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Chapter 281: First Portuguese Derby (Happy Lantern Festival)

The second match day of the Champions League group stage finally broke out, and there was more than one. The British giants Manchester United were tied by Villarreal at home o:o, and the other giants Arsenal were tied 1:1 by Dynamo Kyiv at home. , And Bayern, Juventus and Real Madrid have all won. ?

Arsenal's miss put Porto in group G, which is a very favorable start for Porto.

After the match, the Spanish newspaper “Aspen” praised Porto’s performance, believing that Porto’s strength has not declined after Quaresma and Bosingwa, and the state is in good shape. If Arsenal are still hot, they are likely to be snatched by Porto. Group first.

The German "Bild" believes that Porto has a technical advantage over Dynamo Kyiv and Fenerbahçe. As long as they play two away games, the team will not have a big problem, but it takes a little luck to compete with Arsenal for the first place in the group.

The English media also believe that Porto is Arsenal's number one enemy in the group first, but the English media believe that as long as Arsenal play normally in the next few games, there is no problem with the first in the group.

On the Internet, some Porto fans believe that Arsenal's state is in a sluggish state. As long as Porto can draw Arsenal in the next game, it is possible to qualify as the first in the group; some Porto fans think that you should not think about the first place in the group. One second, play three home games, and the group will qualify.

Although Arsenal's fans criticized the Gunners' away performance as not worthy of their uniforms, they did not think anyone could threaten Arsenal's group first. They all believed that the semi-finals were Arsenal's passing line.

Gao Xiaodong is one of the focus of the summer transfer market. The reason why his summer transfer was not successful is mainly because of the lack of performance in the competition. Therefore, Gao Xiaodong's Champions League show has also attracted media attention.

After the game, almost all the media gave Gao Xiaodong’s Champions League show a high score of more than 8 points. He believed that Gao Xiaodong did not look like a Champions League novice at all. He was very experienced and was a key figure in Porto’s victory. His performance proved , Porto gave him a transfer fee of 10,000 yuan in the summer transfer is not a wild price.

Germany’s "Transfer Market" believes that if Gao Xiaodong’s performance in the UEFA Champions League this season often has such a performance, and if the Porto team qualify, Gao Xiaodong’s transfer value will not be less than 100,000 yuan.

Porto is not a rookie in the Champions League. They are an old player in the Champions League. Media praise and criticism have little effect on them. However, if the Champions League is a fierce battle, playing the league on weekends has a great impact on Porto's physical fitness.

In the third round of the Portuguese League against Ferreira at the weekend, Porto’s players played horribly, with momentum in the first half, leading 3 to o, and unable to run in the second half, while Ferreira, who did not have the Champions League, used crazy in the second half. The rush to smash Porto, in the last fifteen minutes to pull two consecutive goals, if it is not enough time, maybe Porto flew away with the three-pointer.

The next thing facing Porto is a problem. The weekend is the Portuguese derby with Benfica. In the middle of the week, they will go to London to challenge Arsenal. How should they play this game?

Benfica is Porto's mortal enemy, the two teams are concerned about the country, even if it is not related to the championship, they can not give up this game.

Arsenal are the strongest opponents in Group G. Even if they don't play Benfica on the weekend, Porto's chance of winning away games is only 30%. If they fight with Benfica again, there is almost no hope of winning away games.

Porto’s coaching staff discussed it and decided to play the game with Benfica first, because even if they gave up the game with Benfica, Arsenal won’t have much chance of winning away. It’s better to play the game with Benfica. As for the away game with Assen It's up to fate to win or lose in Na's game.

Compared with last season, this season Benfica not only changed the coach from Camacho to Flores, but also introduced big players such as Aimar, Reyes, Suazo, Balboa, and Di Maria. The only problem is that the new coaches, new players, and the lineup run-in time is too short, and they can’t show their full combat power.

Porto will play the Champions League midweek and Benfica will also play the UEFA Cup midweek. They lost to Naples 2:3 away in the third round, and the pressure is no less than Porto.

On September 27, at 8:15, the first round of the Portuguese national derby of the o8o9 season kicked off at the Stadium of Light.

With the cheering of nearly 50,000 fans in the audience, Benfica launched a fierce attack on Porto.

Porto has been very strong in recent seasons. Although it is an away game, it is not conservative at all. It started with Benfica.

Today is Gao Xiaodong's first participation in the Portuguese Derby. He really likes to be able to perform, but after the game started, the focus on the court was Benfica's Angel Di Maria.

Benfica attacked the left side today, and Angel Di Maria frequently used personal skills to assault Porto’s right back Sapruna.

Sapruna is 1.9 meters tall, tall and flexible, and has a large interception area, but that is relative to the European striker. After facing Di Maria, Sapruna exposed all the shortcomings of the tall full-back. Coming out, in the third minute of the opening, Di Maria was swayed by two changes. Di Maria made a pass from the bottom, Benfica outflanked the midfield, and Reyes missed the ball.

Two minutes later, Di Maria made a comeback. Today, Gao Xiaodong, who plays the role of midfielder, assisted in the defense this time. He and Sapruna fought Di Maria together.

Last season, Gao Xiaodong played against Di Maria. At that time, Di Maria was very unique. He only likes to dribble the ball and doesn't like passing the ball.

But after Di Maria at the Yanjing Olympics won the Olympic men's football championship with Argentina, he seemed to have suddenly become acquainted. He saw Gao Xiaodong and Sapruna double team and immediately passed the ball to Aimar in the middle.

Aimar is nicknamed the Joker. He is an excellent midfielder. He has exquisite skills and strong breakthrough ability. Although he is 29 years old this year, his explosive power and degree are not as good as before due to injuries, but his technical awareness is still in.

When Aimar received the ball, because Gao Xiaodong made up the sideline, Porto’s midfield was a bit empty. Aimar decisively rushed into the penalty area and attracted Meireles’ defense. Aimar sent the ball straight to Reyes. Jess smashed into the penalty area from the ribs, deducted the interception of central defender Rolando, and pushed the bottom right corner of the goal.

Goalkeeper Helton couldn't make a save, the ball flew under his ribs, but hit the goal post and bounced out.

Di Maria broke Porto’s back line on the left and was balanced. Gao Xiaodong had to frequently help defend the side, so the mid lane was empty. Benfica had a good player like Aimar in the mid lane. He made real and fake breakthroughs. The pass made Porto’s central defender lose sight of one another, and the goal was dangerous for a while, and it seemed that he was in danger of being breached at any time. 8

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