Chapter 182: Not Seen in a Hundred Years
In the 12th round of the Portuguese Super League, the Portuguese national derby, Porto defeated Benfica 1-0 away, accumulating 32 points to continue to lead the standings. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
After beating Amalado, promoted Marexos surpassed Sporting Lisbon, who was held to a draw by vice-captain Leiria, and jumped to second place with 27 points.
Sporting Lisbon is third with 25 points.
Benfica, who lost the game, are fourth with only 24 points.
The other promoted horse, Guimaraes, is fifth with 21 points.
After 12 rounds, the top five horses were promoted to the top two, which was a precedent in the history of the Portuguese Super League.
After the game, Ma Ya, a reporter from the "Competition", shouted "I don't understand!", "This kind of Portuguese Super League is completely different from any previous session, the original promoted horse is the belly of the Portuguese Super League, and it is the object of grabbing points, and now Nima is like a bandit, robbing the old strong teams everywhere, and the giants do not let go, it is crazy." ”
"Izvestia" reporter Anna also thinks that this is an abnormal season, the old strong teams are in a slump, the midstream teams are confused, and the promoted horses are crazy, every game is difficult to guess, such as this round, the vice-squad leader Leiria actually drew with Sporting Lisbon, and this upset is no smaller than the promotion horses beating Benfica.
Anna believes that in such a troubled world, making any judgment in advance may become a laughing stock, and the most rational thing to do is to wait and see what will happen after half the journey, the pig will not fly to the sky after all, and the king will be the king after all.
Although Anna is a little paranoid, she has been able to stand in a big newspaper like "Izvestia" for many years, and her level is still there, and this somewhat insinuating comment has also been recognized by many media peers.
In the 13th round, Rexos faced Braga, who finished sixth last season and seventh this season.
With the three giants in this round of weak opponents, Lexos vs Braga should have been a major event.
But because of the 14th round, the big dark horse Rexos and the giant Porto are about to have a battle for the top spot, which is also a Porto derby, or Lexos' midfielder Gao Xiaodong faces his old club.
The impact of the match was so great that the match between Lexos and Braga almost turned into a mat match for the battle between Lexos and Porto at the top of the table.
"Support Lexus to the end!"
"It's too early for Lexus to challenge Porto!"
"If you win Benfica, you don't know what your last name is, and you don't look at who the last 10 years have been champions. ”
"If Porto doesn't win against Rexos by two goals, I don't watch football in my life. ”
"If Lexus doesn't get upset, I'm going on a three-day hunger strike. ”
"Attention, attention! This is a live post between Lexos and Braga, with Porto and Lexus in the next round. ”
"Why should Rexos challenge Porto, can their whole team be worth as much as Quaresma alone?"
"Last time Benfica fans said the same thing, but ...... Hehe......"
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Under the live broadcast posts of Lexos and Braga on the forum, fans are talking about Porto and Lexos, and if it weren't for the support of hardcore Braga fans, the poor fourth place last season would have been almost automatically ignored.
The Portuguese media are also building momentum for the match between Porto and Lexos, and not only the major sports newspapers, but also the national sports station have mentioned the match, and called it a counterattack for the promoted horses.
In the face of the madness of fans and media, Lexos' coach Oliveira was not carried away by the victory, the opponent in the 13th round was the fourth in last season, played in the League Cup, and the opponent in the next round is the super hegemon of Portuguese football, even if Oliveira is dizzy, he will not be arrogant enough to think that Ryxos can compete with Porto.
In order to prevent the players from being influenced by the media, Oliveira even asked the players not to read the newspaper and not to surf the Internet, but in this information age, how can this request be done?
Fortunately, Lexos' players have also played Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, and also played a warm-up match with Porto, and have not been greatly affected by fans and media.
In the match with Braga, Rexos still lined up the same 4321 formation as in the previous game, Gao Xiaodong and Lopes partnered to play double forwards, and Brandi played forwards.
Compared with the last game against Amalado, the frontcourt trio of Lexus in this game cooperated more tacitly.
Especially Gao Xiaodong, he exerted his strength, speed and cunning to the extreme, and under his tossing like a river and a sea, poor Braga could only frequently use fouls to stop Gao Xiaodong's play.
After Gao Xiaodong attracted the opponent's multi-person package, Brandi and Lopez got more room to play, and the two teamed up to score a goal in the first half to make the score 1:0.
After halftime, at the beginning of the game, Gao Xiaodong suddenly shot a cold arrow and rewrote the score to 2:0.
Seeing that the victory was decided, Rexos coach Oliveira boldly replaced the young full-back Angulo and replaced the midfielder Sanchez, who was bought in the summer, to adjust the lineup and prepare for the next tough game against Porto.
Angulo has been playing since the beginning of the Portuguese league and has now become a reliable substitute on the bench, not only with his speed and skills, but also with a good free-kick, and he has a particularly tacit understanding with Gao Xiaodong, who can often play a game-changing role.
With both offensive and defensive skills and Portuguese Super League experience, Sanchez's role in the Rexos midfield has gradually surpassed that of Landino and Nice and has become an important piece in the hands of Oliveira.
After Angulo and Sanchez came on the field, Rexos firmly grasped the initiative of the game, and never gave Braga a chance to equalize, before the end of the game, the front three of Lexos played a wonderful cooperation again, Gao Xiaodong made a wall, Lopes plugged directly, Brandi shoveled in the penalty area, and the score was locked at 3:0.
After the game, the frontcourt trio of Gao Xiaodong, Brandi and Lopes was hailed as "the strongest iron triangle in history" by the "North Porto Sports Newspaper".
Athletic reporter Maia thinks Porto will be even more difficult to play in the next game, as they will not only have to find ways to disrupt Lexos' bucket formation, but also defend Lexos' front line. If you're not careful, you risk repeating the mistakes of Benfica and Sporting Lisbon.
After the Braga game, Rexos has reached 30 points, and the head coach Oliveira said that Rexus has almost got the points they need to be relegated, and now they need a new goal, which is to stay in the top five and get the chance to play in Europe.
Porto were a bit out of the blue, drawing 2-2 at Pacos de Ferreira and continuing to lead the table with 33 points, but their lead had shrunk to within one game.
In the other important matches, Benfica continued their good and bad form as they lost 1-0 away to Villanisses, and the gap between them and Porto has widened to nine points, with little hope of winning the title.
Sporting Lisbon and Guimarães both won the game, with Sporting Lisbon clutching Lexus and Guimarães equalling Benfica and still keeping the pressure on Porto and Lexos.
After the 13th round, the big battle between Rexos and Porto is finally coming, with the promoted horses and the defending champions battling it out for the top spot, a once-in-a-century affair that is almost as popular as the national derby between Porto and Benfica.