Beast King Costa

Chapter 94 The Stadium of Light
At 3:25 on March 18th, Portuguese time, the entire Braga team appeared outside the Stadium of Light on time.

Some teenagers in the team, such as Mateus, Diego, and Rodrigo Dantas, are the first to see the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, which has the status of a "temple" in Portugal!

The Stadium of Light, also translated as the Luz Stadium, is not officially called the Benfica Stadium because it is the home court of the Portuguese Super League giant Benfica.

(PS: I am going to correct myself here. When I mentioned the Braga Municipal Stadium, I said that the Luz Stadium is the home stadium of Sporting Lisbon. That is a mistake! The home stadium of Sporting Lisbon is Jose Alba Ladd Stadium. I hope the bosses don’t beat Lao Mouzi to death┬_┬)

Luz means "light" in Portuguese, so fans still prefer to call it the Stadium of Light, which sounds much taller.

The old Stadium of Light was completed in 1954. By 2002, it was demolished and rebuilt for the 2004 European Cup into a UEFA five-star standard stadium with a capacity of 64000 people!

Not only that, the Stadium of Light was also the venue for the 2004 European Cup final.

However, the Goddess of Light did not bless the Portuguese national team—even though they had the home advantage and a stronger lineup than their opponents, the Portuguese national team lost 0-1 to the Greek national team and missed the Delaunay Cup.

However, the Stadium of Light gave Diego the deepest impression, but it was in the 2014 Champions League final!

The 2013-2014 season was the peak season of Diego da Silva Costa and Atletico Madrid. After winning the La Liga championship, Atletico Madrid entered the Champions League final against their deadly rival Real Madrid.

In that game, Diego da Silva Costa played with an injury, but after only playing for 9 minutes, he couldn't hold on and was replaced by Adrian.

Diego still clearly remembers the face of Diego da Silva Costa with tears streaming down his face before he left the court.

In the 36th minute of the game, Gabi's corner kick from the right was cleared by Ramos. Juanfran headed the ball outside the penalty area and returned it to the Real Madrid penalty area. Godin defeated Khedira in front of the small penalty area. A header to break the deadlock! 1 to 0!

Due to the lack of Diego da Silva Costa's defensive counterattack fulcrum in the frontcourt, after breaking the deadlock, the Atletico Madrid team retreated strategically-even Adrian and David Villa in the frontcourt retreated. He defended his own half and participated in the hand-to-hand combat in the midfield.

However, the truth is very cruel: if there is defense but no counterattack, under the opponent's long attack, there will definitely be a defensive flaw!
Real Madrid's bombardment, until the end of the second half, worked!
In the 93rd minute, Modric made a corner kick from the right, Ramos stepped in behind, overwhelmed Jose Jimenez and shook his head to attack the goal, and pushed the ball into the goal behind Courtois! 1 to 1!

Entering overtime, due to exhaustion of physical fitness, Atletico Madrid's iron-blooded defense collapsed across the board—Bell, Marcelo, and Ronaldo broke through the gate guarded by Courtois one after another, directly expanding the score to 4-1!

In this Champions League final Madrid derby, Real Madrid had the last laugh and won the Big Ears Cup of the season!
At the moment of the end of the game, Diego Simeone lost control of his emotions. He rushed into the Stadium of Light and quarreled with Real Madrid players.In front of the TV, only 14-year-old Diego also shed sad tears.

Witnessing Diego da Silva Costa and Atletico Madrid's iron-blooded style for a whole season, Diego has fallen in love with this gangster team.

Even if this team does not have many fans, some people even say that they are dirty and that their style of play is not interesting.

But in Diego's view, the iron-blooded style of the "Bed Sheet Legion" is more unforgettable than the so-called gorgeous football!
(PS: Actually... that's why Lao Mouzi is a fan of Atletico Madrid! After the 2013-2014 Champions League final, Lao Mouzi really had tears in his eyes, which was very uncomfortable.)
At this moment, standing on the periphery of the Stadium of Light, looking at this magnificent building that left Diego da Silva Costa regretful about the Champions League, Diego immediately clenched his fists with a serious face.

"I can't leave any regrets here! Absolutely not!"

"I can't leave any regrets here!"

Mateus next to Diego heard Diego's plausible words, but he also muttered and continued without knowing the truth: "If, if there is a chance to play, I must play 120% under the nose of Mr. Mendes My strength, let Mr. Mendes sign me too!"

"Uh……"

Diego glanced at Mateus with a silly look.

Ok……

Diego didn't bother to explain to Mateus what the "regret" he had just muttered meant.

Anyway, "rebirth" is so illusory that it's just something that can only be found in online novels, so it's impossible for anyone to believe it.Maybe, they will send Diego to the psychiatric department of Braga Municipal Hospital...

Under the leadership of the coaching staff, the Braga team walked towards the side entrance of the Stadium of Light.

At this time, fans and various media were already on both sides of the channel, waiting for the Braga team to arrive.

"Coach Ferreira! Do you have confidence in this game?"

"According to rumors, Braga's leading striker Joao Thomas will return from injury to start this game. Is that true?"

"There is also news that you are planning to hold on to one point in this game. How sure are you that you can get at least one point at the Stadium of Light?"

"Coach Ferreira, say something!"

……

Surrounded by various spotlights and microphones from the media, Jesúaldo Ferrera's face was frosty, and he walked straight to the side entrance without saying a word.

Jesúaldo Ferreira understands very well that this is entirely Benfica's release of news to the media, deliberately letting the media put pressure on public opinion for the last time before their team enters the field.

As a veteran who has been in the Portuguese League for more than [-] years, Jesúaldo Ferreira understands very well that it is absolutely correct to choose the "silence is better than sound" response to the media's bombardment.

Since the head coach has not made any response, the Braga players will not give any voice to the media.

Everyone was the same, walking towards the side passage in silence, completely ignoring all kinds of questions from the media on both sides of the passage.

however……

Under the clamor of the media, there was a sudden sound of support like "thunder and thunder".

"Teacher Diego! Teacher Diego is there!"

"Ah! This is Mr. Diego, the founder of Square Dance!"

"Teacher Diego! We love you like mosquitoes love to bite you!"

……

The media were dumbfounded. Looking back, a group of teachers with an average age of over 40 years old were holding the banner of "The Lisbon Support Group that Loves Teacher Diego the Most" and frantically crowded towards the passageway.That unstoppable posture is like a [-]% discount on pork in the supermarket.

Not to mention the media, even Diego was dumbfounded.

What the hell!
Square dancing has spread from Braga to Lisbon, which is more than 400 kilometers away? !If things go on like this, playing football by myself is still not popular, but because of the square dancing, the popularity is biased towards the whole of Portugal, right?
Feeling the frenzied momentum of the mistresses, Diego was really worried that he would lose his precious virginity here...

After reluctantly showing a smile, and waving to the mistresses of the "Supporting Team", Diego quickly strode into the Stadium of Light, not daring to stay for even a second.

(PS: If the bosses don’t mind the trouble, please leave more comments for Lao Mouzi. The book review areas of Qidian client and QQ reading client are too messy! I also hope that the bosses will leave a few more golden sentences for Lao Mouzi’s book review The area is more lively. Thank you everyone!)
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