Chapter 335

In January, Porto won the domestic league and cup matches in succession. Gao Xiaodong proved that he can completely replace Lucio's core position in the team. Rookie Falcao also scored goals in succession, becoming Porto's most efficient striker.

However, Porto's management and coaching staff are still worried when they are happy, because Porto's main reason for selling Lucio is to break up the South American gang. However, after Lucio left, Lisandro quickly ascended the post and won over Falcao, and the South American Gang's influence grew up again.

This makes the head coach Ferreira feel embarrassed. If he sells Lisandro, Porto's forward line is weak. If he doesn't sell Lisandro, the contradiction between the South American gang and the local gang can't be alleviated.

In the last game of January, Porto, unbeaten in 15 league games, is at home to rival Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting Lisbon is now ranked second in the league, but the point gap between them and Porto has reached seven points. The half-way champion has already arrived. If Porto can beat Sporting Lisbon in this game, it can almost end this season's championship battle ahead of schedule.

This game is also a mid-term exam for Porto's new striker Falcao. Before that, Porto played against the middle and lower reaches of the Portuguese Super League. Even without Falcao, Porto can win. It's the real test for Falcao to play against Lisbon athletic and Benfica. If Falcao can play against Lisbon athletic and Benfica Only by scoring goals and winning can he be recognized by the fans.

For Gao Xiaodong, it's also an important test. After Lucio left Porto, Gao Xiaodong became the core of Porto's midfield and successfully led the team to win the Portuguese Super League and the Portuguese federation cup with five wins and one loss. However, there is no significant opponent in these six games. Gao Xiaodong needs to play against Porto if he wants to prove that he is the core of Porto Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and the Champions League.

The time to compete with Lisbon is Chinese New Year's Eve, but many European Chinese give up spending New Year's Eve at home and choose to watch Gao Xiaodong's game at the Dragon stadium.

Porto has made outstanding achievements this season, and there are many surprising new stars such as Gao Xiaodong, Falcao, Hulk, Fernando, guarin, etc. the market is very hot. This match with Lisbon athletic, fans came to the scene more than two hours in advance.

The game was held at 7:45, and at 6:30, Porto's die hard fans began to set up stands, put up huge team flags and pull up banners.

The banner says, "Porto will win!" "Take Sporting Lisbon and win the League!" And so on.

Although the leading edge is great, Porto also attaches great importance to this game. Coach Ferreira made a rare mobilization before the game.

"Today is the last league match in the first half. We need to play well and try our best to widen the gap between points. In February, our schedule will become very intensive. The Portuguese Cup, the Portuguese Cup and the Champions League will start. If we are still fighting for the league title at that time, it will be difficult for us to take care of our energy and ability. If we can match with them The score of the second place is more than 10 points, and the competition will be very comfortable in the future.... "

Finally, Ferreira said: "I would like to say that today is also the Spring Festival of our country. We want to wish him a happy holiday with a victory."

Porto players are clapping, even the Argentine players because of the departure of Luciano and Gao Xiaodong, in this case can not but applaud.

Gao Xiaodong didn't expect that Ferreira, a seemingly indifferent person, would be so careful. He suspected that Emmanuel had reminded him. Gao Xiaodong stood up and expressed his thanks to the coach and his teammates.

"Thank you. Whether it's Spring Festival or not, we have to win. We can't lose to Lisbon athletics and Benfica."

Gao Xiaodong's words can arouse the resonance of the players, and everyone clapped their hands. Indeed, whether it's local or South American, whether it's a long time or a short time, because of the Portuguese football atmosphere, everyone quickly accepted Porto's identity, and regarded Benfica and Sporting Lisbon as their enemies.

Ferreira saw everyone clapping and was very satisfied with Gao Xiaodong's speech. The dull captain Alves could not say that. If Gao Xiaodong was not too young and would not stay in Porto for long, he would help Gao Xiaodong to the position of captain. He thought that Gao Xiaodong should be able to suppress the Argentine gang when he was captain.

Assistant coach Emmanuel also nodded in praise. He felt that Gao Xiaodong was more inspiring than coach Ferreira. Although Ferreira's coaching level was very high, Emmanuel learned a lot from him.

The visiting team's dressing room

Lisbon athletic coach Paul Bento also led the team to the Dragon stadium early.

Bento takes the game more seriously than Ferreira.

Last season, Porto was punished by points deduction, but Sporting Lisbon failed to win the championship. The champion was robbed by mareksos, who was promoted to the top. This made the management of Sporting Lisbon very angry. If Bento was not a player or an idol of Sporting Lisbon, he would have been fired long ago.Now, Porto is fighting on both sides, but Lisbon athletic has been opened by Porto by 7 points. Bento is under great pressure. For him and Lisbon athletic, they must win this game. If they don't win it, they will probably leave class directly.

“…… For us, this is a championship level final. If we win, we will have the dawn of February. If we lose, we will get nothing. Of course, I will be out of class, and you will not have a good life either. Those players who are full of thinking about transfer, if their performance is bad, your value will also fall, and the new club will not give you high salary, those players who muddle along, If we drop out of the championship race in the middle of the race, I'll make it hard for you No matter who it is, I hope you all put out 100% of the strength to win this game

Bento's words are very heavy. There is no applause in the dressing room. The players look stern. The players who like to whisper after the coach's speech dare not speak at this time.

The Lisbon trio are the core players of Sporting Lisbon, but half of what coach Bento said just now is for them, especially for the transfer whirlpool of mutino and veroso.

However, without challenging Bento's authority, they just secretly looked at each other and began to tidy up their protective gear and shoes for the game.