Beast King Costa

Chapter 381
The 9th round of the Portuguese Super League started on November 11, Portuguese time!
The focus of this round is the match between Sporting Lisbon and Braga. This is also the competition for the UEFA Champions League qualifying place between the third in the league and the fourth in the league. It is always right to grab points early, especially if this kind of six-point battle is won.

As for Benfica, who is currently at the top of the league table, they will continue to sit at home, and their opponent is the newly promoted Birama.

After two consecutive Portuguese national derby games, Porto still failed to return to the home court. They continued to play away games, but fortunately, their opponents were not strong. Their opponent was Setúbal.

In the case of extremely serious injury problems, Benfica's formation for this game is also stretched, but because the opponent is a newly promoted polo team, in general, Benfica's preparations for the game are relatively easy .

Although this round of competition, Simao can come back, but after careful consideration, Fernando Santos decided to let Simao sit on the bench first.

To a certain extent, Fernando Santos will feel that the strength of Birama is not directly proportional to that of Benfica, and there is no need to attack this newly promoted polo team with all the main force.

Of course, Fernando Santos will still remind the players: "Sporting Lisbon was defeated by Birama away in the last round, so! Be careful! Don't lose the chain because of underestimating the opponent's strength .I don’t want to get my first loss of the season yet!”

"clear!!!"

The players said so, but everyone didn't think that Bilama, a small team whose total value was even less than one-fiftieth of Benfica, could stop their team from continuing to win.

In the last round of the league, Sporting Lisbon turned over in an away game. The main reason was that Paul Bento used a substitute to mix and match the youth team's lineup for the UEFA Champions League. In addition, Sporting Lisbon played away. This season, the attribute of "home game dragon, away game worm" is very obvious. Although various strong teams are defeated at home, until now, Bilama has lost all 4 away games and has not scored a point!
Just like Birama's weak combat ability in away games, can he be upset at the Stadium of Light?
This is simply impossible!
Fernando Santos is not a young coach like Paulo Bento. Although the opponent is far inferior to his own in the formation of troops, Fernando Santos will still be cautious in the formation of troops. After all, there is nothing better than holding three It's more important.

In this game, Fernando Santos continued to use his 4-2-3-1 formation!

After all, this formation has been run-in by all members of Benfica until now, and it has been able to achieve a balance of offense and defense, so no matter what happens on the field, this 4-2-3-1 formation can help the team solve problems.

Goalkeeper: Quim.

Defenders: Leonardo Bastos, David Luiz, Kaliaka, Paulo Jorge.

Back midfielder: Beto, Carter Solanis.

Frontcourt: Manu, Nuno Gomez, Fabrizio Milico.

Center forward: Mantolas.

In such a formation, Fernando Santos has actually made many personnel rotations, such as the backcourt. In addition to David Luiz and Leonardo Bastos, Kaliaca and Paul · Jorge is a rotation player, the left side of the frontcourt, Karagonis is also on rotation in this game, replaced by Manu.

However, Fernando Santos still maintains the central axis as the core lineup to ensure the team's control of the three lines of backcourt-midfield-frontcourt - this is also the brilliance of Fernando Santos' personnel rotation!
The core players on the central axis, once they help the team secure the victory in the first half of the game, they will also be rotated in the second half of the game.

On the bench, there are Chinese teenager Yu Dabao, Joao Kumbra, who is quite optimistic about Fernando Santos, and Diego Sousa, the top scorer of the B team.

Not only that, Simao, who has returned from injury, will definitely come off the bench in this game, and go up to find out the state of the game.

Calagonis and Nelson, who are resting in rotation, are also on standby on the bench, but they are basically full attendance recently. If nothing unexpected happens, it is unlikely that they will play as substitutes in this game, and they will mainly stay in the 18-man roster. , It's just a big list of matches...

After all, the battalion is full of wounded soldiers!
Fernando Santos is also very helpless.

In this game, Benfica's injured group directly found a few unoccupied seats in the high stands and sat down to watch the game, but they didn't deliberately go to the VIP stands to watch the game.

"Bila is about to compete in a round!"

Assis was a little excited: "They beat Sporting Lisbon 3-1! Tsk tsk tsk! Their Cameroon central defender Bubba Yohana scored three headers in a row! Fuck me! I can fight him anytime. Same, as a defender, scoring three goals in one game?!"

"Haha! Assis, you can too..."

Pettit couldn't help but joked: "Let Diego create 3 penalty kicks in a game, and then let you take the penalty kicks-of course, you have to make all the penalty kicks. In this way, isn't it a hat-trick as a defender? ?”

"Uh, this is indeed..."

After Assis thought for a while, he shook his head decisively and said: "No! Such a hat trick is too far-fetched. It is simply a hat trick for the sake of hat tricks. No! No! No! There still have to be sports goals. , or scoring from a set piece, this kind of hat trick is exciting enough."

