At 7:30 in the evening on February 5th (5:30 in the morning of the next day, Beijing time), the Portuguese away game against Sorocaba officially started.

The Portuguese team still arranged a 4231 formation. The starting lineup is goalkeeper: D. Lima; defenders: Rodrigo Cayo, Valdomiro, Diego, Rogelio; midfielder: Moises.

Lima Magalhaes, Marcelo Canet, Henrique Santos, Li Zhao, Gabriel Javier; Forward: Fanias.

The Portuguese camp is not yet in place, and defense is still their biggest problem. Sorocaba is even more unbearable. In the five games since the beginning of the season, their results are two draws and three losses, and their goal difference is even worse.

6. Even with the Portuguese's current relatively unsophisticated attacking power, it is much stronger than theirs. You can imagine how bad they are, and as a result they have fallen to the bottom of the league standings.

Since the start of the game, although the two teams have played with great momentum, they have been a bit rough in handling the ball, so that in the first ten minutes of the first half, neither team was able to produce any decent offense.

It wasn't until the 11th minute of the game that the away Portuguese team completed its first shot.

Marcelo Canet on the right cleverly passed the ball to the center. Fanias's shot from the right side of the penalty area was saved by the goalkeeper. Li Zhao judged the position of the ball correctly, but his follow-up shot was saved by the goalkeeper.

out.

He also shook his head helplessly. This kind of goal was always a must-goal in the past. It seemed that he had to adjust to his condition as soon as possible. It would be a crime if he made such a mistake again!

Although this attack failed, it officially kicked off the confrontation between the two teams.

In the 13th minute, Sorocaba launched a counterattack. The Sorocaba winger made a flat pass from the left. Melgares followed up in the middle and volleyed before the ball landed. The ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

In the 15th minute, Li Zhao reached the penalty area and passed the ball to his own player who came in behind. Fanias volleyed hard from the right side of the penalty area. Unfortunately, the shot was too accurate and the ball was easily confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper.

.

In the 18th minute, the Portuguese team attacked again. Henrique passed the ball and Fanias volleyed vigorously from the left side of the penalty area. The ball was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper again.

It has to be said that although the Sorocaba team's defense was repeatedly breached, the goalkeeper, as the opponent's last line of defense, performed well.

In the 22nd minute, the Sorocaba team also ushered in a counterattack again. Everton made a precise pass from the right, and Melgares headed the ball from the penalty area, but was accidentally missed by Portuguese goalkeeper Lima in front of the goal line.

Stretch your legs to block it.

After that, the Portuguese team launched a wave of continuous offensives and formed the most threatening shot in the 36th minute. Gabriel made a pass from the right, and Fanias volleyed inside the penalty area, but the ball failed to hit the right spot.

, slightly missed the goal.

Li Zhao discovered that not only was he in poor condition, but Fanias, as the team's forward, wasted even more opportunities than himself today.

Just when the Portuguese team, which had been unable to score for a long time, thought the first half would end like this, the Sorocaba team took the lead to break the deadlock.

In the 43rd minute, the Sorocaba team got a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt. Alan passed into the penalty area, Everton headed the ball, and Melgares' left-foot volley was blocked in time by defender Rodrigo Cayo.

Unfortunately, his ball fell to the feet of Melgares again. Melgares did not miss the opportunity this time and shot again from a small angle. The goalkeeper had no time to react again and could only watch in stunned silence as the ball rolled in.

goal.

1-0, Sorocaba team takes the lead.

"We cannot continue like this. If we enter the second half with a one-goal deficit, the team will be very passive. And if we lose to this bottom team, the situation will be really bad. Who will see us in the future?"

Now we can all come and have a bite. Although I haven't recovered yet, I have to stand up." Li Zhao said to Henrik.

"Okay, I'll cover you in a while." Henrik nodded.

After the restart, Li Zhao took the ball and rushed forward. Facing the opponent player coming up, he cleverly made a two-on-one with Henrik.

However, when he did this for the second time, he encountered a problem. The ball passed back by Henrik was intercepted by the opponent's player. Just when he was thinking about how to deal with the ball, it was empty at his feet, but it was Li

Zhao had quietly passed by him and poked the ball away.

The opponent's defensive player was naturally unwilling to let Li Zhao snatch the ball away. His reaction was also super fast, stretching his legs to trip the opponent like a nervous reaction. Such a sudden move also made Li Zhao unable to avoid it, and he was caught on the spot.

Got stuck by him.

The defensive player naturally knew that he might get fouled because of this, but if he could destroy the Portuguese team's attack, it would be worth it.

But just when he was secretly happy, he saw Li Zhao holding his head with both hands and rolling forward smoothly when he fell, and then bounced up from the ground. The player didn't expect that Li Zhao stood up faster than

He turned around very quickly, and while he was still stunned, Li Zhao had already got the ball again and walked away.

There was only one defender blocking him in front. He used a fake shot to deceive the last defender, and then faced the goalkeeper. In the past, Li Zhao would pursue the angle for such a ball, but today because of the problem with his shooting aim, he

He chose a safer approach and hit a close corner, and the force of the shot was not small.

The opponent's goalkeeper reacted in time to the ball, but he missed it at close range. Li Zhao had already prepared and judged the ball's landing point correctly, and then headed it in with a header that he was not very good at.

Empty gate.

"Finally not bad!" Li Zhao, who scored this goal, also let out a sigh of relief. Although this goal was a subconscious move on his part, basically all the headers he has scored since he started playing football have been scored with one hand.

You can count. Today's header also made him no longer have any mental obstacles in this regard, and it can be regarded as opening up another way to start scoring goals.

1-1, the Portuguese team immediately equalized the score and entered the halftime break with this result.

"Xiao Zhao, thank you for equalizing the score at the last minute, otherwise it would have been difficult to win in the second half. If they set up a bus, we are very likely to lose if our offensive ability is not enough." Halftime break.

Figo also gave Li Zhao enough praise.

"This is what I should do. But my condition is still not good, and the goal I just scored was somewhat lucky. In the second half, we still have to cooperate more, and everyone has to play their role. Who has the better chance?

If the condition is good, let whoever takes the lead attack." Li Zhao said.

The players basically agreed with his view.

"Okay everyone! I will not change the formation in the second half, let alone the tactics, unless one of you can't hold on. My goal is not to draw, but to win the opponent here. A draw is equal to failure for us.

." Figo said.

At the beginning of the second half, Figo replaced forward Fanias, who had a mediocre performance in the first half, with D. Viana.

After changing sides and fighting again, the Sorokaba team unexpectedly shrank its defense line and completely lost the idea of ​​attacking the opponent.

"Is a draw enough for them? They are really rushing to avoid relegation! Even so, I will find a way to pry open your turtle shell." This made Li Zhao doubt their thoughts.

However, this also made it easier for the Portuguese to attack, and for a while they completely overwhelmed the opponent's defense.

In the 48th minute, Marcelo made a pass from the right, and the new Viana hit the goal high.

In the 53rd minute, Gabriel received the ball from Rogelio and then cut in and shot. The ball hit the defender and refracted, but it bounced off the baseline.

In the 58th minute, Li Zhao was once again put down by his opponent at the edge of the penalty area. Of course, this was nothing for the strong and durable Li Zhao. It also gave the Portuguese team a chance to get a free kick. After thinking about it, he still walked

In front of Henrik.

"It's up to you to take the kick. I believe you can do it. Before I fully recover, this kind of free kick will trouble you." Li Zhao said.
Chapter completed!