Chapter 391: The "Soft Egg" Is Hard

Just 15 minutes into the game, Braga was one goal behind.

Head coach Custodio is not only frightened, but also hopes that the opponent will slow down the pace after taking a temporary lead and let his team take a breather first.

But soon, he realized that things didn't go the way he expected.

In the eyes of the opponent, this goal is as if it does not exist, how to play it or how to play it.

Although he played defensive counterattacks, his style of play was extremely fast-paced.

Aren't they tired? With such a rhythm, it is they themselves who are dragged down first!

However, the people of Maritimo seem to be completely unconcerned about their physical fitness, and are always running and sprinting.

The effect of Xu Kai's training is evident.

The core essence of Xu Kai's training method is to keep sprinting and running, using physical strength to crush the opponent and crush the opponent with the body. With his special training methods, the Maritimo players have a very good physical reserve.

Fitness has never been a problem for a team with high aspirations, after all, he has a lot of energy-replenishing items in his system. "System + training" has made the lofty team a tireless iron team.

Under Maritimo's repeated onslaught, Braga's fitness was the first to go into trouble.

More than 20 minutes or so is the physical critical point, the Maritimo people, who have been actively sprinting, did not show a significant physical decline at the physical critical point, but the Braga team, which was running passively, could not keep up with the rhythm.

In a critical state of physical fitness, the blood oxygen level of the Braga players is at a very low level, as if they are competing on a plateau at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, they can only be exhausted, their minds are blank, they have no extra strength to observe, no time to think, can only move in vain, follow the Maritimo people to chase the wind and eat.

Braga's formation became more and more chaotic, and the defensive space became bigger and bigger, and it was easy for Maritimo to find its weakness.

In the 24th minute, Maritimo played a series of combinations in front, playing the ball from the right to the left, and then from the left to the right, and after a few back and forth, a large gap was revealed in the Braga defence.

Wang Zi's eyes were quick, and he suddenly made a long pass from a long distance and hoisted the ball into the air.

Pan Xinyue, the "space reader", was waiting there.

Faced with this top-down high ball, Pan Xinyue calmly rubbed the instep of her foot and unloaded the ball steadily.

There was a burst of applause in the stands, not only for the tacit passing and receiving cooperation between Wang Zi and Pan Xinyue, but also for Pan Xinyue's beautiful stopping skills.

This is the credit of Lao Wu Tou!

Lao Wu's portrait is a craftsman who pursues perfection, polishing and carving the players' various technical movements.

Especially Puyu, who has not been in contact with football for a long time like Pan Xinyue, is more like a blank piece of paper, allowing Lao Wu to splash ink and paint the most brilliant picture.

The beautiful stop made Pan Xinyue more efficient, and after stopping the ball, he took two steps forward and entered the zone.

Go to the meeting alone!

Braga goalkeeper Matthews is desperate now, staying in the door is "waiting for death", abandoning the door is "looking for death", under the power of two evils, he can only gamble, and rushed out with his teeth and claws.

Pan Xinyue was not flustered, such a single ball was something he had to practice after training every day, and in the face of the attacking goalkeeper, he pushed the far corner very calmly.

Just in time for a half-cross shot from Matthews, the ball slid past his side and flew steadily into the bottom right corner of the goal.

The score expanded to 2:0!

Pan Xinyue is the first Chinese to score in this Maritimo team!

And it was Wang Zi who gave him an assist!

Both goals were assisted by him!

There were huge cheers from the stands, and although the attendance was not high today, the sound effect of the professional stadium was very good.

If when the first goal was scored, people were still a little surprised, then after the score expanded again, people were finally surprised to find that this Maritimo team is very strong!

The fans who originally held the banner of "Let the Chinese get out" temporarily put away the slogan and replaced it with heartfelt cheers.

Braga coach Custodio was dead-faced, he was young and energetic, he had not foreseen such a situation before the game, and he had not prepared an emergency plan for such a situation.

Trailing by two goals, he should have fought back and tried to get the score back; But the team's physical fitness and morale made him dare not attack rashly, for fear of being beaten by an opponent who was already good at defending against counterattacks.

In desperation, Custodio could only humiliately order the team to stabilize their position first, and then slowly figure out a good strategy.

The score was behind, but the defense was strengthened, Custodio felt very humiliated.

As a result, the audience saw a peculiar scene, Braga, known as the fourth strongest in the Portuguese Super League, not only did not strengthen the attack, but instead of strengthening the attack, they retreated in their own half and were surrounded and beaten by the relegation gate Maritimo.

Braga still have a good background, their defensive organization is good, and after the half-time, the difference in fitness is no longer so obvious. Although the kick was very embarrassing, the good position gradually stabilized.

The shortcomings of Maritimo's lack of a powerful battering ram are highlighted. Despite the signing of Dzeko, the Bosnian striker has yet to fly from Italy to Portugal and given the run-in problem, he cannot be counted on in the first phase of the league, at least before the international break.

Without a battering ram, in the face of the heavily defended city gates, Maritimo had not many options, and could only see the stitches slowly infiltrating inside.

The scene gradually fell into a stalemate, and the first half was about to end.

Just when people thought the score would remain 2-0 until halftime, Vukovic suddenly stepped up again.

In the 44th minute, Maritimo had a difficult penetration in the opponent's half, but after the ball reached the feet of Vukovic, he suddenly changed his rhythm and rushed towards the opponent's defense with the ball.

At this point, it was Segra who was in charge of defending him and had mocked him in the players' tunnel.

Vukovic strode forward, and Segra desperately squeezed on the side, trying to make the impression of the "soft egg" Vukovic feel terrified through fierce body contact.

But unexpectedly, Vukovic was very tough this time, and he was not afraid of confrontation at all, and with one arm fight, he squeezed Segra away.

Saigra was unwilling, he exerted his strength, and used his body to bump into Vukovic, who knew that Vukovic was not to be outdone, and also hit him hard.

With a "bang", Saigra only felt that his body was in the fog and fell to the ground.

And the tall and strong Croats only shook a few times.

It was a reasonable collision and the referee did not award a foul.

Vukovic staggered, but continued to move forward, and with the shaking of his body, he took advantage of the situation as a feint, dunked the ball, and stumbled away from the defender in front of him.

Then he didn't take it forward, and took advantage of the flash to take advantage of the flash, and directly raised his left foot, which was quite unreasonable and far away.

At the moment he was 35 or 6 meters away from the goal, but this kick was very sudden, full of force, full of confidence, and the ball flew towards Braga's goal like a cannonball.

Goalkeeper Matthews scrambled to save, but the ball was too beautiful to be stopped, and the ball flew into the net again.

3:0!

Maritimo sealed the win in the first half.

In the face of dense defense, the individual ability of the star flashed!

Vukovic showed with practical actions that the "soft egg" has hardened from then on!

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