Beast King Costa

Chapter 36 Injured?
After the start of the second half, the players on both sides showed signs of exhaustion. Many yawned while kicking, and some even narrowed their eyes into a line.

You know, when the second half of the game started, it was already 23:17 in the evening. At other times, many players on the field have already fallen asleep to find Zhou Gong to play football. How can anyone still play?

Even the fans in the stands have already walked away.

After all, tomorrow is Monday, but during working hours, even if you are a die-hard fan, you can't lose your job just to support the home team, right?

What's more, considering that a weak team like Navarre can hardly gain a foothold in the Portuguese Super League, how many loyal fans can they have...

The empty Municipal Bento Pessoa Stadium looked a bit cold and gloomy, and the photographers had no choice but to pull more close-up shots to the players on the field and the substitutes, coaches, and even the staff on the field, avoiding as much as possible. Empty stadiums broadcast on television.

After Porto won the UEFA Champions League as a dark horse in the 03-04 season, the Portuguese Football Federation ambitiously packaged and upgraded the Portuguese Super League, aiming to make the Portuguese Super League replace the declining Ligue [-] and become one of the top five European leagues.

However, apart from the three giants in the Portuguese Super League, the games of other teams are still a bit less enjoyable to watch.

This game, because of the time of the game, let alone any viewing. After entering the second half of the game, the offensive and defensive rhythm of the two teams was even slower than that of the first half. It can be seen that Diego is already next to Caesar Dozed off.

"Brat, don't sleep!"

I don’t know how many minutes had passed in the game, but Diego, who had already fallen asleep, was suddenly woken up by Caesar’s shout: “Jesualdo Ferreira is starting to make substitutions! Braga is going to get ready!”

"Huh? What? Is the game over?"

Diego raised his head sleepily, and looked at the big virtual screen in front of him.

At this time, the game had reached the 62nd minute, and Braga, a guest, began to deploy its troops. The team's main second forward Sesin came on as a substitute, replacing the right winger Candy Costa who had a mediocre performance in the game; Go's forward competition teammate, Montenegro center Delibasic replaced defender Frechot.

"Hey, Coach Ferreira replaced the defender with a forward!"

Seeing this, Diego finally came to his senses: "It seems, is it going to change to 4-2-3-1?"

"What is the change of Jesúaldo Ferreira, I have to watch it for a while to know..."

Caesar shrugged helplessly: "The database of the Real Ball King system shows that your Montenegro teammate Deli Basic played as a central defender when he was in Serbia's youth training."

"Uh……"

Hearing that Deli Basic still has the attributes of a central defender, Diego was immediately discouraged: "Don't do it! It's such a boring style of play again. I guess I will fall asleep again later."

But the situation did not continue to develop in a bad direction. After Delibacic played, he did not go to the backcourt, but ran to the frontcourt and stood at the forefront of the striker.

Joao Thomas, who was originally in the center position, was pulled to the right, maintaining the same level as Sessin and Wende.

"It seems that you have been fooled! Jesúaldo Ferreira really changed to play 4-2-3-1."

After understanding the changes in Jesualdo Ferreira, Caesar nodded with satisfaction: "Joao Thomas is a versatile frontcourt player. Although the effect of playing on the wing is not as good as playing at the front, it will definitely be smaller than that. Young and well played.”

After all, Caesar pointed to Candi Costa shown in the camera.

The young man was chattering on the bench with a puzzled face at this time, as if he was complaining about the time of the game?Or complaining that his teammates didn't create better opportunities for him?

But at least, judging from Candi Costa's performance in this game, there are no other highlights except for the ball he gave Joao Thomas in the first half.

After Jesúaldo Ferreira played two consecutive substitution cards and transformed the team into his most familiar 4-2-3-1, Braga's offensive rhythm began to increase.

It seems that Navarre did not expect Braga to change so quickly.

Since Navarre's 3-5-2 formation has too many offensive players, after Braga's overall lineup was overwhelmed, they seemed very flustered.

In the 65th minute of the game, Braga took advantage of the panic of Navarre's players on the field, and Joao Thomas, who was pulled to the right, launched an attack with the ball, grabbing Navarre's empty sidewalk and dashing forward.

Although Joao Thomas's speed is not fast, Naval is playing in a three-back formation, which is equivalent to leaving a large open space for Joao Thomas.

