Beast King Costa

Chapter 353: Yu Dabao's Portuguese Super League debut!

Just like that, Yu Dabao was taken to the sidelines by the assistant coach after completing the warm-up. He himself was a little confused and prepared to stage the debut of Chinese players in the Portuguese Super League!

This is also the 18-year-old Yu Dabao's debut in the Benfica first team after coming to Portugal from the Chinese Super League!

Currently, Yu Dabao has played three Portuguese League games on behalf of the Benfica B team. All three games were played as a substitute. In the three games, Yu Dabao contributed 4 assists and scored 1 goal.

But this goal was quite a coincidence - when the set ball in the penalty area was grabbing a point, the opponent's clearance hit Yu Dabao's calf directly, and it was refracted into the net from a small angle.Due to the very small refraction angle, the Portuguese League officials did not recognize this goal as an own goal, but as Yu Dabao's goal.

There you go!
Yu Dabao can also be regarded as a Chinese player who has scored his first goal in the Portuguese League.

However, the Portuguese Premier League and the Portuguese Super League are completely two worlds.

Even if Yu Dabao is already the assist leader in the Benfica B team at this moment, he may not be able to adapt to the rhythm of the Portuguese Super League.

In this game, if the injured Rui Costa hadn't appointed Yu Dabao to replace him, otherwise, there would have been no Yu Dabao at all, and Fernando Santos would definitely replace him with João Cumbra, who he was more optimistic about. Even if Joao Kumbra's training status is not as good as Yu Dabao, Fernando Santos will still firmly choose Joao Kumbra.

The reason is extremely simple.

Joao Cumbra and Fernando Santos, they are both Portuguese!

Fernando Santos will definitely leave more opportunities to Joao Kumbra, who is also a Portuguese compatriot. How could he leave opportunities to Yu Dabao from Asia?
When Rui Costa was carried to the sidelines on a stretcher, Rui Costa did not forget to say to Yu Dabao: "Yu! Come on! There is no need for any baggage, just play as you do in training!" I am very optimistic about you! I hope you can stage a perfect debut in the Portuguese Super League!"

"Thank you, Senior Rui!"

While Yu Dabao was grateful, he also did not forget to care about Rui Costa's injury: "Senior Rui, I hope your injury will recover soon!"

"OK! I'm fine, come on!"

In this way!In the 17th minute of the game, the historical moment was staged!
The 18-year-old Chinese young player Yu Dabao played!Replaced the injured Rui Costa!
The first show of Chinese players in the Portuguese Super League is finally staged!

After Yu Dabao stepped onto the court, Diego still did not forget to walk up to Yu Dabao, and patted Yu Dabao's arm encouragingly: "Dabao, we can finally play the official game together! Come on, come on! The midfield press is very fierce, try to hold the ball as much as possible, Beto will assist you to support. In short! Take it easy! You can do it!"

"Uh-huh!"

Yu Dabao took a deep breath, adjusted his mentality, nodded confidently and said: "Don't worry! I will work hard! Later, I will try to send you a beautiful assist!"

"Okay! Waiting for your assist!"

……

Although Yu Dabao looked very relaxed, Diego was still more concerned about Yu Dabao's mentality.

After all, Diego knows very well that the reason why most Chinese athletes do not succeed in studying abroad is that in addition to their inability to integrate into foreign life, there is also a very important point - they cannot play official games!

In other words, no confidence!
Diego also does not know how Yu Dabao is in Benfica B team, but Diego probably knows that Yu Dabao played in Benfica B team only played 30 minutes as a substitute in the second half of the game, and has not started yet. I have never played for such a long time.

But judging from the 10 or so minutes after Yu Dabao came on as a substitute for the injured Rui Costa, Yu Dabao played relatively relaxed and did not have too much nervousness.

Although when he gets the ball in the midfield, he will be forced to be embarrassed by Leiria's midfield defenders.

But at least!
In the training schedule given to Yu Dabao by Diego, Yu Dabao earnestly carried out special training according to the training schedule given to him by Diego, and under the careful guidance of Rui Costa during this period, Yu Dabao is in a state of embarrassment, but it is not enough to lose the ball as soon as he is pressed by his opponent.

Beto originally took care of Yu Dabao. After Yu Dabao came off the bench, Beto worried that Yu Dabao would not be able to adapt to the rhythm of the Portuguese Super League, so he deliberately stood close to Yu Dabao so that he could better support Yu Dabao. When being forced by the opponent to lose the ball, he can immediately help Yu Dabao counterattack.