"Haha! Then you have to have the athletic ability of Bubba Yohana..."

Rui Costa smiled and pouted at Bubba Yohannah on the field: "This Cameroonian central defender is at least 1 meters tall, and he sprints forward and turns fast! The most important thing What's more, he has a very strong offensive awareness, and he can basically be seen in the frontcourt when setting the ball. Obviously, this is the set-piece offensive routine deliberately arranged by Bilama's head coach."

Louison, who also did not make the 18-man roster for this game, was also watching the game with his teammates in the stands.

Very rare, Louison said indifferently: "Bilama's offensive routine is simple and rough, basically it is a high ball pass to find a high headed ball to hit. I hope that in this game, David and Kaliaka can control the high altitude Ball."

"Well! I believe that David can withstand it!"

After Diego finished speaking, he began to ask curiously: "Hey! Mr. Louison, I heard that the Premier League giants Chelsea are planning to buy you?"

When Louison was asked this sensitive question by Diego, he suddenly became a little nervous: "Who did you listen to?"

"Uh... I read it in the newspaper."

"Which newspaper!"

"Uh... yes, the British Post! Said that Jose Mourinho likes you very much and wants to buy you to be the backbone of the main force!"

In fact, Diego has never read the British "Post" at all, and he only knows that there are often all kinds of nonsensical gossip in British football, which come from the "Post" and "The Sun". Excuse me.

"Don't listen to the nonsense of those reporters in the Post!"

Louison seemed very nervous. It seemed that he didn't want to talk about his future with his teammates: "This matter is all fabricated by those reporters out of thin air. Don't take these rumors seriously! Those are all deceiving traffic. I haven't considered transfers at the moment."

"Ok."

Seeing that Louis was so tight-lipped and refused to reveal any news, Diego also shrugged helplessly.

Immediately, Diego and captain Pettit looked at each other, and Pettit shook his head with a slight smile.

Although Pettit didn't say anything, Diego could tell from his micro-expression that Pettit obviously told Diego to stop asking.

Anyway, Luisson is very close to Chelsea, which basically does not need an official announcement. During this period of time, Luisson's agent has not rarely come to the Benfica office building to argue with the staff of the marketing department. It can be said that the entire club Up and down, even the old man at the gate, the aunt who does the cleaning, the uncle in the security department, the cute young lady at the front desk... they all know that Louison will not stay in Benfica for too long, and it is only a matter of time before he goes to Chelsea to play football. It's just a matter of time.

"Don't ask."

Rui Costa leaned closer to Diego's ear and whispered: "Louisson's character is like this, it's useless if you ask more. Anyway, just wait for the club's official announcement."

"clear."

Diego nodded hastily——Okay!In the final analysis, it was the mentality of gossip. Diego also knew that Luisson's character was not close to others, and he and Luisson had no relationship at ordinary times. Asking these sensitive topics was basically putting on others' cold ass.

Ok!

At this time, there was a sudden attack on the scene, which made many Benfica players in the stands transition from the embarrassing atmosphere of the topic just now.

In the 33rd minute of the game, Beto and Carter Solanis played a "two over two" cooperation in the midfield. After Carter Solanis took the ball to the frontcourt, he decisively scored the ball to Fabrizio on the right. Milico.

After successfully completing the task of Fernando Santos in the last round, Fabrizio Milico started consecutively, which made Fabrizio Milico very excited, he swears!This game must help the team score a goal!Use your good performance to regain your place in the first team!
After holding the ball to the bottom on the right, Fabrizio Milico did not choose to pass the high ball, but took aim at Beto, who was plugged in, and then decisively passed back in an inverted triangle!
After Beto, who reached the front of the penalty area, followed up, he shot decisively!
The ball was like a shell that had been unloaded, and went straight to the dead corner of Bilama's goal!

1 is better than 0!

Benfica finally broke the deadlock!
In the high stands of the Stadium of Light, the Benfica players were also very excited.

"Ah! It was Beto who scored the goal!"

"Okay! I thought Milico was going to throw a high ball in and let Mantoras grab the point!"

"In this game, Mantolas played against Bubba Yohana. Obviously, he suffered a lot in terms of height. Milico's choice is very correct."

"It's amazing! Milico feels that the ball has increased this season! Hehe! It is still very meaningful to prove that healthy competition within the team."

Diego was also excited about this: "We finally broke the deadlock! According to our style of play, the team will definitely be able to continue to score goals later and directly defeat Birama. Hehe! Everyone, can we let those who are today The spectators can enjoy the last goal feast!"

however……

Diego certainly didn't expect that he was like a crow's mouth. Beto's goal actually became the only goal of the game! ! !
After Beto's goal broke the deadlock, Bilama tried to counterattack, but the effect was... quite indescribable.

After all, it is the attribute of "away game bug". Even if Bilama went all out to counterattack and wanted to equalize the score, they couldn't organize any effective offense.

