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Although there are no surprises in the Champions League draw, it did not disappoint the Porto people. After all, in the top 8 there are only Porto and Villarreal. Porto only has a one-seventh chance to get Villarreal. , The chance of getting rich is as many as six-sevenths, complaining about bad luck is a bit too greedy.

The start of the Champions League quarter-finals is still too early, and Porto’s main task now is to win the Portuguese League Cup.

The Portuguese League Cup is a competition that was only established last season. The participating teams are all professional members of the Portuguese Football Association. The competition is divided into five rounds. The teams participating in the first round are low-level league teams below the Portuguese Super League, which will take two rounds of elimination.

The promoted team and the last 10 teams (including the newly promoted) ranked in the Portuguese Super League last season are divided into three groups by drawing lots, each with three teams, adopting a single round-robin competition system, and the group leader is promoted.

The 6 promoted teams and the top 6 teams in the Portuguese Super League last season are divided into three groups by drawing lots, each with four teams, adopting a single round-robin competition system, the group is promoted to the first place and a second-place team with the best results Promotion.

The semi-finals and finals will be eliminated in a single game. If the two sides tie within 90 minutes, a penalty kick will be played directly.

The difficulty of winning the League Cup is not low, but the champion cannot qualify for the European War next season, and winning the championship has no real meaning. The teams don't want to fight to death in this tournament and affect the league. Therefore, almost all teams use the Portuguese League Cup to train their troops.

However, in the finals, as it was close to the championship honor, both Benfica and Porto, who entered the finals, paid more attention to the game.

Benfica lost the hope of winning the championship early in the league, and the Portuguese Cup was also eliminated. Only the Portuguese League Cup champion is left to compete. They value this championship more than Porto.

7:45 PM, March 21

The stands at the Dragon Stadium are already full of fans from all over Portugal, all of whom are here to watch the Portuguese League Cup final between Porto and Benfica.

This is the first championship decided by Portuguese football this season. Although it is tasteless, it is of great significance.

With it, Benfica can avoid the result of all four, and Porto can also fulfill the dream of a triple crown.

For Gao Xiaodong, the actual significance of this Portuguese League Cup final is obviously more than that of others.

According to system regulations, if this League Cup champion wins, Gao Xiaodong will be able to earn 2 points in the system, in addition to the system's red envelope reward.

After returning to Porto, scoring has become easier and easier. After being promoted to the professional b-level, Gao Xiaodong now has 12 system points, and the League Cup champion will win a league with two points. It is nothing, but the red envelope reward is for Gao Xiaodong. The attraction is great. He hasn't received the red envelope for a long time. Gao Xiaodong really wants to know what kind of treasure the system can reward if he wins the League Cup this time.

At home, playing against the old opponent, Porto played proactively at the beginning, ready to solve the opponent within 90 minutes.

Benfica is more active than Porto. Although their strength is weaker than Porto, they will not fall. In the national derby, even if they lose, they must not be counseled. If they lose, Benfica fans can accept it. If they are counseled, Will be scolded to death by fans.

Insufficient strength must be compensated by running. Benfica's running is very active. Except Cardoso is too tall in the frontcourt, there is no need to return to defense. Other veteran big names like Aimar and Reyes are still Di Maria. Such potential newcomers are actively returning to the forefront of their penalty area.

Porto is not as prepared as Benfica for this game, and they have reached the quarter-finals in the Champions League, making them a little less respectful of their domestic opponents.

At the beginning of the game, Porto could still compete with Benfica, but after 15 minutes, their midfielder was surrounded by Benfica. Gao Xiaodong turned around and felt that he was surrounded by opponents, except for backwards. It was difficult. Find the passing point.

Ferreira's face on the sideline turned serious. He didn't expect Benfica to play so well. It seems that his opponent is determined to win this championship. Ferreira sighed and felt it necessary to remind the captain Gao Xiaodong, otherwise it would continue. , I am afraid that Porto may lose the ball.

The on-site commentator said: "Benfica ran mad. It seems that today they are going to make a big news at the door of Porto. Di Maria is very active today. As Benfica's most popular rookie, there is already a team for him. Twenty million euros, but it’s definitely not comparable to Gao Xiaodong. Maybe this is why Di Maria is fighting so hard today. He wants to prove that he is not worse than Gao Xiaodong..."

Porto coach Ferreira had the idea and moved a little slower. Before he could remind Gao Xiaodong, Benfica scored.

In the 20th minute of the game, Di Maria connected two people along the wing, and then singled out Porto right back Fusile.

Fusile fought and retreated, wanting to wait for his teammates to come up to help defend, but Di Maria suddenly cut across and slammed directly into the penalty area.

Although Fusile moved sideways, he did not follow firmly. He did not believe that Di Maria would enter the penalty area from the side of the penalty area.

But Di Maria broke through very resolutely and actually drove the ball into the penalty area. Facing the defending Porto defender Sapruna, Di Maria dunked the ball and passed Sapruna. Ignoring the teammate Cardoso who grabbed the spot in the middle, and even Reyes, who was in the front of the penalty area, kicked a curved kick directly with the outside of his left foot and shot into the back corner of the goal.

"Danger!"

"Outer instep!"

"Shoot!"

"Passing is better."

...

This was a very unexpected breakthrough and shot. Porto goalkeeper Helton was unprepared and could only watch the ball rushing towards the back corner of the goal.

Bang!

Di Maria's bad luck, the ball bounced out of the corner between the crossbar and the goal post.

At this time, the shortcomings of the lack of experienced captain Alves are revealed. The young central defender Rolando is still in a daze, while Benfica forward Cardoso has moved to fill the shot. He headed a little and sent the ball in. Porto's goal.

1:0

In 21 minutes, Cardoso shot Benfica to take the lead.

The noisy Dragon Stadium suddenly quieted down. Porto, who had won glorious victories in the league and the Champions League, fell behind. The fans of Porto couldn't believe their eyes.

The on-site commentator said sternly: “In the 20 minutes of today’s opening, Porto didn’t play well. They seemed to underestimate the enemy and didn’t take their mortal enemy Benfica seriously. These young people forget that the national derby is always a different game. How bad the season is. In the national derby, they will always adjust the state to the best. Fortunately, the time of scoring is relatively early. Porto still has a chance to equalize. Next, Porto must get serious and go all out to win this season's The first championship trophy will boost morale for the next Champions League quarter-finals..."

This is the first time that Gao Xiaodong has led a team to participate in a championship battle as a captain. He did not expect to be slapped at his doorstep in front of more than 40,000 fans. Gao Xiaodong was a little angry.

When Benfica celebrated, Gao Xiaodong just wanted to call his teammates over for a training session, but Ferreira called him over first.

"Xiaodong, you can't fight like this. This is not a competition for a tasteless championship. This is a national derby. We must play as a national derby, otherwise we will lose."

Gao Xiaodong slapped his chest and said: "Don't worry, coach, the team will change soon."

Going back, Gao Xiaodong immediately didn't move forward 20 minutes, and several teammates who played too showy were furious.

"Hurry up and cheer me up, run and fight, Nima, playing football is not a dinner party. We want the championship, and we have to have the scene. To abuse them today, who will not run for a while, who will hide during the fight, you Get off the court immediately! The coach said, such players should not participate in the Champions League."

Most of the players in Porto use Porto as a springboard and are preparing to go to the five major leagues. If they want to be favored by the five major leagues, the Champions League is the best stage. Hearing Gao Xiaodong said that they are not allowed to participate in the Champions League if they can’t play well. Dare to neglect, the spirit is all up.