5 pm on August 16th is the start time of the 19th round of the Portuguese league. Before that, in the Portuguese player lounge, Hiddink was doing his final pre-war mobilization.

"To be honest, Corinthians are still very strong this year, and their overall level is much higher than ours, so it may not be easy for us to continue our winning streak. But this is our home court, so

As long as they perform normally and carry forward the game with a daring and hard-working style, there is still a good chance that they can win this game. At the very least, they will not be able to easily go back with three points.

Let me finally emphasize the tactical play. I feel that with Corinthians' strength, they will be very strong for a period of time after the opening, so this period of time is very critical for us.

Our initial formation this time will be 4231, so that the formation transition will be more natural. When they are almost exhausted, when we suddenly launch a counterattack, I will make further adjustments based on the actual situation.

"The actual content of the formation didn't have much new ideas, but Hiddink's explanation still allowed the players to understand his intentions more deeply, and he also made some new attempts in certain positions, but I didn't know

What will be the actual effect then?

The Portuguese's lineup is goalkeeper: No. 1 Dana, defenders: No. 5 Diego, No. 9 Gil, No. 12 Rodrigo Cayo, No. 15 Jorge, midfielders: No. 6 Wang Ziyi, No. 23

Hu Jinghang, midfielder: No. 11 Ronaldinho, No. 10 Li Zhao, No. 7 Leonard, forward: No. 18 Harik.

The four players on the back line have remained unchanged, and their current cooperation has become stable. Although the positions of the midfield and frontcourt have been adjusted, the actual personnel are still the same. For example, Wang Ziyi has returned to his position.

The former defensive midfielder position can be switched back at any time as the game progresses.

On the other hand, due to their confidence in their own strength, Corinthians knew that the Portuguese posed a great threat to themselves and were in an away game, but they still arranged a powerful attack formation like 433. Perhaps this wave of operations is also

It coincides with the nature of Brazilians.

Their lineup is goalkeeper: No. 1 Zuli Oshisa, defender: No. 4 Gill, No. 13 Fulujian, No. 15 Guhimeda Silva, No. 16 Onder Goncalves, midfielder:

No. 5 Ralph De Sousa, No. 10 Judson, No. 6 Fabio Santos, forwards: No. 18 Luciano, No. 9 Paul Guerrero, No. 21 Marcio Emerson.

After the start of the game, it was the away team Corinthians who launched a strong attack first. They won the coin toss and quickly advanced their offensive position to the Portuguese half.

In the 4th minute of the game, Corinthians staged a thrilling scene in front of the Portuguese goal. Their two forwards, Luciano and Paul Guerrero, played continuous and high-quality hits against the wall.

He first passed through Hu Jinghang, who was retreating from defense, and then used the same method to break through Gill's side of the defense. Finally, when he handed the ball to Guerrero, there was enough space. Fortunately, Dyna's

He quickly struck out to block the goal angle as much as possible, which prevented Guerrero's shot from succeeding, and the ball also missed the goal frame and rolled out of the baseline.

Just three minutes later, Corinthians once again got a great opportunity, which was also due to the cooperation between their midfielders and frontcourt players. But this time the situation was even more thrilling and almost had to be changed.

score.

Although Dyna once again blocked Guerrero's shot, he was unable to block Luciano's follow-up shot again. Fortunately, this time his shot was blocked by Wang Ziyi who returned to the defense at the goal line. However, he

However, he failed to clear the ball far. After being snatched by Judson, he shot again. The ball hit the post and bounced back. At this time, Dana also reacted again and made a side dive to hold the football firmly under him.

, finally resolved the crisis.

The Portuguese's anti-counterattack tactics at the beginning are also one of their common tactics, but today it was obviously a mistake. When implementing such an arrangement, they have never encountered such a situation of being completely suppressed. In fact, this is not the case.

The problem with this formation is that a few of them cannot support it. Corinthians' coach has studied the Portuguese formation and player characteristics very thoroughly, and even predicted their tactical play. At this time,

The rules and regulations have been messed up, and the counterattack cannot be organized. This is the fundamental reason why they are now completely passive.

