Chapter 232: Blue and ck VS Blue and White III


    {Inter Mn are looking confident on the ball here, making pass after pass just outside the opponent’s box}


    {Porto don’t like this and they have been chasing hard to try and regain possession but somehow the ball remains elusive… Oh, it’s Eriksen with the ball now, he’s looking dangerous!}


    {Erikseeeeennnnnn!}


    {GOALLL!!! He’s given Inter their lead with the first goal in this all-so-important game!}


    {What a stunner!}


    {Marchesin got a hand to it, but it just wasn’t enough to keep it out!}


    {Porto are stunned!} Guiseppe’s excellentmentary made it clear how he was able to be chosen as the mainmentator for a game in the Europa League.


    As hismentary reverberated around the stadium, the Inter Mn team celebrated their goal with Eriksen being surrounded by his teammates who jumped on him as they shouted in excitement. On the sidelines, Sergio Conceicao had aplicated look on his face as he watched the Inter team celebrate their goal.


    This was exactly what he was trying to avoid by choosing a defense-oriented line-up. It was all to ensure that the first half would go by without them conceding a single goal, but half of the first half hadn’t even passed by when his n began falling apart.


    He wanted to shout at his yers as he had expected someone to get in the way of the shot, after all, they had treated this in training.


    Inter Mn had midfielders who were good from long range and thus, the defenders and midfielders had to put as much emphasis on defending against the midfielders as when they were defending against the strikers, but his yers had somehow let Eriksen, the most dangerous from long range, get a shot away.


    It wasn’t a surprise that Eriksen could score as this was one of the things he was known for… it was literally on his CV as a footballer, yet his yers had been caughtcking and had ignored this threat.


    Sergio wanted to pull out his hair in annoyance and rece the whole team while he was at it, but he maintained hisposure and barked out orders sharply at his yers.


    “Don’t let them shoot from long range!”


    “Keep them away from the center and push them wide!” Sergio Conceicao shouted, aware that he was broadcasting his game n to his opponents, but this wasn’t the time to worry about that and he continued shouting.


    “Luis! Otavio! Move more, don’t just stand there, take the ball forward, we need an equalizer!” Sergio Conceicao immediately began giving damage control instructions.


    This wasn’t the time to be defensive, rather, this was the time to give it all they had until they could either get an equalizer or at least keep Inter Mn from scoring further.


    Sergio Conceicao knew from previous research that all their attacks were almost as good as blocked as soon as the Inter Mn team decided to sit back and he had to find a way back before then, especially now that they were behind.


    As Sergio Conceicao gave instructions, Antonio Conte watched him from a few meters away before calling one of his yers over as they headed back to their half of the field and he whispered a few words in the yer’s ear.


    The yer nodded affirmatively, a smile still on his face and once the manager was done, he nodded again at the manager before running back to the field and saying something to every one of his teammates that he came across.


    The game resumed shortly after.


    #34th minute…


    After the Inter Mn team had gotten their first goal, they had emboldened their y and began sending attacking waves at the Porto team more frequently, hoping to further their lead, but the Porto team somehow managed to hold out.


    Not only did they hold out, but they also asionally sent out attacks of their own, trying to get an equalizer, but so far they hadn’t seeded.


    It was quite obvious the Porto team was on the back foot and were being oppressed by the Inter Mn team, but they had bravely held on and this was giving their fans hope that they could somehow hold out and even manage an equalizer


    However, for the time being, it was the Inter Mn team that was leading the game in score, stats, and attempts at goal.


    Even now, they had a corner after Augustin Marchesin had just barely managed to keep another long-range effort from the Inter Mn team away from their goal.


    This time it was Marcelo Brozovic who had taken the shot and he was almost as good as Eriksen when it came to long-range efforts and he would have almost gotten away with it if not for the heroics of the Porto goalkeeper who saved his team at thest moment with a magnificent dive.


    Christian Eriksen stood over the corner on the right side of the Porto goal with his hand raised up to hint at his teammates the tactics that they would be employing.


    Seeing Eriksen’s raised hand, the Inter Mn yers began shifting around in different directions and the Porto yers immediately responded, but before they could determine the kind of tactic that the Inter Mn team was employing, the referee’s whistle blew loudly.


    *Fweeeee*


    Eriksen ran at the ball and with just enough power and precision, he sent the ball flying into the air and at Porto’s penalty area.


    As the ball was sent into the box, Stefan de Vrij who was standing at the edge of Porto’s 18-yard box suddenly dashed forward past Oliveira who was marking him and with surprising agility snaked past the other yers before leaping powerfully into the air to meet the iing ball.


    Timing his jump perfectly, the Inter Mn defender was able to catch the ball off his head and send it at the top right corner of Porto’s goal.


    Augustin Marchesin moved instinctively as soon as he saw Stefan de Vrij catch the ball of his head, but even that was not enough and the ball smashed past him into the back of the.