Chapter 266: I Come Into The First Ball

On August 24, the first round of the Portuguese League finally kicked off. ?

Porto's opponent in the first round is Rio Avi, the second place in the newly promoted Portuguese League.

In fact, for Porto, apart from Benfica and Sporting Lisbon, it doesn't matter who the opponent is. As long as the state is not too bad, Porto loses up to five games per season, and most of these five games are lost to Sporting Lisbon and Benfica. body.

However, the Dragon Stadium, which can accommodate 50,000 people, is still full. The fans who came here mainly want to see the performance of Gao Xiaodong, who won their championship last season, and the state of Porto, which has experienced several hardships and major changes.

Xiao Le, Hou Zi, and Chen Qiang came with the "fat fan group" again. For Chinese fans, loyalty to Rexos does not matter. Gao Xiaodong's return to Porto will only make them happier and more proud.

The south stand is the stand for the die-hard fans of the Dragon Stadium. The first game of the new season is Gao Xiaodong's comeback battle, and it is also the battle for the old captain Emmanuel to hang up his boots. The die-hard fans of Porto are quite touched. There were two huge banners, "Dear Captain, you go well" and "Xiao Donggao, welcome back to China".

When the players of both sides walked out of the mixed channel, Rio Avi coach Petic hugged Gao Xiaodong and said loudly: "Old acquaintance, please be merciful."

Gao Xiaodong smiled at Petitge, but didn't speak.

Walking out of the mixed passage, Gao Xiaodong immediately heard the overwhelming applause from the fans, the applause was mixed with shouts, and if he could distinguish carefully, he could also hear his name.

The sound was much louder than the Sanyue Stadium, and the stadium was much more magnificent, which shocked Gao Xiaodong a lot, but for the time being, Gao Xiaodong couldn't find a sense of belonging to this stadium.

The old captain Emmanuel sat on the bench, his body could no longer allow him, and the deputy Lu Qiao, as the captain on the field, exchanged the team flag and badge with the opponent.

After the pre-match ceremony was completed, with the referee's whistle, the match between league runner-up Porto and newly promoted Mario Avi kicked off.

As a newly promoted team, facing the runner-up of the league, Porto, which is actually stronger than the champion, Rio Ave played very cautiously and conservatively at the beginning, hoping to draw with Porto and win the first point of the Portuguese League.

Porto's first game in the new season is played at their own gates. For them, the goal of winning is a bit low. What they need is a big victory. The big dark horse, Ferreira's formation in this game is also very cautious.

Today Porto formed a 433 formation,

Lisandro's partner plays center forward, while Gao Xiaodong and Rodriguez line up on both sides.

In the midfield, Mereles is the defensive midfielder, Guarin and Lucho are on the sides, the back four is Sapruna, Alves, Rolando and Fucilai, and the goalkeeper Helton.

After the opening game, Porto's main attack was on the left. Fucilai and Rodriguez's fellow Uruguayans cooperated more tacitly than Gao Xiaodong and Sapruna on the other side, and Rodriguez only liked to play with Fu Xilai cooperated.

Although Rodriguez is a bit unique in playing football, he is fast, fast-paced, and exceptionally sharp. Ordinary defensive players can't keep up with his changes of direction and fake moves, and they will collapse when he is rushed by him.

It is rare for a newly promoted horse to become a big dark horse. Rio Ave is a rookie who has just been promoted from the Portuguese League. How can he stand up to the impact of Rodriguez? The road is completely broken.

In the 9th minute of the game, after Rodriguez and Fucilai made a two-for-one, the left side singled out the full-back successfully, and passed the ball across the penalty area after hitting the bottom.

Lisandro in the middle and Gao Xiaodong in the right are the golden boots and silver boots of last season. Rio Avi's defenders keep a close eye on them, especially Gao Xiaodong. Rio Avi is too familiar with him , two people stuck him.

Under Rio Avi's defense, Lisandro and Gao Xiaodong failed to grab the spot, but facing the newly promoted, Porto's players assisted very fiercely. The 1.90-meter Sapruna gave the ball to captain Lucho on the sideline. Lucho crossed to the front of the penalty area, and Melles, who inserted in, followed up with a long shot.

Merreles has a strong long-range shooting ability, and in Porto, where there are many long-range shooters, he is second only to Gao Xiaodong.

Although the angle of this volley was a bit positive, Rio Avi's goalkeeper didn't dare to catch it, and hit the ball towards the sideline with both fists.

