[Football] Crown of Thorns

The summer break in 2009 is a rare time for most football players to take a good rest. There are no competitions and no external activities that need to be played. They can enjoy a wonderful holiday with ease.

For Jia Ma, one thing he really wanted to do was to visit the ancient eastern country, but he could only do it after thinking about it.

Since he was selected for the U20 National Youth Team, besides the rest time, he also needs to go to the national team training base to participate in the training camp and to shoot commercials.

That's right, his agent brought him two more advertisements. Although they were only domestic brand manufacturers, they were considered to be of a higher grade than the original supermarket advertisement, at least the advertisement cost was several times higher.

What he lacks most now is money, and this can be regarded as timely rain.

The manager uncle is also very happy. In fact, only the advertising expenses given by these two sponsors have earned him the rent and other expenses he had previously paid for Gama, not to mention that several Portuguese Super League clubs are now eyeing him. Jia Ma also has tentative bids. Although Jia Ma doesn't want to transfer at the moment, it would be great to attract attention first.

"Transfer?"

Gamala, who had just taken a shower, wiped her hair with a towel and raised her eyebrows.

The agent who was dressed like a street taibao took a sip of cold beer and said, "I know you don't want to transfer now, but it's always good if someone asks. This time the club returns to the Portuguese Super League. There are many players in the team. Players' contracts must be re-signed, and your contract is no exception. As one of the main players in the team's promotion, you have the right to ask for a contract that matches your status."

"Salary increase?"

Gama took a look at the cold beer that Agostinho handed over, and took a sip of it.

"That's right, don't worry, I won't open my mouth like a lion. According to my experience, the current salary contract you can get should be in the second echelon of the team, except for the captain Tuya, the vice-captain and the third captain. , as well as the seniors of the team. There are almost five or six people whose salaries are in the first level. Although you are young, you will play the main position this year. It is not too much to ask for a second-tier salary.”

Agostinho chuckled.

Jia Ma put down the wine glass in his hand, "Don't go too far."

"How do you call it excessive?"

Agostinho quit, "I won't ask for more or higher salary than the captain's level, what I want is a salary that fits your current status, you have to know, whether the club values ​​you or not depends entirely on them Are you willing to give a salary that matches your status? Now the player with the highest salary in the Portuguese national team is C Ronaldo. After he transfers to Real Madrid, his weekly salary will reach 20 pounds, plus he will also get 55% of his income from personal portrait rights According to the 25% increase in income every year, his weekly salary may reach nearly 55.7 pounds. His annual salary will reach 1300 million euros, which is an increase of 550 million compared with when he played for Manchester United. Your this Count your salary as a P!"

Hearing the manager's complaint, Gama rolled his eyes, "C Ronaldo is currently No.1 in football, and he deserves as much as he gets. You are jealous!"

"Pooh!"

Agostinho gave him a white look, "I just want to say that whether a player is valued in the club or not, salary is the measure of importance. If you think that if you want to repay the favor, there will be good results. In the final analysis, it depends on How much they talk about."

"Okay, okay, but I still want you to pay attention, just talk about it, and don't make too many demands."

Gama sighed.

"understood!"

Agostinho smiled, "Don't worry, I will definitely talk to the club."

After chatting casually for a while, Agostinho suddenly asked, "How is the National Youth Team?"

"It's nothing."

Gama paused for a moment before answering his question.

"Just by looking at your expression, I know it's nothing!"

Agostinho raised an eyebrow.

Although he is not a big-name football agent, he still has a lot of players in his hands. In addition, he has been in football for so many years, so he knows some inside information. Gama's reaction...

"Squeezed out?"

Taking another sip of cold beer, he asked with a smile.

Now that the old guy knows it, Gama doesn't hide it, "Most of the U20 national youth team comes from the top three youth training camps of the Portuguese Super League. Not to mention the opposition between the three parties, they still look at players from small clubs like us. No, not to mention I'm still from the First Division."

"so serious?"

Agostinho was also a little surprised after hearing what Gama said.

He knew that the players disliked each other because of the different clubs they came from, but how could it be so serious.

"God knows, but after only three training sessions, Mr. Crudo (the coach of the national youth team) seems not very satisfied. I guess the thorns before the next training session will be kicked out, and the atmosphere should be better."

"That's good."

Agostinho, who was eager to recommend Gama to the public to let everyone know that there is such a new midfielder, nodded, "Coach Crudo is very good, and he is also good at teaching young players. You should Ask him for advice."

Hearing Agostinho's words, Gama squinted at him, "You know him very well."

He was sure, Agostinho pouted, "I know a lot of people."

Seeing that he didn't want to say this, Gama smiled and changed the subject, "I also think Mr. Crudo is a good person."

This year's Portuguese Super League kicks off on August 8, and players from various clubs have already returned to the team for training for the new season.

