Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 121 Invulnerable
"Drip, drip, drip!"

The referee from Germany blew the whistle to end the game.

The Sao Paulo Stadium with a total capacity of 6 can only hear sporadic singing.

"The more than 4 home fans will obviously be disappointed to have to accept the knockout result at home."

Looking at Benitez who was a little haggard in the wind, He Wei who was thousands of miles away said slowly:

"Football is like this, the joy of one side sets off the sadness of the other side, the famous Benitez finally lost to the unknown Silva.

But Benitez doesn't need to feel regretful, and he doesn't need to think that his team lost to a certain person, because today's Sporting Lisbon is an extremely strong team! "
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"You taught me a lesson."

Benitez, who has always been unsmiling, is still sullen, but his tone does not have too much negative emotion.

He took the initiative to turn to the visiting team's bench and extended his right hand to Silva:
"If there is time, we can chat about football."

Silva suddenly felt a little flattered. He excitedly held the opponent's big hand with both hands, and shook it vigorously:

"It's a great pleasure, it's my pleasure!"

Benitez probably also felt his excitement, and patted the young marshal on the shoulder:

"Now, go among the boys!"
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Marco Silva recovered from the excitement of being flattered, he took a deep breath, opened his arms and raised them high, turned and walked towards his disciples.

They defeated the re-emerging Naples at the San Paolo Stadium, which Maradona once anointed the gods!

"Good job!"

He put his arms around Jefferson, the closest full-back, and roared loudly.

Jefferson directly hugged the head coach high and roared loudly:

"We did it, coach! We didn't let them score!"

Silva hugged his neck tightly:

"You are the best left back in the world! Ah!"

He let out a scream and fell directly from Jefferson's body. Fortunately, he was flexible enough to regain his footing with his legs.

Jefferson rubbed his arm, smiled and spit:
"You can't blame me, your tactics have exhausted me!"

Silva was dumb, but could only smile and pat him on the shoulder.

As a full-back, he naturally undertakes a large number of back-and-forth sprint tasks, and consumes far more physical energy than other players.

"coach!"

"Boss!"

He heard a burst of shouts of excitement, and the players had gathered towards him, with unconcealable smiles on everyone's faces.

"Hahaha!"

Silva didn't say any more polite words, he just high-fived and hugged every player vigorously, so that every disciple could feel his emotions from the heart.

In the end, he hugged Lu Feng tightly, and yelled in the ear of the loaned player:
"we won!"

The loud tinnitus made Lu Feng almost slap him across the face.

Didn't you just win a game, why are you yelling so loudly? !
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The situation in the second half was actually not much different from that in the first half, except that the player in front was replaced by Lu Feng from Slimani.

Naples' offensive was once more violent than before, and Sporting Lisbon did not get the second counterattack opportunity of the game until the 74th minute.

But it was this counterattack opportunity that was seized by the players of the visiting team. Veteran Nani dodged left and right in the crowd and then sent a through ball. After opening the defensive player, he even knocked down the attacking goalkeeper, which pushed the football into an unguarded empty goal!

This was the only goal in the game, but it was enough to ensure that Sporting Lisbon will advance to the next knockout round!
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"The starting XI was submitted an hour earlier? That was indeed our strategy because our opponents had a lot of quality."

At the press conference after the game, Silva admitted frankly that he used off-the-board tricks:
"But it was also a very thrilling victory. Our defense was under unimaginable pressure. Fortunately, the performance of the boys was impeccable. They even completed a clean sheet in the stadium in Italy!
Such a victory will undoubtedly bring us greater confidence, and I believe we have the hope to go further in the Europa League! "

A reporter raised further questions:

"The other three teams that have advanced to the semi-finals have also been born, namely defending champion Sevilla, Italy's Fiorentina, and Ukraine's Dnipro. Which team do you want to play against?"

Obviously, among these three opponents, the most difficult is Sevilla. They have won three Europa League titles in the past ten seasons, and they are also the most successful and most experienced team in this competition. Teams - After all, after UEFA reformed the three major cups, top teams such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Paris, Juventus, and Bayern have almost no chance to participate in this competition...

Fiorentina's strength is slightly weaker, but it will not be much inferior to Naples, which is also a strong team in Serie A, but... Sporting Lisbon has fought against Inter Milan and Naples for four consecutive games. They really don't want to come to Italy again!

As for Dnipro, who has never heard of his name, it is obviously a "gift package" that the other three teams are eyeing.

However, Silva did not answer this question directly, he just smiled:

"We don't need to waste brain cells on this question, because when we wake up, we will have the answer!"
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Silva was right. When they slept in Naples, had breakfast, and then boarded the return plane, UEFA had already announced the results of the draw for the semi-finals.

Perhaps it is also considering that Sporting Lisbon has already played two Italian teams, and UEFA kindly avoided Fiorentina for them, and then arranged for the defending champion as an opponent for the Viola.

"I'm not dreaming, am I? UEFA will take care of us?!"

Silva on the top of the cloud couldn't believe his luck. He pointed to the name of his next opponent (official English name Dnipro·Dnipropetrovsk) and asked the assistant coach Topher:
"Louis, the name of this club...how do you pronounce it?!"

Topher shrugged:

"Sorry, Marco, my highest education is only secondary school, and... I haven't graduated yet."

Silva laughed, stood up from his seat, and waved to the players behind:

"Guys, the opponent in the semi-final is Ukrainian, do you have the confidence to play a European final with me?"

The players who were still yawning were stunned for a moment, and then they all laughed at the same time.

Joao Mario also took the lead in blowing the whistle:
"I haven't been to Eastern Europe yet. Are there any famous specialties there?"

The oldest Nani answered him very directly:

"woman."

His answer elicited a roar of laughter from the entire plane, but there was nothing wrong with that answer.

Eastern and European women are famous all over the world, but after Ukraine experienced two color revolutions within ten years, the domestic economy has been in decline, and it has even shown a trend of negative growth year after year, and the living standards of the citizens are also deteriorating.

If you are poor, you want to change. The country quickly found two ways out:
One is called lust (harmony) love, and the other is called international surrogacy.

The 2012 European Cup was held in Ukraine, the whole world saw the prosperity of this country for the first time, and even specially studied the history of the 16 teams in the European Cup...

In 2011, at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, their President Yanukovych even issued an unabashed invitation: "You are welcome to travel to Ukraine in the spring."

For the average tourist, this might really be a great place for entertainment.

But... definitely not as good as Greater Hong Kong.

(End of this chapter)