Beast King Costa

Chapter 377
"call……"

Watching Postiga celebrate with Lucho Gonzalez, Quaresma, and Alessandro Lopez after scoring a goal, Benfica's frontcourt Diego is also quite envious--Porto The field control is strong enough to be able to send the ball to the frontcourt, and the midfield partner of Kaliaka and Carter Solanis in this game of Benfica has been defeated by Lucho Gonzalez and Raul Meirele. Si is suppressed, and it is difficult to protect himself, let alone deliver shells to the frontcourt.

So far in this game, Diego has had two shots in the frontcourt, and those are the opportunities created by Nuno Gomez's hard work for Diego.

But helplessly, Nuno Gomez is not a midfield organizer after all. His long pass is obviously not as comfortable as that given by Pettit before, although Diego can still press Pepe and Bruno. Alves, took the ball down smoothly and faced the penalty area to complete the shot, but the quality of the shots was very low, let alone knocked on Porto's goal.

"It's okay, Diego! You will have a chance in the second half of the game."

Seeing Diego's expression of envy, jealousy and hatred, captain Nuno Gomez patted Diego's arm with a very helpless expression: "It's really helpless, now Petit and Boss Rui are both injured, Our midfield is really at a disadvantage. Maybe, in the second half of the game, you will need to join the fight in the midfield."

"maybe!"

Diego nodded slightly.

If the situation is still unfavorable and the midfield is still suppressed by Porto, Diego really has to join the struggle in the midfield and create opportunities for himself.

You can't just run around in the frontcourt like you did before the first half, waiting for midfielder Carter Solanis or Kaliaka to create opportunities for you!
That would be a waste of time and energy!

Looking at Diego's complex expression, Nuno Gomez, the field captain, comforted Diego: "Okay! Don't think too much now, the first half will be over soon, It is estimated that there will be no chance. When the halftime break, coach Santos will definitely make adjustments, we still have Beto on the bench."

"Yes! In the second half of the game, Beto must come up!"

Diego nodded noncommittally and said: "The reason why we lost the ball is the problem of midfield control! Since Kaliaka can't prevent Lucho Gonzalez, he should be bold! Let Beto play , partner with Carter with a double midfielder, and compete with Porto for midfield control!"

"Let's see what coach Santos thinks..."

Nuno Gomez forced a smile and patted Diego's arm: "Okay! Go back to the center circle and take your position! The game has to continue."

……

In the remaining 4 minutes of the first half of the game, Benfica did not directly smash to the end with Porto after kick-off to continue the game.

Obviously, the attitude of all members of Benfica is very unified-so be it in the first half of the game!During the halftime break, let Fernando Santos make adjustments. In the second half of the game, it will be a life-and-death battle with Porto. The game is 90 minutes, so don't rush for such a few minutes.

Now that Benfica was not in a hurry to press up and attack, Porto also leisurely returned to their own half, waiting for Benfica to finish the last few minutes of the first half.

Since there were no injuries in the first half of the game, the fourth official only gave a symbolic one-minute stoppage time.

However, the referee saw that Benfica didn't have much desire to attack for the rest of the first half, so they didn't forcefully finish the 1 minute.

In the first half of the game, 50 seconds of stoppage time passed, and the referee directly blew the whistle for the end of the first half!
"Beep……"

The first half is over!
The incoming Porto leads the home team Benfica 1-0!
Benfica has won the golden body this season. Will it be broken by the rival Porto in this Portuguese national derby?

This depends on how well the head coaches of both sides adjust during the intermission, and then the final 45 minutes of the second half will determine the outcome!
After returning to the locker room during the intermission, the first words Fernando Santos said to the players were: "Everyone is mentally prepared! Our fierce battle is just about to begin!"

"Hey……"

Obviously, everyone was very discouraged about the conceded goal at the end of the first half.

Everyone thought that in the first half of the game, at least they could return to the locker room with a score of 0-0. As a result... Lucho Gonzalez's coquettish midfielder, directly put Kaliaca and Carter Solanis' defense was all over, and then with some cooperation in the frontcourt, Moreto broke through the gate guarded by Moreto.

But for this ball, neither Luizon nor Moreto has any responsibility.

