Beast King Costa

Chapter 329
After a night of research, it can be determined that the small town team of Alkmaar does not have any card players.

Moreover, to the surprise of everyone in Benfica, Louis van Gaal, who is a famous Dutch coach, prefers to use Nordic players in Alkmaar instead.

The two Iceland internationals play important roles in the Alkmaar squad.

The midfielder position, Joey Gujongsen.He debuted in Akranes in the Icelandic league, then landed in the British Championship and joined the "Fox City" Leicester City. After the end of last season, he moved to Alkmaar, a small town team, and joined the famous coach Luiz. Under Van Gaal's account.

For the full-back position, Gretal Rafensteinsson also made his debut in Akranes in the Icelandic League, but his next stop was Alkmaar. It can be said that before Van Gaal took over Alkmaar, he Already a part of this small town team.

Perhaps it was because of Taretal Ravenstansson's outstanding performance in Alkmaar that Louis van Gaal noticed the tough football style of the Nordic players, which can make up for the defensive loopholes in Dutch football due to the tactical system. Then there was the transfer of Joey Gujongsen, right?

路易斯·范加尔在阿尔克马尔主打4-3-1-2阵型，也可以说是4-3-3阵型。

From the information collected by Fernando Santos' assistant coach, Louis van Gaal's 4-3-1-2 formation is characterized by two wingers at the top. On the side, the "1" in the middle rushes forward to grab points, turning into a 4-3-3 formation with three lines.

As for the "3" in the midfielder position, only Joy Gujongsen in the midfielder position is a defensive player, and the other two players are midfielders who prefer to attack.

The most important thing is that when Louis van Gaal's team turned from defense to offense, the two full-backs advanced quite a lot, basically using two more wingers.

This point is basically consistent with the concept of Benfica that Fernando Santos hopes to transform.

It can be said that Louis van Gaal's team will be very, very crazy when attacking, scoring a lot of goals, but conceding goals is basically a daily occurrence in every game. This tactical system basically replaces defense with offense.

……

After dissecting Alkmaar's lineup and tactical system at the meeting, Fernando Santos' face became particularly ugly.

Maybe he is regretting that he didn't do his homework seriously on the Alkmaar team?

After thinking for a while, Fernando Santos said seriously: "This means! In this game, our defensive pressure will be unprecedented! Louis van Gaal's offensive tactics must not be simple. This game! We More changes are needed on the defensive end, otherwise Alkmaar may not be able to withstand Alkmaar's onslaught!"

Listening to what Fernando Santos said, Brazil's fringe international Leonardo Bastos immediately understood what it meant-this game, it seems that he has no place to play.

Sure enough, when it came to defense, Fernando Santos decisively looked at Nelson and Assis, the wing partners.

"Nelson! Assis! Facing Dutch football's winger tactics of attacking instead of defending, your defensive pressure in this game will be very, very heavy! I hope you can be mentally prepared."

Not only that, Fernando Santos did not forget to look at the team's central defender combination Luisson and David Luiz-of course, Santos mainly emphasized with David Luiz, after all, Luisson, the main central defender of the Brazilian national team The existence of the big scene, why haven't you seen it?The Brazilian national team has not played against the Dutch national team once or twice in the international arena. Louison has seen the madness of Dutch football for a long time.

"Louisson! David! You also have to be mentally prepared. The offensive football madness in Dutch football is endless, wave after wave! In this game, I dare not ask the team to concede zero goals, but I hope! The defense can try to withstand Alkmaar's offensive!"

"Uh……"

Just when Fernando Santos was emphasizing defense with the whole team!Defense!Defense!At the time, Diego said inappropriately: "Actually, we don't need to emphasize defense so much. We can definitely attack against Alkmaar! Our team now has the ability to beat the opponent by 8 goals, and it is still 8 goals. The goal is to beat the team that focuses on defense and counterattack. Now that we are playing against a team that uses offense instead of defense, we can also use offense to restrain offense."

"Suppress attack with attack!!!"

"That's right! Our offense is also very strong! It is absolutely possible to attack against Coach Van Gaal's team!"

"It's no problem at all! Alkmaar scores three of us! Let's score four and five of him! There's no problem at all!"

"Okay! Coach Santos, why don't we just confront Alkmaar! No problem!"

……

The idea provided by Diego was immediately echoed by his teammates.

Obviously, the entire Benfica team is very supportive of Diego's idea of ​​"using offense to suppress offense".

