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Cyril did not answer the question quickly.

He was silent for a while, and before he could come up with any results, the mobile phone that was still on the coffee table suddenly rang.The eyes of the three turned to the mobile phone subconsciously, and the words "Scolari" were suddenly visible on the lit phone screen.

He vaguely understood the reason why the other party was looking for him, and there was no need to avoid the two people in front of him, so he didn't leave with his mobile phone, but connected the phone on the spot.

"Cyril?" Scolari's voice quickly came from the other end of the phone: "Are you still in Vienna?"

"I'm in the hotel and I just woke up." Cyril said, "What's the matter?"

"That's right," Scolari over there quickly responded: "I wonder if you are interested in having breakfast with me? Regarding your contract with Chelsea, I have some things I want to discuss with you face to face." .”

***

Ten minutes later, Cyril met Scolari at a breakfast shop near the hotel.

Originally, the contract between Scolari and the Portuguese national team has expired, and the two sides have no plans to renew the contract, but the surprise of the European Cup championship has made the Portuguese Football Association rekindle the idea of ​​​​renewing the contract with Scolari , but Scolari, who had signed a contract with Chelsea, finally chose to decline.

If there is no accident, after a few days, the two sides will officially announce Scolari's departure.

In other words, Scolari, who is standing in front of Cyril, is communicating with him as the new coach of Chelsea.

"When I was negotiating the coaching contract with Chelsea, I made a clear request to Mr. Abramovich-I told him that I am willing to coach Chelsea, but the premise is that the club will help me as much as possible and stay You." Scolari didn't say much nonsense, he told Cyril straightforwardly: "Mr. Abramovich agreed to my request."

Cyril was slightly taken aback.

He knew that Scolari would be eager to talk to him at this time, and he must hope that he could stay at Chelsea. To his surprise, Scolari obviously cared about him more than he imagined.

This made Cyril silent for a while, before he said: "I thought you should know——I may not stay in Chelsea."

When many head coaches take office, they will start with an important player in the locker room, and then control the entire locker room step by step.Cyril is indeed a good starting point, but under the circumstances that he is not sure whether to stay or not, Scolari's favor to him has no meaning for his upcoming work in the Blue Army.

"I know." Scolari nodded, and he didn't seem surprised by Cyril's reaction. He looked at Cyril with a sincere tone: "You have your choice, but I also have my sincerity, don't I?"

Cyril was speechless.

Scolari smiled slightly, knowing that at least he had persuaded Cyril to listen to his next words. He took out a stack of documents and handed them to Cyril: "This is my preliminary draft, Chelsea's next season's tactics. ,You can have a look."

Cyril opened the stack of documents silently.At the same time, Scolari is still making an overall explanation for Cyril: "Chelsea's defense is very good, I will maintain this, but in general, Chelsea's tactics will be mainly offensive. That is to say , your position at Chelsea will be the same as with the national team."

"I will not give you the position of captain or vice-captain, but as long as you are on the field, you are the core of Chelsea's field. I hope you can handle the timing of Chelsea's offensive and defensive transitions, and also connect the midfield. Tactically, I It will give you a fair amount of freedom - like we do with the national team."

"You are very talented tactically and I hope you can play your part tactically as well as play your ability and be the 'manager on the field' as you did in Portugal."

Cyril listened quietly.

Scolari only said a general idea, and he wrote down the real tactical plan in detail on the stack of documents in Cyril's hands, including how to further liberate Cyril's attacking power in the frontcourt, while not As for the impact on the midfield and so on.

It can be seen that the head coach really hopes to keep himself.

Scolari didn't talk about topics like annual salary, and neither did Cyril -- because everyone knows that it's unnecessary at all, Chelsea is not short of money, and after winning the European Cup, Abramovich is not bad either. Would mind being generous.These things, just hand it over to Mendes to talk to Chelsea.

After briefly expressing his promise, Scolari watched in silence as Cyril flipped through the stack of plans he had written in his own hand. Don’t look at what he said with confidence. In fact, Scolari was also quite nervous. .

After all, if Cyril is determined to leave Chelsea and go to a better team, there is nothing Scolari can do.

It is undeniable that Cyril was indeed moved by Scolari's preparations.

Every player will have certain requirements and expectations for his team. The only difference is whether his ability can help him make the club meet his expectations.

If the former Cyril may not be qualified to make any demands on Chelsea, then the current Cyril already has the capital to be picky.

And what he wanted, Scolari has done it all.

Centrality on the field, a certain level of tactical freedom, and where he likes to be.

Cyril was silent for a long time, and he didn't speak until the tea at the two tables gradually cooled down, "Mr. Scolari."

Scolari watched him nervously.

"Thank you very much for your great love for me, but I want to discuss with my agent about my future next season." Cyril pondered, planning to ask Mendes' opinion again: "Today at the latest Tonight, I will give you an answer."

Scolari breathed a sigh of relief.

There is no direct rejection, which means that this matter is not completely unnegotiable, as long as there is room for discussion.

"So, you mean, temporarily stay in Chelsea for another year?" Mendes asked after roughly listening to Cyril's story.

