When the game reached the 62nd minute, Porto took the lead in making a substitution for the Champions League final.
"Young player Alberto, Porto's goalscorer, has been replaced by Alexei. Manager Mourinho is on the sidelines to greet Alberto."
Mourinho decided to make a substitution because, on the one hand, Ajax's offensive talent made him uneasy. On the other hand, Alberto was too young and difficult to adapt flexibly in the offensive end.
After the Jax Legion successfully defended against him, this young general lost his ability to use surprise attacks, and he couldn't do anything new. Therefore, he would be restricted forever.
At the same time, in order to activate the attack on the right flank, Mourinho sent the Russian fast horse Alexei into the field, hoping to achieve a better counterattack effect.
After the substitution was completed, Porto's formation also quietly changed.
Mendes and Costinha formed a double defensive midfielder!
Strengthen the defense in the middle!
Mourinho hoped to make such an adjustment to further restrict the play of Ajax's midfield brain, Qin Xiong.
There was no doubt that when Qin Xiong was able to perform three consecutive moves to overturn Porto's midfield defense system, no manager could ignore his existence.
Due to the appearance of such a change, Qin Xiong's space to move in the front field became narrower, and Porto's fouls continued.
It was even more annoying for him than in the first half.
When Deco secretly pulled him before he touched the ball, Qin Xiong was finally annoyed. His center of gravity was unstable when he held the ball with his back. After a kick, he fiercely swung away the hand that was grabbed by Deco.
He turned and looked straight into Deco's eyes. He did not intend to cause a conflict. He just coldly asked, "Do you need to do this?"
Once, twice, countless times!
Now, even the harassment without the ball had become blatant!
The referee blew the whistle, indicating that Deco had committed a foul, and showed three fingers to Deco as a warning.
It meant that he had already committed three such fouls, which were not enough to get a yellow card, but if he did not change, he would have to pay the price next time!
Deco apologized to the referee with a good attitude as he stepped back and said to Qin Xiong, "You're still young. You don't understand!"
Qin Xiong stood in place, ready to take the free kick. He turned his head and smiled disdainfully.
Again?
Young and ignorant?
If I have to play like you guys when I grow up, fine, I'd rather stay young forever!
Since I was young, I only had football. I wanted to play wonderful football and gallop on the field to my heart's content. I didn't want to study the rules and the referee's psychology to get a good impression so that I could get a lighter sentence.
In this clash of offensive football and utilitarian football, it was actually a tit for tat contest of creation and destruction on the green field.
So far, Porto's "Destruction" was upgrading, while Ajax's "Creation" seemed to be at a bottleneck.
Because "creation" was much more difficult than "destruction".
In the 66th minute of the game, Qin Xiong took the initiative to run to the left flank, trying to create a better attacking opportunity with the Snede and Maxwell on the left flank.
The skillful triangular pass between the three players allowed Qin Xiong to move to the left winger's position after a change of position. He once again displayed the dribbling method of cutting across the flank. However, the Porto defenders, who had been defeated by him once, were more cautious and vigilant. They did not easily give up their body's center of gravity. Before they formed a pincer defense, they focused on narrowing Qin Xiong's shooting angle.
However, Qin Xiong decisively changed his direction 90 degrees after he took two steps to the center of the field.
Costa could not keep up with Qin Xiong's explosive power in the first move. Qin Xiong successfully dribbled the ball to the end line, but there was no space to shoot. He chose to pass the ball behind the goal.
He and Van Der Vaart often played this kind of coordination. Unfortunately, this time Van Der Vaart was caught in the dilemma of being confronted by Valente in close quarters. His speed was slowed down.
Qin Xiong's pass was finally lifted by Kava's slightly conscious kick to the left flank.
Manitchev dribbled the ball forward after he retreated to the left flank of the midfield to stop the ball.
Porto counterattacked!
After he crossed the half of the field, he quickly carried out a wide lateral movement. Alenichev on the right flank ran to the middle to receive his pass.
