Beast King Costa

Chapter 235
The match against Shandong Luneng was scheduled to take place at the Luneng Stadium in Jinan Olympic Sports Center.

This is also the home of Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League.

The game started at 15:30 in the afternoon, but the Benfica team asked the staff of the Shandong team to take them to the Jinan Olympic Sports Center after lunch.

Whether it is to come here in advance to warm up, or to communicate with Shandong Luneng's head coach and first-team players before the game, it is a very good thing.

Knowing that the Benfica team came to the Jinan Olympic Sports Center so early, the general manager of the Shandong team, Kang Mengjun, also came to the stadium early, and recommended the team's head coach Tubakovic to Fernando Santos for an in-depth discussion communicate.

Although Portuguese and Serbian have nothing in common, with the help of Diego and the Chinese translator of the Chinese Serbian team of the Shandong team, the two coaches communicated very happily.

Perhaps Fernando Santos still prefers to communicate with professional footballers. Diego can feel it. Compared with the impatience when communicating with the general manager of the Shandong team or the general manager of the Luneng Football School, today he communicated with the Shandong team. Coach Tuba's communication, Fernando Santos seemed much more patient.

"Can you get used to the Chinese environment?"

"Of course, the living environment in China is quite good."

"It is said that your team has a good chance of winning the double this season?"

"That's right. It's just a pity that we have been eliminated in the AFC Champions League, otherwise I would hope to win the Triple Crown."

"Well. In the past few years, Serbian football has made great progress, and many Serbian players have entered the five major leagues to play the main force."

"I also hope that more Serbian players will enter the top five leagues in the future!"

"Haha! It's good to come to the giants of the Portuguese Super League to play football. I used to coach in the Greek League, and I liked to use Eastern European players. Their physical advantages and enthusiasm on the court are quite outstanding."

……

After about half an hour, the content of the chat between Fernando Santos and Tubakovic was closely related to European football.The two did not have any relevant discussions and exchanges on the topic of Chinese football at all.

The only topic about China is food...

When the exchange was almost over, Tubakovic finally thought of what he should support for Chinese football, after all, he was making money in China.

"Oh, by the way! Coach Santos, there are several players in our team who are worthy of attention. They all have the strength to play in the five major European leagues. I hope you can pay more attention to them in the upcoming games."

Santos seemed a little in disbelief: "Oh? Effective in the five major leagues?"

"That's right!"

Tubakovic introduced with confidence: "They are all excellent midfielders in our team. The 25-year-old Zheng Zhi has been spotted by the Premier League team Charlton. The 20-year-old Zhou Haibin also has a lot of promise this season. Team A is interested. There is also 19-year-old Wang Yongji, who is quite spiritual in the midfield... Oh! And our leading striker Li Yinyu also has absolute strength to play in Europe, but unfortunately he is 29 years old Otherwise, I will definitely recommend it to you."

"Oh? The player Charlton is looking for in the Premier League!"

Fernando Santos looked quite surprised. He seemed a little surprised that Chinese players could be hooked up with the Premier League.

I saw Fernando Santos said with a smile: "Since Charlton has already been chosen, then we Benfica will not compete with the Premier League team. After all, we cannot offer such a big contract with the Premier League team. I also hope Zheng can become the No.1 Chinese player in the Premier League!"

"Oh no, there are already Chinese players playing in the Premier League."

"Oh???"

"Manchester City's main full-back, Sun Jihai!"

"It's actually playing for Manchester City, and it's still the main position..."

Fernando Santos did not expect that Chinese players could also play the main force in the five major leagues, and he even fell into contemplation at the moment.

It seems to be reflecting, is it because I have watched the training of the Qingdao team before, and after the friendly match with the Qingdao team, I have some preconceptions about Chinese football?
"Cough cough..."

Diego also did not forget to "make up for it": "Coach Santos, I think China also has some very good players. Not all of them are like those young players a few days ago."

"maybe."

Fernando Santos also did not admit his preconceived and wrong ideas positively. He briefly learned about the basic information of these Chinese players introduced by Tubakovic and whether they will play in the friendly match this afternoon. Tubakovic's exchange.

Before leaving, Santos did not forget to extend his hand in a friendly greeting: "Coach Tubakovic, cheer for the game later. You can contact me when you travel to Lisbon in the future."

Tubakovic was also very happy: "Good! Hope to play a wonderful game with Benfica!"

On the way back to the visiting team's locker room with Diego, Fernando Santos also intentionally or unintentionally chatted with Diego about the situation of the Shandong team.

"I think the Shandong team is more professional than the Qingdao team. Although I haven't seen the players of the Shandong team, I feel that the strength of this team must be far higher than that of the Qingdao team."

Diego nodded in agreement and said: "After all, it is a team that has a chance to win the double crown. It must have hard power. Moreover, they pay great attention to youth training and can provide a steady stream of blood to the first team. the most important."

"Does the Shandong team attach great importance to youth training?"

Regarding Diego's point of view, Fernando Santos shook his head lightly and said: "I don't think so. Compared with many teams in the Portuguese Super League, the Shandong team's youth training system is still very blank."

"Uh……"

Well...Diego can't say it bluntly: Although there is no way to compare with the top European league teams, but in the Chinese Super League, Shandong's youth training is already well-known.

"Let's go! Warm up well later, and seriously play this friendly match with the Shandong team..."

Fernando Santos said with anticipation: "I really want to see if the Chinese teams mentioned by coach Tubakovic are really as good as he said. Especially the one who was selected by the Premier League team Charlton's attacking midfielder, Zheng Zhi!"

Diego was quite dissatisfied with Santos' tribute to the Chinese players. He responded a little seriously: "I think Zheng Zhi and the others will definitely surprise you!"

(End of this chapter)