Beast King Costa

Chapter 295
Four days later.

Still the Mestalla Stadium.

But this time, it’s no longer “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” for Benfica – today!For more than 4 fans at the Mestalla Stadium, Benfica, the "Eagle Legion" from the Portuguese Super League, is the enemy!The mortal enemy of the "Bat Legion" Valencia!

Half an hour before the game, after the head coaches of both sides released their starting rosters for this game, the head coaches of both sides couldn't help being stunned.

Obviously, the starting situation is quite different from what was previously expected.

……

In the locker room of the visiting team, Fernando Santos looked at Sanchez Flores' starting list, and after a long silence, he opened his mouth slowly.

"It seems that Coach Flores has studied our lineup a lot! In this game, Coach Flores has arranged a lot for the defense in the middle."

Of course Diego understood that Sanchez Flores' change of strengthening the defense in the middle was entirely for himself.

After all, in the last game against Villarreal, Sanchez Flores was frightened by Diego's hard work in the middle, so in this game, Sanchez Flores He attaches great importance to the young Benfica player Diego.

Actually!

桑切斯·弗洛雷斯摆出了一个3-5-2阵型！按照具体站位来看，也可以说是一个3-4-1-2阵型！

Three central defenders plus two defensive midfielders!
This defensive specification is simply designed to prevent "alien" Ronaldo...

Diego even found it incredible.

But being able to be so valued by the opponent's coach, in order to prevent such an extreme change of his own, Diego still feels quite honored.

"Albiol, Ayala, David Navarro! Three defenders! Marchena, Albiol! Two defensive midfielders! David Silva is a forward organization, left and right wings David Gavilan, Joaquin! Forwards Fernandez Morente, David Villa!"

Fernando Santos suddenly felt that he had a very headache.

Sanchez Flores' sudden change made him a little confused and a little caught off guard.For a while, Fernando Santos didn't know how to deal with it.

Because, in this game, Fernando Santos has done a lot of work on wing defense. Now, Sanchez Flores only has two wing backs on the wing. This is equivalent to Fernando Santos' previous arrangement of wing defense. It can be said that it was a waste of effort.

Gavilan is different from side blasters like Vicente.

Gavilan is characterized by a balanced offense and defense, and he can even play in the middle of the midfield.

Obviously, if Gavilan starts to play the left wing back, he must mainly participate in the control of the midfield, and will not continue to attack Benfica's left wing defense.

Joaquin on the right is also not a pure side blaster. Joaquin is more like a shadow forward. He can reach the front line and participate in control on the side. Jin will definitely not be used on the front line, he will be more involved in the support and defense of the wing.

To know!
In this game, Fernando Santos even made Leonardo Bastos and Assis switch positions-Assis played left back, Leonardo Bastos played left midfielder!
This lineup arrangement is designed to deal with Joaquin's wing threat.

But now it seems that Sanchez Flores will obviously not make too much fuss about the two wings in this game. It mainly depends on Fernandez Morente, David Villa, and the players behind them. The "iron triangle" of David Silva has exerted strength on the offensive end.

however……

Fernando Santos did not step up his defense in the middle.

Even, after the Russian midfielder Kalyaka was transformed into a central defender, Benfica now does not have a serious defensive midfielder.

"Tsk! It's going to be tricky now! Our defense in the middle may not be able to handle Valencia's 'Iron Triangle' in the middle!"

Like Fernando Santos, Sanchez Flores in the locker room of the home team is also deeply troubled by the opponent's formation.

……

"Wide! In this game, our side is likely to be pierced by the opponent!"

Sanchez Flores was also anxious, and he slapped his forehead in distress: "I expected this on the right side of Simang, so I used Gavilan on the left to deal with it, but! I really didn't expect that coach Fernando Santos would let Lai Leonardo Bastos plays as a midfielder on the left, and now our defense on the right is under great pressure!"

Joaquin took the initiative to stand up and said confidently: "Coach Flores, don't be too anxious. I will do a good job of defending on the right side. Don't worry."

"Joaquin, once you strengthen the defense on the right side, then our side will have no offensive points at all, and only David Silva can organize it!"

Ok……

Sanchez Flores still has a word in his heart: Joaquin!I have no confidence in your defense...

