Chapter 122 assisted and scored twice, 30 at halftime!

"Keep an eye on him, keep an eye on him!"

Not long after the game started, Benfica coach Jesus shouted outside the court.

In the middle of the field, Martinez used his body to resist the close defense of Samaris, and after receiving the short pass from Torres, he turned around and got rid of him.

The Porto captain then started to dribble the ball from the center circle, and Maicon on the right quickly moved forward while reaching for the ball.

Martinez's dribbling ability was very strong, so Benfica had to send Talisca and Samasri to defend together. Facing the Hamburg-style defense of two people from the flank and front, Martinez did not stick to the ball, but immediately passed the ball to Maicon who was inserted on the right side, and the latter quickly went to the bottom after getting the ball.

"Aqui (Here!)"

Neves shouted, and Maicon broke through Luisson's single defense and completed an inverted triangle pass.

"Snapped!"

Neves has always been good at long-range shooting. He shot the ball as soon as he received it from the top of the arc.

The ball was blocked by Taliseu and fell to Talisca's feet!
!!!

Jiang Yuan, who was behind Talisca, saw the opportunity and suddenly accelerated.

"Oh my God, Jiang Yuan suddenly accelerated and snatched the ball back from Talisca!"

"Pass the ball back to Casemiro and ask Casemiro to help adjust it...Casemiro's through pass successfully sent the ball to Jiang Yuan and into the penalty area!"

"Kick the ball, it's a fake move, Luisão didn't take the bait, it looks like there's little chance, Jiang Yuan passes the ball back to Marcano behind him, Marcano's position is good, pass the ball directly without stopping!"

"A header from Martinez! Oops - the core failed to hold down the ball, Martinez's header hit the crossbar, and the ball returned to Benfica"

"Wow, Porto's desire to attack was very strong today. Only 4 minutes into the game, they completed a header through a small pass from the frontcourt player. Although it didn't go in, it proves that today's game will definitely not be bad."

"It's already the 30th round. Benfica currently has 5 more league points than Porto. If Benfica wins, it will almost kill the suspense of the Portuguese Super League championship this season. On the contrary, if Porto wins, the Portuguese Super League championship race will enter a white-hot stage!"

……

Goalkeeper Cesar kicked the ball out, Casemiro headed the ball to the first point, and the second point was taken by Neves who was standing in front of Casemiro.

"River!"

Neves called out, and at the same time, Jiang Yuan pushed the ground with his right foot and rushed out from Pizzi's right side.

The ball rolled past Pizzi's left side and came straight in front of Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan used the outside of his right foot to transfer the ball's route, stopping the ball and rushing forward at the same time.

"Come back here!"

Pizzi immediately chased back and used his advantage on the inside to force Jiang Yuan to the sideline.

"Oh shit"

Jiang Yuan cursed inwardly. If he continued like this, the ball would definitely go out of bounds. Jiang Yuan had no choice but to pass the ball with his left foot, transferring the ball from the strong side to the weak side where there were fewer people.

Danilo in the distance steadily received the long pass, took a few simple steps and then passed the ball to Neves who was preparing to go down the right wing.

The reason why Lopetegui used the 4-4-2 formation is to allow the midfielders and full-backs to participate more in the two-way attack. Neves's speed is not fast, but he has the advantage of youth, and he is not inferior to anyone when he really runs.

Jiang Yuan and Martinez crossed in the middle, each taking away a defensive player.

Neves passed the ball back to Danilo with his heel, and the latter's lob pass successfully found Casemiro at the back post.

Casemiro takes off!

This position was not very good, so Casemiro chose to pass the ball back to Jiang Yuan behind him. Jiang Yuan tapped the ball lightly with the instep, and the ball came to Martinez's feet.

The Porto captain faced the goalkeeper and scored with a toe shot.

"GOLO! GOLOOO——!"

"Jackson...MartineZzzz!!!"

The 5 spectators at Lisbon's Stadium of Light stood up at the same time. In the 8th minute of the game, Jiang Yuan assisted and Martinez scored, and Porto opened the scoring!

Lopetegui on the bench expressed his excitement with an uppercut. For Porto, this was not only a league goal, but also a step on the road to the championship!
"Porto! Porto!"

At the Stadium of Light, fans of the visiting team hugged each other’s shoulders and waists, and shouted the name of their home team.

The number of away fans is less than 10% of that of home fans, and only in the one or two minutes after the away team players score a goal can the cheers of the away team fans drown out the home team fans.

Because the home team fans are so upset that they are speechless!
……

The first goal greatly boosted the morale of the Porto players on the field. The dragon that had just been defeated by Bayern 5:1 finally came back to life.

