36. Against Russia
As for whether Postiga and Quaresma were whipped that day, the whole of Portugal was secretive, after all, they all knew that Juan's identity was relatively special, and he really had a small leather whip, although it was used to whip horses.
It hurts to hit people :)
Juan was back in the dressing room after the press conference, and he didn't know when Coach Scolari would finish, but with the logistics in place, he could choose to focus on the game first.
When he got to the dressing room, Scolari just came out of it, and the Brazilian coach smiled at him: "Come and see them? ”
"I'm a little worried." Juan nodded, he was very interested in this team that had been trained from the cold, after all, Spain and everything were familiar with the way of playing, but Moscow ......
He's been in Europe for so many years, and he doesn't know a single player of Russian origin, so he doesn't know much about their habits.
"It's okay, you really can't change your clothes during intermission." Scolari was a joke, but when he noticed that Juan was really thinking about it, he began to smile wryly: "I just said it casually. ”
"But I can't just listen to it." Juan smiled, "At least I'm on the 23-man squad, aren't I?" ”
Scolari looked at him wordlessly and sighed, "You really don't have any humor. ”
The players began to come out of the locker room one by one, and when they saw the two of them, the first reaction was to look at Scolari and smile, and the second reaction was to turn to Juan and shudder, Juan was very dissatisfied: "What's the situation, I'm still not your good comrade-in-arms and teammates?" ”
"You are you, you are you!" "We didn't say you weren't!"
Juan nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, come on when you play." ”
You really have to cheer for the game, especially against Portugal.
I don't know if it's this game, Portugal has a relationship with two youngsters, and seven minutes after the opening whistle, there was a problem here in Portugal.
Cristiano took the ball on the side and prepared to rush forward, the people in front of him were as tall as a mountain, and the names were awkward, he subconsciously wanted to use the way to face those defenders in the Premier League to shake people directly, but when he passed by the opponent, a heavy pressure came, and the next second he flew out sideways.
The entire dugout jumped, especially Scolari and Juan, who were eager to rush onto the pitch - although it was far away and Scolari couldn't see clearly, Juan could see the painful expression on Cristiano's face with his good eyesight. For a while, he couldn't even remain indifferent, frowning and ready to enter the court as soon as the linesman signaled him.
When you change direction with the ball at high speed, you are knocked out sideways, which is a great burden on the joints of the ankles and knees.
Cristiano struggled for a while and lay there directly, under the gesture of several Portuguese players, the game was suspended, the Portuguese team doctor came directly into the field with a few people and boxes to see what his situation was, Scolari went to negotiate with the fourth official about the decision of the Russian player, and Juan stepped into the grass to see Cristiano's situation.
The team doctor pinched his ankle and took off his socks to see what was going on, Juan also leaned over to look at it twice, and it wasn't swollen, but it was red, maybe it was still a bit of a blow to become like this, but it shouldn't be a big deal?
His heart was half relaxed, but now that he had calmed down, he also had something to say to his little teammates.
"I shouldn't have started Postiga and Quaresma today." Juan reflected on himself very heavily, and Postiga and Quaresma were very close, and at the same time heard this sentence, their expressions darkened and they were just about to run away, when they heard Juan say in disappointment: "No one can rotate now, you insist on insisting, if you can't do it, replace Simão." ”
Quaresma almost stumbled, yes, it turned out that he was regretting that there was no one to change on the field?
Cristiano knew very well that his trick of pretending to be pitiful had been seen through by his captain, so he could only look at it with an aggrieved face: "I want to add a free kick to the team or something...... Or at least it's nice to get the other side in trouble with a yellow card. ”
"If your acting skills are worse, he will not be the one who will be given a yellow card." Juan shook his head helplessly, he didn't hear of this kind of fake fall on the court, at least his little teammates still fell more seriously, and almost everyone was deceived by him.
The team doctor obviously found out about his problem, although he still had a heavy expression on his face, but basically took out a medical sponge from his medical bag without changing his face, dipped it in alcohol and symbolically pressed it on the ankle joint, and then checked it up and down, helped him put on his socks, and helped Cristiano before getting up.
And Cristiano was even more up, and after getting up with a frown, he moved his feet, limped two steps with some unease, and then nodded and resumed his normal pace, but he didn't dare to run, so that Juan was almost speechless.
Well, he shouldn't have to worry about that.
In the end, Portugal did not get any substantial benefit, and Russia brought a yellow card, and the referee did not even give Portugal a free kick.
Referee, that's very wrong, have you forgotten who is the host of this European Championship? Will you blow the home whistle, and can there be a penalty in favor of the host country? If it doesn't work, someone else!
However, I don't know if it was this yellow card problem in the first seven minutes, Russia played more cautiously in the following time, and did not rush as recklessly as at the beginning, and they also seemed to say something unclean on the field, but it was not obvious from the expression alone, so the Portuguese players could only pretend not to hear.
Juan frowned, ready to write down the memo "learning Russian" in his mind, but soon he thought of the German course he had begun to prepare, and he could only sigh helplessly.
Forget it, he still crossed out the Russian option, after all, he hasn't known a few Russian friends for so many years, and it won't be a big problem to learn it when the time comes.
Juan still had time to think on the sidelines, simply because the game was thirty minutes later, and both sides were still in the tentative stage, and the Portuguese children couldn't help but rush over, only to be suppressed by Figo and Deco, who were first-class in terms of dominance on the pitch.
Although Figo is already on the older side, he has his own superb judgment in terms of smell in front of goal or in everything, Portugal is currently in a moment of scarcity, and the old captain will continue to lead his team.
And at this moment, Cristiano was looking at his old captain.
Portugal's No. 17 has the ball at his feet, and his ankle is aching faintly, fortunately it is only a rubbing, otherwise his first European Cup may be ruined like this, so when facing those Russian hairy people, the Portuguese youngster's expression is very unpleasant, of course, his two captains are the same, especially Figo.
When he sent the ball in Figo's direction, the whole audience sighed.
There is only one reason - Figo is currently surrounded by people.