Braga's match against Benfica ended in disappointment with the home fans, the league title race was shattered, and the more realistic goal was to finish runners-up in the league so that they could qualify for the Champions League next season.

Tang Hong walked to the players' tunnel with a smile on his face, but someone behind him stopped him, he looked back and found that it was Javi Garcia, who first shook hands with Tang Hong, and then said to him: "Can you exchange jerseys?" You're amazing, I want to collect a piece of your jersey. ”

Tang Hong naturally did not refuse.

Braga and Benfica will also have a big game in the Portuguese League Cup final, but there will certainly be no chance of a shirt exchange in that game.

After exchanging jerseys with Xavi Garcia, the two shook hands and gently bumped shoulders before heading back to the dressing room.

While everyone was talking and laughing in the locker room, Barbosa suddenly burst in, opened his arms and laughed, "You won without me!" That's amazing! If I knew you were so good, I wouldn't have to feel guilty and blame myself all the time in the stands! ”

Amorim immediately scolded: "I never knew you were such a brazen person! ”

Barbosa had never danced samba before, but now he took Tang Hong with him to sing and dance in the locker room.

Tang Hong feels that when he introduces himself in the future, he can announce in a high-profile manner: I like to sing, dance, and play football.

The headline in the football news released by the Portuguese media the next morning was: Benfica is out of the championship! Braga and Porto usher in the championship showdown!

Porto beat Onihans 2-0 at home in this round to maintain a six-point gap to Braga.

With five rounds of the league remaining, it will be difficult for Porto, and if anything, Braga will have a much higher schedule pressure than Porto.

However, regardless of the analysis of Braga's schedule and the overall form of the team, Porto's precondition for reversing Braga to complete the title defense is that they can beat Braga in the next round at the Municipal Stadium!

With Porto at the weekend and Schalke 04 in midweek, Braga's schedule is definitely stressful for everyone.

Tang Hong has been the most substituted of any Braga player this season, and although he has started many games and appears to be close to full attendance in the league, he is actually averaging less than 75 minutes per game.

Yartim, who is usually very protective of him, needs Tang Hong to step up when the schedule is stressful.

After training on Tuesday, Yaltim caught up with Tang Hong and told him that Braga had to hold back on Schalke 04 in midweek for the weekend's title clash with Porto.

Tang Hong thought that Yaltium was ready to tell himself: So you have to sit on the bench!

But unexpectedly, Yaltim said to him earnestly: "Although the Europa League is not our highest priority for the season, I can see that the whole team expects us to replicate the feat of reaching the final last season, and we have really put too much effort into it, and the most important thing is that we have the quality to reach the last four."

But I still need to focus on the league, so there's a lot of rotation in the team.

You're Braga's most dangerous player and you can make the opposition take it lightly, and you can bring an important tactical role on the pitch, so I want you to continue to start in midweek.

We're going to knock out Schalke 04, we don't have to leave the dignity of Schalke 04 at the Municipal Stadium, you know what I mean? ”

Tang Hong naturally understands that Yaltim just wants him to deter and contain Schalke 04, as for the result of the game, as long as Braga is promoted, it doesn't matter if he wins, draws, or even loses.

The team gave Tang Hong full support and reasonable game time in the early and middle of the season, and now in the sprint stage of the season, Tang Hong also needs to grit his teeth and insist on contributing to the team.

Of course, he is obliged to do this kind of thing!

Schalke's arrival in Braga in midweek on 44 was not as shocking as it was when Manchester United arrived more than half a month ago, but it was enough to make Braga lively.

Before the game, Schalke 04 coach Stevens said that it would be difficult to turn the tables, but they would not give up.

Really won't give up?

When the night of the match came, the starters of both teams were not only speechless when they appeared on the stage, but also the fans were slightly disappointed!

"Good evening, spectators, and welcome to the second leg of the 2011-2012 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, where Braga hosts Schalke 04.

A week ago, Braga defeated Schalke 04 5:3 away from home at the Schalke Stadium and achieved a big advantage in the score, and Schalke 04 returned to the Municipal Stadium today to win Braga by at least three goals to complete the reversal!

The difficulty can be imagined.

Braga are on track to win their first top-flight title in the club's history this season and are in full swing.

With an aggregate advantage and a weekend clash with Porto in mind, Braga made some forgiveness for making some changes in their starting XI today.

