Porto coach Santos sat in the office and read two newspapers with relish. After reading them, he dragged his chin and started thinking.

Which of these two guys is more practical?

It seems Mourinho's statement is more reliable.

Attack?

There is no chance to designate it. Under the attack, Leverkusen will still laugh to the end. Porto's player configuration is not enough to play a ninety-minute offensive battle with them.

Even physical fitness may not be their opponent.

Since the night he reached the Champions League semi-finals, Santos has conducted more in-depth research on Leverkusen. He even believes that Leverkusen's players' physical reserves are better than Porto.

It's cruel. Although Porto is fighting on the third line, there is no hope of the league championship. The remaining Portugal Cup can be fought for. The most important goal is now to put it in the Champions League. Many players take good rest just for the Champions League. But even so, Santos still doesn't think that his players' physical reserves are better than those of Leverkusen.

The extremely subtle preparation also made him notice two articles published in the media by German Klopp and Portuguese Mourinho two weeks ago. He has read them carefully many times, and both tactics are extreme, but based on Porto's configuration, he ultimately prefers Mourinho's point of view.

Then he contacted the Portuguese "Records", found Mourinho's contact information, decided to have a good chat with Mourinho about his tactics, and invited Mourinho to give him some guidance.

Mourinho has studied under Bobby Robson and has been in Van Gaal for two years. Can such a talent not attract Santos' attention? The humble Santos finally sat in Porto's tactical research room with Mourinho, discussing the possibility of defeating Leverkusen.

"If it were you, how could you beat Leverkusen?"

"Away?"

Mourinho raised his eyebrows, "It's too difficult."

"Nearly unlikely."

"But Porto is the first away and then home, which has an advantage. If there is no major defeat in the away game, just lose one goal and have an away goal, then there is still a chance to go back to home."

Although he hit Santos as soon as he opened his mouth, Mourinho's words still contained confidence.

"The probability of promotion is about 35%.

Santos frowned slightly. The young man in front of him was more confident than himself, 35%? I dare not even think about it.

"How to play away?"

"What are you talking about defense, defense, defense, counterattack, counterattack?"

"We need to understand what lineup they will line up. Based on my observation, another general in their team, Michael Barack, must return. Two consecutive weeks of rest gave him plenty of rest. In fact, he recovered two weeks ago, but Waller has not allowed him to play. So, I concluded that they will definitely return to the 451 formation."

When Mourinho spoke, he had already walked to the tactical board habitually and began to list Leverkusen's 451 formation.

"Leverkusen's goalkeeper must be Martisseck."

“There is no doubt about this.”

"This goalkeeper is very ordinary. Many teams don't know him well enough, but I still know him well. I don't like to attack, have a small control range, are more afraid of long shots, and often lose their hands when they poach. I say that, you understand, you can appropriately strengthen long shots."

"In the right-back position, Kovac is still injured. Hoffmann's position is definitely Leverkusen's biggest weakness. Barcelona actually noticed this before. Rivaldo has done a good job. But the Chinese have been protecting this side, which has weakened Barcelona's offensive effect a lot. But Porto still has to continue to make trouble here this time, because this can restrain Zheng Zhi."

"At least, no surprise, Novotney and Lucio start at the same time. Lucio is too fierce. The key is to seize the Novotney point. Although this guy is experienced, he turns slowly. Do you know? Use a center to pull Lucio away, and then use a fast player to face Novotney."

"The left-back must be Lamelo. Waller is too conservative and will not use Grasco, who has stronger assists."

Mourinho has done his homework and told him every position.

"Midfield."

“Too strong.”

"The right forward must be the French young player Ribery. This guy is too hard-working, his speed and skills are good, his defensive ability is actually average, but he is very capable of grabbing, his attitude is quite good, and his growth is quite fast. What he lacks is the sightseeing sight and game experience. He must defend himself closely to prevent him from using his speed to hit the back. When necessary, he must be tactical fouls in time, and don't let him rush over. Of course, the movements should be smaller so as not to get the cards."

"I want to talk about the left, Brazilian Ronaldinho. This guy is such a super genius, the most talented young man I have ever seen since Ronaldo. Really, I once witnessed Ronaldo playing football at Camp Nou, and now I see another one."

Mourinho narrowed his eyes, his thoughts seemed to return to 1997, the crazy year of aliens crushing the world...

"There must be people surrounding Ronaldinho at all times, not giving him any space to dribble and sprint, and wrap Ronaldinho like a blanket."

"It is still possible to stop Ronaldinho. I think he has participated in the recent 80% of Leverkusen's goals. If you try to defend him by using a man-to-man method and only send one player to guard him, then don't even think about it. Ronaldinho will still find space to dominate the game."

