Chapter 205: Blocked

Lisbon Stadium of Light

Portuguese super giants Benfica home

One of the two most famous golf courses in Portugal

The first Portuguese Super League game in 2008 kicked off at this stadium.

Benfica vs Rexos

The super dark horse challenges the Portuguese super giants

There is no doubt that the focus of this round of battle.

Before the game, Benfica had reached the most dangerous time. They accumulated 33 points, 9 points behind Rexos at the top of the list, 6 points and 2 points behind Porto and Sporting Lisbon. Benfica only lost 6 points. If they can't win this game, they will be eliminated from the championship. Whether they can get the Champions League qualification is a problem.

This game can be called the battle of life and death for Benfica.

Before the game started, the stands that could accommodate 64,000 people were already full, and the hustle and bustle resounded almost over the entire capital of Portugal.

Standing on the court, looking up at the sky, Gao Xiaodong is full of pride. Previously, Rexos faced the three big giants, two wins and one tie. If he conquers this stadium again, there should be no more idiots against Lexos and himself. Let's make irresponsible remarks.

"Beep..."

Gao Xiaodong was thinking wildly when the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

In the first round when Rexos played Benfica, Gao Xiaodong played a man-marking midfielder. After more than half a season, Gao Xiaodong has evolved from a blue-collar to a high-level white-collar. Now the man-marker is Dior, who has just come back from the ban. .

Diaw man-marked Rui Costa.

Dio's defensive skills are not weaker than Gao Xiaodong's at all, not as strong as Gao Xiaodong, but faster than Gao Xiaodong, but Dio is too honest, not even half of Gao Xiaodong's cunning, Gao Xiaodong taught him songs, he can't sing With that tune in mind, this is Benfica's home court, the referee must favor Benfica in law enforcement, otherwise the spittle of more than 50,000 fans at the scene would drown the referee.

Diaw's marking of Rui Costa was very unsuccessful, and Benfica has always had the upper hand.

Without a wretched fat man by his side, Rui Costa's experience and awareness are fully utilized, and often a shake or a look can shake Dio's center of gravity, making Dio miserable.

After Rui Costa passed several wonderful through passes and over the top, after Diao received a yellow card, Oliveira knew that the man-marking tactics of the whole court failed completely. If the man-marking continued, Diao might be sent off.

Oliveira had no choice but to give up man-marking, let Dior return to his position, and adopt zone-marking defensive tactics against Rui Costa.

Diao returned to Rexos' defensive system and played much better than his man-marking. Rexos even recovered a few points of disadvantage.

However, despite the poor state of Benfica this season, it is not something that Rexos can easily bully at the Stadium of Light. Under Rui Costa's scheduling, Benfica's offense is more reasonable and the rhythm changes more. Let Rexos Sri Lanka is hard to guard against.

But it was Benfica's left forward Di Maria who made Rexos uncomfortable.

When Rexos played against Benfica in the first round, Di Maria came off the bench. After more than half a season, Di Maria has firmly occupied the main position of the left winger, and his offense is getting better and better. It became more and more reasonable. Under his impact, Rexos's right was miserable, and Zener had to switch positions with the right midfielder Sanchez, and went to his right to help defend Di Maria.

In the first half, Rui Costa's through pass and Di Maria's breakthrough pass created a lot of shooting opportunities for Benfica.

However, Rexos' defenders stared at Benfica's forwards. In addition, Gomez's absence had a great impact on Benfica. Although Benfica had many opportunities in the first half, they were unable to break through Rexos' goal.

In the second half, Rexos's Gao Xiaodong, Lopez and Robert's new trident showed their strength.

In the 47th minute of the game, Gao Xiaodong got the ball in the middle circle. Pereira grabbed the ball from behind, but failed to break Gao Xiaodong's ball. Then Gao Xiaodong dribbled the ball straight to the penalty area. The midfielder insisted that Gao Xiaodong was not left behind. , In the end, defender Luiz made a flying shovel,

Gao Xiaodong's attack was ended by bringing down Gao Xiaodong with the ball.

Although the referee didn't even give a foul, Gao Xiaodong's breakthrough full of courage and confidence raised the clarion call for Rexos to attack. In the next ten minutes, Rexos made a big offensive victory, and Gao Xiaodong With Lopez and Robert, they played wonderful cooperation again and again, and completed three shots, but Robert and Lopez's feet were not smooth, and neither of them could score.

After Rexos attacked for ten minutes, Benfica recovered and launched a counterattack, once again suppressing Rexos in their own half-court friction.

In the 66th minute of the game, the 20-year-old left forward Di Maria suddenly appeared on the right. Rui Costa made a long pass and attacked. Shot to the right of the goal.

Benfica took a 1-goal lead.

This is a difficult test for both Rexos and Gao Xiaodong. If Rexos loses this time, Porto will definitely catch up in points. Di Maria and Gao Xiaodong are both the best players of the season in the Portuguese Super League. If Di Maria, a strong contender for the rookie, defeats Gao Xiaodong in a direct dialogue, Gao Xiaodong will definitely be affected in the subsequent rookie selection.

Gao Xiaodong tried his best to reverse the decline, but after Benfica's state improved, they were no longer comparable to Lexos. Every Lexos player tried their best, but they were still beaten back step by step. In the end, they could only Hand to hand with Benfica in the middle circle.

In the 78th minute of the game, Lopez was injured and left the field due to an opponent's flying shovel. Oscar replaced Lopez and Gao Xiaodong served as the single midfielder, which made Rexos even worse.

However, Benfica's offensive pressure was too strong, directly suppressing Rexos in the 30-meter area, which made Di Maria's speed advantage disappear, and the breakthrough advantage was also greatly reduced. Although Benfica had more possession of the ball, the threat of offense was reduced. up.

Rexos defended desperately and suffered a lot. In the 90th minute, they finally ushered in a chance. This was a clearance from the backcourt by Rexos. In neutral, at this time Gao Xiaodong suddenly broke out of the encirclement. When competing for a half of the ball, he directly hit Rui Costa, drove straight in with the ball, and formed a two-on-two chance with Robert.

Benfica defenders Felipe and Luiz defended very steadily, marking people closely, preventing Gao Xiaodong and Robert from cooperating.

Rexos wins an attacking free kick.

Without Lopez, Gao Xiaodong became the unyielding set kicker.

Benfica knew that Gao Xiaodong had a strong shot, so the head coach Pinto deliberately created a tight wall.

However, Zener and Gao Xiaodong played a tactical cooperation. Gao Xiaodong ran horizontally and volleyed straight to the back corner of the goal. Benfica goalkeeper Quim missed the save and the ball hit the post.

1:1 level.

Five minutes into stoppage time, Benfica was unwilling to score a point at home. They tried their best to attack, but the time was too short. They still failed to score again in the end, so they had no choice but to shake hands with Rexos.

After this round, Rexos continued to lead with 43 points despite being hindered and slowed down. Porto ranked second with 42 points, Sporting Lisbon ranked third with 35 points, Benfica ranked fourth with 33 points, and Guimaraes ranked fifth with 30 points .

Dark horses are still rampant, and giants are still weak. (To be continued.)