[football] walk side by side

Although the general problem has been resolved, Cristiano is still very angry.

The very angry Cristiano chose to vent his anger on the court.

Then Scolari was pleasantly surprised to find that Cristiano, who was not energetic when he came the first day, devoted himself to the training with energy when the training officially started on the second day. It's so good it's a blast!

"Cyril, have you considered retiring and becoming a psychiatrist in the future?" Quaresma stood aside and marveled: "I think this effect is better than professional psychiatrists-in the future, the mental health problems in the team will be handed over to you." is you."

Cyril was not in a good mood at the moment, and he didn't want to talk about this with Quaresma, so he immediately said with a blank expression: "Okay, [-] euros per hour, if you can afford this price, I will give it to you psychological counseling."

Quaresma was dumb for a second, and before he had time to protest the unreasonable price, Cristiano, who had finished replenishing his water, had already protested firmly: "No!"

Quaresma nodded in relief: "Let me just say, Cyril, your price is not fair..."

Before he finished speaking, Cristiano had already said first: "Why do you need to give you psychological counseling for no reason?" He was disgusted, and even looked at his former friend with a little vigilance, "Don't say anything Ten thousand euros, even one hundred thousand euros."

Quaresma: "..." I thought that I had been away to Spain for more than half a year, and the distance would bring some beauty, but why is it not easy for him to come back, and my friends seem to dislike him even more?

Then, in the next second, he saw the person who was looking disgusted just now, turned his head and chased after Cyril: "Cyril!"

Cyril: "... what?"

The Manchester United midfielder looked at him with shining eyes: "Is it really [-] euros per hour?"

Quaresma: "……………"

"...No," Cyril said in a deep voice, and just when Cristiano imagined that he was going to say that you would not get a cent for what he said, Cyril said with a blank expression: "You have a hundred thousand euros."

"...Why!" Cristiano objected.

Because I don't want to communicate with you face to face for an hour!Swallowing the truth into his stomach, Cyril opened his eyes solemnly and said nonsense: "Because you are too difficult to coax."

Cristiano is a little wronged QWQ

Where is he difficult to coax? !

It's just as good as coaxing you every time, super obedient, okay?

……

The bustling training lasted until the start of the European Cup. Compared with the busy travels of other participating countries, Portugal, which is fighting at home, is much more relaxed, so it can have more time to hone the lineup.

Between Rui Costa and Anderson Deco, Scolari finally chose Deco, at least from the latest team training match, but there is no guarantee that Scolari will make a temporary substitution Generally speaking, the status of the players ultimately determines the quota.

As for Cyril, as he expected, Scolari’s arrangement for him is still mainly a substitute. Compared with Cyril, in order to reduce the pressure of choosing between Deco and Rui Costa, Scolari prefers to find a way for Deco and Rui Costa to coexist.

Cyril had expected this for a long time, so he couldn't say how disappointed he was. While completing the training tasks assigned by the head coach to perfection, he was already thinking about who to ask for jerseys for the European Cup.

Cristiano has no worries in this direction at all. Although they are both midfielders, the role positioning of Cristiano and Cyril is actually very different, and they do not have direct conflicts with Rui Costa like Cyril. There should be many opportunities to play in the European Cup.

On June 2004, 6, Porto Dragon Stadium, the first opening match of the 12 European Cup, the host Portugal VS Greece game will start here.

Cyril did not expect that after deciding to leave Porto, he would once again step into the home team's locker room as the master.Everything here is so familiar to him, and this "familiarity" also includes the familiar singing from the stands behind him when he walks to the bench as a substitute player instead of on the court.

He turned his head in surprise, only to realize that even the fans sitting in the stands behind him were very familiar.

"Hey! Cyril—!" The game has not yet officially started, but the existence of the European Cup itself is enough to make every fan scream loudly. In such a noisy atmosphere, the fans in the stands had to scream the same , so that Cyril could hear his voice: "We will definitely win, right!!"

The atmosphere at the scene was so warm that Cyril also felt a little excited. He also replied loudly: "The Porto people have never lost at the Dragon Stadium this year!!"

In fact, this kind of statement is not only from Cyril. The Portuguese Football Association and the media have taken this issue into consideration when discussing the venue of the opening match. However, the choice-first of all, the newly built Dragon Stadium in Porto itself is in line with the requirements of the European Cup. Secondly, Porto's performance in the past two years has also been very impressive, and it has not lost a game at home this season.

