Chapter 129: One Shot and One Pass

At the end of the first half, Porto, who played away, was leading by 2 goals. Although they were behind at home, the players and coaches of Sebatul did not seem to be nervous. Facing the second team in the Portuguese Super League, it was normal to be behind by goals.

According to interviews with fans before the game, the home game against Porto would be considered a success as long as they didn't concede more than three goals, so Sebatul's players might defend even more vigorously in the second half.

As for Porto, Lopetegui is naturally willing to accept this score. A goal difference of 2 goals and a goal difference of 3 goals are both 3 points, which is of no practical help in the championship.

Goal difference with Benfica? Sorry, the Portuguese Eagles have nearly 10 more goals than Porto. If Porto wants to win the championship, it can only rely on points, not the elusive goal difference advantage.

"Beep!"

At the beginning of the second half, Porto made the first substitution adjustment. No. 3 Indi replaced No. 5 Marcano. This was a substitution in position. Marcano was injured by Suarez in the first half. During the halftime break, his ankle discomfort worsened. Lopetegui replaced him for safety reasons.

"Okay, brothers, the second half of the game has begun. We can see that Porto made the first substitution. There was no movement from home team Cebatus, but they also had three players warming up outside the field. I wonder what coach Davila is thinking."

"Hey, a substitution! In the 50th...56th minute of the game, No. 10 Miguel Pedro replaced No. 55. Wait, let me see who it is... Cabral! Just like Porto, it's a positional substitution. Oh, I've never heard of the names of players like Cebatus. Judging from their strength on paper, they are not at the same level as Porto."

"Hey, the home team is making a move! Forward Shi Xianjun has been substituted to the backcourt. Now Serbatú is using a 541 formation, while Porto is still using the classic 433!"

"hiss……"

After Jiang Yuan got the ball, he looked up and saw a whole row of four people standing in front of him. The most critical receiving points, such as Quaresma and Martinez, were all guarded. Even Neves, who was receiving the ball from the back, was entangled with Shi Xianjun.

Sebatul’s defense is really deadly!
"Oh shit!"

Jiang Yuan cursed inwardly and passed the ball to Indi who was coming from behind. The two completed a simple two-on-one cooperation. Pedro, who had just been substituted in, chased back. Indi, who tried to advance from the wing, was trapped in the dilemma of being doubled up.

"Hey! Give it to me!"

Realizing that something was wrong, Jiang Yuan quickly ran behind Indi and reached for the ball, but it was too late. Indi was disturbed and took the ball out of the sideline, and the ball was given to Sebatur.

Yindi ran over and high-fived Jiang Yuan: "Sorry, it's my problem!"

He should have transferred the ball to the right before being surrounded, or passed it back to Jiang Yuan behind him, but Indi did not do so and eventually lost the ball.

"fine!"

Jiang Yuan responded briefly and then focused on defense.

During the half-time break, Lopetegui reminded us not to be anxious, as long as we could get 3 points. Jiang Yuan wanted to play according to Lopetegui's tactical arrangements, but he had an inexplicable desire to attack in his heart. This desire made Jiang Yuan keep pressing forward, trying to snatch the ball from the Serbatul players.

However, Sebatul used a 541 formation, and each player had at least four suitable passing points after receiving the ball. It seemed not feasible to rely on the forwards to press and gain possession of the ball.

After a while, the ball possession rates of the two teams in the last 10 minutes popped up at the bottom of the screen.

Sebatur: Portul
73:27
With a ball possession rate of 7 to 2, Sebatul, who had been passing the ball back and forth in the backcourt in the second half, was far ahead.

If Sebatul had kept passing the ball back, probably nothing would have happened, but they insisted on attacking.

"Venancio's long pass, Cebatul took the ball out of his own half for the first time in 10 minutes. What does this mean? Is the home team finally going to start attacking after lurking for nearly 20 minutes?"

"Give it to Shi Xianjun, pass it back! The ball is at Tavares' feet, Martinez is chasing back!"

"Tavares passed the ball to Schmidt, who shook off Jiang Yuan's pull and dribbled forward. Sebatul's 541 formation has now been completely destroyed!"

"Porto's defense began to shrink. Zekinha near the baseline reached out for the ball. Schmidt wanted to pass it to him, but he was double-teamed by Neves and Casemiro!"

"Oh shit! Casemiro's steal, a familiar taste! Neves on the left got the ball, and the players of Cebatus began to return to defense desperately. At the same time, Porto's front three also started to move. This may be Porto's best offensive opportunity since the second half!"

Jiang Yuan pushed the ground hard with his right foot and started away from Tavares. The latter reached out to grab Jiang Yuan, but it was a little too late. Jiang Yuan, who had already started, had enough kinetic energy to get rid of Tavares' pull.

Jiang Yuan just ran without reaching out for the ball or saying anything, because he knew Neves would definitely pass the ball to him!
"Snapped!"

Neves hit the ball with the instep, and the ball flew past Tavares' right side and rolled in front of Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan stretched out his left foot and hit the ball with his left big toe, successfully controlling the ball under his feet.

