[football] walk side by side

"Two lunatics!"

In the summer of 2002, a piece of news about the Portuguese League unexpectedly became the front page of the Porto Commercial Daily.Under the short and bold four-character headline, the reporter wrote in a tone that is difficult to define with praise or criticism: "Since the Porto coach last season, Mr. Jose Mourinho at the press conference After uttering the crazy words of 'we will be the champions of the Portuguese Super League next season', the head coach of the Porto b team, Andre Boas, also made a crazy move-he put a 16-year-old The boy mentioned Team B, and what's even more outrageous is that Boas even handed him the captain's armband!"

"Considering Porto's perfect record since the start of the game and the good looks shown in various competitions, no one will doubt the ownership of the Portuguese Super League this season - Mr. Mourinho has fulfilled his promise with an undoubted record, and Is Andre Boas full of confidence or imitating the whim of his boss? Let us wait and see!"

If the "Porto Business Daily" remains neutral because it is the mouthpiece of the Porto club, then the newspapers that favor other teams are unscrupulous——

"Andre Boas is obviously crazy! What can a 16-year-old kid do? Even if he has enough talent, the physical collision of the Portuguese League will undoubtedly destroy him! Not to mention the captain's armband If it is handed over to him, can he convince the crowd? Does he really understand the meaning of leadership?" - "Record"

Compared with the media's doubts about the head coach and the youth captain, fans who are familiar with the b team are more concerned. After all, for the old fans who have been paying attention to the Porto echelon, this young new captain of the b team is not a stranger. face.

Cyril Slade, although he is of mixed Chinese and American blood, has lived in Porto, Portugal since he was a child, and has undoubted Portuguese nationality.He entered the Porto Junior Team at the age of nine and was promoted step by step in the next six years. His young age completely broke the records of Porto's echelons, and he was promoted to the youth team at the age of 15. Considering the boy himself He is even very likely to be promoted to the first team as a substitute in the next few months.

He doesn't possess extraordinary skills and talents like those shocking geniuses, but he has an innate astonishing consciousness!He may not be fast enough and his skills are not good enough, but he is extremely good at making up for his shortcomings perfectly by cooperating with his teammates.In other words, he may not be the kind of heroic player that the public likes, but he is definitely the kind of player with high tactical execution that pleases the head coach.

For young fans, players who are extremely handsome and score goals are the most admired objects, but for older fans, such low-key and well-behaved players who are considered for the team are the most likable.

Because of this, the Porto fans who pay close attention to the B team only expressed their uneasiness: "Of course we believe in Cyril's ability. You must know that we watched him grow up! But the Portuguese League has such a strong collision. , in case..." The old fans who spoke were worried. For older fans, the players from their own youth training were almost as good as their own children.

Some Porto fans couldn't help complaining to the head coach when they thought that the treasure of their youth training might be shoveled by players from other teams in the collision.

"Sir, this is going to be a disaster. Almost the entire Portuguese sports media is scolding him!" Ricardo Costa flipped through the newspaper on the coffee table, trying hard to talk to his teammates: "Look! I still have doubts. Your strength is not enough to deal with the Portuguese League... Hey! Come on Cyril, can't you talk to me a little bit? Is the Oxford dictionary in your hand more charming than me?"

The boy sitting across from the coffee table——Cyril didn't raise his eyelids: "What's so interesting? I can guess those messy remarks." He paused, raised his head, and looked up and down seriously Made some friends.

Many people have said that Cyril has a pair of extremely beautiful eyes——clear, blue, and gentle. When those pure eyes look over seriously, they often give people a feeling of being deeply loved by this person. The illusion of staring.But Ricardo Costa was only in a trance for a while.

No one will know better than him that this man is a gentleman, humble and gentle on the other side of the surface - it is ridiculous that the "Record" also said that Cyril could not convince the public, Costa complained silently in his heart, the whole locker room was early Just be treated as a little white rabbit by him, okay?

"...What is your expression?" Cyril stared at him without speaking, and Costa, who was being stared at, couldn't help but get a little nervous, and couldn't help asking.