People in the football world still pay attention to some superstitions. The Football Association and the media feel that the current Dragon Stadium can be regarded as a blessed place for Portugal, and it may bring some good luck to Portugal in the opening game.

Therefore, the venue for the opening game against Greece was set at the Dragon Stadium.

There was no Cyril in this game. Scolari’s formation arrangement is a common 4-3-3. The midfielder chooses Cristiano, Deco and Rui Costa. In recent training, Deco The cooperation with Rui Costa is not bad, and the pressure in the group stage is not so great. He finally plans to try the midfield cooperation between Deco and Rui Costa.

Cyril concentrated on sitting on the coach's bench, observing the game, and waiting for the opportunity to come.

In the European Cup in 2004, Greece's ability to enter the finals was actually beyond the expectations of many people. The media thought it was just an uncommon upset, and did not think about it. Greece is in the hearts of many teams and fans. They are all underdogs. Therefore, for this opening game, many people think that Portugal should be able to easily win Greece.

However, this easy game that the media said was actually far from that simple.

Greece played tenaciously.

But that's just a nice way of saying it, if you want to put it in a nasty way, it's - Greece play very ugly, they defend very densely, if it's not for the occasional quick counter-attack that seizes the opportunity, you even have a Greece actually put on the illusion of an iron barrel array.

To use a very famous saying in football later: "They put the bus in front of the goal."

From the very beginning of the game, Cyril was very serious.

Because he found that this lowly team in Greece is far from being as simple as it appears on the surface-yes, there is not a big-name star in their team, and their technical level is not very good, but it is such a player who dismantles everything. On the other hand, the team that may not be able to get a substitute in the top league teams, was forcibly cast by Rehhagel into a division of steel.

They do not have a single star with outstanding strength, but their unity as a whole cannot be underestimated by anyone.

In addition, there is another very important point... Cyril's sight is slightly shifted, turned to the Greek half, huddled on the Greek players who refused to come out near the goal.

Generally speaking, in this kind of large-scale competition, for the sake of insurance, many teams will choose to defend and counterattack, but there is no team that defends as thoroughly as Greece.

Their defense is very resolute. Even if Portugal deliberately lures them, they have no intention of attacking at all. Even when they counterattack by themselves, they still pay attention to the word "fast".Counterattack quickly, if the counterattack fails, then retreat quickly, and then go back to defend with all your heart.

It's just dead skinned.

Although games like the European Cup are generally very boring, it is rare to have a pure defense like Greece, which makes people feel so boring.And here is Portugal's home stadium, and the stands are full of Portuguese fans, so for a while, there were boos everywhere.

Rehhagel stared at the court calmly and ignored it.

The Greek players are also quite calm. They are all ordinary players, not famous stars. For them, it doesn't matter whether they are booed or not. This face can be pulled off completely.

But Scolari is in a hurry!

Facing the iron barrel formation put up by Greece, if Portugal fails to attack for a long time, it will inevitably affect the morale of the team as a whole. Moreover, Greece's quick counterattack is also hard to guard against. If they find a chance to score, then only I'm afraid that he will defend more resolutely, and he doesn't even think about counterattack.

After 70 minutes, the Dragon Stadium was dead silent.

The Portuguese fans who had been booing Greece in the audience were now speechless and speechless.Hanging on the scoreboard above the stadium is a score that is unacceptable to all Portuguese.

1-2.

The home team is ahead.

At this moment, there are only 20 minutes left before the end of the game.

This was a situation that no one expected before the game—everyone thought that Portugal would beat Greece every minute and win the game easily, but it was not easy for Greece to win, but this did not change the fact that the winner was Greece. fact.

Scolari frowned tightly, and the Portuguese coach, who had the last substitution, set his sights on the bench.

The Portuguese stadium needs some changes.

And this change... His gaze swept across the bench, and finally landed on Cyril who was concentrating on reading the game.

He thought of the stunning over-the-head pass between Cyril and Cristiano that sunny afternoon at Sporting Lisbon.I also thought of the tacit cooperation between Cyril and Deco in the midfield in the past two seasons.

18 minutes to the end of the game.

Scolari gritted his teeth and made a risky decision.