Chapter 379

After Gao Xiaodong scored, there were only seven or eight minutes left. Manchester United, who was pushed to the edge of the cliff again, launched a wave of attacks and tried to level the score in the first half, but Porto kept the score of 1-1 until the end of the first half.

Back in the dressing room, Porto manager Diogo came with the highest instructions from President da Costa.

"We played very well in the first half. It's an honor to play with a team like Manchester United and draw the score. However, it will be more difficult in the second half. Manchester United will never accept such a result. The president hopes that you will play with the same spirit as Old Trafford and strive to reach the final four."

"Porto is pragmatic. As the chairman said, we can reach the top four with 100000 euro for each main player and 50000 euro for each substitute. As for the other benefits, I don't have to talk about them any more. Elimination of Manchester United will make you famous all over the world and your value will soar. Boys, work hard. The chairman is watching you in the VIP box and a bright future is waiting for you."

Ferreira doesn't welcome Diogo to the dressing room, but he can't stop him. After Diogo left, Ferreira said: "we all know that this half of the game is very important, but we don't have to be too excited or too nervous. We must be calm. Too excited and nervous is not good for the game. In the second half, our main task is to defend, defend, winter and next season Half time you have to focus more on defense, but the attack can not give up, there is no counter attack, we can not stop Manchester United's attack

Gao Xiaodong nodded and said: "don't worry, coach, we don't attack in the second half, but Manchester United don't want to attack well."

Ferreira also said to Rodriguez and Hulk: "Manchester United's penetration ability in the middle is general, mainly from the flank attack, midfield front goal, you should be defensive in the second half, entangle Rooney, Ronaldo and Giggs."

Rodriguez and Hulk nodded heavily. They knew the importance of the game.

At last, Ferreira said to Alves, meleres, Helton and fusile: "only God knows if you can keep it or not. No matter whether you lose the ball or not, you four as veteran players should keep it. "

at the end of the half-time, when the players came out, Ferreira called Alves alone and said:" Alfonso, except for the champion five years ago, we have not been in the semi-finals for 15 years. The game will be very tense and fierce. The team-mates, including Gao Xiaodong, are still young, and they may not be able to control their emotions. As the captain of Porto, you are welcome We should not only play the role of mainstay in defense, but also play the role of leader in spirit

Alves has always felt that from the president of the club to the coach, Gao Xiaodong has been praised to the sky. Although he is 28 years old, he has no intention to compete with Gao Xiaodong, but his heart is not good. Ferreira's words of comfort make his heart very warm.

"Yes, coach, if you don't tell me, I will never forget my responsibility."

"Well, go ahead. We won't have any regrets if we get into the top four."

Ferreira slapped Alves on the shoulder and gave him a hug.

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In the second half, the game entered the fast lane from the first minute.

Behind the Red Devils Manchester United did not have any scruples, three line pressure, two wings fly together, to Porto's penalty area launched a ferocious impact.

The main attack point is the right side of Ronaldo, the World Footballer of the year.

In the first minute of the second half, Cristiano Ronaldo attracted a pinch from sissokho and Rodriguez and passed the ball to O'Shea, who finished the pass at the bottom.

The quality of O'Shea's Cross is very high, but Porto's defense is very tight. Two centre backs and two back midfielders, together with Gao Xiaodong's withdrawal, five men and two layers of defense blocked Giggs, Anderson and Carrick's forward, and Alves pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

Manchester United see Ronaldo's side attack success, grab the ball out of the corner, continue to play Ronaldo's side.

Ronaldo also wanted to attract the ball to O'Shea after defense. Porto didn't fall for it this time. Sissokho was staring at Ronaldo, and Rodriguez followed O'Shea closely and shoved O'Shea's ball out of the sideline.

O'Shea sent the ball out of bounds, Gao Xiaodong had already supported the wing, and Ronaldo had to pass the ball back to O'Shea under the attack of Gao Xiaodong and Rodriguez.

Gao Xiaodong quickly grabbed O'Shea. O'Shea didn't dare to be careless. He quickly passed the ball back to Carrick and reorganized the attack.

Carrick saw Porto's tight defense on the right and immediately hit the ball to the left, allowing Rooney, Giggs and Evra to break through from the left.

Porto's right side is a little weak. Fusile is not as strong as left back sissokho. He suffered a lot against Rooney. Although Hulk is strong, he is not a defensive player. When he comes back, he can only play an auxiliary role, mainly relying on Meireles and fusile who are assisted by the midfield.

Rooney, Evra and Giggs have been cooperating for a long time, and they have a good understanding. After a series of passes and cuts from the side, Evra dodged fusile's bottom pass and swept the ball to the front of the goal.

Alves in the middle keeps an eye on Berbatov. Anderson in front is too crowded to touch the ball by Gao Xiaodong. Fernando follows Michael Carrick closely, but Rolando is a little ahead to get the ball into his own door.Manchester United started from left to right, occasionally Anderson and Giggs broke through the middle with the ball. The attack was like a tide, one wave higher than the other, which made the Porto penalty area full of danger.

Manchester United's passing success rate is not very high, but they are very active in fighting after losing the ball. Not to mention Rooney, who has always been active, including World Footballer Ronaldo, nearly 40 year old Giggs and lazy chic gor Berbatov, are all active in the front court, making it difficult for Porto to fight a quick counterattack.

Once Manchester United's back line is in place, Porto dare not put in too many troops, so they can only be beaten passively.

