After a sluggish start to the season, Benfica have rediscovered their form in the Portuguese Super League after the start of the sixth round. However, it was not Gomez, who was hoping for Benfica fans, but Simao, a 23-year-old who returned to Portugal from Barcelona in Spain in the summer of '02. Originally, Benfica fans were not very welcome to this young man who made his debut at Sporting Lisbon and returned home after a setback in Barcelona.

One is because he was completely born in Sporting Lisbon and became famous in Sporting Lisbon, as Sporting Lisbon's sworn rival, Benfica fans naturally did not have a good impression of Simão at first. The second is that although Simão had the reputation of "Figo II" in Portugal, during his time in Barcelona, this name had already left him far away. But in Barcelona, as a substitute for Figo, he lived under great pressure, which led to ups and downs in form and never being able to integrate into the team. With just three goals in two seasons, Barcelona finally couldn't take it anymore this summer and sold him back to Portugal.

However, it was such a frustrated man who stepped forward to help Benfica regain his form when everyone was not expecting him. Simao's brilliant performance on the right flank has become the most anticipated performance for Benfica fans at every home stadium. He quickly became a fan favourite, and while his current status in the team is not comparable to Gomez's, it was only a matter of time. Compared with Gomez, who has declined sharply in form, Simao, who is in his playing year, undoubtedly attracts the attention of fans more. One of the obvious stats is that Simão has scored nine goals so far as winger, while Indian striker Gomez has only four goals.

Simao, who has gradually regained his form, is currently bursting with self-confidence. At the same time, I am very interested in Lao Leike, who is currently popular in Portugal. It's not that he's jealous, after the years of Barcelona. I have long taken off the frizz of young people and matured. It's just that I'm just interested in this junior, who is known as "Portugal's next generation leader". I want to compete with Lao Lei.

Originally, the two should have known each other for a long time, if it weren't for Simão missing the 02 World Cup finals due to injury. Usually, when he contacts big guys such as Figo and Rui Costa, they are full of praise for Lao Lei, as if they want to support Lao Lei to take the position. Although Simang is not jealous, he is still a little jealous in his heart, so he has long wanted to compete with Lao Lei in his heart.

So in an interview with reporters before the game, Simão sent a battle letter to the old Ray, saying: "I'm looking forward to playing against Remaier, when I'm in contact with Luis and Rui. And they praised him. I didn't play in the World Cup because of injury, I didn't see Reima, so I hope I can make friends with him this time and have a good game by the way. Although these tepid words made the reporter a little disappointed, there was still some meaning to compete with Lao Lei, and the reporters still wrote a preview report of Simon vs. Lao Lei.

In addition to Simao, Benfica manager Camacho is also the focus of media attention. Camacho is not having an easy time at the moment. Although at the moment, Benfica is in third place in points and rankings, which is not a low position. However, neither the top management nor the fans of Benfica FC are very satisfied with this result. For them, as one of the top three in the traditional Portuguese Super League, every season is either a championship or a failure. Not to mention that from the current point of view, they are not as competitive as they should be in the title race.

This season in the eyes of the outside world. Porto are undoubtedly the favourites, while Sporting Lisbon are the only team that will hopefully cause difficulties for Porto, while Benfica are directly defined by them as contenders for European places. And in the unlikely event that Benfica loses away to Porto in this match. The team will be withdrawn from the championship competition at the halfway point of the season. This was unacceptable for the proud Benfica, so Camacho was under pressure from the club's hierarchy before the game. Signaling to go all out to win this game.

And Camacho as a coach, although in the tactical arrangement. There is a slight lack of on-the-spot guidance, but there is still a vision. He knew that Porto's current strength was a giant in the Portuguese Super League, and Benfica was undoubtedly inferior to it. In order to beat Porto, he has already grabbed a lot of hair in the past two days, and he is very impatient. So when he was surrounded and intercepted by reporters, he was so annoyed that he lost his temper and said: "Don't bother me anymore, we will definitely win." ”

Camacho's declaration of victory immediately became a hot topic in Portuguese football, and no one knows where his confidence came from. And all the players on the Porto side were banned by Mourinho, only he came out and responded: "Must win? Are you sure Mr. Camacho said this when his head was clear? All right. I think he needs an alarm clock to wake him up. I can provide one for free if he needs it. Well, Mourinho's words made Camacho, who has a tough personality and not very good temper, directly start talking to him, and the fight is so unhappy, and some newspapers even opened a column dedicated to these two people.