"A few more!"

Martinez clapped his hands and shouted, and the players responded: "Of course!"

Jiang Yuan patted the muscles on both sides of his thighs. It felt really great to get an assist just over ten minutes after starting the game.

Jiang Yuan could have chosen to shoot directly in that situation, but he chose to pass the ball to Martinez who was in a better position. This was out of consideration for the overall interests of the team.

If it were a normal situation, according to Jiang Yuan's personality, he would definitely shoot directly, but today's opponent is Benfica. Before ensuring that the team can win these precious three points, Jiang Yuan will not make any independent moves.

Scoring goals is important, but not as important as winning championships!
"Maxi, go up, go defend Jackson, do you know you are out of position? God, you are such a bastard..."

Falling behind at home put coach Jesus under a lot of pressure, and he had to pass the pressure on to the players.

Many fans in the stands were also getting emotional and shouting "Juses OUT".

This is the pressure that professional team coaches need to bear. Benfica is now the first in the league, but there will always be fans who are dissatisfied with coach Jesus because Benfica did not enter the Champions League last season.

"Hey, Jiang, try to move to the middle later, I will help you pull the defense away."

Martinez suddenly said to Jiang Yuan who was standing on his left, saying that as the captain, he was obviously more attractive to Benfica's defensive players.

Jiang Yuan focused on Jonas who was receiving the ball and attacking in front of him, and gave Martinez a thumbs up to indicate that he understood.

"Hey!"

Talisca rushed past Jiang Yuan and reached out for the ball.

Jonas now had no better point to pass the ball, so he decisively kicked the ball to Talisca.

This was a straight pass from Benfica on the right. Jiang Yuan stretched out his legs to intercept but failed, so he could only chase back. Fortunately, Marcano rushed over immediately.
Just as Marcano was getting closer to Talisca and preparing for a one-on-one defense, Jiang Yuan rushed over from behind. With a tackle, Talisca fell to the ground and the ball was kicked out of the sideline by Jiang Yuan!

Luison, who witnessed all this up close, held his head in his hands. He had already run to the end line to receive Talisca's pass, but Jiang Yuan's sudden disruption directly stopped Benfica's attack on the right.

[Nima, you are addicted to shoveling, right?]

[To be honest, this tackle was very clean, there is nothing to say. If Jiang Yuan did not tackle the ball, Talisca would pass the ball to Jonas and Benfica would be able to complete the cross.]

[I understand the reason, but in my impression, Jiang Yuan is always being dribbled when defending. Why did he become a bulldozer after the match with Bayern? What's the reason? ]

[It doesn't make sense. It's just talent. His defense is awesome.]

[Wow... Xiao Jiang has figured out how to use explosive points on offense, defensive tackles, and traffic...]

[Just tell me if he's handsome or not, that's all! ]

[I don't know much about football, but doesn't it hurt to get off the ground suddenly like this? ]

[Of course it hurts if you shovel it badly, but if you shovel it well...]

[What if the shovel is good? Brother, please explain clearly! ]

[If you shovel it well, it will be less painful, hehe]

[Xiao Jiang, go, go, don't give Benfica a chance. Porto will definitely be the champion of the Portuguese Super League this season. I will not accept any rebuttal.]

……

"Hu Lun, I have news for you, but I don't know whether it is good news or bad news..."

Benfica sent the ball out of bounds and the offensive and defensive battle between the two teams continued. Hemiel put his hand on Lopetegui's shoulder and suddenly said something.

Lopetegui raised his eyebrows: "We are playing now, why are you talking about this?"

"I went to the security room last night to check the base's surveillance. It showed Jiang's extra training at night. Except for the time he went out to play soccer, all other videos are in the security room!"

Hermiel's words attracted Lopetegui's interest, and he had forgotten that there was such a thing.

There are multiple camera positions on the five 5-a-side courts at the Gaya Training Center. The infrared cameras can capture the content of Jiang Yuan’s extra training, which is good, but what’s the point?

However, what Hemiel said next made Lopetegui's eyes widen: "I watched Jiang's training content in the past month at five times the speed. Hulun, guess what I found?"

Lopetegui urged: "What? Hemiel, stop keeping us in suspense, the players are still playing on the field!"

Hemiel half-crouched down and put his mouth close to Lopetegui's ear: "Jiang has been using tackling defense since the last game against Bayern. You know his movements are very smooth. But I want to tell you that he has not practiced tackling at all in the past month, not in team training, not in extra training at night!"

