Chapter 281 The First Portuguese Derby (Happy Lantern Festival)
On the second day of the Champions League group stage, there was finally an upset, and more than one, the British giant Manchester United tied by Villarreal at home, and another giant Arsenal tied by Dynamo Kiev 1:1 away, while Bayern, Juventus and Real Madrid all won.?
Arsenal missed and put Porto in the G group, which was a very favorable start for Porto.
After the game, Spain's "As" praised Porto's performance, believing that Porto's strength has not declined after leaving Quaresma and Bosingva, and was in good shape. If Arsenal still slowed down, Porto may be snatched away from the group first.
German Biography believes that Porto has technical advantages over Dynamo Kiev and Fenerbahce. As long as you play two away games well, it will be no big problem to qualify in the group, but it will take some luck to compete with Arsenal for the first place in the group.
The English media also believe that Porto is Arsenal's number one enemy in the group, but the English media believe that as long as Arsenal plays normally in the next few games, there is still no problem in the group's first place.
On the Internet, some Porto fans believe that Arsenal is in a sluggish state. As long as Porto can draw Arsenal away in the next game, it is also possible to qualify as the first in the group; some Porto fans think that don’t think about the first and second in the group, just play three home games well and qualify in the group.
Although Arsenal fans criticized the Gunners' performances away from home as not matched their uniforms, they did not think anyone could threaten Arsenal's group first. They all believed that the semi-finals were Arsenal's passing line.
Gao Xiaodong is one of the key figures in the summer transfer market. The reason why he failed to succeed in the summer transfer is mainly because of his lack of performance in the competition, so Gao Xiaodong's Champions League show has also attracted much attention from the media.
After the game, almost all media gave Gao Xiaodong a high score of more than 8 points on the Champions League show, believing that Gao Xiaodong is not like a novice in the Champions League. He performed very skillfully and was a key figure in Porto's victory. His performance proved that Porto gave him oo-10,000 transfer fee in the summer transfer was not a huge price.
Germany's "Transfer Market" believes that if Gao Xiaodong often performs like this in the Champions League this season and qualifies in the Porto group, Gao Xiaodong's transfer value will not be lower than oo ten thousand.
Porto is not a rookie in the Champions League. They are old players in the Champions League. The media’s praise and criticism have little impact on them. However, if you play in the league on the weekend, this has a great impact on Porto’s physical fitness.
In the third round of Portuguese League against Ferreira on the weekend, Porto's players played a thumping start and ended. The first half was full of momentum, leading 3-to-o, and could not run in the second half. Ferreira, who did not have a Champions League event, used crazy pressing to drag Porto down in the second half, and scored two consecutive goals in the last fifteen minutes. If it weren't for the lack of time, Porto might have flew away with the three-pointer.
Next, it is a difficult problem to face Porto. The weekend is the Portuguese derby with Benfica. In the middle of the week, we will go to London to challenge the giants Arsenal. How should they play in this game?
Benfica is Porto's mortal enemy. The battle between the two teams has attracted the attention of the whole country. Even if it is not related to the championship competition, they cannot give up in this game.
Arsenal is the strongest opponent in Group G. Even if he doesn't play Benfica on the weekend, Porto's chances of winning away games will be only 30%. If he fights Benfica again, there will be almost no hope of winning away games.
Porto's coaching staff discussed and decided to play the game against Benfica first, because even if they gave up the game against Benfica, they would not have much chance of winning against Arsenal away. It would be better to play against Benfica well. As for the away game against Arsenal, they would be left to fate.
Compared with last season, Benfica not only changed coaches from Camacho to Flores this season, but also introduced big-name players such as Aimal, Reyes, Suazzo, and Balboa. In addition, Di Maria's maturity has greatly improved its strength. The only problem is that the new coach and new players, the lineup is too short to be fully equipped and cannot exert all the combat power.
Porto will play in the Champions League mid-week and Benfica will play in the League Cup mid-week. They lost to Napoli 2:3 away in the third round, and the pressure is no less than Porto.
On September 27, at 8:15, the first leg of the Portuguese National Derby in the O8o9 season kicked off at the Stadium of Light.
With nearly 50,000 fans cheering, Benfica started a fierce attack on Porto.
Porto has been very strong in recent seasons. Although he was away, he was not conservative at all. He started off against Benfica.
Today is Gao Xiaodong's first time participating in the Portuguese derby. He likes to be able to perform, but after the game started, the focus on the court was Benfica's Angel Di Maria.
Benfica is mainly attacking the left side today, and Angel Di Maria frequently uses her personal skills to attack Porto's right-back Saprona.
Sapruna is 1.9 meters tall, tall and flexible, with a large interception area, but that is relative to the European forward. After facing Di Maria, Sapruna exposed all the defects of the tall full-back. In the third minute of the game, Di Maria changed directions and swung by two directions. Di Maria made a cross from the bottom, Benfica surrounded the middle, and Reyes missed the ball.
Two minutes later, Di Maria made a comeback. Gao Xiaodong, who played as a midfielder, assisted in defense this time to the wing, and he and Sapruna attacked Di Maria together.
Last season, Gao Xiaodong and Di Maria fought against him. At that time, Di Maria was still very unique. She only liked to dribble when she got the ball, but did not like passing the ball.
But after Argentina won the Olympic men's football championship at Yanjing Olympics, Di Maria seemed to have suddenly become aware of it. Seeing Gao Xiaodong and Sapruna double-teaming, he immediately passed the ball to Aimal in the middle.
Aimal is nicknamed Joker and is an excellent midfield commander. He has delicate skills and strong breakthrough ability. Although he is 29 years old this year, his explosive power is not as good as before due to injury problems, but his technical awareness is still there.
When Aimal received the ball, because Gao Xiaodong made up for the defense on the sideline, Porto's middle was a little empty. Aimal decisively attacked the penalty area, attracting Melerles' defense, Aimal passed the ball directly to Reyes. Reyes broke into the penalty area from the ribs, dunked over the interception of central defender Rolando, and pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal.
Goalkeeper Helton was unable to save it, the ball flew under his ribs, but hit the post and bounced out.
Chapter completed!