Beast King Costa

Chapter 91 Smoke bombs and unspoken rules of the away game

What confused Benfica's intelligence department who was "ambushing" at the Lisbon train station was that Braga's leading striker Joao Tomas was actually wearing protective boots?Even Wende was walking with a limp, and Paul Jorge, who was at the end of the team, still had a bandage on his forehead? ? ?

What is going on here?
Could it be that the intelligence received by Braga was wrong?
You know, if you wear protective boots, there is basically no possibility of fighting with injuries.

Even if the player has a strong willingness to play voluntarily, or the head coach wants the player to play with an injury, the team doctor will not be able to give him a pass.

In order to find out what was going on, the intelligence personnel "ambushed" at the train station returned to the club immediately and reported the "military situation" from the "spies" to the coaching staff.

When the intelligence personnel returned to the club, before they reported what they saw, the club also received news that confused them.

Braga head coach Jesus Aldo Ferreira called the relevant staff of the club more than ten minutes ago: "We in Braga are exhausted from the journey, so we decided to stay in the hotel gym for recovery training. The field training can only be canceled with regret."

The sudden news caught the members of the Benfica coaching staff, who had arranged scouts and photography equipment in the dark of the Stadium of Light, a little unprepared—the intelligence preparations that had been busy for four or five days turned out to be useless?
When Ronald Koeman returned to the club office and got a summary of today's various intelligence, he was not too surprised.

When everyone was at a loss, Ronald Koeman only smiled and shook his head after thinking for a few minutes: "Unexpectedly, Coach Ferreira is almost in his sixtieth year. Be a man and do things Still so cunning! It really is 'Ginger is still spicy'!"

"cunning???"

"Correct!"

Ronald Koeman is quite certain: "This is exactly Coach Ferreira's 'smoke bomb'!"

"Oh! It turned out to be a 'smoke bomb'!"

The staff of the club suddenly came over.

Before the war, there were constant smoke bombs on both sides, which can be regarded as a major feature of European football.

For example: I am here to release the news to the media. Our main general was arrested by the police uncle who came to inspect him because he went to the club for a massage last night. He has to go to the camp for fifteen days. He will not be able to play in the big battle in a few days.

As a result, as soon as the roster for the big battle came out in a few days, this general who seemed to have an unusually indiscreet private life suddenly appeared in the starting 11 roster.

Another example: You cry in front of the media, oops!The opponent in a few days is too strong!We couldn't play, so we decided to stay focused on the next game, and we gave up strategically in the next game, and several absolute main players will take turns.

However... once the starting lineup comes out, how can there be any main players taking turns?This is all the main force!Even the tactical formation is going for three-pointers, and there is no sign of showing weakness at all.

Using all kinds of smoke bombs to confuse the opponent's preparations, the European "old fritters" coaches are experts in this area. Fried dough sticks, how can there be so many dramas.

Regarding the "smoke bomb" played by Jesus Aldo Ferreira, Ronald Koeman also acted decisively and gave a "strong" response.

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For some reason, the driver of the bus arranged by the Benfica club slowed down after answering a phone call.Some players who have lived in Lisbon also discovered the problem: the driver seems to be taking a detour?And go to the road with the most traffic jam?

Due to various delays by the bus, whether it was intentional or unintentional, the Braga players left Braga at 9:20. After traveling by train for nearly 6 hours, it took more than 3 hours to arrive. The best hotel to stay in Lisbon!

When everyone got off the bus, it was already 19:30 in the evening, and the hungry stomach kept grunting.

After checking in and returning to their respective rooms to pack their luggage, the Braga team gathered at the restaurant on the second floor of the hotel. When they were ready to eat a big meal, the restaurant staff of the hotel told them: "I'm sorry! Seafood, steak, The chicken is all sold out, and now there is only spaghetti bolognese, if you don't mind, we can arrange one for each of you."

This made Jesúaldo Ferreira so angry that his pale face turned purple—the old coach who knows the "unspoken rules of away games" in European football, of course understands these tricks, and it must be Benfica behind the scenes ghost!The purpose is to disrupt the food, drink, housing and transportation of the visiting team!

Immediately, Jesúaldo Ferreira asked the team manager to find a car immediately, resolutely not accepting this tone, and the whole team left the hotel for dinner!He pays for the treat himself!

Resolutely don't let the hotel be such a bully.

However, the bus took a detour to delay time and the hotel had nothing to eat. This was just Ronald Koeman's first move in response to Jesualdo Ferreira's smoke bomb.

When the whole Braga team ate and drank at the restaurant outside and returned to the hotel to wash up and take a good rest, they were shocked to find that there was no hot water! ! !

Although it is about to enter daylight saving time at this moment, the temperature is still below 15 degrees, and there is no hot water for bathing. How can people live like this!

The angry Jesúaldo Ferreira ran directly to the hotel lobby to talk to the housekeeping manager.

After nearly half an hour of tense "argument", the housekeeping manager finally relented and arranged two guest rooms with hot water for the Braga team, so that the players, coaches, and staff of the team could queue up to wash them. rinse.

In this way, after the whole team has washed up, it is almost 1 o'clock in the morning of the next day.

It can be said that the whole Braga team suffered a dumb loss. Everyone was angry, but at this moment, in other people's territory, they could only swallow their breath.

Not to mention that Jesúaldo Ferreira understands that this is an "unspoken away rule". Those Mesozoic players who have been in Portugal for many years have also been similarly angry before.

However, for this situation, neither the Portuguese Football Federation nor UEFA will intervene, and more often they choose to turn a blind eye.

Because of these things, it is difficult for outsiders to determine whether it is a subjective behavior or an objective behavior-even if the visiting team sues the FIFA arbitration court, the home team can find a hundred reasons to shirk these things completely.

Therefore, the angry Jesualdo Ferreira only told the players: "Remember the injustice we suffered tonight! In tomorrow's game, use your fighting spirit to tell those who are causing trouble behind the scenes - even if they use A hundred little tricks can't stop our determination to score points at the Stadium of Light!"

(PS: The second update is out! There are unspoken rules for this away game. In fact, the Chinese national team has suffered many hidden losses in the Asian preliminaries in recent years: the away hotel has no hot water, no training venues are arranged for the Chinese team, and no training on the field. Turn off the lights in advance, step on the field training and secretly record...

On the 14th of this month, the National Football Team will go to the Philippines to play the top 40 matches.You may wish to pay attention to the media information. There are many so-called unspoken rules in the away game of the Philippines!Simply disgusting! )

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