Chapter 385 Champions League quarter-finals
"This is the second time that Manchester United has a threatening attack in the opening ten minutes! The first time also comes from Drogba's header! It seems that Manchester United intends to make an article on the head..."
Baya rolled around the ground and jumped up, spread her hands and shouted at Carvalho: "Ricardo! Ricardo! Focus on it, the game has begun ten minutes!"
Carvalho waved at him: "I know I know...hell!"
He muttered the last swear words and didn't let others hear them.
OK, maybe it's really because I'm not focused enough...
He raised his hands and patted his temples, using this method to make himself more awake and concentrate.
OK, boy, next time you don’t want to push the football to the goal!
In terms of height, Drogba is 1.89 meters tall and Carvalho is 1.81 meters tall, which looks a lot different, and Drogba also has a significant advantage in weight.
Covalo does not think this is what made him lose to Drogba twice in a row. Because Carvalo believes that height and weight are not decisive factors in terms of fighting for tops. In the Portuguese Super League and European competition, he is not at a disadvantage in heading with any team's center, because his bounce ability is extremely outstanding and his position selection is recognized as excellent.
The correct answer is the words of goalkeeper Baya.
When I get serious, I will have something you can see!
Not only Carvalho and Baya think he is just not focused, but Porto's commentators and fans think so.
After all, the game has only been ten minutes since the beginning, and it is understandable that it is slow to warm up sometimes.
Of course, slow heat is not a good thing, let alone this is on the road.
So the commentator expressed everyone's thoughts.
"Porto's performance was not good after ten minutes of the opening. Apart from the fast break launched at the opening, they did not have any threatening attacks. We hope they recover as soon as possible!"
Whether they can recover as soon as possible depends on themselves, and on the other hand, whether Manchester United agrees or not.
Of course, Manchester United doesn't want Porto to recover as soon as possible, because the crazy head coach of Porto dares to play with them as fools! If their head coach Ferguson hadn't seen the opponent's trick, the Porto people might have succeeded.
Because at the beginning of the game, Porto caught Manchester United off guard with their kick-off opportunity and almost broke through Manchester United's goal. If Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar hadn't been very focused and saved Porto's midfielder Deco's shot, Manchester United would have fallen behind now.
It was also Porto's fast break that convinced all Manchester United players that Mourinho's words before the game really wanted to deceive them.
The Manchester United player, who had a breath, immediately launched a tide of offensive against Porto's goal after the offensive of Porto was resolved.
Now Porto is stunned by Manchester United's series of sharp offensives. Manchester United hopes that Porto can be confused until the end of the game...
Of course, this is impossible, so we must seize the goal and score something before they recover.
Drogba grabbed the header on Carvalho twice in a row, which greatly increased the confidence of Manchester United's entire team in offensive tactics - it seems that Porto's air defense capabilities are still not very good!
Since that's the case, then continue bombing!
Porto tried to counterattack and controlled the rhythm at their feet. What Porto, under Mourinho's men, was best at playing defensive counterattacks, and playing against Manchester United is not what they are good at.
So Porto did not launch a fatal blow when they attacked, but kept falling back. This is what they are good at and is also a way to slow down the pace.
The pace on the court is too fast now, and it is all caused by Manchester United. As long as Manchester United takes the ball to attack, they will move forward and forward. There are few crosses, and there are basically no back passes. Two sides rushed forward, and the middle ground was followed by Drogba who headed the ball almost invincible and Van Nisstruy who had invincible points. This gave Porto a headache.
Porto fell down for a long time and found that Manchester United's defensive formation was well arranged and was not broken up by their backward feet. Deco focused on the defense. Manchester United captain Keane followed him almost indifferently. As long as he received the ball, he would stick it on to interfere.
You know, Deco is Porto's midfield engine. He was restricted by Manchester United, so Porto's offense was basically stopped.
The Porto players couldn't understand what kind of character Keen was. A star who is well-known all over the world actually defended Deco in close combat. Although Deco performed well in the past two years, there was still a big gap between him and Keen in terms of fame.
Porto's players cursed in their hearts. Didn't Manchester United players look down on Porto before and didn't seem to care about it at all, but why did they feel like they were facing a big enemy when they came on the court? How could this look a little underestimated?
