Golden Greenery

Just like Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, Benfica and Porto in the Portuguese Super League are also ruling with one hand. Another veteran team, Sporting Lisbon, has become a spoiler, similar to Valencia or Atletico Madrid.

However, in the past seven seasons, Porto has only won one card, which is even more miserable than Real Madrid's performance against Barcelona in recent years.

At the Stadium of Light, the fifth ‘Eusebio Cup’ kicked off, with Benfica playing against Real Madrid. It's called a cup game, but it's actually a natural warm-up. There are no restrictions on substitutions between the two sides. Except for not going down and coming back up like basketball, the rest is completely arbitrary.

The starting lineup of this Real Madrid team that appears at the Stadium of Light can make most Real Madrid fans feel unfamiliar.

Goalkeeper Adan, defender Juan Fran, Varane, Ivan Gonzalez, Nacho. Zhuoyang and the captain of the second team, Mosquera, partnered as a double midfielder. In front of them were Callejon, Kaká and the Russian winger Denis Cheryshev from the second team.

At the front is Higuain. In this starting lineup, he is the oldest person in the first team in his sixth year of service, so Higuain wears the captain's armband today.

In Benfica's starting lineup, 2 Essequiel Garay played for Real Madrid for two years and transferred here last year. The 25-year-old midfielder Xavi Garcia was born in the youth training of Real Madrid Castilla. After growing up, he played two seasons with Real Madrid's first team, but was released after both seasons.

Real Madrid's old players are always unpredictable, especially when they face their old club.

In the 4th minute of the opening period, Mosquera fouled Argentine midfielder Nicolas Gaitan, who was trying to break through him with speed, and Benfica received a free kick from the wing.

Carlos Martins, who had just transferred to Benfica from Real Sociedad, passed a free kick. Gonzalez, who was taller than 1, headed the ball back. Javi Garcia stood out from the crowd like an elf and shot the ball with his left foot. Breaking through Adan's goal.

The old general lived up to his reputation, and Real Madrid fell behind 0:1 at the start.

Zhuo Yang looked at Kaka resentfully: "Master Ka, how could you let such a thing get through easily?"

Just now, Garcia squeezed through the middle of Zhuoyang and Kaká. The two good friends were still humiliating each other, and they succeeded with one blow.

Kaka clenched his fists and puffed up his cheeks: "Let me beat him to death."

Xavi Garcia and Spanish star Luis Garcia are cousins.

The same one who played for Barcelona and Liverpool. In fact, Xavi Garcia is a very good offensive and defensive all-round midfielder. He was born in the youth training of Castilla and he seems to be the target of Real Madrid's current recruitment. Recruiting the old team is reasonable.

But Ha Garcia, who was abandoned by Real Madrid twice, has already sworn that he will never look back in this life.

Like his cousin, Ha Garcia is actually from Catalonia. If he hadn't entered Real Madrid's youth training by accident, he would have wanted to go to Barcelona. For the Bernabeu, Ha Garcia has no feelings.

Benfica is a wealthy club, but it is also a famous black shop in Europe. Selling players on a large scale is Benfica's business strategy and even their ideal.

The summer transfer window is still wide open, and the stands are filled with scouts from other giants, and every Benfica player is their target of inspection.

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A holiday has passed. Although Zhuo Yang and Kaka have not relaxed their physical training, it is inevitable that the game feels a bit rusty. The confrontation between the five major leagues is a competition between the masters, and the difference will be a lot worse.

One of the purposes of such a warm-up match is to allow players to feel the game and find their competitive state.

The reason why superstars are superstars is because they take less time to enter the state than mediocre people. For example, Zhuo Yang and Kaka only took 18 minutes.

Zhuoyang launched a fast break from the backcourt and accurately found Callejon on the right side of the frontcourt with a long diagonal pass. Xiaoka received the ball and rushed to the waistline of the penalty area to cross the middle. Laoka volleyed sideways at the top of the arc and hit the goal.

The football did not have any flight curve. After passing through goalkeeper Arthur, it hit the center of the net. Real Madrid equalized the score 1:1 and Kaká scored his first goal of the season.

Two minutes later, Real Madrid's blows followed. This time it was Kaka who passed the ball during the counterattack. Zhuo Yang took advantage of the situation and used the instep of his outside foot to make a through pass. Callejon dived into the penalty area and easily pushed the ball into the goal, 2:1.

The old card and the little card have made great achievements one after another. The old card is the king of Real Madrid's bench, and the little card is the bench gangster. They will have more opportunities in the new season.

As the captain, Higuain also wants more opportunities. Everyone knows that he is more efficient than Benzema at the center position. Unfortunately, Real Madrid does not value the scoring efficiency of the center forward. Mourinho is more I like good young people like Benzema who are obedient, can flatten and round, and can take the blame.

In the 35th minute, Higuain dodged the entanglement and passed the ball. Zhuo Yang shot directly from 30 meters away. The football was firmly confiscated by Arthur.

Five minutes later, Zhuo Yang returned the favor, breaking through Benfica's defense along the right and sending a cross to Higuain. Xiao Yanqiang shook his head from the back and attacked the goal to expand the score to 3:1.

Kaka, Callejon and Higuain all scored their first goals of the new season in this game. The three of them, plus Zhuo Yang, are the backbone players of this Real Madrid team that is not fully equipped, including Di Maria was not in the starting lineup.

Angel Di is one of the iconic sales of Benfica player dealers. He played at the Stadium of Light for three years, and three and a half years later, his value tripled and he defected to Real Madrid.

Real Madrid spent a brief period of confusion in the first half, quickly stabilized the situation under the leadership of four first-team backbones, and won the score step by step.

Although Zhuoyang's condition can only be considered average, he can still control the team's rhythm and direct his teammates to control the midfield, so that the defense will not be exposed to dangerous tests.

Apart from conceding the ball in the opening game, goalkeeper Adan basically didn't make any saves after that. It was difficult for Benfica to penetrate Real Madrid's throat, and they could only take the ball carelessly from both sides, which actually had no big effect.

During the halftime break, Mourinho and Benfica coach Jesus both started to make substitutions according to the pre-match plan. Zhuoyang and Kaka did not need to be inspected, and the two brothers were replaced first.

They were replaced by Di Maria and teenager Morata.

The 20-year-old Alvaro Morata has been signed up for the first team for the third consecutive year. However, in the first two years, he returned to the second team after signing up and continued to score more than ten or twenty goals in Segunda B.

Morata made his La Liga debut in Real Madrid's first team in 2010. Two years later, he has only played twice in La Liga. Once a year, no more, no less.

Morata is called "Little Morientes", but he has been under a lot of pressure recently because his competitor, 1 Riggs, who is also in the second team, was suddenly called "the new Ronaldo".

As we all know, Morientes was later abandoned by Real Madrid, and Ronaldo was the darling of the Bernabeu.

In the second half of the game, the situation on the field suddenly changed, and Real Madrid became very confused.

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