I Want to Be the King of Football

Chapter 144: Blue Eagle VS Green Lion

   Beat Besiktas in an away game, so that the whole Lisbon is excited.

   After returning to Portugal, Sporting Lisbon went to the away game without stopping to challenge Morelense.

   This newly promoted horse has performed very well this season, and relegation is not a problem.

   Boloni rotated the team's lineup. In the opening eleven minutes, Sporting Lisbon took the lead in scoring. Rui Bento opened the scoring for Sporting Lisbon.

   But in the 30th minute, Tonyto was sent off with a red card because he was angry and fouled.

  Sporting Lisbon, who was fighting by one man, was in trouble on the scene, while Morerence launched an attack after the start of the second half and evened the score in the 51st minute.

   In the 65th minute, Boloni finally made a substitution, replacing Nicolet with Su Dong, who had a mediocre performance.

   No one remembers, this is the first time similar substitutions have been made.

   After coming off the bench, Su Dong was very active, and in the 73rd minute, he received a pass from Joao Pinto and broke the goal of Morelense, which once again exceeded the score for Sporting Lisbon.

   Then, the score was maintained until the end of the game.

   Two to one, Sporting Lisbon defeated Morelense in an away game.

  ……

   In the same round, Porto beat Belamar 3-0 at home, continuing to maintain a four-point lead.

   Everyone is also clearly aware that it is very difficult for Sporting Lisbon with a thin lineup to maintain a two-line battle, especially when there is a Portuguese Cup next.

   As expected, in the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup in midweek, Sporting Lisbon challenged Navarre away.

   Boloni played in a semi-main and semi-substitute lineup, but he hid the Soviet Union who had been fighting continuously, but continued to trust Niculei.

   As a result, in the away game, Sporting could not attack for a long time. Instead, in the 85th minute, the opponent scored a goal.

   In the end, he lost a zero to one away game and was unfortunately eliminated from the Portuguese Cup.

   After the game, the media was not surprised that Sporting Lisbon was eliminated from the Portuguese Cup by a low-level league team.

   The Morning Post believes that with the lineup of Sporting Lisbon and forcibly insisting on three fronts, the final result may be that all three fronts are difficult to support. Even in the Portuguese Super League, Porto's performance can be described as quite stable.

   "Mourinho's team is terribly stable, they seem to never make mistakes!"

   The Morning Post said that Sporting Lisbon should make choices on the main battlefield, such as focusing on the UEFA Cup.

   Sometimes, things are so wonderful.

   More and more people suggested that Sporting Lisbon should consider focusing on the UEFA Cup. In the UEFA Cup quarter-final knockout round, the Green Lions actually drew the strongest of the eight teams, Lazio from Serie A.

   Suddenly the whole of Portugal was mourned.

   Daily News even stated that Sporting Lisbon is the worst luck among the three teams in the Portuguese Super League.

   In the knockout rounds, they encountered Greek and Turkish teams in succession. Every away game was rushing back and forth, tossing thousands of kilometers, not to mention, after entering the quarterfinals, he was drawn to the strongest Lazio.

   This luck is indeed no one!

   In contrast, Boavista was drawn to Málaga in La Liga. This team is currently ranked 14th in the La Liga standings.

   Porto’s luck is as good as ever. Although it was drawn to Greece’s Panathinaikos, it is home again in the first round.

   It is well known that the best schedule for the knockout rounds is to visit first and then host, but this is relatively speaking.

   For a strong team like Porto, if you want to fight on multiple lines, the best result is to win the opponent directly in the first round and make the second round lose suspense.

   What's interesting is that, with the exception of the second round of the knockout round, all the UEFA Cup games this season have been home and away.

   More importantly, the opponent is not strong.

   For them in two-line combat, the schedule is really advantageous.

   After grabbing enough goals in the first round, he directly guarded against it in the second round.

   Of course, Porto’s strategy is based on the overall strength of the team.

   In addition, Mourinho’s team did not encounter a strong team this way.

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   In the twenty-fifth round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon sits at home against Boavista.

   The team that competed with Sporting Lisbon for the league title last season and had a great time fighting, this season is completely depressed.

   After selling a number of star players, Boavista currently ranks only in the middle, and his strength has fallen a lot from last season.

   Sodong opened the scoring for Sporting Lisbon in just five minutes.

   In the 20th minute, the defender Tula fouled in the penalty area while defending Ronnie, and was sentenced to death by the referee.

   Albertini personally took the penalty kick to expand the score for Sporting Lisbon.

   Subsequently, Sporting Lisbon deliberately slowed down the pace.

   Especially in the thirty-fifth minute, Tula fouled again, got another yellow card, and was sent off.

   Since then, Boavista has been completely guarded, and Sporting Lisbon has not increased its offense.

   Su Dong played for 60 minutes and was replaced by Nikole early.