Ronaldinho dribbled the ball forward, and Deco came up to interfere with him. Ronaldinho still admired his Brazilian senior, but now this senior has changed to Portugal and is not considered his compatriot.
Ronaldinho did not fight Deco hard. He directly divided the football and did not give it to his two teammates on the wing, but to Van Nie who came forward. Van Nie was passing the football over, and the two made a two-pass one, bypassing Deco's defense.
Drogba is right in front and retreats to meet him. This is the coach's request. If the distance is too far, the accuracy of the pass will drop rapidly, so it must be at a suitable distance. But he does not intend to give the football to Drogba. Drogba is facing the offensive direction, and even if the football is passed to him, it will be meaningless.
Ronaldinho made a pass directly and picked up the ball. He passed it to Giggs on the left.
Giggs removed the football with his chest near the sideline, and Porto's fullback Paul Ferreira caught up from the frontcourt.
When Ronaldinho picked the football to Giggs, Drogba turned around and ran towards Giggs. He ran this way to ensure that the distance between him and Giggs was also suitable enough, so that when Giggs wanted to pass the ball to him, it would be less likely to miss it...
Sure enough, Giggs took off the football and saw Ferreira rushing up, so he passed the football directly to Drogba who came up to pick him up.
Drogba did not control the ball much, and after receiving the ball, he quickly passed the ball to the front. Giggs, who had no ball, was much easier to get rid of Ferreira. After passing the ball, he directly rushed forward, very firmly, just as if he knew Drogba would pass the ball to himself.
Then Drogba really passed the football!
After passing the ball, Drogba turned around and ran into the penalty area with a diagonal line.
Carvalho kept following him.
After receiving the ball, Giggs did not continue to dribble the ball, but instead... made a direct cross!
At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo and Van Nicht both broke into the penalty area, one in the middle and the other in the front point, making a gesture of responding to Giggs.
But Giggs passed the football into the penalty area, but not in front of the goal.
The pass from the goal is a bit far away?
It doesn't matter, because the person I want to pass on is Drogba!
In the sky, that is his territory!
Drogba, who was running into the penalty area, was actually paying attention to Giggs. When he saw that Giggs did not dribble the ball, he passed the ball directly, and knew that the ball was passed to him, because only he was still running and had not been stared at by Porto.
What?
You said he had a Carvalho next to him?
Ah, sorry, Drogba almost forgot him...
What's the point of being defeated generals?
Drogba turned his head and looked at the football and began to adjust his pace.
Porto's captain, central defender Joje Costa, was originally in the middle of Van Nie, but when he looked up, he saw Giggs' football flying towards the penalty spot. So he quickly threw Van Nie down and rushed forward to Drogba.
Drogba felt that if he had to wait for the best time to take off, he might be taken first by Joe Costa. Because this best time simply refers to the cooperation between himself and the football, and does not include the interference of the defensive players. Therefore, the best time has only reference meaning and no guiding meaning.
He decided to take off early to disrupt the rhythm of the defensive players.
Taking off early may cause you to not be able to hit the ball or not to hit the ball. But this is the only way now!
When the football was still a distance away, Drogba was running suddenly jumped up!
Carvalho, who had been following Drogba, didn't expect Drogba to jump early. He was also observing the football, judging the landing point and timing. According to his judgment, he should run another step to start, so the time was just right...
I didn't expect that the opponent would jump too early. Does this mean that Drogba couldn't beat the ball? Is this a mistake?
Carvalho didn't dare to make this offer, so he jumped up as well. It was a little hasty, but it didn't matter. He saw his teammate Joe Costa, so his main task was to interfere with Drogba!
After jumping up, Carvalho grabbed Drogba's clothes with one hand, intending to delay Drogba's speed. It would be even better if he could miss the ball!
However, in order to prevent the opponent from falling into the penalty area, he did not hold on to it, but grabbed the jersey and pulled it down, and at the same time let go.
He was sure that as long as it was enough to make Drogba lose his rising momentum.
Next, it depends on Joe Costa’s...
He had seen that Joe Costa also jumped up.
Three people in the air, one ball, three dragons playing with the pearl!
Drogba could feel Carvalho's own moment, but to be honest, it didn't work for him. Because he was very hard when he jumped, the momentum was also very strong. In addition to his weight... Carvalho's moment was useless, unless he kept holding the jersey and not loose, but then the referee would notice it. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe to (this site) and reward, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter completed!