Beast King Costa

Chapter 281 The starting lineup for the new season

To the excitement of Diego and David Luiz, they entered the starting lineup together against Villarreal.

Most importantly, the core players of the team also started this game together.

Although Fernando Santos didn't say it, Diego and David Luiz tacitly said: the lineup against Villarreal can basically be regarded as the starting lineup of Benfica in the new season.

From the trip to China during the offseason to the trip to Spain during the preparation period, the diligence and hard work of Diego and David Luiz finally paid off.

They also secretly vowed: in the two warm-up matches against "Yellow Submarine" Villarreal and against "Bat Legion" Valencia, they must hold the best state and tell Fernando Santos with their performance on the court ——Your old man definitely did not choose the wrong person!
Goalkeeper position, Moreto said he was very injured...

Although in the last game against Sporting Gijon, Moreto played steadily and kept the opponent clean, but... After the game, Fernando Santos actually talked about his big foot not getting in place once, and his footwork was too rough.

Therefore, the starting goalkeeper for this game is still Quim, who made 3 super low-level mistakes in the game against Real Zaragoza.

Looking at Quim's arrogant look, it was like getting the "golden medal for avoiding death".

In private, Diego often complained about Quim's arrogant face, which was simply "unworthy of a beating". He wished that his opponent would kick more balls in Quim's face.

Backline from left to right: Leonardo Bastos, Luizon, David Luiz, Nelson.

The biggest surprise of this defense line is the left back position.

I thought that Assis, who performed quite eye-catchingly during the preparation period, would be the main left back.

But what I didn't expect was that Leonardo Bastos recovered his physical condition very quickly, and soon used his superb footwork on the wing to attract the attention of Fernando Santos.

Obviously, Fernando Santos prefers a full-back with the ability to make assists, rather than a traditional full-back who can only defend on the side.

This also makes Leonardo Bastos, who is not very reliable in defense, overwhelm Assis, who is more balanced and more balanced, and secures the main position of left back.

Nelson was only a regular rotation player last season, but with his excellent performance during the preparation period, he has confirmed the position of the main right back for the new season.

In this warm-up match against Villarreal, he will directly face Mexican international Franco on the right side, which also makes him quite excited. physical confrontation.

Midfield positions: Manu, Petit, Carter Solanis, Simao.

I really didn't expect that the new aid Manu actually got a starting position. You know, in the first three warm-up matches, Manu's performance was very bad-basically a wide player who only knows how to keep his head down and rush to the bottom line. Not to mention the cross footwork in general, the field of vision on the court is also quite narrow.

Regarding the team's left midfielder position, Fernando Santos said: "I don't have a confirmed main candidate for the left midfielder. I will make more attempts in this position, such as changing the striker and midfielder to the left midfielder."

Hearing this, everyone was relieved.

After all, in the eyes of most people, Manu's current level is definitely not worthy of the team's main left midfielder position.

There is no suspense at the front line.

Diego in front, Nuno Gomez in back.

In the second warm-up match alone, against Real Zaragoza, Nuno Gomez was activated after Diego came on the field. The two scored 4 goals together. After completing a shocking reversal, Benfica scored 2 There is no suspense about the main position of the striker.

Even Francisco Fonseca, the Mexican international, after watching Diego's shocking performance in Real Zaragoza, never mentioned stupid things like starting the game.

I don't know if Francisco Fonseca will regret it. He chose Benfica as the first stop in Europe to compete with monsters like Diego for the starting center position.

Of course, because Francisco Fonseca has been reported by Benfica to the Portuguese Super League squad for the new season, he has no way to seek a loan at this moment-at least until the winter transfer window opens, Francisco Fonseca Fonseca has the opportunity to go to other clubs to find opportunities.

Of course, even if Francisco Fonseca wants to leave because it is difficult to compete for the starting position, Fernando Santos will not let him go.

After all, the team still needs to rotate personnel when fighting on the third line.

In Benfica's lineup, there are only two big centers, Diego and Fonseca. Another potential new aid, Diego Sosa, has been sent to the Benfica B team, which means that he needs to hone for a while before he can become Immediate combat power of the first team.

And Francisco Fonseca is different. He has proved himself to be an excellent standing center in the warm-up match. In some games where the strength is relatively unequal, Fernando Santos can also rotate him. , so that Diego can rest and rest.

At least, Fernando Santos promised that this game against Villarreal's warm-up match will definitely let Francisco Fonseca play, let him and his fellow Mexican Franco compete on the same stage.

Since this game can also be regarded as a direct dialogue between the two strong teams of the Portuguese Super League and La Liga, the game was moved to Valencia's home stadium, the Mestalla Stadium.

Valencia's top executives are quite business-minded, and even packaged these three warm-up matches into a charity friendly match-Benfica and Valencia, Villarreal and Valencia, Benfica and Villarreal All the tickets sold for the three warm-up games in Seoul will be donated in full to the student aid foundation.

Therefore, it also attracted many fans to the audience.

Of course, they are mainly fans of Valencia and Villarreal. In Spain, there are not many fans of Benfica.

Valencia and Villarreal are both clubs in the Valencia region. To some extent, the direct dialogue between the two teams can be regarded as a "Valencia region derby". up.

"Yellow Submarine" Villarreal vs. "Bat Legion" Valencia, the focus of the Valencia region, is naturally scheduled for the end.

But it has nothing to do with Benfica - the team's itinerary has been confirmed. After the warm-up match against Valencia, after a day off, they will go directly back to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, to make final adjustments, and then welcome the new season of the Portuguese Super League. The opening game of the league!

(End of this chapter)