Beast King Costa

Chapter 137 Take it easy and score three points

In the 39th minute of the game, after Matthaus helped the team expand the score to 2-0, the remaining 5 minutes of regular time in the first half also completely turned into "garbage time".

After achieving a 2-goal lead, Braga's mentality was completely relaxed.

In fact, they also imitated the three strong teams in the Portuguese Super League and started to play with passing and controlling, "swiping" the ball possession rate.

Of course, Braga's passing control is still incomparable with the three giants of the Portuguese Super League.

Braga's pass control is more cross pass and return pass, unlike the three giants, the midfield pass control is dispatched, and occasionally it is a flash of inspiration, a creative through ball, Turn possession into one-on-one opportunities.

Ferreira's players also didn't grab it.

Falling behind by 2 goals before the end of the first half, the mentality of Ferreira's players was unspeakably low. They were all waiting for the last few minutes of the first half to be over, and then went back to the locker room to see Let's see if the team's "Saizhuge" Jose Mota can come up with some clever ideas to change the situation on the court.

Seeing that the players on both sides are starting to be passive and negligent, the referee will also agree: It seems that everyone wants to go back to the locker room early to rub their backs, wash their feet, etc., so let’s run for 2 minutes less and go back to the locker room earlier rest.

In the 10th minute with 45 seconds left, the referee decisively blew the whistle to end the first half.

"Beep……"

The fourth official on the sidelines was stunned—he was holding a sign with the word "2" in his hand, and was about to go to the sidelines to indicate that there were 2 minutes of stoppage time in the first half of the game.

After the referee came off the field, the fourth official asked in a low voice: "Brother, why did you blow the whistle so quickly? In the first half the game scored two goals, and Braga celebrated for so long, don't stoppage time Is it?"

"When will it be replenished..."

The referee murmured in a low voice: "Both teams are wasting time, why don't you hurry up and take a rest 2 minutes earlier."

The chief referee's actions were in line with the intentions of the two teams. The starting players of the two teams were even faster than the referee team, and they rushed to the player tunnel in a hurry.

When the Braga players returned to the locker room, coach Jesúaldo Ferreira, as usual, had already returned to the locker room a little earlier to prepare for the adjustment of the second half of the game.

With the advantage of 2 goals at the moment, the whole Braga team looked very relaxed, even talking and laughing, playing and making trouble, and those who didn't know thought the game was over.

For the players in such a relaxed state, the old coach Jesualdo Ferreira didn't say anything. After all, in his opinion, the 3 points in this game are basically pocketed. He was just rushing to keep the 2-goal advantage, and he didn't want to continue to "swipe" the goal difference on Ferreira.

Anyway, the goal difference with Benfica cannot be kept up, and it doesn't make much sense to brush it.

Furthermore, there is no need to take off the opponent's "fig leaf" when the winning ticket is in hand.

As the saying goes, "Leave a line in life, so that we can meet each other in the future".

I saw Jesúaldo Ferreira making a rough arrangement.

"In the second half of the game, let's focus on defense. It is enough to leave Diego alone in the frontcourt. Wende and Matthaus reverted to the full-back position to strengthen the control of the midfield."

After all, the old coach looked at Sessin, who scored a goal in the first half of the game: "Sessin, he played well in the first half, but Ferreira's three-forward formation put pressure on our defense many times. , I need more reinforcements in the defense. So, in the second half of the game, you need to be removed and replaced with a central defender."

Sessin nodded in understanding.

Anyway, Sessions has already scored a goal in the first half of the game, which can be regarded as eradicating the offensive constipation in the previous game. If the team is the main defender in the second half, the help that a shadow striker like him brings to the team It’s not big, so it’s better to take a good rest and gather energy to continue scoring goals in the next round.

"After Sessin leaves the court, you will be left alone in the front court..."

Jesúaldo Ferreira looked at Diego, and the old man told Diego seriously: "Diego, I can rest assured that I will leave the frontcourt to you alone, and you have to put Ferreira's defense is suppressed! Don't let them even press the defenders past the half-court and participate in the attacking organization."

"Hey, Coach Ferreira, you can rest assured!"

Diego is full of confidence: "It may be a bit difficult for me to score today, but let me leave Ferreira's defenders in their backcourt. This is absolutely no problem."

After all, Diego smiled and said: "Maybe, after robbing the ball at their feet, he can go straight in and help the team score another goal."

"It would be even better if it could be done like this!"

After thinking about it, Jesúaldo Ferreira waved his hand and said, "Let's forget it! The score of 2 to 0 is enough for us to guarantee a three-pointer. Jose Mota is a young man. People are pretty good, so don't make it too difficult for him."

Facts have proved that Jesualdo Ferreira is really an expert at holding on to the lead!
Perhaps Jose Mourinho, the current "King of Defensive Counterattacks" in Europe, has to admire Jesualdo Ferreira's airtight defensive tactics.

After the start of the second half, Ferreira's side was still trying to pounce on Braga's defense - Jose Motta was still talking about the two players who are ready to fight on a free loan from Benfica next season. How can I say that there is still In 45 minutes, Ye had to try to get the score back.

However, no matter how fierce Ferreira's offense was, he couldn't break through Braga's 4-5-1 formation in the second half.

Let Didi and Paulo Sosa play two-for-one in the frontcourt and fly away. They can pass Braga's midfield, but they can't pass Braga's defense.

Since Ferreira's offense has been blocked, this also gives Diego a lot of opportunities to counterattack in the frontcourt.

But it was very helpless. Due to the tactical arrangement, the two wingers Wende and Mateus retreated very deeply. When they counterattacked, they failed to catch up in time. In addition, Sessin behind him was replaced long ago. It's over, even if Diego catches the ball in the frontcourt, he can only rack his brains and do it alone.

After all, a football game is a team sport, and individualism cannot be said to succeed.

Facing Ferreira's four defenders, even if Diego has superb abilities, it will be difficult to continue scoring goals.

In the end, the score of 2-0 was not rewritten in the second half of the game.

Jesualdo Ferreira used his best defensive tactics to defend the two-goal advantage in the first half of the game to the end!
Braga easily got the three-pointer!

After the 31st round of the game, Braga once again surpassed Benfica in the standings and returned to the third position in the league!

(End of this chapter)