"I know Santos is very strong, but when it comes to our territory, it will only be dealt with. You have done a good job, just keep playing at this pace and try to take the lead in the second half and win the game. I am watching

"Looking at your performance." Although Hiddink did not directly interact with the team, he still contacted Su Maozhen via mobile phone during halftime.

"Coach, are you at the scene?" Su Maozhen seemed to understand something all of a sudden.

"Yes, but I won't come over now. You still have to handle this game on your own. Be confident and think about how I usually handle it. I believe you can handle it." Hiddink said this decisively.

hung up the phone.

Su Maozhen came up with a strategy after thinking for a moment. After exchanging ideas with the players in a brief meeting during the halftime break, Su Maozhen strengthened his decision to continue this offensive style of play after the start of the second half.

Of course, his 433 seems to be somewhat different from Hiddink's. It is more like a total attack and total defense with two wings flying together.

A player is not always fixed in one position. Cross-positioning and assisting defense are also essential. This requires players in some areas to be able to adapt to the ability of all-rounders, especially the three midfielders.

No one is a defensive midfielder in the true sense. In this project, the Portuguese have many players who are qualified. During team training, they are often asked to try changing positions to enhance the players' adaptability, and the same is true for the club.

Has great benefits.

Although there is a lot of difference between the Portuguese and the Portuguese in terms of team popularity, the real strength gap between the two teams is not that big. In the home game, the Portuguese did not fear and chose to continue to fight head-on with the opponent in the second half. This also made

They can better grasp the initiative on the court.

The Santos team playing away from home obviously knew this, so they started to launch a strong attack after the first ten minutes of the second half, and also caused a lot of trouble for the Portuguese team in front of the goal.

In the 58th minute of the game, the Santos team's quick counterattack almost resulted in a goal. Guinho, who was on the left wing, quickly got down and used his physical advantage to attack Jorge. After passing him, he was finally stepped forward.

The blocking Cayo blocked it. However, Guvanho still forced his kick to hit the goal. The ball was refracted after hitting the defensive player Gil's body in the middle, but it still went towards the goal. Fortunately, the ball speed slowed down a lot and Dyna took it.

His reaction was quick and he saved the ball on the goal line.

Two minutes later, the Santos team made a comeback, and this time it was Robinho who completed the attack. After receiving a pass from his teammate, he took the opportunity to break into the penalty area and faced the interception of the Portuguese defender.

He took a shot and chose to shoot directly when there was a gap. The quality of this shot was so high that even though Dyna extended his wingspan to the extreme, he could not reach the ball. But the ball finally hit the right side of the goal.

The top corner then popped out of bounds, and the Portuguese also escaped again.

"Everyone, please stay focused and don't give the other side a chance to make an easy move." Although he didn't concede the ball in two consecutive crises, Dana still wanted to remind his teammates on the defensive line.

The Portuguese team, which survived this wave of offensives, started their counterattack while stabilizing their defense, and gradually introduced the game to their own rhythm.

In the 63rd minute, Li Zhao made a quick pass to Harik on the wing. The latter was very active on the left right after being replaced. He quickly advanced after receiving the ball, but the quality of his cross was average.

, but was blocked from the bottom line by the pursuing Santos defender.

The quality of the corner kick that followed was good. Wang Ziyi was the first to get the ball, but unfortunately it was blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper because the angle of the header was too positive.

Just two minutes later, the Portuguese team gained another free kick opportunity in the frontcourt through positional warfare. Ronaldinho took the penalty, but unfortunately the ball missed the goal slightly.

Although the next two attacks still failed to succeed, the Portuguese players still worked tirelessly and finally saw a turning point in the 70th minute of the game, and this time it was Leonard who made the difference.

The initiator of this ball was Henrik, who had just replaced him in the second half. He successfully predicted Leonard's movement and then passed the ball very well. Although the two did not cooperate much, they had a tacit understanding to get the ball.

Behind him, Leonard's eyes were empty, so he fought all the way to the penalty area. Facing the goalkeeper's attack, Leonard calmly pushed and shot, and the ball went around the goalkeeper in a beautiful arc and entered the goal behind him.

2-1, the Portuguese team playing at home completed the lead.

After the situation on the field was reversed, the Santos team was also eager to change. At the request of the coach, they further increased their offensive intensity. This also made their formation gradually move forward and paved the way for the next goal to be conceded.

