Chapter 12 Magic ()

Speaking of coaching ability, Chen Chao, who has no coaching qualification certificate, is not even a start-up, and is even worse than Sporting Lisbon's head coach Fernando Santos.

But to be said to inspire the team's morale, Chen Chao, as a general who marched and fought, naturally had his own method. Now Benfica's tactics have been arranged by Camacho and the coaching staff long ago. However, the sudden departure of Camacho and Cercilon caused Benfica players to be absent-minded, which led to Sporting Lisbon equalizing the score in the first half.

Now, with Chen Chao using "death" over and over again during the halftime break, and he kept saying that Camacho's heart could not accept a failure, Benfica's stars seemed to have no second way to go in the face of coercion and righteousness.

So in the second half of the Lisbon derby battle, an extremely strange scene appeared on the Alvarad Stadium. Benfica, which was originally depressed and had no fighting spirit because of the departure of the head coach and assistant coach, all the players actually took a break in the midfield as if they had changed one person after fifteen minutes of rest in the midfield. They were fighting for the rush on the field with red eyes and desperately, as if they all turned into iron men who were not afraid of injuries.

Seeing his team being pressed by his opponent, Sporting Lisbon head coach Fernando Santos was stunned on the side of the court, with his face full of unconcealed doubts.

how so?

This shouldn't be the case!

Shouldn't Benfica play a defensive counterattack in the second half to have a chance?

And...the fighting spirit, morale, and the people... are simply crazy!

Fernando Santos is considered an experienced head coach. What he talked to Sporting Lisbon players during the break was how to tear open the opponent's defense and score another goal to widen the score gap to two goals, so that Sporting Lisbon's victory can be guaranteed. In his opinion, Benfica can definitely only play defensive counterattack in the second half, so that they have the opportunity to equalize the score at Alvarad Stadium.

But obviously... he miscalculated!

What the Benfica team said now is no longer the strict fat man, nor the sleek and sophisticated Selsillon, but a pure young man... Chen Chao!

Many times, smart people often overestimate their opponents. Now Fernando Santos has made such a mistake. If he arranged Sporting Lisbon to play defensive counterattacks rather than attacking his opponents during the break, perhaps he would not be so passive in the scene.

"Oh-God! Are Benfica's players all crazy? They are so crazy about pressing like this, not to mention whether they can get rid of their physical strength, aren't they afraid of being injured? They are such a group of tenacious... damn!"

While the commentator was still complaining, Benfica's left-back No. 3 Cristiano had already completed the team's fifth steal in the second half, and directly passed it back from the left to Ximang in front. At this time, the second half had only started for three minutes, but Benfica had already completed five steals, which shows how crazy and desperate these players have become under the stimulation of Chen Chao.

Ximang, who was retreating to receive the ball, did not rush to get the ball after getting the ball. Instead, he ran to the side and naturally completed the turn. After looking up, he suddenly stopped suddenly, swung his left foot and pulled the ball out!

"Bang!"

After a muffled sound, the ball passed through the air of Alvarad Stadium along a 45-degree diagonal line and flew directly to the top of the arc outside the penalty area of ​​Sporting Lisbon!

Near the landing point of the ball, a red figure appeared... Thiago No. 6!

Portugal international Thiago, who is only 22 years old this year, is still very young, but he has shown extraordinary talent on the football field. His body is not very strong and his speed is not fast. However, his skills, awareness, organizational ability, and wisdom he shows on the court are far beyond his peers. Even the current Portugal national team coach Queiros praised him as the Portuguese team's future midfield engine.

When Cristiano intercepted the ball, Thiago began to run forward, and his running frequency and the timing of Simao's passing were very good. He did not have offside when he went to catch the ball, so at this time he became the one who was the one who was the front of both sides.

"Bang!"

The ball was lightly removed by Thiago with his right foot, and it fell on the lawn without even a slight rebound, which allowed him to control the ball quickly.

"Tiago No. 6!"

The screams came out, every Sporting Lisbon supporter in the Alvarad Stadium recognized this young Portuguese international, and the stoppage also fully demonstrated how outstanding Thiago's football skills are. Next, Thiago fully demonstrated his football wisdom!

After controlling the ball, Thiago had already dribbled into Sporting Lisbon's penalty area, and all he had to face was Sporting Lisbon's goalkeeper Ricardo.

Thiago's body shook left and right, but it did not shake the goalkeeper of Sporting Lisbon. Then he pushed the ball to the front left with his right foot. After chasing him, his left foot suddenly kicked the ball to the near corner that was only about two meters away!

Shooted?

Everyone was shocked. No one could have thought that Thiago, who was not good at left foot, would suddenly make a cold arrow with his left foot, and the one he chose was the closest corner blocked by goalkeeper Ricardo!

