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In the next few warm-up matches, Qiu Ze and Rui Costa took turns to play. Each had 50% chance. Both of them performed well. Benfica has been in good shape recently. Santos is

I am very confident for the new season.

Last season, Benfica suffered a defeat in the league and only finished third in the league. This made Benfica very dissatisfied. Benfica's goal this season is the league championship. Moreover, in the Champions League, Benfica also wants to go one step further.

Benfica's goal is very ambitious, but in Qiu Ze's memory, Benfica's season this season is very unsatisfactory. They still only finished third in the league, and the Champions League did not even qualify for the group. And this is not the most tragic, the most tragic

What's interesting is that starting from last season, Benfica will miss the Portuguese Super League championship for four consecutive seasons, and will even fail to enter the top three and miss the Champions League. This is a relatively dark period for Benfica.

Qiu Ze had thought of this before coming to Benfica, but he came anyway. In Beiramar, he could lead Beiramar to win the Portuguese Cup and create history. He also firmly believed that he could also create history in Benfica.

There is not much time left before the start of the new season, and before the start of the league, Benfica still has two Champions League qualifying games to play.

The Portuguese Super League has three Champions League places, but these three places are not in the form of "3", but in the form of "1+1+0.5". That is to say, the first and second place players in the Portuguese Super League directly advance to the Champions League.

The group stage, and the third place in the league will participate in the Champions League qualifying rounds.

Last season's Portuguese Super League champion was Porto, second in the league was Sporting Lisbon, and third in the league was Benfica. Therefore, Porto and Sporting Lisbon advance directly, while Benfica will participate in the Champions League qualifying rounds.

The teams participating in the Champions League qualifiers this time are very strong. European giants include AC Milan, Arsenal and Liverpool, etc. The other five major European league teams include Chievo, Valencia, and Hamburg.

, Lille, Osasuna, etc., other teams are also regular visitors to the Champions League.

Therefore, this qualifying round is still very difficult, but Benfica is lucky. The opponent they drew is Rapid Vienna from Austria. This team is ranked at the bottom among the teams participating in the Champions League qualifying round.

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Benfica is very satisfied with the result of this match. They seem to have seen the hope of qualifying for the Champions League. In terms of the schedule, Benfica plays first before home and has a great advantage in the schedule. Under such circumstances,

If they are unable to advance, Benfica fans will certainly not be able to accept it.

The whole Benfica team went to Vienna, Austria two days in advance. They had to adapt to the climate and stadium there. Of course, Qiu Ze also went with the team. He appeared in the squad for this game, but he did not start.

Rui Costa.

In this game, Benfica played very difficultly. Less than ten minutes into the game, they conceded the goal. This game was not as easy to play as they imagined. After conceding the goal, Benfica frantically attacked Rapid Vienna. Their strength was

Unacceptable.

However, after besieging Rapid Vienna for nearly 75 minutes, Benfica still failed to break the opponent's goal. Just when the fans of Benfica thought that they would be disappointed in the away game, Qiu Ze, who came on as a substitute in the second half of the game, shot a long shot from the front of the penalty area.

He blasted through the opponent's goal and helped the team earn a difficult draw with their opponent on the road.

Qiu Ze's goal came when Benfica's corner kick was taken out of the penalty area by the opponent's defensive player. At that time, Qiu Ze was just at the front of the penalty area. The lava football flew over. He did not stop the ball and directly kicked it.

The shot was shot, and the football flew through the Japanese version of Rapid Vienna's goal.

This is the first goal Qiu Ze scored in an "official game" after joining Benfica, and it is worth remembering.

With an away goal advantage, Benfica returned to their home court. At their home court, Qiu Ze got the opportunity to start. This was also Qiu Ze's first appearance at Benfica's Stadium of Light. Qiu Ze wore Benfica red.

’s No. 10 jersey appeared at the Stadium of Light.

The Benfica fans at the scene were very excited. A few months ago, they had fantasized about Qiu Ze wearing Benfica's red jersey and playing for Benfica. Now that they finally saw it, they were very excited.

In the stadium, Qiu Ze felt very comfortable when he heard Benfica fans chanting his name. At the same time, he sighed in his heart: "We are both in Lisbon, how come the gap between this team and this team is so big?

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As long as Benfica keeps a clean sheet in this game, they will eliminate Rapid Vienna and compete in the next round. However, Benfica is not an Italian team. Defense is not their strong point. Attack is. Attack is in their blood.

factor, so Benfica will not choose any defensive counterattack in this game.

From the beginning of the game, Benfica began to launch a ferocious attack, besieging Rapid Vienna. Benfica's offense is different from Beiramar's offense. Beiramar's offense is fast, concise and direct. Benfica's offense is through continuous conduction.

, advancing step by step.

Qiu Ze is the core power of Benfica in the midfield. He is like an axis of Benfica, and other players revolve around him. Qiu Ze takes the ball from the backcourt and uses passes to allow Benfica to advance layer by layer.

, pressing towards the penalty area of ​​Rapid Vienna.

Rapid Vienna defended very hard, were very offensive, and fought fiercely. However, before they pounced, the football was passed out by Benfica's players. Benfica's players used their passing and technical advantages to dispatch.

