Chapter 314 Allen Wang, synonymous with scoring goals! ?

Porto VS Chelsea.

This match does not need any media hype at all; it naturally attracts the attention of the whole of Europe. One reason is the decisiveness of the match - this match is of vital importance to Porto, and is even directly related to whether they can qualify for the Group H stage of the Champions League.

The second is naturally another more important significance of the game - the champion coach Jose Mourinho returned to Porto for the first time since leaving England.

Before the game started, the focus of this event, the 'madman' Mr. Jose Mourinho, once again became the target of worldwide discussion and the topic of the entire European media because of two other things.

Chelsea is now in great glory, and head coach Mourinho has naturally become a hot figure in London. Yesterday, December 7, the day before the game started, the English version of Mourinho's official autobiography, "Jose Mourinho: Made in Portugal", which was published in Portuguese this summer, will be officially released in Europe by David Lewis Publishing, a small local publishing house in Manchester, which has published "Beckham: Made in Manchester".

The book was released the day before the Porto vs. Chelsea match, which may represent two symbolic moments between Mourinho's past and present. The symbolism is very strong, which makes this match have another meaning.

Many media outlets have reported extensively on this matter, and many football legends have also discussed their views on the topics in the book. This is of course a good thing and has a very positive effect on Mr. Mourinho's personal reputation. However, another incident has a not very good impact on Mr. Mourinho's reputation.

One day before Chelsea came to Porto, that is, on December 6, the Portuguese police swooped in and raided the home of Porto chairman Nuno Pinto da Costa. Even his office in the "Dragon Stadium" was not spared. They tried to find clues that the Portuguese football star bribed the referee to influence the result of the game. This move attracted the whole country's attention in the host country of the 2004 European Championship, because if da Costa was proven guilty, it would not only mean that the second heavyweight "big fish" was caught after the arrest of Portuguese Professional Football League president Loureiro for match-fixing, but also that Mourinho's "treble" miracle in Porto contained some water.

This is certainly not a good thing for Mr. Mourinho, who led Porto to win the "Triple Crown" honor last season. Before the start of this game, Da Costa, who spent more than 100,000 pounds on bail and was temporarily free, appeared at the Dragon Stadium. He seemed to be coming to watch the game between Porto and Chelsea.

At this time, the game had not yet started, but the fans in the stands were already excited.

When Da Costa appeared, all 25,000 Porto fans stood up at the same time and cheered Da Costa like a hero. For Porto fans, the president who could bring Porto to the top was undoubtedly a hero.

It is worth mentioning that Da Costa, who is supported by the people, attended the launch ceremony of his autobiography "100 Years of Long Days" yesterday. In many bookstores in Lisbon, this book is sold together with Mourinho's autobiography.

In his autobiography, Da Costa regarded Mourinho as an "alien" and he had almost no good feelings towards the "madman". It was obvious that due to Mourinho's departure, the two partners who jointly created the Porto miracle had become incompatible. Mr. Mourinho was also very upset about Da Costa's affair being exposed, as no one wanted anyone to question the achievements they were proud of.

Because of this series of reasons, the game was full of gunpowder. Mr. Mourinho had to cancel Chelsea's pre-match adaptation training at the Dragon Stadium. The Portuguese police responded quickly and they have dispatched 420 police officers to the Dragon Stadium to maintain order inside and outside the stadium to ensure that this game, which is full of significance to both teams, can proceed smoothly.

But even so, when the Chelsea team walked out of the player tunnel, especially when Mr. Mourinho walked towards the Chelsea coaching bench, the nearly 30,000 Porto fans in the stadium still unanimously issued a "boo" that shocked the entire stadium. Undoubtedly, in the minds of these Porto fans, the name "Jose Mourinho" has been equated with "traitor", "traitor", and "someone who only pursues money". They cannot tolerate this Porto "traitor" leading a "pound army" to victory in the Dragon Stadium. It will definitely become a shame that will be erased from Porto's history.

Listening to the noises from the audience, Wang Li turned around and looked at the expressionless face of the head coach, Mr. Mourinho, and felt a little sympathy for the Portuguese. He turned around and looked around. At this time, the audience seats were already covered with various slogans written in Portuguese. As if they were afraid that the Chelsea players would not recognize these words, some banners were written in authentic English---

'We don't need traitors, get out of here!'

'Get out of here you bastard who only knows pounds'

'You are a Portuguese, but you have betrayal in your blood'

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However, the focus of the whole game was not just the Porto fans. Even though there were more than ten times fewer Chelsea fans than the home team's fans, the more than a thousand Chelsea fans who followed the team to Porto were not inferior to their opponents in momentum, simply because they brought a banner that was more than 50 meters long.

"Blue will shine on the whole earth. We have the strongest will and the pace of victory will never stop. Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea"

This banner was definitely the main focus of the whole game. Although the Chelsea fans' stand was only about 25 meters long and could not fully support it, the fans were very smart. They supported the banner in a semicircle. Although this reduced the momentum a lot, it was more eye-catching, making everyone want to know what was written on it in full.