"So Porto must have a compact formation. No matter when Ronaldinho gets the ball, multiple people will surround him. Work together to limit Ronaldinho, which will make Porto safer."

"To do this, the whole team needs to maintain a high level of concentration. You can never fully control Ronaldinho. He can always have some excellent performances, but you have to try to reduce the chance of giving him this kind of performance."

"There is another thing, it's a foul."

"This guy is afraid of being violated. In recent games, he has been trying to reduce his dribbling. His psychological quality is still not strong enough. I think it is his biggest shortcoming at the moment."

Santos didn't speak, and listened quietly to Mourinho's analysis.

"Barak, Emerson and Zheng Zhi, this is the midfield iron triangle of Leverkusen."

"Their presence gives Leverkusen a huge advantage in ball possession, so Porto's ball possession rate is estimated to be only about 30-40%.

"Be bolder when fighting back."

"You can't just focus on defense, you and the others have to try to hit Leverkusen's defense."

"Leverkusen will invest a lot of players on the offensive front line, and this is also the opportunity for Leverkusen. When Porto cuts the ball, you have the speed and impact to counterattack, and take advantage of the chaos in the backcourt when Leverkusen turns from attack to defense."

"This also involves the question of belief, if you want to beat Leverkusen, you have to believe that you are likely to do it."

"When Leverkusen wins his dominant ball possession rate, Leverkusen cannot panic, maintains his formation, wait for his opponent to make mistakes, and then strike back."

"So, on the front line, Jadel shouldn't be your first choice. As far as I can tell, his speed of 100 meters is only 15 seconds? God..."

"I'm talking about counterattacks, you have to need a fast forward. As for Jadel, his role is to capture the opportunity to fighter planes in front of the goal. Of course, he is an amazing forward. Otherwise, he wouldn't score so many goals now. He scored 10 goals in the Champions League, but he still can't be obsessed with him. You must be more targeted. Capjo is more suitable."

Jadel, Porto's most important player is now abandoned by Mourinho? Santos is really depressed. Porto has been able to get to this day because of Jadel's magical performance. He scored 10 goals in this Champions League scorer list, ranking first, and even Raul was suppressed, but Mourinho said he can't rely on him now.

mmmp~

But Mourinho is right. Jadel is too slow. In such a game, Porto really needs faster players. Jadel really can't do it, so he can only play support...

Mourinho did not stop and continued to talk.

“Deco,”

"This guy is your counterattack. It's so important whether he can make a quick counterattack."

"This Brazilian is not a sensation, but it's really great. As far as I can tell, Barcelona has been inspecting him."

Speaking of Deco, Santos' heart immediately skipped a beat.

The shameless Barcelona, ​​why are they eyeing Deco...

Yes, without Deco, Porto's grades were not so good. But Barcelona wants to buy it? They have to be willing to pay for it.

At this time, Porto was already a bit like a black European store. People could sell it, but you have to be willing to pay.

"besides,"

“Our defense has to be very aggressive.”

"Zheng Zhi, Ronaldinho and Ribery must be more determined when they get the ball."

"Cut!" Mourinho made a 'shop' gesture.

"If you can't grab the ball, just cut them down and you must not let them get smooth."

"Barcelona can't do it, but I think Porto can do it. Those guys in Barcelona are too pretentious, and Porto won't."

Perhaps, it was from this time that Mourinho, who came from Barcelona, ​​began to "anti-' Barcelona," which was really contrary to the tactics...

...

"Jose, since you don't have a job for the time being, how about following Porto?"

Santos throws an olive branch to Mourinho.

"You are my assistant teacher, and I like your tactical ideas very much."

Mourinho's eyes lit up, but they disappeared soon.

"Thank you for your invitation,"

"But I won't think about these for the time being."

“I need to make a decision after this summer.”

He just left Van Gaal, but he didn't want to become someone else's assistant coach again. Van Gaal had previously blamed him for Barcelona's loss of the game. Now he doesn't want to take the blame. He just wants to take the blame, but he will take the blame for himself, not others.

This time, Santos invited him to Porto, but he didn't come to him on his own initiative. The result has nothing to do with him, Mourinho.

Moreover, it is necessary to set up tactics by yourself, and others may not be able to really understand it, right?

Santos sighed.

"That's a pity, I thought we could work together."

"I read the Spanish media reports, and they mentioned you, questioning you, and wanting to put the blame on you. And I think this is a problem for Van Gaal and a problem of inadequate tactics. In fact, I can't see the shadow of your tactics in that Barcelona."

"I think now that besides this tactic, I can't find any other possibility of defeating Leverkusen."

"Please trust me."

“Whatever the result is this time,”

"I'm the first person in charge."

Mourinho loosened slightly...
To be continued...