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One to one, Benfica went all out at their own home court to achieve such a draw.This result obviously did not satisfy Benfica's coach Santos. Looking at the result of the game, Santos stood on the sidelines in a daze. At this time, he regretted it a little.

Seeing the exhaustion of Benfica's main players, Santos really regretted it, very regretful.If they get three points in this game, Santos still thinks it's worth it, but now, with only one point, Santos thinks it's not worth it.

Too much consumption in this game is obviously not conducive to the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League in the middle of next week. Santos sighed silently and shook his head.

At the end of this round of the game, Benfica still ranks first in the league. They have 55 points, two points ahead of No.2 Porto, while Sporting Lisbon, which ranks third in the league, has 49 points.

Benfica is still two points ahead of Porto, but the Benfica people feel that it is not safe. They had a chance to expand their lead to five points. Unfortunately, they didn't grasp it, and let Benfica's main players consume so much. It is really not worth the candle.

It is precisely because too much energy and physical fitness of the Benfica people was consumed in this game that when they went to the away game, Benfica lost [-]-[-] to Roma and lost the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals.

In this game, Benfica rarely had a chance. Roma's defense was very tight, and Benfica had physical problems. Therefore, Benfica's loss in this game is not wronged at all.

After losing this game, Santos had to sigh. In the press conference after the game, Santos took all the responsibilities on him. He apologized to the Benfica fans. This is because he thought too much Yes, too much consumption in the league.

Santos said at the press conference after the game that after returning to the league, he will give the Benfica players a rest.At this time, Santos' words are very confident, because their next game is against Bellamar, who is second to last in the league.

Bellamar has now finally got rid of the position of the deputy squad leader of the league. Their difficult brother Ives took over their banner and sat in the position of the deputy squad leader.However, Bellamar is only one point ahead of Aves, so Aves firmly believes that the position of deputy squad leader still belongs to Bellamar, and they are just temporary substitutes.

Against the penultimate team in the league, Santos believes that his substitute players can easily solve it.That's why he dared to boast so much in the post-match press conference.

Sure enough, after returning to the league, Santos carried out a rotation. The main players such as Qiu Ze did not go to Aveiro with the team at all. Santos took a group of substitutes to the away game to challenge Bellamar.

Originally, Qiu Ze wanted to go to Aveiro with the team. He wanted to see the fans of Aveiro, and by the way, see the two beauties, Milian. They haven't seen each other for a long time. Qiu Ze thinks it's pretty cool. Miss them.However, he was not included in the big list, so he had to stay in Lisbon and take a good vacation to prepare for the Champions League match in the middle of next week.

Originally, Santos thought that the game against Bellamar would be extremely easy and they should be able to win the final victory, but who knew that Bellamar would explode with great energy in this game, and finally won the second game at home. Than two. Draw with the mighty Benfica.

When he saw this result, Santos' face was ashen. He regretted not bringing his main players here, and even failed to win the second-to-last team in the league. This is really a fucking back, Santos regrets endlessly.

At this critical moment, they lost the chain, and Santos held his head in his hands and regretted it. In this way, they had to give up their top position in the league.Now Porto and Benfica have the same 56 points, but Porto's goal difference is five more than Benfica, and Benfica deserves to be second.

There are still six rounds left in the league, and Benfica is not without a chance. However, it is very difficult for Benfica to surpass Porto. At this time, Benfica fans think that Santos is not capable enough. They believe that it is necessary for the team to change to a more capable head coach next season, so that Benfica can reach a higher level.

These issues are not what Santos should consider now. What he has to consider now is the next life-and-death battle in the Champions League. They will play against Roma at home.

In the first round of the match between the two sides, Benfica lost [-]-[-] away to their opponents. In this game, Benfica must score at least [-]-[-] in order to retain Benfica's chances of advancement. This game is very important for Benfica. difficult.

For this game, Benfica attaches great importance to it. They really want to go one step further and break into the semi-finals of the Champions League.For this game, Benfica's top executives also value it. They hope that Benfica can win, for which they also offered a bonus of 200 million euros.

This bonus is not too high for Benfica, but it is enough to make the Benfica players excited.You see, it costs 200 million euros just to enter the semi-finals.What about winning the UEFA Champions League?Even if they can't win the championship and enter the finals, the prize money is definitely considerable.

For the preparations for this game, Santos is very serious. Since the end of the Beiramar game, they have adopted closed training to prevent everything from the outside world from disturbing Benfica's preparations. For this game, Benfica There is only one goal, and that is victory, and a big victory of more than two to zero.

The Roma team also attaches great importance to this game. Although they have already led [-]-[-] and have entered the semi-finals of the Champions League with one foot, when they were interviewed before the game, the Roma still behaved Very humble, very cautious.

