Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 45 Take over the baton
The window period in the middle of the season gave each team a chance to strengthen.

Bad news came from the Benfica team. In order to ease the club's financial pressure, the team's inner core switched to La Liga Sevilla with a transfer fee of 3700 million euros.

This deal was like an earthquake. The Benfica team, which was aiming to defend the title, sent away its core in the middle of the season. What kind of operation is this?
The fans were dissatisfied and went to the club to demonstrate.

The club's hardships cannot be explained. In the past two years, money has been tightened and finances have become unsustainable. The transfer fee of 3700 million euros can solve the urgent need.

Parting is always sentimental.

"Per, I've given you the command of the team's midfield. Win a championship." Riser, who came to bid farewell to his teammates, put Wang Po's shoulders and encouraged him.

Wang Po squeezed out a smile, "Without you by my side, I don't feel safe."

"Ha, sometimes being a midfielder is very lonely, especially when facing an opponent stronger than you. You have to adapt to this loneliness. If you even give up as a commander, how can you lead the team to victory?" Riise said.

After saying goodbye one by one, Riise left Benfica and went to Spain to report.

Old people go, new people come.

Benfica introduced its main right winger, Little Black Jim, from Ferreira, Portugal's second-tier league, with a transfer fee of 70 euros.

In this season's Portuguese League, Jim started 14 games and came off the bench in 3 games. He scored 6 goals and 7 assists.

But the data was collected in the second-tier league, and it is not very convincing for the top league.

For Wang Po, Jim is his old friend, and it is the winger Jim of that Eagles team.

The Eagles, which won the championship as a dark horse, have received a lot of attention from the coach to the players, which has brought them many professional contracts.

Some went to Holland, some went to Spain, some went to England, and some stayed in Portugal.

After two years, the comrades who once fought side by side and created the "Miracle of the Eagle" once again had the opportunity to fight side by side.

"Wow, Po, it's nice to meet you. It's incredible that you've been the main player of the Portuguese Super League in two years. You were born for football."

Seeing each other again, the two felt no strangeness, Xiao Hei put his arms around Wang Po's shoulder and said with emotion.

Wang Po shrugged and said, "You're not bad, you're also a player of a wealthy team now, aren't you?"

"Haha" Jim laughed with his neat little white teeth, and leaned into Wang Po's ear and said mysteriously, "Hey, brother, how much I can increase my worth depends on how you feed me!"

"Leave it on me." Wang Po patted his chest and said.

It is always warm to reunite with friends, and I believe Coach Blue will also be very pleased.

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The media criticized Benfica's operation during this window period.

Sending away his main core and bringing in wingers from low-level leagues, is the transfer director Tom's brain flooded?I lost the watermelon and picked up the sesame seeds.

How useful can a second-tier winger be?Can it make up for Riise's loss?
Born in a low-level league, the outside world does not have much expectation for the teenager Jim.

Before the game was played, Jim encountered a lot of doubts, and the fans vented all their grievances about the club's sale of Riise on him.

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In the first league game after losing the core Riise, the Benfica team faced the Santa Clara team at home.

The strength of this team is not strong, ranking in the middle and lower reaches of the standings.

But for the Benfica team, there is no room for loss in this game. Once they lose, they will face a tsunami of saliva.

The club cannot bear this pressure.

At the Dragon Stadium on the match day, many fans in the auditorium still played the slogan "Give me Riise back, Tom get out".

This makes the club's top management very ugly.

The sale of the core, the club is guilty of public outrage.

Wang Po took Riise's position and partnered with two defensive midfielders in midfield.

At the beginning of the game, the Santa Clara team chose the strategy of retreating and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

The strangulation and siege of the midfielder is not strong, which allows Wang Po to display his talents without reservation.

Standing on the front edge of the opponent's penalty area, the left and right maneuvers made Santa Clara's defensive players exhausted.

At the beginning, the opponent's attention and physical strength are abundant, the defense line is tight, and it is not easy to show flaws. It needs more patience to control the ball and organize the offense.

The opportunity is here.

Wang Po formed a cooperative team with the winger and the inserted full-back, broke the opponent's zone defense, and accelerated the ball to the penalty area. Seeing Santa Clara's central defender coming up, he swept the ball low and flat in front of the goal.

There were too many people and legs, and the Santa Clara full-back accidentally kicked the ball into his own goal in the face of interference from Benfica's attacking players.

In the first half of the game, with this own goal, Benfica took the lead.

At the beginning of the second half, Benfica's offense played well, but it was not enough to finish the goal.

With the right winger's single-handed attack flying close at hand, Mano couldn't sit still, a little black Jim waved the flag, and the new player appeared on the stage.

This was Jim's first time in the top league, and the crowded Stadium of Light made him a little stage fright.

"Don't be nervous, just be yourself." Wang Po comforted Jim.

Just like how Gomez decompressed himself back then, this is a kind of inheritance.

Changing sides to fight again, the game completely became Wang Po's personal midfield show, with continuous escapes, super transfers, and various infiltrations, making Santa Clara's defense line crumbling.

Wang Po used his strength and performance to prove that he can take on the core position of Benfica's midfielder.

Benfica's defensive midfielder made an excellent interception, blocked the opponent's counterattack point, and handed the ball to Wang Po in the frontcourt. Before receiving the ball, he had observed that the opponent's defense line was too close to the center, resulting in loose defense on the side. He passed the ball to Jim who was ready to go on the right side.

After getting the ball, Jim looked up and saw that the sidewalk was flat. The black cheetah showed its bloodthirsty scene, accelerated the dribble, like a black lightning, and wiped into the opponent's small penalty area.

The score was rewritten and Benfica led by two goals.

The goal was the controversial and questionable rookie Jim during the window period.

The terrifying acceleration left a deep impression on all fans, and this kind of violent crushing with talent gave fans top-level sensory enjoyment.

In the last minute of stoppage time, Wang Po once again showed his true qualities as a commander, hitting behind him with a long pass and assisting Gomez to score a single-handed goal.

3 to 0, cleanly won the opponent.

Wang Po, who made three goals alone, was selected as the mvp of the game without any suspense.

At the press conference after the game, Wang Po was also brought to the scene by Mano.

"Mr. Mano, with today's performance, can it be said that in the post-Rise era, Wang Po alone can support the midfield of the Benfica team?"

"I'm sorry for Riise's departure, and I wish him all the best in the future." Mano said in a deep voice, "About Wang Po, I don't think there is any need to continue discussing this topic. Statistics and performance can't lie. He has this talent and strength."

Whether it is a former disciple or a current disciple, Mano gave a very high evaluation.

(End of this chapter)