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The full name of this team is Sportlisboa and Benfica (Slbenfica), which is a multi-sport club located in the city of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, with football as its main sport.

Founded on 28 February 1904 as "Sportlisboa", the club merged with "Gruposportbenfica" in 1908 to change its name to "Sporting Club of Lisbon and Benfica".

In terms of football, Benfica is Portugal's No. 1 giant, there is no doubt about it, although in recent years, the city's opponent Sporting Lesbourne, as well as the league's opponent Porto have performed very well, but Benfica's position as Portugal's No. 1 giant, is difficult to shake, mainly because Benfica's history has achieved too glorious honors.

Unlike other fringe league clubs' embarrassing results in Europe, Benfica are the second club in their history to win the European Cup and have reached the Champions League final seven times, behind Real Madrid, AC Milan and Bayern Munich.

In their home league, Benfica are even more brilliant, having won 31 Portuguese top flight titles, 26 domestic Portuguese cups, and a variety of other competitions.

If this does not prove that Benfica is the most glorious club in Portugal, then another statistic certainly proves it - Benfica has the largest number of fans in Portugal!

According to the statistics released on November 10, 2005, Benfica has a staggering 160,392 paid members, which is not only the most in Portugal, but also the club with the most paid members in the world, which is incomparable to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United, and for this, Benfica has also been selected into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Of course, these are not our concerns, we are concerned about the quality of Benfica.

The strength of such a luxury club is worthy of recognition, but since the 80s of the 20th century, due to the efforts of Benfica Club has not been effective, coupled with the club's lack of prudence in spending money in the transfer market, the club has continued to have crises since then, and its performance has declined many times. In the early 90s of the 20th century, the results in China were okay, winning several championships in a row, but there was nothing to do in the European arena, from the mid-90s of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century, eight consecutive years of failure to win the championship, and even ranked sixth in the 2000~01 season!

This is a poor result for one of the world's brightest clubs, but in 2004/05 the club began to recover under the new chairman, winning the first league title of the new century, and then the team brought in the famous coach Ronald Ronald. Koeman is the coach and hopes to keep it prosperous for a long time!

In this way, the team's results have shown signs of recovery, and many Benfica fans hope that the team can rebuild its past glory.

Benfica did not disappoint this season, as they eliminated Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League and reached the last four of the Champions League.

This result is satisfying to the fans, who are now hoping that the team can take it to the next level and take home a Champions League trophy to Portugal, which is the pinnacle of Benfica's glory.

In fact, although Benfica's results in the Champions League are very good, but in this season's league, the team led by Coman is only ranked third in the league, such results obviously cannot satisfy the fans, but now the team is trying to compete for the European championship trophy, Koeman's position is quite solid, if he wants to continue to stay in Benfica, he is bound to get a ticket to the European Champions Cup final, so as to make up for Benfica's lack of results in the league.

If he can't reach the Champions League final, Koeman will have to submit his resignation to the club with a pitiful result of third place in the league.

Therefore, this battle with Real Madrid, whether it is for Benfica FC or for Ronald. Koeman himself is very important, and of course this is also true for Real Madrid and Carlo.

Maybe the situation of Carlo and Koeman is somewhat similar now, they are both trying to get a victory and eliminate the opponent in order for themselves to continue to coach the team, but in this case, there can only be one winner for two people, and this is the case in football, trampling the opponent's corpse to reach the top, and everyone who succeeds is like this

In the analysis of the media before the game, there is still a good evaluation of the forward line of the Benfica team.

In the current Benfica team, the two absolute main players in the forward line are Gomez and Simao, one of these two players is 30 years old, the other is 27 years old, it seems that the forward line is a little old, but the strength of these two players is beyond doubt.

Now, all of Portugal knows that the country's golden boy is Cristiano. Ronaldo, the Manchester United team, has proven his talent and quality with his performances, but in fact, five years ago, the title belonged to Nuno. Gomez's, he is the 'golden boy' of Raul's generation.

At the age of 21, Gomez was snatched up by Benfica, and began to prove his value for money with constant goals, under the leadership of the famous coach Heynckes, Gomez soon became Benfica's trump card, as early as the 2000 Champions League, Gomez had scored 58 goals in 95 games, becoming Benfica's well-deserved top scorer.

