Chapter 283 Breakthrough

This was Ronaldinho's first appearance on the European Champions League stage. What he didn't expect was that he would reach the final in his first Champions League match. This was something he had never thought of when he chose to join Chelsea.

He chose to leave Paris Saint-Germain because he was really unhappy in Ligue 1 because he felt that Ligue 1 could no longer satisfy his desire and need for progress. He had no motivation to play in Ligue 1, especially in the season after the World Cup. He didn't perform very well because of lack of motivation and stimulation.

He wanted to go to a higher stage, to a better team, to find a space and platform that was more suitable for him to play, and to find more motivation to stimulate his progress. So he set a goal for himself at that time, from Manchester United to Real Madrid to Barcelona, ​​all the teams he was interested in were giants.

Even though he ended up at Chelsea, although this team was not a giant, the goals and ideas explained by head coach Ye Qiu in the phone call to him, as well as the various news he heard about Chelsea, gave him a feeling that this team was very ambitious and they could participate in the Champions League.

Manchester United was obviously dragging their feet to negotiate the transfer fee. Real Madrid wanted him to stay for another season. Barcelona had no clear offer yet. Only Chelsea seemed very sincere, and Ye Qiu called him personally, so in the end, he chose Chelsea, and even now, he felt that this choice was the wisest choice of his life.

In the year at Chelsea, he made obvious progress. His body became stronger and more adapted to the confrontation of the Premier League without affecting his pace and frequency. He became the core of the team's frontcourt offense. He repeatedly opened up the situation for the team's stalemate offense, which made him conquer the fans here even though he had only been in Chelsea for a year.

Ye Qiu trusted him very much, and after coming to London, his brother Assis authorized the management rights of his portrait to Eliza Moon's agency, allowing them to promote and operate it all over the world. Chelsea also operated with him as the star player, all of which made him famous.

What made his fame soar was his outstanding performance on the field with Chelsea. They won the Premier League title in an undefeated season and reached the Champions League final with an overwhelming momentum. All of this made Chelsea look unstoppable, and Ronaldinho's own performance was also the peak of his life.

Even many people told him that what he needed was a crucial final that belonged to him!

Just like the final of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup belonged to Ronaldo, he needed a game like that!

But just before the game, Ye Qiu talked to him and kept telling him the same thing, that is, the more important the moment, the more calm and rational you should be, the more you should judge the situation clearly, and not lose your composure.

He had heard the same words from Scolari, some famous predecessors who cared about him, and his teammates after he was sent off because of a red card in the Korea-Japan World Cup, and he himself had suffered and learned a lesson, so he believed it.

From the beginning of the game, he kept reminding himself to be patient enough, to play when there was an opportunity, and not to stick to the ball too much when there was no opportunity, to go with the flow and ensure that the team's overall tactics achieved the strategic goal.

Sure enough, with Chelsea's steady play, Porto gradually lost its edge and patience, especially when Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and conveyed a positive and obvious signal to all players, sounding the horn of counterattack, he seemed calmer and still patiently waiting for the opportunity.

Even after a direct confrontation with Ferreira, Ronaldinho mocked Ferreira with a smile, "I promised Douglas Maicon that I would weigh your weight for him!"

If the grudge between Ye Qiu and Mourinho was partly due to UEFA's season and annual awards, then the grudge between Maicon and Ferreira was almost entirely due to these two awards, because Maicon, who won the treble with Ye Qiu at the time, was suppressed by Ferreira, who won the UEFA Cup, and lost the season's best. The Brazilian was obviously upset.

So, before the game, Ronaldinho joked that he would definitely torture Ferreira for his Brazilian compatriot teammate to see if he was really the best right back in Europe.

But it must be admitted that Porto's defensive system is very tight. Ferreira is not very fast, but his sense of position is very strong, and his sense of cooperation and involvement in the field are excellent, ensuring that he can at least ensure that the right side he is stationed on does not make mistakes.

Sometimes defensive players are like this. You can't guarantee that you won't give your opponent any chances throughout the game. That's something that no defensive player can guarantee, but good defensive players can do. I'll make you very depressed and uncomfortable throughout the game, and you can't play normally. That's it!

Ferreira is undoubtedly such a player, very persistent, very durable, and very comprehensive.

But it is obvious that this time he met a very free-spirited genius!

Maicon quickly dribbled the ball along the right side. The Brazilian right back was very motivated in this game. After the team pressed forward, the right side where he was located became Chelsea's main attack direction. In addition, Ronaldinho tacitly stayed in the left side of the penalty area to respond, which interfered with the defensive pressure for Maicon, so his performance was very active.

At the right corner of the penalty area, Maicon pretended to stop and cross, but suddenly passed it to Lampard who came in at the front of the penalty area.