"I'm looking to see if you've been haunted by a ghost or something, or if you've had a fever and burned your brain." Cyril looked down at the dictionary again, and from time to time wrote down a few words in the small book with a pen, and used a kind of He said in a regretful tone: "I once thought that at least you still have the advantage of self-knowledge."

The implication is that now even the advantage of self-knowledge is gone.

Costa was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to realize the meaning of the other party's words.If another person talked to him like this, Costa might beat him up without hesitation-guards are always better at fighting things like this.Fortunately, Costa has long been accustomed to the occasional bad words in his friends' words, so he pretended not to hear the other party's words, and changed the subject very naturally: "We will play Sporting Lisbon in the end. I heard that the national team's u21 coach José Wenhai Mr. S will be there too."

Cyril: "...so?"

"What is so! U21 can participate in this year's European Youth Championship!" Costa was very dissatisfied with his lack of interest in the new captain's reaction: "If you can be selected for u21 and achieve excellent results, you may be able to surpass the Portuguese Super League. League, directly into the top league! Aren't you nervous?"

"Don't take tomorrow's game too seriously." Cyril closed the heavy dictionary in his hand, and said in a relaxed tone, "It's just an ordinary Portuguese League."

Costa curled his lips and did not continue this topic, but his expression was disapproving.

In fact, Costa's ideas coincided with the media's.

As early as the day before the game officially started, the major newspapers had already started to hype various topics, such as "Sporting Lisbon Rising Star vs Porto Rising Star, who wins the future?", "The youngest reserve team captain in Porto's history!", " Andres-Boas, the second Mourinho or the first big joke?"

And when the game was about to start, after the fans entered the field, when the Portuguese u21 youth team coach José Wenhes appeared on the big screen of the stadium, the reporters were even more impressed!

The Portuguese League has no shortage of foreign aid and veterans, as well as young local talents. Generally speaking, most of the players selected for the u21 are around 20 years old, but there are no exceptions.

For example, the "Lisbon Rising Star" who was hyped by the media before the start of the game, 17-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo and 19-year-old Ricardo Quaresma, both of them had been selected for U21 before. There is no problem in being selected for u21 again.

So now comes the question-is Jose Wenheis here to inspect the competitive state of the Lisbon double stars, or to inspect new players?

This question only lingered in many people's minds for a while, and then it was left behind casually - because with the referee's whistle, the game has officially started!

Perhaps because of the presence of Jose Wenhes, the young players on the field were extremely excited. Everyone wanted to show their best side to the coach. Both sides played relatively openly, and there were some shots from time to time.

In such a situation, Porto's defender made a mistake.

In the 15th minute of the game No. [-], Porto was cut off by a player from Sporting Lisbon in a massive attack, and the scene suddenly changed from offense to defense!However, one of Porto's defenders didn't know whether he was over-excited or what, so he also inserted into the Lisbon half without looking back. As a result, when the ball was transferred to the Lisbon players, the Porto defender was unable to return to the defense, and the defense appeared. Neutral!

Of course, Sporting Lisbon has no reason to miss this excellent opportunity-Cristiano Ronaldo made a clean and powerful shot, directly opening the scoring for Sporting Lisbon!

"al!!! Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring! Although we don't know if his name was in coach Wen Haisi's squad before this, we have every reason to believe that after this goal, he is fully qualified Included in the U21 squad! Sporting Lisbon leads 0:1!"

This is not over yet.

In the No.305 minute of the first half, Cristiano Ronaldo pushed from the penalty area and scored twice, directly expanding the score to 0:2!

"Al!!! Sporting Lisbon made another victory!! The goal is Cristiano Ronaldo. This young player is the first player in the history of Sporting Lisbon to participate in five different competitions at the same time. This season he Played 17 times in the Portuguese League, scored [-] goals, and has been included in the squad for the Portuguese Super League next season. The most important thing is that he is only [-] years old. The top league sees him..."

For the Portuguese League, local talents can be simply divided into two types: one is the talented player who can play the main role in the Portuguese Super League in the future and the Portuguese national team as a substitute or above.The other is an extremely talented player who is likely to go out of Portugal in the future and compete in the top five top leagues.

And the 17-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo undoubtedly belongs to the latter!