Totti, the captain of the Roma team, said in an interview: "It is not a weak team that can reach the current position. Although we beat the opponent [-]-[-] at home, it does not mean that we will advance steadily. The semi-finals. This game will definitely be more difficult than we imagined, because the opponent also wants to advance. In this regard, we are ready to face all difficulties and strive not to disappoint the folks and elders in Rome."

The Roma coach Spalletti is more cautious: "Benfica is a very strong team. Their performance this season has exceeded my expectations. They first double-killed Manchester United in the group stage. , Eliminating Manchester United from the group is really tough. And they were able to eliminate Manchester United from the group for two consecutive seasons. There is no doubt about their strength. This game will be very difficult, and we must be prepared to fight hard.”

When interviewed by media reporters, Roma's defensive player Mex said: "Benfica is very strong. Although we won the opponent [-]-[-] in the first round, it was very difficult for us to win. The opponent's offense was really impressive. I have a headache. If it weren’t for the opponent’s physical problems in the last game, I think it would be difficult for us to win the opponent. Now I heard that for this game, Benfica’s main players gave up the league and took a week off. Not good news for us, it's going to be a tough game."

Although the Roma team thinks that this game will be very difficult from top to bottom, the outside media don't think so. They think that the Roma team can easily defeat Benfica.It is a miracle that Benfica can go so far. They really don't believe that Benfica can beat Roma.

The outside media believed that the reason why the Roma players said this was to let the Benfica players float so that they would win the game more easily.The strength of the Roma team is obviously higher than that of Benfica. Facing such a team, Benfica has no chance.

Moreover, when the players of the Roma team were interviewed, no one from Benfica dared to show up and stand up for interviews with the media. Confidence, how could their Benfica win this game?

Of course, Benfica fans are very dissatisfied with the reports of these media. They think that these media are all nonsense and random speculation.Their Benfica eliminated Manchester United and Lille's strong team by a big score. Will they be afraid of Roma?

The last time their Benfica lost to Roma was just because Benfica spent too much in the league game against Porto.Now their Benfica's main players have rested for a week. They firmly believe that Benfica can easily defeat Roma and advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

The fans of Benfica are having a lot of fun at this time. They have been cheering for the players of Benfica. They hope that the team can work hard to beat Roma and give this group of garbage reporters a good look.

However, during this period of time, none of the Benfica players showed up. Even the team's head coach Santos did not speak out. Benfica has been conducting closed training. No one knows what the Benfica people are doing now .

Santos shirked all the interviews and focused all their energy on the pre-match preparations. Benfica really can't afford to lose this game, and Santos also wants to win this game.Of course he heard some rumors outside during this period. He hopes that he can lead Benfica to the Champions League semi-finals to prove to Benfica and Portugal fans that his Santos coaching ability is very good.

Santos doesn't want to step down from this position so quickly. He hasn't been in this position for a year yet.He took over the coach of Benfica at the end of last season. Before him, Benfica's head coach was the Dutchman Koeman.

Last season, Koeman brought Benfica to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and everyone recognized his ability.As long as he brings Benfica into the semi-finals of the Champions League this season, it means that Santos is stronger than Koeman and more suitable to be the head coach of Benfica than Koeman.

During this closed preparation time, Santos did not have a lot of training. He did not want to consume too much physical energy of the Benfica players during training. The league is coming to an end. At this time, the physical fitness of the players will definitely not be good. He hopes that the players can save their physical fitness for the game.

Qiu Ze also felt the pressure on Santos and Santos' ambition during this period.As for Santos, Qiu Ze is not easy to comment on, but after nearly a season of cooperation, Qiu Ze believes that Santos is a very conscientious head coach, meticulous in training and very thoughtful.But Santos is not very mature now, and there are still some problems on certain issues.

However, Qiu Ze still believes that Santos is quite suitable for Benfica, at least at this stage.As for this game, Qiu Ze is very confident. He firmly believes that Benfica is capable of defeating Roma.

In training, the Benfica players are very hardworking.For the promotion to the Champions League semi-finals, Benfica's players are very yearning, and they don't want to be eliminated at this time, they also want to advance to the Champions League semi-finals.

Therefore, during this period of time, the Benfica players are very energetic and working very hard, just for the upcoming life-and-death battle of the Champions League.At home, Benfica's players hope to usher in a big victory and send them into the semi-finals of this season's Champions League.

Benfica's closed training was very thorough, until the day before the game, that is, the routine press conference before the game, Santos did not come out for an interview.When being interviewed, Santos confidently told the reporters present and the fans of Benfica that their Benfica is ready, and the victory of this game must belong to their Benfica.

The fans of the Roma team were amused. They didn't think Benfica could snatch tickets to the semi-finals from them.Therefore, the fans of the Roma team joked like this: "The victory must belong to your Benfica, but the promotion must be our Roma team, hahaha!"