Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 112 Backbone?

Maritimo's surrender without a fight is undoubtedly a great thing for Sporting Lisbon.

In the final stage of the league, everyone's physical reserves have problems, especially after the national team game week, being able to save some time and physical strength really made Marco Silva overjoyed.

Three days later, on April 4th, Sporting Lisbon still used a rotation lineup to play in another domestic cup match-the second leg of the Portuguese Cup semi-final.

Their opponents, the Portuguese nationals, are ranked 9th in the league, which is exactly 1 point more than Maritimo, who just surrendered without a fight.

To add, the Portuguese nationals are located in Madeira Island like Maritimo. Both teams have left the shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo in their youth, and they belong to the rivals in the same city...

Compared with the spineless Maritimo, the Portuguese national chose to challenge Sporting Lisbon!

They attacked aggressively from the first minute of the game!
But they seem to have forgotten that in the first leg, they were tied 2-2 at home by Sporting Lisbon.

Now that Sporting Lisbon has returned to its home court, the Lions, with two away goals in hand, are secure!
Sure enough, the Portuguese national's first offensive was easily resolved by the opponent, and they took advantage of the situation to launch a wave of quick counterattacks!
Seeing that Lu Feng was about to rush into the penalty area, the goalkeeper of the visiting team went blank. Not only did he hold the ball with both hands outside the penalty area, he also knocked over the No. 18 player who was about to score the ball!
This kind of blatant foul, even if the referee wants to show mercy, there is really no way to complete the task.

A red card directly expels the goalkeeper from the field!
Facing the unprepared substitute goalkeeper, Adrien Silva's free kick went straight to the goal, 1-0!

The balance of victory is completely tilted to Sporting Lisbon.

By this time, it was too late for the Portuguese nationals to change tactics!
When Lu Feng recovered from the pain of the wrestling, the Portuguese National's defense quickly realized how the rival in the same city felt three days ago.

They clearly concentrated 100% of their attention, but they still couldn't see through this kid's movements!

High-speed pace, freely changing rhythm, continuous and subtle fake moves, extraordinary direction changes in one go... At a certain moment, they even thought... the short striker who played himself into a fool was Mei West himself!
Then, a few minutes later, they saw the plum ball king suddenly soar into the air, pressing down on the 1.8-meter-eight midfielder to complete a powerful header!

"Is this fucking foul?!"

The midfielder uttered an exasperated roar:

"The technique under his feet is exquisite...I can understand this, why can his bounce be so high and his header so good?!"
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The two teams also from Madeira Island were also powerless in front of Sporting Lisbon.

Maritimo, who chose to kneel at the door and beg for mercy, lost 0-5.

The Portuguese national team, who ran to Lisbon to provoke, lost 3 more games than their rivals in the same city. Not only did the main players suffer morale and physical injuries, but they also paid the extra price of two red cards.

Lu Feng, who treated them equally, also fired five shots at them, and then was carefully replaced by the head coach, because...there will be more intense competitions.

Assistant coach Topher glanced at the mobile phone screen that was being broadcast live:

"Our opponents in the quarter-finals of the Europa League ... are Italians again, first home and then away."

In the just-concluded quarter-final draw ceremony, Sporting Lisbon, who double-killed Inter Milan to advance, once again encountered an Italian team-Naples, nicknamed "Little Donkey".

Although their nicknames are a bit silly and cute, but... Compared with Inter Milan, which is sunset, Naples is obviously better in Italian football today!
They ranked in the top three in the league for two consecutive years, and even threatened Juventus' dominance in Serie A in the 12-13 season.

In their formation, not only Higuain, Callejon, Hamsik, Albiol, Mertens, Michu and other powerful stars who are at their peak, but also Inle, Macho, A veteran veteran like Mesto has also discovered new stars born in the 90s such as Insigne, Gabbiadini, Koulibaly, Gulam, and Jorginho. The distribution of the three generations of old, middle-aged and young stars is quite reasonable.

If we only compare strength on paper, the value of the entire Naples team can probably buy five or six Sporting Lisbon - this is the result of Lu Feng's 3000 million...

And their head coach, the Spaniard Rafael Benitez, is a recognized tactical master in football!

In front of this champion coach who has won La Liga, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield, Coppa Italia, Italian Super Cup, Champions League, Europa League, UEFA Cup and Club World Cup, Marko Silva, not even worthy to carry his shoes...

Silva glanced at the live broadcast with a solemn expression, and couldn't help frowning:

"Europa League quarter-finals...is this result enough?"

Anyway, he had already seen it clearly.

Even if he leads the team to win all the championships, he still can't make the damn club chairman change his mind. Once the rift between the two people arises, it will be difficult to restore the original state.

Maritimo begged for mercy in front of the powerful Sporting Lisbon, and no one laughed at them.

So, what is there to laugh at when Sporting Lisbon raises its hands in front of a more powerful Naples? -
"He's finally back to normal!"

This is the comment made by the Portuguese commentator responsible for explaining the 4th round of the Portuguese Super League on April 13.

After performing five blessings in two consecutive games, Lu Feng only handed in two shots and one pass this time.

Although he still got the highest score in the game, he was only slightly better than other teammates.

Regarding this situation, the other teams in the Portuguese Super League breathed a sigh of relief, but the Chinese fans thousands of miles away were a little disappointed.

They seem to have gotten used to Lu Feng killing all sides in every game. Even if he came off the bench in the last 20 minutes of this game, there are still a large number of spectators expecting him to perform a hat-trick...

Sporting Lisbon defeated the 5th-ranked Setubal 2-15 away and continued to follow Benfica with a 3-point disadvantage.

The time left for them to catch up is only the last six rounds of the league.
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4 month 15 day.

At the pre-match press conference for the first round of the Europa League quarter-finals, the head coaches of both sides looked dignified.

Benitez has also had a difficult season this season. Although the player configuration is getting stronger and stronger, the team's performance has declined significantly. As the head coach, he is under a lot of pressure:

"Sporting Lisbon has already eliminated the two strong teams of Wolfsburg and Inter Milan. We must learn from it. In the quarterfinals, there are no weak teams or weak teams. We must go all out in every game."

Hearing that he was so serious, Silva felt even more hopeless.

Facing the reporter's question, he could only say dryly:
"I hope...tomorrow will be a wonderful game!"

(End of this chapter)