However, Yu Dabao's performance exceeded Beto's expectations.

Although Yu Dabao was unable to pass any forward threatening ball in the midfield, Yu Dabao was still able to control the ball under the double pressure of Harrison and Paul Cesar, allowing Leiria The players originally wanted to encircle Yu Dabao, a young player, but they snatched the opportunity to seek a midfield defensive counterattack from him and directly failed.

Seeing that Yu Dabao has adapted well in the midfield, Beto also distanced himself.

After all, the positions between the midfielders should not be too dense, otherwise the opponent's defense is likely to be highly targeted in a small area. Once the positions are opened, the opponent's defensive press can be opened and loose If it is opened, there is no way to form a double-team of three or four people surrounding a certain player.

However, although Yu Dabao can hold the ball in the midfield, the problem is that Yu Dabao can't make any creative passes in the midfield, which is also quite helpless.

Seeing that pressing Yu Dabao did not have much effect, Leiria's defense shifted its focus, mainly focusing on Beto, a creative midfielder.

As long as Beto can't get the ball, Benfica's midfielder won't be able to create any reliable opportunities.

Even if Leiria has no chance to fight back, it can still contain Benfica's attack.

Facing a Portuguese Super League team that has conceded zero goals in the Portuguese Super League this season, and the number of goals scored is too terrifying to express, being able to win a 0-0 draw is a weak team for Leiria. For the newly promoted horse, it is already a very successful result.

of course!

Benfica will definitely not just think about getting 1 point on the newly promoted Leiria!
After all, this round of the Portuguese Super League, Porto, Braga, and Sporting Lisbon have already scored 3 points, and they are all hearty victories. After all, Benfica can't fall behind, right?Otherwise, how can they become the new season's Portuguese Super League champion contending team?

There is another player in Benfica's starting lineup who has a very strong fighting spirit.

Diego!

Diego still has to get assists!
Although Diego has now ranked first in the assist list with 9 assists, Diego is not satisfied with his current results-if the schedule is tight later, Fernando Santos will definitely rotate the striker. , I don’t know how many Portuguese Super League games I have to miss. The competition for the assist king is based on the total number of assists in a season. It’s not about competing with the NBA assist king, it’s about the average number of assists per game!

so!This game!Resolutely can not play a 0 to 0!

In order to help the team improve the situation, Diego took the initiative to retreat to the midfielder, and Diego asked Fabrizio Milico to advance upfield.

"Fuck me! I'm going to the front?! I don't have the height to handle the high ball!"

Fabrizio Milico was quite embarrassed, but when he complained, Diego simply responded: "It's okay! I won't wear a high ball for you! Hurry up and go up! I will retreat to the midfielder to assist the midfielder to get ball!"

After saying this, Diego ignored Fabrizio Milico and returned to the midfield alone.

"Dabao! I'm here! If you have a chance, throw the ball to me!"

Diego yelled at Yu Dabao in Mandarin, because in this way, the Leiria players would not understand what Diego said, and this would not expose Diego's strategic goals.

Yu Dabao didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly responded: "Understood! I will shoot the ball in your direction more often!"

"no problem!"

……

In the 36th minute of the game, under the pressure of two defensive players, Yu Dabao could not throw the ball to the frontcourt by himself, but this time he spotted Diego who was in an open position next to him, and directly threw the ball to Diego's feet!

Diego didn't hesitate after receiving the ball!
Hold the ball!

Beast Impact!

Leiria's defensive players have not been taken care of by Diego in this game. We all know that Diego exists like a beast in the Portuguese Super League, but what I didn't expect is that Diego's impact ability with the ball is so terrible!It was as terrifying as a beast trying to sprint, and the two defenders of Leiria were immediately attacked by Diego!
Diego, who rushed to the frontcourt, did not choose to go it alone. Diego directly passed the ball to the top of Calagonis on the left. In the gap, the first time passed back to Diego.

Diego continues to pass the ball forward!

It is still the direction to Karagonis!

A perfect two over one match!Directly penetrated Leiria's backcourt defense!
Calagonis faced the goalkeeper without any hesitation, and calmly completed the push!
1 is better than 0!

