Football No. 10: God's Perspective

Chapter 46

After the victory over Santa Clara, the pressure on Benfica eased a lot.

Wang Po's core position is unshakable, and the little black winger Jim lives up to the name of "Cheetah". His speed is staggering and left a deep impression on all fans.

In the cup match in midweek, Mano chose to rotate the lineup against the Beilun people from the Portuguese League.

Jim started, Gomez, Wang Po sat on the bench.

In the first half of the game, the two sides had offense and defense against each other, and the scene was vigorous, but no one could break the opponent's goal, and the tie ended.

At the beginning of the second half, Mano dispatched troops and sent out all the main players. Wang Po and Gomez came on the stage.

The effect was immediate, and Wang Po's foot skills and ability to read the game ensured the Benfica team's possession of the ball.

The sub-level leagues are not comparable to the top-level leagues in terms of defensive hardness and intensity, and Wang Po's defensive pressure is not great.

After getting the ball, Wang Po passed the ball to Gomez, who was on the front line. With his strong body, the latter rushed into the penalty area with the opponent's defender on his back.

The center of gravity of the Belém team shifted to the right.

After observing the movement of the opponent's defense line, Wang Po passed the ball non-stop and moved it to the feet of Jim who was on standby on the left. The latter accelerated with a tie and entered the small penalty area.

After scoring goals in a row, Jim dispelled the doubts with his actual actions.

Ten minutes later, the Benfica team set off another offensive frenzy. Wang Po and Gomez made a two-for-one cooperation to penetrate the opponent's defense.

The ball burst out like a cannonball, rubbing against the air to produce a "whoosh" sound of breaking through the air.

Although the goalkeeper of the Belém team had already made a save action, he could not prevent the goal from breaking through the net in the end.

2:0.

Benfica extended their lead.

The goal feast is not over yet, Gomez completed a hat-trick in 20 consecutive minutes.

5 to 0, hearty victory.

Wang Po won the mvp again with 2 goals and 2 assists.

The team's status is improving, and the performance has not been affected by the departure of the core Riise.

In the following league, Benfica won 3 consecutive victories and continued to maintain pressure on the top team Porto.

In the UEFA Champions League, Benfica, which has won two consecutive victories, once again saw the dawn of qualifying for the group stage. They will compete with Atlanta from Serie A for a chance to qualify in half a month.

The team's good trend suddenly came to an abrupt end. The league was first tied by the deputy squad leader, and the midweek cup was eliminated by the Ferreira team in the low-level league, failing to defend the title.

In the league before the European finals, the mid-range team Braga once again scored three points at home.

In three games, one draw and two defeats, without scoring a goal, Wang Po and Gomez performed poorly. Jim, who had just conquered the fans, didn't even have a successful pass. Some fans even labeled him a "parallel importer".

Head coach Mano has already felt the crisis of getting out of class, and the final round of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the middle of the week cannot be missed.

Under heavy pressure, all members of the Benfica team arrived in Bergamo, Italy.

Once, Serie A was full of glory and was called the "Little World Cup", which shows its influence in world football.

It was only later that with the advent of the financial crisis, Italy's economy was hit hard, and Serie A began to enter a depression. Now it only relies on the old lady Juventus to support the appearance of the league.

The once glorious seven sisters of Serie A, the Milan duo, Parma, Naples, and Florence are no longer the teams that shocked the football world back then.

Although the history of the Atalanta team is not as brilliant as the seven sisters of Serie A, in recent years, relying on stable financial support, the record has gradually improved.

The Champions League group stage has come to the final round, and the last qualifying spot will be between Atlanta and Benfica.

Before this game, Atlanta led the standings by one point. As long as Atlanta remains unbeaten in this game, he will have a chance to qualify for the group stage.

The form of the Benfica team is not good. If they want to qualify, there is only one way for Huashan to win with all their strength.

In view of the unfavorable situation, in this game, the Benfica team does not have many tactical options, and it is obvious to attack with all their strength.

Mano also sent the team's strongest lineup at this stage, the 4321 Christmas tree formation with a rather retro taste.

A large part of the reason for the formation change is due to the team's poor record in recent times.

Through video analysis over and over again, Mano found the reason for the recent poor record.

After the team loses the core Rye, the midfielder of the Benfica team was changed from dual -core to a single core. In addition, the two midfielders behind Wang Poper were defensive. The opponent may be robbed through a high position to cut off the airline line in the same midfielder, or strangled at all costs at the midfield. It is easy to fall into a single fight. In the face of the heavy soldiers of the opponent's side, the offense can only return again and again.

There is no threat to the offense, and the Benfica team is a toothless tiger, just putting on airs.

The 4321 Christmas tree formation, used by the famous coach Ancelotti with great proficiency, brought the then AC Milan team to the top of Europe with this formation.

This kind of midfield configuration frees Wang Po from the defensive task to the greatest extent, so that he can concentrate on attacking, which is what this game needs.

At the beginning of the game, with the support of the home fans, the Atlanta team was very aggressive. The 10-minute continuous attack made the Benfica team exhausted.

After surviving the opponent's 10-minute attack, the Benfica team gradually took the initiative on the scene.

Wang Po walks in the back line to receive the ball, relieves the pressure of the opponent's high-position press on the defender, gets rid of the defender, advances with the ball, and organizes the attack in the frontcourt.

In this game, Wang Po has his own offensive system, just like the team's first core.

The best defense is the offense.

When the offense continues to put pressure on the opponent, the defense line of our side is liberated.

After 70 minutes of the game, the Atlanta team changed their strategy and defended with all their strength. After all, scoring one point was enough to ensure their success in the group.

Control of the ball was handed over, and Benfica formed a siege in front of Atlanta's goal.

The game time was passing by every minute and every second, and the mad attack was fruitless, and the mentality of the Benfica players began to worry.

But after Mano used the last substitution spot on Jim, as the head coach, he can only pray, after all, all the offensive players he can send are on the court.

(End of this chapter)