The Porto fans in the stands were so nervous that they could hardly breathe. The cheers were gone. Many fans even forgot to applaud. The Dragon stadium, which has always been very powerful, became very quiet in the second half, and even heard the shouts of the two coaches Ferreira and Ferguson.

The commentator was not satisfied with Porto's current situation. "The defensive counterattack is not passive. It's hard for Real Madrid and Barcelona not to lose the ball when they are beaten by Manchester United. Porto must attack and expand the defense, otherwise they will die."

CCTV commentator He Hui also said: "this certainly can not, no counterattack defense absolutely can not support 45 minutes."

Porto didn't want to fight back, but their formation was too flat, there was no space to pass, so they could easily fall into chaos. Then they were robbed by Manchester United and launched the second and third attack.

At this time, Ferreira made a decisive decision, let sapluna play, replace fusile, carry strong Rooney.

Although sapluna is too tall and full of turning speed, Porto is now pressed in his 30 meter area, and Manchester United have no space to attack. Sapluna's disadvantage is not obvious, but his strong body, wide defensive area and the advantage of helping to defend high-altitude ball are obvious.

With sapluna, Manchester United's left attack is obviously not so fierce. United's two wings fly together and soon become Ronaldo's main attack on the right.

Ronaldo is the most difficult defender for Manchester United. In addition to his outstanding personal ability, his position is not fixed. He often moves in the right and middle, and sometimes even runs to the left to change positions with Rooney.

Full back sissokho is strong and fast. He is a good choice to defend Ronaldo, but he can't follow him.

To this difficult problem, Ferreira made a decision quickly: let Gao Xiaodong mark Ronaldo.

Gao Xiaodong is also a free player because of his comprehensive skills. He has played man to man defense. Now the main task of the team is defense. Porto is not at a loss if he plays with Ronaldo.

Although Gao Xiaodong and Ronaldo are both under Mendes' banner, they have never dealt with each other. They have also had two verbal battles across the air. Ferreira asked Gao Xiaodong to stare at Ronaldo, which is exactly what he wanted.

Gao Xiaodong's first gift to c Luo was a spade.

Ronaldo is riding a bicycle to Rodriguez. Gao Xiaodong runs at a high speed from one side and skips between Ronaldo and Rodriguez.

The ball was shoved out of the sideline by Gao Xiaodong, and Ronaldo was scared to retreat two meters.

O'Shea sent the ball out of bounds. Seeing Gao Xiaodong following Ronaldo, O'Shea didn't dare to give it to Gao Xiaodong and threw it to Anderson.

Rodriguez saw Gao Xiaodong go to mark Ronaldo, so he went to press Anderson.

Gao Xiaodong doesn't agree with Ronaldo, and Ronaldo doesn't like Gao Xiaodong either. When Gao Xiaodong comes to keep an eye on him, Ronaldo immediately raises his hand to ask Anderson for the ball to humiliate Gao Xiaodong.

Anderson, Rodriguez, you don't dare to pass the ball to him.

Ronaldo shakes to the left, trying to catch the ball and turn to the right, but Gao Xiaodong does not shake, but reaches out and holds Ronaldo's shirt.

Gao Xiaodong a pull, c Luo turned right a little slower, Gao Xiaodong immediately shovel, poke the ball away.

Ronaldo wanted to grab the ball, but his shirt was still dragged by Gao Xiaodong. A little slower, Rodriguez grabbed the ball.

Manchester United's push is fast, Rodriguez just got the ball, Anderson a flying shovel and destroyed.

Gao Xiaodong is fast, strong, and his defense is obscene and treacherous. Under his mark, Ronaldo can't take the ball, turn around and get rid of it. What's more, Gao Xiaodong likes to drag his shirt and even won't let him jump. Once Ronaldo is about to fall, he will pull him up with his magic power.

Ronaldo is constantly harassed by Gao Xiaodong and blocked by Porto players. Although he can occasionally get a free kick, he has lost too many goals, which seriously affects United's attack speed and slows down the pace of the game.

Manchester United's players see that Ronaldo's side is almost useless, so they rarely play on the right side. Instead, they give the ball to the left side, focusing on Rooney's side.

Ronaldo wants to abuse Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong has no chance to connect the ball. He is very angry. Once he asked Carrick for the ball, but Carrick passed it to Giggs. Ronaldo yelled at Carrick angrily.

Where does Carrick eat c Luo? He yells at c Luo: "here you are. Can you hold it?"The Porto fans were very happy to see Manchester United start infighting. They applauded and cried: "fight, fight."

The commentator also said: "the World Footballer of the year is very uncomfortable today. If this situation continues, Manchester United will not be able to play today."

CCTV commentator He Hui pointed out the United's problem to the point, "Manchester United's top card is very hard today, but the root is that Manchester United's poor penetration ability in the middle, can not effectively open space for the side, Ronaldo is not Messi, it is difficult to play without space."

Ferguson is gloomy and dissatisfied with the situation on the court. However, Manchester United's attack mainly depends on the side. It's too difficult for him to win the game. He sees that Ronaldo is staring at by Gao Xiaodong and becomes restless. He is worried that Ronaldo will make a big mistake when he is hot headed.

Look at the time has reached 70 minutes, Ferguson made a replacement adjustment, with Nani replace the idle center Berbatov, let Nani play the right wing, c Luo replace Berbatov play center.

Although Ronaldo still wants to compete with Gao Xiaodong, he dares not listen to Ferguson's orders and can only play as a center.

There are already many players in the middle of Porto, and Ronaldo is playing between the two centre backs. Obviously, Gao Xiaodong can't mark again and doesn't need to mark again, so he returns to the position of a little forward in the back.