Beast King Costa

Chapter 334

"Phew... it's 2 to 1 so soon."

Diego on the field shook his head helplessly: "This ball really shouldn't be lost!"

Nuno Gomez also nodded and said: "Indeed! We should not concede a goal in the first half! Since it is already 2-1, our frontcourt must continue to work hard in the first half. "

"Come on!"

Simao patted Diego's arm: "Your desire to score goals is so high today, it depends on your 'five sons enrolling' realized earlier, if we lead by 5 goals, then Alkmaar will win this game It’s hard to have a chance. After all, Alkomar passed the ball, I think there is a lot of luck.”

"Haha! This kind of ball, I feel that only a top midfielder like Rui Boss can often pass it. So! If you score, you will score, there is no way - at least we are still one goal ahead, it’s okay Stress."

Captain Pettit also came over, smiled and shrugged. Obviously, Pettit didn't care at all about Alkmaar's goal.

After all, it's just a dribble, so there's really nothing to complain about. Although Joe Mo's goal has a lot to do with Quim not attacking in time and embracing the ball to some extent, since the ball has been scored, then Come in.

Complaining about teammates can easily make the atmosphere in the locker room extremely tense.

As the captain, Pettit will definitely pay more attention to the harmony of the locker room atmosphere.

Several big players in the team unanimously threw the pressure of the subsequent game time to Diego, the "little brother" who had just joined the team.

"Diego, we heard it with our own ears just now. Your kid said that you will score 5 in this game!"

"Hey! I heard that too. After the game continues, it depends on your performance."

"Don't worry! We will definitely assist you. As long as you have a chance, we will pass it to you first."

"That's right! As long as you run out of space, the ball will definitely go to you first."

……

Seeing that so many "big guys" on the team are so supportive of him scoring 5 goals in this game, what else can Diego say?
Needless to say!
Just fuck him!
In the 33rd minute of the game, the game continues!
Spanish referee Michel's whistle sounded again!

"Beep..."

This time it was changed to Benfica to kick off!

Although a ball was recovered by Alkmaar, Benfica still has a one-goal lead in hand, and Benfica is not in a hurry to press the offense.

The two core midfielders of their respective national teams, Pettit and Carter Solanis, and Nelson and Assis, who are pressing up, control the rhythm of the midfield, forcing the Alkmaar players to go up and pass the ball. Scheduling Alkmaar's midfield position.

However, Louis van Gaal is very firm about the team's defensive arrangement, anyway!Joey Gujonsson doesn’t come back to the midfield, he directly retreats to be a lagging central defender to keep a close eye on Diego—anyway, Joey Gujonsson is fully able to adapt to the position of a central defender. He once played in the Icelandic League When he was playing, he was born as a central defender and was transformed into a midfielder in the "Fox City" Leicester City.

Although, Joey Gujongsen can't completely restrict Diego, but... Alkmaar's two technical central defenders can't match up with Diego. If Joey Gujongsen also withdraws, then It is estimated that Diego's hat-trick will be done soon.

At this moment, if there are still two central defenders with relatively strong physical confrontation on the bench, Louis van Gaal does not mind directly using up two substitution places, removing the two technical central defenders and replacing them with two. A central defender who can fight against physical strength, form the "three towers" in the backcourt with Joey Gujongsen, and play "muscle friction" with Diego.

however……

There is no choice!

Dutch football itself has not produced any central defenders with very strong physical confrontation. The defensive midfielder Heitinga of the current Dutch national team can be regarded as a player with a streamlined style of play. However, Heitinga's physical confrontation is placed on the Premier League defender. The position is compared, but it is still not enough to see.

and so!
Louis Van Gaal has already considered in his heart that after this game, he must quickly discuss with the senior management of Alkmaar Club. He must go to the British stadium to introduce two tall central defenders!

Even if you don't have the money to bring in a central defender at the Premier League level, you must have a central defender at the main level of the English Championship!

