Beast King Costa

Chapter 260

The game lasted almost 20 minutes, and Benfica didn't even have a threatening attack.

The running positions of Diego Souza and Manu in the frontcourt are quite mysterious. The two often reposition on the right. As a high center forward, Diego Souza seems a little afraid of confrontation?Even in the one-on-one contest with Sicily Pablo, he was directly knocked to the ground repeatedly.

Angola's "national hero" Mantolas is the only one who can advance with the ball in the frontcourt.

But obviously, Mantolas returned to Angola after finishing the three group matches of the World Cup finals and went on vacation, and his physical condition has not recovered yet.

After holding the ball, although his technical movements are very impressive when faced with defensive players, he is unfortunately in poor physical condition. Often the movements are made but the defender does not get past him.

The midfield was even more chaotic.

Kaliaca, João Cumbra, and Marco Ferreira did not call at all.

As a regular rotation player for Benfica last season, the Russian Kalyaka has adapted well to the rhythm of the game, but he is a defensive midfielder after all, which does not help the team's offensive organization much.

Joao Kumbra had no idea what he was playing. He lost the ball as soon as he got it. Even if he didn't lose the ball, he couldn't advance forward smoothly. The pass was either wide, short or directly passed to the sideline... He was so angry. Fernando Santos almost cursed from the sidelines.

As for Marco Ferreira, the main midfielder of the Benfica B team, he played quite a headache.

It's not that Marco Ferreira didn't play well. He hasn't made any mistakes since he played, and his pass success rate is [-]%.

but……

Fernando Santos is most angry with Marco Ferreira.

Every time Marco Ferreira passes the ball is a short pass or a back pass, it must be zero turnovers, and the success rate is [-]%!

It's all about not making mistakes.

No coach would want to see his midfielder play in such a way, unless it was a tie-and-go match.

Of course, the Chinese national team has proved more than once that in games where a tie is about to qualify, with such a passive way of playing, it is often impossible to score even 1 point!
It's not...

In the 32nd minute of the game, it was Marco Ferreira's return pass that caught Tenerife's fast forward Sanchez and directly launched a frontcourt counterattack, with a through ball assisting Thomas Frankowski Complete the break!
1 is better than 0!

Tenerife from West Division [-] was actually the first to score!
Although Rui Nienos made a correct judgment, Thomas Frankowski's explosive shot was really strong, and Rui Nienos made a hand-off error.

"Substitution! Substitution! Substitution!"

Fernando Santos really couldn't stand Marco Ferreira's negative playing style anymore - although this was only Marco Ferreira's first mistake in the game, it was enough to make the team desperate. A mistake that made the head coach lose patience and confidence in him.

With a wave of his hand, Fernando Santos asked his direct descendants from Greece, Carter Solanis and Karagonis, to change their jerseys and prepare to play. Although it was just an insignificant warm-up match, Santos would lose if they lost to a Spanish C team. I can't afford this face!

This kind of warm-up match does not limit the number of substitutions.

Therefore, 11 up and 11 down is no problem.

In the 35th minute of the game, two Greek players, Kater Solanis and Karagonis, came on and replaced Marco Ferreira and Diego Souza.

For Marco Ferreira, this 35-minute game basically means that he has played all the playing time in the Benfica first team in the new season. Fernando Santos didn't even bother to talk about him, just pulled Diego So Sa stepped aside and kept pointing to his frontcourt movement problems, including encouraging him to dare to confront defensive players.

"Hey, I think Marco and Diego Sosa's careers in the first team are over."

Looking at his competitor for the forward position, it can be said that there is basically one less competitor. Diego feels very comfortable in his heart - even if Fernando Santos gives Diego Sosa a chance to stay in the first team and continue training, but As far as Diego Souza's poor physical confrontation and awareness of running without the ball in the frontcourt, he couldn't play in the Portuguese Super League at all.

David Luiz continued to "strike" Diego: "The team has a lot of striker options-look, coach Santos replaced Calagonis, and he didn't play for you."

"That's because I'm the absolute main force! How can I play in this kind of warm-up match against a low-level team?"

"...He is still the absolute main force, so shameless."

This made Diego angry: "You are shameless! I think Alcides played well. Maybe coach Santos will let him play with Luisson as the main player."

"Uh, that level is not bad?"

David Luiz shook his head: "You've used the word 'not bad' too much, right? There are central defenders at Alcides' level everywhere in Brazil. There's nothing bright about it."

