Beast King Costa

Chapter 45 Run, Diego!

Since the 24th round of the Portuguese Super League only left Braga's home game against Rio Avi, the game was not over yet, so Sports Portugal broadcast the game live.

"The second half of the game is about to start...Ah! Braga made a substitution adjustment. Montenegro center Deli Basic was replaced, and the replacement was 'Joao's successor' Kim Dong-hyun? Uh... actually No! The player on the field is... No. 88 Diego Costa!"

Watching Braga complete the first substitution adjustment of the game, the commentator was a little confused.

Diego Costa? ? ?

Where did this player come from?

Never heard of this name at all!

Obviously, the commentator was not fully prepared for this game, and he didn't even know the substitute list of the two teams for this game.

In order to ensure the ratings, Sporting Portugal basically only broadcast the games of the three giants of the Portuguese Super League, and the commentators also know the information of the three giants of the Portuguese Super League. Who would deliberately study the current situation of the other 15 teams?
In a hurry and unable to find specific information about Diego Costa, the commentator could only helplessly use his wild imagination to fabricate a "new" identity for Diego Costa.

(PS: Zhazhahui Mandarin version~)

"Ah... I think Diego Costa should be a player of the Braga youth team! According to the information given in the official registration form, Diego Costa is from Lagarto, Brazil. He is 17 years old and plays as a striker. He signed up for Braga's first-team roster on February 2 this year, and has not played for the first-team yet. Let's look forward to this young player from the 'Minho Arsenal' being the first-team player in the first team. The show can perform brilliantly!"

After solving the urgent need for player introductions, the commentator calmly entered the game commentary.

"The second half of the game has begun! Let's focus on Braga's young player Diego Costa...Ah! The young player ran very actively after he came on the field. He was like a wild horse running wildly, sprinting forward. But Braga's midfielder is still controlling the rhythm, he has been out of touch with the midfielder, is this a tactic that Coach Ferreira deliberately arranged in the second half in order to break the deadlock of the game?"

As the commentator said, after the start of the second half of the game, Diego, like an arrow off the string, stepped up and ran to the frontcourt.

It doesn't matter that the teammates in the midfield are still controlling the rhythm of the game in the midfield, anyway, there is only one word in Diego's mind - run!

Run non-stop!
This reminded Diego of a large-scale outdoor competitive reality show "Running Man" in later generations, in which stars from all walks of life ran and tore off the nameplates attached to their opponents' backs.

At this moment, Diego also regards himself as the star of the show. Even if there is no nameplate behind the Rio Avi defenders to tear off for him, he can't stop running.

Average running distance of more than 10000 meters per game!

This means that his running distance in the second half of the game must be at least 5000 meters.

For the sake of my physical health and to be able to play football next season, no matter what, I have to grit my teeth - run!

What Diego didn't know was that the old coach Jesúaldo Ferreira on the sidelines was very relieved to see him running so crazily.

Even if the team's offense has not started to organize at this moment, Diego's running so desperately in the frontcourt does not make much sense, but at least, Diego showed the positive attitude that young people should have after coming off the bench.

Even, Ferreira turned around and said to the young people on the bench: "You should all learn from Diego's positive attitude on the court! Young people can play unreasonably, but the attitude cannot negative."

In this regard, the Montenegrin Deli Basic is quite disapproving.

Waiting for Jesúaldo Ferreira to turn his head and continue to direct on the spot, Deli Basic complained to Bemaca next to him in a low voice: "Cut! Running like this is just a waste of energy! I'd rather Let's see, after the ball is passed to his feet, does he still have the stamina to complete the shooting action?"

"No! Delibasic, you are wrong!"

Delibasic's complaints made Fabiano Rosato on the side quite dissatisfied.

The team's main central defender told Deli Basic in a very precise tone: "Stay in place and wait for the ball, you will never have a good shot! Only by running actively like Diego can you find the breakthrough. Good opportunity to defend! You just wait and see! Later, Diego will definitely reap the rewards of active running!"

However, what is more helpless is that Braga's midfield scheduling efficiency is relatively low. Until the 50th minute of the game, Diego in the frontcourt didn't even touch the ball.

After returning to the court, Fandinho and Andres Madrid were slow to find their form, and even made mistakes in cross passes, allowing Rio Ave's players to steal the ball and counterattack.

If Paul Santos hadn't maintained a high degree of concentration and took the ball off with a flying save, otherwise, it would have been Rio Avi who broke the deadlock in the second half...

Jesualdo Ferreira on the sidelines was so angry that he almost swears.

You know, what a dangerous low-level mistake that the midfield cross pass was intercepted!This is completely the performance of the players' inattention on the court!

In desperation, coach Ferreira could only take a chance.

I saw Jesúaldo Ferreira yelling at the players on the field: "Don't control the rhythm, go straight to the frontcourt!"

At this moment, the ball was just under the feet of the defensive midfielder Van Dinho. After hearing the instructions of the old coach Ferreira, he did not hesitate and aimed his sights directly at the frontcourt.

Fan Dinho first dribbled away from Rio Avi's midfielder Delsson's press, and then hoisted his big foot to the middle area where Diego Costa was in the frontcourt.

"Hey, here comes the ball!"

Diego naturally couldn't fail to see Fan Dinho's big feet heading towards his area, and he subconsciously used his back to withstand Zegomez behind him.

This direct physical confrontation made Rio Ave central defender Zegomez quite surprised-this guy, his physical fitness is also terrifying!
Zegomez only felt that he hit a thick steel plate, and no matter how hard he tried, it was difficult to open Diego's center of gravity.

After backing up against Zegomez's tackle, Diego stuck out his dominant right foot to stop Van Dinho's pass.

Although he stopped staggeringly, he stopped within 1 meter of himself, and successfully protected the ball in front of him.

After protecting the ball, Diego subconsciously glanced to the right in the direction of attack.At this moment, Matthäus, who was speeding forward behind Bruno Mendes, was waving at Diego.

Without stopping any longer, Diego took a small step to lay the ball in front of him, and then hung it directly to the left in front of him.

This routine is exactly the same as the magical pass that Diego assisted Mateus in the match against Estoril.

But this time, because Diego did not stand firmly on his supporting foot when he passed the ball, and Zegomez behind him continued to exert pressure, Diego also slipped and fell to the ground the moment the ball was released.

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

When Delibasic on the bench saw this scene, he burst out laughing unscrupulously: "Is this guy's legs weak? He can't even stand still, and he still wants to score? What a fart goal!"

Although he heard Delibasic's jeers from the sidelines, Diego didn't even bother to look at the sidelines.

Before Mateus on the right could receive the ball, Diego had already stood up. He didn't even bother to shoot off the dirt and grass roots on his buttocks.

Anyway, Diego didn't think about scoring goals at the moment, so let's talk about it after running!
(PS: I don’t know if everyone is satisfied with Diego’s first mission. Lao Mouzi thinks so: as a professional player, you must first have sufficient physical fitness and active running! Then talk about skills.

Therefore, during the half season in Braga, I hope that Diego can first be labeled as "running to death" and go to a new team before starting to bloom with peerless beauty~o(∩_∩)o)

(End of this chapter)