From the man behind the football king to the football king

Jorge Jesus, who has coached Benfica for 5 years, is very prestigious among Benfica players, and the players all follow his tactics.

However, not every player is convinced by Jesus, such as the team's young midfielder Andre Gomez.

The 21-year-old Portuguese defensive midfielder played alongside Bruno in the World Youth Championship last summer and knows Bruno quite well.

However, as a peer, Gomez does not feel that he is much worse than Bruno, but the current situation of the two is very different.

Bruno is already the midfield commander of Serie A powerhouse Udinese. He almost never misses a game and is a well-known rising star throughout Europe.

But he, who also played in last year's World Youth Championship as the main player, had very few opportunities in Benfica. Although he performed well in the limited playing time, the head coach did not give him too many opportunities.

As the core organizer of Udinese, Bruno has been given great freedom, but as Benfica's midfielder and a young newcomer whose position is unstable, it is obviously impossible for Gomez to do this.

As soon as Bruno received the ball, he was hit from the side by Gomez. He staggered slightly, but he still protected the football.

Gomez, who is not willing to fail, doesn't care so much anymore. He wants to show Bruno how good he is. Otherwise, if he is just strolling around in the midfield and passing the ball like this, would he really think that there is no one in Benfica's midfield?

He pushed the ball away slightly and passed it to Kanter next to him.

Gomez is still following Bruno. He knows very well that only Bruno can command the Udinese team. Freezing him is equivalent to freezing the entire Udinese team, so he doesn't care about the people around Bruno at all.

Thinking of this, he quickly dropped Bruno and ran towards Maxuel.

Gomez, who was lying on the ground, was a little unwilling. He didn't expect Bruno to organize an effective attack without passing the ball.

Gomez's action was obviously his own idea, because the entire Benfica team did not cooperate with him and seemed a little overwhelmed by his sudden defensive move.

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He will soon be 21 years old, but it seems that there are not many opportunities to stay in Benfica. Fortunately, he has no shortage of suitors, so he has planned to leave Benfica this summer and seek opportunities elsewhere.

Arthur flew to save the ball, but the arc of the football was too big, bypassing his fingers, then grazing the goal post and flying into the goal!

McSuell, who scored, rushed to the camera at the corner flag, pumped his fist and cheered for his goal.

The thirty minutes leading up to the goal proved that his plan was correct. Gomez spends more time guarding Mahrez and others in the backcourt, and rarely sprints more than 20 meters to press him.

The Udinese players rushed forward in a swarm and surrounded him.

Although he is a big man with a height of nearly 1.9 meters, Gomez, who came from Benfica's youth training, has good foot skills. In addition to being able to contribute precise steals and fierce interceptions on the defensive end, he can also dribble forward and assist. .

Kanter was about to pass the football to Bruno, but Bruno waved his hand not to do so, and instead asked him to pass the football directly to Mahrez in front.

If Bruno intends to pass forward or dribble the ball, he will stop it if he can. If he can't, he will foul directly without hesitation!

Bruno felt the pressure at first, but he soon found a way.

"Attack! Attack! Attack!"

Seeing that he could not turn around, Bruno passed the football back, but Gomez did not follow. But he didn't leave completely. Once the football returned to Bruno's feet, he pressed forward again.

Why he dared to play so unscrupulously in the midfield was because he kept a certain distance from Gomez. He knew that the tall Gomez was slow and it was impossible to mark him throughout the game, so He positioned himself very far back, not like a front midfielder, but like a pure midfielder.

He felt that the faces of his teammates and the coach had changed when they looked at him, and he felt that the Benfica fans in the stands were full of distrust towards him.

Bruno was a little surprised. He had studied Gomez and knew the strengths and weaknesses of this former Portuguese national youth team player.

Everyone knows the weight of this ball. Now it is Udinese who has the away goal advantage, and they are still three goals ahead on the total score.

"2:0! Beautiful! This is beautiful! The total score is 4:1, Udinese has expanded its lead!!"

But how did he come up now? Not willing to fail?

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"What are you still hesitating about? Jorge?! We are already three goals behind, aren't you going to attack? You coward!! Have you forgotten how you led Benfica before?! You have forgotten us How did we get to the top of the Portuguese Super League? Courage, we need the courage to attack!”

