Father Green

Chapter 3 and Four: The Resentment from Jesus

As a home game, Benfica did not choose the right to choose the side after winning the coin guessing, but chose the right to kick-off.

Charlotte looked at the opponent's head coach Gabriel Jesus. This experienced head coach in Portugal seems to know nothing about himself. At least he has done a good job in intelligence analysis.

Benfica did not press the ball directly. Although the home fans shouted like a tsunami, trying to let the home team completely crush the opponent with a sharp attack like a mountain, the Benfica players maintained their rationality.

Matic handed the ball to Lima in front, and when Pogba pushed up, the Brazilian striker immediately split it to the fellow South American, Gaitan, an attacking midfielder from Argentina.

Gaitan wanted to use his excellent dribbling ability to get rid of Carvajal, but Carvajal was always sticking to Gaitan like nougat. The Argentine had no choice but to return the football to the middle.

Martins, who plugged in from the back, received the football, but when he saw that there was no chance in the frontcourt, he continued to pass it to Matic behind him.

Benfica played very smartly, and took a tentative attack at the beginning of the game when they were not familiar with the opponent.

This style of play was set by the head coach Gabriel Jesus before. It should not be too aggressive, but to touch the opponent's temper.

But obviously some people didn't think so. The ball was handed over to Benfica center Cardoso, and the Paraguayan center kicked directly at the top of the arc in the penalty area.

The quality of this shot was not high. Of course, according to Charlotte, the opponent didn't want to score at all, but
Get off your horse?Charlotte smiled.

Sure enough, Cardoso's shot drew cheers from the home fans. Obviously, Benfica fans are very happy to see their home team show a performance that makes the opponent afraid.

The fans at the Stadium of Light were applauding Cardoso loudly, but Benfica's head coach Gabriel Jesus felt a little bit pained.Because in his opinion, this is all for the sake of his heart, and there is no substantial benefit to the team. Forget it, and he gave up possession of the ball to the opponent in vain.

As for the psychological pressure of creating an away game for the opponent?This is an official game. If it was the team's training ground, Jesus could kick the Paraguayan's ass directly. Damn. They can move back when they are three goals behind when they face Manchester United, and then move back. Can play wild in famous stadiums such as Old Trafford, Etihad, Anfield and Stamford Bridge, are you still afraid of your kick?
Ter Stegen set the ball up, then made a gesture to the frontcourt, and then made a gesture to the captain Jose Font who came up, signaling the captain not to come up to catch the ball, he was going to take a long drive.

Then the German goalkeeper began to retreat behind the baseline, took a breath and started to run.Finally, he came to the ball and kicked it vigorously, and the football flew out high.

"Ter Stegen made a long drive, very powerful!"

The ball flew straight over the halfway line and into Benfica's half.Pogba overwhelmed Martins and pushed the ball down. The French boy looked at Martins contemptuously, and said that if it was the midfielder named Matic who came up, he might not win it, but you "little boy" Want to compete with me for a header too? !
After giving the ball to Wanyama, Pogba immediately turned around and moved forward.There was no Lallana or De Bruyne in front of him in this game, so Charlotte let him advance more actively.

After Wanyama took the ball, Southampton's two sides immediately pulled away, and Aubameyang and Rodriguez raised their hands for the ball on the left and right.Benfica's left and right fullbacks can only keep up. If they cannot be allowed to pose a threat, it will be fatal for Benfica.

Martins, who had lost Pogba, came up to intercept Wanyama and gave Pogba to Matic. To be precise, Pogba took Matic away.

Wanyama did not stick to the ball, because he knew that his ability to dribble and protect the ball could not keep up with teammates such as Lallana and De Bruyne, so he relied on his strong physical advantage to suppress Martins and then handed over the football It was given to Schneiderlin who plugged in, and then he went forward.

Martins turned around and wanted to chase back, but when he had just turned to face his own goal, Schneiderlin had already returned the ball to Wanyama.

"Southampton cooperated beautifully, Wanyama took the ball." The Saints have advanced to the opponent's hinterland, so Zhan Jun's voice is slightly raised.

Matic is a little bit embarrassed. On one side is Pogba who is going forward, and on the other hand is Wanyama who dribbled the ball away from his teammate. Now he is completely defending against two.

His teammates also saw his embarrassment, and Luisaola came out in the middle to look at Pogba, but Benfica used zone defense instead of man-to-man tactics, so Luisaola only needs to stare at this core area. Give Pogba the chance to get the ball easily and to rush in after getting the ball.

