Chapter 50

The Portuguese players were training while absentmindedly looking in the direction of the players' tunnel, Juan had been chasing Cristiano for a while and hadn't come out, but listening to Quaresma, it wasn't a big deal?

Soon Juan came out with Cristiano, although the Portuguese teenager still lowered his head and looked not emotional, but finally raised a little spirit, Juan patted him on the shoulder comfortingly and said a few words, Cristiano nodded, turned around and ran over to train together, that serious look made them not know what to ask.

Anyway, after training, it's time to ask what's going on!

Seeing that the team was back to normal, Juan was happy to be quiet, but he thought about it and finally pulled Quaresma in front of him.

"What's wrong?" Quaresma looked innocent, Juan looked at him helplessly and sighed helplessly and reached out to pat his head: "You two are good friends who grew up together, don't be angry with each other." ”

He and Portillo are also friends who grew up together, and the two of them spent a very happy time together, although they both chose different paths and drifted apart, but the relationship is still as deep as ever - how long to meet again, they don't need a word of greeting, and go straight to the point, which is the tacit understanding over the years.

But Quaresma and Ronaldo, the two of them grew up together, and the two of them also took two different paths, one went to Manchester United in 03 and the other joined Barcelona, when the entire Premier League was sighing that the lord brought a little-known boy back, and Spain was envious of Barcelona's success in keeping Portugal's rising star.

But now that the galaxy is reversed, Quaresma's heart is unbalanced.

"It's okay, Juan." Quaresma grinned, he naturally knew that Jorge was already discussing his plans with Barcelona, so he had no fear at all, and this expression also seemed to have some unruliness peculiar to teenagers, "After all, this is the only thing I can show off to him at the moment......"

Hu was silent for a while, and directly raised his hand to give him a brain collapse, Quaresma was also the first time to be beaten by Juan like this, in the past, when he saw Cristiano being greeted like this, he would watch and laugh on the sidelines, but now he came to experience it himself to know how much it hurt!

“qaq？”

Seeing that the young general covered his head and looked at him with a little teary eyes, Juan smiled at him calmly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Don't think about what you have and don't have, train." ”

Quaresma opened his mouth, turned his head and ran away, Juan with his back to him didn't see his bright smile at all, but many teammates saw it, Cristiano also saw it, and immediately muttered: "It's strange, it's the first time I've seen a ...... who can be so happy when he was beaten by Juan."

Juan didn't know what they were discussing, and he was also very worried about Quaresma's situation, so he deliberately pulled Andrade to do stretching training together.

Juan sighed as he stretched. "If it's hot, do you think Ricardo is so easy to handle now?"

Andrade was originally pressing Juan on the grass and was about to stretch his legs down, but when he heard him ask like this, he was stunned and subconsciously raised his head, but at this moment, Juan also subconsciously went down, and suddenly a miserable scream sounded on the court, and it was sad to hear and cry......

When they looked over, they saw Andrade lying on the court with tears in his eyes, looking helpless, and Juan was embarrassed to crouch next to him, as if to say something, and everyone watched for a while before continuing to stretch.

Andrade is also stupid, how can he forget that Juan's knee-jerk reaction is actually terrifying?

"I'm sorry, I'm really just subconscious." Juan really felt apologetic, after all, he did subconsciously use his force when his teammates were defenseless, and this time he pulled the egg, but it was not the same thing as Ricardo that time, it was a direct and heart-rending pain......

"I'm fine...... Andrade replied with a hard face, then tried to look up at Juan, "You mean, Ricardo seems to be a little inflated now?" ”

"Yes." Juan nodded, that's how he felt, but maybe it was his own delusion?

"I think so." Andrade agreed, which surprised Juan, who thought he was the only one who felt this way! "Do you know why?"

'I'm going to take him on loan to Laco next season and buy him out if possible. Juan directly stated the reason, and Andrade was stunned: "He doesn't think that so many people in their generation chose him without choosing, so they swelled up, right?" ”

In fact, Juan is barely the same generation as Quaresma, but since he has become a coach now, let's not mention it for the time being, the closest thing to Juan in the Portuguese generation is Cristiano, and everyone else is not close.

And now, Cristiano wants to go to Juan, Juan refuses, and instead chooses him, so this makes Quaresma inflated?

