Ten crown system

Chapter 175 Victory over Guimaraes
Chapter 174 Victory over Guimaraes

"Pull free kick!"

Luo Yi's right foot hit the football, the football drew a beautiful arc, flew over the No.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AL!"

The commentary in the live broadcast room cheered and shouted loudly.

Luo Yi ran for dozens of meters and slid and knelt in front of the home fans stand, leaving a two to three meter long mark on the lawn.

Mario Jardel and his teammates also ran over, knelt down beside Luo Yi together, and surrounded Luo Yi in the middle.

Guimaraes fell behind by three goals, morale dropped to a freezing point, and soon Luo Yi seized another opportunity.

In stoppage time in the first half, Paulo Bento intercepted the ball in the backcourt and passed it directly to Luo Yi. Luo Yi used a sideways back to turn around and pull the ball, passed a midfielder in Guimarães, and came near the center circle.

Luo Yi observed that the Guimaraes players were not very focused, as if they were waiting for the referee to blow the final whistle.

A narrow passage appeared in front of Luo Yi, and he immediately swung his left foot and slammed the football hard.

"Tiger Roar Heavy Cannon!"

The soccer ball flew towards the Guimarães goal, roaring like a fired shell.

When the football flew into the penalty area, the goalkeeper of Guimarães reacted, jumped up and rushed sideways, trying to straighten his arms as much as possible.

The fingertips with gloves touched the football, but it only changed the flight trajectory of the football a little.

"Boom!"

The Guimarães goalkeeper was overjoyed when he heard the sound of the football hitting the goal post. When his body fell completely on the lawn, he felt something hit his back.

"It's football!"

It turned out that Luo Yi's powerful long shot was touched by the Guimaraes goalkeeper, and the football hit the inside of the goal post and bounced into the net.

In the first half, Sporting Lisbon led Guimaraes 4-0!

During the intermission, Boloni smiled and did not change any tactics, but arranged a substitution time.

At the beginning of the second half, Boloni replaced Mario Jardel with Marius Nikule. Sporting Lisbon will play in the Europa League next week, and the top scorer Mario Jardel must maintain his best form.

Luo Yi went over and clapped hands with Marius Nikule, and said, "Marius, run more inside and outside the penalty area, and wait for my assist."

Marius Nikule showed a smile on his face and said, "OK, I'm waiting for your pass."

After the adjustment of the intermission, the mood of the Guimarães players became much more stable, and the head coach also arranged the tactics for the second half: attack!Try to score a goal or two and save face.

Therefore, as soon as the whistle opened in the second half, five or six players from Guimaraes passed the frontcourt.

Luo Yi's position was slightly retreated, and he played the position of the midfielder to help the defender defend.

Marius Nikule did not wait for the ball in the penalty area as he did when he first arrived in Sporting Lisbon, but retreated to his own half to fight hard.

Sa Pinto and João Pinto are a bit older and not as active as Marius Nikule, but they can also intercept around the two wings.

Under the full defense of Sporting Lisbon, Guimarães failed to return several attacks, and the player's physical strength declined, so he began to slow down the attacking rhythm.

10 minutes before the second half, Sporting Lisbon withstood Guimaraes' attack and started a counterattack.

In the 57th minute, the striker of Guimaraes striker was blocked by Alexander Thiago, and Alexander Thiago drove the football to the frontcourt. Luo Yi rushed to the front of the football like a gust of wind, with his back to the goal and used his body Stuck the defensive player, then stopped the ball with his chest, and the football obediently rolled to Luo Yi's feet.

"Pitch Command!"

The positions of the 22 players on the court immediately appeared in Luo Yi's mind, and he found Marius Nikule's position, so he tapped the football with his heel, passed between the legs of the Guimaraes player behind him, and rolled forward towards the penalty area go.

Marius Nikule kept in mind Luo Yi's instructions before going on the field, and ran over regardless of whether the football could be passed to find a loophole in Guimaraes' defense.

Just as Marius Nikulei ran out of the open space, the football had already come to his feet. Marius Nikulei stopped the ball with his left foot and took advantage of the opportunity to buckle to the right, dodged the opposing defender, and then shot angrily!

Luo Yi's heel pass was very subtle, and the Guimaraes goalkeeper was too late when he found Marius Nikulei's shot.

Marius Nikule was so excited that he ran to the corner to celebrate.

This is Marius Nikule's second goal in the Portuguese League, and both goals were assisted by Luo Yi.

Marius Nikulei woke up from the ecstasy, and immediately ran over to hug Luo Yi, and said excitedly: "E Luo, thank you."

Luo Yi patted Marius Nikulei on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Believe me, run more, as long as you run out of the open space, I can send the football over."

At this moment, Boloni made a second substitution, replacing Luo Yi with Ugo Viana, allowing Luo Yi to maintain his strength and prepare for the next game.

When Luo Yi walked off the court, he received warm applause and cheers from the home fans.

With Luo Yi and Mario Jardel scoring twice and Marius Nikule's icing on the cake, Sporting Lisbon beat Guimaraes 5-0 at home.

Luo Yi won the best player of the game with two goals and two assists.

Boloni, who has always been serious, was in a good mood and gave the players a day off for the first time.

Luo Yi naturally spent a shameless night with Jessica.

The next day, Jessica returned to work at "Lightning Sports", while Luo Yi was exercising in his own gym.

After a pleasant day of vacation, the players of Sporting Lisbon came to the training base full of energy. Boloni did not arrange training immediately, but called the players and coaching staff to the conference room to hold the Europa League preparation meeting.

The history of the Europa League can be traced back to the International City Fair Cup which started in 1955.

The European Fairs Cup was officially established on August 1955, 8, exactly two weeks after the European Champions Cup was established.

The first Expos Cup team included teams from Barcelona, ​​Basel, Birmingham, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Lausanne, London, Milan and Zagreb. In order to match the time of the trade fair, the first event lasted for 3 years In the end, the team representing Barcelona won the championship with an 8-2 victory over the team representing London.

In the 1971-1972 season, UEFA created the UEFA Cup on the basis of the International City Fairs Cup.The European Cup Winners' Cup, which was one of the three major European cups, was discontinued in 1999 and merged into the UEFA Cup. The cup champions of each member association are also eligible to participate in the UEFA Cup.In addition, the teams eliminated from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, as well as No.3 in each group of the UEFA Champions League group stage, also have the opportunity to participate in the UEFA Cup. In 2009, the UEFA Europa League was restructured into the UEFA Europa League.

The Europa League is divided into three parts: the qualifying stage, the play-off stage and the main stage. A total of 32 clubs participated in the group stage, divided into 8 groups. Three of the eight teams, the winning eight teams will face the eight teams ranked first in the Europa League group in the 1/8 finals, and the eight teams ranked third in the Europa League group will face the second-ranked teams in the UEFA Europa League group in the UEFA play-offs. Eight teams, the winning eight teams will participate in the UEFA knockout round. (Note)
PS: Note excerpted from "UEFA Europa League"

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