When all Porto fans read the above words and thought about Chelsea's record this season, the momentum of cheering suddenly dropped. Everyone knows that Porto won the treble last season, but that was only last season. The team's biggest contributor is sitting on the field at this time, but he is Porto's opponent.

'Do we have a chance to win? ' Many Porto fans were thinking this at this time.

Many of them looked at the black-haired boy on the bench. They knew that this black-haired boy was the real trump card of Chelsea. However, most of them breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, "Fortunately, he did not start." Many people thought of this at the same time.

Of course, this thought only lasted for a moment. The more than 30,000 Porto fans were no joke. Even if Chelsea fans were more motivated, they could not overwhelm Porto fans. The comparison made them shout even louder, which was definitely not a good thing for Chelsea players.

In this environment, it was also the first time that Wang Li experienced an away atmosphere that was even more unpleasant than the Parc des Princes, the home stadium of Paris Saint-Germain. The entire stadium was almost filled with cheers for the opponents and boos for his own players. Of course, this had no effect on him. After all, he was placed on the bench today and did not feel any pressure at all.

However, it was different for other players, especially young players Arkin Robben and Thomas Clarke, who were experiencing the atmosphere of a major competition for the first time. Both of them were more or less stage fright, so one can imagine the level of their performance.

The other players no longer had their usual calmness and indifference on their faces. All Chelsea players on the field had serious expressions, which made Mr. Mourinho even more worried. He knew that this was not only because of the atmosphere in the stadium, but more because the team's winning streak had brought too much pressure on these players.

Although the result of this game was of no importance to Chelsea, the semi-substitute lineup that Mourinho arranged was more or less influenced by the media. Under the eyes of the whole Europe, he showed his calmness in the match against his old club. But in fact, this "madman" didn't want to lose the game.

This game does have important significance for Mr. Mourinho.

Seeing the atmosphere at home and the expressions of the players on the field, Mr. Mourinho already regretted his stubbornness. If he had fielded all the main players, he believed the current situation would be much more optimistic.

At this time, he turned his head and looked at the black-haired boy sitting on the bench chatting with the players next to him, and he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: "Fortunately, I didn't leave Alan in London."

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As the captains of the two teams tossed a coin, Porto got the right to kick off. The two teams had already taken their positions on the green field, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle and announce the start of the game.

At this time, the commentator of the British BBC TV station, Joecott Small, who was broadcasting the game live, also began to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams to the fans in front of the TV---

"… Porto lined up in a 4-3-1-2 formation, with Nuno as goalkeeper, Sitalidis, Jorge Costa, Pedro Emmanuel and Areias as defenders, Diego, Costinha and Maniche as midfielders, Dellei as attacking midfielder, and McCarthy and Brazilian teenager Fabiano as forwards."

"... We can see that in this game, Postiga sat on the bench. The recent performance of this outstanding striker last season is really unsatisfactory. It seems that Mr. Fernandez is quite dissatisfied with him."

"Chelsea lined up in a 4-4-2 formation, with Thomas Clarke in goal, William Gallas at left, John Terry, Glen Johnson and Paulo Ferreira at right, Smerkin, Lampard, Scott Parker and Wayne Bridge in midfield, and Damien Duff and Drogba up front."

"After the recent games, we can see that the competition between Chelsea's two young goalkeepers is very fierce. Mr. Mourinho seems to deliberately let this competition go. In the game, he took turns to let them start. Both Clark and Cech performed very well, which really made many top teams envious. In this game, dance master Allen Wang also sat on the bench. I wonder if this is because Mr. Mourinho is full of confidence in the game, or does he not care about the result of the game at all?"

It is worth mentioning that the British BBC TV station also specially invited England's legendary striker Gary Lineker as a special guest. In England, Lineker's name is quite famous. In 80 games for the England national team, he scored one goal less than the first place Bobby Charlton. His performances in two World Cups and his outstanding performance after transferring to La Liga Barcelona also established his status as a super shooter in the history of world football. In addition, he is the only striker in England to win the Golden Boot Award.

Although Lineker has retired long ago, what he said still has a wide influence among fans.

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Back on the court.

After commentator Joecott Small introduced the starting lineups of the two teams, the game officially began with the referee's whistle. McCarthy kicked the ball to Fabiano and ran forward, while the latter knocked the ball to the backcourt and rushed towards Chelsea's hinterland.

After the ball was moved several times in Porto's backcourt, midfielder Maniche passed it straight forward to Costinha. After the latter made several short passes with Diego, he directly broke through Chelsea's defense and passed the ball to the front of the penalty area with a precise straight pass.

This time, after receiving the ball, Fabiano showed Brazilian samba-style football skills. He picked up the ball without looking back and tapped it with his back foot. He passed John Terry who came to steal the ball, and the ball came in front of him at the same time. Then, the young Brazilian player followed up with a straight pass, and the ball landed at McCarthy's feet in the Chelsea penalty area---

"Danger!" BBC TV commentator Small shouted almost at the same time.