More than ten minutes of game time have passed. Of course, the lack of goals was due to the goalkeeper's outstanding performance and a certain amount of luck. The Portuguese side's continuous goal crunch is not only due to the opponent's extremely high offensive quality, but also due to the high quality of the opponent's offense.

This was partly due to his own underestimation of the opponent's rapid offensive.

Judging from the on-site defense, the players have not been able to fully reach their best form after the start of the game. The biggest problem is Hu Jinghang. He is obviously not suitable for the defensive midfielder position, and this has become the easiest position for the opponent.

The threshold of breakthrough.

The fans at the scene began to cheer for the home team even harder, as if to scare away the opponent's players. After surviving another round of fierce attacks by their opponents, the Portuguese team finally had its own

Counterattack. As the forward arrow of this formation, Harik is naturally the key point in delivering their offensive firepower.

The first counterattack resulted in a one-on-one goal, but just when the final kick was about to be dealt with, the referee's whistle sounded, indicating that the ball had been offside before. Although there were several more opportunities after that, the opponent failed to respond.

Harik's defense has become much stricter, and he is not a player who is good at attacking tough situations, so the results are not ideal.

But the Portuguese city gate was finally lost. It did not fall in the storm, but the goal was conceded due to an accident.

In the 19th minute of the first half, goalkeeper Dana threw the ball to defender Cayo after confiscating a long shot from the opponent. The latter wanted to pass it to Wang Ziyi, but at this time Hu Jinghang made a mistake in his movement.

The ball was touched in the middle, causing the football's path to deviate. Before he could fight back, he was intercepted by the opponent's ambushing forward Emerson, and there was a huge gap in front of him.

For such a sudden change, the Portuguese defense was caught off guard. Dana was still some distance away from the goal at this time, and it was too late to return to defense. He could only watch the opponent succeed in pushing and shooting into the empty goal.

0-1, Corinthians, playing away from home, took the lead in opening up the situation.

Seeing this, Portuguese coach Hiddink couldn't sit still at this time and had to come to the sidelines to shout loudly. Although it became difficult to hear clearly due to the noisy environment, he could guess some of the general meaning based on his understanding.

, that is, words like "Cheer up, I don't want to see the front line being broken through so easily again!"

Li Zhao took advantage of the gap between a dead ball and ran to the coach's side, and also wanted to hear any new instructions he had.

"Hu is indeed not suitable for playing the defensive midfielder position. This is my mistake, otherwise we would not be so passive. In addition, Harik is now being watched too closely by the opponent and cannot use his speed advantage, but he does not have the front-end hardness.

He has the ability to resist, so he also adjusted it." Hiddink did have the intention to adjust, so he took the time to communicate with Li Zhao after he came over.

"So, do you mean to replace someone?" Li Zhao subconsciously thought so after hearing his words.

"Why do we need to change people?! Even if we need to change them now, it's too early. In fact, their own abilities are worthy of recognition. As long as they readjust the formation and put them in the positions they should go to, everything will be normal."

Hiddink didn't think so. He then conveyed the new arrangement to Li Zhao and asked him to return to the court to coordinate later.

After the restart, the Portuguese changed the formation from the original 4231 to the offensive 433, and then the overall style of the team was completely different. Hu Jinghang returned to his original familiar position, and he no longer had to do what he was not good at.

Things happened, so the performance after that became more and more stable.

The forward line also changed from a single arrow to a three-arrow situation, and Leonard was brought up again. Although he was slightly slower in speed, his breakthrough and dribbling abilities were much stronger. After Harik had his support, he was

While the restrictions have been greatly eased, there are also more options for offense. The two men flew together in Corinthians' penalty area and stirred wildly. The sharpness of the sword reappeared, and the opponent finally felt the Portuguese.

The embarrassment at the beginning.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, the Portuguese finally got the result they wanted.
Chapter completed!