After passing Navarre's left center back, Joao Thomas directly chose to cross, and the tall Delibasic in the middle rushed to grab the point.

however……

Deli Basic's header hit the goalpost impartially and bounced back!

Even Navarre's goalkeeper didn't react because the ball was so fast.

However, Sessin, who had just played, was very focused.

When the defensive players in Naval's penalty area were all standing still, Sessin had already caught the second point, rushed to him, shot a low shot, and sent the ball into the net!

1 to 0! ! !

Braga, who was a guest, successfully broke the deadlock on the field after changing back to their familiar 4-2-3-1!

Diego, however, didn't get too excited about it.

只见迭戈撇了撇嘴，一脸郁闷的抱怨道：“其实，费雷拉教练开场就直接踢4-2-3-1多好嘛？估摸着这会儿都3比0、4比0了。干嘛那么磨蹭，到现在才变阵呢？”

"During it???"

Caesar gave Diego a blank look, and he pointed to Naval's two strikers, Lito and Bruno Fogasa: "How about their condition?"

"The face is blue and the lips are white."

"That's right! If it weren't for the exhaustion of their physical energy in the first half, it would be impossible to press the overall formation to attack at this moment..."

After all, Caesar did not forget to remind Diego: "You guys forgot, I told you before that Jesus Aldo Ferreira's tactical design is very simple, so simple that even amateur coaches can design it. So , Braga's offensive efficiency is very low."

"Oh! Then I see!"

Caesar basically revealed [-]% of the answer, and Diego patted his forehead suddenly: "You mean, Coach Ferreira is worried that if the overall lineup is overwhelmed at the beginning, the opponent will have many opportunities to counterattack. ? That’s why I ran around Navarre’s two forwards for so long until they were too exhausted to run.”

"Run in circles? Uh..."

Well, Caesar always thinks that the adjective Diego is used strangely, but it seems that the meaning after substituting it is also correct.

While Caesar was training Diego, a little accident happened on the field.

In the 72nd minute, Joao Thomas fell to the ground with his opponent in a confrontation without the ball. However, when the opponent patted his butt and stood up and continued to participate in the game for a while, Joao Thomas still lay on the ground. Did not get up.

The Braga players seemed to realize that something was wrong, and quickly kicked the ball out of bounds and signaled the team doctor to enter the field.

After more than 2 minutes of inspection, although Joao Thomas was able to stand up, he was limping when he walked.

Subsequently, Jesualdo Ferreira played the last substitution card and used Julio Bevaca to rotate Joao Thomas.

After Joao Thomas was substituted, the team doctor hurriedly continued to check his leg.

Joao Thomas, who was leaning on the chair, had an uncomfortable expression on his face. It seemed that he was accidentally injured in the off-ball confrontation just now?

Diego seemed a little nervous about this, and he asked Caesar: "Caesar! What happened to Boss Joao? Could it be that he was seriously injured?"

"How do I know what happened to Joao Tomas?"

Caesar rolled his eyes straight: "The Real ball king system doesn't have such an ability against the sky. It can analyze the player's injury situation through the live broadcast."

"Hey……"

Although Joao Thomas's starting position is exactly what he is eager to sit on, but for the big brother in the dressing room in Braga, Diego admires him for his work.

So, in any case, Diego does not want Joao Thomas to have any injuries.

After Joao Thomas went off the field, Braga's offense fell into dead silence again.

Because it was almost 0 o'clock the next day, Navarre's players also seemed quite tired. Even if the head coach played all three substitution cards, he still failed to motivate the players' mental outlook.

At 00:09 the next morning, the two-day game finally came to an end.

The final score was fixed at 0 to 1!

As a guest, Braga successfully took away three points!

As Benfica, ranked third in this round, lost to Guimarães in an away game, so after Braga successfully scored three points, they also successfully replaced Benfica, ranked third in the standings, and entered the Portuguese Super League Champions League Qualifying area!
However, these did not cheer Diego up.

Watching Joao Tomas struggling to leave the Municipal Bento Pessoa Stadium with the support of Paulo Jorge, Diego felt quite complicated.

Diego silently prayed for the team's big brother Joao Thomas: "I hope that the boss Joao is not seriously injured!"

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