Beast King Costa

Chapter 277 "Old Demon" Shows His Power

"You really deserve to be an old demon!"

"It's amazing! It's a master level to get rid of the ball."

"Wow! Marseille roundabout! It can be done in such a small area!"

"You know, Ruy is almost 37 years old, and it is really rare to be able to play like this."

"Okay! I have to say one thing - letting Ruy return to Benfica to return to his roots is simply the best transfer operation of the team in the new season!"

"Ah! Well, I agree with both hands!"

"I agree too!"

……

Watching Rui Costa's ball-handling, passing, connecting, and splitting the ball on the court, including encouraging the morale of his teammates, the players in the stands were amazed.

This is the demeanor of a world-class superstar!

Even though Rui Costa will be 37 years old soon, he can still shine, and he can still help Benfica's young players settle down with a calm style of play on the court.

In the first half of the game, those players who played frizzy, under Rui Costa's instructions and shouting, their mentality was turned upside down.

Like Manu on the left side, after holding the ball, he will no longer rush to the bottom line with his head stupidly, and then pass it to the opponent's central defender. Instead, he starts to know how to protect the ball and wait for his teammates to drive forward. When he is in place, he kicks the cross to find the high point in the penalty area.

Young player Joao Kumbra does not need to hold the ball to get rid of the defense and create space for his teammates. He only needs to help pass and receive the ball next to Rui Costa. This makes him play more and more easily, and even dares to give Francisco Fonseca in the frontcourt sent one or two through balls.

And Carter Solanis.

This Greek direct descendant of Fernando Santos and the core midfielder of the Greek national team, in the first half of the game, because his partner Joao Kumbra couldn't hold the ball and the defense was not in place, in order to "wipe his ass" for Joao Kumbra, As a result, Carter Solanis can't organize well, and the defense can't completely cover the entire midfield.

It's comfortable now.

The work of the organization was directly coordinated by Rui Costa and João Cumbra, and Carter Solanis stood alone in the middle of the defense, forming a corner with Alcides and Kaliaca behind him , surrounded Louis Moran heavily.

In this way, even if Sporting Gijon has a chance to defend and counterattack, it will not be able to pass the ball to Luis Moran.

On Benfica's side, Rui Costa completely controlled the midfield after coming off the bench. Luis Moran on Sporting Gijon's side was completely blocked by Benfica's defensive players. After there was no space to get the ball, there was no room for the ball. The situation has changed dramatically.

Benfica's ball possession rate suddenly soared to over 60%, and after Sporting Gijon had no chance to counterattack in the frontcourt, they retreated across the board under the instructions of head coach Manolo Preciado.

Manolo Preciado knows how accurate and terrifying a through ball is for a midfield organizer like Rui Costa.

Therefore, he used the most stupid but also the most effective way to defend - pile up people at the front of the penalty area!
As long as the dense crowd is used to seal off the passing space, even if Rui Costa can still pass the ball into the penalty area, it will be difficult for the players in the penalty area to hold the ball, let alone shoot. up.

Since Rui Costa replaced the second striker De Lai on the field, in order to connect the team's midfield and carry the burden of offensive organization on his shoulders, Rui Costa retreated more to the midfield position To get the ball, distribute the ball, and make an offensive organization, which left only Francisco Fonseca in the frontcourt.

With Sporting Gijon's five-back formation deliberately withdrawing to the center, Francisco Fonseca appeared to be alone and quite weak in combat.

After all, Francisco Fonseca is a completely different type from Diego.

If you are just looking for a traditional standing center, then Francisco Fonseca can indeed do a good job of getting rid of headers, including headers for set-piece tactics.

But it would be very reluctant for Francisco Fonseca to single out the opponent's entire defense.

Francisco Fonseca simply doesn't have the ability to attack the opponent's entire defense after holding the ball in the frontcourt alone.

When Benfica bought Fonseca and Diego, they never expected them to have the ability to single out the opponent's entire defense.

Now it seems that Diego's trade is definitely an unexpected surprise, but Francisco Fonseca is not a failed trade - at least this young Mexican international plays in the frontcourt, takes the ball with his back, His ability to score the ball and compete with headers is quite worthy of his worth and fame.

just...

Two fists are no match for four hands.

What's more, at this moment, Francisco Fonseca is left to challenge the opponent's five defenders alone.

Even if Diego is allowed to play at this moment, Diego may not be able to successfully hold the ball and turn around to complete the shot in the dense crowd.

