Chapter 158: Narrow Victory (Guaranteed Two Changes)
In terms of ability and situation, Di Maria has no problem replacing Pereira, one has experience, the other has momentum, and in the case of Lexus taking a dense defense, the last fresh force is also good. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
But Sanchez was in a hurry, there was one thing he didn't think through, Benfica's two full-backs Rodriguez and Di Maria are very unique people, they like to dribble with the ball, and when they can't assist, they only serve Costa in the team, and they are only willing to pass the ball to Costa, after Costa was stared at by Gao Xiaodong, neither of them was willing to pass the ball, and only Tutu was left, and Benfica's best penetration and coordination were all lost.
Sanchez replaced Di Maria, who wanted to impact Rexos' wing, but he didn't expect to lose the overall coordination, Di Maria couldn't break through Rexos's dense defense at all, and the ball was repeatedly tackled and counterattacked, and the quality of the attack was worse than when Pereira was on the field.
In the 75th minute, the defensive pressure on Rexos was even less, Sanchez was very annoyed, and he made another substitution, this time he replaced striker Gomez and replaced winger Assi, Rodriguez returned to midfield, and Assis and Di Maria were both on the wing.
The on-site commentator Wenkra was speechless about this substitution, "This is to use a cross from the side, Cardoso bombed in the air! Since this is a substitution, then why not replace Rodriguez, replace Perez, who likes to cooperate with both offense and defense, it seems that Sanchez is really messed up." ”
Di Maria, in addition to his unique point, was absolutely very good at dribbling, and after being blocked on the wing, he cleverly turned the bottom into an inside cut and went to the edge of the box to find a shot.
Di Maria's change caught Lexus off guard, and for the first time Di Maria volleyed from the edge of the box, the ball grazed the post and flew off the line.
When Di Maria cross-cuts again, Dio goes over and pounces and is shaken by Di Maria, and Zena, who is also unfamiliar with Di Maria, is pierced by an angel.
Gao Xiaodong didn't dare to let Di Maria break through again, otherwise Rexos' backline would have to be chaotic.
Gao Xiaodong relied on his speed, gave up Rui Costa, and rushed to Di Maria from behind.
Gao Xiaodong has always been inseparable from Rui Costa, Di Maria did not guard against Gao Xiaodong, Gao Xiaodong suddenly steals from behind, Di Maria, nicknamed Noodle, was directly hit by Gao Xiaodong, and the ball was also taken down by Gao Xiaodong steadily.
Before he got the super speed increase shoes, Gao Xiaodong grabbed the ball and passed it out, but now, Gao Xiaodong's idea of dribbling is very strong, breaking through with the ball like Maradona, and passing five levels and killing six generals like a gallop, which is also Gao Xiaodong's dream.
Feeling that even if the ball was broken, he could run back to make up for the defense, Gao Xiaodong was sideways and rushed to Benfica's half with the ball.
The first thing Gao Xiaodong encountered was Rui Costa's defense, which was also the first time Rui Costa defended Gao Xiaodong in this game, and the game of cat and mouse finally entered the second season.
Gao Xiaodong and Costa, who has perfected his skills, can't be compared, he is a semi-professional player, but what Gao Xiaodong is best at is to use his own advantages to deal with the opponent's disadvantages, he does not hesitate to divide the ball and use speed to eat Rui Costa.
Where is the 35-year-old Rui Costa capable of racing against the fat man who has increased his speed, he can only reach out and pull Gao Xiaodong's jersey.
But the slow Gao Xiaodong rushed up like a tank unstoppable, and after increasing the speed, it was even more unstoppable, Rui Costala couldn't pull it, and could only watch Gao Xiaodong kill Benfica's half.
"Bastard, why did you run up again!" Oliveira was very angry, Gao Xiaodong was violating his tactical record.
Back Petit came to intercept, Gao Xiaodong repeated his old tricks, continued to divide the ball, Petit has rich defensive experience, he quickly turned around and ran towards Gao Xiaodong's running line.
Portugal international Petit has height, technology, and awareness, but when he met Gao Xiaodong, who was quite unreasonable, Petit just ran to Gao Xiaodong's line, Gao Xiaodong had already caught up, and he hit his shoulder and knocked Petit to the side.
Gao Xiaodong cleared the obstacle, but the ball was gone, he just went a little big, and the Benfica defender rushed over and stole the ball.
