World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 418

Braga is not a weak team, and even in the mouth of their fans, they call themselves "the fourth strongest in the Portuguese Super League".

However, the top three in the Portuguese Super League: Porto, Benfica, and Sporting Lisbon are all recognized, but the "fourth strong" is somewhat controversial.

But only from the results of the past few seasons, Braga can indeed be called the "fourth strong".The number of times they have won No.4 in the Portuguese Super League is no less than the Premier League's "Fighting Four" Arsenal.

Even the color scheme of their jersey is very similar to Arsenal.

So much so that there is a joke circulating in Portuguese football: the Portuguese Super League, that is, 18 teams play for a season, and then Braga wins the fourth league!

However, this season, the smug Braga wants to break the "fourth" fate, make every effort, and want to go to a higher position to see the scenery.

Their goal this season is very clear, which is to enter the top three!

And in the first game of the new season, they will sacrifice the flag with Maritimo!

The coach of Braga is the 37-year-old young coach Custodio. The former Portuguese international has a brilliant resume when playing football. With Ronaldo, he has become an important transition figure between the "golden generation" represented by Figo and the "new golden generation" represented by B Fei.

Custodio was originally the youngest coach this season, which made him quite proud.But the limelight was taken away by Gao Yuan from China.And the other party is 12 years younger than him.

Before the game, Custodio was very unhappy thinking: I have to give this brat a little bit of power!
Therefore, both in public and in private, Braga is eager to wash Maritimo in the away game and win a good start for this season!

However, when the smug Custodio saw the players coming out of the player tunnel, he was taken aback.

I saw my team members drooping their heads, grimacing, or panicking one by one, while the full-back Segner was still clutching his neck with a painful expression on his face.

what happened?The team members who were still full of fighting spirit in the locker room just now turned into this ghostly look after seeing each other for a while!
What happened in the players' tunnel?
Custodio, who was confused, stared at the demoralized players on the field, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

Compared with the visiting team, the players of the home team were high-spirited and energetic, even gearing up and eager to try, as if they were waiting for a feast to begin.

However, the fans at home are obviously not confident.

Dos Barores Stadium is a professional stadium that can accommodate 2 spectators.Although there are not many seats, the sound effect is good, and the atmosphere of the arena is also very strong.On previous game days, the stadium was packed.

But today, even though it was the home team's season opener, the attendance rate was not high, and there were few fans in the originally small stands.

Some fans gathered together held banners and slogans in their hands, but they did not cheer for the home team, but condemned and denounced the club's internal turmoil.

Many of them pointed the finger at Gao Yuan, thinking that his arrival was the root of all the chaos, and told him to resign and leave.

Gao Yuan curled his lips in disdain. He was called out of class before an official match was played. This is no one's treatment!
Do you understand "scraping bones to cure poison"?I'll never recover until I pierce the abscess on the club!
However, as the coach of the team, everything depends on results, and winning is the last word.

If you win the game, no matter how wrong you do it is right; if you lose the game, no matter how right you do it is wrong!
The referee blows his whistle and the game begins.

Soon, Custodio panicked, because he found that the game was developing in the opposite direction of the pre-match prediction.

This is the first league game of the season and it will be an encounter for all teams.Due to the lack of sufficient information support, the team can only prepare according to the opponent's lineup performance last season.

However, Maritimo has undergone an earth-shaking change, and he can't see the shadow of the underdog team that was bullied last season at all!
In the starting lineup, only Vukovic and Antonio started last season.The rest of the players are either new recruits or young players promoted from the reserve team.

He can't name many people, and he can't talk about technical characteristics and playing habits.

And even Vukovic and Antonio seem to have changed a lot.Especially Vukovic, who was known as a submissive softie on the field, turned hard, dared to take the ball, dare to play, dare to make moves, and dared to fight on the court!It's as if it's been reborn.

Custodio simply suspected that this guy on the field was Vukovic's twin brother!

Compared with the changes in personnel, the team's style of play has also changed a lot.

In the past, due to frequent coaching changes, Maritimo's technical and tactical styles were very inconsistent. Sometimes he played long passes and lobs, and sometimes he played ground coordination.As a result, the team became a four-faced team, giving people the feeling of a motley crew.

But now, Maritimo players are highly unified in their thinking. Everyone is like a component in a precision instrument, relying on each other, cooperating with each other, and cohesively forming a sophisticated and complete structure.

They played the characteristics of fast mobility and flexibility, and resolutely implemented defensive counterattack tactics.But the overall style is full attack and full defense. When attacking, the collective presses up, and when defending, all withdraw.The entire formation is full of elasticity, like a fist ready to strike, after hitting a heavy punch, it is immediately retracted, ready for the next fatal blow.

When did Maritimo become so powerful?Custodio rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

An illusion, it must be an illusion!

It is easy for a team to play well for a certain period of time in a game, but what is difficult is to maintain the correct style and style of play throughout the game.

Custodio was lucky enough to think: the opponent is just swinging three axes at the beginning, and after more than ten minutes of the opening, reaching the critical point of physical fitness, it will be fine!

But unfortunately, the Braga team failed to carry the "three axes", and lost "first blood" in the 15th minute.

Maritimo played a classic quick counterattack.

Antonio steals the ball in the backcourt, and then the whole formation of the team quickly spreads out, and everyone rushes to their positions as if they were pre-planned.

Antonio passes the ball to midfielder João.

Joao gave it to Liu Yun on the left.

Liu Yun's speed is astonishing. With a simple bicycle feint, he swung the ball forward and left the opponent's full-back who didn't know much about his speed behind him.

All the way to the bottom line, the inverted triangle passed back.

Wang Zi rushed to catch the ball at the front of the penalty area and made a gesture to shoot, which attracted the attention of all the defenders, but very covertly pushed the ball to the top of the penalty area in the middle.

And Vukovic was waiting there.

The Croatian played very resolutely, facing the ball angrily, and hit a very fast ball sticking to the ground.

The momentum was heavy and the ball was extremely fast. The opponent's goalkeeper couldn't make a save, so he could only watch the ball fly into the dead corner at the bottom left of the goal!
1:0
Vukovic took the lead and scored the first goal of this new Maritimo team!
Custodio sat down on the bench seat, he knew that this game was not easy to play!

But it turns out that his prediction of the game was not accurate enough. Next, the Braga people will face the baptism of the storm!
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PS: Thank you Haoran Chenxing for your reward and tickets!

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