Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 131
Compared with Benfica, Partizan Belgrade fell into a vicious circle: they have the opportunity to shoot, but they have no ability to score goals!

Partizan Belgrade’s performance was somewhat similar to Porto’s the day before. Their strong midfield cluster ensured more opportunities to attack.

However, the Nigerian striker Obiola Ojita on the front line is not good enough in shooting skills. He is obviously not very good at maneuvering in a small area in the penalty area. The young striker Miroslav Radovic is a winger. His ability to seize opportunities is even worse. He even shot the ball on the side net when facing the goalkeeper's one-handed ball...

Although the problem of the Belgrade Partizan is not the same as that of Porto, the appearance is similar.

Lack of a qualified striker, or lack of a final shooter who can hit the ball into the opponent's net!

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, all Benfica players raised their arms and shouted!
The last time Benfica reached the quarter-finals of the European League was in the 1-4 season. That time it was the UEFA Champions League. They lost in the 1994-to-95 knockout round. group matches.

In 10 years, the players of a team have changed several times. This time, Benfica reached the quarter-finals again, and they are finally qualified to say that they want to win the championship!
In the stands of the Stadium of Light, a neat shout suddenly came to mind: "Champions! We want champions! Break the curse of Gutman!"

The current Benfica team gives the fans the impression that it has the shadow of the Benfica team in the glorious era. They dare to fight tough battles, and they can win tough battles. They are all tough teams that Benfica is more afraid of, but Benfica has achieved 3 wins and 1 draw, scoring 5 goals and only conceding [-] goal. This is an unimaginable record for Benfica.

Any fan who wants to understand the changes that have taken place in Benfica in the recent period will involuntarily look for the number "22" on the court!
Who made this Benfica team so fearless?Who stood up when Benfica encountered difficulties?

There is no second answer, that is Ronaldo, a 17-year-old Portuguese superstar who has just grown up from a temporary cook for a Portuguese C team!

"Long live the cook! You are the greatest cook in the world! You are the cutest cook!"

Suddenly, a fan in the stands shouted excitedly. When other fans heard the shout, they smiled and shouted loudly.

All of a sudden, the Stadium of Light was in chaos, and tens of thousands of fans laughed and shouted "Long live the cook".

This shout was full of endless joy. Of course, no one would think that this was a sentence with a contemptuous meaning. On the contrary, everyone admired Ronando in their hearts. To make a living, he didn't start playing football until he was 17 years old, but he can become a star player, who can beat him!

"Grandma, it looks like I'm going to open a restaurant, it's going to be really popular!"

Hearing the fans' shouts, of course Ronando felt very happy, which at least represented his affirmation.

However, Ronando is still a little unhappy today.

Ronando's unhappiness is not only because he failed to score a goal in his second appearance today, but because he feels that he is playing harder and harder!
Today he is the core figure on the field. As Benfica's main attacker on the right, he seems to be playing very well on the surface, but Ronaldo clearly feels that when the Belgrade Partizan players strengthened their marking on him, he There are almost no shooting opportunities, and the only thing left is to pass the ball, and even if it is a pass, it is not very smooth...

Is this a concern?Or, Ronando encountered a bottleneck-like existence?

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The Europa League round of 16 knockout victory made the people of Benfica smile happily.

At the same time, this month-long devil's schedule of double matches in a week is finally coming to an end.

From the away game against Braga on February 2th to the home game against Partizan Belgrade on March 12th, in one month and four days, Benfica moved to six cities and played 3 league games, 16 Europa League games and 4 game. In the Portuguese Cup, like Sporting Lisbon, which also played 5 games, they are the most difficult team in the league.

However, unlike Sporting Lisbon, which has sufficient reserves in the midfield, Benfica's bench strength is weaker, and their players have to work harder.

The sweat is well worth it!

7 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss!This is the report card that the Benfica people have handed over for more than a month!

Not only did Benfica cling to the top three teams in the league standings, from 6 points behind the top team to only 2 points behind, they also reached the semi-finals of the Europa League and Portuguese Cup. The situation, more than a month ago, people would not dare to think about it!

Back then, when head coach Trapattoni announced that the team would not give up any chance to win the championship and was ready to fully bloom in the third-line battle, many people laughed at Benfica as whimsical, thinking that Benfica was very likely to eventually collapse physically and fight for nothing, what? Can't fall.

