176 One Championship per Game
"Tang Hong scored twice! Porto's hopes of defending the league title are dashed!
Braga scored again with a quick counter-attack!
Tang Hong's clever anti-offside position and swift speed made the Porto back line desperate!
His 42nd league goal was scored when he found the back of the net with a volley from inside the box!
He equalled Eusebio and Jardel's single-season record of 42 goals in the Portuguese Super League, and now only Argentine Yasard's record of 46 goals is waiting for him to surpass!
This goal is extremely important for both Yu Braga and Tang Hong personally!
Porto had no chance, with 10 minutes left and they couldn't find a way to score! β
The Municipal Stadium is plunged into riot-like pleasure!
Yaltium ran wild on the sidelines, the players on the bench came to the sidelines waving their jerseys, and the Braga players on the field rushed to Tang Hong's side, and Barbosa picked up Tang Hong, as if he wanted him to stand proudly in the clouds!
The stadium echoed "HONG! ββHONGοΌβ βHONGοΌβ
The scene was spectacular.
Porto boy marshal Victor Pereira lowered his proud head and a complicated look of pain appeared on his face.
The Porto generals are both a little lost and a little at a loss.
Losing the title is the most abnormal and difficult situation for them to adapt to.
But now they must face this harsh reality.
When Porto kicked off again, Braga's defensive aggression suddenly improved a lot.
Frequent fouls will give Porto the opportunity to attack from set-pieces, but under anxiety and pressure, Porto are still unable to create dangerous attacks.
Tang Hong was still looking for opportunities near the center circle, and when Braga's counterattack broke out again, Otamendi simply pulled Tang Hong in the center circle first, as long as Tang Hong couldn't kill Porto's key defensive area, then Braga's attack would be no threat.
The referee clearly whistled him for a foul, Braga's counterattack opportunity disappeared, Tang Hong was not angry, and after receiving Viana's pass, he went to the side and waited for the opponent to press.
When the Porto players arrived, he picked up speed to get the ball down and then defended the ball in the corner flag area to stall for time.
Two Porto players came over to entangle Tang Hong, who took the opportunity to knock the ball with his heel and cause the football to hit the opponent's leg and pop off the bottom line.
As soon as Tang Hong touches the ball, he is greeted with deafening applause and cheers, and Braga fans now regard him as a god.
Porto still didn't give up in stoppage time, but all the Porto players couldn't help but bow their heads after James Rodriguez's long-range shot flew off the line.
It's gone, it's completely gone!
Braga continued to stall for time, and when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, many Braga fans in the stands cried with joy!
They never imagined that they would be able to see Braga win the Portuguese top flight title in their lifetime, which would be the confines of Portugal's big three, but now that they beat Porto to extend their lead like never before, they knew the title was coming to the Municipal Stadium!
"It's over! Braga beat Porto 2-0 at home, with two goals from Tang Hong giving Braga all three points, while Braga's lead over Porto changed from six to nine.
This means that with just four points in the next four league games, Braga will lift the Portuguese Super League trophy for the first time in the team's history!
Tang Hong, who has scored 42 goals so far this season, also has a chance to hit the Portuguese Super League single-season goal record in the remaining 4 rounds of the season!
Braga have been surprisingly good this season, reaching the finals of the Portuguese Cup and the Portuguese League Cup, and with the Europa League reaching the semi-finals, they will be on track to win four trophies this season!
The final sprint of the season is still not over, but Braga may not be able to win all the games now, but it will be extremely difficult to beat them.
It will be interesting to see if they can finally create the club's history! β
At the end of the game, Tang Hong and his teammates took the initiative to come together and celebrate the victory of this key battle by hooking shoulders and singing and dancing.
Yaltim suppressed his excitement and walked to complete the post-match handshake with Victor Pereira.
The home fans in the stands at the Municipal Stadium were reluctant to leave, singing songs in praise of the team, and everyone was looking forward to the arrival of the championship!
After Braga's celebrations in the locker room, Tang Hong changed his clothes and put on his bag to go home, when he was stopped by reporters in the mixed area of the stadium passage.
The reporter asked Tang Hong loudly: "I interviewed you in September last year, and I asked you if you were excited about the goal, and you said that you would wait until you won the championship to ask you."
Braga are yet to win the title, but it's definitely only a matter of time.
Now I want to ask you again, how do you feel about scoring 42 goals in 25 league games? β
Before Tang Hong could speak, the teammates around him who were also going home talked nonsense.
