Beast King Costa

Chapter 320
"Diego, what on earth were you doing in the first half of the game?!"

"I ask you! What exactly are you playing?"

"Ah?! You are a center forward, not a midfielder!"

"Although you directly assisted three goals, but! The team has a lot of players who can send assists. I don't need you as a big center to organize and send assists in the midfield!"

"Diego! I'm talking to you! Did you hear that!?"

……

Back in the locker room during the intermission, Fernando Santos turned on the "private hair dryer mode" directly at Diego. ...for a moment I didn't know what to say.

Diego thought that he scored 3 assists in the first half of the game. Even if he didn't abide by the tactical discipline, Fernando Santos shouldn't be too angry after returning to the locker room at halftime, right? 3 assists helped the team's three offensive players get their first goals of the new season!

But what I didn't expect was...

Fernando Santos was even more angry than he expected—maybe it was because there were too many players in the locker room, otherwise, Diego even suspected that Fernando Santos wanted to yell at him crazily.

"Hey……"

Diego suddenly felt like he was having troubles that he couldn't express.

However, Diego couldn't justify himself.

Although I have made contributions beyond my duty on the field, and even over-fulfilled the work of others, those parts are not my own responsibility after all--the coach praises himself, it is a surprise, an unexpected harvest; the coach scolds himself , That is also the sin I found.

no way……

I can’t just say to Fernando Santos directly: "Coach Santos! I am helpless too! I have a magical system that can help me improve my football ability, but that magical system will arrange more magical tasks for me every season. This season Well, my task is to win the assists title in the Portuguese Super League this season. So! I have to do everything I can to get the best assists... until I can definitely win the assists title!"

there's no way!It was impossible for Diego to say these words.

In desperation, Diego could only obediently admit his mistake, and then promised Fernando Santos: "Coach Santos! I was wrong! In the second half of the game, I will return to the center position and do my job well! You can rest assured huh !"

"Um……"

Seeing that Diego's attitude of admitting his mistakes was quite sincere, Fernando Santos' expression softened a little.

"I have to say, Diego, the three assists you sent in the first half of the game are really good. I really didn't expect you to have such a strong desire to assist."

"Uh……"

What Diego didn't expect was...Fernando Santos gave him a hard training, it was just to make himself admit his mistake obediently, and promised not to intervene in the midfield in the second half of the game.

Now, Diego has obediently bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and Fernando Santos has also begun to transform into Fernando Jingze Santos: "Wow! The assist is so delicious!"

I saw Fernando Santos still not satisfied: "The first ball is a through ball! A kick directly penetrated the middle defense of Boavista's midfield. Although the route given is not hidden, the victory lies in the timing of the kick. Unexpectedly, the strength was just right, but the position was a little bit off, but fortunately, Nuno could predict the path of the ball; the second ball, a 45-degree high ball passed to the far post, this kind of The ball is sent to you by the offensive player from the wing! I didn't expect that it turned out to be an assist from a big center forward to the wing player!"

When it comes to the third goal, Fernando Santos can even be said to have a smile on his face: "The third goal is beyond my expectation! Overhead goal! I have coached Benfica until now, except Lu Yi will give this kind of classic attacking midfielder's favorite pass, basically I have never seen Pettit or Carter send a similar overhead ball to the frontcourt. I can't think of it. I saw No in Benfica. .2 The player who can pass the header is actually you, Diego! You little guy, it’s really a surprise and a surprise.”

Rui Costa, who did not enter the 18-man roster in this game, nodded with a smile. He also quite agreed with Fernando Santos' evaluation of Diego's overhead kick: "Indeed! Diego's overhead kick Very spiritual, at least he can score 8 points! Perhaps, Diego also has the potential to play as an attacking midfielder. It’s just a pity that the position of the attacking midfielder has gradually faded with the development of skills and tactics.”

Even captain Pettit echoed: "Haha! It seems that Carter and I will have to learn more about overhead passes from Diego in future training sessions."

"Yes!"

Carter Solanis quite agreed with Pettit's suggestion: "We can practice this trick more in the future. From today's game, it can be seen that the overhead ball is quite effective. I have to strive to be able to practice a precise backcourt A long pass over the header! That will be of great help to the team's offense."

