The Midfield Master

"1 to 1 is not enough, I need you to continue to score goals and continue to maintain pressure on Maritimo's defense!" In the home team's locker room, Benfica coach Quique Flores said seriously: "The first half of the first half A conceded goal is very undeserved, I don't want this to happen again, I have to keep an eye on the opponent's Xia Ze!"

Flores looked at Garay, the core of the team's defense, and told him.

Gareth didn't speak, just nodded firmly.

"Nicholas, you did a good job in the first half, there is no need to waste your energy in entanglement with Xia Ze, our team's overall strength is stronger than theirs, as long as they score another goal in the second half, they will collapse! "Flores turned to Gaitan and said.

"Coach, I know what to do, we will help the team win the game, believe me!" Gaitan's eyes were firm, and his body was full of confidence.

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In the second half of the game, Benfica still took the initiative. Although Xia Ze wanted to compete with Gaitan for the control of the midfield, but the team's tactics did not allow them to press the midfield, so they had to give up the possession to Benfica.

Losing the ball, they can only strive for sporadic counterattack opportunities under the premise of being passively beaten.

In the 58th minute, Cardoso's header was caught by Sasha. He immediately threw the ball with one hand and fell to the retreating Quaresma.

"Ricardo, here!" Xia Ze quickly advanced from outside the penalty area.

Quaresma leaned against the opponent's defender and immediately passed the ball to Xia Ze who advanced forward.

Xia Ze quickly dribbled the ball forward, and the opponent's midfielder was already pushing up, but Xia Ze's body swayed, and he immediately swayed past the opponent's midfielder.

For Xia Ze who had started to accelerate, the opponent's midfielder couldn't catch up at all. Soon, Xia Ze overwhelmed the half court, and Dilly and Helton were running in front.

There are only two central defenders in the opponent's defense line, and the midfielder who was swayed by Xia Ze is chasing closely.

This is a great opportunity to fight back.

The 65,000 fans in the stands stood up nervously. Both Benfica fans and Maritimo fans paid special attention to this attack.

If Maritimo takes the lead again, it will undoubtedly be a very favorable situation and may have an irreversible impact on this game.

"Xia Ze pushed forward with the ball, 3-for-2 in the frontcourt, Heldon on the right and Deeley on the left have already run out of space!" Christine's voice sounded.

"He didn't choose to pass the ball, but dribbled the ball himself, and the Benfica players behind him couldn't keep up with him at all!"

"Gary stepped forward to help defend, and Di Likong on the left!"

"Xia Ze passed the ball, and Dilly will get a one-handed chance!"

"Oh! My God, Deely took the ball too far. Benfica goalkeeper Arthur got the ball. Maritimo wasted a great opportunity. Deely is obviously very upset."

"Damn!" Martins cursed angrily on the sidelines. If this goal is scored, it is very likely to kill the game, but Deeley actually overwhelmed the ball at such a critical moment.

The 60,000 Benfica fans breathed a sigh of relief, but their hearts were raised again immediately, because the Benfica team launched a counterattack!

The ball quickly came to Maritimo's half, and Gaitan was still the one holding the ball. In the second half, he completely controlled the rhythm of the game. All Benfica's threatening attacks were initiated from him.

Pereira and the young Dickao had no way to stop him. Xia Ze had already reached the opponent's penalty area because of his counterattack at this time, and there was no time to return to the defense.

Gaitan ran all the way with the ball, changed his style of seeking cooperation after the start of the second half, and broke through to Maritimo's penalty area from the beginning of the half, passing Di Keo and Pereira consecutively.

"Gaitan broke through to the front of the penalty area, Zhang Wei is defending him, can he still break through?"

"He passed Zhang Wei, and there was no room to shoot. His left foot hit the middle!"

"Cardoso and Rosario are stuck in the penalty area!"

"What is Cardozo's header!"

"Beautiful! Benfica scored! 2 to 1!"

Accompanied by Christine's excited commentary voice,

The ball went into the net, and only Rosario, who fell to the ground, was left in the penalty area. Zhang Wei, who was passed by Gaitan, and Sasha, who stood on the goal line without any reaction, looked at Cardoso and Gaitan and the others celebrated wildly.

The Stadium of Light trembled again, and the cheers of the mountains and tsunami reached the ears of the Maritimo players, like thunder and thunder, which made them terrified.

Benfica is ahead! Gaitan sprinted with the ball from the middle, passed three Maritimo players in a row, assisted Cardoso with a header and scored for Benfica to overtake the score.

If the game ends with such a score, Maritimo will be overtaken by Benfica by 1 point, thus losing the third place in the league and losing the place to participate in the Champions League. This is equivalent to losing tens of millions of euros in revenue from broadcasting, and also deprived Xia Ze and the others of a bigger stage to show themselves.

