Beast King Costa

Chapter 237
Although Benfica's midfielder can't find a way to penetrate, but Benfica's frontcourt still has Diego as a tactical fulcrum.

In many cases, it doesn't matter if you can't start the game, as long as you can find the ball above Diego's head, the problem can be solved.

Beto and Nelson, who had a pretty good relationship with Diego during this period, are well versed in this.

After the young players in the midfield passed the ball to the feet of Nelson and Beto, they all played high balls very familiarly, looking for Diego's head in the penalty area.

This routine, in the training session, Diego took these regular main players of the Benfica team to practice many times.

While not something on Fernando Santos' tactical board, it's what Diego does best.Therefore, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with your teammates before the start of the season. In the next season's game, once the game scene cannot be opened, it can be used to break the deadlock.

But the facts have also proved that breaking the dense defense is indeed a major problem in modern football!

Although Diego successfully took the ball down several times, there were too many people in the penalty area of ​​the Shandong team. After taking the ball, Diego immediately grabbed it with four or five legs, and was caught by the simplest "sea of ​​people". "Tactics" snatch the ball away, and then drive the ball forward with a big kick to keep the ball away from their penalty area.

"call……"

Diego immediately wanted to complain too!

This Nima is taking too much care of me, right?
Liu Jindong and Baxin are two central defenders whose physical fitness is at the top of the Chinese Super League. The two of them are fighting behind each other, and Zhou Haibin and Rikov are double-teaming them. This can be said to be Quadruple surrounded.

It became very difficult for Diego to even take off.

Although the physical confrontation was fierce, the Shandong team's players played very clean defensively, so Diego did not take advantage of too much in the penalty area.

Even if he fell to the ground in the penalty area, it was because he lost his center of gravity in the mid-air confrontation when competing for the header, and it was not because he was knocked down maliciously.

Fernando Santos also saw that the home team Tubakovic used crowd tactics to deal with Diego.

Ever since, Fernando Santos signaled his players to step back and let the Shandong team's formation come out. Otherwise, the density of at least five or six people in the penalty area of ​​the Shandong team would not be able to attack at all!

After Benfica's midfielder deliberately retreated, the Shandong team's formation finally began to press out.

However, the Shandong team still seemed cautious and conservative. They did not push out decisively as a whole. Tubakovic was still afraid of Diego, who was physically strong in the penalty area.

As a result, Tubakovich shouted from the sidelines: "Haibin and Song Lihui stayed behind to help keep an eye on the opponent No. 88. Zhikov and Zheng Zhi press up! Press up! Put pressure on the opponent! Don't let the opponent get up so easily. lob!"

Of course, it is not just Zhikov and Zheng Zhi who put pressure on the Benfica midfielder.

High forward Igor and captain Li Yinyu in the frontcourt returned to the midfield to participate in the defense, constantly using physical confrontation to put pressure on the Benfica midfielders, making it difficult for the Benfica midfielders to play the ball.

There is still a big gap between the strength of the youth team and the first team players.

Under this kind of constant physical contact, Beto and Nelson can still take the ball, hold the ball, and distribute the ball calmly, and even occasionally make a few fake moves to confuse the opponent.

But the players of the youth team can't do it.

Under various physical confrontations, the players of Benfica's youth echelon showed various technical movements and began to make frequent mistakes, and even almost gave the Shandong team a chance to score.

In the 21st minute of the game, the young Benfica midfielder made a mistake under the pressure of Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi decisively sprinted forward with the ball. After passing the attacking defender with skillful dribbling, he entered the penalty area of ​​Benfica. With a rub of his left foot, he rubbed the ball to the top of Igor's head on the right.

High center Igor flew to the top decisively and overwhelmed David Luiz with a header!
"Boom..."

Just when everyone thought that Igor's header was going to hit the goal of Benfica, a Portuguese super giant, Igor's header hit the lintel impartially!

"Well……"

Suddenly, the entire Jinan Olympic Sports Center exclaimed.

What a pity this ball!

To everyone's surprise, as the head coach of Benfica, Fernando Santos actually gave the opponent the ball and applauded.

I saw Fernando Santos and his coaching staff saying: "No. 10 Zheng of the Shandong team is really good. He is defensive, organized, and solid with his feet. Although he does not have too many fancy moves, his technical moves are good." It’s a textbook. This type of player is every coach’s favorite midfielder!”

"Oh? Then should we pay attention to No. 10 and include him in the list of transfer intentions?"

"no need……"

Fernando Santos waved his hand with a smile and said: "Coach Tubakovic said that Zheng has been spotted by the Premier League team Charlton, and it is estimated that he will land in the Premier League soon. We will not compete with the Premier League team." .”

I saw Fernando Santos continue to explain: "After all, our midfield configuration for the new season has also been determined. Even if we buy Zheng, it will be difficult to provide him with a starting position! Such a midfielder should shine, You shouldn't be sitting on the bench."

"Wow! Player No. 10 is going to play in Charlton in the Premier League! This is amazing!"

"Charlton, I know! Charlton scored a lot of goals last season."

"Isn't it? If it weren't for the defense line being a little bit worse, maybe Charlton would have qualified for the Europa League."

"I really look forward to it, we have the opportunity to meet Charlton in the Europa League!"

……

Although Charlton only ranked 13th in the Premier League last season, Charlene Bent, Charlton's leading striker, has emerged like a dark horse and won the silver boot of the Premier League!

You know, behind Charlene Bent, there are world-class shooters such as Robbie Keane, Drogba, Alan Shearer, and Crespo.

Also because of Charron Bent's crazy goal output, many Europeans have paid attention to Charlton, a relatively small Premier League team.

I saw Fernando Santos saying to his coaching staff: "Pay more attention to the Shandong team's 18th week! According to coach Tubakovic, this 20-year-old player has already attracted the favor of the Eredivisie. Although the sense of participation on the offensive end is not high, the defensive end is also considered mature. Perhaps if there is a chance, we can sign him for further training.”

At this moment, Zhou Haibin, named by Fernando Santos, was chatting leisurely with Diego in his backcourt.

After all, at this moment, the ball has been falling in the midfield, and there is no crisis in the backcourt.

For Diego, a foreigner who can speak Chinese, Zhou Haibin, like everyone else, finds it quite amazing.

(End of this chapter)