Beast King Costa

Chapter 290 Veteran Demeanor
After the 15-minute intermission, Riquelme, who was expected by many Benfica players and Mestalla fans, did not come out of the locker room.

In this regard, Rui Costa was quite shocked: "No way! Could it be that Riquelme really doesn't plan to play in the second half of the game?"

The situation was exactly as Rui Costa expected. Only Robert Pires came to the sidelines to come off the bench, and there was no Riquelme.

"Ah! Franco!"

Francisco Fonseca on the bench watched his fellow Mexican Guillermo Franco being replaced by Robert Pires, and he shook his head helplessly: "It seems that I have no chance to talk to Franco today." Compete on the same stage!"

Robert Pires!

It can be described as a famous super wing killer in the British arena!
The French player made his debut in the Metz youth training camp. After passing the youth training stage in Metz, he switched to the French giants Marseille. He was spotted by Premier League scouts and came to London. Played the best performance of his career at Arsenal.

Although Robert Pires is now in the twilight years of his career, his highlight performance in the last season at Arsenal proved that the French winger can still shine on the court.

At the end of last season's Premier League season, Robert Pires and Arsenal's top management quarreled over the new contract - Robert Pires wanted to extend his contract for two years after it expired in the summer, but Arsenal's mean-spirited top management insisted , Players over the age of 30 can only renew their contracts year by year.

The incident remained unresolved towards the end of the season.

In the UEFA Champions League final held at the Stade de France in Paris, France on May 5 this year, Robert Pires played as a starter, representing Arsenal against Barcelona.

It's a pity that goalkeeper Lehmann was forced to replace Pires in 20 minutes after he was sent off with a red card for violating the opposing player Samuel Eto'o shortly after the start of the first half. In the Champions League final last season, It was also the last time Robert Pires played for Arsenal.

A few days after the final, after much consideration, Robert Pires finally chose to leave the "Gunner" Arsenal, the most glorious career in his career, and joined the La Liga team "Yellow Submarine" Villarreal as a free agent , The two sides signed a 2-year contract.

But as far as Villarreal's top management appreciates Robert Pires, they are likely to continue to renew the contract with Robert Pires after the end of the two-year contract, allowing Robert Pires to stay at the Love Song Stadium and retire ——Of course, the premise is that Robert Pires is willing to continue his player career after the age of 2.

Robert Pires had a high profile in the Premier League, but after coming to Villarreal, Pellegrini didn't like this winger with excellent pass control and shooting.

Judging from Villarreal's warm-up match this season and Pellegrini's formation, Robert Pires has been sitting on the bench, and the second half of the game is nearing the end, so he was able to play Chance.

However, Robert Pires was very calm about this.

In front of the media, Robert Pires claimed: "When I come to a new club, I have to let go of the past honor and work hard for the main position from the beginning. I will use my rich game experience to conquer Pellegri Coach Ni, win my main position.”

Ran goose ...

With Pellegrini's character, can Robert Pires really use his performance on the court to conquer him and win a main position?

People who are familiar with Pellegrini will choose to laugh without saying a word~
Although there was no Riquelme playing to calm the midfield and change the team's chaotic situation in the midfield, but with Robert Pires playing, for young players such as Bruno Soriano and Mathias Fernandez It is undoubtedly a good reassurance needle.

In the previous warm-up match, Bruno Soriano and Mathias Fernandez had already seen how awesome Robert Pires' dribbling skills were, and the ball seemed to be stuck to Robert Pires. It's the same with Reis's feet. Even if the defensive player is so close to press, it is difficult to say that Robert Pires's feet will be snatched.

At the end of the first half, Villarreal's midfielder frequently failed to hold the ball.

With the appearance of Robert Pires in the second half of the game, you don't have to worry too much about the midfielder not being able to hold the ball-if the two big midfielders of Pettit and Carter Solanis press too hard, then the ball will be played directly Just for Robert Pires on the wing.

Robert Pires' rich game experience will definitely be able to easily solve the difficult problem of Benfica's close pressing.

"Beep..."

With the sound of the referee's long whistle, the second half of the game officially began!
After the start of the second half, it was Villarreal who dominated the game again!

