Chapter 129: Vs Rio Ave II

Mehdi Taremi kicked off for the Rio Ave team, resuming the match with a pass into his team's half and immediately moving into the Porto team's half of the field.

The Rio Ave players immediately took control of the ball and began passing it cleverly around between themselves, showing no signs of trying to immediately regain their lead, but the Porto players didn't care and ran at them all the same.

Soon the Rio Ave team was dispossessed of the ball and Danilo Perreira immediately sent a pass back towards Ivan Marcano.

Instead of falling back after losing the ball to try and cover for any holes in their defense, the five midfielders immediately surged forward past the Porto midfielders and ran at the four Porto defenders, each player covering one member of the defense with two players chasing after the ball that was heading toward Ivan Marcano.