Chapter 170
Sporting Lisbon coach Paulo. Pinto never dreamed that he would compete with a newly promoted horse for the second place in the league. Oh, wrong, he would compete with two newly promoted horses for the second place in the league.
Although he did not believe that when the league ended, these two newly promoted horses were still in the top six of the standings, but there are many unexpected things on the football field. In addition, Rexos and Sporting Lisbon have 23 points, and Guimarães has 20 points.
Paul. Pinto doesn't want to be ranked behind newly promoted horses in the league. Even if this is an away game, Sporting Lisbon must win it. For these stunned youngsters who have just entered the Portuguese Super League, they must be better than them and let them know. Portugal is different, so they will be honest.
Before the game, Pinto called the players together for a meeting. The purpose of the meeting was twofold. One was to require the players to win the game at the March Stadium. The second was not to underestimate the opponent. Although the opponent was newly promoted, they The defense is very strong and it is difficult to break through their goals. Both Benfica and Boavista fell to their feet.
Obviously, Pinto is definitely not unfounded. The players of Sporting Lisbon do not think highly of Rexos. As a detached existence in the Portuguese Super League, their opponents have always been Benfica and Porto, even Boavista. In the eyes of Sporting Lisbon's players, let alone a newly promoted player who has just entered the Portuguese Super League.
The 28-year-old captain Polgar said relaxedly: "Coach, isn't he just a newly promoted horse? As for having a meeting to discuss it."
The 21-year-old team deputy Moutinho said: "I watched their games, they played very hard, they defended well, but they were not easy to play."
Montenegro midfielder Vukcevic said: "I don't believe they can block our way forward."
Liedsson, the best killer in the history of Sporting Lisbon, said: "This newly promoted horse played really well, but I think they were able to win against Benfica and Boavista because everyone is not familiar with them. Once they are familiar with their opponents, they will be finished. .”
The full-back Abel said: "Rexos are arrogant because they didn't touch us. Guimarães has a good result. They were easily defeated by us 3:0."
Pinto said: "The strength of the newly promoted must be limited. However, it can be seen from the game that their defense is still very good. Several midfielders can run well. We must not be careless. If they enter first, we will definitely It's going to be very tough."
Abel sneered and said: "Into one of us? Why do they enter? As far as their two forwards are concerned, Robert simply can't get along in the Portuguese Super League. Can you do anything other than shoot, you can only run around, and the people of Huaguo can play football."
Abel was not polite at all.
Zhang Chi, the captain of the star of hope who attended the meeting, was blushing, but he didn't dare to refute, and he couldn't refute a word. The strength lies there, and it doesn't just need to be eloquent.
Captain Polgar said: "But everyone should pay attention. Since we can get to the third place in the standings, it means that we still have two brushes. Just don't accidentally let them steal one. It's hard to beat anyone in the iron bucket formation." .”
Coach Paul. Pinto is actually not very old. He is only 38 years old this year. In 2005, he was teammates with Ronaldo for a year. After retiring, he became the youth team coach of Sporting Lisbon. Pinto stepped in and was promoted directly from the coach of the youth team to the head coach of the club.
Last season led Sporting Lisbon to finish runner-up by 1 point, but being able to overwhelm old rival Benfica is also impressive.
Pinto was a little worried about the disapproving attitude of these old players in the team, but he didn't think that Rexos could really make an upset. strength, but not to the point where they can threaten them and Porto, even if Rexos is a little stronger than Guimaraes, there is no big difference, so, Paul. After Pinto said a few words in a nonchalant manner, the meeting was adjourned.
In the 11th round of the league, the match between Rexos and Sporting Lisbon is the focus of this round.
One is the newly promoted and dark horse of this season, and the other is the league runner-up of last season, a veteran giant. The two teams still have 23 points. Who will have the last laugh in this game will become the most concerned by fans and reporters before the game. matter.
"Izvestia" reporter Anna said: "Whether it is a dark horse or not, it can only be counted if the three giants have been tested. Guimaraes lost two losses and one draw against the three giants. Now they are fourth in the standings. Rexos beat Benfica , now ranked third, if Rexos can still beat Sporting Lisbon, even draw with Sporting Lisbon, then without the test of Porto, they are completely the biggest dark horse this season, but I believe that Rexos cannot rely on The Iron Barrel drew with Sporting Lisbon, if they still play the Iron Barrel, they will die miserably."
"Record" and "Match" are cheering for Rexos, hoping that Rexos will win Sporting Lisbon at home, adding some fun and suspense to the dull and boring Portuguese Super League.
"North Porto Sports Daily" undoubtedly fully supports Rexos.
The reporter believes that for Rexos, the outcome of this game is not of great significance. Their only goal now is to relegation, and now just after the tenth round, they have accumulated 23 points. According to the relegation scores in previous years , Rexos only needs to win another 7 to 9 points to complete the relegation task. There are 20 rounds left in the league. There should be no problem in completing this relegation task.
But for Sporting Lisbon, they must win this game. Their goal is to compete with Porto for the championship. Porto has such a strong momentum. If they can't bite the score, they may have no hope this season.
The veteran giants must win, and the newly promoted horse has a peaceful mind, and maybe an upset will come out in the end.
Other media have also made predictions and prospects for this game. Most of them believe that Sporting Lisbon will win this game, and a few people think that Rexos is elusive and has a good defense, saying that they will not be upset.
On the Internet, Rexos fans support Rexos, and Sporting Lisbon fans support Sporting Lisbon, but the number of Rexos fans is very small, and they cannot be compared with the fans of Sporting Lisbon, which has fans all over the world. By the way, in the war of words on the Internet, Rexos fans are completely at a disadvantage.
Fortunately, the neutral fans almost all support Rexos. Although they don't think that Rexos can upset Sporting Lisbon, they all hope that Rexos will be upset. It is best to win all the way and break the top three against the top three. With the help of neutral fans, the strength of Rexos fans and Sporting Lisbon fans has greatly increased, and the three parties have a lot of trouble in the forum.
At the press conference before the match, the coaches and players of Rexos and Sporting Lisbon also talked about the upcoming match. A point is a win. Both Sporting's players and coach said the game had to be won in order to put pressure on Porto to make mistakes later on.
Before every important game, the media, fans, players of both sides, and coaches will routinely warm up and play psychological warfare with their opponents, but these are more for entertaining the fans, and it is the 90 minutes of the stadium that ultimately decides the outcome of the game play. (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. )