Golden Greenery

Because of the Dutch football tradition, Dutch coaches are good at and like to use young players. Ronald Koeman is like this. Benfica star Manuel Fernandez has become the main player under him this season.

Fernandez is a very common surname among Latin-speaking people, just like Zhang Wang and Li Liu in China. Manuel Fernandez is not yet a new midfield star excavated from the Benfica echelon by Spaniard Camacho this year. This kid was born in Portuguese street football. Teenagers like him basically have a few fixed partners when playing wild football. Fernandez's best friend on the wild court is currently hailed as the 'next Ronaldinho' in Portugal. Nani.

Nani developed a delicate technique and feel for the ball on the street, but Fernandez only learned to run. His passing skills are very rough, but his midfield sweeping ability is excellent. The growth template set by Benfica is French midfielder Makelele, who is also nicknamed 'Manuelele' by Portuguese football.

In Benfica's last match against Madiburg, Fernandez was kicked down by Zhuo Yang for being stupid, and then his face was almost swollen by big brother Nuno Gomez. After the game, Fernandez was scolded by captain Simao. He also understood that it was his fault and that he was an idiot. He doesn't resent Zhuo Yang at all. Their reputations are too far apart, and Fernandez admires Zhuo Yang's football art very much. He has been envious of Zhuo Yang since he first became famous.

Originally, Fernandez wanted to take the initiative to strike up a conversation with Zhuo Yang today so that he could come and go later. But when Zhuo Yang came out before the game, he had been bragging about his awesomeness to Handanovic. He didn't even look at Benfica, so he didn't find a chance to interrupt. Later, Fernandez thought about waiting and going to Zhuoyang to exchange jerseys after the game.

In the first half, as Benfica's midfielder, Fernandez had almost nothing to do, because Madibao's ball basically did not pass him, but quickly hit the frontcourt through the two wings. He could only sweep away the cold in the air. . He and Zhuoyang didn't have many opportunities to face each other, because Zhuoyang pushed forward very high in the first half, leading the Musketeers Gomez and Helmers to press the Benfica back line and play, and Fernandez couldn't catch up behind him. .

In the only duel between the two, Fernandez was defeated by Zhuo Yang three times, five times and two times. He subconsciously turned around and put the shovel, and even kicked Zhuo Yang down near the center circle with the ball. Fernandez was not intentional at all, it was just a normal tactical foul on the court, but the Madibao people didn't think so.

Fernandez left a deep impression on the Madibao people in the last game. After all, such a stupid person is not common. So when he brought Zhuo Yang down, the Madibao people thought that he was holding a grudge and deliberately retaliating. In fact, even Zhuo Yang thought the same way and cursed him at that time. Khedira and Helmers came up and directly Want to beat him.

Not to mention that Fernandez received a yellow card for this, players from both sides were on the court, staring, pushing and shoving each other, and referee Francois almost blew his whistle. Fortunately, Augusto's 'warm water challenge' to Koeman diverted the attention of the fighting dogs.

Zhuo Yang felt a little unhappy.

My heart says you are nothing but a little brat, how dare you kick me?

Zhuoyang has been kicked too many times in the game over the years, intentionally or unintentionally. He is one of the players who has been violated the most in the Bundesliga. The players who defend Zhuoyang are basically defensive figures, who are somewhat famous in football. Zhuoyang is not so pretentious when he is kicked. He kicks back when he should, and forget it if he can.

But now Zhuoyang seems to be the ruler of the Bundesliga, the most popular youngster in Europe, and the goodwill ambassador of the United Nations. He feels that his status is different from before. If an unknown guy like Fernandez is kicked down in revenge, Zhuoyang feels a little offended.

Or maybe Zhuo Yang is not lacking in caution sometimes...

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Koeman's tactical adjustments have had a very good effect. Benfica itself is a very strong team. They appear in European competitions almost every year. Compared with Madibao, their European experience is a cloud.

In the second half, Madiburg recovered a little and the two sides began to appear balanced on the field. In particular, the Italian small forward Fabrizio Miccoli, who was in good condition, received strong support from the midfield. In this era, any well-known shooter from Italy will be very useful in other leagues.

Karagounis was also in good form in the second half, and even threatened national team teammate Dras many times. Perhaps it was the humiliation on the sidelines that made the Benfica people realize their shame and act bravely. Karagounis led the most wonderful offensive in the midfield and frontcourt.

Assis made a pass from the left, Mantoras stopped the ball with his chest and passed it to Karagounis. The Greek faced the defense of Khedira, Pompeng and others on the left side of the penalty area and made a clever cross. Miccoli kept the ball. Pass back to Beto, who then knocks back to Karagounis. No. 10 of the Greek national team pushed a shot from 20 yards from the left. The ball hit Dras's feet and deflected into the near corner.

2:1, Benfica got one point back. Head coach Koeman was a little excited. He saw the hope of rebirth.

Uncle Klopp responded to the adjustment. He replaced Zepek with Sasha Ritter to restrict Miccoli, who was becoming more and more active on the right, and at the same time pulled Zhuo Yang from the forward line back to the midfielder to stop Karagounis. , Madibao midfielder changed to a saucer position.

This change immediately made Madibao's midfield and backcourt as stable as a rock, Miccoli was directly turned off, and Karagounis disappeared from the field.

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Just two minutes after the restart, Zhuoyang used his wonderful free kick in the midfield to steal the football from Karagounis and started running from behind the center circle. Fernandez came up and interfered with him side by side in an attempt to steal.

Because it was a counterattack caused by a sudden interception of the ball, others in Benfica were unable to react and follow up. They could only count on Fernandez to end Zhuoyang's meteoric stride. He tried all kinds of methods along the way, squeezing against the brush, pulling and pushing, but it was of no use in front of Zhuo Yang, and he suffered losses both under his feet and on his hands. So, the two people ran into the penalty area in one breath.

In fact, it stands to reason that Fernandez should have fouled early, and it is not that he does not understand this. But before the game, he had the intention of making friends with Zhuo Yang, and in the first half, he brought down Zhuo Yang, which caused a conflict between the two sides. At this time, he inevitably felt guilty and embarrassed, so he did not step down to foul.

But Zhuo Yang was not embarrassed at all. As soon as he entered the penalty area and faced Benfica's two central defenders who were working closely together, he was grabbed by Fernandez's arm and lost his balance. He was thrown cleanly.

He kept pulling and pulling him all the way, and finally knocked him down when he got to the penalty area. The referee Francois immediately awarded a penalty kick from two yellows to one red. Everyone, including the Benfica people, had no objection. This foul was too obvious to be pretentious.

Fernandez was stunned. Only he knew best. He didn't pull Zhuo Yang at all. Instead, Zhuo Yang clamped his arm forcefully. He didn't make any foul moves.

Zhuo Yang dives!