Beast King Costa

Chapter 274 Sporting Gijon
During the two days of rest in Valencia, Diego and David Luiz were not wasted.

Both of them are people who like to travel, so they spent two days leisurely shopping in Valencia, the "City of Sunshine".

Malvarrosa Beach and Levanto Beach in the south of Valencia are popular with Europeans for their delicious food and seaside singing and dancing carnival. There are even many naked beauties basking in the sun on the beach. David Louis couldn't take his eyes off it, so he almost took off his clothes and went to the beach to bask in the sun together.

But Diego didn't give David Luiz a chance.

Valencia, the capital city of the Valencia region, has a lot of places to visit, and Diego doesn't want to waste too much time on the beach.

Leaving the beach, Diego and David Luiz headed to Valencia Cathedral.

Valencia Cathedral has a long history and was built on the site of a mosque in the 3rd century.

Various architectural styles were mixed in a long period of continuous reconstruction and renovation.The three entrances of the church are Neo-Romanesque, Baroque and Visigothic.

In the Chapel of the Holy Grail, there are utensils that are said to have been used by Jesus at the Last Supper.

However, neither Diego nor David Luiz is a devout religious believer, so after a brief visit, they went to the next attraction - the Fire Festival Museum.

Every year in mid-March, the spectacular fire festival in Valencia attracts tourists from all over the world. Although it is already mid-August, there are still many tourists who are on high-temperature holidays.

The Fire Festival Museum collects fire festival dolls that have won the first place in the past years since 1930. The different themes every year are interesting records of the social hot spots at that time.

Here, the two stayed for a long time.

Diego sneered at these things, but David Luiz was very interested in these mysterious sacrificial items, and even bought several hundred euros of souvenirs outside the museum, saying that he would take them back and give them to other teammates. a commemoration.

In this regard, Diego said: "I'm not interested in these things, just don't give them to me."

The next day, the two went to the Spanish National Museum of Ceramic Art.

Valencia's pottery is very famous in Europe, and almost every village has developed a unique craft and style.

The National Museum of Spain, located in the west of Valencia, displays masterpieces of Valencian pottery since the 13th century.

Diego is very interested in these things.

After all, Diego's hometown is China's famous ceramics city.

This time, it was Diego's turn to prodigal, and he bought several hundred euros of ceramic crafts to take back as a souvenir.

It was David Louis' turn to snort: "I'm not interested in these clay figurines, just don't give them to me."

"Bah! I didn't say I would give it to you."

The last stop of Diego and David Luiz's tour in Valencia was Valencia Public University.

This institution of higher learning ranks among the best in Spain and is also well-known in Europe. The school has a long history of more than 700 years.

In the Valencia Public University, Diego thought of the days when he was studying in later generations, and even missed the exciting life of preparing for the college entrance examination.

But David Lewis is different.

David Luiz, who has been dealing with football since he was a child, has nothing to do with college. He envies those of his peers who can study and study quietly.

I no longer have such an opportunity.

Here, Diego and David Luiz stayed for a very long time, and even finished their dinner here before leaving reluctantly and returning to the hotel where the team stayed.

When the two returned to the hotel where the team stayed, it was already 11 o'clock in the evening, but the two did not go to wash up and rest immediately, and chatted for a long time in the room.

Anyway, they don't care about Benfica's third warm-up match - the game the day after tomorrow, Fernando Santos has confirmed that Diego and David Luiz will rest, waiting to play the fourth game with "Yellow Submarine" Villarreal, No. Five games against Valencia, the "Bat Corps".

Benfica's opponent in the third warm-up match is Sporting Gijon in the Spanish second division.

Fernando Santos confirmed that none of the team's main players will play in this game.

These include the team's four core players, Captain Pettit, Nuno Gomez, Simao, and Luisson, as well as players within the main framework such as Diego and David Luiz.

On the contrary, Moreto, the team's big Brazilian helper, is more difficult-Fernando Santos put him in the starting lineup of the third game, and he is sure to play the full 90 minutes of the game.

Although in the last game against Real Zaragoza, Fernando Santos' new season starting goalkeeper Quim performed extremely badly, but for Quimna's top footwork in Portugal's goalkeeper position, Fernando Santos Still chose the mysterious trust.

Therefore, during the two days of rest, Apart from sleeping in the morning, Moreto returned to the training ground to continue to practice footwork.

He also hopes that Fernando Santos can see his serious attitude, and stop making any excuses for "rough footwork" and stop kicking himself in the starting lineup.

In the game against Sporting Gijon, the lineup arranged by Fernando Santos is not too fringe, and there are still many main players, including Fernando Santos' Greek descendant-Kate Solanis in the midfield.

Obviously, Fernando Santos didn't want the game to be too ugly. Like the previous two games, he fell behind early, and then had to replace the main players to chase points.

If you pass it like that, even though you won the ball, it's still relatively embarrassing!

Therefore, Fernando Santos told the players on the roster for this game: "We must take the initiative of the game early in this game! Facing a team at the middle and lower levels of the West Second Division, we have to win. Pretty and bright!"

Goalkeeper: Moreto.

Defenders: Leonardo Bastos, Alcides, Kaliaca, Paulo Jorge.

Midfielders: Manu, João Cumbra, Kate Solanis, Assis
Frontcourt: De Lai, Mantolas.

It is worth mentioning that this game is the first time that Leonardo Bastos, Benfica's main left back last season, entered the game roster during the preparation period.

Obviously, his physical condition has not been satisfactory for Fernando Santos before.

More importantly, Benfica's legendary star Rui Costa was included in the squad for this game. Obviously Fernando Santos also wanted the 36-year-old veteran to find a player on the field in this game where the pressure was not too great. Find status.

(End of this chapter)