Paul Bento.

The head coach of Sporting Lisbon, the team was invited to play a warm-up match with Cologne. This is also Cologne's last day in Lisbon. Tomorrow the team will return to China to prepare for the Bundesliga starting a week later.

Before the game, Stevens shook hands with Paulo Bento.

Cologne was the Bundesliga champion at the halfway stage, while Sporting Lisbon was only third in the Portuguese Super League at the halfway stage. Paulo Bento was a little worried at first, but after the game started, everyone was dumbfounded.

3 to 0.

Seeing the huge score, Stevens couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"It's shameless, right?"

The Portuguese Super League does not have such a long winter break, so Sporting Lisbon's sports cycle is in game mode, while Cologne is still on vacation. The two teams are not at the same frequency at all, but even so, Stevens cannot accept the first half

A crash results.

"I know you are dissatisfied. We are on vacation, right?"

No one dared to say anything.

"I can tell you that these are all excuses. We all know the real reason. Now that we have won the half-distance championship, we feel that we are great, right?"

"I can tell you that the league is only halfway through. If we face the Bundesliga match a week later in this state, then we will wait for relegation in the second half of the season."

Stevens waved in a few substitutes.

"Tang Zhenglong, get off!"

"Why?"

"You ask why?"

Tang Zhenglong said confidently: "Boss, I worked very hard in this game. If you don't believe me, ask the technical team."

Stevens turned to look at the assistant coach.

"Don's right, he ran more distance than he did in the league."

"Look."

Stevens was depressed. This guy was so lazy, and it was not difficult to surpass himself.

"Don, can you score in the second half?"

"How can I guarantee this!"

Stevens gasped.

"Okay, you can stay on the field."

At the beginning of the second half, the Portuguese commentator began to tease Tang Zhenglong.

"Don is called the laziest forward by Bild because his running distance is about the same as that of the goalkeeper."

"But he seems to have a natural sense of smell and can always appear in key positions. This is very similar to Portugal's Gomez."

Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Ricardo glanced at Tang Zhenglong and said in broken English: "You are always in the offside position, can you score a goal?"

"Don't you know how to read? Just search Tang Zhenglong on the Internet and you will know that I am very good in the Bundesliga and the top scorer in the Bundesliga."

"Well, no wonder the German team failed to qualify for the second consecutive European Cup group stage."

The implication is that German football is really bad now.

Schultz created a chance in the midfield, but Sporting Lisbon's players closed the ball, perhaps for fear of injury.

Schultz handed the ball to Tang Zhenglong.

Facing the defense, Tang Zhenglong accelerated and ran forward.

"Wow, I feel like I've made progress."

In this kind of warm-up match, it is impossible for Tang Zhenglong to waste his skills and rely entirely on his own ability.

Dribbling the ball into the penalty area, the Sporting Lisbon defender made another mistake. He made a careless tackle, but Tang Zhenglong's goal was a fake shot and a real dunk.

"Beautiful, this goal feels like the top scorer in the Bundesliga."

Shot!!

The ball was saved by the goalkeeper.

"I'll take it. It seems I still need to practice shooting."

Tang Zhenglong found that if he didn't cheat, he still lacked some firepower in finishing the game.

Soon, Cologne got a free kick opportunity.

The ball entered the penalty area, Ricardo missed the ball after picking it up, and the ball hit Tang Zhenglong.

"I support it!!"

"Hahaha, a belated Christmas gift."

goooooooal!!

"Cologne scored."

Paulo Bento kept shaking his head. The team was obviously too relaxed in the second half.

"Try harder, it's easy to get hurt."

Ricardo shook his finger at Tang Zhenglong, "It was my mistake, I'll give you one, but I won't do it again."

Tang Zhenglong rolled his eyes and thought: "You really treat yourself like a piece of shit!!"

Five minutes later, Cologne launched another attack.

After Podolski broke through, he made a wonderful pass to the right. Tang Zhenglong rushed over and took the cake easily.

"Cologne scored another goal, Sporting Lisbon played really poorly in the second half."

Ricardo picked the ball out of the goal and said, "Now I know why you can score so many goals. You have a good teammate."

Saying that, Ricardo looked over at Podolsky with a smile.

Looking at this guy's expression, Tang Zhenglong really wanted to cheat and slap him in the face, but... forget it, it's not easy to make some big money, and you can't spend it arbitrarily.

Paulo Bento's face looks very ugly, he can't play like this in the game.

Sporting Lisbon made substitutions and replaced several main players. Nani, Moutinho and Veloso were all replaced.

Tang Zhenglong ran towards Podolsky, "Lucas, let's work harder, we must not lose."

"Haha, do you care so much about a warm-up match?"

"Yes, I love Cologne very much."

"Did the other party provoke you?"

Sweat! You discovered it.

After Sporting Lisbon replaced several big names, the players who came on the bench really worked harder, and the offense became sharper.

During a counterattack, the ball reached the penalty area. Brazilian striker Lidson quickly dodged a defensive player and shot into the far corner.

"It's just a little bit close. What a pity."

But this time Sporting Lisbon played "very Brazilian", with a high technical content in attack.

Stevens reminded his main team, "We must study such an opponent carefully. We are likely to encounter such a team in the UEFA Cup knockout rounds."

The gap between the second-tier teams and the first-tier teams in Europe is very small. Sometimes, if you just watch a game, the giants may not be able to win. Teams like Sporting Lisbon, for example, are really not that easy to deal with.

The game became more and more open, Sporting Lisbon no longer defended, and only attacked in the midfield. Soon Cologne got a great opportunity, and Podolski once again acted as the one feeding the cake.

Tang Zhenglong looked at Ricardo.

There is a saying in football circles that scoring a goal through the goalkeeper's wicket is a humiliation.

Tang Zhenglong looked down and made up his mind to shoot at Ricardo's crotch.

goooooooal.

Faced with this goal, Ricardo was extremely unhappy. The goal was scored, which was a humiliation.

"You did it on purpose!"

"Yes, I did it on purpose. It's better to keep your legs together next time, haha."

What was even more depressing was Paulo Bento. From 0-3 to 3-3, Sporting Lisbon was disabled in the second half.

"Paulo Bento and his team should reflect on this. In the competition with Benfica and Porto, Lisbon has fallen behind. This game made it clear that Lisbon cannot become Manchester United's second team."

Because of rumors, Nani is also leaving the team.
Chapter completed!