This vigorous war of words added a lot of firewood to this game and made it even more prosperous. On the day of the match, the Stadio des Dragons was once again a sea of blue and white, squeezing a touch of Benfica's red into a small corner. Every match between the top three of the Portuguese Super League is a grand event of the Portuguese Super League, and the attraction of Lao Lei and Mourinho has become greater in the past two years. Especially Lao Lei and Mourinho, there are many stories with Benfica that have been written by reporters. These two masters and apprentices are not magnanimous people, they are the kind of people who will repay and can remember for a long time. And this summer, the two sides added a new feud, when Mourinho and Lao Lei switched to Porto, Benfica side did not have a lot of rumors. Lao Lei also made some preparations for Benfica today.

In the tsunami cheers of the Porto fans at the Dragon Stadium, Lao Lei and his teammates finally walked out of the players' tunnel. Porto are unbeaten at home so far this season and Porto fans will be hoping they can still land a win at home today. And if they win today's game, it will be enough for them to be happy for two weeks. They came with great anticipation. For Benfica's players, a boisterous environment was created with booing, and it was very plain and strong to say that this was not the Stadium of Light. They are not welcomed, they are very unwelcome.

Benfica also played in a 4-2-3-1 formation. But from a positional point of view, it's more of a 4-5-1 defensive counter-attacking formation. As a Spanish head coach, Camacho is also one of the few managers who is better defensively than offensive. From the beginning of his coaching career, Camacho's team has been known for its defensive resilience and fierce but open play. Even though he once played one of the most flashy Spanish national teams in history, he eventually returned to a defensive style, which is one of the main reasons for the stalemate in his relationship with the Spanish media.

Camacho's coaching style is tough, and the management of the team is very tough, for example, the players must be uniformly dressed, and the time and diet must be uniform. Drink bottles after training must be cleaned by themselves, etc. Perhaps it is his way of coaching that the backline of the team he coaches is very solid and tight. This season, Benfica was able to maintain the top three despite the lack of attack at the beginning of the season, and it has to be said that Benfica's backline is really a great contribution. Benfica, who have always admired attacking football, played a defensive-oriented style of play under the leadership of Camacho. Although he stabilized his results, Camacho did not have the support of Benfica fans, and if the results he led this season did not satisfy them, he would inevitably be condemned by the fans. Camacho's position as manager is not woeful.

As for Porto, Mourinho is still his strongest lineup, and the main force is full. In the opening ceremony, Benfica got the ball. With the referee's whistle. As soon as Gomez kicked the ball away, Benfica's half-time was a big kick to the right side of the pitch, where Simão was rambling in. This is Camacho's move to learn from Sporting Lisbon. The opening raid played Porto on an unstable footing.

Simao, known as the Bantam, fully showed his superhuman speed on the right flank this time. As for Porto, although Mourinho has already made instructions to prepare for surprise attacks before the game. But there are still some reactions that are not enough. However, Kostiani and Valente managed to besiege Simão before he could receive the football, and just as he was relieved. Risimão then showed his excellent form for the game.

Under the double bag, Simão stretched out his right foot to pick the ball to the left side of the landing, and then kicked with his left foot, which actually allowed him to jump out between Kostiani and Valente, who were unreactive. The left foot stopped and flicked, then jumped, dodging the foot of Carvalho's stabbing ball that was forcing up. Then, with a slight adjustment, he directly pulled up his left foot and shot at goal. Although Simão plays as a right winger, he is just as agile on his left and right feet, and he has a certain level of long-range shooting on both feet.

Simao's shot also made the Porto fans present stand up at once and anxiously watch the football flying towards the goal. The soccer ball drew a beautiful inside arc in the air and flew towards the dead corner of the near corner. Simao's shot was so sudden that although Baia tried his best to stretch his body and pounce on the ball, he didn't touch the ball anymore. However, this time Porto's goalpost helped a lot, and the football slammed on the outside of the goalpost and flew out of the bottom line, causing a loud "bang" of cold air at the Dragons Stadium.

Before Lao Lei made any moves, Simang came to the Dragon Stadium to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, no, it was a good show of shaking the dragon.

As the football flew out of the bottom line, the sidelines also resounded with the loud scolding of the happy Mourinho.

Lao Lei saw that although he missed the goal, Simao, who was still calm and confident, stared at him for several seconds. In the player's tunnel, Lao Lei said a simple hello to Simao, and in general, Lao Lei's first impression of Simão was good.

But it's good not to miss it, on the court, Lao Lei Ke won't talk about anything.

What's more, he saw the strong fighting intent coming at him from Simang's eyes just now. (To be continued......)