Many people think that the era of Gomez has passed, but in fact, after entering the 21st century, Gomez's performance is still strong, he continues to prove his form with goals, although he is now 30 years old, Benfica still has a main position, just because of his excellent performance and stability.

With such an excellent striker, it is no wonder that the media will describe him as 'a goal-scorer who can threaten Real Madrid'.

Benfica's other main striker is the current captain of the team, and a more threatening striker than the current Gomez, that is Simao. Sabrosa.

Simão is the cradle of famed talent, a striker from the Sporting Lisbon Academy, and after being promoted to the first team, he scored in a minute on his Portuguese top-flight debut as a substitute, which is definitely something to remember many times ago.

After three years at Sporting Lisbon, Simão caught the eye of La Liga giants Barcelona with 30 performances of 10 goals in his final season. At that time, Barcelona was also looking for a wing position that could make up for Figo's departure, and Simao, who also had a strong ability to break through on the wing and free kick skills, was the "Figo II" they were looking for.

So, in the summer of 1999, Simão joined Barcelona, Spain for a transfer fee of 15 million euros, but this became the beginning of Simão's submergence, where Simão's form was up and down, with only three goals in 46 league appearances in two seasons. Perhaps the light of his predecessor was too strong, and Simão always lived in the shadow of Figo and did not really integrate into the team.

It wasn't until 2001 that Simão returned to Portugal to join Sporting Lisbon's local rivals Benfica.

At Benfica club Simão became a fan favourite, and he soon became captain of the Flying Eagles. In the years that followed, Simão impressed at Benfica, making 191 league and cup appearances and scoring 88 goals, and in recent seasons he has been Benfica's top scorer. Simão is also considered to be the best player for Benfica FC over the years and one of the best players in the Portuguese Super League.

It is worth mentioning that he has also written two books and published DVDs to teach children how to play football.

Such a striker is certainly worthy of the attention of the Spanish media, and they continue to give advice for Real Madrid's defense of Simao, and even "Marca" said that 'Simão is the most important player, we should focus on him, so that Real Madrid's defense is basically worry-free', it seems that they attach more importance to Simão than the rest of the whole Benfica combined.

Obviously, none of these reports made any sense to Carlo.

Benfica's forward line is very strong, which the media knows, of course he also knows, at this time Carlo is doing work for Real Madrid's defensive tactics, in fact, this work is almost what Carlo has been doing since he accepted Real Madrid, Real Madrid's forward line does not have to worry at all, but the defense line can be said to be a mess.

And yesterday, the team's captain Pavon was injured again in training, which made Carlo scratch his head even more, such a defender is very important to Real Madrid's defense, and now Real Madrid's main backline, except for Carlos, is almost all newcomers, which really can't help but worry Carlo.

At the same time, Ronald in Lisbon. Coman scratched his head more than Carlo.

Real Madrid is worried about the back, Benfica is even more worried, speaking of which, if you compare Real Madrid and Benfica's backline, Benfica must be better, although their players may not be as valuable and famous as Real Madrid's players, but the real strength of the football team is not based on this.

Benfica's four main players in the backline are almost all Portuguese internationals who have played in Benfica for more than 3 seasons, not only personal skills, but also very tacit cooperation, and on the other hand, Real Madrid, although the backline Ramos and Cicinho are very famous and valuable, but they are still young after all, and there are many commercial factors in terms of value. Anderson plus Leon and Ricardo. Rocha, the gap is really not small.

This point, in the last Champions League match, Barcelona and Benfica did not score a goal, which can prove something.

But despite this, head coach Ronald . Koeman is still worried about the team's back, just because Real Madrid's attack is too strong.

Coman doesn't need to analyze carefully to know that Real Madrid's forward starters must be Wang Li and Robinho, the partnership of these two players has become an excellent pair for Real Madrid, and the two veterans of Ronaldo and Raul, who have also performed well, can only be their substitutes now.

But what about knowing?

How to defend that brunette kid, how to suppress Real Madrid's attack? This was the biggest headache for Koeman, because he couldn't figure out a way.

According to the practices of other teams, such as Chelsea, their approach is to defend, only a big defense can suppress Real Madrid's attack, only a crowd of tactics can make Real Madrid's attack weak, so as to really make the brunette play blocked, in fact, it proves that this approach does have some effect, at least Real Madrid scored the least number of goals in the game with Chelsea, and if Chelsea really defends with all their might, it is not impossible to keep the goal for 90 minutes.

