At the weekend, in the 31st round of the Portuguese Super League, Sporting Lisbon faced Beira Mar at home.
The Alvalade stadium was packed with people and every seat was packed.
This is another key battle for the league championship, attracting 50,000 Sporting Lisbon fans to watch the game.
Facing a powerful Sporting Lisbon team that aspires to win the championship and is playing at home, Beiramar coach Antonio Sosa actually deployed four central defenders in the defense, showing his conservative nature.
Sporting Lisbon was not polite to its opponents and bombarded them from the beginning of the game.
In the 29th minute, Jardel once again opened the scoring for the team, breaking through Beiramar's goal.
This goal greatly ignited the passion of Alvalade Stadium.
But then, Lady Luck seemed to no longer favor Sporting Lisbon.
Rodrigo Tello, who returned to the lineup, was violated by an opponent while holding the ball shortly after Jardel's goal and was injured. Quaresma replaced Tello and formed a double wing with Joao Pinto.
The game was completely deadlocked.
Sporting Lisbon had no effective way to defeat Beiramar's tight defense.
At halftime, Beiramar coach Antonio Sosa made the first substitution adjustment.
Fari Faye, who has just returned from injury, replaced former Sporting Lisbon midfielder Luis Manuel.
After Fari Faye came on, Belamal formed a double forward, showing his determination to fight back to the end.
Four minutes later, Antonio Sosa made another substitution, replacing Brazilian midfielder Marcelinho with right back Ribeiro.
If the previous substitution was unpredictable, then the second substitution was unpredictable.
Therefore, Boloni made a second substitution in the 54th minute, replacing Hugo Viana with Cristiano Ronaldo, trying to use Ronnie to attack and suppress Bellamar's right wing, restricting
Counterattack from the opponent's right wing.
But in the 70th minute, Bellamar still made a quick counterattack on the right wing.
Ribeiro, who came on as a substitute, dribbled the ball to the 30-meter area of Sporting Lisbon on this side and sent a wonderful diagonal pass into the penalty area. Fari Faye's speed completely exploded at this moment, grabbing the ball.
a favorable position.
With no other option, Queiroga chose to foul and was sentenced to death by the referee.
Yellow card plus penalty!
Fari Faye took the penalty calmly and scored in one stroke to equalize the score for Beiramar.
One to one!
The situation has changed dramatically.
No one expected that this was originally a game that Sporting Lisbon had a sure chance of winning, but Antonio Sosa suddenly showed his power and boldly substituted two players within four minutes of midfield, completely breaking the deadlock.
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Boloni stood in front of the coach's bench and watched the game on the court intently.
Beiramar is different from Setubal. This is a typical Portuguese Super League team with a more open style of play.
Judging from Antonio Sosa's series of substitutions, he completely gave up the fight for the midfield and directly tightened the defense. At the same time, he focused on counterattacks and brought out the strength and strength of the forwards headed by Fari Faye.
Features.
One characteristic of Bellamar's style of play is that the back line presses hard, but when returning to defense, it retreats very resolutely.
As long as the ball reaches the frontcourt, the defense line will press up and provide sufficient support to the midfield and frontcourt. But once the ball is lost, they will immediately retreat and be very determined.
Sporting Lisbon's problems were also exposed, mainly in the advancement of the ball.
Both Quaresma and Ronny are too sticky to the ball, and the midfield is not moving fast enough. This leads to many times when Sporting Lisbon steals the ball and starts to counterattack. When the ball reaches the frontcourt, they find that Bellamar has already returned to defend.
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Even if it can really create a threat, the opponent's four central defenders have returned to their positions and basically blocked all offensive lines.
At this moment, Boloni really felt a kind of trouble that was both happy and painful.
When Quaresma and Ronnie were juggling their cool and fancy tricks on the court, but they didn't help much in the game, Boloni probably wanted to rush up and beat them up.
impulse.
Can you two stop showing off your skills like this?
Don't you feel comfortable if you don't go through all eleven players of the opponent's team?
But the problem is, the fans at the scene really like to see their fancy juggling skills, and they applaud thunderously.
The game has been unable to open up for a long time, and there is not much time left for Sporting Lisbon.
Bologna's sense of crisis is getting stronger and stronger.
Just the day before, Boavista defeated Setubal 4-1 at home. If they fail to win Beira Mar tonight, Sporting Lisbon will lose their position as the league leader. This pair of Sporting Lisbon, who have led the league for nearly a season, will
I mean, it's definitely a frustrating thing.
More importantly, Bologna's position will be shaken.
Compatriot Niculai, who was introduced with a large sum of money, did not perform satisfactorily and suffered serious injuries. If he cannot win the championship again, why should Boloni stay?
Thinking of this, Boloni's face showed a look of determination, he turned around and shouted towards the bench.