Matic ran towards Wanyama confidently and boldly. He and Martins, a pair of double midfielders, formed a tandem attack on Wanyama.

But Wanyama did not stare at Matic up stupidly, but quickly handed the ball out, a ground ball directly passed Matic, and flew to the frontcourt against the grass.

Uncharacteristically, Icardi did not advance, but suddenly retreated and received the ball with his back facing the attacking direction.The Argentine did not take the ball to seek a breakthrough, because he already felt that the fellow central defender in Benfica was resisting himself behind him.

To be precise, he didn't even stop the ball, but he swung his leg against the football Wanyama plugged in, and the football was touched by his heel, and then rolled over from Garay's crotch.

"Helps straight!!!"

Pogba suddenly started and resolutely inserted in. He found a space between Garay and Luisao, and smoothly entered the penalty area.

"Southampton's chance for Pogba!!"

Pogba slapped his legs at the football with a rage, with great strength at close range and fast ball speed.Arthur was powerless, his body didn't even have time to react, the ball was already in the net.

"Pogba!!! Big Boss!!!" Zhan Jun shouted the name of the French teenager.

"The goal was scored!! Just one minute and 38 seconds into the game, Southampton in the away game led their opponents [-]-[-]!! They had a fantastic start. On the contrary, it was Benfica who were more unlucky."

"The goal was a bit sudden, because if you watch the opening minute and 20 seconds, you will find that the start of the game is mainly tentative, and the real bayonet time may be reserved for the second half. But Southampton Tonton perfectly explained what it means to seize every opportunity! This conceded goal was obviously unexpected for Benfica. This kind of goal at this time is unacceptable to the Portuguese. Maybe they should wake up. Now is the time for the official game to start, not the warm-up before the game."

"Damn it!!" Benfica coach Jesus wanted to scold his mother angrily. First of all, it was Cardoso who wasted the ball. Cardoso is usually very mature. Why is he so excited today?
The second is Charlotte and his Southampton. Jesus is resentful: "What about the agreed wing attack, and the agreed two wings flying together? They opened up on the wing and wanted to show off, you But sneakily hit a quick infiltration in the middle. The most basic trust between people is gone.”

Jesus has reason not to open Sen, because his previous contract with Benfica was only two years, and it will expire after the end of this year's season. At present, the club has put the contract renewal on the agenda, and his agent is currently discussing with the club. The specific details of the contract, but if your team is eliminated from the Europa League by the opponent during this period, will it affect the progress of the contract negotiations?This is really hard to say, because they are destined to be only runner-up in the league this season.

"Forget the damn goal, play according to the plan we made before the game. But the only thing that needs to be paid attention to is their center, so that Nemanja (Matic) and Carlos (Martins) don't go forward easily. , Just stay in the backcourt to defend and intercept." When the Southampton players celebrated the goal, Jesus took Limara to the sidelines and said to him.

And what Charlotte said to Schneiderlin here is actually similar to Jesus: "Forget that goal, although he is very beautiful. But the game has just begun, we can't be careless, the opponent is Benfica, a traditional giant in the Portuguese Super League, and has very rich experience in European wars So we still play according to the tactics we formulated before, creating more trouble for the opponent in the middle, and then split the ball to the side!"

Charlotte's approach is obvious, which is to use the midfield advantage to create trouble for the opponent in the middle.But everyone may say, hey, isn't Southampton's advantage on the wing?Since when is the middle lane their advantage?
In fact, when people see the most prominent aspect of a team, they will naturally selectively ignore other aspects.For example, everyone has seen that Southampton's offensive firepower is very fierce, and they almost often score more than three goals. At the same time, they are also the team with the most goals in the entire Premier League and Europa League.

Is the offense boring? ?
But on the defensive end, they are also one of the best, because their number of goals conceded is also one of the fewest in the Premier League. The number of 25 goals conceded is six goals less than the second-ranked Manchester City, which is enough to show how good they are. Excellent, even Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal have lost 36 or [-] so far.

It is worth mentioning that Manchester City conceded the fewest goals at the end of last season. They only conceded 38 in 29 rounds. Then they got the goal difference by eight points more than their arch-rival Manchester United in the case of the same score. Premier League champions last season.

So under Southampton's sharp wing attack, everyone gradually forgot Southampton's center.