Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 130 Prophecy 'Emperor' (1)

On the day of June NO.12, at the Porto Dragon Stadium, the opening ceremony of the European Championship began in an elegant and grand manner. The venue commentator continued to explain various Portuguese specialties and the program reports in the venue, from a historical perspective Analyze these sources and meanings for the audience.

"The blue ocean and white sailboats symbolize the Portuguese people's desire to conquer nature by sailing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Portugal is one of the first countries to conquer the sea. There are footprints of ancestors throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean and even around the world... "

"Look, the orange-red square formed by 2400 people is uniform, forming the symbol of this European Cup. We are a country with a thousand-year cultural tradition, and our football atmosphere is strong. This is Portugal, a country full of vigor and romance. s country."

Various programs with national characteristics were continuously performed on the court, among which the most eye-catching ones were a few doll figures in yellow cartoon tiger costumes, they kept turning around the venue, and the fans in the stands next to them also raised their hands. The petals in the tree hurled at them.

After Wang Li participated in the team presentation, he sat in the player stands on both sides. Since his rebirth, it was the first time he saw such a grand ceremony. All kinds of interesting things were very attractive to him.

"The opening ceremony this time is really boring. During the Sydney Olympics, the Australians talked about the politics of racial integration, and the Portuguese started to show off the deeds of their ancestors discovering the New World. It's really boring." Ashley Cole leaned over Sitting, commented impatiently.

"This kind of performance has no creativity at all. It's better to go to the middle school sports meeting. You see, the commentator has been boasting about Portugal. He has a thick skin and he doesn't feel ashamed." Rooney stretched his waist and accepted After the conversation, he even felt that the opening ceremony of the Everton Football School Games was more interesting than this.

Watching the program on the field and listening to the comments of his teammates, Wang Li was a little dumbfounded.He felt that he should watch more TV shows or go around to increase his experience. Every time he encountered such a thing, his thinking was far from that of his teammates.

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In Rooney's words, this staid and boring opening ceremony is finally over, and the opening game between Portugal and Greece will follow. At this time, all players can stay to watch the game or go back to rest at will.

However, Eriksson told England players not to go out at will before the game, so most of the players remained in the stands.No one thought that the game was beyond most people's expectations. The first opener at the Dragon Stadium had a big upset!

Only 6 minutes into the game, the Greek midfielder Karagounis seized the opportunity of the Portuguese defender's pass error and scored a long-range shot.

Shortly after the start of the second half, C. Ronaldo, who came off the bench, fouled in the opponent's penalty area, and Basinas made a penalty kick.Before the end of the game, Figo took a corner kick, and C. Ronaldo, who was 19 years old, four months and seven days old, scored a header and became the second youngest scorer in the history of the European Cup finals.

Portugal lost [-]-[-] to Greece, and Greece took the lead in scoring three points, occupying the first place in Group A.

Before the game, Portuguese coach Scolari said: "For many years, Portuguese football has been considered as the Latin school in Europe. Bar style."

But in the actual arena, in front of more than 5 fans, Portugal stumbled!
1:2. This score was unexpected before the game. Before the game, the Portuguese media was full of confidence in the team. They even predicted that the game would be a big victory.Logically speaking, as the host, it is only natural that they will win a big victory when they encounter an underdog like Greece in the first game.

But this is the case on the football field, everything can happen, Portugal can only swallow the bitter fruit, and study the next game carefully. They lost to a team like Greece in the first game. Their appearance is definitely not optimistic. If the next game against Russia cannot be won, perhaps Mr Scolari can consider resigning.

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Rooney and Wang Li walked shoulder to shoulder and followed the flow of people. After walking out of the field, they went straight back to the hotel.

The England team did not play in the past two days, but starting from the afternoon, they have to do two hours of training every day on a training ground in the Stadium of Light, in case they can't find the feeling of playing football during the game.

"Alan, I didn't expect you to be right." As soon as I walked to the second floor of the hotel, I happened to meet Brigi who came over with a snickering smile, "Portugal really lost, let's see what happens to the media tomorrow explain."

On the second day when the England team came to Lisbon, the Portuguese media began to laugh at him, "There is a black-haired boy in the England team who actually said that Portugal will lose in the opening game tomorrow. This is the most ridiculous thing I have heard this year." According to the investigation, he is just a lucky kid who has just landed in the Premier League for less than half a year. I really don’t know how Eriksson would let this kind of player join the England team. Is there no one available in England?”

This is just a corner of the report. Although the media still mainly report on the European Championship, this kind of gossip news is very eye-catching. Various newspapers in Portugal have more or less mentioned Wang Li's name. All the same is irony and ridicule, perhaps, only the Greek players will have a good impression of him.

"What else can I say, Wang Li will definitely be described by them as the spokesperson of Eris." Rooney joked. According to legend, Eris is the woman of Nix, the goddess of the night, who is in charge of curses, discord and revenge.

"Alan, maybe you are famous, and there will definitely be more media interviewing you tomorrow, because you were the only one who said before the game that Portugal would lose!"

"Go back quickly. I'm going to train later." Wang Li didn't comment on what the media said. When the media interviewed him, he just said something casually in a hurry to sort things out. up.

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Bridget's guess was accurate. Early the next morning, a large group of reporters gathered in front of the England team's hotel. They wanted to interview Wang Li by name. Eriksson felt very sad when he found out about this. Surprised, Wang Li is a very secret card of the England team. How did the Portuguese media know about him? With Wang Li's reputation, it is impossible to affect Portugal.

After careful questioning, he understood the whole story. In order to dismiss these annoying reporters, he could only ask Wang Li to come out and accept the interview.

"Mr. Allen, can you predict the results of today's two games?" A reporter from "Public News" immediately asked first.

Wang Li was taken aback, he really didn't know which team was participating in the game today, "What game?"

The reporters nearby looked at each other in blank dismay, and the reporter from Morning News reacted quickly, "It's Russia against Spain, and Switzerland against Croatia."

"Oh, predicting the score? Well then." Wang Li rubbed his head and thought for a while, "Russia and Spain... I think Spain will win. As for Switzerland and Croatia", he frowned. These two teams , I didn't understand at all, "Tie!"

Anyway, I don't understand, so I might as well give an answer casually, as long as my prediction fails, these annoying reporters will definitely not come to me again, that's what Wang Li thinks.

"What about England? Do you think England will win the game the day after tomorrow? You know, the opponent is the defending champion France." A reporter from "Express" asked with a smirk. This question caught the attention of the surrounding reporters.

"Of course we will win, there is no doubt about it!" Wang Li blurted out without even thinking about it.

This sentence was hyped by the Portuguese media as England's declaration of victory.

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