Chapter Seventy-Five: The Signal to Attack
One of the worst news for Porto B is that their first opponent after the winter break is Benfica B, who are now top of the Portuguese league.
Before the winter break, they played Braga B, the second place in the Portuguese league, and after a short break, they faced the Portuguese first team Benfica B, which was a big test for the players.
After three days of emergency recovery training, Dani was able to adjust the competitive condition of all the players to the same condition as before the previous winter break, so as to ensure that the players were able to play at their best.
A huge group of people went to the battlefield, which is the home of Porto B, and the momentum is very strong, after all, they are playing at home, and the once proud history of the team also makes them feel more confident to play at home.
Although it is only the stadium of Porto B, a very small stadium, it is not at all comparable to the home stadium of the Porto first team - the Stadio Dragons.
"Listen, our tactics today are to defend, and when I think I can attack, I'll give a signal to the court." Speaking to his players in the dressing room, Dani said, "Until I give the signal, you just have to defend well and try not to concede a goal. ”
The players all nodded, although the turtle defense seemed a bit obscene and scoundrel, but they also wanted to win, and they also wanted to get a better position in the league, and the Porto B team at this stage could only rely on defensive counterattacks to find opportunities.
For Dani, in the next game, he can't lose one more game, if he loses one more game, then he is likely to leave class, Costa also gave him an ultimatum, so now in every game, he has to play steadily, and he can't play against the opponent as soon as his mind is hot.
Ke Yan walked out of the locker room and came to the court, because he was only a substitute, so he just sat on the bench, and most of the game, he could only watch his teammates play the field.
Looking at the stadium, this is a relatively small stadium, in terms of location, next to the training base in Porto, the stadium can accommodate a small number of spectators, probably a few thousand people, fortunately, there are quite a few people sitting on the stadium, about 1,000 people.
This is the treatment of the B team, first of all, they are Porto's B team, living under the halo of the first team of Porto, the attention will definitely be divided by the first team, and the audience for the Portuguese league is definitely not as small as those teams that are not club echelons, not to mention that this is the league of the Portuguese league, and the number of spectators will definitely be much less than that of the Portuguese Super League.
But for Ke Yan, it is also a very glorious thing to be able to play under the gaze of more than 1,000 people, Ke Yan has played those games before, and it is already good to be able to have more than five spectators on the side of the court.
At the beginning of the game, the formation of the Porto B team shrank very much, and Dani has arranged today's tactics to focus on shrinking defense, striving not to let the opponent score a goal before attacking, for this, Dani is still confident.
Now the biggest problem of the Porto B team is the lack of attack, the pressure on the opponent on the attack is less, and the opponent's defenders can rest assured that they can assist and continue to put pressure on their own backline.
And now the whole team is shrinking, Dani has discharged a 5-4-1 formation, which is clearly to play a turtle defense, three backs and a forward waist form the first line of defense, and the front waist has to act as a rhythm converter, forming the first interception of Benfica B team in the midfield, and the five defenders are the team's second line of defense, and the parallel position makes it very easy for them to form a mark-to-man defense, which can do a drop of water, and even cooperate with the three backs, can form a big pocket in front of their own penalty area in the midfield, Strangling Benfica's B attack directly in this one area.
It is worth mentioning that in Dani's starting facelift, there was no striker, and the top one was the player who used to play in the front midfield.
However, Benfica B will certainly not give up attacking when they see such a tight defense in this game, they want to win, because in the last game, the second-placed Braga B team lost to Porto B team, so this round of games is a good opportunity for them to open up the difference.
Today, Benfica B's attack is also very unrestrained, directly putting three central midfielders and three strikers in the front, just to divide the battlefield through the numerical advantage in the area and look for opportunities to score.
One side is the sharpest spear, the other side is the strongest shield, and the situation on the field is very stale.
The Benfica B team is constantly looking for opportunities, passing the ball to involve the defense of the Porto B team, hoping to find a breakthrough, but the Porto B team is involved in the defense of too many players, as long as one person is involved in his position, then there will be another person to fill the position, Benfica B team players are a little helpless for this tactic.
The long running and the lack of attacking for a long time have been wearing down the patience and stamina of the Benfica B players, and at the end of the first half, they also realized this and began to slow down the pace of attack, conserve their energy, and prepare for the decisive battle against Porto B in the second half.
'Good, you guys defended well in the first half.'
Back in the dressing room, Dani encouraged his players that the players did a really good job defending in the first half, at least the Benfica B striker had two symbolic long-range shots, and no other shots on goal.
"Everybody take a good rest and prepare for the second half of the game, and before I give the signal, you just keep playing like this."
Dani didn't put too much pressure on his players at half-time because they had a lot of patience and energy in the first half and they needed to rest.
Back on the field, sure enough, the players of Benfica B team began to increase the pace of attack, and the passing speed became very fast, and the players of Porto B team suddenly couldn't keep up with their rhythm and always made some mistakes.
But fortunately, the defender Diego is still on the field, his defensive ability is the strongest, and he is also the commander of this defensive tactics, in this difficult situation, Diego showed his general demeanor, leading the other two central defenders stiffly, and stuck the three strikers of Benfica's B team.
Even with this attack, they still couldn't score goals, and the players of Benfica's B team felt a little lost
Dani looked at the time, fifty-five minutes, it was time to sacrifice his big killer move.
turned around and said to Ke Yan: "Ke Yan, warm up and get ready to play!" ”
Ke Yan stood up very excitedly when he heard Dani's order to him, and he himself knew that the signal of the team's attack was his play!
Wait, brothers, it's time for us to attack!