After McCarthy received the ball, he reacted and turned around to shoot. Fortunately, the angle of the shot was not tricky and goalkeeper Thomas reacted quickly. He held the ball tightly in his arms, which made the Chelsea players feel a little relieved.

However, just two minutes later, Porto made a comeback. This time it was McCarthy again. His cold shot from the edge of the penalty area made the more than 2,000 Chelsea fans who followed the team to Porto sweat. But Thomas made a contribution again. In a moment of distraction, he lifted the ball over the crossbar with both hands and resolved the crisis again.

Perhaps it was the atmosphere of the fans, or perhaps it was the pressure caused by consecutive victories, but in any case, the performance of Chelsea players in the first 10 minutes was terrible, which led to frequent goal losses. Porto's performance was also very good, which made it impossible for neutral fans, including the reporters present, to see what was so outstanding about Chelsea, which had won consecutive games since the start of the game.

Fortunately, as the game time passed, Chelsea players gradually found their form.

In the 14th minute of the game, Wayne Bridge cut in from the left and shot with his right foot, which went wide of the far post and out of bounds.

In the 21st minute, Lampard made a long pass from the right, and Drogba headed the ball with great force from 7 meters in front of the goal. The ball was saved by goalkeeper Nuno with one hand and hit the crossbar, shocking many Porto fans to stand up from their seats.

After that, Porto launched a sharp attack. In the 24th minute, Chelsea captain Terry committed a foul outside the penalty area. Fortunately, McCarthy, who took the free kick, missed the near post with a curved free kick.

In the 28th minute, Drogba received the ball in the penalty area, stopped the ball with his chest, turned around and volleyed the ball, which went over the crossbar and out of the bottom line.

Just three minutes later, Diego took a free kick for Porto, but goalkeeper Thomas Clark saved it.

In the 34th minute, Duff dribbled the ball diagonally into the middle from the right rib, dribbled past a defender in front of the penalty area, and suddenly shot with his left foot from 20 meters away from the goal. Although Nuno saved the ball, it still hit the bottom of the far post and rolled into the net. Chelsea led 1-0.

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Throughout the first half, Chelsea and Porto launched a thrilling offensive battle. The game was filled with wonderful cooperation and individual technical displays, which made the fans in the audience very excited. Of course, perhaps for Porto fans, the result was not ideal because the opponent was already leading.

This score also made coach Mourinho breathe a sigh of relief. He felt that it was not only strength but also luck that seemed to be on Chelsea's side.

After the start of the second half, head coach Mourinho arranged Thiago Mendes to replace Smerkin as winger. It seemed that he was not very satisfied with Smerkin's performance. The 29-year-old Russian star had difficulty even playing as a substitute in Chelsea.

In the second half, the situation of the two teams changed. Chelsea was leading by one goal, so Mr. Mourinho immediately arranged for the team's defense to retreat and used the defensive counterattack formation again. In fact, this defensive counterattack tactic has been tried and tested this season. Many Chelsea players even believed that as long as Chelsea used this tactic, they would definitely win the game---

Although this style of play has always been ridiculed by many opponents and the media.

However, games often have a lot of randomness. There are no perfect tactics on the football field, let alone tactics that guarantee absolute victory.

Just six minutes into the second half, Porto defender Sitaridis fired a powerful right-foot shot near the right corner of the penalty area. Captain John Terry headed the ball out. Diego didn't wait for the ball to land, but fired a stunning volley with the instep of his right foot from 18 meters in front of the goal. Thomas had no way to react, and Porto tied the score to 1-1.

This goal made all the Porto fans in the stadium excited. Even the special guest of the British BBC TV Mr. Lineker couldn't help but say: "Beautiful kick. This Brazilian teenager has a very high level. I see that Premier League teams should also go to the South American leagues to discover some potential stars."

But in fact, many English teams have gone to the Brazilian and Argentine leagues to recruit players, but these South American players often choose to go to the Eredivisie or the Portuguese League when entering European leagues, because only these two leagues are suitable for technical South American players to adapt to the environment of European leagues.

Seeing that Porto had equalized the score, head coach Mourinho could no longer sit still. Although this game did not mean much to Chelsea, it was very meaningful to him personally, so he immediately called Wang Li to warm up and prepare for him to play in the game.

However, just before Wang Li finished warming up, Chelsea lost the ball in the frontcourt. Quaresma, who came on as a substitute, made a high pass into the penalty area from the left. South African striker McCarthy overpowered William Gallas at the back post and headed the ball into the far corner after bouncing off the ground. The score was rewritten to 2:1.

Chelsea players were helpless as they were behind in the score, but fortunately, when Porto players were celebrating the goal, the fourth official raised the substitution card - Wang Li replaced Damien Duff.

Seeing this black-haired boy finally come on the field, Chelsea's momentum gradually recovered, because in the eyes of many Chelsea players, the name 'Alan Wang' is almost synonymous with goals.

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