   He wants to keep his strength and play in the UEFA Cup midweek.

   But it seems that no one is optimistic about Sporting Lisbon’s first leg road trip.

   So far, Sporting Lisbon’s away games in Europe have been very unsatisfactory, and now they encounter the powerful Lazio, the prospects are even more optimistic.

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   Serie A is strong?

   is strong, and it's so strong.

   The nickname of the Little World Cup proves that Serie A, as the world's No. 1 league, is universally recognized.

   Here are the most powerful superstars in the world, and the competition is also the most intense in the world.

   In Serie A, is Lazio strong?

   There is no doubt about this.

   From the end of the 1990s to the turn of the century, after a round of crazy capital investment, Lazio's overall strength has been amazingly improved, creating a very powerful lineup.

   Lately, Lazio is financially weak, but the team is still full of stars.

   Former Italian legendary goalkeeper Peruzi, Jaap Stam, known as the world's top central defender, central defender Mikhainovich, Italy international left-back Favali, Italy international right-back Pan Carlo.

  On such a defense line, both the Argentine international Sorin and the Italian right back Otto can only take the role of substitute and rotation.

   Convenient midfield, Dino Baggio, Diego Simeone, Gazi, Stankovic, Fiore... are all famous players in Europe and even the world.

   Not to mention the striker, Argentine star Lopez, Italian forwards Corradi and Simeone Inzaghi, Serie A ace scorer Chiesa, these all make Lazio's striker star-studded.

   And you know, this is the lineup after Lazio sold captain center-back Nesta, Argentine center Crespo, and Spanish midfielders Mendieta and de la Pena.

   The head coach of this team is also very famous, Robert Mancini.

   Lazio experienced turmoil last season. Both Zoff and Zaccheroni failed to bring stability to the team. Under Mancini's coaching this season, Lazio firmly ranks among the top four in Serie A and can basically ensure the qualification of the Champions League.

   In the situation where the pressure in the league is not great, and the team has reached the quarter-finals, Lazio may not have the idea of ​​wanting to compete for this honor.

  All these put the pressure on Sporting Lisbon from the beginning of the draw.

   The external media are also not optimistic about the Green Lions, thinking that in the face of the powerful Lazio, this team from the Portuguese Super League is not worth mentioning.

   The Italian newspaper Roma repubblica even gave a ruthless word before the game, predicting that Lazio will completely end the fight in the first round.

   "Mancini does not want the team to drag the suspense of victory into the second round!"

   In fact, Sporting Lisbon is also not optimistic.

  ……

   The team arrived in Rome, Italy one day earlier, and checked into the hotel booked in advance.

  On the eve of the game, Sudong, Ronnie, Quaresma, Albertini and others gathered in the room, or collapsed on the bed, or leaned on the sofa. Pepe even sat directly on the carpet.

   Everyone's face is filled with two emotions, anxiety and worry.

   "Unlike all the teams we have encountered before, Lazio is really strong, and it is the kind of real strong, with strong men on all three lines, there will be no fancy."

   Albertini was born in Serie A and almost joined Lazio before. He is very familiar with this team.

   "I don't believe that there is really no chance." Su Dong said.

   "There must be opportunities." Albertini nodded, "but to be honest, you have to be able to grasp the opportunities."

After a pause, the former deputy captain of Milan analyzed: "For example, Jaap Stam, 30 years old and 1.91 meters tall, this Dutch central defender is perfect~www.wuxiahere.com~ To be tall and tall, He needs technology, speed, speed, and physical strength. He has never been afraid of anyone, including Vieri, and he defends frontally. In my impression, very few people can break through him."

"His only flaw should be the reason Ferguson gave up on him. He turned slowly, and after experiencing Manchester United's serious injury, his strength and condition have indeed declined a lot, but even so, he is still in this world. One of the strongest defenders in China."

   "Then try to hit more behind..."

   Before Su Dong spoke, Albertini shook his head and vetoed it.

"You are wrong. Lazio is the team with the most draws in Serie A so far this season. As you can imagine, their draws are even more than those of the mid-lower teams, so they have the least number of losses in Serie A, and so is the defense. The best, second only to Juventus and AC Milan."

When Albertini said this, he sighed softly, "You know, compared with the wealthy Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan, Lazio this season is in a financial quagmire. The team is even in a financial quagmire. The salary is no longer paid, but such a team can still be taken to fourth in the league. Facing the top three teams in the league, his score card in six games is one win and five draws, and the winning game is still in Juventus’s Alp Stadium."

   "In the face of such an opponent, with our strength, I can't think of any way other than death."

   In other words, Albertini believes that Sporting Lisbon’s previous advantages when facing all teams are completely gone when facing Lazio.

  Even veterans Albertini and Andre Cruise are pessimistic. One can imagine how bad the team's morale is.

   Is this really the case?

   Su Dong does not believe it.

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