Braga and Benfica's game ended, and the home team fans were extremely disappointed. The league championship was shattered. The more realistic goal was to win the league runner-up so that they could still enter the Champions League next season.

Tang Hong walked towards the player passage with a smile, but someone behind him stopped him. He looked back and found that it was Harvey Garcia. The other party came and shook hands with Tang Hong, and then said to him: "Can you exchange jerseys? You are amazing, I want to collect one of your jerseys."

Tang Hong naturally did not refuse.

Braga and Benfica will also have a big battle in the Portuguese League Cup final, but there is definitely no opportunity to exchange jerseys in that game.

After exchanging jerseys with Harvey Garcia, the two shook hands and gently hit the shoulders, and then they went back to the locker room respectively.

Just as everyone was chatting and laughing in the locker room, Barbosa suddenly broke in. He opened his arms and laughed, "You won without me! It's amazing! If I had known that you were so powerful, I wouldn't have to feel guilty and self-blame in the stands!"

Amorin immediately scolded: "I never knew you were such a shameless person!"

Barbosa never danced samba before, but now he took Tang Hong to sing and dance in the locker room.

When Tang Hong felt that he would introduce himself, he could announce in a high-profile manner: I like singing, dancing, and playing football.

The headline of the football news released by the Portuguese media the next morning was: Benfica withdrew from the championship! Braga and Porto ushered in a final battle for the championship!

Porto defeated Ounihans 2-0 at home in this round and continued to maintain a 6-point gap with Braga.

There are 5 rounds left in the league, which is quite difficult for Porto. If there is any benefit, it is that Braga's schedule pressure is much higher than Porto.

But whether it is to analyze Braga's schedule or the overall condition of the team, the premise for Porto to reverse Braga and complete the defending title is that they can defeat Braga in the Municipal Stadium in the next round!

We will play Porto on the weekend and Schalke 04 in the middle of the week. Braga's schedule will definitely put everyone in a huge pressure.

This season, Tang Hong is the player with the most substitutions among Braga players. Although he has made many starts, he seems to be close to full attendance in the league, but in fact he is less than 75 minutes per game.

Yartim, who usually protects him, needs Tang Hong to stand up when the schedule is under great pressure.

After the training on Tuesday, Yartim talked to Tang Hong for a few words and told Tang Hong that in order to compete with Porto for the championship in the weekend, Braga's mid-week match against Schalke 04 must be reserved.

Tang Hong originally thought that Yartim was going to tell himself: So you have to sit on the bench!

But unexpectedly, Yartim said to him earnestly: "Although the UEFA Cup is not our most priority season goal, I can see that the whole team hopes that we can replicate the feat of reaching the finals last season. We have indeed put in too much effort for it. The most important thing is that we have the strength to enter the semi-finals.

However, I still need to focus on the league, so the team will rotate on a large scale.

You are the most threatening player in Braga and it is also an existence that can make your opponent pay attention to. You can bring important tactical effects on the court, so I hope you will continue to start in the mid-week game.

We want to eliminate Schalke 04, and we don’t have to leave Schalke 04’s dignity in the municipal stadium. Can you understand what I mean?”

Tang Hong naturally understood that Yartim just hoped that he would deter Schalke 04 and restrain. As for the result of the game, as long as Braga advances, it doesn't matter if he wins, draws, or even loses.

The team gave Tang Hong full support and reasonable game time in the early and mid-season period. Now that it is the season sprint stage, Tang Hong also needs to grit his teeth and persevere to contribute to the team.

Of course he has no choice but to do this kind of thing!

Schalke arrived in Braga in the middle of the week at 04, which caused a football frenzy that was not as shocking as when Manchester United came half a month ago, but it was enough to make Braga very lively.

Before the game, Schalke 04 coach Stevens said that it was very difficult to turn the tables, but they would not give up.

Wouldn't you really give up?

When the night of the game day came, the starters of the two teams not only made the live commentator speechless, but the fans were also slightly disappointed!

"Good evening for everyone, everyone, welcome to watch the second leg of the quarter-finals of the 2011-2012 UEFA Cup, Braga played against Schalke at home.

A week ago, Braga defeated Schalke 04 5:3 away from home and gained a great advantage in the score. Schalke 04 returned to the Municipal Stadium today and had to win at least three goals in the goal to complete the reversal and turnaround!

This difficulty can be imagined.

Braga is expected to win the first top league championship in club history this season, and now they are in a stage of full of fighting spirit.

Due to the advantage of the overall score and the weekend's appearance against Porto, Braga made some changes in the starting lineup today, which is understandable.

