Beast King Costa

Chapter 361

At 20:30 on Wednesday evening, Spanish time, the focus of the 2006-2007 UEFA Europa League group stage will be held at the Ramón Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium!
The defending champion La Liga powerhouse Sevilla will sit at home and face the Portuguese Super League giants Benfica, the top eight teams in the Champions League last season!

Since the beginning of the new season, Sevilla defeated the fantastic Barcelona in the European Super Cup, and the reason why Benfica, a Portuguese super giant, stopped the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season was that they fell at the feet of the fantastic Barcelona, ​​so , In the eyes of the fans, there is a high probability that Sevilla will be able to beat the invading Benfica at their home court in this game.

however……

A football game is not such a simple mathematical equation conversion.

Benfica last season was coached by the Dutchman Ronald Koeman. At that time, most of the main players of the team left Benfica and went their separate ways. Now the head coach of Benfica is Portuguese coach Fernando Santos. The core lineup is the same as last season. There is also a difference.

On the contrary, Sevilla's lineup is still no different from the lineup that won the Europa League last season-whether it is the frontcourt, midfield, or backcourt, they are still the same group of people, and the position of the head coach is also their navigator. Spain's "Champion Philatelic Coach" Juan Delamos.

this game!

Juan Delamos and the Sevilla he coached gave the opponent Benfica a very high respect!

All main forces attack!
None of the main core players were rested!

All the core players have been arranged by Juan Delamos!

Goalkeeper: Andres Parlo.

Although Real Madrid has introduced from Real Madrid this season David Cobegno, a well-known goalkeeper who has been playing the main force in Castilla, but as Sevilla played in the Europa League last season, following As the team's goalkeeper who won the championship together, Andres Palo stood in the position of the starting goalkeeper without hesitation.

Back line from left to right: David Casteldo, Julien Escuder, Xavi Navarro, Daniel Alves.

The Frenchman Julien Escuder and Harvey Navarro's central defenders are both skilled central defenders. This may be a headache for Sevilla-their opponent Benfica's The main center, Diego Costa, is a player whose body is as crazy as a beast. Whether Julien Escuder and Harvey Navarro can hold Diego is a big question.

Full-backs David Casteldo and Daniel Alves are players who tend to be offensive. Their back-up assists are a very important part of Juan Delamos' offensive system, which can make up for the sacrifice of the full-back on the defensive end. As a result, the team's wing attack strength is insufficient.

Midfielders: Duda, Enzo Maresca, Renardo, Jesuli.

Juan Delamos' midfield line is very civilian. Duda is just an international player. Yesuri was once selected for the Spanish national team squad, but he only came off the bench in a friendly match once and did not have any international A. Appearance records in official competitions.

Although Duda is a Portuguese international, he is also a marginal international player. After the sudden emergence of young wide players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Quaresma, and Nani, the Portuguese international team no longer has a full-back tactical formation. Da, a very orthodox winger player, naturally said goodbye to the national team from then on.

As for Enzo Maresca...

This player was once a player who was abandoned in Serie A, let alone the national team. It is a very big surprise that he can play in La Liga. Facts have proved that Enzo Maresca is absolutely An underestimated player, he is an indispensable part of Juan Delamos' tactics in terms of defensive interception ability and offensive ability in the back!
Sevilla Brazil helped the big brother Renato wear the captain's armband as always in this game. The Brazilian midfielder will take on two frontcourt roles for Frederic Canoute and Luis Fabiano. Front line teammates, the important duty of transporting shells!

Forwards: Frederic Canoute, Luis Fabiano.

Whether it is "African Tower" Frederick Canoute or Brazilian super striker Luis Fabiano, they all have the strength to play their own role on the front line.

No matter who they are, they can satisfy the single forward tactical formation, and no matter who they are, they can solve the team's scoring problem in the frontcourt alone.

This kind of configuration of two all-round big centers partnering with the striker and playing double forward tactics is exactly what the "Minho Arsenal" Braga coach Jesúaldo Ferreira covets.

however……

As the opponent, Fernando Santos does not covet Sevilla's tactical formation at all. The Portuguese coach has more headaches, very headaches.

In this game, in order to curb Sevilla's terrible overall style of play, Fernando Santos put out a defensive midfielder for the first time this season.

Goalkeeper: Moreto!

Defenders: Assis, Louison, David Luiz, Nelson.

Midfielders: Beto, Kaliaka, Carter Solanis, Karagonis.

Frontcourt: Nuno Gomez, Diego Costa!

He said that he only wants to score one point in this game, but it can still be seen from the striker formation that Fernando Santos still wants to score a three-pointer at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium said.

If Fernando Santos really just wants to keep one point at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium, just one point, he can let Mantolas and Diego play a double center tactic, let Mantolas or Diego play one of them The more one person returns to the midfield to wrestle with Renato, this will help the team's midfield defense even more.

After all, Nuno Gomez is not the kind of player who can adapt to defensive tactics, he is a very pure frontcourt attacker.

He said he only wanted one point, but he couldn't help but put a pure attacker in the frontcourt. What was Fernando Santos's true thoughts deep inside? The boys in the Benfica team hardly needed to spend too much time. By guessing, you can know the approximate result.

When Juan Delamos got Fernando Santos's starting list, he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Hahahaha! It seems that Coach Fernando Santos intends to defend this game. It is actually rare It's a defensive midfielder. Rare to see! Rare to see!"

