Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 378 Benfica in the new season

The tenderness is over, and there will be fierce and cruel competitions next.

Ronando talked and laughed happily with his former teammates, but as old friends who are familiar with each other, he can clearly feel a strong fighting spirit from these former teammates!

After experiencing the third-line battle last season, Benfica, which won the European Triple Crown, although the head coach has left, and two of the front tridents have also left their hometowns, but the fierce battles of those months have made this team The team has a hint of rebirth. In other words, the current Benfica is a team that has been forged. They are definitely much tougher than a year ago.

Can the Portuguese team make people feel the "gritty" temperament?
This is not easy, but it is not impossible. Leaving aside, the Porto team led by Mourinho in the first two seasons can be called a tough team, and only teams with this temperament , It is possible to pass all the way and finally win the European championship. On the contrary, if it is just a team with a weak style, even if the football is played gorgeously, there is no reason to win the championship.

So, where does the "tough" temperament come from?Generally speaking, when a team wins the championship in the top competition, the hardships along the way will make all the players of this team go through some baptism, thus imposing the style of not fearing hardship on all players. body, let these players mature overnight, and it will be difficult to be completely knocked down by difficulties.

In this sense, although Manchester United is a tough Premier League team, it is hard to say whether their fighting will is really stronger than Benfica!
Of course, the so-called tenacity is only one of the factors for a team to win. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Manchester United to beat Liverpool in the just-concluded English derby, because Liverpool just won the Champions League The championship team, the current fighting will of that team must be stronger than Manchester United.

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Goalkeeper: No. 19 Edwin van der Sar

Forwards: No. 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy, No. 8 Wayne Rooney

Midfielders: No. 11 Ryan Giggs, No. 16 Roy Keane, No. 25 Quinton Fortune, No. 22 Cristiano Ronaldo
Defenders: No. 27 Miguel Silvestre, No. 26 John O'Shea, No. 28 Gerard Pique, No. 2 Gary Neville
Playing in the important matches of the Champions League group, Ferguson naturally put more emphasis on dealing with the league. He threw out all the cards he could use as much as possible.

The situation in Group D where Manchester United is in is difficult. The team's performance in the first round was not satisfactory. After the draw with Villarreal in La Liga, the pattern of Group D has become more chaotic. If they don't take all 3 points in the game, Manchester United will be under heavy pressure from top to bottom.

Therefore, in this battle, Manchester United is bound to win, and don't think about anything other than victory!

In Manchester United's starting lineup, the only surprise is the Spanish teenager Gerard Pique. Since Rio Ferdinand has not returned from injury, the 18-year-old Gerard Pique has been firmly in the team. Standing at the central defender position, he has performed very well in each of the last few appearances, which earned him the title of "the biggest surprise of the season after the Portuguese".

A Portuguese player, a Spanish player, both guys are 18 years old, Ronaldo and Gerard Pique, just like Wayne Rooney last season, have become the new bright spots of Manchester United.

In other words, the record of the Portuguese team playing against the Premier League teams in recent years is a bit horrible. After 2000, the Portuguese team played against the Premier League teams nine times in the European War, with a total score of 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. In addition to Benfica's 3-1 victory over Newcastle United in the Europa League final a few months ago, only Sporting Lisbon has beaten Middlesbrough 1-0.

This record is indeed not optimistic, that is to say, without the sudden rise of Benfica last season, the Portuguese team had only won one victory in the confrontation with the Premier League team!
From this point of view, it is really difficult for Benfica to achieve something in today's game.

Goalkeeper: No. 1 Jose Moreira
Forward: No. 21 Nuno Gomez (captain)
Midfielders: No. 30 Fabrizio Miccoli, No. 10 Georgios Calagunis, No. 19 Pereira Iverson

Back midfielder: No. 14 Manuel Fernandez, No. 6 Armando Petit

Defenders: Ricardo Rocha No. 33, Alcaides Eideldo No. 13, Ze Roy No. 39, Nelson Marcus No. 22

As Benfica, which won the European Triple Crown last season, did not sell off on a large scale, but kept most of the original team.

From this point, it can be seen that, as the original overlord of Portugal, Benfica, the thinking of the club's top executives is also undergoing some changes. Just like Porto, to gain a foothold in the Portuguese Super League, it is best to firmly hold the honor of the Portuguese Super League champion in your own hands, and sell some of the main players to a limited extent while preserving your strength.