Maniche always followed Lampard. Before the game, Mourinho kept reminding them that they must pay attention to Chelsea's interlaced attacks on the two sides of the defense line, so when he saw Lampard coming in, he quickly followed, and Carvalho blocked Lampard in advance, blocking the opportunity for the English magic lamp to enter the penalty area after getting the ball.

Porto had practiced this defensive tactic for more than ten days before the game. The key point was to restrain Lampard's back-up attack, because all teams playing against Chelsea knew that Lampard's back-up attack had become one of Chelsea's important scoring methods. If they could not stop this move, they would not be able to withstand Chelsea's attack at all.

But Lampard's reaction was also fast enough. When he saw that there were players beside and in front of him, he immediately turned around, blocked Maniche with his back, blocked Carvalho with his arms, and knocked the ball back to Deco behind him.

Deco is a very smart and wise player. Although he is very low-key, he always keeps a clear mind on the court and knows what he should do. He always keeps the most appropriate distance from his teammates in front of him and appears in the places where he is most needed.

Deco's support was like a long-awaited rain, but the Portuguese midfielder looked up at the ball. He noticed that Drogba held Jorge Costa with his body, and Carvalho had a big distance from Jorge Costa because of his interception of Lampard, and Costinha was ready to approach him.

All the signs were reflected in his mind in an instant, giving him a very clear thread, that is, as long as the ball was passed into the penalty area between Maniche and Costinha, Drogba would be able to form a single shot.

Carvalho knew Deco's ability better than anyone else. This central defender was not tall, but very flexible and fast, but the most important thing was his awareness. When he saw Lampard knocking the ball back to Deco, the loophole next to him immediately appeared in his mind, and he immediately blocked it to the left.

So when Deco passed the ball behind him through Costinha and Maniche and wanted to go straight to the penalty area, Carvalho stretched out his right foot just in time to block the ball. Although this block was not strong because of the rush, it was very critical and directly destroyed Drogba's single-handed attack, which was crucial.

The fans of both teams in the stands were shocked by this scene and cried out in surprise.

Carvalho blocked the ball to the left, and Jorge Costa, who was blocked by Drogba behind him, also raised his foot and wanted to clear the ball as soon as possible, but this clearance was also rushed, and the ball was too fast, so it didn't hit the right place, and the ball fell to the left corner of the penalty area.

Ronaldinho stopped the ball outside the left corner of the penalty area like a leisurely stride. Ferreira wanted to plug the leak just now, but at this time he had quickly returned to his defensive position and blocked Ronaldinho's route to cut inside.

But the Brazilian had a smile on his face, revealing his ugly buck teeth in Ferreira's eyes. After getting the ball, he lightly knocked it, as if he was going to break through and directly enter the penalty area. This route was also very dangerous, because Drogba and Lampard were both in the penalty area at this time. If he really broke through, a direct cross would be fatal.

Therefore, Ferreira chose to block the route to the bottom to prevent the Brazilian from breaking through. For this reason, he also measured his speed, paid attention to keeping a distance, and let himself retreat into the penalty area line.

But at this time, Ronaldinho suddenly dunked the ball to the right, and then along the penalty area line, from the original bottom to a horizontal cut. This sudden change made Ferreira a little slow to react. Not only him, but also Jorge Costa, who was defending Drogba just now, reacted immediately, quickly shook off Drogba and rushed up.

The two met at the intersection of the top of the arc and the penalty area line, and Ronaldinho made an obvious fake move of stopping and shooting, which deceived Jorge Costa to raise his left foot to intercept. Unexpectedly, Ronaldinho showed no sign of shooting, but quickly took two steps horizontally along the penalty area line.

These two steps fully reflected Ronaldinho's skills and vision, because these two steps just put him outside the double-teaming area of ​​Jorge Costa who reacted and Costinha who retreated to the position. If he took one more or one less step, he would have no chance and route to shoot.

Ronaldinho saw the opportunity after only two steps, and he swung his right foot without hesitation and kicked a ground rebound ball. This kick was also very smart. It bounced after landing before goalkeeper Baia, and even if Baia made a flying save, he couldn't stop the ball from entering the net because of the rebound!

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

While the on-site commentator screamed for a goal, Ronaldinho quickly rushed out of the stadium and quickly rushed to the stands where Chelsea fans and his family were, constantly using his hands to fight with each other along the way. He touched his mouth and made a gesture of blowing a kiss. He looked very excited and rushed directly to the sidelines.