The result was that he failed to defend Bruno, allowing him to help Udinese take the lead and push Benfica into a desperate situation.

In this game, he was able to start the game, but because he was familiar with Bruno, Jorge Jesus was sent to specifically defend Bruno.

This is a godsend for Udinese.

For example, La Liga powerhouse Valencia is sending people to contact his agent.

Gomez ran back desperately. In his eyes, McSuel had raised his foot and seemed to be planning to shoot directly!

No matter how he calculated, he could never have guessed that his defense performed so poorly, allowing the opponent to seize loopholes and successfully score goals one after another. In fact, his tactical choice cannot be said to be wrong, but why was it unsuccessful?

The game was like this, and he didn't even know what to say.

Fans shouted at head coach Jorge Jesus.

"Udinese! Udinese!! Udinese!!!" Udinese players gathered around, shouting and jumping.

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Maxuel's supporting foot stepped hard on the slippery ground, and then he raised his right foot.

Gomez felt that he made a mistake that caused Benfica to concede the goal.

Kanter looked over and immediately understood what Bruno's intention was.

Gomez leaves his defensive zone and follows Bruno closely, leaving McSuell unmarked as long as he pulls out.

"McSuuel received the ball and he had no one to defend him... Benfica's defense made another mistake at this time!"

Gomez had to make a flying tackle, hoping to stop McSuuel's shot, but he was a little late. McSuel's right foot hit the football. The football drew an arc in the air, penetrated the heavy rain curtain, and kept spinning in the air, throwing away the raindrops.

Yes, he was right.

Benfica's players stood there blankly. Unexpectedly, the half game was not over yet, but the team was already in dire straits.

But before that, he has to leave something in the game!

When Bruno received the ball again and planned to pass forward, he was caught by Gomez. He couldn't turn around, so he couldn't pass the ball forward.

Benfica's defense suffered the first loss of the ball. Even if Maxuel and the others pulled out, their defenders would not follow, for fear that the space behind them would be exploited by Bruno, so Maxuel was very free at this time. of!

Kanter did not dare to delay, fearing that the opponent would react, and quickly sent the ball to McSuell's feet.

Only then did Gomez realize that he had made a big mistake. He was out of position defensively!

This is a real desperate situation!

In less than an hour left, Benfica must score 4 goals without allowing Udinese to score. This is too difficult!

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Gomez made a sliding tackle, but didn't hit anything. The football was kicked away by McSuel, and he jumped up, just in time to avoid his behind-the-back tackle.

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Benfica fans in the stands were dissatisfied and angry with the team's performance of conceding two goals in the first half. They booed one after another. This was the first time that their boos were not directed at Udinese.

Unmarked and facing the goal, what else would McSuell do if he didn't shoot at this time?

Although outside the penalty area, although Budi Natale did not let them blindly shoot long shots at the beginning of the game, it is not a "blind" long shot now!

There's no better opportunity for a long shot!

"More importantly, it is Udinese who now has the away goal advantage! If Benfica wants to reverse Udinese, it is no longer enough to score 3 goals to equalize the score. They need to score 4 goals and at the same time We can’t let Udinese score another goal!”

However, during the game, Bruno, Udinese's attacking midfielder, retreated too far back. Every time he returned to Udinese's back line to support him, he was almost like a defensive midfielder.

This means that if Benfica wants to make a comeback, they need to score at least 4 goals, and they cannot continue to concede goals!

If this collision had happened two years ago, Bruno would most likely not have been able to keep the ball at his feet. However, after two years of training, especially one year of experience in Serie A, Bruno's confrontation ability has improved rapidly. This collision did not have much impact on Bruno.

After McSuell caught the ball, no Benfica player came up to defend him.

Gomez comes up, so who is his original position?

There was no one to fill the spot, it was completely empty!

Benfica deployed two midfielders in this game, and the other midfielder was Serbian Ljubomir Fesa. But now he has to face Mahrez and McSuel.

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And Jorge Jesus stood on the sidelines with his head in his hands, his eyes showing an expression of disbelief.

Then he began to conduct.

Bruno signaled Mahrez and others to get closer to him, but in order to prevent Benfica's back line from pressing up, Di Natale had to continue to be at the front and suppress Benfica's defense line.

How to adjust the halftime break?

His mind suddenly went blank...