Balbosa laughed and said, "He must have wondered why he didn't score a hat-trick in this match!" β
Lima said: "His thinking must be why not let me play in the first round of the league? I can at least score at least two more goals that way! β
Bayano laughed: "He won't have any ideas, he's just a ruthless scoring machine!" β
After the ridicule of his teammates, Tang Hong didn't mind, and said to reporters with a smile: "Every goal makes me feel excited and excited, there is no doubt about it, as a striker, my task is to help the team score goals, and if my goal can help the team bring victory, this will also be the thing that makes me the happiest."
It's not a lot of time, but there have been games where I didn't score a goal to help the team win, and games like that make me think my goals are meaningless and it also stimulates my desire to fight.
If you're asking me what I think of the goals, all I can say is thank you to my coach and the team, I know I wouldn't have scored so many goals without them. β
The reporter asked again: "Have you ever thought about breaking Yasard's single-season goal record?" β
'I thought about it, of course I thought about it, it was a goal I set for myself and now it looks like there's an opportunity to challenge it, so I can't let up and try to break that record at the end of the season.'
"Do you have any secrets?"
"No, the accumulation of training, the game reminds me to stay calm and sober all the time to grasp every opportunity, I think that's all."
"What do you think are the chances of winning the European Golden Boot?"
Tang Hong thought for a while and shook his head and said: "There should be no chance this season, as far as I know, Barcelona has scored more goals than me, and the Portuguese Super League's goal points coefficient is lower than La Liga, so I shouldn't have a chance to win the European Golden Boot." β
Even though Tang Hong is a top scorer in the Portuguese Super League, if you look at European football, he is not the player with the most goals, Ronaldo and Messi have both scored more than 40 goals in the same period!
The Portuguese Super League's goal points coefficient is 1.5, and La Liga's goal points coefficient is 2, which means that even with the same number of goals, Tang Hong's points will be lower than Messi and Ronaldo.
Even Van Persie, who is at the top of the Premier League's scorer list, has hopes of surpassing Tang Hong, after all, the Premier League's goal points coefficient is also 2.
and Huntelaar in the Bundesliga.
Therefore, it is not realistic for Tang Hong to win the European Golden Boot at all.
Whether you can enter the top three is still full of suspense.
But he doesn't care about this, the future is long, and there will always be a chance to compete for the Golden Boot in the future.
When the reporter asked him one last question, Tang Hong could only shake his head helplessly.
"Have you thought about your next stop?"
Tang Hong replied: "I only think about how to lift the championship trophy with the team now!" β
After the interview, Tang Hong left the Municipal Stadium.
Driving around the middle of the mountain, Tang Hong saw that the city was already silent and dark on weekdays but still brightly lit, it seemed that many people had not slept, and they didn't know if they were celebrating Braga's defeat of Porto!
Porto suffered a major defeat and if there is any good news, it is that Benfica have lost again on the road this round.
This basically guarantees Porto qualification for the Champions League next season.
As long as they don't collapse in the last four rounds of the league.
The next day, the Portuguese media released a battle report, directly closing the coffin for the Portuguese Super League championship.
"No suspense! Braga's first top-flight title is on the horizon! β
"Braga crush Porto's dream of defending the title with a defensive counter-attack!"
"Braga Supernova challenges the all-time goal record of the Portuguese Super League!"
Braga had a two-day holiday, Tang Hong took the two girls in his family to go shopping for a day, spent a day touring the mountains and rivers, and then devoted himself to the preparation for the Portuguese League Cup final at the weekend.
The venue of the Portuguese League Cup final is at the Stadium of Light, and it happens that Braga's opponent is still Benfica, which gives Benfica the advantage of being at home, but considering Benfica's recent sluggish form, Braga is unstoppable, and the outside world sees Braga winning the championship even more.
Yaltim seems to have relaxed a lot, but in fact he is more serious about preparing for the fight.
The players were on the training ground by accident when assistant coach Pires said that Yaltium would stay in the office after work to watch the footage of the opponent's game.
Opponents like the Portuguese Super League basically have nothing to study, and they all know each other.
However, in the context of the league situation is basically settled, European competition is the second goal of Braga's season sprint, and their opponent in the Europa League semi-finals is Valencia in La Liga.
Pires didn't know whether it was intentional or not, anyway, telling the players the news was a reminder that the players should not live up to the manager's painstaking efforts.
Braga are now more confident, but not arrogant, and the players are naturally looking to perform better in the final crucial stages of the season!
Because winning one game could mean winning a trophy!