Beast King Costa

Chapter 167 Chaos
"Pretty!"

Seeing Lidson's penalty kick into the net, the "Fancy Blowing Brother" of Portugal National Sports Channel finally showed a proud smile.

While the players in Braga continued to "discuss" the foul with the referee, "Fancy Blowing Brother" began to look forward to the future of the teams on the standings after this round of competition.

"In the 35th minute of the game, Sporting Lisbon's goal this season was Lidson's penalty kick! While breaking the deadlock, it also helped Benfica, a brother team in the same city, temporarily return to the third place in the standings! As long as this victory is maintained Negative result until the end of this round, then Benfica will take the last train of next season's Champions League with the help of brothers in the same city at the last moment!"

Speaking of this, the smile of "Brother Fancy Blowing" is even more mesmerizing.

"Although the fans are willing to see the birth of the 'Dark Horse Miracle'. But the league is a place to fight for strength. Only with strong capital and strength can we stand at the top of the pyramid! The weak and the strong in European football, in front of the Tigers, No matter how strong the dark horse halo is, it will fade..."

Although the game hasn't even ended in the first half, in the eyes of "Brother Fancy Blowing", these two games have already been settled.

Therefore, he was not afraid of slapping his face at all and said: "We need to admit that Braga played a fantastic season! They almost qualified for the first UEFA Champions League in team history! But they have entered the Europa League for four consecutive years For the Minho Arsenal, that is also a proud achievement! We all hope that the Braga people can make further progress in the Europa League next season! Save more UEFA leagues for the Portuguese Super League integral!"

Although there is still more than an hour before the end of the game, the audience in front of the TV, even the die-hard fans of Braga, feel that Braga's game is over, and it can basically be more than an hour earlier, with next season's Champions League. Qualified to say "goodbye".

Nani "dived with full marks" in the penalty area, the referee blindly awarded a penalty kick, and after Lidson took advantage of the penalty kick to complete the goal, the mentality of the Braga players almost collapsed.

The originally orderly defensive system suddenly became chaotic.

Even, Sporting Lisbon almost expanded the score.

Taking advantage of Braga's chaotic defense, Nani completely opened up the left side that had been blocked, and made an inverted triangle pass back, creating another opportunity for Lidson in the middle.

But this time, Lidson volleyed high in the face of an almost empty goal.

This also made Lidson shake his head helplessly-if the goal is scored and the score is extended to 2-0, then there will be basically no suspense in this game.

"Everyone calm down! Don't mess up! Don't mess up!"

Jesualdo Ferreira on the sidelines was particularly anxious, but he still needed to make himself look less anxious, otherwise the pressure on the players would only be greater.

I saw the old coach kept clapping his hands to his players: "Keep calm! If the opponent seizes the opportunity and the score is 2-0, then it will be even more difficult for us to score points!"

But fortunately, the game time has now reached the 42nd minute.

Persevere for a few more minutes, and this nightmarish first half will be able to end.

The 15 minutes of halftime will also be particularly valuable - not only can everyone adjust their impetuous mentality, but they can also make a series of changes.

At least, with the score behind, it is no longer possible for Braga to continue to defend 5-4-1!
If you want to take the points at the Jose Alvalade Stadium and ensure that you don't lose the third place in the league, you have to take the initiative to attack and equalize the score as soon as possible. Only then can you have a chance!
After the stalemate was broken, Diego was the only Braga player with a calm mind.

With the defensive chaos in the midfield and backcourt, Diego can only fight harder in the frontcourt, minimizing the opportunities for Sporting Lisbon's midfield to calmly organize.

Sporting Lisbon's midfield playmaker Joao Moutinho has been taken care of by Diego.

Joao Moutinho's offensive starting point is the core of the traditional type of organization in the Iberian Peninsula. He has delicate footwork, but he is short in stature and poor in confrontation ability.

With Diego deliberately looking for a physical confrontation with him, Joao Moutinho suddenly felt as if he was in a boxing ring, and he was violently hit as soon as he touched the ball-the center of gravity will not be stable before the ball is firmly held live.

Being able to stabilize the ball or distribute it to the feet of his teammates in the first time is already considered Joao Moutinho's experience in the game. He also wants to calmly observe his teammates' running positions before releasing the ball as before breaking the deadlock. It is impossible.

Joao Moutinho also complained to the referee about Diego's rough movements, but the referee didn't say anything about it, but just signaled Joao Moutinho to stand up and don't waste time.

After all, Diego’s seemingly fierce actions are actually within the category of reasonable confrontation, but because the physical quality gap between the two sides is too large, it seems exaggerated—even if the referee intends to show Diego a yellow card, then Diego must Only if there are extraordinary actions, otherwise it will easily lead to investigation after the game, and maybe the call will be stopped or even lost.

Sporting Lisbon's offensive slowed down only after Diego returned to the midfield and continued to stir up trouble.

After watching Joao Moutinho fall to the ground again and again under the confrontation with Diego, Paulo Bento worried that his midfield core was injured and he would miss the shuttle bus to the summer World Cup finals in Germany.

Ever since, with a few minutes left in the first half of the game, they called for gold and retreated ahead of schedule.

Because after Nani made a penalty kick, the field was chaotic and several minutes of game time were wasted, so there were 3 minutes of stoppage time in the first half of the game.

But these 3 minutes were turned into "garbage time" by Sporting Lisbon.

Seeing that Sporting Lisbon stopped attacking and Braga's boys stopped attacking, the two sides reached a tacit understanding and returned to the locker room maintaining the 1-0 score and rested for 15 minutes before resuming the game.

Seeing that Sporting Lisbon had no fighting spirit, with 30 seconds left in the stoppage time of the first half, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

"Beep……"

The first half is over!
Sporting Lisbon temporarily leads Braga, who is a guest, 1-0!

Another venue, Benfica vs. Ferreira at the Stadium of Light, ended the first half a minute earlier.

Benfica scored two goals in the last 10 minutes of the first half from Simão and Gustavo Manduca, and the score has expanded to 3-0!

It can be said that Benfica, whose fate is in the hands of others, has basically completed what it should do.

Next, it depends on whether your rival in the same city will lose the chain in the second half of the game!

(End of this chapter)