"Well, I also think Alcides lacks some highlights compared to you..."

Diego nodded seriously and said, "For example, hairstyle! Indeed, your hairstyle is bright enough."

"Fuck! Can you be more serious!"

"I'm serious! Indeed, your hairstyle is the highlight of you, there is no one else."

"you!!!"

……

To the surprise of Diego and David Luiz, while the two were choking each other on the bench off the field, another goal happened on the field.

In the 43rd minute of the game, Tenerife midfielder Leon took a long shot and directly knocked Rui Nienos's ten fingers off.

This was a long-range shot like a flying fairy from the sky. Rui Nienos couldn't catch it, but he couldn't be blamed.

Seeing that the score was 0-2, Fernando Santos' face was so dark that he was on the verge of breaking out.

Although his team leads the Portuguese Super League giants Benfica 2-0, Tenerife coach Bernd Klaus is not complacent.

He still encouraged the players on the sidelines to dare to cooperate in a small area, dare to attack forward, and dare to confront the opponent's defenders physically.

Obviously, Tenerife's defensive end has been almost transformed by the Dortmund star, and now his main job is to activate the team's offensive end before the start of the new season's La Liga, so that they can play in the new season. In the last season, he won the first place in the La Liga with no effort, and led the team to return to the La Liga next season.

"Oh my god! I was kicked 0-2 by Tenerife in the first half!"

Moreto murmured to Diego and David Luiz in a low voice: "Coach Santos is a well-known coach in Portuguese football. Although it is only a warm-up match, he absolutely cannot accept losing to a West Division team... …Look! In the second half of the game, coach Santos will definitely go to the locker room to go crazy, and then send the main force, and the game will recover in the second half.”

"Oh???"

Diego and David Luiz beamed at the same time.

Dispatch the main force and recover the field in the second half of the game?

Doesn't that mean that they are ready to debut in the second half of the game.

however……

Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.

During the halftime break, Fernando Santos did exactly as Moreto said, he went into a rage in the midfield, so angry that the young people didn't even dare to raise their heads.

In the second half of the game, the regular main players were indeed dispatched to play, preparing to regain the field in the second half of the game.

It's just that, there is no Diego and David Luiz.

In the second half of the game, Benfica B team goalkeeper Jose Moreira played, Assis and Nelson also played. They will serve as the team's left back and center back. Mantolas was also replaced in the frontcourt. It's Mexico international Francisco Fonseca.

Although there are no core international players, this lineup can be regarded as a regular rotation lineup for Benfica.

Although there is no running-in in this lineup, the personal abilities of the players are above Tenerife.

In the 50th minute of the second half, Benfica scored.

Mexico international Francisco Fonseca took advantage of a corner kick and scored with a header!

Fonseca, who is 1 meters tall, has excellent air control ability, and the central defenders in Tenerife had to be convinced by the header.

In the 56th minute of the game, Fernando Santos's Greek descendants also won face for him.

Carter Solanis dunked the defensive player with a fake action, and gave a straight kick to Karagonis who was anti-offside.

Calagonis calmly completed the goal!
Simple and easy, tie the score!
This time it was Dortmund star Bernd Crowder's turn to be dissatisfied.

"Pay attention to the defensive position! Resist the opponent's high center forward!"

"Midfield press! Don't let the opponent play the ball so easily!"

"Press high in the frontcourt! Don't be afraid of confrontation! Don't be afraid of confrontation!!!"

……

However, after Benfica dispatched regular rotation players, the strength gap between the two sides directly widened the gap visible to the naked eye.

After the score was equalized, Benfica did not stop their offensive.

In the 68th minute of the game, Fonseca kept the ball in front of the goal to grab points and scored twice!

In the 75th minute of the game, Manu dribbled past the goalkeeper with a single-handed ball and made an empty goal!
In the 86th minute of the game, Carter Solanis scored with a direct free kick!

5 is better than 2!

It became the final score of Benfica's first warm-up match of the new season!
Although the team won a big victory, Diego and David Luiz were really hard to be happy. They didn't get even 1 minute of playing time.

Of course, the absolute main players like Pettit, Nuno Gomez, and Luisson also did not play.

Therefore, Diego and David Luiz are completely unclear. What kind of tactical position do they have on Santos' tactical board?
Perhaps, it depends on Santos' formation in the second warm-up match.

Benfica will complete the second warm-up match against La Liga team Real Zaragoza in the Valencia B team stadium three days later!

(End of this chapter)