Coming to Hannover to the Portuguese traditional powerhouse Benfica, there was no Armando Petit who had a sudden breathing disorder in the last game, but his absence from the Champions League was not due to physical illness, but due to the undercurrent of struggle within the Benfica team.

Petit was discharged from the hospital long ago and began training normally with the team a month ago. But because of his illness, it became an opportunity for the old players in the Benfica team to collectively challenge coach Ronald Koeman.

In the new season, Coman has made a lot of tricks in terms of management and reinforcements, which has puzzled the Portuguese media and fans. Benfica didn't bring any real big names to the fans all summer, and just when people thought Koeman was going to stop, the team suddenly sold their main right-back Miguel. Subsequently, captain Simão was also spotted by Liverpool, and for a few days, the Benfica dressing room was in an uproar. However, Koeman reversed course and eventually forced Simão to remain in the team, resulting in a wounded peace between the two sides.

In addition, Koeman's strong introduction of Karagunis and Milico from Serie A did not reassure the club, so he delayed Petit's transfer to Manchester United, and Benfica lost 30 million euros in the summer. As a result, Koeman's most desired French star Piret naturally became a yellow soup.

As a result, the veteran players are generally resentful of Koeman for various reasons, and the small means and constraints in private are endless, and they are not fuel-efficient lamps.

Koeman believes that the old players are unlikely to make any breakthroughs in Europe, and only those players he brings can make Benfica go further in Europe. can make such a troublesome contradiction in the team, Benfica is not only at the bottom of Group D of the Champions League, but also tied and lost in the Portuguese Super League, and the rankings have gone to the middle and lower levels.

This made the club's hierarchy unbearable, but the stubborn and stubborn Koeman convinced them.

'Benfica will join Manchester United in the Champions League and there is no problem with that. As for the league, it's only November and doesn't say anything. ”

Well, I've brought you here, and we'll trust you for now. Moreover, do not believe...... And how?

Koeman, who has the support of the club's hierarchy, has a knife in his hands, and the four big players Nuno Gomez, Simao, Petit and Giovanni are not only refrigerated by him in the Champions Cup, and they are not included in the 18-man squad at all, but they are also on the bench in the league. However, in the last few rounds of the Portuguese Super League, Benfica lost to the relegation team Vicente, and narrowly drew with the weak team Coimbra, and was beaten by the city's rival Sporting Lisbon in the last round of the derby.

Is Koeman testing the endurance of the Benfica hierarchy?

The Champions Cup is the litmus test for a manager, and it is also a hurdle that Koeman must overcome. The Eredivisie has run out of chances due to its gradual decline, and the teams with strength in the top five leagues are not interested in a young coach like Koeman, who has little coaching power. As a result, Benfica, one of the top three in the Portuguese Super League, became the only and most suitable choice.

Koeman studied with Jose Mourinho as an assistant under Louis van Gaal at Barcelona, and after graduating from the University of Barcelona, the three went their separate ways. Van Gaal went to the Dutch national team and began an unbearable experience. Jose Mourinho returned to Benfica, Portugal to begin his managerial career. Koeman also returned to his native Netherlands to take charge of Vitesse. Later, Mu Niao and Coman and 'teacher' Van Gaal all fell out with each other, and their words were full of condiments.

What did the rank remember? No, no, no, I'm really not alluding to Mr. Guo Degang and Cao He Eryun......

Jose Mourinho is now one of Europe's biggest coaches, but what was the Magic Bird when he was a player? Can you compare with him Koman?

It is false to say that Coman is not jealous and blushing at Mourinho, a former 'classmate', and perhaps he left the Netherlands to come to Benfica because this is where Mourinho started coaching. Follow in the footsteps of the madman to realize your dream of soaring into the sky.

In fact, Koeman's life is not very good, and he came to Portugal from the Netherlands this summer with former Alkmaar coach Adrianse, the famous coach who first took a fancy to Zhuo Yang after entering Porto, and the league schedule has been gone before the halfway point. In such a comparison, Benfica leaders naturally have no choice but to pout Koeman.

Adrianse's success in Porto is largely due to his ability to adapt to local conditions rather than to be opinionated. Adrianse did not cling to the traditional Dutch 4-3-3 or 3-4-3, but cautiously continued the space control and area-restricted play that Mourinho pioneered here, tailoring it 4-4-2.

On the other hand, Koeman is not good, he came with the arrogance of the top players and Dutch football, forcibly superstitious 4-3-3, paranoid obsession with 3-4-3, and completely ignoring the fact that Portugal's football soil does not have the gene of attacking and defending.

Portuguese football has always been a defensive counterattack under the appearance of more samba than samba, and the small short pass fell backwards into the opponent's goal. Let them all immediately become B2B bandits scurrying back and forth between the two forbidden areas...... what do you think they are Chinese, and they can copy whatever they want?

Compared to the last time the two teams met more than two months ago, Koeman, who is now in the team 'doing whatever he wants', naturally has to play 3-4-3. However, for Zhuo Yang, a No. 9 and a half, his favorite is probably the back three, leaving him with too much activity area between the two lines, and there are highways everywhere.

What's more, Uncle Scum, who had done a lot of homework before the game, directly sent three strikers in front, and Gomez and Helmers dragged a Zhuo Yang behind them. Although Klopp's 4-3-3 seemed to be playing with Koeman's 3-4-3, Madibourg's 4-3-3 was more elaborate and targeted.

Midfield three: Khedira, Debishi, Zhirkov. It's hard to say that these three players are attack-oriented, they are very well-balanced in terms of individual characteristics and tactical requirements, and they are probably more focused on the backfield.

Both teams have three strikers, but in Benfica's four-man midfield, Karagunis, Ascis, and Beto are all attack-oriented players, plus three strikers Milico, Mantoas, and Augusto, Benfica has six attacking players.

However, there is a principle in modern football tactics that is accepted by most industry insiders: no more than four attacking players. That is to say, among the eleven players on the field, there cannot be more than four people who are tactically the main attackers, otherwise it will cause an overall imbalance.

Koeman tried to get off with an idealistic and aggressive style of play, as they were the only team in Group D to have beaten Madiburg. Like the Madiburg people, they all want to step on each other and go ashore and occupy the strongest position to qualify from the group.

However, just five minutes later, Koeman knew he was wrong.