Chapter 147 Marking the Midfielder?

The gap between Rexos and Benfica is no smaller than that of Porto. Against Porto, Rexos has no power to fight back. As long as Benfica plays normally, Rexos also has no hope of winning. It's home games. ΔΔ『Small』Ω ┡say

Fortunately, Oliveira did not think about winning. For Rexos, as long as they can draw with Benfica at home, it is equivalent to victory, which can boost the morale of the army and make the whole team in a more harmonious public opinion environment.

To draw with Benfica, this hope is much greater than winning.

To win, you must score goals and attack, but to tie, you only need to defend and counterattack. Intensive defense is a problem for any team.

However, for teams like Benfica and Porto, Portugal and China will definitely defend intensively when they meet them. They must have a way to deal with weak teams, such as Rui Costa, the 35-year-old midfielder has a strong and lethal attack. The ability to pass can make the most correct pass in a complicated situation and tear through the opponent's defense.

In Benfica, a team known for possession of the ball, Rui Costa is their leader and soul.

Oliveira respects and appreciates Rui Costa very much, but now Oliveira very much hopes that the midfielder will retire as soon as possible. It will be very difficult for him to stick to a draw with him.

Oliveira and his assistants have been studying how to deal with Benfica since the beginning of the training camp, but until the week before the first round of Portugal, that is, when Benfica played Copenhagen in the Champions League qualifier, Oliveira did not have a fixed plan. plan.

This is indeed very helpless. Many times, tactics cannot make up for the gap in absolute strength.

On the night of the match between Benfica and Copenhagen, Oliveira called all the players into the tactical discussion room to let the players familiarize themselves with Benfica's tactical style of play, and at the same time let these players express their opinions and talk about their opinions. Attacking jade may be able to provide some tactical inspiration.

The game between Benfica and Copenhagen was very difficult. The Danish team played away. They played fiercely and had plenty of energy. Under the opponent's tenacious pressing, it is difficult to give full play to the technical advantage.

Fortunately, Benfica still has Rui Costa. In the 40th minute of the first half, Rui Costa suddenly took a long shot while dribbling the ball. The ball flew straight to the upper corner of the goal. Copenhagen, which fell behind in the second half, began to attack Benfica's penalty area with all its strength, and quickly used a header to equalize the score.

But at this time, Rui Costa stood up again, and his through ball gave striker Gomez a chance to score a single goal.

Gomez was knocked down by the Copenhagen goalkeeper. The referee awarded a penalty kick. Rui Costa personally took the penalty and scored the ball. In the end, Benfica defeated Copenhagen 2:1 at home and gained a slight advantage. The next round will be in Denmark. As long as they don't lose, they can advance to the Champions League group stage.

After the game, everyone respected and feared Rui Costa, and praised him, but Gao Xiaodong suddenly said: "Rui Costa is so good, why didn't Copenhagen shoot people to mark him? He is so old, he can't run fast , find someone to watch him the whole time, I think it's much easier to fight."

Gao Xiaodong's words made Oliveira's eyes brighten. Yes, since Rui Costa is so difficult, why not find someone to pester him. He has no speed now, so he should be able to use man-to-man tactics, but who will do it? What about man marking? Who can handle the responsibility of man-marking well?

Oliveira thought of this, and said to Gao Xiaodong: "Gao Xiaodong, can you mark people?"

Gao Xiaodong's heart moved, and he said, "Coach, do you want me to keep an eye on Rui Costa during our game against Benfica?"

Oliveira said: "Yes, I have this idea, but our team does not have a man-marking player. Rui Costa is in the back position, and we cannot let the man-marking central defender follow him all the time."

Gao Xiaodong pondered for a while, and said: "I can mark people, but I'm afraid I can't do it well.

Oliveira said: "As long as you can, follow him no matter where you go, and don't let Ruix have a little time and space to get the ball and pass the ball."

After the warm-up match against Porto, Gao Xiaodong was thinking about his own position after the start of Portugal. He found that he was not fast, and he could deal with the players in the Portuguese League just by fighting and running, but it might be a bit difficult to deal with the Portuguese team. However, against a technical team like Porto, they pass the ball quickly and accurately. Individual defense alone is no longer effective, and the overall defense is necessary. At this time, the shortcomings of their own consciousness and technology will be more obvious.

Although the head coach Oliveira loves and trusts him very much, if he can't play a role on the court, Oliveira can't always put himself in it. If he wants to continue to maintain it, he must find a way.

Now that Oliveira asks him to mark Rui Costa, Gao Xiaodong feels that this is an opportunity. Isn’t marking a man-mark just a trick? , this kind of job doesn't have much technical content and only needs a thick skin. Gao Xiaodong thinks he is very suitable.

So Gao Xiaodong said: "Okay, coach, as long as you arrange, I will mark Rui Costa."

Oliveira said: "This matter is of great importance. You can't give Rui Costa any time and space, understand? Rui Costa can rewrite the entire battle situation in a second."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "Don't worry, coach, I'm the best at stalking."

Oliveira smiled and said: "Okay, let's practice on the court later to see if you can play this position."

It was just Oliveira's idea to let Gao Xiaodong try man-marking, and now he still needs to continue discussing tactics with the players.

The first Portuguese League game is getting closer and closer. The players are both excited and nervous. Regarding the match against Benfica, everyone expresses their opinions and speaks freely. Some say that Copenhagen's tactics should be adopted, and Copenhagen can do it. Ray Xosos can do it if they win; some say that Copenhagen failed to defend in the end; it can be seen that dense defense does not necessarily guarantee that one's goal will not be broken. . There are also some people who think that they just play their own way, no matter who the opponent is, against a giant team like Benfica, fans can accept the victory anyway.

The players began to have different opinions, but finally reached a consensus to adopt intensive defensive tactics and wait for an opportunity to fight back.

The tactics are roughly like this. During the training the next day, Oliveira started to use Gao Xiaodong to practice man-to-man defense again, so he marked Lopez, the core of Rexos.

Gao Xiaodong already has the awareness and skills of all positions on the court. Although he is only at a semi-professional level, he is far better than his teammates who have never played in this position. is very suitable for him.

Gao Xiaodong has already given big brother Lopez a lot of face, and didn't use any dirty tricks, but Lopez also made Gao Xiaodong angry, this guy, he follows Lopez wherever he goes, he is more dedicated than bodyguards, Let Lopez can't even touch the ball.

Oliveira is very satisfied. Up to now, his battle plan against Benfica has finally been completed. The next step is to train seriously to make the plan seamless. (To be continued.)