"Uh... Thank you, Coach Santos, for your compliment! Thank you guys for your compliment! I will try my best to be pleasantly surprised, and then surprise again."

After being praised so suddenly by Fernando Santos, Diego suddenly didn't know whether he should be disappointed or happy...

To be scolded severely, and then praised to the sky, this is really dumbfounding.

First, there was a round of fierce training by Fernando Santos, then Diego made up his mind to reform himself, and then his teammates had a "commercial bragging" against Diego, and the 15 minutes of the intermission had passed halfway through.

Of course, there is no need to make any adjustments during the intermission of this game.

With a huge lead of 3 goals, coupled with the advantage of the scene visible to the naked eye, not to mention that the opponent Boavista is still a defensive counterattack team that is not good at onslaught.

It can be said that even if sleepwalking is played in the second half of the game, 3 points in this game must be guaranteed.

Therefore, Fernando Santos only made very simple adjustments for the second half of the game.

"In the second half of the game, after Diego headed back to the frontcourt, the team's offensive system still followed the 4-2-3-1 style of play. The ball from the wing continued to strengthen. To be honest, I am not satisfied with 3-0 With this score, everyone can fully release their offensive talents. I don’t mind how high the score is.”

Speaking of this, Fernando Santos looked at his starting players in the back line: "Of course! I hope that the team wins with a zero goal in the end! I don't want to get the first goal of the new season so soon! I hope everyone can give full play to their offensive talents while also defending against Ze Munir and Roland Linz. Roland Linz's counterattack after stealing the ball twice in the first half is quite threatening. This player needs a lot of attention!"

"clear!!!"

"In the second half of the game, give them two more goals!"

"Two goals are not enough! At least three more goals are needed!"

"Okay! I have to do the same as Diego, and I need a hat-trick of assists!"

"Okay! I won't use assists in the second half of the game, and I will eat cakes and score goals seriously! Leave the assists to the big guys."

……

The 15-minute intermission ended, and the players of the two teams returned to the court.

Before the start of the second half, Fernando Santos directly made two substitution adjustments.

Calagonis down!Come on Manu!

Nuno Gomez out!Play Drey!

Some of Manu's technical characteristics are the type that Fernando Santos likes, but this new aid is still young and inexperienced, so Fernando Santos hopes to give him some game time as much as possible so that he can learn to read the game in actual combat , Learn to integrate into the team's tactical system.

As for the reason for replacing Dreyer, it is simpler.

After De Lai returned from the Russian Super League, he has been unable to find his status. After the Russian Super League got used to the very crazy rhythm of the meat grinder, he returned to the Portuguese Super League. Law.

However, Fernando Santos still has considerable confidence in the old player he once brought, that he can find the heroic state he had in the Portuguese Super League.

Now that this game has a 3-0 lead, and Nuno Gomez, who has adjusted the matchup, has completed his first goal of the new season.

Well Fernando Santos decides!Give Dele more game time, so that Dele can regain the heroic state he once played for Sporting Lisbon in actual combat.

On Boavista's side, Zelik Petrov has not made substitution adjustments for the time being.

In fact...

Even if Zelik Petrov wants to go all out and replace the defender with a striker to strengthen the team's offensive firepower in the frontcourt, there is nothing anyone can say.

Because the club's financial capacity is very limited, and there is not much spare money to introduce substitute players in the transfer market.Boavista's bench is quite weak, and the strikers can use the immediate combat power, except for Ze Munir and Roland Linz who started this game, that is, William Sawyer, who received a red card in the last round. Sad.

so!Zelik Petrov also maintained his starting lineup and continued the second half of the game.

Of course, Zelik Petrov didn't dare to hope that the team could equalize the score in the second half of the game or go over the score in a fool's dream.

During the half-time break, Zelik Petrov made it very clear to the players.

"If we can not concede a goal in the second half of the game, then we can count as a successful 45 minutes in the second half of the game!"

Zelik Petrov did not forget to remind his players: "Benfica's No. 9 is beyond my expectation. He is not a center forward, but an organizer. I hope the second half of the game can cut off the connection between him and the offensive players in the frontcourt. , it will definitely help our defense!"

But it was impossible for Zelik Petrov to imagine...

Diego did not continue to rush for assists in the second half of the game. Diego's goal in the second half of the game: scoring a hat-trick!
(End of this chapter)