Even if Luison doesn't give up on Postiga who is guarding him and goes to replace Lucho Gonzalez, with Lucho Gonzalez's shooting skills, there is a high probability that he will score the goal himself.

As for Moreto, there is no other way.

Postiga's volley shot was only ten meters away from Moreto. With the ball speed of Postiga's shot, it would be better to replace it with world-class goalkeepers like Buffon, Cesar, and Callias. There is no way to save it.

Therefore, if the ball was lost at the last moment of the first half, it will be admitted.

I just hope that after the halftime adjustment, the game can come back in the second half!
As Diego and Nuno Gomez expected, the first adjustment Fernando Santos made at half-time was the midfield position!
"In the second half of the game, we don't have a defensive midfielder in the midfield! After all, in the second half of the game, we need to chase points. Losing one goal is 0 points, and losing two goals and three goals is also 0 points. We need to have the courage to go all out! So! Beto in the second half The game will come on, replace Kaliaka!"

Having said that, Fernando Santos looked at Beto solemnly.

"Beto! You have to be ready, the control you bring is needed in the second half! In the first half, the midfield control of Porto's Lucho Gonzalez and Raul Meireles , so that the midfield combination of Kaliaka and Carter is very, very passive. So! In the second half of the game, I need to strengthen the midfield control!"

"Coach Santos, don't worry, I understand what to do!"

Obviously, Beto has been preparing since about 32 minutes into the first half.

Before being scored by Porto in the first half of the game, Beto was taken by the assistant coach to warm up on the sidelines, and he might even be substituted in the first half of the game, but in the end Fernando Santos did not do this-in the absence of injuries Under such circumstances, substitutions are made in the first half of the game, and the players who are replaced will be somewhat disappointed.

"As for the striker..."

Fernando Santos took a look at Fabrizio Milico and it was clear that he was thinking of replacing Fabrizio Milico for the second half of the game.

But in the end, Fernando Santos held back.

After all, Fabrizio Milico did not perform well in the first half of the game, mainly because the midfielder could not pass the ball. This cannot be blamed on Fabrizio Milico.

and so!
Fernando Santos told Fabrizio Milico and Mantolas: "In the second half of the game, let Milico play first. But I hope! In the second half of the game, Milico, you can get the support of the midfield and you can put the side The road is alive. If the wing attack is still too quiet, I will replace Mantolas! As for Mantolas, you should warm up after the start of the second half! You may be allowed to play at any time."

"understand!"

"Understood, Coach Santos!"

At least Fabrizio Milico can breathe a sigh of relief.

because!Before this game, Fernando Santos assigned a very special task to Fabrizio Milico, but because the midfielder was very passive in the first half, Carter Solanis even gave the ball to the wing once. It has never happened, what should Fabrizio Milico do?

Without even the right to the ball, how will Fabrizio Milico complete the task assigned by Fernando Santos?

Fabrizio Milico said he was also desperate!
Therefore, Fabrizio Milico can only hope that after Beto replaces Cagliaka in the second half of the game, the midfield partner of Beto and Carter Solanis can have stronger control and give More ball support in the frontcourt!Only in this way can I complete the task assigned by Fernando Santos.

After confirming the midfield substitution adjustment and explaining to Fabrizio Milico and Mantolas, Fernando Santos and his assistant took Assis and Nelson to the side, and seriously corrected the first half with them. Some not-so-right defensive choices when defending Quaresma or Alessandro Lopez one-on-one on the wing.

After all, if you want to attack in the second half of the game, you have to do a good job of defending the sideways, and try not to give Porto the opportunity to defend and counterattack.

Quaresma's lethality on the defensive counterattack is still quite strong, which deserves Fernando Santos' attention.

As for Diego...

During the 15 minutes of the intermission, Fernando Santos did not give Diego any tasks at all. Diego was like a marginal person in the locker room, and no one told him what he needed to sum up in the first half of the game. People told him what to do in the second half of the game.

So Diego also said quite depressed.

In the second half of the game, should we retreat to the midfield to help Beto and Carter Solanis?

Perhaps, this requires Diego himself to make a choice after making his own judgment based on the situation in the second half of the game.

(End of this chapter)