Flores roared and punched Martins in the direction, as if to demonstrate to Martins.

Martins, on the other hand, was silent, frowning tightly, as if regretting his conservativeness.

Xia Ze, who has been chasing back from the opponent's half, is now outside the penalty area, looking at his frustrated teammates in the penalty area, feeling very uncomfortable.

"This game can't be lost! We must win it back!" Xia Ze said to himself in his heart.

"Get up, the game is not over yet, stand up like a man!" Quaresma's voice sounded from the other side, he walked into the penalty area, pulled up Rosario who had fallen to the ground, and passed Pat Sasha and Zhang Wei on the shoulder.

"That's right, we want to tie the score and win this game. Now we have no way out, we can only fight!" Brigle also encouraged his teammates.

"Fight!"

...

Although Martins didn't give instructions, Maritimo's players still found a way to gain a foothold in adversity. They also fell behind many times against the three giants this season, and in the end they were able to equalize or even reverse the game many times.

Now that Benfica is leading, it has allowed them to regain the rhythm of the game this season.

"Maritimo not only did not lose confidence after conceding the ball, but their players seemed to be more motivated. Can they equalize the score?" Christine was surprised by the fighting spirit of the Maritimo players.

"It's incredible. Perhaps this is the characteristic of their team. After leading in the first half, they were a bit conservative and couldn't play. Now they are behind and they have no retreat, but they control the game." Figo praised.

In the 60th minute of the game, Benfica overtook the score 2-1 with Cardoso's header, and in the next 15 minutes, under the crazy press of Xia Ze, Dicko and Pereira, Maritimo was in a short period of time. In a minute or two, he took possession of the midfield back and launched waves of attacks towards Benfica's goal.

And Benfica's head coach Flores also intends to let his team shrink a bit, waiting for an opportunity to fight back.

Xia Ze got the ball in the middle, and Gaitan quickly pushed forward, and he had retreated to the outside of his big penalty area.

"I can pass you!" Xia Ze faced Gaitan and said secretly, "But I don't have to do that!"

As soon as his thoughts moved, he passed the ball to Di Keao, who was running in from the back. Di Keao quickly overwhelmed Gaitan, while Xia Ze bypassed Di Keao and made a crossover.

As soon as Dicko got in, the opponent's defense was in chaos. Garay was taken aside by Dilly's running, and Quaresma restrained the opponent's right back, so that there was a gap between Benfica's right center back and right back. The space is just right for Di Keao to break through!

Gaitan and the others focused on Xia Ze, completely ignoring Maritimo's formation and a young talented midfielder like Di Keao.

When Garay wanted to come to defend, it was too late. Di Keao flicked the ball lightly, avoided Garay's tackle, and broke into the penalty area!

Benfica's goalkeeper strikes quickly!

The two sides were confronting each other. Dicko looked up at the goal and found that the angle of the shot had been blocked by Arthur. He was very calm, raised his right foot, made a fake shot, and took advantage of Arthur being shaken off his center of gravity, buckled his right foot, and ran to his left.

Arthur was passed! This will be an empty door opportunity.

But Artur obviously didn't want Dike'o to get a chance to shoot so easily. While his body fell down, he secretly pulled Dike'o's supporting foot with his right hand.

Di Keao staggered, but he didn't fall down. Instead, he supported the ground with his hands and continued to run towards the ball.

But just such a delay, Dicko has lost the angle of the shot, and the ball is about to roll off the baseline!

"Foul, this ball is a foul!" Martins shouted excitedly from the sidelines.

In the blink of an eye, the referee hadn't made any sign yet. Before the ball rolled out of the baseline, Di Keo hooked the ball back and passed it to the center of the penalty area!

"This is mine!" Garay, who had been very focused, quickly returned after being passed by Dicko, and knocked the ball out with the back of his head before Dilly.

Arthur saw that the danger seemed to have been lifted, and when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a white figure quickly inserted into the penalty area!

It's Xia Ze!

The ball that was cleared by Gareth just landed on the line of the penalty area, and no one guarded him!

boom!

With a muffled sound, Xia Ze met the incoming ball, volleyed with one foot, and easily hit the ball into the empty goal.

With a strong spin, the ball rolled several times in the net and landed on the ground.

The Stadium of Light was dead silent, the sea of ​​red was silent at this time, only a small piece of stands above the corner area, Maritimo fans were celebrating excitedly.

Although their cheers were not enough to shake the stadium, they were harsh enough to the ears of the 60,000 Benfica fans.

Xia Ze excitedly ran to the corner kick and celebrated the goal with a punch.

"2 to 2! Xia Ze helped Maritimo equalize the score! The third place in the league has changed hands again. This is really a game with a twist!" Reward grain 188 Red Devil Manchester United reward grain 388 Red Devil Manchester United reward grain 88