One Hundred and Sixtieth Chapters only Fight Back

As the saying goes, luck can’t be stopped when it comes. Good luck and bad luck are the same. After being tied by the Portuguese nationals in the last round, Rexos’ opponent in the sixth round, Coimbra, followed suit. He also played a defensive counterattack at home.

If Rexos also defended and counterattacked, this game would be difficult to say, but Rexos is still ranked third, they still want to win, so they attacked away, and then were repeatedly counterattacked by the University of Coimbra team, first Captain Eves scored an own goal, and then Rexos was impetuous and aggressively attacked, and was hit by a counterattack. In the end, Rexos lost 0:3 in the away game.

The focus of this round is the Porto Derby between Porto and Boavista, and the Lisbon Derby between Sporting Lisbon and Benfica.

In the end, Porto defeated Boavista 2:0, and Sporting Lisbon was tied by Benfica. Porto, which had won 6 consecutive victories, led the second-placed Sporting Lisbon by 5 points. the relegation zone.

The two focus battles covered up a lot of things, such as Rexos' big defeat, and Guimaraes' winning streak. After defeating Braga in this round, Guimaraes has won three consecutive victories. 1 point behind Rexos.

The first Portuguese League Cup was eliminated by Leiria, the league was tied by the Portuguese national team, and then defeated by the Coimbra team. Rexos, who has always been regarded as a big dark horse by the media and fans, has gone downhill obviously.

Journalists no longer refer to the Rexos as dark horses, and their name in the newspapers has once again become the newly promoted polo team of North Porto

And the other newly promoted Guimaraes has become a new dark horse in the eyes of the media and fans after three consecutive victories. The praise originally given to Rexos has been added to Guimaraes.

Winners and losers, competitive competitions have always been so cruel.

After the game against Coimbra, Oliveira called all the players and coaches together and held a discussion meeting to analyze what happened in these two games and why the team suffered repeated setbacks.

Captain Elvis first apologized to his teammates, saying that his own goal made the team passive.

Oliveira said: "Don't apologize, what's the use of apologizing, and you don't want to score an own goal, just tell us your opinion on our current situation."

Elvis thought for a while and said: "I think our attack power is still not strong, oh, I'm not saying our defense is strong, but when the opponent plays a defensive counterattack, we can't score. I think this is a big problem." question."

Oliveira said: "Offense is a problem, our offense is still too rough,

If it is not delicate enough, it will not be able to tear through the opponent's dense defense. "

The spearhead was directed at the striker, and the striker was upset. Brandy said: "I don't think it's enough to rely on strikers to pass the ball alone. They will stare at each other, and there are also defenses. How to cooperate? I think set kicks are very important. If we can pass If the set piece breaks the opponent's goal, it will not be so passive."

Lopez, the core midfielder, said: "I think we have to buy people during the winter break. It is difficult for us to improve the offense just by relying on us now."

Assistant coach Kawu said: "There are still 10 rounds before the winter break, so it's still early to buy someone."

Gao Xiaodong said leisurely: "I think our positioning is still a bit problematic."

Oliveira said, "Why do you say that?"

Gao Xiaodong said: "In 6 games, we won three games, drew two games, lost one game, and ranked fourth. Against a newly promoted horse, this result is not bad. Our away game against Coimbra In the game, the opponent took the initiative to show weakness and counterattacked defensively. We attacked, but we were counterattacked and lost. I was thinking at the time, can’t we get a point with difficulty? We are better than Coimbra? If we also counterattack, Shen can’t It’s probably Coimbra to hold back, after all, they are the home court, they are the old Portuguese Super League, we are recruits, and the same is true with the Portuguese national team, everyone think about whether my statement is right.”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and felt that what Gao Xiaodong said was reasonable. Indeed, if they had also played defensive counterattacks at that time, although it was a bit wretched, they probably couldn't lose. After all, it was the style of play that Rexos was most familiar with. With three defensive midfielders and defensive counterattacks, they defeated Benfica.

Although this kind of meeting generally does not have a place for newcomers like Angulo to speak, but it was Gao Xiaodong who spoke just now, and Angulo still said: "I think what Gao Xiaodong said makes sense, because the previous results were better, and our hearts I still put myself in a higher position, if we play defensive counterattack no matter who we face, I think our results should be better."

Zener said: "I think we didn't make large-scale acquisitions in the summer transfer. Our advantage is that we can fight in unity and tacit understanding. We must give full play to this, instead of competing with those old Portuguese Super League teams for technical awareness."

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Then everyone expressed their opinions more or less, and finally Oliveira made a concluding speech,

"I think their speeches are very good, they have thought carefully, and they have also mentioned our shortcomings and advantages. I think what Gao Xiaodong said makes sense. Our positioning at the beginning of the season is correct. We are the weakest Yes, we have to fight every opponent, but now, although we are also positioned to relegation, deep down we don’t think so, we think we are now fourth, stronger than relegation teams like Coimbra, so they defend When counterattacking, we have to attack. In fact, we were wrong. No matter who we face, as long as the Portuguese Super League team is better than us, we should defend and counterattack instead of attacking.”

Oliveira discussed with assistant coach Kawu. Let the players digest their words for a while, and then continued: "I think, from the next round onwards, we have to change a concept. Facing any team in the Portuguese Super League, our goal is not to lose. I'm happy to get one point, I'm even happier to get three points, we play counterattack against every team, it doesn't matter if they play counterattack or not."

Oliveira looked at Gao Xiaodong who was hesitant to speak, and said, "Gao Xiaodong, just say what you want."

Gao Xiaodong said with a grin: "If we play a defensive counterattack and the opponent also plays a defensive counterattack, we will ignore them, just don't attack, and see who can hold it up. If they can hold it up, we will get 1 point. , They want to be wretched, so we will be wretched, let's see who is more wretched, anyway, we are newly promoted."

Speaking of this, Fatty's heart is bleeding. Not only the league points are missing, but also his system points. If he wins the matches against the National Team and Coimbra, his own system The score is 20 points, 3 points less, my God.

Oliveira laughed. He couldn't find a coach to talk about such a thing, but he agreed. As a person who has been promoted to the Portuguese Super League five times and was knocked down several times, he knows the cruelty of the Portuguese Super League.

"What Xiaodong said is also reasonable. We should also be flexible at that time, but according to the characteristics of our personnel and style of play, in the next season, we must insist on defensive counterattacks. In this way, we should have no problem in relegation."

If Oliveira said something like this before losing to Coimbra, even if the players didn’t say anything in person, they might not agree with it in their hearts, and they might not follow what the coach said on the court, but now, they feel that it is possible to defend Fighting back is really their only option. (to be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read here. )