At this moment, Porto was already under pressure, and the ball hit the side and was snatched by Sapruna. This time Sapruna saw Gao Xiaodong slanting into the penalty area, and he decisively gave the ball to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong had already entered the penalty area when he was running without the ball, and the defending players did not dare to foul, so they could only squeeze position with Gao Xiaodong desperately.

Seeing that the full-backs squeezed positions with Gao Xiaodong, the Porto fans were relieved. In Porto, even if Hulk could take the position with Gao Xiaodong, Rio Avi's full-backs were a circle smaller than Gao Xiaodong. There is no way to compare.

Sure enough, Gao Xiaodong pushed his left-back to the ground as if no one was around, and flicked the ball to the center-back who was in a hurry to make up his position, ready to volley over the top of the center-back.

Rio Avi's central defender was not reconciled to being humiliated, so he stretched out his hand to grab Gao Xiaodong.

In the penalty area, the crowd is dense, and the shot swings a little more easily to be intercepted and intercepted. After being dragged by the defender, the body pauses slightly, and the ball is easily lost.

Players who can play central defenders are all strong men, and Gao Xiaodong really couldn't ignore the strength of that pull, so Gao Xiaodong took advantage of the situation and lay down.

"Penalty kick!"

"Foul! Foul!"

The Porto fans in the stands roared, the momentum was earth-shattering, as if Gao Xiaodong had been greatly wronged.

The fans in Rio Avi were very annoyed, they are so strong, they are so weak in the penalty area, they all started chanting: "Dive! Dive!"

However, among the 50,000 fans, there are only three or four thousand fans in Rio Avi, and their shouts are basically negligible.

The referee hesitated for a moment, but he called the foul decisively. Gao Xiaodong was a bit exaggerated, but the attack just now was relatively simple, and he could see clearly that the central defender pulled people, and it was very forceful. Porto's home court, it can't be judged.

Gao Xiaodong won a penalty, now the question arises, who will take the penalty.

It turned out that the first penalty shooter in the Porto team was Lisandro, and then Lu Qiao, but Gao Xiaodong was the top scorer, and this penalty was made by him. Think about this rough and wretched Chinese, Lu Qiao He and Lisandro hesitated for a while, wondering if they should take the penalty.

Gao Xiaodong is such a cunning person, he made the penalty himself, and he didn't want to give it up to others. When Lucho and Lisandro hesitated, he had already strode towards the penalty spot.

The monkey on the field gave a thumbs up and said to Chen Qiang: "Mr. Chen, Xiaodong seized this opportunity. At least he can take half of the penalty kicks in the future."

Chen Qiang said with a smile: "You underestimated Xiaodong's shamelessness, and he will definitely take the first penalty in the future."

Xiao Le giggled and said, "Boss Chen still knows about Fatty, so he will definitely grab him in the future."

Seeing this scene, the president of Porto da Costa, who was sitting in his living room watching the live TV broadcast, also laughed. He took a sip of red wine leisurely and said to himself: "Interesting, Lisandro and Lucho are old-timers. Can't hold him back either."

Ferreira, who was standing on the sidelines, was also impressed. Both Lucho and Lisandro were so afraid of Gao Xiaodong, and recently the Brazilian Gang and Gao Xiaodong also got very close. He felt that the factional disputes that had plagued Porto for several years, It is possible to solve it in the hands of this Huaguo boy.

Standing in front of 11 yards, facing the jumping goalkeeper, Gao Xiaodong paused slightly when shooting, and after the goalkeeper saved ahead of time, he pushed in the opposite direction, easily scored the penalty kick, and then covered his ears ran to the stands.

"Xiaodonggao! Go in! Gao! Go in! Go in! Go in... Porto's first goal of the new season! Gao's first goal for Porto! In the opening 9 minutes, Porto took the lead..."

"high!"

"high!"

"high!"

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More than 40,000 Porto fans had stood up and waited for this moment. The moment the goal was scored, applause and shouts sounded like a tsunami, and the entire Dragon Stadium turned into a roaring ocean.

The bigger the court, the stronger the shock.

At this moment, Gao Xiaodong's blood boiled.

Leaving Porto for more than a year has made him lack a sense of belonging to this Portuguese giant. Even after playing several games here, Gao Xiaodong has no feeling for the Dragon Stadium, but now, when more than 40,000 fans come together to support him While applauding and cheering his name together, Gao Xiaodong suddenly felt a sense of intimacy with this stadium. 8