Chapter 271 UEFA Cup

The second penalty taker is between Viana and Ronaldo, which is not easy to give.

Viana is a senior in the youth team, and the star-making order is also ahead of Ronaldo, and he entered the first team a year early.

But Ronaldo and Deng Kai, as rising stars, are too much in the limelight.

In terms of popularity, only Quaresma can win against these two demon stars.

And it's only a single win, CD teamed up, and the momentum is definitely not inferior to Quaresma.

It makes sense to give Cristiano Ronaldo, who is also a super goalscorer himself, but Viana is not very tense on face.

So Trigra finally chose to give Mateus, Mr. Golden Ball, and no one had anything to say.

As for the third penalty taker, Viana didn't look down on it, so he cheapened Ronaldo.

Considering that Mateus is willing to be substituted unless it is a key game, Cristiano Ronaldo, the third penalty taker, is actually the second penalty taker.

Quaresma, who took the ball from Deng Kai, nodded and then scored a brace from the spot.

He became the team's top scorer with three goals.

At present, the midfield of this team is in full bloom, and all of them have scored goals except for Drogba!

After the game, the media was again publicized.

Sporting Lisbon won 4-1 and remained firmly at the top of the standings.

Ten goal difference, it's really hard for any team to surpass in a short period of time.

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"The truth of Hathaway's love affair exposed, the three bars or Deng Kai's fatal attraction? 》

An ordinary Portuguese Super League match is logically impossible to attract the attention of the outside world.

But as soon as this news came out, the entire North American region was shocked.

Many American men have publicly spread rumors, saying that Deng Kai cannot be so strong.

But American women prefer to believe that Deng Kai is using the nutrition of growing height to grow elsewhere, isn't it reasonable all of a sudden?

Fortunately, Hathaway has already joined the crew to film and is isolated from the world, otherwise there would definitely be a reporter who would have asked her the truth about the matter.

Hathaway: I'd like to know the truth sooner rather than later.

After the second round of the league, Sporting Lisbon did not have a holiday.

Just three days later, they played their first European game.

Oh no...... It was this group of young people who had their first European game.

Deng Kai, Cristiano Ronaldo, Drogba, Ibrahimovic, Barzagli, Pepe, Fonte, John Terry and others, including Viana.

As for Quaresma, he already played in the Europa League with the team last season.

The team made it out of the group stage, but then it fell.

Viana was recovering from an injury in the first half of last season and was eliminated from the Europa League after returning in the second half, so he missed out on European opportunities.

At this time, the Europa League was still called the UEFA Cup, and it had just absorbed the European Cup Winners' Cup, which was not yet the Europa League that everyone was familiar with later, but the meaning was similar.

The difference lies in the competition system and entry threshold.

Sporting Lisbon were drawn in the same group as Gaziantep Sport of the Turkish Super League, Lilleström of the Norwegian Premier League and Anderlecht of the Belgian First Division.

There will be a double round-robin tournament within the group.

Each team plays home and away against the other three teams.

There are a total of six games, and the first point directly advances to the knockout round.

The team with the second place in each group will play a play-off against the team that was eliminated from the Champions League group stage with third place, with the winner progressing to the knockout round.

In the past decade, Inter Milan have reached four UEFA Cup finals and won the trophy three times; Serie A teams have won the title five times and reached the final 11 times, demonstrating the dominance of Serie A.

But last year's Serie A teams failed to reach the final.

Reaching the final were Arsenal and Turkish Super League giants Galatasaray.

And in the end, it was the latter who won the championship trophy!

Arsenal lost four on penalties!

This is also the most inconspicuous name in a series of giant teams.

For this reason, this year there is a special emphasis on teams from the Turkish Super League.

Sporting Lisbon ...... In the last decade or even twenty years, no team in the Portuguese Super League has reached the final of the UEFA Cup.

Their performances in Europe have not won people's trust.

Moreover, the Portuguese Super League is not a mainstream league, and the outside world's understanding of the Portuguese Super League is relatively slow to update.

Thanks to the Jardel deal this summer, it became known that Sporting Lisbon had sold their leading striker, ushered in a large number of young people, and completely overturned and rebuilt.

Such a team should be said to be combative...... Returning to the top four in three years and hitting the championship in five years is a relatively smooth rebuild.

So the victory or defeat, do you still need to say?

September 16.

Sporting Lisbon host their European rivals, Gaziantep, at the Estadio Alvalad.

There were not many changes to Sporting Lisbon's starting line-up today, with Didier Drogba in the centre-forward position.

Despite not scoring in two consecutive matches, Drogba's role on the pitch is evident for all to see.

The selection of him for this game was also a signal for Trigra.

For now, Drogba has helped the team a lot more than Ibrahimovic.

In the tunnel of players, players from both sides line up and prepare to enter.

Ronaldo stood behind Deng Kai and suddenly felt a little strange: "Hey, Kai, you...... Have you grown a little taller? ”

Deng Kai was stunned.

He originally thought that he would only grow up when the second wave of development came, why did it rise in advance now? Go back and measure it, I guess it's going to be 1.7 meters, right?

"How?" Deng Kai turned to look at Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo said: "I can't see the position of the second vortex above your head now, you have to tiptoe, you didn't have to do it before. ”

Deng Kai: MMP!

Gaziantep Sports is also a strong team in the Turkish Super League, but the style of play is defensive counter-attacking, and the initiative to hand over the ball to Sporting Lisbon.

This is because the Tu Super League Sankai Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, and Besiktas are also known as star retirement homes.

The top stars of the five major leagues will consider going to the Turkish Super League for a wave of money a year or two before they retire.

The salaries of the stars here are basically three to ten times the normal salary!

Don't kick white, don't kick.

The stars from the five major leagues are often of a much higher standard than other players in the Turkish Super League.

This leads to the fact that except for the three giants, most of the rest of the teams are defensive counterattacks.

Otherwise, are you going to steal the ball from a few Zidane feet and play against them?

Zinedine Zidane: I'm not going to the Turkish Super League, thank you.

In the first twenty minutes, Sporting Lisbon was quite solid in defense while setting off a wave of attack.

The big circle tactic is not good, that is, the defense is solid, and it is difficult to be stolen by the weak team.

Terry, Barzagli, and Mateus easily resolved the few dangerous situations, and it was not Font's turn to face the crisis at the end.

Of course, when football really gets to Fonte, he probably won't be able to solve it.

At that time, it was Schmeichel who was tested.

Twenty-third minute.

Seeing that the two wings were a little impressable, Drogba took the initiative to retreat and pull out.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Quaresma cut towards the middle at the same time.

Viana pulled away to the left.

Gaziantep's defensive chemistry began to be tested.

(End of chapter)