The next day, Portugal Sports Television was still enjoying the highlights of Braga's win over Lokomotiv Moscow, and Tang Hong was once again in the spotlight in the post-match media commentary.

The Portuguese media labelled him as an all-round striker, and it is not known if it was because of his three goals in the game, not only with overhead kicks, but also with a bouncing goal with a body hit.

Before stepping into March, Braga has obviously recovered, Tang Hong stayed at home honestly on the rest day after the game, and exercised in the pool for nearly an hour after recovering a lot of energy in the afternoon.

When he changed into casual clothes and helped Sun Rou prepare dinner with Chen Manhong at home, the doorbell rang.

After pressing the electric button on the door, Tang Hong walked outside the villa to greet the visitors.

Viana arrived first with his family, then Bayano and Barbosa.

The teammates came to Tang Hong's house for dinner tonight, Sun Rou used her housekeeping skills, and a variety of Chinese and Western dishes were served on the table, and everyone who had tasted her craftsmanship gave a thumbs up.

After dinner, Tang Hong personally made tea for the guests, and he sat in the living room with his teammates chatting while also paying attention to the lottery ceremony on TV.

The draw for the Europa League round of 16 takes place tonight, and everyone is very concerned about who Braga's next opponent will be.

When the results came out, the room was silent.

After about ten seconds, Tang Hong and Balbosa looked at each other and smiled, clenched their fists together and shouted, "yes! ”

The other teammates had different expressions, some were full of anticipation and excitement, and some were smiling reluctantly.

Braga drew an opponent on the big TV screen, and there is no one in the world that fans don't recognize.

The world-renowned Premier League overlord Red Devils Manchester United!

Braga vs Manchester United!

It looks like a contest of disparities.

But for some players in Braga, the meaning of European competition is more practical than the impact of the championship or the ability to show themselves, which is why the traditional giants can attract a lot of talented new stars to join, the local league has a lower limit to support, no matter how bad it is, whether it is self-growth or maintaining the state is a good stage, and every season there are European opportunities to show themselves to the whole of Europe, if you meet a strong team to play a beautiful performance, it will inevitably rise a lot of value, It's not surprising to even marry into a wealthy family in one step.

Braga meets Manchester United, and this will definitely be a very high-profile battle around the world!

With Manchester United's traffic, when the Europa League after the Champions League match day arrives, Manchester United's game attention will be the first in the world on that day, which is no exaggeration!

It's a great opportunity for Braga's players to show themselves, but it must be admitted that with their quality, there is little chance of playing against the big European clubs.

Because he rarely appears on the Champions League stage, the probability of not being able to enter the Champions League and meeting the giants is very small.

If there are giants in the group stage of the Europa League, it is definitely rare, and now they can play against Manchester United, if not an honor, but it is definitely a dream game!

This is the reason why Tang Hong and some of his teammates are excited.

The president of Braga FC, Salvador, will definitely be happy with the result.

It may be that from the perspective of neutral fans, it would be better to draw a weak team in the draw, which means that the team will have a higher probability of reaching the quarterfinals.

But at the club revenue level, the two-legged knockout round against Manchester United is the best draw result, and there is no one!

Because Manchester United's popularity and attention will bring a rich share of TV broadcasts, as well as the market income on match days, a team of the level of Lokomotiv Moscow, even if Braga played a very wonderful game, but the income level is only the winning bonus of the event and the home income on the match day, and the income of the broadcast share is almost not to think about, in addition to the fans of the two teams, how many people will pay attention to their games?

Manchester United is different, Manchester United's global popularity level is enough to make Braga shine, not only to earn direct match income, but also to have a side popularity boost!

This is equivalent to one more global effect level advertisement for the club!

Tang Hong really hasn't been to Old Trafford before, and this time he has the opportunity to go to the Theater of Dreams to be there!

After a two-day break, Braga ushered in the 20th round of the Portuguese Super League.

The Municipal Stadium was packed at 8pm as Braga hosted sixth-placed Guimares in midweek with a midweek comeback from Lokomotiv Moscow.

The ranking and strength span of the Portuguese Super League is relatively large, otherwise the three giants of the Portuguese Super League will not be able to dominate the Portuguese Super League for a long time, Braga is now the first echelon of the Portuguese Super League, and the gap between the top four teams in the league is slightly smaller, but there is an insurmountable gap between the teams outside the top four in the league and the top four!

Guimaraes defended intensively and were eager to at least get out of the way on the road, while also trying to sneak up on a sudden and quick counter-attack from time to time.

Braga had a high morale as a team, and the pace of the game was raised to the peak after the opening, and the team's attack blossomed more in the repeated impacts.

Long-range shots from midfield, crosses from the wings, trying to play small crosses in the box, etc.

Although the scene can be a little chaotic at times, Braga, who have more control overall, always have the advantage.