As long as you are younger and have decent potential, let's talk about it when you come.

When the players come, I will come and train them slowly.

Louis van Gaal believes that as long as he carefully trains and reforms them, and then lets them hone in the Eredivisie for one or two seasons, he can still play their own role in the Eredivisie and the Europa League.

However, in this game, we can only see if Iceland's big blocker Joey Gujonsson can limit Diego as much as possible.

It is really impossible to restrain Diego, the "scoring machine", so there is no way.

After all, Benfica No. 9 Diego Costa, a young man, knew that Jinlin was not a thing in the pool. It only took half a season to land in European football and he scored 11 goals and 3 assists. With 3 goals and 3 assists, he scored twice in less than 20 minutes of his Europa League debut!
Such a super big killer, perhaps replaced by the central defender of the Dutch national team, would be a headache, right?
Now that Diego's scoring trend can't be restrained, we can only hope that the frontcourt offense can be fully fired and help the team use offense instead of defense!

However, Diego did not intend to give Alkmaar a chance to attack.

After the score became 2 to 1, Diego's activity in the frontcourt recovered again.

"Captain! The ball is coming to me! That's right! Here I am!"

"Carter! Don't bother them! Just lob it up! I'll be fine!"

……

In the 38th minute of the game, Benfica's crazy attack swept through again!

This time it was Carter Solanis who put a long pass to the frontcourt!
But Carter Solanis didn’t directly give it to Diego in the middle, nor did he give it to Simao on the right—Diego was entangled by the three defensive players of Alkmaar, and Simao’s side was also strong. He was being closely watched by Alkmaar's wing players.

and so!
Carter Solanis gave his Greek compatriot Karagonis the left side!
Since Calagonis' game was relatively quiet, the Alkmaar players ignored him. After all, Calagonis did not create any murderous intentions on the left. Benfica's wing attack is mainly on the right. The Portuguese national team is dominated by Simao, a swordsman on the wing.

At the moment, the side of Calagonis is quite empty.

After catching a long pass from Greek compatriot Carter Solanis, Karagonis decisively stopped the ball and cut it into the ribs of Alkmaar's penalty area!
Although Karagonis is not fast, Karagonis has very solid basic skills after holding the ball. He can combine the man and the ball very well, and is not like many wingers who are too fast, resulting in If the combination of man and ball is not done well, the waving of the ball is often too big, and the ball has already passed the baseline before the man is in place.

After cutting into the ribs of Alkmaar's penalty area, Karagonis didn't hesitate at all. Before Alkmaar's wing defenders could take over, he directly passed an inverted triangle back to the center!

However, Calagonis gave a little bit less strength and failed to give Diego at the far post.

But thankfully, Nuno Gomez followed up right away and took the ball down.

Since Nuno Gomez has been completely emptied at this moment, Alkmaar's defense is keeping a close eye on Diego's three players, and only one person can be separated to follow up on Nuno Gomez. Holding point.

Nuno Gomez did not choose to smash the ball in the penalty area of ​​Alkmaar to pass someone, but chose to shoot. Instead, after attracting the defensive players, he decisively picked the ball in the direction in front of Diego.

"Good pass!!!"

Diego decisively threw off another central defender of Alkmaar, with great momentum, grabbed the front of Joey Gujongsen, and pushed the ball into the Alkmaar net!

3 is better than 1!

Benfica once again kept the lead at 2 goals!
Diego!hat trick!
Although Diego does not know if he is the youngest player to perform a hat-trick in the Europa League, at least Diego dares to say that this hat-trick should be the first hat-trick in the Europa League this season. The first half of the game hasn't finished yet.

Maybe we can score another one at the end of the first half and get the big four with just one half-time goal.

It's exciting to think about it!

"Hat-trick at half time, Diego!"

"Nice header!"

"You are such a 'scoring machine'! It's terrible!"