"Su, get ready to play!"
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"The game has reached the 74th minute."
"Sporting Lisbon made the last substitution adjustment. Boloni replaced No. 8 player Barbosa with No. 36 Sudong."
"This is a signal to step up the attack."
"Sporting Lisbon now has three young players under the age of 20 on the court, all of whom have performed well this season."
"Especially No. 36 Sudong, he is only 17 years old. In the last away game against Setubal, he came on as a substitute and played for 40 minutes, passing and shooting, turning the game around.
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"Boloni also has high hopes for Su Dong, betting on him as the last and most precious substitution opportunity."
"I wonder if he can continue his outstanding performance in the last round?"
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Different from the previous round against Setubal, this time after Su Dong came on the field, Sporting Lisbon changed into a 4-4-2 formation.
But among the two forwards, there is still a clear division of labor and cooperation between Su Dong and Jardel.
Su Dong's position is further back and his range of activities is wider. His main task is still to act as a fulcrum, connect the midfielder and striker, and support the advancement of the two wings.
On a tactical level, Sporting Lisbon also retreated further.
On the one hand, it is to ensure the stability of one's own defense and to guard against counterattacks by players such as Fari Faye. On the other hand, it is also to allow Béla Mar to press further forward.
Antonio Sosa also immediately adjusted his tactics, and Boloni's substitutions did not have an immediate effect.
Su Dong tried it several times on the court, but the effect was not obvious.
But he still remained patient, kept running, kept responding, and kept looking for opportunities.
"This kind of competition is all about attrition."
"It doesn't matter that the situation cannot be opened up, but in fact, the opponent's defenders have been tortured enough by Jardel, Ronnie and Quaresma, and their physical energy has been consumed a lot."
"There are still ten minutes left. After taking the field, we must patiently look for opportunities and try to make a breakthrough."
This is the key point that Bologni asked Su Donger to talk about before going on the field.
The greater the consumption, the easier it is for technical movements to go out of shape and the easier it is for mistakes to occur.
Su Dong carried out the coach's intentions very well.
He ran very aggressively, and Belamal's players did not dare to give him a chance to get the ball, so the defender was forced to follow Su Dong, which was even more fatal for the opponent who was already consuming a lot of money.
Pontes once gave Su Dong a crude but vivid metaphor on this issue.
"It's like a person who is in a hurry to go to the bathroom. When do you think the most unbearable time is?"
"The answer is, the closer you are to the bathroom, the greater the chance of being unable to resist."
"This is human psychology."
"For the same reason, the more difficult the game, the easier it is to make mistakes at the last moment. This is nature."
"So, the closer it gets to the final moment, the more critical the players' willpower and substitute players become."
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Eighty minutes into the game, Bellamar also made a substitution.
This time they replaced a forward and obviously still wanted to attack.
Sporting Lisbon fans at the scene also felt the stalemate of the game.
Time passed bit by bit, and all three substitutions were used up. As a result, the situation on the field still did not improve. This made the fans start to worry, could the game be tied?
As a result, fans began to cheer for the players.
Boloni also stood on the sidelines, constantly encouraging the players, calming their emotions and asking them to be patient.
The players also showed anxiety and mistakes began to increase, which is not a good sign.
After eighty-five minutes, the 50,000 fans at the scene no longer had any thoughts to pay attention to Quaresma and Ronnie taking the ball, because they were all worried about the team's offense and the result of the game.
You won't really be tied, right?
The players also started to get anxious.
In just three minutes, Sporting Lisbon's Diogo and Paul Bento got cards one after another, and Beiramar's Ribeiro and substitute forward Demetrios also got cards one after another. This showed that the two teams
All the players became very nervous and their nerves were tense.
Eighty-eight minutes...eighty-nine minutes...
Belamar once again completed the steal in the midfield. Defender Felipe suddenly stepped in and snatched the ball from Ronny's feet. He quickly took the ball to launch a counterattack, and Fari Faye and Demetriou
The two men launched an attack at the same time.
Just like before, the entire back line of defense was directly pressed near the center line.
Su Dong originally planned to meet Ronnie, but this time he went all the way back to defend.
By the time he returned to the thirty-meter area, Andre Cruz in the penalty area had already completed a defense and directly blocked the ball.
Ronnie was just chasing after him all the way, grabbing Andre Cruz's clearance ball on the left side of the penalty area.
As soon as the ball was stopped, Bellamar's counterattack came.
The pressing defender Felipe forced Ronnie to the sideline and tried to regain the ball.
Just when Ronnie was hesitating about what to do, Su Dong ran over in time and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
"Ronnie, give me the ball!"
As soon as Su Dong shouted, Ronnie, who had perfect understanding, passed the ball.
And Beiramar's other central defender Cristiano was already behind Su Dong.
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