Fernando Santos, as an old coach with considerable coaching experience, it is impossible for him not to see such problems in the frontcourt.

Therefore, in the 55th minute of the game, Fernando Santos made the third substitution.

Fabrizio Milico comes on to replace João Cumbra!
"Tsk, it's this guy Milico who comes on stage..."

Although Diego is not generally disgusted with Fabrizio Milico, a guy with a mouth as bad as a toilet, Diego has to admit that such substitution adjustments can activate the offense in the frontcourt.

"After Milico replaces Joao Kumbra, Rui Costa can retreat deeper to open up space for the frontcourt, and Milico helps contain some of the defensive players in the frontcourt. Come, Fonseca will not fall into the opponent's multi-person encirclement."

I saw Diego full of confidence: "In this way, as long as Rui Costa's through ball can be given into the penalty area, then Fonseca will have a chance to grab a point and complete the goal. Sporting Gijon's main defense Once the counterattacking team is scored first, their situation will be extremely passive-if they want to win, they have to attack. In this way, there will be more room for the ball in the frontcourt. Our second goal And more will come soon.”

"Tsk, tsk, Coach Diego's analysis is very thorough!"

"Okay, Diego! We'll see if that's the case later."

Diego was full of confidence: "Trust me, that's definitely the case!"

……

Although teammates tease Diego in various ways, since he can become a player in Benfica's main framework, everyone's tactical literacy is still above the average level, and it is completely normal for everyone to be able to understand Diego's analysis.

Diego also believed that his analysis was absolutely correct.

In the Real ball king system, living with Caesar is not for nothing.

Under Caesar's various training, Diego's current interpretation of the scene is definitely at a professional level.

Even if he retires to apply for the position of a football commentator at this moment, Diego is confident that he can get the office in the hands of the boss of the TV station.

Just like the Yi Mao analyzed by Diego, after Fabrizio Milico came on the field with the instructions of Fernando Santos, he directly played a double center forward with Francisco Fonseca, and Rui Costa returned Withdrawing deeper, the opponent's midfield defensive players were transferred out.

Because of the presence of Fabrizio Milico to attract defensive attention, the defensive pressure facing Francisco Fonseca has suddenly been reduced by more than half at this moment.

After all, in terms of fame, Fabrizio Milico is an Italian international - even if he is only a marginal international, he is much more famous than the Mexican international.

Therefore, Manolo Preciado decisively focused his defensive attention on Fabrizio Milico, allowing more players to entangle this forward player who is more flexible and moves more stealthily.

In this way, Fernando Santos fell into the trap.

In the 62nd minute of the game, Sporting Gijon made a wrong choice of defensive focus and was punished by Benfica!

Rui Costa suddenly turned around in the midfield and got away, then played a one-two with Carter Solanis. After getting rid of three defensive players, he quickly advanced forward with the ball!

At this time, Sporting Gijon's defenders were in chaos.

The midfield barrier was handled so easily by Rui Costa, and they could only rush up.

However, before the defenders of Sporting Gijon could catch up, Rui Costa had already made an iconic "stick cut" on the outside of his instep, and the through ball was stuffed into Sporting Gijon's penalty area.

However, Rui Costa's kick was really hidden. Sporting Gijon's defensive players thought that Rui Costa was going to kick the ball to Fabrizio Milico.

Therefore, the defensive center of gravity is tilted to Fabrizio Milico on the left.

Francisco Fonseca, who was ambushing on the right side, was very focused. After he noticed that Rui Costa's through ball was coming towards him, he immediately shook off the defender around him and fell to the ground to complete the ball. Scoop shot and grab points!

1 is better than 0!

Although Francisco Fonseca's grabbing action is not too standard, he can still send the ball smoothly into the net of Sporting Gijon!
however……

Francisco Fonseca didn't know that, among the teammates in the stands, no one praised him for scoring the goal in time, and everyone was feeling the wonderful performance of Rui Costa, the "old demon".

"It's amazing! I turned around and got rid of two defenders."

"You can also find your teammates to play two against one at the first time, and directly pass the entire midfield defense of Sporting Gijon."

"Awesome! The 'sticking to the ground' must be 30 meters away, right? It's so accurate!"

"This is the midfield master! I don't know how many years it will take me to reach this level."

"With such an awesome guy sitting in the midfield, future games will be more comfortable."

(End of this chapter)