Iron Man on the pitch

After a little rest, Sporting Lisbon continued to sit at home and welcomed the challenge of Benfica's second place in the Portuguese Premier League.

The Portuguese Super League in recent years is said to be the top three, but it is actually quite similar to La Liga, especially La Liga later. The league championship is dominated by Benfica and Porto. Just like Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, Sporting Lisbon plays a role similar to Atletico Madrid coached by Simeone later.

However, the Portuguese Super League is not as good as La Liga. Whether it is Benfica, Porto, or Sporting Lisbon, they will play very well in one year, and the next year, they are hollowed out by the five major league giants waving their money to break the main lineup, and the results fluctuate greatly. . However, the lean camel is bigger than the horse, and these three teams can basically be stable in the top five in Portugal.

After all, Sporting Lisbon has a good foundation. His ancestors are much wider than Atletico Madrid. He has won many league championships and has done well in youth training. He has produced national business card-level stars such as Figo and Ronaldo, so he can win the top three. He can keep his name and can reach the second place in the league from time to time, or even win a championship. But in fact, the Portuguese Super League is two supers and one strong, while the rest are weak.

This can be seen from Benfica's lineup. Compared with Sporting Lisbon, Benfica's lineup can be said to be full of star flavor.

Not only are there now-known star players, such as Portuguese striker Nuno Gomez, but also Argentine stars Aimal and Saviola and Paraguay striker Oscar Cardoso.

There are also a lot of potential new stars, such as David Luis and Ramirez who later transferred to Chelsea one after another, Fabio Coentrane, who once became the world's number one left-back competitor, and the most famous one , can take turns carrying Messi and Ronaldo in multiple event finals.

After 10 rounds of the league this season, Benfica achieved a record of 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, ranking second in the league with 25 points.

Unlike the team led by Sporting Lisbon, which relies on Li Ling to cooperate in the team, Benfica relies on the talent of the players, and the game style is very open and close, which is quite beautiful. Portugal has scored 31 goals in the first 10 rounds of this season, only 5 goals less than Sporting Lisbon, which is appointed by the author and supported by the protagonist. This is a real attack power.

Although he was 5 points behind Sporting Lisbon, Benfica was united and prepared to defeat Sporting Lisbon in the Lisbon city derby, thus narrowing the gap between the two teams to 2 points. In the first round, Benfica, who was at home, has hope to defeat Sporting Lisbon again in the second half of the league.

And no one thinks that Sporting Lisbon can keep winning. They will sooner or later lose the game or get out of a draw, especially when the second half of the game is intensive.

Alvarad Stadium was filled with gongs and drums.

After the ceremony that should be held before the game is completed, the players of the two teams will stand in their own half.

In this game, Benfica, who played away, set up a 4-4-2 formation.

Goalkeeper: Julio Cesar. Although he is also from Brazil, he is just the same name as Inter Milan's goalkeeper Julio Cesar, who is only 23 years old this year.

Defender: left back Fabio Cointran, center backs are Benfica's legendary captain Louisson and David Louis, and right back Ruben Amorin, who has just taken office as Manchester United head coach in this time and space.

Midfielder: The two central defenders are Portuguese Carlos Martins, Xavi Garcia produced by Real Madrid youth training, Di Maria on the left, and Ramirez on the right.

Forward: Oscar Cardoso, Aimal. However, Aimal's position is slightly behind, more like a shadow front.

The home team Sporting Lisbon is still in the same 4-5-1, and the personnel have not changed. Paul Bento was very worried that his defense line would not be able to withstand Benfica's attack. Before the game, he specifically emphasized that he should control the ball, take his time, and pay attention to the protection of the defense line.

Sporting Lisbon kicked off first, Ledesson touched it lightly, and Li Ling passed the football back to Joao Moutinho behind him.

Benfica showed extremely aggressiveness from the beginning of the game, and all the players pressed over and forced Sporting Lisbon players one-on-one to prepare to intercept the ball and launch an attack.

Seeing that the backcourt players were having difficulty making the ball, Li Ling hurriedly retreated to respond. Unexpectedly, Benfica's central defender Lui Song followed directly and pressed Li Ling tightly to prevent him from getting the ball smoothly.

"This tactic is very bold. If Louis Song is passed by me, wouldn't it be..." Li Ling thought of this in his heart, but before receiving the ball, he habitually observed his side with his light and found that Xavi Garcia and Carlos Martins are both approaching themselves, and it seems that they are going to give themselves three guarantees and one guarantee with Louis Song.Li Ling had no choice but to pass the ball back the moment he received the ball and pass the ball back to Pedro Mendes, which was then out of the situation of being attacked.

"Retrieve the preface, Benfica still made targeted arrangements for me, and it seems that this is a bit difficult."

Benfica's head coach Joe Jesus, when he saw Li Ling being forced to pass the ball back, he smiled slightly: "Although Li Ling's playing style has the shadow of Zidane, he will definitely become a midfielder in time, but even if it is Zidane, who was in his prime, appeared here and did not dare to take a risk to break through easily in the face of three people."

Joe Jesus looked at the tactical board in his hand: "Although Paul Bento developed this set of tactics with his own style for Sporting Lisbon, no matter how good the tactics are, they must be executed by players. In the final analysis, Sporting Lisbon still relies too much on Li Ling's organizational mobilization and attack deterrence. If it weren't for Li Ling's performance this season, Sporting Lisbon would not have such good results. The threats caused by others when facing a team of our strength Not enough, only João Moutinho and Miguel Veroso deserve to be careful.”

Paul Bento was also helpless. As a veteran who worked hard and made great contributions, Ledesson must take good care of himself, and he is also the team's strongest striker at present. Besides, the team has no money and can't buy a very good substitute. It's not that easy to scrape lottery tickets in the youth training camp. The consequence is that Sporting Lisbon's offense is weak. Fortunately, Li Ling was born, which can add a lot of firepower to the team.

However, when Li Ling was taken seriously by the opponent, Sporting Lisbon's offense stagnated. There were such clues in the previous league. In this game, Benfica even sent Louis Song to keep a close eye on Li Ling throughout the whole process. Only Li Ling suddenly exploded, clean Benfica's midfield and led the team to victory.

Li Ling could naturally see the dilemma of Sporting Lisbon at this time, which is why later generations are competing for a powerful explosion player based on the emphasis on team cooperation. Teamwork cannot work forever. At critical moments, star players still need to use their personal abilities to break the deadlock, or they can also break the deadlock through a 45-degree cross. However, the latter method is prone to losing the ball and being hit by counterattacks, and the powerful center talent has withered, so most teams will only use this tactic as a life-threatening tactic when falling behind in the cup.

Li Ling decided to make a single breakthrough and have a head-on battle with Benfica's defense.

Li Ling first accelerated to the left, suddenly stopped and ran back, and at the same time he called central defender Anderson Polga to pass the football to himself.