With Vienna's rapid defense.

"Armando, here!" Qiu Ze shouted to Pettit in the backcourt. When Pettit saw Qiu Ze raising his hand to request, he immediately passed the football up.

As soon as Qiu Ze caught the football, he felt someone coming up behind him quickly. Qiu Ze, who was holding the ball with his back, did not stick to the ball and immediately passed the football across the wing. The football quickly rolled towards Ximang on the wing. The pass

After receiving the ball, Qiu Ze quickly turned around, dodged Vienna's fast attacking players, and rushed forward quickly.

"Ximang, here!" Qiu Ze, who was rushing forward, shouted loudly. Simang did not stick to the ball and directly handed the football back to Qiu Ze, while he himself quickly moved forward towards the wing.

At this time, the football rolled towards Qiu Ze in the center, so Vienna's rapid defense focused on the center. The full-back on the wing saw Simang rushing forward quickly, and he did not lean towards the wing, so the winger

It has become a fast track to Ximang.

Qiu Ze, who took the ball forward, had eyes and ears in all directions. Without any instructions from Simang, Qiu Ze saw the space. He immediately pushed hard with the arch of his foot and passed the football diagonally to the wing.

Qiu Ze passed the ball very well, fast enough, and the route had a slight arc. Moreover, he did not pass the ball to Xi Mang's feet, but passed it in front of Xi Mang, giving Xi Mang room to accelerate.

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When the Vienna Rapid defender saw Qiu Ze passing the ball, he immediately tackled the football that passed by him. Unfortunately, his legs were slightly shorter than one centimeter, and the football passed directly in front of him and flew towards the goal.

The wing behind him.

There, Simang was like a red sports car rushing forward. Qiu Ze passed the ball very well, not too big, not too small, just right. Simang, who caught up with the football, kicked off the edge of the penalty area and created a small arc.

The high ball passed the rushing Vienna centre-back and flew directly to Benfica center Nuno Gomez who jumped high in the middle.

This ball was very easy for Nuno Gomez, because there was no one in front of or behind him. As he advanced, he had already left the Vienna Rapid center back by one position. He jumped high and hit the ball.

His head was thrown hard towards the far corner of the goal.

Rapid Vienna's goalkeeper failed to react in time and the ball hit the net. It was 1-0. Benfica led Rapid Vienna 2-1.

The Benfica fans at the scene were excited and cheered wildly. Benfica's offense was so smooth. Qiu Ze's dispatching in the middle was indispensable. Qiu Ze deserves a lot of credit for this goal.

Qiu Ze was very happy at this time. He came to a new environment and was able to integrate into it so quickly. It was a blessing to get such a good start.

In the 16th minute of the first half, Benfica took a one-goal lead. This gave Benfica fans even more confidence. They firmly believed that their team could advance to the next round.

Rapid Vienna had nothing to do against Benfica playing at home, because whether in terms of technology or overall, Rapid Vienna was no match for Benfica, and it was difficult for them to stop Benfica.

In the 33rd minute of the first half, Benfica's attack came again. It was Qiu Ze's dispatch in the middle. Qiu Ze continuously directed the football to the two wings, dispatching Vienna's fast defense. This was

For a while, Vienna's fast defense switched from two wings in a row, which was really hard.

When the football returned to Qiu Ze's feet in the middle, Qiu Ze suddenly sent a straight pass forward, hitting the back of the Vienna Rapids center back. The Vienna Rapids defensive players went back and forth between Qiu Ze's two wings.

Under the arrangement, the defense in the middle is no longer so tight, and at this time, Vienna's fast defensive players have formed an inertia in their minds. One of them, Qiu Ze, will also send the football to the wing. Therefore, when Qiu Ze sends a straight pass,

At that time, they were a little stunned.

However, Simao was not stunned when he cut in quickly from the wing. Simao penetrated behind Rapid Vienna's centre-back, caught the ball and faced Rapid Vienna's goalkeeper alone.

Rapid Vienna players raised their hands to indicate that Simao was offside, but neither the referee nor the linesman said so. Simao easily passed the goalkeeper and pushed the ball into the empty goal, making it 2-0.

Benfica leads Rapid Vienna with a total score of 3 to 1. This goal has basically pronounced the death penalty for Rapid Vienna. However, Benfica showed no mercy. When the game was about to stay overnight in the first half, Qiu Ze connected with Simao on the wing.

After the two passed one, he suddenly moved one foot at a time and moved the football to the other side.

After receiving the ball, Karagonis on the other side took the ball into the penalty area. Then he took a step inside the penalty area and fired a heavy shot. The football hit Vienna's fast goal like a cannonball. Three to zero.

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At the end of the first half, Benfica led with a total score of 4 to 1. Rapid Vienna had no chance. Benfica's head coach Santos replaced Qiu Ze, who had performed well in this game, and replaced him with Rui Costa.

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In the 30th minute of the second half, Rui Costa succeeded with a long shot from outside the penalty area, breaking through Rapid Vienna's goal and rewriting the score to 4-0. This was Rui Costa's return to form.

First goal since Benfica.

In the end, Benfica defeated their opponent 4-0 at home, eliminated Rapid Vienna with a total score of 5-1, and advanced to the Champions League this season.