Derlei had the nickname of "the stadium bum" because he was a free man in the front field in Mourinho's counterattack system.
At this time, the Brazilian did not run into the penalty area like a traditional striker. Instead, he ran outside the penalty area and retreated to receive his teammate's pass.
After Alenichev's pass was sent to Derlei's feet, Derlei was kicked from behind as soon as he took possession of the ball.
De Rong!
He did kick Derlei's calf, but he rushed to the ball and wanted to destroy the football at Derlei's feet. He did not maliciously kick him. He was furious when he saw Derlei scream exaggeratedly after he fell to the ground.
De Rong knew how much strength he used to kick.
The referee's whistle sounded. Before De Rong could reason with Derlei, Derlei quickly got up on his own. He no longer screamed and his expression was no longer painful.
De Rong shouted at the referee, "He was just performing!"
However, the referee ignored him, but the fans of Jax in the stands were terrified.
At the spot of the foul, someone quickly trotted up from the midfield, bent over and placed the football on the foul spot. Then he straightened up and kicked the ball out directly!
The cunning Brazilian, Deco!
The free kick was quickly sent out!
Not to mention that De Rong's hand had yet to fall as he gestured to the referee, even the other defensive players were only retreating step by step.
Before Deco could send out the free kick, Porto's three counterattacking players had already started!
The ball rolled directly from De Rong's side to behind him. De Rong looked back and saw that it was Derlei, who he accused of performing just now, receiving Deco's pass.
Derlei slotted the ball diagonally into the left side of the penalty area. Maniche, who took the lead to start, bypassed Grygera and passed the ball in front of the end line!
Grygera, Heitinga, Eskud, and Galasek were all retreating. Galasek ran to block Derlei, who was plugging in from the middle, but ignored Alexei, who was one step behind in front of the defensive line.
Maniche's pass was from the end line back to the right side of the penalty area line.
After Alexei, who was unmarked, stopped the ball, he aimed at the angle of the goal and volleyed on the spot!
Eskud, who was one step behind to block him, subconsciously stretched out his foot to block, but his foot was not long enough. The football brushed against his foot and produced a slight refraction. Lobonte, who was not prepared, completely went in the wrong direction to save. The football flew into Ajax's goal under the astonished gaze of the entire audience!
Mourinho on the sidelines showed an unruly look, still without a trace of a smile. He clenched his right fist and waved it twice before he gestured to the field to calm down and restrain his emotions.
"Porto is in the lead again! 2: 1. Before the game, many pundits thought that Ajax's youth and inexperience would be a hidden danger. It seems that this fear has come true. Porto's quick free kick caused a big problem for Ajax's defensive line. Their marking appeared to be flustered and passive. The most important thing is, how could they lose their man? Alenichev scored a crucial goal. He was Mourinho's surprise substitution. This substitution is amazing. He played an important role not long after he came on! "
The Porto fans in the stands were wild with excitement, while the Ajax fans were full of worry.
There were still about 14 minutes left in the game.
Ajax was behind in the score.
De Rong became extremely agitated after seeing the team lose the ball. He tried to rush to the referee to reason.
He pointed his finger to his temple with a look of anger!
He wanted to question whether the referee had a brain.
Could he not see Dele's obvious performance?
Of course, he might have some grievances and self-blame and needed to vent. In fact, regardless of whether Dele fell to the ground to exaggerate and gain the referee's sympathy, De Rong's kick to his foot was a foul. There was no problem.
But De Rong did not "explode" just because of this point!
There were also Porto's fouls against Ajax's players throughout the game and their petty harassment. Although the referee showed yellow cards to some of the opposing players, in De Rong's eyes, it was not enough!
This was not a smooth game, at least compared to the Eredivisie games where the two sides attacked each other like flowing water. The game's spectator value was greatly reduced.
The veteran Galasek rushed over and hugged De Rong immediately to prevent him from rushing to the referee and doing anything irrational.
De Rong protested angrily, and Galasek tried to appease him. At this time, De Rong suddenly calmed down because he saw a teammate.
Qin Xiong.
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