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"President Sampaio, thank you for inviting us here to watch the opening ceremony of the European Championship, and for arranging a box with such a great location. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Since there were still two hours before the start of the game, after taking Adele and Elizabeth into the high-end box specially prepared by the Portuguese side, George came alone to meet the current president of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio, and thanked him sincerely, "If there is anything you need my help with in the future, you can just ask." ”

"Haha, Viscount Nelson, you are so gracious. It's just a few high-end tickets, and I can still help with this little favor, and it's not a hassle at all. For George's words, Sampaio naturally understands it. Of course, the president also knew in his heart that he could not really expect George to give him a lot in return for his overtures. In fact, Sampaio was already quite satisfied with being able to take the opportunity of this European Championship to get in touch with George.

Football is the number one sport in the world and has a huge popularity all over the world, and the related industries can create huge economic value every year, and at the same time, it can also drive and promote the development of other industries.

Not to mention, due to Eusebio's relationship with the golden generation led by Figo, football has a high popularity and support in Portugal. Under such circumstances, Sampaio naturally set his sights on football and its ancillary industries, intending to make it a key direction for developing the domestic economy and increasing national income.

In Sampaio's view, now is obviously the most opportune time - Porto have won the UEFA Cup and Champions League in two years, and this year's European Championship on Portuguese soil will be the best opportunity for Portugal to develop its football industry!

However, in order to take shape in this chain, Sampaio needs to raise enough funds for the initial construction. After all, football is an extremely money-burning industry, and it is difficult to achieve the desired results if you don't invest enough.

For Portugal, which has been named the "European Pig Four" (Ireland has not yet joined the ranks in '04), it is undoubtedly difficult to raise this fund. Therefore, Sampaio hopes to be able to get this key start-up capital through this relationship.

Although George has never disclosed his assets, at Sampaio's level, he can still know some information. That's why Sampaio was so enthusiastic about George, and took the initiative to give him high-end tickets for all matches in this European Cup.

For Sampaio's intentions to show goodwill to himself, George's side also knows something. After all, Sampaio was asking him this time, if the other party didn't come out in advance, how could George know what Sampaio wanted him to help?

However, George did not plan to help Sampaio himself, but was going to give Sampaio a chance to meet more investors and let him raise the funds himself. Although Portugal is the suzerainty of Brazil, the "kingdom of football", and has a natural advantage in attracting Brazilian players, the potential for the development of the Portuguese football market is too limited. If George had made a hasty investment, it would have been likely that the end result would have been to make Sampaio's wedding dress for nothing, and George himself would not have received any benefit.

At the same time as George made this decision, the opening ceremony of the European Championship was also declared closed with a deafening cheer. Next up is the opening match of the European Championship between the hosts Portugal and Greece!

It has to be said that as the host of this European Cup, the Portuguese Football Federation can be said to have taken great pains to achieve the goal of winning the championship on home soil - in the group group group ceremony, Portugal and Spain, Greece and Russia were placed in the same group, successfully avoiding strong teams such as England, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, as well as Sweden and Denmark, which greatly increased the chances of qualifying from the group. At the same time, in terms of the opening match, the Portuguese Football Federation did not choose to play in the capital Lisbon, but chose Porto's home stadium, the Stadio del Dragon, which seems to be intending to borrow the light of Porto's Champions Cup trophy this season, so that the Portuguese national team can get off to a good start in this European Cup.

The Portuguese Football Federation has worked hard to establish various advantages for the Portuguese national team, and the Greek team against Portugal in the opening match is one of the most famous underdogs in Europe - not only have they reached a handful of international tournaments, but before this opening match, the Greek team had never won a single victory in the finals of any international tournament!

Or rather, it is precisely because Greece holds such an embarrassing record that the Portuguese Football Federation will identify it as the host's opponent in the opening game.

Although this approach of the Portuguese Football Federation is somewhat black-box operational, in fact, it has always been a hidden benefit of the host to occupy a certain advantage in the schedule and opponents. As long as you don't go too far (such as South Korea in the 02 World Cup), you will generally not attract criticism from other teams and the Football Association. Therefore, for this schedule, the Greek side can only accept it obediently.

In addition, Portugal's golden generation, led by Figo and Rui Costa, is at the end of their career peak, and Porto's magical performance in this season's Champions League has also brought Deco, Ferreira, Maniche and Kostija to the stage. Coupled with the fact that the coach of the Portuguese national team is Scolari, the champion coach, no matter how you look at it, Portugal has no reason to lose!

As a result, before the start of the game, few thought Greece had a chance of beating the hosts in the opener – even if Greece had a record of six consecutive wins and six consecutive clean sheets in official matches in the European Championship qualifiers, and their head coach was the famous "Otto the Great" Rehhagel, no one would be willing to change that perception.

However, when all 90 minutes of play passed, the score displayed on the big screen at the Dragon Stadium was finally fixed at 1-2, with the home team in front and the away team in the back. Portugal, playing at home, actually lost to Greece, which had never won in an international tournament, in the opening game, and suffered an extremely embarrassing defeat!

And this is also the first time since the group stage was introduced in the 1980 European Championship finals that the host country has lost in the opening game!

Breaking the N record in one game and setting a new record in a not-so-glorious way, the Portuguese players' defeat in the opening game of the European Championship undoubtedly nailed themselves firmly to the pillar of shame!