Beast King Costa

Chapter 326 Two-Line Combat Rotation
In the first home game of Benfica in the new season, because of an 8-0 first victory as a confidence, the club officials also deliberately organized fan activities to attract more small fans to become Benfica's future loyalists, and even attract them Choose the Benfica youth training and become the future of Benfica.

Of course, as a player, Diego didn't care about what fan activities the club did.

Let's take a serious look at the situation of the Portuguese nationals in the new season first.

The situation of the Madeira Islands giants Portuguese Nationals in the new season is not good. They first ushered in the first Madeira Islands derby of the season in the first round of the new season. They lost to the same island rival at the Maritimo Stadium. Then they lost to Sporting Lisbon at their own home court.

In the third round of the competition, the Portuguese nationals will travel all the way to the capital Lisbon, and come to the Stadium of Light to challenge Benfica, who is in such a hot state that it is about to explode in the new season.

This game can be described as a lot of pressure on the Portuguese nationals up and down.

Although their lineup is stronger than Boavista, they will not lose to Benfica with a crazy 0-8 score, but losing 0-1 and losing 0-8 are the same three-game losing streak. The old strong team that can rank in the top half of the Portuguese Super League standings, the Portuguese nationals really don't want to be reduced to a relegation defense battle at the beginning of the season.

and so!
Regarding the match against Benfica at the Stadium of Light in the third round, Portuguese national meritorious coach Carlos Brito said in front of the media very solemnly: "Although we started the season in a bad state, the vast majority of rookies have not yet been able to play." It is well integrated into the tactical system, but we will do our best to score points at the Stadium of Light! We really don’t want to have a 3-game losing streak at the beginning of the season!”

The media still believe that if the Portuguese nationals fight for their lives, they still have a chance to score points at the Stadium of Light-the probability of beating Benfica may be less than [-]%, but if they want to defend and score a point, with the tenacity of the Portuguese nationals The defense still has a chance to say.

After all, after playing the third round, Benfica will play the UEFA Europa League group stage in the middle of next week!
This means that in the third round of the game, there is a high probability that Benfica will play some substitute players.

This can be regarded as the tradition of the top three in the Portuguese Super League.

Since the gap between the strength of the three giants of the Portuguese Super League and the strength of other teams is visible to the naked eye, the top three of the Portuguese Super League will focus on the Champions League and the Europa League. The substitute players are used to cope with the league, and the main players are used to face the strong opponents in the European war.

Like Sporting Lisbon's upset loss to Ferreira, to some extent, there are also reasons for the rotation of the main players in the midfield. Even when the score is behind, the front trident Nani, Lidson , David only played for about an hour, and was replaced one by one by the substitute players.

As for what kind of lineup Benfica will send to face off in the third round, this also depends on the specific arrangements of Fernando Santos.

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"Because in the middle of next week, we have Europa League games to play, so we need a certain degree of rotation in the game against the Portuguese nationals."

After hearing what Fernando Santos said, the team's regular substitute players all looked excited-they had a good chance to start the match against the Portuguese nationals!
"The players I decided to rotate in this game include Luisson, Petit, Nuno Gomez, the central axis, I decided to rotate! Including the center position, Diego!"

"what???"

Diego couldn't help being stunned. He pointed at himself in disbelief and asked, "Coach Santos, do I need to rotate too? But... after the last round of games, I don't feel very tired! I I don't think I need a rotation!"

"Diego, it's not a question of whether you're tired or not, but! In the Europa League, the team needs your help even more."

"I……"

Diego couldn't help but panic - what the hell, if I rotate, how can I get assists!What the hell, I lost a chance to get assists in one game!This is a big deal!

I saw Diego hurriedly volunteered and said: "Coach Santos, I can continue to start! It's okay! My physical reserve is very good! I can definitely play in tomorrow's game and next week's Europa League game." A good performance can help the team win with goals and assists, I..."

"Diego, the rotation of personnel is not only to ensure the scientific distribution of the team's two-line combat physical strength, but also to give more people the opportunity to play. So, you don't need to say anymore, let's take a good rest and watch the game tomorrow! Put you All the firepower is left in the UEFA Europa League match in the middle of the week..."

After all, Fernando Santos didn't bother to listen to what Diego wanted to say anymore.

