Benfica boss Jesús' fears have become a reality.

It would be naïve to simply think that Benfica's disadvantage in today's game is only the absence of Aimar, a midfielder who is an important player in the Portuguese Super League.

Braga's defensive counter-attack away from home directly determines the unprecedented pressure on Benfica's defence!

When Maxi Pereira has a yellow card on him, other players have to assist him to limit Tang Hong, coupled with Tang Hong's wide range of activities, under the Braga counterattack, as long as Tang Hong touches the ball, the nearest Benfica player will foul him!

Their fear of Tang Hong can no longer wait for Tang Hong to make a change in possession and has a substantial threat before committing a foul, which obviously can easily lead to even if he wants to foul, it will be too late!

When the first half of the game entered injury time, Tang Hong and Lima collided with each other and were obviously pulled by Luisson when they were in an offside position, causing them to fall to the ground.

Luisson was also shown a yellow card by the manager.

Plus Maxi Pereira, Witsel and Javi Garcia.

Tang Hong's attack in the front half of the main activity area of the front, Benfica's opposing players are all burdened with yellow cards!

Tang Hong got up from the ground and was a little helpless, and Benfica's fouls made him lose a lot of shooting opportunities.

This time he took a direct free-kick from the left in front of the penalty area, and the ball slid down a beautiful arc before hitting the crossbar and bounced off the side before going out of the touchline.

The audience was amazed, and the Braga fans were naturally extremely sorry.

Tang Hong himself put his hands together and swayed up and down, showing a helpless smile.

At the end of the first half, Braga had a one-goal lead away from home.

Benfica's offensive was mired in a quagmire, leaving the home fans anxious.

At half-time, Al Tim allowed his team to play a stalwart defensive counter-attack in the second half, while moving Viana slightly back to the middle.

The quality of Braga's counter-attacking midfield is still low, and if it can be improved, then Tang Hong and Lima will have more chances.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the energetic Tang Hong quickly stepped on the side of the front court at the beginning of the second half to advance the attack, and in the face of Xavi Garcia's cautious defensive dial ball, he changed to cross and cut into the middle, but was put to the ground by Gaitan, who was chasing from behind.

The referee verbally warned Gaitan and did not show a yellow card.

A number of teammates in the backfield were burdened with yellow cards, and the forward line had a more urgent task of returning to defense.

Benfica also made some changes in their attacking style in the second half, reducing the entanglement with Braga in the midfield and switching to a quick play on the wing, with Rodrygo and Cardoso looking for a good chance in the box, and midfielders Bruno Cesar and Xavi Garcia taking turns to cut in.

As a result, Braga's defence will be in danger from time to time, but it will also be able to launch counter-attacks more frequently.

In the 58th minute, Bruno Cesar stepped in into the box to receive Gaitan's wide cross, and his header hit Taizheng at the top of the goal and sent the ball straight into Quem's arms.

Quiem immediately launched a counter-attack, with right wing-back Bayano running forward down the flank to receive his hand-tossed ball, while Viana followed up in the middle and decisively crossed diagonally into the middle when Bayano met Capdevilla.

Viana didn't pass the ball again, but dribbled down the right flank to advance the attack.

Lima and Tang Hong quickly ran forward to the front, and when Viana hit the dangerous area of attack, he stopped and pulled the ball back to dodge Capdevilla, who was chasing after the defense, and then took a look at the situation in the penalty area and passed the ball on the spot.

The diagonal shot crossed Louisson's head and fell into the left rib of the penalty area.

Tang Hong had already run in place in the quick forward insertion, but the football landing point was a little close to the bottom line, and goalkeeper Morris had completely blocked the near corner halfway through the attack.

Louisson turned around and came back to the defense, and also blocked Tang Hongruo's activity space after stopping the ball.

Tang Hong simply jumped and pushed the ball to the middle of the goal!

His move surprised Luizon and Morris, who hurried back to the middle of the goal, but it was too late, as Lima got rid of Vito's defence in the follow-up and slammed the ball into the empty net in front of him in the face of the flying football!

After breaking the goal, Lima stood up and shook his arms with fists, and ran to Tang Hong to take the initiative to kneel down on one knee, let Tang Hong put his feet on his thighs, and made a shoeshine celebration for him.

"Lima scores with a header! Braga lead Benfica 2-0 away from home!

Benfica still couldn't contain Braga's counterattack, Viana's performance in this counterattack was very crucial, he pushed the ball forward to give the two strikers enough time to run, and sent a key threat ball when the timing was right, Tang Hong was not greedy in the penalty area, this goal he can attack by himself, whether it is a direct header or stop the ball to adjust, with his technical ability can do it.