Cyril first thought of Scolari's tactical document.

It seems that the head coach really worked hard to keep himself. The tactical plans he gave are practical and based on Cyril's personal characteristics. There is no doubt about his sincerity.

Secondly, even Cyril himself...doesn't really want to leave Chelsea with his current performance.

It's not that he has any dissatisfaction with himself. From the perspective of the national team's performance, his performance in the midfield is actually quite good, but the club lost to Manchester United in the Champions League. This year's Kaka, compared with this year's Cristiano.

The most important thing is-if possible, he hopes that he can leave Chelsea with a big ear cup before leaving Chelsea.

It has been a full four years since he landed in the Premier League in 2004. It can be said that it was Porto who trained him, and it was Chelsea who made him grow up gradually.

Although he doesn't have the slightest affection for Abramovich, but over the years, Terry, Lampard and others have guided him, and the fans' love and support for him are also not fake.

Bring the Blues a coveted Big Ears Cup-this is not only Mourinho's wish, but also Cyril's own wish.

Thinking of this, Cyril nodded cautiously: "Let's stay for another year, the transfer matter...I want to wait until next year."

"Then stay for another year?" Cristiano happily repeated the question, not knowing whether "stay for another year" refers to Cyril or himself.

"Stay for another year."

"Then in a few days, I'll talk to Arneson about the contract." Mendes nodded and stopped talking, already thinking about how much salary he should ask Chelsea.

Maybe even the media didn't expect that when he was still racking his brains and thinking about where to sell Cyril and Cristiano, the two people involved were already in an ordinary hotel room Here, the next career choice is made.

***

After the game, the Portuguese players did not stay in Vienna for too long - in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, there was also a championship celebration for the heroes of the championship.

As soon as we got off the plane, all the members of the Portuguese team were greeted by a celebration bus prepared by the Football Association. As soon as the bus drove out of the airport, there was a sea of ​​people in front of everyone. Thousands of fans wore red and green clothes and Scarves, and some held the Portuguese flag high, waving desperately in the air!

"Portugal! Portugal! Portugal!"

At this moment, there are only tens of thousands of fans chanting the voice of Portugal.The bus is still gradually heading out, and in the next half day, this celebration bus will start a celebration around Lisbon.

Cristiano stood on the edge of the bus, waving his hands excitedly at the fans on both sides, but still holding on to the Delaunay Cup with the other hand, which made Carvalho and others feel depressed.

"Cristiano, are your hands sore?" Carvalho laughed and waved to the fans below, while discussing with Cristiano in a low voice: "Do you need me to help you? I don't mind at all, really !"

Cristiano paused when he danced, and then returned him with an inexplicable look: "Why do I have sore hands?" As he said, he lowered his head and kissed the trophy again, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Carvalho: ...QAQ

Cyril was standing next to him, and as the bus drove out, countless fans who came to pick up the plane immediately followed up, followed the bus, and danced excitedly. Join this huge team.

This feeling is very unusual.

He also won championships in Porto and Chelsea, and the club also held special celebration ceremonies, and there were no shortage of fanatical cheering fans when the bus took off, but the feeling it brought to Cyril was completely different.

It is also the joy and excitement after winning the championship, but the feeling brought to him by the European Cup is far different from that of the Premier League trophy or the Champions League trophy. If there is anything different - it is probably pride.

After the European Cup final, Cyril would often think of that unforgettable final, the confusion and bewilderment at that time, and the unwillingness to have more than enough energy.

But when I think about it now, what comes to my mind may only be luck.

I am glad that they persisted until the last minute of overtime, and I am also glad that they finally brought back the championship that the Portuguese dreamed of... His eyes turned to Cristiano, who was dancing and holding the trophy firmly in his arms, and smiled .

The most fortunate thing is——

Portugal has you.

The author has something to say: I have never liked to explain the plot, because I think that when an author needs to explain something outside the text to help her readers understand, it can only prove that the author is unqualified... But I can't help it in some places, and I have to explain it here.

1. Side by side with all the failed games so far: either irrelevant, not affecting the overall situation, in order to enhance the authenticity of the full text.Either it is a failure that has a [vital] effect on the following text.There has never been a reason for the so-called "the author couldn't think of a game, so he used failure to avoid repetition of the plot". ——If these failures are removed, I will lack groundwork in some parts of the following text and cannot write.

2. Cyril has never been an imitator. In terms of the positioning of outstanding characters, Cyril is actually more like Messi. He can basically know it, but there is no original stunt. You can use anything that doesn’t look good, as long as it’s useful.When talking about Messi's tricks, many people always say, such as body balance, changing direction and accelerating, quickly changing support feet, etc. Compared with the oxtail pendulum, it seems very simple, but isn't it practical?But having said that, there are actually quite a few extraordinary things that Messi knows, and they are also non-original from others.

——Regarding this point, maybe after a while I will write a forum to be considerate of what the author has to say, like analyzing Cyril’s personal characteristics on the stadium from the perspective of fans in the article?It can be regarded as a thorough explanation.