Afterwards, Jiang Yuan, who was dribbling the ball, was targeted by Queiroz. The Portuguese defender is 1 meters tall, and Jiang Yuan would definitely not have an advantage in the confrontation.

But Lopetegui had already told Porto's players about the strengths and weaknesses of players in various positions at Cebatus before the game, and Queiroz's biggest problem was that he turned slowly!
Jiang Yuan stepped his left foot back and made an emergency stop. Then he kicked the ball to his right foot with his left foot and suddenly accelerated, breaking away from Queiroz's one-on-one defense.

"Hey!"

Jiang Yuan called out and kicked the ball right at the bottom with the outside of his right foot.

"Wow!"

More than 1 spectators stood up in the stands. The ball drew a brilliant arc in the half of Serbatul, bypassing Advincula and Francois...

Finally, he hit the ground and rolled straight in front of Martinez.

"boom!"

The Porto captain stretched out his foot to wrap the ball and scored with a powerful long shot. "0:3! 0:3!"

"GOLO! GOLO!"

"In the 76th minute of the game, Porto captain Martinez scored a penalty kick and completed his second goal. Porto, who played away, led Sebat 3:0!"

After scoring the goal, Martinez did not stand by the corner flagpole to celebrate as everyone expected, but pointed at Jiang Yuan on the left and made a hooking gesture.

The current director was very sensible and gave shots to Jiang Yuan and Martinez, and the commentator called out Jiang Yuan's name.

"Número27, Jiang Yuannnnnn——"

"It's you, it's your pass again!"

Martinez put his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulders and ran to the sidelines, raising his arms to celebrate together, followed by Quaresma and Herrera.

[Oh my god, Xiao Jiang's arc pass with the outside of his right foot bypassed the entire defense line of Sebatul. Oh my god! ]

[Jiang Yuan: This is the strength of the World Youth Championship champion, the World Youth Championship Golden Boot, and the U19 Player of the Month! ]

[U19 Player of the Month? When was this? Why don’t I know about it?]

[Yesterday afternoon news, Jiang Yuan was the best player of the Portuguese Youth A1U19 League in April, and was also voted first in the U4 team. His talent is beyond doubt! ]

【6666】

[Jiang Yuan, you are a striker. An average midfielder probably can't pass this kind of ball. The arc, speed, and landing point are really exaggerated. It's not possible. An average midfielder can't pass this kind of ball at all.]

[However, I am not well-educated, so I can only say “f*ck” to everyone. F*ck! ]

[I saw someone on the forum saying that Xiao Jiang's next market value update will not be less than 1500 million euros. I saw someone arguing with him. Now it seems that this is more than 1500 million euros! The fixed price is 3000 million euros! ]

[The above poster, please stop fantasizing. I wonder if the value of Asians on Transfermarkt is going to be suppressed? I can’t give a too high price, but 1000 million is definitely there]

[Indeed, Son Heung-min next door has performed very well. He played for Hamburg for more than 3 years and played for Leverkusen for a year and a half before his value reached 1600 million euros. The German transfer market is indeed not very friendly to Asians. If Jiang Yuan came to play in the midfield, he would get a transfer fee of 3000 million euros at most]

[Let Xiao Jiang play in the Chinese Super League? Do you want to see other teams get 10 goals in one game? ]

……

The game continued, and after conceding three goals, Serbatú was obviously a little sluggish in the next ten minutes or so, and Porto continued to increase its offensive.

In the 81st minute, Quaresma, who started the home game, was replaced by the team's Cameroonian center Abubakar. After Abubakar came on the court, Porto's frontcourt underwent some changes. Martinez, who originally played as a center forward, returned to the left and gave the center forward position to Abubakar.

Jiang Yuan, who has the ability to fight on both sides, was arranged by Lopetegui on the right.

During the substitutions, Lopetegui called Jiang Yuan to the sidelines and whispered to him, "Jiang, well done! But you should also pay attention to your physical exertion, as we still have games to play later."

"I understand, but I'm still strong!"

Jiang Yuan lifted up his shorts and showed his strong muscles in front of Lopetegui, but he was still gasping for breath - Cebatul's back pass in the second half caused his running distance to increase exponentially.

"Ha ha!"

Lopetegui rubbed Jiang Yuan's hair and said, "I knew you would say that. Keep it up!"

Porto's indirect free kick was a bit far away. After repeated discussions, Jiang Yuan chose to give the ball to Neves. The Portuguese midfielder, who is only one year older than Jiang Yuan, also has good set-piece ability.

Neves raised his right hand and started running.

Later point!

Porto players got the hint, Jiang Yuan and Martinez made a cross run directly in front of the penalty area, Martinez from left to right, Jiang Yuan from right to left, and Abubakar pressed in the middle to attract defense.

The ball flew out, passed over Sandro's head and headed straight towards Jiang Yuan.

"what!"

Jiang Yuan and Queiroz jumped almost at the same time. Queiroz jumped higher than Jiang Yuan due to his height advantage, but Jiang Yuan was in a better position, and the ball passed Queiroz and hit Jiang Yuan.

Tighten your abdomen, hold your breath, twist your hips, and then...

Throw your head and attack the goal!

"Snapped!"

……

(End of this chapter)