"This……"

Fernando Santos was also taken aback.

indeed!

I didn't think of the idea of ​​attacking and restraining attack!
Moreover, such an idea is completely feasible!

You know, Alkmaar relies entirely on two wingers to pull the space to attack, and the players who insert behind the center are all attacking players who grab points.

Louis van Gaal is not as happy as himself. In the lineup, there is a super big center like Diego who can single-handedly solve the battle in the frontcourt.

Ever since, under Diego's suggestion, Louis van Gaal quickly started the tactical transformation of Benfica's Europa League debut in the new season...

The next day, during Benfica's stepping training at the Alkmaar City Stadium, Fernando Santos trained quite conservatively and gave Louis van Gaal a smoke bomb——Fernando Santos led the players to mainly practice defensive tactics, even It seems that the three defensive midfielders Pettit, Carter Solanis, and Kalyaka were put on, which meant to defend and counterattack.

In doing so, Fernando Santos surmises that Louis van Gaal's coaching staff will surely have people watching from the sidelines during Benfica's stomping training at the City Stadium in Alkmaar.

The situation was as expected by Fernando Santos. Louis van Gaal not only had people staring at Benfica on the sidelines for training, but even secretly took a video of him as a reference for the tactical arrangement of tomorrow's game.

……

"Fernando Santos is not confident about the team's offense! But I don't think it should be! He won 8-0 in the league debut, and he went to the Portuguese nationals with all substitutes in the second game, and won 3-0. According to Benfica Judging from the two games in the Portuguese Super League, Fernando Santos' tactics for Benfica in the new season should be offensive football!"

After watching the training video of Benfica, Louis van Gaal was a little silent. Obviously, he was a little unexpected. Fernando Santos was actually practicing defense?

It shouldn't, it really shouldn't.

However, facts speak louder than words.

In the training video that was secretly filmed, Fernando Santos shouted at the players from the sidelines very anxiously.

"Defense! Strengthen your defense!!!"

"Alkmaar's offense is very good! We need to base ourselves on defense! We want to achieve zero goals!"

"Our goal in this game is very simple! Get a point at the Alkmaar City Stadium! Get this point away! It is very, very important for us to qualify for the group stage!"

"Petit! Carter Solanis! Kaliaka! Your defensive position! Attention! Attention! Keep a little distance! Limit Alkmaar's winger attack!!!"

……

Seeing how excited Fernando Santos was, Louis van Gaal couldn't help frowning: "But! This doesn't look like a smoke bomb! Fernando Santos has obviously studied our tactical system, so he has been emphasizing Our two flanks!"

对此，路易斯·范加尔的教练团队同样是认同的点头道：“确实！费尔南多·桑托斯教练直接摆出了三后腰战术，看来是要打4-3-2-1？或者是4-3-1-2？我觉得我们需要关注一下本菲卡的新人中锋，9号的迭戈·科斯塔！这名球员在本菲卡的首秀，就上演了双帽子戏法！”

"Double hat trick??? What the hell???"

"Oh! It's a hat-trick of assists and a hat-trick of goals! It is worth mentioning that this player is like a pattern replacement. He sent 3 assists in the first half of the game and scored 3 goals in the second half of the game!"

"So strong???"

Louis van Gaal couldn't believe it.

"Which team did this player play for before, has it been investigated?"

"Yes! This player is from Brazil. He just landed in Europe from Brazil last season. His first stop was 'Arsenal of Minho' in Braga! And he was registered to enter the team's first team during the winter transfer window In the squad, he helped Braga score 11 goals in the second half of the season, beating Benfica to get the third place in the Portuguese Super League last season. "

"Braga! 11 goals in half a season! Double hat-trick!"

Listening to the assistant coach talking about Diego's achievements, Louis van Gaal was surprised from ear to ear: "This young man from Brazil has unlimited potential! You can inquire and see if we have a chance to introduce him in the future."

"There should be no chance..."

Louis van Gaal's assistant smiled helplessly and said: "This player's agent, I believe you have heard his name. The Portuguese predator Jorge Mendes! The signed players under Mr. Mendes, basically They are all going to the giant teams in the Premier League and La Liga, it is impossible for him to use players to come to the Eredivisie.”

"It turned out to be Jorge Mendes' player! Then there is no way."

In this regard, Louis van Gaal nodded to express his understanding-indeed, a small town team like Alkmaar has no reputation and no money, and it is impossible to attract Jorge Mendes' attention.

(End of this chapter)