"Okay! It's decided! Diego will enter the substitute list for tomorrow's game. Francisco Fonseca will start to replace Diego. Fabrizio Milico will replace Nuno Gomez. Rui Costa takes Petit's place, Kaliaca takes Luisson's place..."

In this way, Benfica's match lineup against the Portuguese nationals becomes.

Goalkeeper: Quim.

Defenders: Assis, Kaliaka, David Luiz, Paul Jorge.

Back midfielder: Rui Costa, Carter Solanis.

Frontcourt: Calagonis, Fabrizio Milico, Simão.

Center forward: Francisco Fonseca.

Originally, Fernando Santos was going to rotate Simao, but the team really didn't have a reliable right winger to use, so Simao, the Portuguese national team's winger, could only continue to top. In the Europa League game, Simao will continue to start.

But the team has such a large rotation, and it is really necessary to leave one or two absolute main players to take on the series work.

Like Simao sitting in the frontcourt, he can use his speed to attack the Portuguese national's wing, and send a high ball to Francisco Fonseca in the middle to assist.

Another example is Fernando Santos' confidant, Kater Solanis, the core midfielder of the Greek national team, will continue to sit in the midfield in this game.

Of course, Carter Solanis's organizational task is not heavy, he only needs to help Rui Costa.

As a Benfica hero, Rui Costa, the leader of the golden generation of Portuguese football, will make his debut after returning to Benfica at the Stadium of Light!

This is the King's Landing Stadium of Light!

Even if it is expensive to be the core midfielder of the Greek national team, Kater Solanis only needs to play well for Rui Costa in this game and help Rui Costa do a good job of defending behind him.

With Rui Costa's organizational ability and rich experience in midfield connection, he can completely connect Benfica's midfield attack by himself.

Since the rotation adjustment of Fernando Santos has already been made, Diego can only obey the arrangement helplessly.

In this way, Diego couldn't help but comfort himself: Fortunately, I had 3 assists in the game against Boavista!Otherwise, if you play one less game, you will be too passive in terms of assists.

Of course, being on the bench doesn't mean you don't have a chance to play.

After Fernando Santos made the starting lineup arrangement for the next game, he also seriously explained to the team's core players who were rotated: "If the game cannot be opened, I still have to let you come on the bench to save the game." .So! You all have to be ready to go to the field to save the field at any time!"

"clear!!!"

……

In fact, Benfica did not worry too much about the Portuguese national lineup.

After all, the Portuguese nationals also have the Europa League combat mission in the middle of next week. Even if they want to give up the Europa League and fight for points in the Portuguese Super League, it does not mean that they can give up the Europa League. , They still have to play at least six group games.

Therefore, in the view of Fernando Santos, the team coached by Carlos Brito still needs to make certain personnel rotations to ensure that two away games can be completed in just 5 days. The full main lineup was sent in the game against Benfica.

An hour before the start of the game the next day, when Benfica got the starting lineup list of the Portuguese nationals, they realized that the Portuguese nationals attach great importance to the results of the Portuguese Super League. They are afraid that the team will be reduced to a relegated team this season. Carlos Brito actually chose to play with all the main force!

Goalkeeper: Diego Benaglio.

Defenders: Avalo, Ricardo Fernandez, Alonso, Pataca.

Midfielders: Bruno Amaro, Giulianos Padacio, Kleiber, Bruno Fernandez.

Forwards: Luciano Fonseca, Cassio.

Similar to Boavista's tactical formation, coach Carlos Brito also adopted a 4-4-2 parallel midfielder formation, and the frontcourt also has a high and fast striker configuration.

And this set of staffing is basically the main lineup of the Portuguese nationals, which can be said to be unreserved.

This means that the Portuguese nationals have basically announced in advance that they have strategically abandoned the Europa League front for the new season.

Although the Portuguese nationals are attacking with all their strength, Fernando Santos is not too worried that his substitute lineup will not be able to compete with his opponents.

For the combination of midfielder Rui Costa and Carter Solanis, and the frontcourt Simão, Calagonis and Francisco Fonseca's wide cross, the high ball connection, Fernando Santos is still quite confident.

Therefore, Fernando Santos did not make adjustments to the starting lineup on the spot, but continued to start with this bench lineup to fight for the first home game of the season.

(End of this chapter)