There is a dream called football

Chapter 53
The evening breeze is gentle.

The sea breeze from the Atlantic is mixed with water vapor and a touch of seafood, which is God's gift to Porto.

While eating dinner, Uncle Sosa shook the red wine in his hand, and said without thinking -- "It would be great if this red wine was blue."

Lorinda smiled and said, "Dad, you're talking nonsense again."

Li Qiao smiled and said, "Uncle, are you not satisfied with this wine?"

Sousa took a sip carefully, and said with a sip: "Good wine, this is the best wine in Porto, but it's a pity that the color of this wine is red."

How fresh, Raven thought, "What color can red wine be if it's not red?"

Sousa smiled and said: "Li Qiao, Lei Wen, have you noticed one thing, in Porto, you can hardly see red."

After being reminded by Sosa, the two of them suddenly realized that it seems that red is rarely seen. In Porto, white and blue are what catch the eye the most, especially blue, which is like the totem of Porto people.

"Why?" Raven asked.

"That's because red belongs to our sworn enemy - Benfica."

The concept of Derby in China is not so deep, perhaps a few greetings before and after the game, that's all, but in Europe, Derby is integrated into the blood.

It is said that in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, yellow is a taboo. If someone dares to paint yellow on the exterior wall of his house, there is only one end - being splashed with blue paint.

Because yellow belongs to the haters - Borussia Dortmund, while Gelsenkirchen's faith is the blue Schalke 04.

Getting spanked for wearing the wrong jersey is no joke in Europe, and anyone who dares to wear a red Liverpool jersey in an Everton crowd could end up in intensive care.

Mentioning Benfica, Uncle Sosa's eyes changed, and a person who is usually simple and honest suddenly became ruthless, a bit creepy.

"Let's put it this way, my daughter can marry anyone, except for Benfica fans."

"Daddy," Lorinda protested.

The smile returned to Uncle Sosa's face, "My dear daughter, Dad just gave you an example."

"Don't use me as an example."

At this time, Raven said: "What if Porto loses to Benfica?"

Sosa gasped, as if such a tragedy had already happened, "Then I won't be able to lift my spirits for a week or two, and that depression is like a big stone pressing on your chest."

"Is it the same for Team B?" Li Qiao asked.

Sosa widened his eyes, "Of course!"

"Benfica must not play wild on our territory. Whether it is the first team or the B team, we must teach our opponents a lesson."

This night, Lei Wen and Li Qiao understood what a derby feud is. If you don’t go to Europe, you can’t understand that there is a kind of hatred called a derby. This is the love and killing between two teams.

No wonder Totti would say something like "No one can lose to Lazio if you lose to anyone".

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Norton Mattos.

The Portuguese local coach is currently the coach of the Benfica B team.

Eusebio, Rui Costa, Nuno Gomez, the most famous names in Portuguese history all came from Benfica.

They are also the most successful Portuguese club in Europe. Of course, they are associated with Benfica. The most mysterious thing is the "Gutman Curse".

But this has nothing to do with the B team. Like the Porto B team, the biggest mission of the Benfica B team is to contribute players to the first team.

Of course, in addition to this, the two derbies a year are also crucial for Norton Mattos.

The same is true for Benfica, no one can lose to Porto, otherwise the fans will spray you to death.

Early in the morning, Norton Mattos got the materials prepared by his assistant in the office.

Some familiar names came into view.

Fabio.

Alfonso.

……

Familiarity means that these people have encountered a bottleneck in their careers. The life of the B team is crueler than that of the first team, with a very low salary.

The 20-year-old is Dao Kan. If you can't get promoted to the first team, then leaving is the best choice, but Norton Mattos can't deny that these people are indeed the biggest threat in terms of the upcoming game.

"what."

Norton Mattos saw a name he had not seen before.

"How do you pronounce this?"

Dial the assistant's phone, "I want to ask, what is the number 7 of the Porto B team?"

"Li Qiao, from China, just signed in the summer, transferred from Real Madrid's youth training."

"Oh."

Norton Matos's tone was flat, and he didn't seem to care too much. He knows Real Madrid's youth training. It should be said that the youth training of Real Madrid and Barcelona is the most systematic and complicated in Europe. At the same time, this also means that the most people are eliminated.

Just imagine, if there are only 20 people in a team's youth training, at most 20 people will be eliminated.

However, there are hundreds of people in the Real Madrid youth training system, and if 90% of them are eliminated, there will be a lot of people, so Norton Matos did not look up to Li Qiao because he used to be in the Real Madrid youth training system.

Continuing to look down, Norton Mattos stared.

"There have been goals and assists."

If coming from Real Madrid doesn't mean anything, then scoring goals and assists is very powerful. As a rookie, it is not so easy to score goals in the Portuguese League.

After reading the information, Norton Matos began to think about today's training. Benfica's formation is 433, mainly attacking, and the requirement is that the two sides are sharper.

The 433 formation is ever-changing, but the requirements for players are also very high, especially the ability of players to fill positions.

In fact, the positions of the 3-3 and 6 people in front have been changing all the time. This is the mystery of 433. Norton Matos posed on the tactical board, a little dissatisfied, because the gap between the people under him and the 433 in his mind is still a bit far.

When he came to the training field, Norton Mattos scrupulously trained the players, like a contractor with a whip in his hand. He had a lot of training. Norton Mattos firmly believed in one truth-hard work can make up for one's weakness.

Since the skills are average, only by training with a large amount of exercise and forming a fixed muscle memory can we achieve fast offense during the game.

"I am a guest at Porto on the weekend, what does the derby mean? I don't think I need to say more. If you get rid of Porto, those of you who perform well may enter the first team during the winter break. Maybe you will be able to taste the taste of the Portuguese Super League in the second half of the season."

Portuguese Super League?

That means an annual salary of at least hundreds of thousands of euros, and the national broadcast of every game. For these young people, this is more exciting than women and alcohol.

As an old coach, Norton Mattos knows how to excite these kids. In his words, killing Derby opponents is more exciting than XXOO with a dozen supermodels.

(End of this chapter)