Just after a quick addiction, Gao Xiaodong saw that the ball was lost, in order to be able to mark in time, he first pounced, scared Benfica's central defender Luisan, and saw Luiz passing, Gao Xiaodong immediately turned around sharply and ran back desperately, looking for Rui Costa, who was marking by himself.
It's good to be fast, and when Gao Xiaodong returned to the defense, the ball had not yet reached the feet of Rui Costa.
Although the ball was snatched by the defender, it was rare to see Gao Xiaodong actually play a long-distance run, and the fans in the stands applauded Gao Xiaodong in surprise.
Head coach Oliveira also secretly marveled, Gao Xiaodong actually returned to the defense in place, this speed, by leaps and bounds! But if this fat man can't bear the loneliness so much, Oliveira is ready to remove him, and now the game is not over, not the time to play,
Gao Xiaodong didn't forget his task, he was so excited that he couldn't help but rush after getting the speed shoes, and after enjoying the excitement of speed, Gao Xiaodong stopped stepping forward and continued to stare at Rui Costa.
Gao Xiaodong stared at Rui Costa with nothing to do, and the other players did not have Costa's threading needle, plus Rodriguez and Di Maria did not cooperate with their teammates, and they have not been able to play wonderful cooperation.
Seeing that the game time was getting shorter and less, Benfica's players were in a hurry, and the back line pressed hard, constantly making long passes, hitting the ball towards Rexos' penalty area, trying to open up the situation with Cardoso's header.
Camacho in the stands couldn't help but shake his head again and again when he saw the technical flow of Benfica playing a long pass, using his own shortcomings to break through the opponent's dense defense, if he could break through, it would be a joke, unless there was luck that day.
Seeing that in the 80th minute, the score was still 1:0 ahead of Benfica, and at this time Benfica chairman Filip in the VIP box. Vieira couldn't hold his face a little, and Lexus Chairman Calus, who was sitting opposite, kept applauding the players' wonderful defense, but he could only sit awkwardly, it didn't matter, if the game was really lost in the end, it would be a big shame, Philip. The more Vieira thought about it, the more angry he became, and then transferred this anger to the head coach Sanchez, who had not yet made up his mind to replace Sanchez, and now he made up his mind that as long as he couldn't win the game, he would take Sanchez down, and never let him go back to his place.
Entering the last ten minutes of the game, victory was in sight, the Lexus players were obviously nervous, and the range of action was a bit large, at this time the situation changed, Lexus took the lead, and the referee Ploka blew the penalty severely.
In the 83rd minute of the game, Dio assisted in the defense at the edge of the penalty area, tackled Di Maria, was shown a yellow card by the referee, and a free kick was awarded.
It was a well-placed free-kick, just to the left in the middle of the goal, just 256 metres from the goal.
Rui Costa stood in front of the ball, and under Gao Xiaodong's tight guard, Rui Costa's chances to shoot were very limited, and this free kick was also his best chance to break the Lexus goal.
Rui Costa is not known for his direct free-kicks, but as the heart of the midfield, a good free-kick is standard, and after so many years of training, Costa believes that his free-kick skills have improved a lot and are fully capable of breaking the opponent's goal.
Gao Xiaodong couldn't do anything at this time, he could only watch Rui Costa attack the goal, and he couldn't do anything but pray and bless.
The Lexos fans in the stands were nervously holding their breath, all eyes fixed on Costa.
Costa ran elegantly, just like a walk, but the step point was very accurate, running in front of the ball, Costa Yun lightly raised his right foot and shot into the upper right corner of the goal, it didn't seem to have much force, but after the ball left his feet, the speed was extremely fast, and the spin was very large.
Goalkeeper Beto was so engrossed in the ball that he jumped up and slapped the ball with one hand after Rui Costa kicked it out, but Rui Costa's penalty was so tricky that Beto couldn't touch the ball with all his might, and then his body fell down.
The body is falling, and Beto's heart is also falling, and then he heard a bang, and as a goalkeeper he understood what it was, and hit the goalpost!
Beto turned his head to look, and sure enough, the ball hit the post and bounced out.
Gao Xiaodong was also scared out of a cold sweat, and successfully stared at the defense for almost 90 minutes, if Rui Costa scored a goal at this time, his defensive credit today would be wiped out. That's what it's like to be a defender, no one feels hard to work hard for 90 minutes, and a single mistake becomes the object of criticism from fans and the media.