Lopetegui felt a chill down his spine and stammered, "I remember Jiang Xihuan went out to play soccer with a U17 player named Joao. Could they be training tackling there?"

Hemiel shook his head. "It's true that Jiang likes to play soccer, but he only goes out once a week. But Hulun, you know, you can't learn such a smooth tackle if you don't practice it every day."

Hearing this, Lopetegui stood there in a daze. Benfica striker Lima had just made a shot in Porto's small penalty area but it was saved, but Lopetegui's mind was no longer on the game.

Now there is only one possibility, Jiang Yuan is really hiding his strength!
Jiang Yuan on the field received a quick pass from Elton and started to lie down on the left. He had no idea what was happening outside the field.

"Fuck, brothers are here, Jiang Yuan is dribbling forward, let's see Jiang Yuan's extraordinary performance. Jonas is chasing back, Pizzi is defending on the right, Benfica's players have paid enough attention to Jiang Yuan, let's see what Jiang Yuan will do in the face of two players' defense"

"Neves asked for the ball, but Jiang Yuan didn't give it to him. He made a small arc with his left foot, and the ball rolled from behind Pizzi's butt to Martinez's feet. Beautiful!"

"Jiang Yuan got in! Martinez got the ball and passed it to Jiang Yuan and passed it directly!"

"Casemiro's header goes in!!!"

"Fuck, Porto is leading by 2 goals away from home! My god, the Blue and White Army, who were not optimistic before the game, showed their strong aggressiveness against the top of the Portuguese Super League"

"Currently, Jiang Yuan has made two assists. As far as I know, this is the most assists Jiang Yuan has ever had in a single game with the first team. Our young player has broken his record again!!"

A Kun was very excited. Of course, this had nothing to do with Porto's two-goal lead. It was mainly because Jiang Yuan participated in the attack for both goals.

27 minutes, facing the top of this season's Portuguese Super League, 2 assists!
"Roar--"

Casemiro roared, ran from the small penalty area to behind Jiang Yuan, and hugged Jiang Yuan's shoulders: "Belo chute! (Good shot) Belo chute!!!"

Jiang Yuan and Casemiro ran side by side towards the corner flagpole on the right side of Benfica. The home fans in the stands threw a mineral water bottle at Jiang Yuan's head. Jiang Yuan spread his hands, picked up the mineral water bottle on the ground and threw it back.

Then continue celebrating with the teammates.

"Well done!"

Martinez jogged over and hugged Jiang Yuan and Casemiro in his arms.

However, when everyone thought that Porto's 2-goal lead was the end, the Dragon Warriors became more and more courageous.

Just 5 minutes later, Jiang Yuan, Martinez and Neves simultaneously rushed forward to force Gaitan to make a mistake, and Neves won the ball after a fight with Talisca.

"Jiang, pull the side!"

Martinez shouted, Jiang Yuan started quickly, suddenly began to run to the front right, and then reached out for the ball.

Jardel was taken away directly by Jiang Yuan. Martinez, who stayed in the middle, received Neves' short pass, got rid of Pereira and prepared to pass the ball to Jiang Yuan.

Unfortunately, because of Jiang Yuan’s wonderful assist performance in the first thirty minutes, Benfica’s defensive players were also "more concerned" about the No. 27 who suddenly appeared on the right, and Jardel stuck closely in front of Jiang Yuan.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jiang Yuan would touch Jadel's big butt if he just pushed forward slightly.

With no other options, Neves started running to the left and caught Martinez's diagonal pass before Talisca. Neves lightly flicked the ball with his right foot, and the ball went from diagonally to the upper left and headed straight towards the goal.

"Just hit him!"

Casemiro behind him suddenly shouted, Neves swung his leg and the ball passed Eliseu's knee.

"Da!" With a crisp sound, the ball bounced in front of Benfica's goal and bounced into the goal.

“Another goal!!!”

"3:0, Porto 3:0!!! Damn it, is this really the second team in the Portuguese Super League? Why does the second team in the Portuguese Super League play against the first team as if it were playing against a relegation team? Oh my god, my heart can't take it!"

"The goal was scored by Ruben Neves, a young player from Porto who is only one year older than Jiang Yuan. He joined the team last summer and has already secured a place on the bench for Porto. Neves, Jiang Yuan, Casemiro... Porto is really full of new players!"

The home fans shouted invective at the Estadio da Luz, and Benfica goalkeeper Cesar sat on the goal line with his head in his hands. The ball bounced on the grass, causing him to misjudge the timing of the ball entering the net - he made a save before the ball bounced, but by the time the ball landed, Cesar was already lying on the ground!
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(End of this chapter)