However, Schalke's starting lineup also rotated some players, which seems a bit confused about what head coach Stevens means. If you want to give up, then it's more thorough. Just go directly to the substitute, and keep the main players to play in the league. If you don't give up and try to create a miracle of reversal, then you should send all the elite troops out.

Braga started 433 today.

Goalkeeper: Boni.

Defenders: Salino, Paul Vinicius, Dougron, Imoru.

Midfielder: Mahamat, Vinicius Frank, Mosolo.

Forwards: Alan, Nuno Gomez, Tang Hong.

Compared to Braga's starting lineup in the last game, there is only one person who continues to start, that is the Chinese striker Tang Hong, who shined this season. It is worth mentioning that he also wore Braga's captain's armband today. I wonder if this is another new record for Braga's club.

Schalke 04 starts 4231 today.

Goalkeeper: Annastall.

Defenders: Escudro, Papadopolos, Hogland, Matipu.

Midfielders: Obasi, Jurado, Jermaine Jones, Holtby, Raul.

Forward: Hunterlaer.

I don’t know if Schalke 04’s starting lineup today can create enough threat to Braga. Falfan, who was able to beat Braga’s wing in the last game, sat on the bench today.”

Today's game is still a milestone for Tang Hong. Since the other 10 players are rotated or substitute roles, only he is the absolute main player, so Yartim asked him to wear the captain's armband.

If you have any deep meaning, it is definitely impossible. After all, there is one thing that everyone knows tacitly.

After this summer, Tang Hong is 90% likely to be a Braga player again.

So he will definitely not be Braga's future captain candidate.

But Tang Hong still cherishes such moments. Perhaps during his time in Braga, he is the only captain of the team today!

This is also extremely precious.

Braga's midfield and backcourt are all engineers in the midfield. If you want to fight a good counterattack, the key is that the midfield also needs a series of characters, which is played by Tang Hong. As for the charge, it is handed over to Gomez and Alan. It seems that Braga's starting lineup is 433, but in fact it is 4312.

What Braga did not expect was that Schalke 04 also had a rotation, and the firepower of the attack line decreased slightly. Obasi was once very strong in Hoffenheim, but his ability and role in Schalke 04 and Falfan were still slightly insufficient.

The rotation in the midfield and backcourts definitely seems to have a lot of decline. Draxler definitely has a level advantage over Holtby, but Draxler didn't even make the roster today and didn't come to Braga at all.

I don’t know how capable Ancestral, born in the 1990s goalkeeper, is, but his experience is definitely not as good as Hildebran. Perhaps it was because Hildebran was beaten by Braga last week, so this game was rested.

As the referee whistle sounded, the Municipal Stadium echoed the fanatical cheers of Braga fans!

As long as Schalke 04 is not turned around, Braga will enter the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup!

This is definitely a scene that can make Braga fans craze, so even if Braga hides its main players, it will also allow fans to support the team.

Compared to the last game after the opening of Ao Go Schalke Stadium, the pace has not been fast after the competition at the Municipal Stadium today.

When Tang Hong was taking the ball in the left half of the midfield, Jurado and Obasi came to attack him together.

Tang Hong suddenly started the ball and dribbled in the middle. He got rid of the ball when the teammates ran. After waiting for his teammates to run, he passed the ball smoothly to the right side of the frontcourt. Alan and Nuno Gomez tried to cooperate in the frontcourt but failed. Today, Matip, who played fullback, and Hoglander, who was in the middle, joined forces to intercept the ball.

When Schalke 04 launched an offensive, he felt a little uncomfortable. Braga used three defensive midfielders to block the river like a chain. It was difficult for Holtby and Hurado to play in the middle.

Without Draxler's tandem organization and Falfan's wing blast, Schalke's offensive 04 relies more on single-handed combat to create threats.

Unfortunately, Raul is old, and Obasi did not gain much advantage against Imoru. It seems that he is no longer as brave as he was in Hoffenheim.

So this confrontation presented a scene where both teams were extremely difficult on the offensive end.

Tang Hong was able to ensure that Braga's offense advanced to the front line, but Nuno Gomez and Alan on the front line were still a little short of time to create a threat.

Schalke 04 cannot be matched in the middle and can only play on the wing. Raul and Obasi struggled on the wing, which made Hunterlaer unable to stare at the middle of the forward line.

After 20 minutes of the game, the two teams had only one shot, and they failed to hit the goal range.

Yartim is happy about this. Just eliminate Schalke 04, but it doesn't matter what the score is.

Stevens didn't know what he was planning, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry anyway.
Chapter completed!