Although Benfica got a lot of defensive counterattack opportunities, because there was no Diego in the frontcourt, Benfica's offensive end was a mess, which could be described as a mess.

Manu still only knows how to keep his head down. Although his speed is indeed fast, the quality of his cross makes Mantolas really miserable...

Fabrizio Milico really wanted to prove himself in this game. He was a bit too strong, and there were some good open spaces. He could shoot by himself. As a result... Fabrizio Milico But they all squandered opportunities because they wanted to take advantage of better opportunities.

Mantolas has no choice.

In terms of height and physical confrontation, the opposing Bubba Yohana is better than Mantolas, which makes Mantolas quite weak in the frontcourt.

Captain Nuno Gomez retreated more to the midfield, assisting Beto and Carter Solanis to control the rhythm with the ball. After all, the deadlock has been broken, so Nuno Gomez didn't spend too much thought On offense.

As the captain of the team, Nuno Gomez can focus on the overall situation of the team, and can't just think about scoring statistics.

After the game came back in the second half, after Fernando Santos directly played three substitution cards, Benfica's attacking rhythm became slower...

Carter Solanis, who was responsible for organizing the midfield, was replaced by Yu Dabao.

Fabrizio Milico was replaced by Simão who returned from injury.

Captain Nuno Gomez was replaced by João Cumbra.

In the second half of the game, Benfica basically focused on 4-3-3 midfield pass control. Beto was the main force, with Yu Dabao and João Kumbra two young players to support the midfield. Their three midfield partners, using More ball possession reduces Billama's chances of counterattacking.

finally!In the second half of the game, both sides had no results, and the game ended 1-0!

Although the score looked a bit like "Gou Sheng", Fernando Santos was quite satisfied with being able to win a victory with such an economical score when the battalion was full of wounded soldiers.

As for Porto, they are not so lucky.

Porto's invincible cycle is still continuing.

Due to the Champions League game played in the middle of the week, Porto chose some personnel rotations in this game.

Lucho Gonzalez, "The Bearded" Raul Meireles, and Quaresma, the core players who played the entire game in the UEFA Champions League in midweek, all sat on the bench.

In this game, Porto's midfield was supported by Vitolo Baia and Ricardo Costa, and behind them was Paulo Assuncao.

Facts have proved that Vitolo Baya and Ricardo Costa have not yet become the core of Porto's midfield. Their current strength and game experience are limited to playing off the bench. Advantage gives more impact to the opponent.

In this game, under the midfield configuration of Vitolo Baya and Ricardo Costa, Porto's midfield organization was chaotic.

And there is only Alessandro Lopez as the main player in the frontcourt, which is also a state of difficulty.

After the first half of the game, the defending champion Porto actually just played [-]-[-] with Setubal on the scene!

You know, Setubal's state is very poor this season, and they are only 2 points more than the relegation zone.

Back in the second half of the game, Co Adrianse did not dare to underestimate his opponent, and replaced Lucho Gonzalez to dominate the midfield, which made the midfield organization a little more organized.

However, the frontcourt attacker is not strong enough!
Although Alessandro Lopez played very hard, since Porto also sent Alessandro Lopez as a main frontcourt player in this game, Setubal's defense only needs to target Alessandro Lopez alone is enough, so Alessandro Lopez will often fall into the opponent's double-team after holding the ball, which makes Alessandro Lopez Struggled very hard.

In the 68th minute of the game, Alessandro Lopez finally got a very rare opportunity!

I saw Alessandro Lopez dodge on the left to make room, cut inside and entered the opponent's penalty area, and was tripped to the ground by the defender.

"Beep..."

Without any hesitation, the referee took a penalty kick! ! !

Seeing that the team has been unable to create scoring opportunities in open games and created a rare penalty kick, Ko Adrianse on the sidelines can finally breathe a little bit of relief for the time being.

Lucho Gonzalez walked up to the twelve-yard point.

Something happened to Ko Adrianse's despair...

As the player with the best footwork in the Porto team, Lucho Gonzalez actually!The penalty kick shot an anti-aircraft gun into the stands!
After Lucho Gonzalez missed a penalty kick, the morale of the Porto team was blown out. Although they were still attacking for the rest of the game, hoping to break the deadlock, they were all blocked by Setubal's defense .

In the end, Porto drew 0-0 away with the underdog Setubal.

The defending champion Porto has already had a wave of three consecutive draws in the league!
After falling into a vicious circle of continuous victories, the question of Ko Adrianse's coaching position was once again brought to the table by the diehard fans of Porto.

Two consecutive Portuguese national derbies have been tied, which is barely acceptable.

It's really unreasonable that even an underdog like Setubal can't win.

According to the public opinion of Porto fans, it is only a matter of time before Ko Adrianse leaves Portugal and returns to the Netherlands.

(End of this chapter)