Beast King Costa

Chapter 126

In the first half of the game, after Barcelona broke the deadlock, although they once launched several fierce attacks on Benfica's goal, Moreto was in a brave state tonight, rejecting Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Henry many times. Rick Larsson's shot saved the first half of the game from conceding another goal.

"Beep……"

After the Slovakian referee Michel blew the whistle to end the first half, the Barcelona and Benfica players returned to the locker room with almost solemn expressions.

Obviously, Barcelona, ​​which took a 1-goal lead in the first half, was not satisfied with a 1-0 score.

They knew very well that if Benfica scored an away goal in the second half of the game, the balance of victory would immediately tilt in the direction of Benfica.

On Benfica's side, it was miserable.

They know very well that after Barcelona scored first, their current goal is a draw with away goals.But the problem is that the frontcourt cannot be attacked at all!

Giovanni was "alone" with only the goal in his eyes, Milico was obviously not in good shape, and Simao on the other side was completely stared to death by Van Bronckhorst, an experienced Dutch star.

How to score a goal? !

At least, veteran coach Jesualdo Ferreira thinks so too.

"If coach Ronald Koeman continues to be superstitious about his favorite general Giovanni, then Benfica will not be able to score in this game."

"But the problem is, coach Ronald Koeman doesn't have much room for adjustment, does he?"

Diego glanced at Benfica's bench, seeing all the unfamiliar faces.In the 28th round of the league, the two frontcourt champions, Nuno Gomez and Lauren Robert, were not included in the 18-man squad.

Diego curled his lips and said, "Well... Even if coach Ronald Koeman wants to continue to 'stack wingers', there is no reliable candidate, right?"

"Benfica still has a good candidate for the bench."

Wende pointed to a certain bench player who was doing warm-up exercises on the court at this time: "Greek international George Scaragonis! In the 04 European Cup final, it was Karagonis' first goal in the national team. He killed the Portuguese national team and won the European Cup as a dark horse. But he was helpless. This buddy has not been able to play the main force in Inter Milan, so he went to play in the Portuguese Super League. The result..."

Speaking of this, Wende showed a half-smile expression: "We all know that the frontcourt players in Ronald Koeman's eyes are only wingers and free agents, and they can't tolerate tough mid-lane attackers like Karagonis at all. This season, Benfica's two fronts, Calagonis has played less than 15 times."

"But if Giovanni continues to play at such a disastrous level, I think Ronald Koeman should also consider Karagonis..."

Jesualdo Ferreira admired this tough Greek international: "I have to say, fortunately, in the 28th round, Ronald Koeman did not use Karagonis, otherwise his frontcourt Coping ability, maybe we are the ones who lose three points."

Diego nodded and said, "Let's see if coach Ronald Koeman will abandon his 'Dutch football offensive aesthetics' and replace him with the Greek international in the last 45 minutes."

The answer was revealed very quickly.

At the end of the intermission, when the players of the two teams returned to the field, Benfica immediately made substitution adjustments on the sidelines.

After moving to Benfica this season, Calagonis, who has been waiting for a chance, finally got the chance to come off the bench, and it was Ronald Koeman's confidant Giovanni who was replaced.

Even through the TV screen, you can see the disappointment on Giovanni's face - he really wanted to complete a strong recovery at the home court of Barcelona's old owner after his injury, but it backfired and became the team's The burden of fighting for away goals.

Facts have also proved that Karagonis, the hero of the Greek national team winning the European Cup in 04, is indeed as predictable as Wende said.

After the start of the second half, Karagonis completed two very threatening shots in just 5 minutes, scaring Valdes into a cold sweat.

This made Rijkaard unable to sit still, and hurried to the sidelines to direct the defensive position, reminding Puyol and Belletti that they need to take more care of Karagonis.

However, the powerful Barcelona cannot be shaken by Karagonis alone.

Fabrizio Milico, who was pulled from the center to the wing, not only has limited abilities, but his condition is also very impressive, and he cannot play the role of supporting the center at all; on the other side, although Simao is still very active, Van Bronckho has no choice but to Ste's defensive experience is so sophisticated that he doesn't give Simao a chance to stir up trouble on the wing.