"Tsk tsk, you kid really rushed to 'five sons enrolling'!"

……

The teammates all ran up to celebrate this beautiful goal with Diego. After all, the score advantage has returned to 2 goals again, and the pressure on everyone will be much less.

"Hey! It's a pity, I gave the ball too little force, otherwise I could get an assist..."

Karagonis shook his head helplessly and said: "But it's okay, Nuno came up to fill the position at the first time, took the ball and passed it to Diego. The ball is really beautiful! "

"Actually, Calagonis, you pass the ball back in an inverted triangle to Diego. That position is also very awkward. It is difficult for Diego to complete the grab..."

Nuno Gomez told the truth cruelly, but he still patted Calagonis on the arm comfortingly: "Fortunately, your pass was small, and you hit it by mistake, so you gave it to me to help you." Opportunity to correct. After I hold the ball, I help Diego pull out a defensive player, and it becomes too easy for Diego to grab the point."

"Ah... that's true!"

Karagonis shrugged helplessly and said: "But anyway, as long as the team can score! Now that we are back to a 2-goal lead, our pressure is much less."

Diego chuckled and said, "At least, during the intermission, Coach Santos' 'hairdryer' couldn't be turned on."

After listening to Diego's ridicule, the Benfica boys couldn't help showing mysterious expressions, looking at each other and laughing.

"Hahahahaha!"

After Benfica returned the score advantage to two goals in the first half of the game, they did not press down on Alkmaar for the rest of the game.

Although Alkmaar wanted to score one more goal before the end of the first half and narrowed the disadvantage back to 1 goal, Iceland international full-back Gretal Rafenstasson's magical perfect cross The arc has not appeared again.

In the case that there is no way to send a cross that penetrates Benfica's defense from the side, no matter how hard Joe Mo tries to grab a point in the middle, it will be futile.

In the end, the first half ended 3-1.

Benfica returned to the dressing room with a two-goal lead.

……

"it is good!"

"very good!"

"very good!"

As Diego expected, he was able to maintain a 2-goal lead in the first half of the game. Fernando Santos, a stern old coach, would definitely not turn on the "hair dryer" mode-after returning to the locker room, Fernando Santos Kicked off the post-intermission speech with three impassioned "yes".

"Our offensive efficiency in the first half of the game was very high! Very, very high! The 2-goal lead is enough to ensure that we can play in the second half of the game dominated by us..."

I saw Fernando Santos make a decision: "Since Alkmaar has already let the Icelandic international midfielder Joey Gujonsson retreat to the backcourt to play a lagging central defender to entangle Diego, it still failed to stop him. Diego scored a goal, then! In the second half of the game! Let’s continue to focus on Diego’s offensive point! We still pass the ball to Diego’s point, and let Diego complete the offensive end!”

In this regard, Fernando Santos said with confidence: "I believe! Continue to stick to the offensive play in the second half of the game. Alkmaar's tactics of substituting offense for defense will definitely make them suffer a big defeat! At that time, we can take advantage of the goal difference early and occupy the top position of a group, so that we can take the lead when we play against La Liga powerhouse Sevilla directly!"

In order to continue to strengthen the offensive firepower in the second half of the game, Fernando Santos made a bold personnel arrangement.

Leonardo Bastos, who is quite capable of assisting, came on and replaced Assis.

Anyway, Assis did not receive any pressure on the wing defensive end in this game, and Alkmaar's wing offense was not as strong as expected. In this case, it is better to send Leonardo Ba as the main player. Storrs, put Leonardo Bastos in the back to provide more crosses for Diego.

Another substitution adjustment is to let Francisco Fonseca play and replace Nuno Gomez!
The purpose of this substitution adjustment is to attract defenders in the penalty area for Diego.

Of course, most of the Benfica players have doubts about this substitution adjustment. After all, the double-center tactics have not been practiced before, and they don't know what the sudden effect will be.

(End of this chapter)