In the 78th minute, Santos made the same mistake as when they conceded the second goal and suffered a bitter consequences. After observing Harik who was sneaking forward, Li Zhao decisively sent a long-distance pass.

The latter relied on his own speed to get rid of the opponent's defender and get the ball. Then there was a situation where Haikuo made a leap. Harik successfully reached the penalty area and copied a goal similar to Leonard's.

3-1, the Portuguese team further expanded the score.

Robinho is naturally the most outstanding performer on the Santos team. In terms of current ability alone, he is even better than anyone else on the Portuguese team. But after all, he is only one person, and he can't cooperate well with his teammates.

It was not as skillful as the Portuguese, so it was easier to be restrained, which made it difficult for Santos to stop the Portuguese's starry brilliance.

Time passed by, and the Santos team's offense became more and more impatient, but was defused by the opponent's solid defense again and again and could only return without success. With Robinho's breakthrough, the Portuguese players once again failed.

Even though the attack was miscarried, they could only sigh helplessly. On the other hand, although the Portuguese had more opportunities, they failed to seize them.

The two teams continued to attack each other, but they failed to change the score again in the remaining time, and 3-1 became the final result.

Although he lost the game, it did not affect Robinho's mood. He also found Li Zhao immediately after the game and made a request to exchange jerseys. Li Zhao was also pleased with this.

accept.

"I feel like you haven't tried your best today!" Robinho suddenly said after exchanging jerseys.

Li Zhao smiled, but did not answer the question. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Well, to be honest, if you didn't bring it up, I would have taken the initiative to ask you to change it."

"Really, that's my honor too!" Robinho was successfully deflected by his words, and then said: "Speaking of which, your performance today is very good, and I believe that the future of the football world must belong to you.

Those who criticize young people. I think our coach must be very angry when we lose to a newly promoted team like you, but don’t be careless. For a long season, everything is still a long time coming!”

"I hope so!" Li Zhao responded.

Just as Robinho said, the Portuguese team still has a long way to go after winning a good start, and the obstacles along the way are not good, and they will be beaten back if they are not careful.

The possibility of originality.

After this game, they will face Internacional Brasil again, and this time it will be away from home.

At 11 o'clock in the evening on May 13, the second leg of the Portuguese team's round of 16 knockout match started in Porto Alegre.

After the opening, the Portuguese still insisted on their usual style of play, and had the intention of turning against the visitors at the beginning. The final result of the game was equally unexpected. Internacional actually lost to their opponent 1-3 at home.

Li Zhao was in excellent condition in this game and scored twice. Less than three minutes into the game, he staged a long drive and then went to the meeting alone, and scored a goal; and then at the end of the first half

At that time, he scored another goal through a supplementary shot; and he also participated in the organization of the Portuguese team's last goal.

In the end, the Portuguese successfully advanced to the quarterfinals with a total score of 5-2.

Afterwards, the Portuguese continued their unbeaten record this year and had a winning streak in the first half of May.

In the second round of the Brazilian League on May 17, the Portuguese still challenged their old rival Internacional in Porto Alegre. This arrangement also shocked many online viewers. Some people even made the mistake of making mistakes at the beginning of the game.

I thought I was watching a replay of that game.

As the opponent, Internacional has obviously not completely recovered from the shadow of the previous game. The result of the game was 1-2. The Portuguese won another victory, and the heroes who scored for them were Hu Jinghang and

Ronaldinho.

The reason why they can achieve such results is also related to the Portuguese's increasing confidence, strength and tactics. In the first year, the Portuguese, who were not strong enough, often engaged in defensive counterattacks. But this year they have enough

After gaining strength, they rarely had to be conservative, which in turn caused many other opposing teams to miscalculate their tactics.

Most Brazilian teams basically don't have the habit of setting up a bus, so on the premise that the defense is stable enough, it is completely meaningless to play blindly defensively.

However, in the next few games, the Portuguese encountered a very big problem. Because on May 20 and May 21, they had to deal with the first round of the Libertadores semi-finals and the Brazilian Cup in succession.

The first round of the third round was the same situation again on May 27th and May 28th, and there were still two Brazilian League matches waiting for them on May 24th and May 30th.
Chapter completed!