In order to better adjust and rest, Porto came to London two days early. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

There was no training that afternoon, and the next morning, Porto took a bus to the Emirates Stadium for acclimatization, but when they arrived at the Emirates Stadium, they were told that they were maintaining the turf and could not train.

Emmanuel was on fire, "Such a big club, it's so small, it's not even allowed to adapt to the venue." ”

Ferreira was very unhappy and said to the vice chairman Dales: "Chairman, you can contact Arsenal and see if you can train." ”

Deles immediately called Arsenal's chief executive, Richard, but Richard told him that the Emirates Stadium is indeed not able to train right now, but Porto can go to the Kearney training base to train and come back in the afternoon to get used to the venue.

Porto had no choice but to drive nearly an hour to the Kearney training base for training.

A.T. Kearney is known as the most luxurious training base in the UK, but at the moment of the big game, the Porto players obviously have no interest in visiting and admiring the opponent's base, and they have spent all their energy on training.

Under the nose of the opponent, Porto must not expose their own tactics, although the Ferreira man is conservative, but the coaching experience is very rich, he not only let the players wear the jersey randomly, but also changed the formation several times, dismantling the style of play and routines to practice, so that the opponent can not figure out Porto's style of play and the main lineup.

England's fans and journalists are well informed, and Porto has finished training at A.T. Kearney with more than a dozen journalists and hundreds of fans waiting outside the door, many of them Chinese.

Playing away from home, of course, it is to try to support the local fans, Ferreira asked the driver to stop the bus, let the fans come up in turn to sign autographs and take photos, and also arranged several reporters to be interviewed by reporters, but Ferreira was very wary of England fans and did not let Gao Xiaodong be interviewed.

In the afternoon, the Emirates Stadium was finally ready for use, and Ferreira hurried with his players to acclimatize to the venue.

Fans are not allowed at the Kearney training base, but the Emirates Stadium is open to fans, and when the Porto players arrived at the stadium, there were already more than a thousand people on the pitch, but not all of them came to see Porto train, many of them came to visit the stadium.

This time, Ferreira still uses the method of wearing shirts and disrupting the formation to train, but such a trick can only fool fans and journalists, and professionals can still see it at a glance, such as Tottenham Hotspur's assistant coach Kevin, such as Manchester City scout Dave.

Kevin was entrusted by head coach Redknapp to observe Gao Xiaodong. For Tottenham, Arsene Wenger is the best scout, and Wenger is the person he likes, they must intervene, and even if they can't do it, they will definitely raise the price.

Although Redknapp has Gao Xiaodong's video in his hand, obviously, no matter how good the video is, it is better to watch it live. So Kevin replaced Redknapp and came to the Kearney training base to observe Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong is very easy to recognize, the whole team of Porto is a Chinese with black hair and black eyes, and Kevin recognized him at a glance.

When I first watched it, Kevin wondered why this Gao Xiaodong, by the standards of professional players, is definitely not good in technology, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is rough. Such a player should be Chelsea's favourite.

However, Kevin soon discovered that Gao Xiaodong is very strong and very smart, he is very good at using his body, Arsenal found such a player to play in the back, and the hardness must have gone up immediately, just like when Arsenal signed Vieira.

Kevin secretly admires that although Wenger has not won a League Cup title in recent years, he is a champion in terms of discovering newcomers, Kevin feels that Tottenham Hotspur should create a little trouble for Arsenal in the transfer market, and cannot let Arsenal easily get Gao Xiaodong.

In the stands opposite Kevin, Manchester City scout Dave recorded it with his camera from time to time, and then noted it in his notebook, with a much more serious and professional attitude than Kevin.

Dave turned out to be a scout for Leeds United, and after the acquisition of Manchester City by the wealthy Middle Easters, he was also heavily poached to work as a scout.

Originally, Manchester City's main task in poaching Dave was to help Manchester City analyze some popular superstars, and now Manchester City is like Abu when he first bought Chelsea, he is not afraid of spending money, but he is afraid that people will not know that he has money, so they want to buy superstars, not potential newcomers like Gao Xiaodong.

Just like Kevin came to observe Gao Xiaodong because Wenger fell in love with Gao Xiaodong, and Dave came to see Gao Xiaodong, mainly because Professor Alex Ferguson of Manchester United fell in love with Gao Xiaodong.

Although Manchester City and Manchester United are both in Manchester, but the two teams are very different in status, reputation and strength, Manchester City even if they know that Manchester United is pursuing Gao Xiaodong, they can't intervene, and now the rich people in the Middle East are in charge, Manchester City has become the richest team in the Premier League and even European football in one fell swoop.

At this time, Manchester City naturally will not let the city's rival Manchester United have a better time, so Manchester City coach Hughes asked Dave to observe Gao Xiaodong at close range to see how Ferguson likes this Chinese man, whether he can become Hua Guosun's successor, if it is okay, then Hughes will not feel sorry for the money, isn't it 30 million euros, as long as the level is high, let alone 30 million euros, it is 50 million euros, and Manchester City can afford it.

As a scout, Dave's observation is more detailed and professional than Kevin's, and his records are not only qualitative, but also quantitative, such as the number of passes in Gao Xiaodong's training session, how many passes are made with his left foot, how many are with his right foot, how many meters are specific to the long pass of the pass, how many meters he deviates from the target, how many steals and dribbles, how many successes, how many failures, and how much the scope of activity is......... And so on, and so on.

After watching Porto's training, Dave made this judgment: this is a very strong, very hard-working player, his technique is a little rough, his movement rate is a little slow, and his physical fitness is excellent, but his strength and all-round ability can offset some of the technical disadvantages, such a player cannot fall into the hands of Manchester United, if Manchester United still wants to bring him in, then Manchester City will get him before Manchester United, if Manchester United has to play Gao Xiaodong, then in the Manchester derby, Gao Xiaodong will become a roadblock on Manchester City's offensive road.

Finally, Dave also added that 19-year-old Gao Xiaodong, there is not much possibility of improving his skills, but awareness and experience will allow players to play better with their existing skills and advantages.

The Porto coaches, of course, did not know that there were still people watching them in the stands, they trained as usual, and after the training, they signed autographs and photos of the fans before leaving the stadium and going back to the hotel to rest.