Chapter 141: Reversal, there is a chance!
Question: After the first leg, the visiting team lost its core central defender and lost
1-0, how will they play in the second leg at home? This was a question that the Portuguese media generally paid attention to after Sporting Lisbon defeated Besiktas at home.
Lucescu is a famous European coach who has coached in Serie A for a long time and has a deep understanding of football tactics. What will he do? After a narrow 1-0 win in the first round, what will Bologna choose when facing Besiktas away? On the night in Istanbul, Lucescu showed his trump card directly from the starting lineup.
Since they have lost their main central defender Zago, they simply don't defend and go straight to the offensive, using their home advantage and taking advantage of Sporting Lisbon's long journey of thousands of kilometers to defeat their opponent in one fell swoop.
Lucescu, who is always calm in his tactics, deployed a 3-4-3 offensive formation at home, with three defenders, a small diamond midfield and three forwards to face Sporting Lisbon, which surprised everyone.
What about Bologna? With a narrow win in the first leg, he had more options. He could choose to go for it and try to score an away goal. This would be fatal for Besiktas, because if Sporting Lisbon had an away goal, the Turkish team would have to score three goals, which would seriously undermine the opponent's confidence.
Of course, he can also choose to be safe and adopt conventional tactics as always, neither radical nor conservative, waiting steadily for the opportunity to counterattack. This is considered a conventional tactic.
But Boloni chose to be conservative.
Using a 4-5-1 formation, they left only Su Dong in the frontcourt, standing alone at the front. They called it a counterattack, but in fact they just left Su Dong alone to the three defenders of Besiktas.
One against three, even if Su Dong was the reincarnation of Maradona, it would be difficult for him to play a role.
This conservative tactical strategy also brought a devastating blow to Sporting Lisbon.
In the 15th minute of the game, Besiktas took advantage of a corner kick melee and scored the first goal.
Just five minutes later, right winger Dursun scored again to reverse the aggregate score for Besiktas.
In the 41st minute, left winger Panku scored, extending the score to 3-0 and the total score to 3-1.
The first half ended with a score of 3-0. Sporting Lisbon was completely stunned by its opponent for a full 45 minutes.
Su Dong was isolated and helpless in the front, and it was difficult for him to receive passes from his teammates. He was suppressed extremely badly by the opponent's fierce attack in the midfield and backcourt.
After the second half, in the 66th minute, with the assist from left winger Panku, striker Mansz once again broke through Sporting Lisbon's goal, making the total score 4-1.
Lucescu’s answer is full marks!
Boloni gave a zero score! …………
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In the 67th minute, Sporting Lisbon finally made a substitution.
Boloni finally plucked up the courage and decided to burn his boats and launch a counterattack.
He made two substitutions in one go, replacing Joao Pinto with Ronnie and Rui Bento with Tonito.
Sporting Lisbon returned to the 4-3-3 formation with two defensive midfielders.
This is the Green Lions' most powerful offensive lineup this season.
But at this point, is it still too late to make such a substitution? …
When the substitution was made on the sidelines, Su Dong stood on the court, with his hands on his hips, his head raised, and took a deep breath.
He is now filled with rage.
Because head coach Boloni is too conservative!
Sporting Lisbon's opening tactics were too conservative. Even at halftime, when they were trailing 0-3, Bologna still did not dare to let go.
He was afraid! As a head coach, he was actually afraid! Su Dong found it particularly funny. Everyone knew that Lucescu was a famous coach in Romania. Facing such a famous coach, Bologna was conservative at the beginning, and even dared not to counterattack during the halftime break.
It has been delayed until now.
At this moment, Su Dong really had an urge to rush to the sidelines, grab Boloni's clothes, and curse at him.
This game was so frustrating! This was not only Su Dong's feeling, but also the feeling of everyone in the team.
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"What do you mean?"
Ronnie and Tonito both ran into the court and came near Sudong, and Albertini asked with concern.
Usually when making substitutions at this time, the head coach should give special instructions and adjustments.
Tonito shook his head. “He said, the other team has three defenders, so we actively open up the side channels.”
"And then?" Barbossa asked.
Ronnie and Tonito were both silent.
Then?
Nothing more happened.
It’s already come to this, where does the next come from?
Su Dong and the others turned to look at the sidelines and found that Boloni had returned to the visiting team's coaching booth at some point. No one could tell what he was thinking or what his intentions were at the moment.
Is this considered shirking responsibility? "What the hell!" Captain Barbosa cursed angrily.
"What should we do now?" Tonyto asked confusedly.
Captain Barbosa and veteran Albertini were helpless as the midfield was too suppressed.
On the one hand, Sporting Lisbon had to travel a long distance and consume a lot of energy on the road, and on the other hand, Besiktas played at home.
You know, Türkiye's away games in European competitions have always been a nightmare for all teams.
Everyone was at a loss for a moment, but the game time waits for no one.
What to do? Just when everyone was at a loss, Su Dong stood up.
