World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 470

Unsurprisingly, Porto's offensive focus was still on the flanks.

After Luis Diaz played, the offensive on the left was obviously strengthened.

Boxer Porto's left hand, which was crippled in the first half, can hit heavy punches again after the halftime healing!
I don't know if Conceicao identified Antonio as Maritimo's weakness, or because he didn't get through this side in the first half and he was a little embarrassed. In short, he mainly attacked this side in the second half.

Luis Diaz is indeed powerful. He and Tres have similar characteristics. They are both extremely capable individuals who can pass on their breakthroughs.Partnering together has the effect of 1+1>2.

Coupled with the fact that Shoya Nakajima, who is extremely capable of passing the ball, deliberately leaned over here to help them both, the attack power of this combat team increased geometrically.

In fairness, Antonio would have struggled to guard either of them by himself, but now he commands a defensive team.

He is like a general who dispatches in the middle and strategizes. Using his years of experience in the battlefield and his ability to read and analyze games, he directs his teammates to press forward, retreat, or assist in defense, and weave an invisible and indestructible net on the green field.

In the 48th minute, Porto launched an attack.

Like a wild donkey in heat, Tres ran with the ball all the way, sprinting for a full 30 meters. It was only under the joint efforts of Wang Zi and Zhou Yong that he had to pass the ball to Nakajima Shoya who responded in the middle.

Shoya Nakajima took advantage of the delicate feet of the Japanese players. After getting the ball, he was not in a hurry, dribbled the ball in a circle, and avoided Joao's defense.

At this time, there was an obvious gap on the right, and Mosa Marega had already penetrated in front of the defensive rib.

But Shoya Nakajima didn't pass that way, but with a flick of his ankle, he passed the ball to the front left again.

Diaz catches the ball and continues to rush forward.

There was a disappointed sigh from the stands, regretting Nakajima Shoya's wrong offensive choice.

But Gao Yuan looked dumbfounded and laughed.He was very sure that Shoya Nakajima had observed Marega's running position, and knew that playing there was more threatening, but he insisted on passing to the left, because during the intermission, coach Conceicao must have told him to focus on the left in the second half.

Gao Yuan didn't know whether to scold the Japanese, or to praise them for their strong execution.

But it is this kind of executive power called the "axis" that has allowed Japan's football level to advance by leaps and bounds, standing among the world's football powerhouses!
Just when Gao Yuan was a little distracted, Diaz on the field had already dribbled the ball into the dangerous area 30 meters away from the goal.

Here he has a lot of options, he can continue to rush forward and pass from the bottom, or he can cut in to the middle and shoot directly.

Fortunately, Antonio didn't panic. While entangled with Diaz, he directed his teammates to defend.

Although it was difficult for Antonio to steal the ball himself, he kept harassing Diaz.It made him unable to look up and observe the situation on the field and could only make judgments based on feeling.

Diaz knew that the central defender Cousai had moved in front of him, and it was difficult to move forward, so he took a cross step and swiped the ball to the middle with the outside of his foot, trying to go to the middle.

But as soon as the ball was thrown out, a black shadow appeared behind him with a "whoosh" and snatched the ball away.

The person who steals the ball is Zhou Yong. After he steals the ball, he immediately hands it to Joao in the middle, and then smiles at Antonio:
"Brother, you are really right in directing, he is really going inside!"

"Stop talking nonsense, go attack!" Antonio's face was serious, and the flattery of the orangutan was not helpful.

It turned out that in the defense just now, while Antonio was trying to steal, he instructed his teammates to keep an eye on the middle with his hands. He had already predicted Diaz's intentions.

A few minutes later, Porto made a comeback.

It was another two-person attack by Diaz and Teles. Teles dribbled the ball past Wang Zi, attracting Zhou Yong's supplementary defense, and quickly passed it to Diaz on the side. Diaz continued to attack and dunked past Antonio during the run, but was blocked by Cousai who supplemented the defense.

Unable to get rid of it quickly, Antonio came to help defend again and could only pass the ball back to Tres, but there was Wang Zi harassing beside Tres, and when Tres finally got stuck, when the ball reached his feet, Zhou Yong came out first and broke the ball away.

This time, the 4-man defensive team used the two-two defense to block Porto's left-wing assault again.

In the following games, Porto still used his personal ability on the left to attack frequently.Telles and Diaz can use their personal abilities to pass one or two defenders, and they can also rely on small teams to kill dangerous areas, but the last shot and pass are always interfered by Maritimo's defensive team.

In particular, Antonio's command is determined, and he is dispatched in the middle of the defense line, playing the role of Ding Haishenzhen.

The general's decisive victory is not only on the battlefield, but also on the planning, command and dispatch.

And Maritimo also used continuous counterattacks to put pressure on the opponent's defense.

Compared with Porto, which is clinging to the wing, Maritimo's offense is more three-dimensional and has more means. High balls, low balls, long pass transfers, short pass penetration, and various offensive methods are blooming.

But Porto also has Dinghaishenzhen in the formation.The veteran Pepe inspires the fighting spirit and determination of his teammates with his fierce defense and exaggerated body movements.

Antonio and Pepe proved with practical actions that "an old family is like a treasure", and it also proved MacArthur's famous saying "veterans will never die"!
This situation lasted for the first 25 minutes of the second half.

Unknowingly, the game time has reached 70 minutes, and the score is still 0:0, but the scene is completely opposite to the score.

Just like two boxers who have reached the height of their fight, neither of them want to beat each other with points, but will give up if they actually knock down their opponents.

I just want to kill the other party, or be killed by the other party!
At this moment, Gao Yuan really admired his opponent: It is indeed the strongest team in the Portuguese Super League. At this juncture, it can still fight against Lu's own team regardless of the outcome!What an unprecedented rival!

However, I still have a backup!

If at the beginning of the second half, Conceicao was the first to show his hole card when he replaced Diaz, then Gao Yuan was much more patient than him, and he has endured his ultimate move until now.

At this time, the heat had come, and Gao Yuan finally made his move.

Substitution!

Although Gaoyuan didn't use his reputation to improve the players' abilities, nor did he buy those weird commodities, but the fruits and Gatorade obtained from the system were still openly supplied to the players, so the players' physical fitness was not a problem at all.

So the current substitution is Gao Yuan's active tactical adjustment!
Chora came on and replaced Vukovic, who performed fairly well.

Just when everyone was guessing, after Vukovic left the field, Gao Yuan would use Qiao La to kick the midfielder, or transfer Wang Zi to a familiar position.

Gao Yuan gave everyone a big surprise.

From the formation position, everyone can clearly see that Gao Yuan has changed!

He put on a strange formation that everyone has never seen before!
(End of this chapter)