However, the facts now prove Trapattoni's correctness, Benfica is a tough enough tenacious team.

Of course, Benfica’s Devil’s Journey is not completely over yet. They have their last league game in three days, away to the mid-range team Setubal, and then they can sleep soundly, because the next Two weeks is the national team's game day, and after that, there will be a normal game frequency of one game per week for half a month, and everyone can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

National team match day?

As international players, they have more responsibilities and need to fight for the country when others are resting. These players include Ronaldo. His Portuguese international career is finally about to start. Although it is very hard, it must be borne cost.

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On Saturday, March 3th, Benfica arrived at the port city of Setubal, 19KM south of Lisbon, on the day of the match.

Many people mistakenly think that Setubal is part of the capital Lisbon. For example, people often say that Jose Mourinho, the most amazing coach in the 21st century, is a Lisbon native, but in fact this is wrong. The distance between Setubal and Lisbon With the Tejo River, it belongs to the Setúbal District.

It was originally just a fishing port, but because it faces the Sadu River estuary and has superior geographical conditions, it has developed into the third largest port in Portugal, but its population is only 10.

Setubal is just what the Portuguese call this team. The correct name should be "Victoria Football Club". Setubal people have a soft spot for the word "Victoria". Another team in this city is called As the "Victoria Sports Club", the two teams once fought in the court over who should have the title of "Victoria Football". In the end, Setubal won and became the representative team of the city.

Setubal is a regular visitor to the Portuguese Super League, but their results are not stable. They are newly promoted this season and succeeded in being promoted as the runner-up of the Portuguese League.

When the Benfica team bus pulled into Setúbal, Ronaldo saw a huge portrait of Jose Mourinho at the intersection of the highway, which has become the port city in this era. new symbol.

Fernandez stared at the portrait and said: "A great coach. The old Mourinho registered him as a member of Setubal when he was just born. Their family is all Setubal fans. I heard that the old After Mourinho retired, he would watch every home game. Ronaldo, aren't you going to visit Mr. Mourinho?"

Ronando was noncommittal: "Manuel, no matter how successful others are, it doesn't belong to you."

"What do you mean by that?" Fernandez lowered his voice and whispered: "The relationship between their father and son is very good. You are already qualified to go to the Premier League. Why don't you try to talk to the old Mourinho?...Chelsea, An annual salary of one million is not a dream!"

"Millions? Does Lao Tzu care about the annual salary of one million? My dream is to erect my portrait on the other side of the sea, in the most prominent position of Madeira Island! It is to erect my portrait outside the airport in Lisbon, the capital!" "Ronando Cowhide said coaxingly.

"...How dare you think about it! Lisbon Airport, that's absolutely impossible!" Fernandez looked at Ronando like he was looking at a monster.

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Setubal is a very distinctive team, they are famous for their crazy attack in Portugal.

In the recent period, Setubal’s situation can’t be said to be good or bad. On the one hand, they have not won any league victory in nearly two months since the 1th round of the league at the end of January. On the other hand, they fought more and more bravely in the Portuguese Cup. They defeated Guimarães in the round of 18 knockouts and Braga in the round of 16 knockouts. They won two consecutive games with the weak and the strong, which earned them countless praises.

In other words, Setubal, like Benfica, is a team that has reached the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup. Their opponent in the semi-finals is the powerful Sporting Lisbon, while Benfica is facing Boavista. The teams happen to be staggered.

For the two sides of this game, the home team ranks 12th in the league with 32 points, while the visiting team ranks 4th with 47 points, which is a far cry.

But in fact this is not the case. Now Benfica is already half-crippled, only holding on with his last breath. For more than a month, Benfica players have played games so much that they are going to throw up. If it is not because the team still has the chance to win the league Hopefully, a lot of people will choose to bury their heads and get a good night's sleep instead of stepping onto the court.

Porto has 49 points, Boavista has 48 points, Sporting Lisbon and Benfica have the same points at 47 points.

In such a situation, no matter what you say, you have to grit your teeth and hold on. Anyway, you have been fighting for so long, and you don't care about this last shudder.

(End of this chapter)