However, football is a sport of scoring, not defense, and it is all on the defensive, so how can it win?

If you want to win, you still have to attack!!

It seems like there is no doubt about it.

After scratching his head for a few days, Koeman felt that the team's hope of victory was really small, although he was very confident in the strength of the team, but he was more confident in the strength of Real Madrid.

Attacking to get the team to score more goals than Real Madrid? - Barcelona's 8-0 has proven that this approach is completely unworkable, Barcelona can't score more goals than Real Madrid, can Benfica? Obviously, the answer is no.

After scoring a goal, you will play defensive counterattack? ――This seems like a good idea, but is it really going to work? Will Benfica stay? Can any other team really take the lead first?

Koeman doesn't know, but he knows that if the team doesn't score in the first wave of attacks, then Real Madrid may be too big to take the lead, after all, their brunette boy is too strong!!

So, what now?

A lot of thoughts were lingering in Koeman's mind, and he really didn't know how the team had to play in order to have any hope of winning.

Perhaps, the team's players are full of confidence, or maybe in the evaluation of the Portuguese media, Benfica is still likely to win, after all, they have eliminated a Barcelona, but as a manager and after careful research, Coman knows that as long as the brunette of Real Madrid plays, then Benfica's chances of winning are too small and too small.

After all, even without that black-haired boy, Benfica's strength is still a little different from Real Madrid, and now, this gap is no longer a good idea, two asymmetrical opponents compete, and their own hope of victory is slim.

"It would be nice if we could draw with them and go straight to the penalty shoot-out." While meditating, the thought popped into Koman's mind.

And this thought was like a light in the darkness, illuminating Koman's thinking path at once.

"Tie!?"

Coman thought carefully, trying to seize the glimmer of light to find a solution, and finally after more than an hour, he gritted his teeth and firmly established his thoughts.

"Then let's try it at that." It seems that Koeman made this decision with a lot of determination

On this day, Real Madrid's special plane arrived in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

At Lisbon's international airport, many journalists and fans were waiting to greet Real Madrid, and when the players stepped out of the cabin, many reporters rushed to come forward to cover the news, and the surrounding fans shouted the names of the Real Madrid players.

These are not Real Madrid fans, they are Portugal fans.

If someone sees this scene, they will definitely feel that the number of fans in Real Madrid is really large, even in Portugal there are so many loyal fans, but in fact, these fans are all local fans in Lisbon, how can they like Real Madrid in Madrid, Spain?

And this time, the reason why so many fans came to pick up the airport is because these are Sporting Lisbon fans, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica have been bitter enemies for hundreds of years, and their relationship is like that between Barcelona and Real Madrid, there is almost no possibility of reconciliation, and these fans in private are the same with each other.

And now, Real Madrid has become Benfica's opponent, and Sporting Lisbon, which has ended this season's European competition, certainly does not want to see any good results from their city rivals, so this time, they are all cheering for Real Madrid.

Sporting Lisbon fans hope that Real Madrid can 'teach Benfica a lesson' and let them be eliminated outright.

In this way, they have a reason to gloat

After arriving in Lisbon, Real Madrid spent the afternoon doing some simple training on a fixed field, after which the team returned to the hotel to rest and prepare for tomorrow's game.

The first leg is crucial, for Real Madrid, this is an away game, Carlo hopes that the team can play normally in tomorrow's game, as long as they can score 1 or 2 away goals, then the next meeting at the Bernabeu will be much easier.

As for the defense, although Carlo tries his best to strengthen, it is difficult for the clever woman to urge him, and he does not have many ways to defend Real Madrid, so he just hopes that the team can score more goals than the opponent.

"I hope so."

On the pitch the next day, Carlo watched Real Madrid's training during the warm-up training and sighed.

However, a few hours later, when both teams were already on the pitch at the same time ready to kick off, Carlo was no longer worried about the team's backline - because Benfica did not send Simão to start at all, and the only striker was Gomez, whose surname was symbolic.

"What the hell is he playing?" Carlo looked at the Benfica dugout on the right with a puzzled face, looking puzzled

(To be continued)