35. Do you want miracles?
Moutinho is not a fancy, his status in Sporting Lisbon and the Portuguese national team is not achieved by his face!
He became the deputy captain of Sporting Lisbon at less than 19 years old. He was promoted a year later and became one of the most famous domestic giants in Portugal. He had the hope of taking over the guns of glory from his predecessors C Ronaldo and Nani and becoming another football superstar who came out of Sporting Lisbon!
But today, he fell on an inconspicuous stone!
"Beautiful! Although Moutinho used his teammate's cover to temporarily get rid of Long Shute's defense, Long Shute seemed to have expected it in advance, and appeared on the pass line first, easily destroying a counterattack from Sporting Lisbon!"
Shao Shengyi sent praise to his compatriots.
That was a sudden counterattack:
First, Ajax's left forward Emmanuelson walked on the bicycle and swayed left and right to the left rib of Sporting Lisbon, trying to shake the defender out with his fake upper body movements.
But he probably forgot that the personal skills of Portuguese players are no worse than those of the Dutch, and the nickname of "European Samba" is not for nothing...
So Emmanuelson was unable to use his bicycle to complete the breakthrough until his legs became weak and he was unable to use his bicycle to complete the breakthrough. Instead, he was stabbed by the calm Portuguese defender.
Sporting Lisbon immediately launched a counterattack. They only used two passes to break into Ajax's 30-meter area from their own penalty area!
Although Ajax's grand strategy in this game is to defend and counterattack, Dutch players are actually similar to Brazilian players. They all have a special liking for offense. In addition, they have a great overall advantage when the game is played for 20 minutes.
So Sporting Lisbon's soldiers reached the penalty area in five or six seconds!
Even Long Shute was also disturbed by the opponent's players who were suppressed by the soldiers at this moment!
But just in the flash of lightning, he made the most correct choice!
Instead of blindly chasing Moutinho, he glanced at the half-court situation quickly and made the quickest analysis of the next moves the ball handler might have to make!
Then he took a quick step and kicked the opponent's long-distance pass to Moutinho out of the sideline!
Before Van Basten even had time to jump out of his seat, Sporting Lisbon's lightning counterattack was completely resolved!
Ajax's head coach swallowed hard, and then struggled to show a shocked look to his assistant coach Witzger beside him.
Compared with Van Basten, who was once a top player, Witzger, who was far inferior in realm and vision, was even more shocked: because even from the perspective of him, he could not conclude that the Sporting Lisbon player would choose this not-obvious pass route.
"This prediction..." Witzger moved his lips and finally spit out a few words, "It's so terrible..."
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After this lesson, the Ajax players were obviously much more cautious. The two sides were properly recycled inward, which enhanced the thickness of the midfield. Suarez and Soleimani made more active moves in the midfield and backcourt of Sporting Lisbon, thereby tearing the opponent's defense and making them unable to invest in the offense, thereby reducing the pressure on the defense of their teammates.
There was not much difference in strength between the two teams, but Ajax played at home, and Suarez, the killer god, had already entered the state. When the Uruguayan used an unreasonable body to break through the defender of Sporting Lisbon in the 38th minute and knocked the football into the goal, the trend of this game gradually became tilted towards the home team.
"Suarez! 1-0! Ajax scored first at home!"
Hans Dekur of Dutch TV raised his arms in the live room and shouted. In the commentary of this game, the commentator who had complaints about Van Basten maintained a patriotism with the same hatred of the enemy and was consistent with the outside world. When Suarez broke the deadlock, he was excited and full of excitement, as if his wife gave birth to a fat boy who looked exactly like him.
His partner Storm Janssen also smiled: "Ajax is far ahead of the total score of 4-1, and the hope of the Portuguese promotion is becoming increasingly slim!"
"It's not that absolute," Dekur gazes the corner of his mouth and talks seriously. "As long as they score three goals in the second half, they can drag the game into a penalty shootout! They can learn from Liverpool that year and stage an Amsterdam miracle!"
The reason why the great reversal on Istanbul Night is extremely high is that this matter is too incredible. If it can be copied casually, it will not be called a miracle by future generations.
Although there have been many amazing reversals in the football world in the following years, at least this Lisbon Sporting team does not have this ability.
With the support of more than 40,000 home fans, Ajax's players were fighting a 120-year spirit. No one wanted to be the second AC Milan, and gave it to others a victory and hard-won opportunity to advance.
After entering the second half, Sporting Lisbon completely broke the can and gave up: the two full-backs chose to step forward without hesitation to participate in the offense, and even the central defenders rushed into the frontcourt from time to time to shoot a long shot, and the overall lineup moved forward very clearly.
They almost gave up on defense and put all their troops into the offense.
They can only put their bets on their offense!
They can only bet... their forward can score three more goals than Ajax before the goalkeeper collapses!
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"Sports Lisbon's fast attack! Ajax should be careful!"
Dekur raised his voice a little, then relaxed again:
"They are still trying to penetrate the middle? Why are the Portuguese so naive?!"
Moutinho slowly got up from the turf while gasping for breath.
The second half only started for 15 minutes, and the clean jersey he had changed during the halftime break had turned blue and black.
It was almost exactly the same as a week ago. No matter how I flicked and moved, I just couldn't break through the blockade of the No. 8 player!
He is almost crazy!
Moutinho thought he had learned a lesson after that failure and had become much smarter. For example, he used Veroso and Postiga many times in this game to cover himself, and even these teammates blocked Long Shute's running route, but these little tricks were almost useless!
The young man with short black hair... Although he was inexperienced and was easily deceived at the beginning, he made even greater progress in a week than Moutinho imagined!
——Of course, you should know that in the Ajax team, the person who has the most offensive and defensive training with Long Shute one-on-one... is the most cunning, treacherous, the best at using the body, the best at breaking through in a small range, and is also the most prone to fake falls! Uruguayan striker Suarez!
Even Suarez, he admitted that Long Shute's first reaction was amazing, and his prediction of the ball was extremely accurate. In many cases, football was clearly passing from the blind spot behind his head to Suarez, but Long Shute was able to suddenly make an interception at the critical moment, as if his whole body had eyes!
Long Shute was able to completely freeze Moutinho, but also showed a look of strength. He obviously spent nearly 60 minutes on the court, but his steps did not show any heavyness at all!
Moutinho already felt his legs as if they were filled with lead. Because of the repeated impacts and falls, the muscles on his back and waist also felt aching, and the joints all over his body seemed to be creaking, as if they could collapse at any time.
He took a deep breath and looked up at the head coach on the sidelines.
Bento, who was standing in the command area, had long been anxious and kept gesturing tactics in the air with his hands, but the players with red eyes at Sporting Lisbon didn't care about looking at him!
Moutinho could feel his physical strength was rapidly losing from his body, and there was not much time left for him to perform.
Before the game... he must help the team get a goal back!
Long Shute, who was standing behind him, seemed to feel his determination, and quickly pushed forward with force to stabilize Moutinho.
Do you want to create miracles?
That won't work!
What I want is another chicken!
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Chapter completed!