Seeing the ball hit the goalpost, Gao Xiaodong was not idle, and hurried over to grab the point.
The ball fell in front of Rodriguez, and Rodriguez was about to shoot, but Gao Xiaodong quickly inserted it from behind and poked the ball out of the bottom line.
Benfica were awarded another corner, and it was Rui Costa who took the penalty.
This is what Costa is best at, although strong Cardoso and Rui Costa have no tacit understanding, but Rui Costa still gave Cardoso a fast pass, good landing, as long as Cardoso is on target, the goalkeeper has a 90% chance of not touching the ball.
But Cardoso didn't grasp Costa's ball path so accurately, it was a good pass, but Cardoso got up early and the ball arrived when his body fell.
Cardoso barely managed to head the ball but the ball was confiscated by goalkeeper Beto.
Beto was still young, and he wanted to launch a counterattack when he held the ball, but Gao Xiaodong and Xena stopped it almost at the same time, allowing him to delay time and give Rexos a little respite.
Beto suddenly realized that he was holding the ball and running two steps to the left and two steps to the right, pretending that there was no point to pass the ball.
However, referee Ploka had already understood Beto's thoughts, and he showed Beto a yellow card.
In the blink of an eye, the 90 minutes were about to pass, and Lexus was getting closer and closer to a great victory, and the fans in the stands stood up and silently prayed for the Resaux players, hoping that they could resist the tide of attacks.
As the minutes ticked by, Lexos' defense, like their name, was like a rock by the sea, hard and tenacious, not flinching or wavering.
Three minutes of stoppage time were given, which made the Benfica a little unhappy, but they didn't have time to complain and had to rush to attack.
At this time, Benfica couldn't take care of the defense, everyone pressed through the half, bombarding the Lexos penalty area, the ball flew around in the Lexos penalty area, many Lexos fans were almost unbearable, and they couldn't wait for the game to end immediately.
In the last minute of stoppage time, Di Maria practiced two people in a dense space on the wing, crossed the ball from the penalty line in front of the goal, Di Maria passed the ball too fast, Rexos defender Bruno could not dodge, the ball hit the arm right on, and the referee awarded a penalty.
In an instant, the more than 20,000 Rexos fans in the stands stopped doing it, and they jumped up together to raise a strong objection to the referee.
"The referee awarded a penalty in the last minute of stoppage time, it was a robbery, they wanted to help Benfica snatch two points from the March Stadium," said Vinkla, the commentator at the scene. ”
The Lexos players also surrounded the referee Poloka and asked him to take back his fate, but Polka not only did not take it back, but also took out a yellow card to warn Eves, who came to talk to him.
Rui Costa stood at the penalty spot, and many Lexos fans were no longer afraid to look at it, closing their eyes and letting their companions tell them the result.
Xiao Le didn't dare to look, she closed her eyes, but pricked up her ears to listen.
Referee Oliveira covered his face with his hands and sat in the coach's box, waiting for the final verdict to be announced.
It's the same with Alexis Sanchez in the other dugout, and this game is even more important for him.
Following Gao Xiaodong, Beto became another Lexus player against Rui Costa, in this game, Lexus played the best is Beto and Gao Xiaodong, and the previous good performance also increased Beto's confidence, he stood on the goal line and jumped back and forth, just like Liverpool goalkeeper Dudek.
Although it was a penalty that decided the outcome of the game, Rui Costa was not the slightest nervous, he had seen a lot of such scenes, and a Portuguese Super League game was not enough for him to be stimulated.
After a small run-up, Rui Costa nudged his right foot into the bottom left corner of the goal.
They made a save at the same time as Rui Costa got up, he bet on the left, he judged it right, his finger touched the ball, and the ball bounced off the post.
Then referee Ploka blew the whistle for the end of the game, and it was enough to give a penalty, and he could not give Benfica any more chance, otherwise there would definitely be an uproar after the game.
Rui Costa stood at the penalty spot, no sadness, no pain, only a lonely face, a game, three goalposts, even if one bounced into the net, the result and process of the game were not like this, but not a single one.
Maybe that's what God meant, it's time for me to retire.
Rui Costa listened to the tsunami-like cries of the home team's fans and made a silent decision. (To be continued.) )