Beast King Costa

Chapter 409 Lisbon Derby ([-])

2006-2007赛季葡超联赛第12轮，将于葡萄牙时间12月1号点燃战火！
The first match of this round is the highlight of this round!

Lisbon Portuguese national derby!
Sporting Lisbon will sit at home to Jose Alvalade against city brother (si) brother (di) Benfica!

Sporting Lisbon currently ranks third, and Benfica ranks first with one less game!

However, the second-placed Porto is catching up quite fiercely. After the "Minho Arsenal" Braga godfather Jesuardo Ferreira replaced Co Adrianse as the head coach, Porto has already played in Portugal. The Super League and the Champions League have achieved two consecutive victories!
of course……

Because of the coaching ability of Porto’s former coach, Ko Adrianse, this season is full of fans, so even if Porto wins the last round, they have already been eliminated in the Champions League. Champions League dream", Jesualdo Ferreira really wants to achieve his dark horse results in the UEFA Champions League, it depends on the results of leading the team next season.

Porto's opponent in this round is the same city team Boavista-this will be the first time that Jesuardo Ferreira will lead a team at the Dragon Stadium after he became the head coach of Porto!

Boavista's performance this season is not bad. It is currently ranked 9th in the Portuguese Super League, which is quite satisfactory.

But for Porto, this rival in the same city is really not enough, even this game can be regarded as a veritable "Porto Derby", but because of the disparity in strength between the two sides, there is no two-way match like Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. Therefore, the attention of this "Porto Derby" is extremely low.

Almost the entire attention of Portuguese football is focused on the Portuguese national derby in Lisbon!

The Portuguese football world is waiting to see how Benfica will remain at the top of the list after this round of games.Or is it Porto's "snipe and clam fight, the fisherman wins", temporarily coming from behind to grab the top spot in the standings?

Of course, even if Porto grabs the top spot in the standings, the probability is only temporary.

Because Benfica, who is currently at the top of the standings, still has not played in the first round.

Benfica's opponent in the first round was Biranises, a team that has a close relationship with Benfica. In addition, this season Biranises lost its head coach Carlos Cavara and its main striker Mei. After Yong Ze, their strength has plummeted. It is too difficult for them to shake Benfica's "super battleship" this season.

Therefore, the entire Portuguese football community believes that the first round of the make-up match between Benfica and Beleneses is actually the same as whether to play or not to play. At the time, most fans would naturally add 3 points to Benfica's current points.

Even so, the entire Benfica team dare not underestimate the Portuguese national derby in Lisbon.

After all, the outcome of this game means who is the "big brother" of Lisbon!
The ranking of the Portuguese Super League standings does not explain everything. Only the results of the direct dialogue between the two sides can give a definite answer.

and!

The game was played at the Jose Alvalade Stadium.

Although they are both in Lisbon, and the two stadiums are only a 40-minute drive apart, the tickets for the Jose Alvalade Stadium will definitely be sold out by Sporting Lisbon fans. Benfica fans want to enter. Supporting the home team is very difficult.

In order to prevent being spied on by Sporting Lisbon, after returning to Lisbon from Liberec, the Benfica team entered closed training.

Additional staff were sent to patrol outside the training ground to prevent Sporting Lisbon's people from observing anything near the training ground.

Even, during these three days, Fernando Santos and Rui Costa strictly demanded the private life of the players-during the preparations for Sporting Lisbon, if it was discovered that someone did not follow the regular schedule and rest, and sneaked out to the nightclub to fool around, the next five games Game will be excluded from the 18-man squad!

This frightened the boys of the "Squad until dawn", and the recent night life only dared to play game consoles in the apartment, play flying chess, and pass the empty time before going to bed.

In this game, Rui Costa, as the coaching staff, still has the main voice and made arrangements for the starting lineup.

Goalkeeper: Moreto.

Defenders: Assis, Louison, David Luiz, Nelson.

Back midfielder: Pettit, Carter Solanis.

Frontcourt: Calagonis, Nuno Gomez, Simão.

Center forward: Diego Costa.

Simang did not travel with the team to the Czech city of Liberec in midweek. The reason is that Simang has felt some discomfort in his knees recently. After an examination, it was found that Simang has water accumulation in his right knee, so there is a high probability that Simang will not be able to play in this game. He won't play for too long. Mantoras on the bench may come on at any time in the second half to replace Simao.

Nuno Gomez, Petit, Carter Solanis' midfielder "iron triangle" core combination, the midweek game blew 90 minutes of cold wind on the bench - after entering November, the Czech Republic has basically It's winter in the whole country, not to mention the match between Benfica and Liberec is in late November.

But fortunately, Nuno Gomez, Pettit, and Carter Solanis didn't catch a cold on the bench, otherwise the impact would be big enough...

Defense line!
The central defender partner is naturally a combination of Louisson and David Luiz.

At present, Benfica does not have an immediate central defender. In the following games, the central defender combination will be the backbone of Louisson and David Luiz.

Rui Costa has already told Kaliaka with certainty: "You don't need to be a central defender anymore, play a good defensive midfielder seriously! Next, the team will not consider introducing a defensive midfielder. When you play as a defensive midfielder, the opportunity is yours alone, Kalyaka."

In this game, Kaliaka also entered the bench.

Nelson finally returned to the main lineup!Moreover, Nelson's partner is Assis who is most familiar with each other!This pair of full-backs with balanced offense and defense is the "golden partner" in Rui Costa's mind, so Paul Jorge, who is gradually emerging, can only sit on the bench again and continue to wait for his opportunity.

What surprised the entire Portuguese football world was that Rui Costa did not allow himself to enter the substitute lineup in this game. The position that originally belonged to Rui Costa was replaced by Benfica B team teenager Yu Dabao!

As a result, Benfica's bench lineup for this game is: Quim, Leonardo Bastos, Paul Jorge, Kaliaca, Beto, Yu Dabao, Mantolas.

Players such as Joao Kumbra and Manu who have not been able to prove themselves in the first team have been excluded from the 18-man squad by Rui Costa.

And Fabrizio Milico, who will be rented back to his home team Fiorentina during the winter window, can only become a spectator in the stands.

(End of this chapter)