The Braga Municipal Stadium has a completely different atmosphere from previous games, as if fans were just here to enjoy the game in the league before, but today they sang loudly, holding slogans, and people waving flags everywhere on both sides of the stands. They really participated in the game today!
Players from Braga and Athletic Bilbao appeared on the court to hold a pre-start ceremony. When the emcee on the scene read Tang Hong's name, the entire stadium burst into earth-shaking cheers!
Then the fans shouted: "HONG!"
Tang Hong, who scored 8 goals in four games, has become the star of this team. Before he loses "magic", the support of fans will only be more fanatical without any attenuation.
When Athletic Bilbao players shook hands with Braga players before the game, all the players looked at him deeply in front of Tang Hong.
It seemed as if I wanted to see with my naked eyes how Tang Hong was unique.
The coach of Athletic Bilbao on the sidelines was Argentine coach Bielsa. Bielsa, wearing glasses, also paid more attention to Tang Hong. This Chinese striker, who will be 18 years old in half a month, has become a striking figure in the Portuguese Super League, which is indeed unexpected.
Bielsa is not sure whether his information is accurate or not, and whether the team will misunderstand the focus due to information deviations in targeted deployment of defense.
Defensive deployment naturally has differences between severity, primary and secondary. Just like when playing Barcelona, ​​limiting Messi is definitely the most important defensive task. Don’t listen to some coaches saying that they treat everyone equally. The competition between teams is only to see how many opponents are closer to Messi when taking the ball in the game, and how many people Pedro will defend in the same situation. This comparison is clear at a glance.
When I saw Tang Hong, I inevitably thought that he was an Asian player. When I thought of Asia, Bielsa felt sad and didn't want to recall the disgraceful experience almost ten years ago.
Argentina, which failed to qualify in the group stages of the South Korean and Japanese World Cup, must have been labeled as a failure.
But at that time, no one expected that Argentina, which had the most powerful and gorgeous firepower in the World Cup qualifiers, failed in the group stage!
"Good evening, everyone, everyone. Welcome to the first round of the 2011-2012 Europa League Group D group stage. Today, we will broadcast the live broadcast of Braga's home match against Athletic Bilbao from Spain at the Municipal Stadium in Braga, Portugal.
Group D is a recognized death group. In addition to Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 and Athletic Bilbao in La Liga, there are also last season's Europa League runner-up Braga and Austrian powerhouse Salzburg.
This also means that the competition in this group will definitely be very exciting.
The following is a introduction to the starting lineup of both sides today.
Braga starts 433.
Goalkeeper: Quim.
Defenders: Bayano, Eveton, Coelo, Ezijegile.
Midfielder: Custodio, Barbosa, Amorin.
Forwards: Viana, Lima, Tang Hong.
Athletic Bilbao starts 343.
Goalkeeper: Elizoz.
Defenders: Ituraspe, Xavi Martinez, Amorebietta.
Midfielders: Ilaura, Gulpegg, Demarcos, Gabrielondo.
Forwards: Susetta, Lorente, Munyain.
It is worth mentioning that more than half of Athletic Bilbao's starting lineup are their own youth training players.
The game begins soon, I don’t know who will get a good start today!”
Athletic Bilbao is more rare in playing 343 than 352 formation, but considering that their coach is a lunatic Bielsa, he feels relieved.
With the referee's whistle, the game officially kicked off.
Braga took the lead in kicking off, Tang Hong knocked the ball back to Barbosa and then ran towards the frontcourt, while Athletic Bilbao hit the frontcourt to counterattack and harassment.
Because the opponent's formation is not very common, Tang Hong also needs to observe more space in the running position than usual so that his teammates can pass the ball smoothly to where he can receive it.
When Bayano passed the ball to the frontcourt near the middle, centre-back Amorebietta, who was over 1.9 meters tall, jumped in front of Lima and headed the ball to clear the ball.
Front midfielder De Marcos was pressed by Barbara when he was taking the ball in front of the center circle. He stopped the ball with his chest and knocked the ball back to Gulpegg, then immediately turned around and inserted it. Gulpegg sent the ball to the sideline to find the wing forward Gabilondo.
