Chapter 288: The World Cup (The Third Subscription Request)
Riadio is a small local team in Kozzani, an amateur team that survives on the money raised by the local population.
Their stadium doesn't even have walls, just a ring of barbed wire, there are stands in the southern direction, and there are no tickets for games, so whoever wants to see it can come in and watch it.
However, because the team's biggest investor is a Greek turf businessman, and the pitch is used by them to show the turf to their customers, the turf of the pitch is great.
In addition to the main stadium, the team also has two training grounds, a goalkeeper training ground, and with the right temperature, it was chosen as the training ground for the Swiss team.
The players from Switzerland have been uncomfortable from the very beginning, with temperatures in Switzerland being around 30 degrees for most of the time, and 20 degrees in the summer.
In addition to playing in Switzerland, Swiss players play in the Bundesliga, and the temperature in Germany is not high.
Almost everyone is afraid of heat and cold, and in the low temperature of zero degrees, they will not feel cold when playing football in shorts.
But when it comes to training in this 32-degree hot environment, everyone is miserable.
However, in the face of the World Cup, all the hardships and hardships are nothing.
Everyone doesn't sweat ten pounds a day, doesn't drink twenty pounds of water, and is not embarrassed to say that they are tired.
Jonas's training is arguably the most relaxed, he is a goalkeeper and most of the time he trains alone, not making uneven movements on the pitch every day like other players.
Even so, Jonas feels that training in the heat is the hardest period of his life.
Because in this life, he has never suffered at all!
Some time ago, he was afraid that he would not train enough every day, but during this time, his muscles went from loose to tight to numb every day, and he would stop training when he was almost at the critical point of soreness.
In the first two days of his arrival, when he was saving the ball, he would still worry that he would fall in pain, but later, the pain of falling became enjoyable.
Really, at this stage, he understands why there are masochists in this world, and pain is sometimes really enjoyable.
Of course, he won't try.
The muscles had reached a critical point, and when the masseur massaged him, the soreness had already made him taste the bitterness.
In the evenings, after the tactics class, he will be specially arranged for game training.
The team has prepared an arcade machine, as well as a single game console that can be connected to the TV, and Jonas has priority.
Because others are playing, and he is training.
He has the fastest reflexes, so no matter what game he plays, almost no one can match him.
After playing for half a month, almost all games can be cleared.
Jonas's nerve reaction speed, brain reaction speed, and body reaction speed are all more than 80 percent faster than the average person, and 30 to 50 percent faster than professional athletes, which is his biggest advantage.
And the goalkeeper skills such as goal-line skills, saving skills, saving skills, and receiving skills, he is actually still under the first-class goalkeeper, and he can only be regarded as qualified.
When he honed his technique, combined with his unrivalled reflexes, he was almost unbeatable among goalkeepers.
The more powerless the players were in the face of him, the happier they became. Because in the game, they are the first team.
In his daily training sessions, he is getting better and more consistent, and the smiles on the faces of Phil and Nzele are getting bigger and bigger.
At the beginning of the training match, Jonas would have been scored some low-difficulty goals, but after a week, that became impossible.
A week later, Jonas was mostly working on his team-up with defenders.
The tacit understanding between the goalkeeper and the defender is what Jonas lacks the most, as he usually plays the least ball.
As a goalkeeper, he has to know the characteristics of each player, know their strengths and weaknesses, and form chemistry with them on the pitch.
Mutual trust is very important on the pitch, but Jonas is the last line of defence, not only to give them trust, but also to make amends for them.
There is no shortcut to this tacit understanding, and it takes a long time to cooperate to form trust.
Change on the football field is instantaneous, but at the end of the day, it's about not letting the opponent kick the ball in.
So tactics, in terms of defense, are also very important.
The more Jonas became familiar with the defenders, the tighter the defence became, and this improvement became more and more evident later.
On May 23, after half a month of acclimatization, the Swiss players were able to adapt to playing in hot weather.
In order to adapt to the game time, they have tactical training matches every day at noon and during the hottest hours of the afternoon.
Jonas also spends his days on the phone with Mikiros in the evening.
On this day, they will return to Switzerland, rest at home for two days, and then leave for Mexico.
I went a week in advance, and in order to adapt to the time difference, otherwise there was an eight-hour difference between the two places, and it would be impossible to play at the best if I went directly to the game.