Finally, Benfica successfully broke the deadlock with Leiria, the "home dragon"!
Another assist from Diego!
Diego, who has transformed into a "unsolvable big center" this season, has completed his 10th assist in the new season!Continue to top the assist list with 10 assists!
Although the ball was not assisted by Yu Dabao, Yu Dabao was indirectly involved in the deadlock-breaking goal process. If he hadn't been pressed by two defensive players and found Diego in the open position at the first time, The ball was poured out to Diego's feet, and this was the birth of this attack.

Therefore, after the team scored a goal, Yu Dabao also rushed to the frontcourt to celebrate the goal with his teammates. It was also a goal of special significance for Yu Dabao, who made his debut in the Portuguese Super League today.

Of course, Diego will not forget Yu Dabao who passed the ball to him just now. Diego smiled and gave Yu Dabao a thumbs up: "The pass was good just now! If you just passed the ball to the Come to my feet, otherwise there would be no birth of this attack!"

"Haha! It's okay..."

Being praised by Diego, Yu Dabao scratched the back of his head a little bit shyly: "It's a good thing I found your position just now, otherwise the ball might be taken away by Leiria's defenders. If It would be bad if Leiria played him as a defensive counterattack."

"Will not!"

Diego patted Yu Dabao's arm encouragingly and said, "Play like this, that's right! Later I will retreat more into the midfield to help you and Beto get the ball. Once the opponent's multiple defensive players If you are forced, just find my position and give me the ball as soon as possible!"

After saying that, Diego showed a confident smile and said: "Anyway! Give me the ball, it's for sure! I will give a beautiful assist to the frontcourt! Hehe!"

"It would be great if I could have such a strong assist ability!"

Yu Dabao couldn't help feeling emotional: "Then I can enhance the creativity of the midfield, instead of letting you, a forward player, drop back to get the ball and provide assists for the frontcourt."

"This is..."

Ok……

Diego can't tell Yu Dabao that he still has the task of being the assist king of the Portuguese Super League with the Real ball king system, otherwise... Diego doesn't want to often retreat to the midfield to get the ball to organize and serve his teammates in the frontcourt. They are making wedding dresses. As a striker, Diego, of course, hopes that all the goals are scored by himself...

and so!
In the end, Diego could only talk nonsense in a serious manner: "For the team to win! So what if I sacrifice my chance to score? The team's victory must be above everything else! Hahahaha!"

In the end...

Diego himself laughed heartily because of his shameless statement.

Anyway, now that the team has scored a goal against the newly promoted team Leiria, the "Home Dragon", the next game will go very smoothly.

After all, Leiria is a team without any offensive capabilities. Their defensive counterattack is just a three-man turn. It is impossible to pose any threat to Luizon and David Luiz, the Brazilian national defense line!

After Calagonis scored, in the remaining 10 minutes of the first half of the game, Benfica did not press and attack Leiria.

After all, after Rui Costa was injured, Benfica's midfield creativity dropped significantly.

Beto was stared to death by Leiria's players, so the Benfica midfielder was basically controlled by Yu Dabao and Fabrizio Milico, and the retreating Diego assisted in controlling the ball It's just rhythm.

The time before the first half of the game was very tired due to being forced by Leiria's midfield defense, so after breaking the deadlock, the Benfica players unanimously chose to "play dead" and use the control rhythm to resume the first half of the game Excessive physical state.

The Leiria players seemed satisfied that they were only trailing 0-1 in the first half?Unexpectedly, he didn't go up to press Benfica's ball-carrying players too much.

Although Rui Costa was injured, it took a lot of time to check and bandage, but because the players on the field did not have a strong fighting spirit, the fourth official only gave 2 minutes in the first half of the game. Injury time only.

During these 2 minutes, the Benfica players still chose to control the rhythm and still did not attack.

The referee couldn't stand it anymore.

The 2-minute stoppage time has not yet come, and with about 10 seconds left, the whistle for the end of the first half was blown directly.

"Beep……"

One short and one long whistle sounded!
finally!
The first half ended 0-1!

Leiria's devil's home game, after all, did not let Benfica fail in the first half of the game!
However, when the first half ended and the players walked to the sidelines, Benfica's players did not appear too excited.

Although 1-0 allowed Benfica to take the lead in the first half of the game.

But in the first half of the game, Benfica was injured and lacked the team's hero Rui Costa!
Compared with a 1-goal lead, Benfica still prefers that Rui Costa is not injured.

After Rui Costa was injured, Benfica's midfielder was even more stretched.

(End of this chapter)