In January, Porto won a series of domestic league and cup competitions, and Gao Xiaodong proved that he can replace Lucho in the heart of the team, and newcomer Falcao also scored a series of goals to become Porto's most efficient striker. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Porto's management and coaching staff were happy, but they were still worried, because the main reason for Porto's sale of Lucho was to break up the South American gang, but after Lucho left, Risandro quickly took the position and co-opted Falcao, and the South American gang grew stronger.

This made coach Ferreira feel embarrassed, selling Risandro, Porto's forward line is a little weak, and without selling Risandro, the contradiction between the South American gang and the local gang still cannot be alleviated.

In January's final game, Porto are unbeaten in 15 games and host bitter rivals Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting Lisbon are currently second in the league, but they are already seven points clear of Porto, and the halfway title is already in place, and if Porto can beat Sporting Lisbon in this game, they will almost end the league title race this season.

This game is also a midterm test for Porto's rookie striker Falcao, who has played against teams in the middle and lower reaches of the Portuguese Super League, even if there is no Falcao, Porto can also win, against Sporting Lisbon and Benfica This is the real test for Falcao, if Falcao can score goals and win in the game with giants like Sporting Lisbon and Benfica, he can really be recognized by the fans.

For Gao Xiaodong, this is also an important test, after Lucho left Porto, Gao Xiaodong became the core of Porto's midfield, and successfully led the team to win the Portuguese Super League and the Portuguese League Cup with five wins and one draw, but these six games did not have a weighty opponent, Gao Xiaodong wants to prove that he is the well-deserved core of Porto, and he also needs to test with Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and the Champions League.

The match with Sporting Lisbon was Chinese New Year's Eve in China, but many Chinese Europeans gave up spending Chinese New Year's Eve at home and chose to come to the Dragon Stadium to watch Gao Xiaodong's game.

Porto has outstanding results this season, and there are many surprising new stars such as Gao Xiaodong, Falcao, Hulk, Fernando, Guarin, etc., the ball market is very hot, and this match with Sporting Lisbon has fans more than two hours in advance.

The game was played at 7:45 a.m., and at 6:30 a.m., Porto's die-hard fans began to set up the stands, plant huge team flags and pull up banners.

The banner read, "Porto must win!" and "Win Sporting Lisbon, lock up the league title!"

Although the lead was huge, Porto also took this game very seriously, and coach Ferreira made a rare mobilization before the game.

"Today is the last league game of the first half, we have to play well, try to widen the gap in points, into February, our schedule will become very intensive, the Portuguese Cup and the Champions League will kick off, if we are still fighting for the league title at that time, it will be difficult to take care of it in terms of energy and ability, if we can pull the points with the second place to 10 points, the rest of the game will be very comfortable......"

Finally, Ferreira added: "I want to say that today is also the Spring Festival of our team vice Gao Xiaodong's country, and we want to wish him a happy holiday with a victory." ”

The players in Porto applauded, even if the Argentine players were not on good terms with Gao Xiaodong because of Lucho's departure, they couldn't help but applaud in this situation.

Gao Xiaodong didn't expect a person like Ferreira to be so attentive, he suspected that Emmanuel reminded him, Gao Xiaodong stood up and thanked his coach and teammates.

"Thank you, whether it's the Spring Festival or not, we all have to win, and we can't lose to Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. ”

Gao Xiaodong's words resonated with the players even more, everyone applauded, indeed, whether it was the local gang or the South American gang, no matter how long or short the time came, due to the atmosphere of Portuguese football, everyone quickly accepted the identity of Porto, and regarded Benfica and Sporting Lisbon as their mortal enemies.

Ferreira saw that everyone applauded, and was very satisfied with Gao Xiaodong's speech, this words, the dull captain Alves couldn't say, if it wasn't for Gao Xiaodong being too young, and he wouldn't necessarily stay in Porto for long, he would have helped Gao Xiaodong to the position of captain, he thought that Gao Xiaodong should be able to suppress the Argentine gang if he was the captain.

Assistant coach Emmanuel also nodded approvingly, he felt that Gao Xiaodong was more inspiring than head coach Ferreira, although Ferreira's coaching level was very high, Emmanuel learned a lot from him.

Away team locker room

Sporting Lisbon's head coach Paulo Bento also led the team to the Dragons Stadium early.

Bento is more serious about this game than Ferreira.

Last season, Porto was punished with points deducted, but Sporting Lisbon failed to win the title, and the title was snatched away by promoted Malexos, which made Sporting Lisbon's management very annoyed, and if Bento was either an idol of Sporting Lisbon when he was a player, he would have been sacked long ago.

Now, Porto is fighting on two fronts, but Sporting Lisbon was unexpectedly opened up by Porto with a 7-point gap, Bento is under a lot of pressure, this game must be won for him and Sporting Lisbon, if he doesn't win, he is likely to go straight to class.

“…… For us, it's a championship final, if you win, we're going to see the light of February, if you lose, we're going to get nothing, I'm going to get out of class, you're not going to have a good life either, those players who are thinking about transfers, if the results are bad, your value will go down, the new club won't give you a high salary, those players who are messing around, if we drop out of the championship race halfway through, I'm going to make you not able to mess up...... Whoever it is, I want you to give 100 per cent and win this game. ”

Bento's words were heavy, no one applauded in the dressing room, the players looked grim, and the players who usually like to whisper after the coach spoke did not dare to speak at this time.

The Lisbon trio are the core players of Sporting Lisbon, but half of what head coach Bento just said was for them, especially Moutinho and Veloso, who were caught in the transfer vortex.

However, Moutinho and Veloso did not challenge Bento's authority, but only secretly looked at each other twice, and began to organize their protective gear and shoes and socks to prepare for the game.