"In the 38th minute, my God, in the 38th minute, Chelsea finally took the lead to break the deadlock. Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho dribbled the ball in from the left and then drove away three Porto defenders. Outside the penalty area, he shot a ground ball that almost hit the dead center and penetrated Porto's goal! "

"A very, very wonderful shot. From receiving the ball to Ronaldinho cutting inside, the whole process was smooth and smooth, without the slightest pause. It seemed to have a unique rhythm. It didn't look like it was Playing football, more like dancing, dancing their Brazilian samba!”

The live TV broadcast and the big screen at the scene were also constantly replaying the entire process of Ronaldinho's goal just now, but all the fans at the scene obviously had no intention to watch, because they were either ecstatic, that was Chelsea fans, either suffered a heavy blow, that is Porto fans.

"We can see from the slow motion that Chelsea's offensive changes are indeed very unexpected. First, Maicon inserted the attack from the right to create an opportunity. Lampard hit back, and Deco tried to get behind him, but Carvalho resolved it. After this attack, he cleared the ball to the left. Ronaldinho faced Ferreira one-on-one and easily passed the Portuguese right back. Jin then passed Jorge Kos one after another. Tower and Costinha, who retreated, finally hit the goal! "

"Porto's defense was continuously mobilized by Chelsea's offense, and finally a fatal flaw was revealed. We can even imagine that if the ball did not fall to the left, Davis, who inserted in the middle, would also quickly To form a second-tier offense, the Dutchman’s long-range shot and aim are also very surprising.”

Chelsea players kept gathering on the sidelines, and even goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar quickly rushed to the front and hugged his teammates tightly. Everyone looked ecstatic because they finally Pry open Porto's goal.

"Douglas, let me tell you, it's too easy to get past him. He's far inferior to you!" Ronaldinho finally held Maicon's head and said with a smile, and the latter gently gave it to him. A punch to the chest.

"The current situation has become very unfavorable for Porto. They were originally at a disadvantage in terms of strength. Now Chelsea has broken the deadlock. There are fewer and fewer opportunities left for Porto. At least Mourinho has no way to continue. Continue to adopt a defensive counterattack strategy, because he must think about how to attack and equalize the score!”

Ye Qiu is obviously confident about this situation. He knows very well that with Chelsea's offensive power, as long as Porto's morale declines and the players' mentality relaxes, there will definitely be a chance to score. In fact, the team did not let it go. He was disappointed, Ronaldinho's goal was beautiful.

But this is the result of teamwork, but it was Ronaldinho who shined in the end!

After the team scored, Ye Qiu was very happy. He turned around and kept high-fiving his assistants to celebrate. But when the players returned to the court, Ye Qiu walked to the sidelines and kept making remarks to the players. He continued to press forward.

"It can be seen that Ye Qiu is now making it clear that he will take advantage of the critical moment when Porto has just conceded a goal and their morale is low to further attack Porto with a powerful attack. He must be hoping to directly establish the situation in the first half."

Mourinho seemed to be very worried about such a situation, so he kept shouting to the players on the sidelines, asking all Porto players to stabilize the situation and quickly retreat to defend. They must stabilize the defensive formation and not let Chelsea If we continue to pursue the victory, otherwise, Porto's game will really be over.

Therefore, in the last few minutes, Chelsea kept attacking, but Porto was beaten very badly and had to adopt a defensive posture. Even their striker Delle retreated to the midfield to defend, which shows that Chelsea's offense How much pressure it puts on Porto.

But Porto's defense is indeed tough enough. No matter how Chelsea attacks, when they adopt a defensive posture, it will be difficult for Chelsea to break Porto's formation for a while. Although they have created many opportunities, they have never been able to get a perfect result. scoring opportunities, but ultimately failed to further expand the score.

The score of 1:0 also remained until the halftime break!

But in the last ten minutes including stoppage time, Chelsea's offense ignited the enthusiasm of the Blues fans in the stands. Especially after Chelsea scored, all the Blues fans who went to the Schalke Stadium were excited. It was obvious that they were crazy about the music, and the singing and cheering never stopped, which made people feel the madness of the Blues fans.

Especially when the Danish referee Nielsen blew the whistle to end the first half, Chelsea fans stood up from their seats to greet the players walking off the court in a heroic way. And sent them into the tunnel with extremely warm applause.

"The 0:1 situation in the first half was very unfavorable for Porto. They were not strong enough, and they were behind in the field and the score. It was foreseeable that they would play more passively in the second half, but they were not completely without chances. If Mourinho could make some adjustments to the team in the second half and make effective changes, he might be able to turn the situation around. After all, they were only one goal behind, and anything could happen."

"As for Chelsea, during the halftime break, Ye Qiu would choose to continue the offensive in the first half and continue to pursue Porto, or follow the strategy in the first half and adopt a more patient tactical style. These are undoubtedly possible choices, but the situation has clearly tilted to Chelsea's side."