And Schalke 04's starters also rotated some players, which seems to be a little confusing to the meaning of coach Stevens, if you want to give up, then be thorough, simply go directly to the bench, the main force to stay in the league, if you don't give up to try to create a reversal miracle, then you should send the elite troops to play.

Braga started today with 433.

Goalkeeper: Bony.

Defenders: Salino, Paulo Vinicius, Douglan, Imoru.

Midfielders: Mahamaert, Vinicius Frank, Mossoro.

Forwards: Alain, Nuno Gomez, Tang Hong.

Braga has only one person who continues to start compared to the starting lineup of the previous game, that is, Tang Hong, the Chinese striker who has shone this season, it is worth mentioning that he also wore the captain's armband of Braga today, I don't know if this is another new record for Braga club.

Schalke 04 started today with 4231.

Goalkeeper: Annesthal.

Defenders: Escudero, Papadopoulos, Hogland, Matip.

Midfielders: Obasi, Jurado, Jermaine Jones, Holtby, Raul.

Forward: Huntelaar.

I don't know if Schalke 04's start today can create enough threat for Braga, Farfan, who was able to break Braga's wing in the last game, sat on the bench today anyway. ”

Today's game was a milestone for Tang Hong, as the other 10 players were all rotational or substitute roles, and he was the only one who was the absolute main player, and Yaltium made him wear the captain's armband.

It is certainly impossible to say that there is any deep meaning, after all, there is one thing that everyone knows.

After this summer, there is a 90% probability that Tang Hong will not be a Braga player again.

So he will certainly not be a future candidate for the captain of Braga.

But Tang Hong still cherishes such moments, and is happy that in his time at Braga, only today he is the captain of the team!

It's also precious.

Braga's midfield and backfield today are all sapper roles, if you want to fight back, the key is to have a tandem role in the midfield, this role is played by Tang Hong, as for the work of charging into the field, it is handed over to Gomez and Allan, it seems that Braga's starting point is 433, in fact, it is 4312.

What Braga didn't expect was that Schalke 04 also rotated, and the firepower of the attack line decreased slightly.

The rotation in the midfield and backfield also seems to have definitely decreased a lot of ability, Draxler definitely has a level advantage over Holtby, but Draxler didn't even make the squad today, and he didn't come to Braga at all.

It is not known how capable the post-90s goalkeeper Annestal is, but he is certainly not as experienced as Hildebrand, perhaps because Hildebran was beaten by Braga last week, and this time he will be rested.

With the referee's whistle, the match began, and the Municipal Stadium reverberated with the enthusiastic cheers of Braga fans!

As long as they are not overturned by Schalke 04, then Braga will reach the last four of the Europa League!

It's definitely enough to make Braga fans revel, so even if Braga hides their main players, they will still have their support for the team.

Compared to the last game, when the pace soared to its peak after the opening kick-off at the Schalke Stadium, the pace was not fast after the start of today's match at the Municipal Stadium.

When Tang Hong controlled the ball in the left half of the midfield, Jurado and Obasi came to flank him.

Tang Hong suddenly started to dribble to the open area in the middle to get rid of it, waited for his teammates to run and then smoothly passed the ball to the right side of the front, Alan and Nuno Gomez tried to cooperate in the front court but failed to play, Matip who played fullback today and Hogland in the middle teamed up to complete the break.

Schalke 04 was also a little uncomfortable when they went on the attack, Braga put on a trio of defensive midfielders like a bar, and it was difficult for Holtby and Jurado to play in the middle.

Without Draxler's tandem playmaking and Farfan's wide blasting, Schalke 04's offensive play relied more on one-man manipulation to create a threat.

It's a pity that Raul is old, and Obsi didn't have much advantage against Imoru, and it doesn't look as good as he was at Hoffenheim.

As a result, this encounter presented a scene of extreme difficulty for both teams on the offensive end.

Tang Hong was able to ensure that Braga's attack advanced to the front line, but Nuno Gomez and Alan on the front line were still a little short of threatening.

Schalke 04 can't get through in the middle and can only play on the wing, Raul and Obasi are struggling on the side, and Huntelaar can only stare dryly in the middle of the attack.

Twenty minutes on, both teams had just one shot on goal each, and neither team had hit the back of the net.

Yaltim likes to hear about this, as long as he can eliminate Schalke 04, it doesn't matter what the score is.

Stevens didn't know what to do, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry anyway.