Ricardo didn't expect that his opponent would choose this position to shoot, instead of a large distance corner freed behind him, but his center of gravity was always preparing to move backwards. Thiago's cold shot was really too dangerous for him!

When Ricardo adjusted his weight back to the center of gravity and then rushed to intercept it with his right hand, the rhythm was slower than a beat. He had no ability to change the result at all. He just touched the ball with his fingertips and stabbed the ball into the side net.

“goal!”

After scoring the goal, Thiago roared like crazy, waving his fists and ran towards his bench. Only then did he remember that he no longer needed to worry about the threat of "death".

A group of Benfica players all ran to Chen Chao with a laugh, until then they remembered Chen Chao's "death" threat. When they were trying hard before, they had no time to think about this thing in their heads, and their extremely focused attention also made them reward on the court.

"Fuck! Good job! Good job! You guys saw it! That shit is not worth mentioning at all! Go! Let me go back to the court and win the game, and you don't have to accept my punishment! Do you understand?"

Chen Chao yelled excitedly, and answered him with a neat "understanding". Soon Benfica's players returned to the court with great excitement.

Fernando Santos watched all this quietly on the other side. He was finally sure that the tall young Camacho assistant who seemed to be a fool and a fool in the first half seemed to have done something during the halftime, and magically restored the morale of Benfica's team's fighting spirit.

Now... it's time for me to do something!

"Velic!" Fernando Santos turned his head and said to the assistant coach: "Go and tell our players to strengthen their offense, don't just play two forwards, let our midfielders follow up in time, let the forwards make the ball for them and make our offense come out!"

Fernando Santos had a good idea. He wanted to score goals through his team's fine offense, but he didn't know how terrible it was to face a group of beasts that were crazy and just thinking about tearing down their opponents. After the game started again, Sporting Lisbon's offense was not played at all. After just a little attempt, he was shattered by Benfica's unreasonable fight, and the game scene became even more chaotic.

Chaos is exactly what Benfica likes to see this season!

After stealing, Benfica's players, whether in their backcourt or in the frontcourt, will immediately invest in the counterattack as soon as they get the ball, and soon they gain something again.

After the 57th minute of the game, Miguel broke through with the ball on the right and broke through along the baseline near the penalty area of ​​Sporting Lisbon. Suddenly, a cross-legged pass was passed to the front of the goal. The Lisbon central defender Polga made a mistake in a hurry and actually swept the ball into his own goal with his right foot... an own goal!

"Damn it! It turned out to be an own goal! Porga made a mistake at this time! This is a fatal mistake!"

On the electronic scoreboard in Alvarad Stadium, the red numbers changed again, causing home fans to fall into silence...3:4!

Just twelve minutes into the second half, Benfica actually scored two goals in a row, completing the feat from falling behind to overtaking. This is really unbelievable. Sporting Lisbon also completed the reversal by scoring two goals in the first half, but now, Sporting Lisbon has fallen from heaven to hell.

Now, even Fernando Santos is at a loss. The game's trend has been out of his control. There is no effective way to play Sporting Lisbon, which is reversed by his opponent.

What's more, Benfica's madness has not passed yet, and Sporting Lisbon's disaster has not ended yet!

Just eight minutes after Porga's own goal, Benfica team got a corner kick opportunity. Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Riccido sent the ball to Thiago in the penalty area with a single punch. The latter stood there waiting for the ball to roll in front of him. He swung his right foot and kicked the ball back to Sporting Lisbon's goal... 5:3, Benfica, who played away, led two goals!

After leading two goals, Benfica's players were not that crazy, and the game gradually began to become normal. But the normal situation was just that both sides fooled the offense and defense. Benfica's overall strength was still better than Sporting Lisbon, and they always put a lot of pressure on their opponents on the court.

The game went smoothly. When the game was in injury time, Miguel successfully counterattacked on the right and then sent the ball to the goal. Thiago, who had already scored twice in the chaos, shot a cushion on the outside of his right foot and sent the ball into the goal of Sporting Lisbon again.

"Ah—3:6! Our team actually lost so badly when the opponent suddenly lost the head coach? This score is definitely not a true manifestation of the strength of both sides. Our Sporting Lisbon is not that weak yet! But from a spiritual perspective, the tenacity shown by Benfica is indeed something we do not have now!"

After the game, Fernando Santos wanted to shake hands with Chen Chao, but Chen Chao, a stupid boy, was only concerned about celebrating with the winning players. Only physical coach Lopez dealt with him, which made the head coach of Sporting Lisbon smile bitterly. What opponent did he lose to this time?
Chapter completed!