"That's it, let's go from the wing, Ronnie and Ricardo will be responsible for advancing, I will be responsible for the support, and Toni will follow up."
Su Dong made a prompt decision, and everyone obeyed his instructions.
"Don't think about anything else, don't think about the score, just score a goal first!"
"We played such a pathetic game tonight. If we leave like this, even if we are not spitted to death by the fans when we go back, we will be depressed to death. No matter what, we have to teach our opponents a lesson!"
Su Dong's words expressed the players' thoughts.
From leading 1-0 in the first leg to falling behind 0-4 in the second leg, and suffering a tragic reversal of 4-1 in the total score, this game was really a pathetic one.
Every player felt very uncomfortable and downhearted.
In this situation, any talk of reversal or recovery of goals is all empty talk.
The most down-to-earth way of saying it is to fight for your life!
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The game starts again.
Besiktas still appears aggressive.
Lucescu seemed to be playing it safe, as he also made a substitution when Sporting Lisbon replaced two players.
Defensive midfielder Yasin Suren replaced attacking midfielder Sergen Yalcin.
This is a signal to strengthen midfield defense.
It is obvious that after leading 4-0, Lucescu still hopes that the team can stabilize.
But on the field, Besiktas players were playing like crazy.
In their impression, Sporting Lisbon's second-leg match was like paper, and they could score a goal with just a kick. They all wanted to take this opportunity to win a big victory in front of the home fans and continue the momentum since the start of the game.
The pace of the game is still very fast.
It has always been difficult for Sporting Lisbon to pass the ball from the midfield and backcourt, but before, Sudong was the only one at the front, but now with Ronaldo and Quaresma, he can retreat deeper.
During a defensive counterattack, Su Dong retreated directly to the front of his own area within 30 meters to participate in the defense.
Pepe intercepted the ball on the left side of the penalty area, and Rui Jorge kicked forward without thinking.
Su Dong passed the ball to Albertini with his back turned, then turned around and sprinted forward quickly.
After Milan's old captain stopped the ball, he made a long diagonal pass, accurately to the left side of the frontcourt.
Ronnie sprinted quickly, received the ball and moved forward along the left side.
After Sporting Lisbon replaced two players, Lucescu adjusted the defense and Besiktas returned to defense very quickly.
When Ronnie dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area, the Turkish team's defense line had retreated into the penalty area and sent a defender to intercept Ronnie, forcing the Portuguese to slow down.
But at this moment, Ronnie suddenly saw a green figure quickly inserted into the middle.
Out of tacit understanding, Ronnie knew that it was Su Dong, so he made a diagonal pass into the penalty area.
As Su Dong just rushed into the penalty area, Ronnie passed the ball.
Besiktas center back Ronaldo rushed forward to grab the ball, but Su Dong was tall and had long legs, so he stopped the ball first. He leaned against Ronaldo and stopped the ball with his back in the penalty area. He turned his head to glance to the left and gently pushed the ball forward with his right foot.
Tonito, who had been lying in ambush in front of the penalty area, quickly came forward at this time, met Su Dong's pass, and shot directly.
The ball went straight into the lower right corner of Besiktas' goal.
"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"
"A quick counter attack from Sporting."
"The Green Lions finally scored a goal!"
"One to four!"
"The total score is now 2 to 4!"
Tonito rushed towards Su Dong excitedly, but Su Dong did not want to celebrate with him. He ran directly to the goal, picked up the football inside the goal line, and quickly ran to the center line, shouting to his teammates all the way.
"come on!"
“There’s still time!”
"Score him another goal!"
Su Dong ran and shouted all the way.
When he reached the center circle, he placed the ball at the kick-off spot and retreated to his own half.
"Fuck him!" Ronnie was also encouraged and shouted loudly.
Captain Barbosa also clapped his hands vigorously at this time, "Cheer up, there is still time, let's try to score another goal!"
Inspired by the goal, teammates also boosted their morale.
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The game begins again.
Influenced by the goal just now, Sporting Lisbon played more positively.
Besiktas suffered a slight setback, but its fighting spirit remained undiminished and it continued to launch a fierce attack on Sporting Lisbon.
Just six minutes after the last goal, Sporting Lisbon intercepted the ball in the backcourt again.
After Andre Cruz made a beautiful sliding tackle and intercepted the ball, Queiroga quickly passed it to Barbosa, who passed it to Su Dong in the frontcourt.
After Su Dong stopped the ball with his back to Ronaldo, he turned around and made a diagonal pass to the right.
Quaresma sprinted at a very fast speed, stopped the ball and drove straight into the penalty area, stopped suddenly on the right side of the penalty area, dribbled past the defender, and passed the ball to the middle. Ronnie, who came on as a substitute, followed up easily and shot into the goal.
2 to 4! Ronnie was so excited that he jumped high and roared like a lion!
Su Dong chased after him, his mind full of one thought.
Reversal, there is hope!
(End of this chapter)
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