Athletic Bilbao's offense was very smooth. Gabrielondo encountered Custodio's assisting defense and pressed the ball from the side while advancing. He immediately passed the ball straight ahead and found Muniain.
The genius who debuted under 17 years old, who set a new record for the youngest appearance, goal record, and La Liga youngest appearance record, went to the penalty area. When Bayano intercepted the lower foot and pressed, Munia got rid of the ball quickly and spiked, and then sent a good quality cross.
The football flew to the back of the penalty area. Lorent, who had the highest height in the game, did not dare to be careless. The two completed the attack on Lorent, but the football flew past the three people.
Before the football landed, the right winger Susetta quickly followed up and shot the ball, but unfortunately he hit the ball with his right foot on the net!
The distance that goes beyond the goal is not outrageous.
call!
The Braga fans were relieved and felt that they had escaped.
The overall skills of Athletic Bilbao players are good. If South American players are good at their skills because of their beautiful footwork or even gorgeousness, then Spanish players are good at their skills, which is absolutely practical and efficient!
Athletic Bilbao, who was away, took the lead in completing the offensive. Then when Braga drove the goal kick, Tang Hong lost to Ituraspe, who was nearly ten centimeters higher than him in the frontcourt. This kind of ball with sufficient preparation time from the backcourt, Tang Hong did not have any advantage in fighting for it. Not to mention Athletic Bilbao's defender, even if it was the defender of Braga's team, Tang Hong was at a clear disadvantage in the confrontation.
When Athletic Bilbao launched an offensive in the frontcourt again, their offensive speed was not only fast, but also passed the ball in conjunction with smooth flowing water.
Sussetta cut from the side to meet the pass from the right forward Ilaura, stopped the ball and sent a short pass. The ball rolled to the middle of the penalty area. The tall and powerful center Lorent responded with his back, and Brazilian central defender Eveton pressed and pressed from behind him. Lorent saw Coustodio coming to him to form a cross-bow defense with his teammates. Lorent decisively knocked the ball back diagonally.
Demarcos, who was inserted in the back, stopped and swung to the right and dodged the front interception from Amorin, then adjusted his forward dribbling and then started to volley!
The football flew straight to the near corner of the goal, and Braga's old goalkeeper Quim hurriedly moved and barely blocked the ball from the bottom line!
Everyone in Braga, both the fans and the players, felt the pressure coming.
"Athletic Bilbao completed another attack, and they entered the game very quickly when they played away!
Braga was in a very passive situation at home!"
Before the game started, Braga fans began to be worried.
Because Athletic Bilbao not only has fierce offensives, but also has high-level pressure!
This makes it difficult for Braga to organize an effective positional offense from the backcourt.
Yartim let the forward retreat and take the initiative to respond. Bielsa no longer roared at all when she directed the game on the sidelines as she was when she was young.
The calm posture has an alternative and strong style, and seems to be sure to win the game.
Bielsa's persistence in offensive football is his characteristic, and his belief that he is rather dead than attack is his charm.
Defensive football is still very popular in the first decade of the 21st century. Famous coaches such as Ancelotti, Lippi, Mourinho, Benitez became the most famous and most popular representatives of that era. After Guardiola created the Three Dynasties in Dreams, European football began to see a significant change in style, high-level pressing, positional warfare technology improvement, etc. However, before Guardiola debuted, he had a long talk with Bielsa. He recorded his experience in the conversation with Bielsa with a notebook, and then finished writing a notebook, and then asked Bielsa to borrow a new notebook to continue writing.
Bielsa has not yet used the championship to make himself famous in history, but from Argentina to Mexico, to Chile, and now Spain, his footprints have been left all over the world, and his football philosophy and style have also taken root in different regions.
Many fans who know Bielsa are puzzled by his confidence in never compromising with reality.
In fact, Bielsa is a "scum" in the family. In Argentina, his family members are either in politics or at the barrister, but he chose football. Even his unsuccessful player career, retired at the age of 25, could not stop him from continuing his love for football and resolutely became a coach.
Bielsa did not come to the green world to make a living, he came here to realize his dream because of his love!
Because of this, he can be independent and stubborn. If he loses this original intention, then he doesn't need to continue doing this job.
Chapter completed!