Obviously, Pellegrini prefers that the men of his team can be "active" rather than passively beaten.

After Robert Pires came on, Bruno Soriano and Matias Fernandez played much more confidently.

Facing the pressure of Pettit and Carter Solanis, Bruno Soriano and Mathias Fernandez began to try to move forward with the ball. If they were blocked, they also had Robert Pires on the wing. Can help them respond and get rid of Benfica's central press.

After Robert Pires got the ball on the left, his general demeanor was vividly highlighted.

Even though he was pinched back and forth by Simao and Nelson on the right side of Benfica, Robert Pires still played with ease. After he easily held the ball on the left side and threw off the defense, he advanced to the center, and even advanced at high speed. , and directly passed to Diego Forlan in the middle with a diagonal kick.

As the game had just started in the second half, Luisson and David Luiz seemed a little less focused, but Diego Forlan scored a header from the middle!

Fortunately, Diego Forlan's header from the center was too direct, and the ball was sent directly to Quim's arms, which did not change the score on the field.

"call……"

Rui Costa off the court couldn't help but let out a long breath—every time Diego Forlan grabs a point in the middle, Rui Costa's heart is always tugging. He knows Diego Forlan's striker very well How terrifying the killer ability is, and I also know how weak Quim is in front of Benfica's goal in terms of saves...

"Robert Pires is amazing!"

Rui Costa said with a serious face: "Even though this former Arsenal winger is 33 years old, he is still the top winger in Europe. His strength is better than that of Guillermo, who started Villarreal. Franco must be stronger by at least three grades. I don’t understand, why does Pellegrini insist on putting Robert Pires on the bench, and let him start directly, isn’t it good?”

"Uh……"

Benfica's young players were confused: "Could it be that Coach Pellegrini wants Roberto Pires to stay on the bench as a backup?"

"That's right! After all, someone on the bench must be able to stand up."

Rui Costa shook his head like a rattle: "It must not be like this. At least, I know that Pellegrini is not this kind of person."

Of course Pellegrini didn't know that many players on the Benfica bench were discussing him with great interest.

Pellegrini didn't even praise Pellegrini after watching Roberto Pires break out of the defensive encirclement from the left and cut in to the center to complete a very precise and very threatening diagonal pass.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the dissatisfaction on Pellegrini's face: "Pirez, don't cut in the middle! This will take away the space in the middle of Mathias and Bruno! If you have a chance, you have to pass from the bottom! I don't want to see you cut inside to the middle again!"

"understand!"

No one knows how much Robert Pires has complained about Pellegrini in his heart, but as a veteran with extremely high professionalism, Robert Pires will not affect his performance on the court because of the head coach. Performance.

After turning from offense to defense, Robert Pires once again actively grabbed the ball in the middle of Benfica!
This time, Robert Pires grabbed the ball at the feet of Petit, the core of the Portuguese national team!

After grabbing the ball, Robert Pires didn't procrastinate, and directly played a two-for-one cooperation with Bruno Soriano next to him, throwing off Carter Solanis who came up to defend.

This time, Robert Pires did not continue to walk in the middle, but respected the wishes of the team coach Pellegrini, and turned to the side to kill!
I saw Robert Pires dunk the ball and kill it to the left.

Even in the face of Simao and Nelson's front and rear double-teams, Robert Pires still responded quite calmly.

He used his skillful dribbling to throw Nelson away, and then quickly completed the bottom cross!

But this time, Louison was very focused and cleared the ball to the touchline before Diego Forlan!

Throw-in for Villarreal!

"awesome!"

"You're a sidewalk master!"

"If I can play as well as Pires... ah! 6% of Pires, I will be satisfied!"

……

The young people on the Benfica bench were full of emotion.

One Robert Pires playing can change so many things. If Riquelme and Robert Pires play together, then maybe Villarreal has created a scoring opportunity at this moment , Even the score has been rewritten.

"This is the style of a veteran!"

Rui Costa said with firm eyes: "Every veteran can play the role of a sea god on the court! Although we are too old to play 90 minutes of games, we can give Teammates are not just as simple as experience!"

(End of this chapter)