the ball, he took the opportunity to break into the opponent's penalty area. Facing the opponent's goalkeeper's attack, he calmly hit a far corner. The speed of the ball was very fast, and the goalkeeper

The ball was already in the net before it even touched it.

0-1, the Portuguese team finally took the lead.

In the 38th minute, Li Zhao broke through to the opponent's half and saw Gabriel again on the right, so he passed the ball over. Unfortunately, his breakthrough was unsuccessful this time. After a few steps, he was intercepted by the opponent's defender.

The ball was caught. However, Gabriel also counterattacked on the spot. Although he did not directly grab the ball, he also prevented the opponent's player from counterattacking.

Two minutes later, the Portuguese team made a comeback, and the game was still at the same point. However, this time Gabriel's pass was still unsuccessful and was blocked by the opponent's player.

This sideline ball was very close to the opponent's bottom line, so Li Zhao thought of his special skill - the powerful sideline ball. But this time without Wang Ziyi, Li Zhao didn't know who could serve as the base point in the middle.

After throwing the ball vigorously, it hit the crossbar and bounced into the penalty area, which also triggered a melee here. In the chaos, a player from the Piracicaba team vigorously cleared the ball out of the penalty area, and was blocked by Portuguese defender Luo Luo.

Gerio got the ball.

Facing the opposing player who came up to press, Rogelio handed the ball to Li Zhao who came from the right. Li Zhao cooperated with him in a pick-and-roll and moved to the middle. After taking two more steps, he reached the edge of the penalty area.

.At this time, Li Zhao discovered a gap. Even though there were still many people in the penalty area, he decisively took a long shot.

The ball ran toward the lower right corner of the goal, but it was refracted after hitting the defensive player's leg on the way. The goalkeeper was caught off guard by the changes here. Although he judged the direction correctly, he was powerless to do anything about this sudden change in the middle and could only watch the ball turn.

Then he slid into the goal from the other side.

0-2, the Portuguese team expanded their score advantage in the 41st minute of the game.
Chapter completed!