Of course, it is hard to say whether this approach will benefit Benfica even more. If Benfica this season is going down all the way after the lack of Simao and Ronaldo, then Benfica will lose it. It is most suitable for a big sale In the future, even if you want to sell your players, it will be difficult to sell them at a high price.

This is a gamble. If you win, Benfica can embark on a long-term and stable road to recovery. If you lose, it will be over and back to the original point.

However, judging from the current situation of the new season, Benfica's reforms have been very effective. They have managed to bloom on both sides of the league and the Champions League in the new season!
For this achievement, the new coach Jose Camacho and the new team captain Nuno Gomez have contributed a lot.

Benfica's starting lineup is still the classic 4-2-3-1, and most of the team are old acquaintances of Ronaldo. Of course, as the reserve warehouse of the top European leagues, the Portuguese club will never Lacking fresh blood, Benfica's main lineup has also undergone some changes after the departure of Simao, Ronaldo, and the veteran international and right back Luis Miguel.

Benfica has been lacking a qualified midfielder, so that the team's No. 10 jersey has been vacant for a long time. Now, this problem is finally solved.

Georgios Karagunis, captain of the 2004 European Cup champion team Greece, 28 years old, played for Serie A Inter Milan in the first two seasons, and led the Greek team to win the European Cup as captain last year.

Georgios Karagunis, a powerful midfielder with both offense and defense, his only flaw is his short stature, only 176cm, but the Greek captain has a tough style, with a strong midfielder, full of beards, It shows that this is a player with a tough personality, which is in the same line as Manchester United captain Roy Keane.

In addition to the major changes in the midfield, the biggest change in Benfica in the new season is the back line.

The 23-year-old black player Ze Roy has successfully taken the position in Benfica and has become one of the core players in the team. Although his height is not outstanding, it is enough to cope with normal situations.

No. 13 Alcaides Eideldo, another young player who came to Europe from Brazil to seek gold. He is just 20 years old this year. He is 186cm tall and weighs 78KG. The central defender of the Super League team is more than enough. The only thing this player lacks is experience, and whether he can succeed in Benfica will directly determine whether he has the opportunity to go to a more competitive European league.

No. 22 Nelson Marcus, a 22-year-old young Portuguese rookie with dual citizenship of Portugal and Cape Verde, played for the Panthers Boavista last season.

This season, Luis Miguel, Benfica's main right back, has moved away, and the teenager Nelson Marcus has filled the vacancy. As a substitute for Boavista last season, Nelson Marcus made an appearance. There were not many opportunities, but he scored a goal. This is an important reason why he was favored by Benfica.

Nelson Marcus is a typical assisting full-back. He is short in stature, only 171cm, but has good foot skills and fast speed, and can often become the team's winger.

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"Ronando, this is Nelson. He was in the north last year. After coming to Lisbon this year, he also lives near Amandola. He is his own! He didn't meet you yesterday because of something."

"Cristiano, hello! It's a pity that I was in Porto last season... It's a pity that I didn't play with you in Amendola!"

"Don't say that, Nelson. Manuel and Ze Roy are our good buddies, oh, and Nani, isn't it the same with them?"

Before the game started, Ze Roy took the time to introduce the short Nelson Marcus to Ronando.

Although Ronaldo has left Benfica and came to England, but because of his achievements in the club and the national team, he has become a benchmark figure among young players of color in Portugal, especially in the Lisbon area. According to Ze Roy and Manuel Fernandez coaxed that the two of them, together with Nani of Sporting Lisbon, and Ronando, were collectively known as the "Four Bosses of Amandola". Many young people of color in the Lisbon area Players, we are all proud to make friends with them!
Nelson Marcus, a black full-back from Cape Verde, is 22 years old and a few years older than Ronando, but when he faced Ronando, his attitude was very humble.

This is also the advantage of being born in a small country. If Ronaldo first came to England, he would not be able to receive such treatment. Even if he is as good as Rooney, it is impossible to get so many small stars of the same age It can be said that this is also a great wealth.

A football star is also a kind of star. His personal prestige will bring great benefits to Ronaldo. Now he is faintly No.1 among the younger generation of Portuguese players. Wherever he goes, this title will also make people look high After all, Portugal is small, but at the level of football, it has its own distinctive characteristics, and it also has a place in European football.

(End of this chapter)