In the 34th minute of the game, Tang Hong cut from the left rib of the penalty area to grab a cross from Bayano, and his volley sent the ball into the upper right corner of the goal!

Braga broke the deadlock and scored twice in the next 10 minutes!

Viana and Eziegille scored goals to seal the win for Braga!

Overwhelming!

Shortly after the start of the second half, Tang Hong received a pass from Amorim in the penalty area, and when he pulled the ball and turned to break through in the direction of the bottom line, he was tripped by the opponent's outstretched leg and fell to the ground.

The referee decisively awarded a penalty.

Under the watchful eye, Tang Hong personally took the penalty, and rewrote the score to 4:0 in one fell swoop!

Guimares will have a lost soul that Braga fans are familiar with, and now Braga is really a human blocker!

Yaltium replaced Tang Hong in the 65th minute of the game, the FIFA match day is coming, Tang Hong has to go to the national team, and being able to consume less is a kind of protection for him.

In the end, Braga beat Guimares 4-0 at home to take all three points.

After the game, they learned in the dressing room that second-placed Benfica had drawn away at Universitatea Coimbra, meaning Braga had extended their lead even if Porto won in this round.

Braga are six points ahead of second-placed Porto and seven ahead of third-placed Benfica with 10 rounds of league remaining!

Before the team was disbanded, Yaltim had a private chat with Tang Hong, and told him a thousand times, hoping that he would not be injured during the national team game and rest more to stay healthy.

Tang Hong is naturally good.

When he returned home in the evening, Sun Rou and Chen Manhong had already packed his luggage for him, and at the same time, the driver sent by Mendes was also waiting, and he sent Tang Hong and the three of them directly to the airport in Porto.

Just like the last time he returned to China, Tang Hong fought for time to rest during the flight, hoping to go to the national team in a better state.

The third stage of the group stage of the Asian zone of the World Preliminary Championship has come to the final battle.

China will need to keep out a final round against Jordan to secure a place in the next round of the top 10.

In the last round, Jordan's release of water to Iraq was too obvious, which led to speculation that Jordan could also try to beat the Chinese team and help Iraq enter the top 10.

All kinds of conspiracy theories are rampant, but they are just voices from the sidelines.

Chen Manhong and Sun Rou went home to visit relatives and friends, while Tang Hong went to the Xianghe National Football Training Base to report after returning to China.

This time, the lineup of players called up by the national team is basically the same as the previous period, but Tang Hong was not surprised when he saw Zhao Hanchun arrive.

It's just that Zhao Hanchun had a band-aid on his nose, which surprised him a little.

Tang Hong, who was eating breakfast in the restaurant, sat with Qin Rui and Luo Hongkai, and after Zhao Hanchun came to them with a plate and sat down, Luo Hongkai frowned and asked, "Who beat you up?" ”

Zhao Hanchun said casually: "A little kid from our team's youth team." ”

"Can't even beat a child?"

"I knocked out at least five of his teeth!"

"Why do you want to hit a child?"

"That kid is a mad dog, I accumulated yellow cards and was suspended and went to play in the reserve team, he happened to be promoted, because he didn't pass the ball to him, this kid scolded, I endured it twice, the third time I didn't hold back, I went back to the locker room and did it!"

Qin Rui shook his head slightly, Tang Hong sighed lightly, but Luo Hongkai smiled with interest: "Since you know that he is a mad dog, why do you still care about him?" There are three outcomes of human bites dogs, you win, you are more ruthless than dogs, dogs win, you are not as good as dogs, ties, you are the same as dogs!

No matter how you look at it, it's not a good deal! ”

Zhao Hanchun sneered and said: "I think the result of a draw can be completely ruled out, if this kid didn't think I couldn't understand what he said, scolded my mother and insulted my dear motherland, I wouldn't be too lazy to see like a dog." ”

Tang Hong diverted the topic and asked, "What does the club say?" ”

"I didn't say much, warn, and then he went back to his youth team, and I went back to my first team, heh, I can also see that I can do it with my mouth, and this kid doesn't dare to do anything to me when I really do it, who made me the first team."

Qin Rui said in a deep voice: "In the future, it's best to be out of sight of this kind of thing, and don't make trouble for yourself." ”

Zhao Hanchun nodded, and didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.

Many teammates passing by them will take the initiative to say hello, especially when shouting Captain Tang Hong, it is more solemn.

Tang Hong can feel that this time the national team training, many teammates have an obvious sense of distance towards him, and at the same time have special respect for him.

It may be that Tang Hong is in super state on the Portuguese side, with the continuous praise of domestic media, which is obviously in strong contrast with the habit of national football players getting bad reviews for many years.

Tang Hong himself doesn't care, and there is not enough time to cultivate feelings between the players of the national team, and it is better to play the ball well than to handle the relationship well, it is better than anything else.