As the captain of the team, Renato doesn't think so.

Renato said very cautiously: "Coach Ramos, don't forget that there are quite a lot of injuries in Benfica at present. Rui Costa, Petit, Simao, the three Portuguese national players At least one month of injury will be missed, so! It is not ruled out that Fernando Santos is currently short of midfielders and has to let the defensive midfielder top."

"Of course this is not ruled out, but without Petit or Rui Costa's Benfica, how can their midfield control be compared with ours? Not only the defensive midfielder, the core midfielder Carter Solan Nice, also a very mediocre midfielder with no creativity at all..."

Juan Delamos is still full of confidence: "I dare to say that! In this game, Benfica only competes with us in the midfield, and that is already a losing rhythm!"

"I hope so."

Renato always felt that Benfica was not an easy team to deal with.

Although Renato also felt that Benfica's midfield configuration in this game was completely inferior to Sevilla, but Renato always felt that something was wrong.

but……

Renato couldn't tell what was wrong.

Anyway!Renato didn't think that Sevilla could easily win this game. He always felt inexplicably uneasy that there was a high probability that something unexpected would happen in this game.

"What exactly is wrong?"

Renato couldn't figure it out. Maybe he would have to wait until the game started to verify where his uneasy thoughts came from.

……

"In the end, I chose Nuno and let Mantoras sit on the bench. With such a choice, I believe everyone can understand my intention to some extent, right?"

Fernando Santos paused thoughtfully, and then said: "I believe! Sevilla's attention is on our midfielder Kaliaka, who is a defensive midfielder, so it must be thinking We are going to defend to the end in this game. Now that I have joined Nuno and Diego as strikers, I must hope that the strikers can make a difference in this game! If Sevilla considers that we only defend but not attack If so, their defense must be loose, so Diego and Nuno will have a lot of opportunities to take advantage of!"

After all, Fernando Santos looked at Diego.

"Diego! Sevilla's central defender combination Julien Escud and Xavi Navas are both technical central defenders. Among them, Julien Escud has certain African blood, so his physical confrontation will be slightly Strong, but compared to Liberec's three muscular central defenders, Julien Escuder's physical confrontation is nothing to you, so this game! You will have many opportunities in the frontcourt !"

"I see!"

Diego nodded firmly.

For Sevilla's defense, Diego, David Luiz and Yu Dabao have also done research before.

indeed!

The central defender combination of Julien Escuder and Xavi Navas is nothing to Diego at all. Diego can completely crush Sevilla's defense with his beastly physical fitness.

Moreover, Sevilla's full-back combination David Casteldo and Daniel Alves are full-back players who tend to be offensive. Their ability to protect the back line is definitely not as strong as traditional full-back players. , Even if they have enough protection awareness, their physical resistance ability is far inferior to Diego.

That being the case, as long as the midfielder has a chance to give the ball to the frontcourt, Diego is fully confident that he will be at the front alone, with his individual strength, resist multiple defensive players, and finish the offense in the frontcourt .

Moreover!
Behind Diego is Nuno Gomez, the frontcourt offensive core of the Portuguese national team.

As long as Diego can hold the ball in the frontcourt, with Nuno Gomez's running awareness, he will definitely be able to run a beautiful line at the first time and respond to Diego's return ball.

All in all, Diego is not fighting alone in the frontcourt!

What are you afraid of!
"Of course, the starting players must pay attention to the consumption of physical energy. Don't be led by the nose! There is not much room for us to make substitutions and adjustments on the bench in this game- —In addition to Mantolas who will definitely come off the bench and become the new force of the team, there are only Paul Jorge or Leonardo Bastos on the wing who may come off the bench."

Speaking of this, Fernando Santos looked helpless: "So! In this game, the starting lineup can hold up as much as possible or hold up. I still hope that our starting lineup can last as much as possible for 90 minutes Time, you don’t have to worry too much about the weekend league. When the weekend league comes, I’ll just do a larger starting rotation.”

"clear!!!"

The midfielders Beto, Carter Solanis, and Kalyaka all showed stern expressions.

Facing Sevilla's very overall four-midfield formation, Beto, Carter Solanis, and Kaliaka will definitely run more than usual in this game, and the degree of confrontation will also increase. This is the most intense game of the new season. With basically no one in the midfield to make adjustments, they have to do a good job in the distribution of physical fitness while entangled in Sevilla's midfield. But quite a daunting task.

however!
No matter how difficult it is, we have to find a way.

Otherwise, only Joao Kumbra can choose from the bench, and Beto and Carter Solanis are very clear about how well Joao Kumbra can play. They don't dare to spend about 20 minutes in the second half , handed over to João Kumbra to control - that minute is the rhythm of crashing...

"All in all! Hold on to the start and survive the fiercest period of Sevilla's attack in the first half of the game, and we will probably be able to find out which loopholes in Sevilla we can take advantage of..."

Before Fernando Santos could finish speaking, the staff of Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium came to knock on the door: "The visiting team Benfica, please get ready to go to the player channel. The time is almost up. The players of both teams can prepare to go back On the pitch."

"Okay! Since the time is almost up, let's not go into details..."

Fernando Santos said with rare enthusiasm: "Come on! Let's win this tough battle as much as possible!"

"come on!!!"

"Take it down!!!"

"Get rid of Seville!!!"

(End of this chapter)