In the case of many fruitless attacks in the frontcourt, it is equivalent to giving Barcelona many opportunities to defend and counterattack.

In the second half of the game, Rijkaard's goal was also very clear-continue to score!Grasp the initiative to qualify!
In the 64th minute of the game, Louison took a tactical foul on Ronaldinho in front of the penalty area and was warned by the referee Michelle with a yellow card.

A free kick 29 meters away from the goal in the middle, as a free kick master, Ronaldinho will not miss the opportunity - a wonderful curve ball, straight to the dead corner of Benfica's goal, no matter how bad Moreto is Like a god, it can't stop Ronaldinho's 8th goal in the Champions League this season!

2 is better than 0!

After Barcelona scored the second goal of the game, Benfica's military spirit completely collapsed.

The defensive movements in the midfield are getting bigger and bigger, and the positions in the backcourt are getting more and more chaotic, which makes Barcelona more and more scoring opportunities.

In the 72nd minute, Eto'o made a pass from the right and was headed out by Kleiber Anderson in the penalty area. Van Bommel, who followed up in the middle, grabbed the second penalty kick before Petit and played directly from outside the penalty area. Foot shot, straight to the top left corner of the goal dead corner!

3 is better than 0!

This very "Ronald Koeman" long-range shot can be regarded as Van Bommel's highest tribute to the Dutch predecessors on the sidelines at the Nou Camp, right?
In the 87th minute, Calagonis almost helped Benfica score a face-saving goal. He responded to Manuel Fernandez's through ball and shot!
Although he broke through Valdez's defense, he did not escape the final resistance of Barcelona's goal!

Posts!

Rejected Benfica's goal to save dignity!
The most bleak thing is that Belletti's big foot clearance in the penalty area was accidentally given to Ronaldinho in the frontcourt.

This time, Ronaldinho chose to throw the ball away, and found Eto'o who was going forward with a cross.

After Eto'o stopped the ball with his chest, he picked the ball past Ricardo Rocha who came up to replace him, and calmly volleyed the goal!

4 is better than 0!

This is also the final score of the game.

I thought that Barcelona, ​​who had fought hard for 90 minutes at the Stadium of Light, would be very passive after returning home. Unexpectedly, it would be a big victory, ending Benfica's progress in the Champions League this season. , It also completely extinguished the last hope of Ronald Koeman and Benfica led by him this season.

After the game, there was even a scene of disharmony.

The Barcelona players went up to shake hands with the Benfica players, but they were ignored by the Benfica players, and some players even muttered something.

This also made the Barcelona players very dissatisfied, and the players from both sides almost broke out in conflict on the field.

But fortunately, it was stopped in time by the on-duty referee team and the coaching staff of both sides, so there was no large-scale physical conflict brewing.

After the game, the entire Braga team had a fairly consistent evaluation of the Benfica game.

"Benfica's game can be said to be a loss and a loss."

But these are not important.

The most important thing is that Benfica, which has been attacked by all the main players in this game and ended up in such a disastrous defeat, how much ammunition can they use to fight for 3 points in the home game against Maritimo this weekend?

The whole Braga team is secretly happy. Maybe in the 30th round of the league at the weekend, they can open up a bigger points gap with Benfica, right?
(PS: It’s confirmed! It will be put on the shelves on November 11st. Now Lao Mouzi is very worried. I hope the bosses can support Lao Mouzi!
Then, I have to apologize to everyone here: There was a low-level mistake in the previous article. The Portuguese Super League has 34 rounds in a season, not 36 rounds!In other words, after Braga played Benfica, there were 6 rounds left, and after Diego returned from suspension, there were 4 rounds left.

After Lao Mouzi takes a shower later, he will complete the review and correction of the mistakes in the previous article.Here, I hope the bosses can forgive Lao Mouzi for his negligence, sorry! (clasped fist))

(End of this chapter)