As a wide player whose attributes are more inclined to attack, it is too reluctant for Joaquin to stare at the Brazilian international level wide player Leonardo Bastos.

"Hey! Of course, Benfica did not play a defensive midfielder in the midfield, as I expected. The only defensive midfielder in their lineup, Kaliaka, was not even in the 18-man squad. This game At least our attack in the center will not be so hindered."

After all, Sanchez Flores looked at David Silva and David Villa, the pair of Spanish international frontcourt partners-these two outstanding young people, in the eyes of Sanchez Flores , that is the absolute responsibility of Valencia's offensive line.

"Silva! Villa! It's up to you to attack in the middle! Morente will be at the front and hold Luisson. As long as Morente can hold Luisson, Brazil's main national football central defender , then your frontcourt offense will be much smoother. Louisson’s partner, David Louis, who is only 18 years old, no matter how talented he is, but his experience is short, he will not be able to cause you too much trouble .”

"understand!"

"Don't worry! Coach Flores!"

David Villa is quite confident: "In this game, in the final analysis, both sides have flaws in their formation. In this case, let's see the truth on the offensive end!"

"Correct!"

Fernandez Morente also nodded firmly: "As long as whoever scores the goal first, then the initiative of this game will be in the hands of the side! Therefore, Villa and I will try to help the team break the score earlier!"

"Yes! At least the first half of the game can only be like this!"

After all, Flores even directly let the team's two main full-backs, Moreno and Miguel, start warming up in the first half of the game: "In the second half of the game, I still need to change and return to our most familiar 4- 2-3-1 formation! Otherwise, it will be difficult to contain Benfica's wing attack."

Speaking of this, Sanchez Flores showed a very serious look: "Benfica's big center, the young man named Diego Costa is terrible! Once the ball is passed by Benfica's wing, it keeps going to us. If you hit the penalty area, even if our penalty area is full of people, it will be difficult to prevent Diego Costa from scoring!"

……

"yawn……"

In the locker room of the visiting team, Diego suddenly shivered: "Fuck me! Who's talking about me?"

Of course, Diego couldn't guess that it was Sanchez Flores in the home team's locker room who was talking about him.

At this moment, Diego is communicating with Nuno Gomez, who is behind him, and Simão and Leonardo Bastos, who are on the two wings, about the techniques and tactics of the first half of the game.

In the second half of the game, Fernando Santos is also sure to make some adjustments to the lineup, but Fernando Santos hopes that his starting players can sustain the first half of the game-at least, they have to hold a 0-0 score, so as not to The second half of the game was so passive.

I saw Diego seriously communicated with Simao and Leonardo Bastos: "In this game, it must be very easy to pass from the wing? However, since Valencia's Sanchez Flores The coach attaches so much importance to me, I guess at this high point, it is difficult to have the opportunity to receive the ball from the wing every time. So I hope! After the two pass through the wing, pass to the foot of Nuno boss!"

"what???"

Leonardo Bastos seemed a little unable to believe his ears: "Diego, you mean, let Simao and I play a high ball directly to Nuno? Do this, no way! Nuno's header ..."

"no no!"

Diego hurriedly explained: "I mean, pass a short pass directly to Boss Nuno from the side! Because, if I am at the top, the opponent's defensive attention must be on me, and I will try my best to help Boss Nuno restrains Valencia's two defensive midfielders together. In this way! Boss Nuno has a wide kicking space!"

"Um!?"

Nuno Gomez's eyes suddenly lit up: "Diego! You mean, let more long-range shots?"

"Yes! Long shot!"

Diego nodded sharply: "I restrained Valencia's defense, Boss Nuno, you are the main attack! Once you can threaten Valencia's goal range, then Valencia's central defense will also go down. If you transfer over there, my burden will be much lighter then."

After listening to Diego's analysis, both Simao and Nuno Gomez couldn't help but shine: "This kind of play is possible!"

Now that Simao and Nuno Gomez feel that there is no problem, Leonardo Bastos will naturally have no other opinions.

Leonardo Bastos also nodded and said: "Since everyone thinks it's okay, then it's okay for me!"

"Row!!!"

Diego showed a knowing smile: "As long as our skills and tactics can be successful, then Valencia's defensive arrangement will be useless!"

(End of this chapter)