The Boavista team, which has returned to the Portuguese Super League, is very active in preparing for the game.

Coach Pettit is still firmly seated as the head coach. Although last season he revealed that he is not good at arranging player rotation and adjusting the team's rhythm, it is impossible to find a coach who can lead the team better than him. It's easy to find, not to mention that the club's reputation is not good for the coach who is easily dismissed and leads the team to upgrade, so the club simply let him stay, and if he does not perform well this season, he will be dismissed.

Facing the first league game of returning to the Portuguese Super League, the Boavista team attaches great importance to it.

Not only did the upper echelons come out in person to cheer up the players, but the two Boavista fan associations also sent people to communicate with the club, preparing to present their cheering paintings and slogans in this game to make a big splash. the scene.

In this way, let alone whether the players are under pressure, the pressure on the coach Pettit suddenly increased.

August 8th is the first game of the league, and Boavista's first game is on the second day, at home against the University of Coimbra.

On this day, the Boavista team's home Bessa stadium is flying with colorful flags, and fans can be seen everywhere wearing home team jerseys.

The home players who came to the stadium early returned to the locker room after warming up, and saw the lively scenes inside and outside the stadium from the TV screen in the locker room. They were moved, but they still felt a little awkward.

Jia Ma looked at their captain Tuya quietly, opened his mouth and before he said anything, Tuya raised his hand to stop him from speaking.

"Don't say it, what you say will definitely make us lack fighting spirit."

"I haven't said anything yet!"

Gama protested.

Tuya stared at him, "I know what you're going to say, so shut up."

At present, apart from some of the teammates who were promoted from the first division, the club has bought six new players, and four of the 11 starters today are new teammates. Months of joint training, but everyone is still not familiar with each other, the four of them can only quietly watch the captain and the young midfielder in the team laughing and joking.

Also left behind was the winger Sana, who worked hard on the field and had a bad head off the field. Seeing the conversation between the captain and Gama, he also had an expression of wanting to join as expected.

"I see, Gama, you must be trying to say that our jerseys are ugly!"

He happily interrupted the locker room to quiet down. Tuya walked towards him with a ferocious face, "Your tongue is really long."

Jia Ma looked sad, "Sana, you are an honest person."

Sana, who was leaned over by Tuya and stared deadly, trembled twice, "Jama, your expression is disgusting."

Damn you bastard!

Jia Ma stood up angrily, "Captain, I support you to beat him up, beat him up quickly."

Watching the excitement, the old team member Dade burst out laughing, "Gama, what if we beat Sana to the ground!"

The other teammates laughed and said, "That's right, sir will be angry if he finds out."

Sana, who was pressed on the bench and called the police, yelled, "Gama, you bad boy, I'm angry, I'm angry~~"

Seeing the bustling scene in the locker room, captain Tuya let go of his hand helplessly, "Jama, don't add fuel to the fire."

Jia Ma shrank his neck deliberately, "Captain, I didn't say that."

"You bastard!"

Tuya rubbed his forehead, "Okay, okay, stop making trouble, the game is about to start."

The noisy room was quieted down after Tuya yelled several times.

At this time, the staff knocked on the door, "Get ready to go out."

Tuya stood up, looked around his teammates, and stretched out his hand, "Fight!"

"fighting!"

Everyone clapped their hands together and shouted.

"Hello everyone, I am your old friend DJ Furlong. After a long summer break, we have come to the Bessa Stadium again. Have you noticed the new changes in our home stadium? Have you seen it... ..."

Above the stadium, the home commentator played the team's chant while shouting loudly to quickly explain the changes in his own stadium.

There are also several fan organizations today, which have taken out their new banners and new cheering signs, and began to shout excitedly accompanied by stadium music.

"It's so lively!"

Gama, standing behind the captain, muttered.

This is Gama's second game in the Portuguese Super League, but it is also his first game, so he must play well.

"When we win, it will be even more lively."

Tuya pulled the captain's armband on his left arm and answered his teammates like this.

"Our captain Tuya, look, he is the pillar of our team, our beloved captain, no matter where the team is, we can see him, victory, defeat, relegation can't defeat our brave and strong captain , he is our pride!!!”

Above the stadium, when the broadcast started and the players entered the field, the home team commentator started his shouting. He shouted Tuya’s name loudly, boasting about their captain, which attracted enthusiastic roars from the home team fans, for their captain, Applause and cheers.

"Our young player, Gama! He comes from our youth training and is our hope for the future. I believe he will perform better..."

When he heard his name shouted at the scene, Jia Ma opened his eyes wide in surprise, and couldn't help but look up to the sidelines.

He heard cheers, and applause.

In the past year, he has often heard applause given to him, but he was never moved by hearing it this time.

That kind of passionate excitement, like the whole body is burning, excited and excited.

…………

"Game start!"