But he still chose to ferry the header to Lima in the middle, which was the best option!

Lima lived up to the efforts of their teammates and scored with a neat header to extend Braga's lead!

Benfica is afraid that they will withdraw from the championship group! ”

Benfica fans in the stands at the Stadium of Light fell silent, their faces expressionless.

In fact, with six rounds of the league remaining, the gap of 8 points behind the leaders already means that their hopes of winning the title will be slim!

It's just that when hope is not completely shattered, everyone will still look forward to it.

It's time to accept reality!

Barbosa asked for a glass of champagne in the box, crossed his legs and drank wine to watch the game, which was not only delicious, but also extremely refreshing!

He raised his glass in style.

This cup, to the heroes of Braga!

With a two-goal lead in hand, Yaltium should not be able to say that this game is nine out of ten, but it is not so scary.

Benfica made a substitution, with Cardoso, who was out of form today, replaced by Nolito and Nelson Oliveira coming on for Rodrygo.

It seems that the substitution of the counterpoint does not mean to fight for his life.

After conceding the second goal, Benfica's tempo slowed down, and it was clear that they had to be patient in organising the attack, and the quick rush just now didn't work.

Braga has to control the rhythm here, the schedule is frequent and physically demanding, Tang Hong also reduced the frequency of sprints, four days later they will face Schalke 04 at home, in the long run, there is a high probability of being able to pass Schalke 04, and then it will usher in the semi-finals of the Europa League, and there is also a top battle with Porto in the next round!

With 70 minutes to go, Al Tim made a substitution to close the game.

However, they did not take the lead in replacing Tang Hong, such an important game still has to beware of accidents, and the deterrent effect of keeping Tang Hong will be more intuitive and effective than having one more striker.

Lima was replaced by Salino, and after Salino came on the field, he first ran to Tang Hong's side and said to him: "Reduce consumption, be smarter, this is what the coach asked me to tell you." ”

Tang Hong smiled, and Yaltim specially asked someone to pass on the message to him, so he was really stunned.

It's not that he can't see the change in the team's overall attitude.

Benfica's attacking threat has never been able to play, much to the disappointment of the home fans, who lack the weapons to effectively tear apart the Braga defence, Nelson Oliveira is a man of great individual ability, and is considered the most talented and potential young player in Portugal in modern times, but today he was not able to show his individual ability under Braga's dense defence, and on two occasions he looked a little anxious because of the failure to break through in passes.

In the 83rd minute of the game, Eziegille instigated a counterattack on the wing of the backfield, Salino completed the transition from the side, and Amorim sent a through ball to Tang Hong.

Tang Hong received the ball in front of the center circle and changed direction to cut cross-cutting to get rid of Xavi Garcia, and then encountered Vito when he dribbled forward, and a croquette at his foot continued to knock the ball to complete the breakthrough while he was tripped by Vito turning and putting a tackle from behind the side.

The referee decisively blew Vito for a foul, and at this time, Braga's generals put pressure on the referee, believing that Vito's foul deprived Braga of a great opportunity to attack, which should be a red card!

However, the referee only showed Vito a yellow card, and Braga were already two goals ahead, at which point another Benfica player would have sent the game into garbage time.

Seeing this on the sidelines, Yaltium had nothing to worry about at this time, so he simply replaced Tang Hong with Alan and continued to maintain the counterattack threat after Alan came on the field.

Benfica also made a substitution, with midfielder Nemanja Matic coming on to replace centre-back Vito, looking to slightly strengthen the midfield and weaken the backline, but the effect was not obvious.

When Tang Hong walked out of the field, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the Argentine striker Saviola on the Benfica bench, and then looked back at Nolito and Oliveira, who had been substituted before, shook his head slightly and sighed and went back to the bench to rest.

It seems that the days of the rabbit Saviola at Benfica are also coming to an end.

Tang Hong saw Saviola and thought a lot, not to recall Saviola's past outstanding demeanor, but to let himself be a warning.

Once upon a time, Saviola was also in the limelight at a young age!

But now I'm just 30 years old, and I'm about to run out of football in Europe.

Sitting on the bench and watching the fierce competition between the players on both sides on the field, Tang Hong's heart was hot, after winning this key battle, Braga only needs to kill Porto at home, then the league championship will be nine out of ten!

This is his first season in European football, and he has a hunger for success and a desire for titles!

He expects to fill his collection of honours and enjoy winning championships with his teammates throughout his career.

This will prove that his return to the world has not been in vain!

Benfica and Braga were still locked in the final minutes of the game, but no goals were scored.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Yaltium changed his usual calm posture on the sidelines and roared wildly!

The first battle for the championship was won!