The day of the return to Switzerland was Friday, and Neuer and Helen also returned home for the weekend, and with his young girlfriend by his side, Jonas had a wonderful weekend.
Although he rested for two days, Jonas didn't even go to the company, and he didn't have to use his brain for half a month, he only used his strength, which really made his brain a little rusty.
He doesn't want to destroy this form, he just has to keep it this way in order to play better.
He only entertained Ursula and Lutz at home, but he didn't talk about work, just small talk.
Lutz had made several suggestions about the chaos at Hoffman's investment bank, but after Jonas asked Ursula to show him a meeting with Schwarch, he didn't say anything.
Because the entire Hoffman investment bank knows that August is the time for the Hoffman investment bank to make a big move.
The structure and management of the entire company will be turned upside down.
Jonas also knows that some people in the company have been unsettled in recent times.
But it is not that someone uses power for personal gain and betrays morality, but for the position after the company's reorganization.
In the past, Hoffman Investment Bank was the main body, and almost all the company's equity and structure were in it, and other companies did not even have a complete structure, let alone a position.
Nowadays, however, at least several companies are established, and none of them will be equipped with corresponding management positions.
One step is slow, not to mention, there will be no chance to reach the sky in one step like this in the future.
Occupy a good position now, and it can be said that you don't have to worry about it for the rest of your life.
So this chaos right now isn't entirely bad.
On 26 May, the Swiss team assembled in Zurich and boarded a special plane to Mexico.
Although there are still five days to go until the 31st, the whole world has already been drawn to the topic of the World Cup.
Especially when you arrive in Guadalajara, around the airport, along the way to the city, and in the homes of residents, there is the emblem of the World Cup and the flag of the mascot "Pique" everywhere.
Guadalajara is the capital of the state of Jalisco, 500 kilometers northwest of Mexico City, and one of Mexico's largest cities, with two Mexican First Division teams.
The four teams from Group D will play most of their matches in the city, with the exception of the final Switzerland vs Algeria game, which will be moved to Monterrey.
The arrival of the Swiss team is actually not very hot. Jonas's fame is mainly in Europe, and more attention is paid to his identity as a player than to his role as a player.
Therefore, he is the most talked-about star of the Swiss team.
On the first day of arrival, the Swiss team held its first press conference in the press hall of the Pedregal Hotel.
Jonas, as the captain of the team, attended the press conference with coach Enzelle and team leader Phil. Compared to other teams that have already arrived, the Swiss team's press conference was full of big men who maintain order.
These men are a group of military bodyguards from Monterey, who, along with Prov and Kaia Young, are in charge of Jonas' security.
They belong to the military, but they also belong to the Okyo family of Monterrey, and in Mexico there seems to be no line between officials and bandits.
It was only after competing with several families that the Okyo family was given the opportunity to get close to Jonas. The main thing is that they have a deep official background, and these bodyguards can stand directly on the bright side.
In fact, Jonas usually goes in and out with the team, and there is a bus outside, but he can't refuse the hospitality of other families.
They need Jonas, and Jonas needs them.
On May 27, Jonas and his team had their first acclimatization training.
Their training ground is the training ground of the local team, Teix, which has six pitches, and they will train on this training ground with the Spanish team, sharing the rent.
In the 86 World Cup, the Spanish team Jonas basically did not know anyone in his previous life, and it was only in this era that he knew some of the main players and characteristics of the Spanish team.
These days, apart from training, he is a player who knows the opposing team.
There are not many stars in the Spanish team this year, and the only one that makes Jonas pay attention is Emilio Butragueno, who has the nickname "Vulture".
He was at the heart of Real Madrid, helping them win the league title five years in a row and was Spain's best player of the 80s.
And the first opponent of the Swiss team, Brazil, can be described as full of talent.
Their midfield has such superstars as Socrates, Zico and Careka.
Jonas knows they didn't make it to the final four, but they shouldn't be underestimated.
These superstars, like the 3Rs of Brazil's later generations, all have the ability to change a game by themselves.
As for Algeria, to be honest, none of the three teams had them in their eyes.
Jet lag is the most uncomfortable for professional athletes, because you not only have to maintain your physical condition during unfamiliar times, but also maintain a high level of mental concentration and excitement.
This is not something that can be overcome by individual perseverance, but must be corrected and adapted little by little through high-intensity training.
After a few days of corrective training, everyone was in great pain. Finally, when the requirements of the competition were basically met, the World Cup officially opened.