Andrade was stunned for a moment, but he quickly sorted out the twists and turns, so an interesting smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Are you sure he will go to Laco?" ”

"I'm sure." Juan nodded, counting Andrade is not only Quaresma's predecessor in the Portuguese national team, but also the predecessor of the future club, it is most convenient for him to come out, Andrade naturally understands the twists and turns, and agrees straightforwardly: "I know, leave it to me." ”

Juan nodded reassuringly, but as soon as he was relieved, his hands sank subconsciously.

"Ah!!h

During the team's training, Andrade really went to greet Quaresma with a smile on his face, and the other party was stunned when he saw that it was a senior who usually didn't talk much in the team, but when he thought that he would play in a club in the future, he also responded twice, and the two of them chatted for a while and walked to the side and began to pass the ball to each other.

"Huh?" Figo quickly saw the situation over there, "What's going on, what are the two of them going to do?" ”

Rui Costa, who was partnering with him, looked back and lost interest, turned his head and continued to juggle the ball: "Solo practice." ”

"One-on-one?" Figo's brows still didn't relax, after all, although they had one-on-one training in the team, most of it was against Juan, because Juan could also point out their problems by the way, so that they could make adjustments.

"It looks like this." Rui Costa waved his hand impatiently, "Luis, since you are so idle, let's both come and practice." ”

“？？” Figo looked back at him in surprise, "We're both offensive players, what do you want to practice?" ”

His friend for many years smiled, glanced in someone's direction out of the corner of his eye, and raised his eyebrows meaningfully: "What do you say?" ”

Juan was also looking at the situation of Andrade and Quaresma, but at the moment it seemed that these two people seemed to be relatively "pleasant", so he was more relieved, but at the same time, he also felt a not very kind aura coming to his face, he subconsciously turned around and stretched out his legs, and after touching something, his heart sank, his body tilted back thirty degrees, and then the center of gravity changed and squatted directly down to sweep a hall.

Everything was his own conditioned reflex, and when he reacted and looked up, Rui Costa was already looking at him from a short distance with a shocked expression, patting his chest for the rest of his life, while Figo caught the bouncing football not far away, his face full of helplessness: "Look, what did I say before?" ”

"Play well, do a sneak attack." Juan shook his head and stood up as if nothing had happened, and in the face of his senior's ghost-like expression, he smiled innocently: "You're not hurt, are you?" ”

"Not hurt, a little frightened." Rui Costa replied honestly, and fortunately Juan didn't have any hurtful intentions, otherwise it was a matter of two to say whether he could have avoided it.

…… Sure enough, it's okay to just tease your teammates or something, it's still very reasonable

Juan looked his teammates up and down again, and found that there was really nothing to do, so he turned his head to look at the situation in Quaresma, and after making sure that there was no problem, he continued to do his own training.

By the time the training was over, Cristiano had returned to normal, and began to giggle with Quaresma and Postiga again, and the three young people looked heartless together, and Figo could only sigh.

"How?" Rui raised an eyebrow at him, and Figo waved his hand to indicate nothing: "I'm just wondering, is it too early for the coach to call them up to play in the European Championship, we are still playing in the European Youth Championship when we are their age, right?" ”

"yes, they're all playing in the European Youth Championships." Rui nodded nonchalantly, "It was all more than ten years ago...... At that time, we won two European Youth Championships. ”

"But now it's just the two of us in that team, and the three of us are still playing for the national team." Figo sighed.

"So these kids are making up for it." Rui Costa patted him on the head very naturally, and now the whole team dares to do this to the captain of Portugal, "Their generation is not bad, don't worry about it, you will quit the national team with me after the European Cup, right?" ”

"If Juan hadn't retired, maybe I'd have promised you." Figo shook his head and sighed, "It's a shame that he doesn't play anymore......"

"Come on, even if you don't play football, just that kid's tossing energy, do you think he can stop?" Rui couldn't bear to look at him, "You know, he's the coach of Deportivo now, he's going to take over as soon as the European Championship is over, and he persuaded Ricardo to go to his side when we didn't know it, no matter how you look at it, it's going to look like he's going to do something big." ”

"As a coach...... He's probably a little too young. Figo was a little worried, "Do you think we're going to help him?" ”

"How can I help?" Rui also asked hopelessly, after all, he really couldn't think of any way to help Juan, Figo thought about it and asked seriously: "What do you think we can do to introduce some players to Juan?" ”

Rui Costa, dumbfounded and overwhelmed.

The two big brothers in the team are also heartbroken for Juan's future, and Juan is also heartbroken for the game the day after tomorrow.

When Eugenia arrived, he made it clear to him that he could sell the property to his aunt, Eugenia's mother of the same name, so that at least the property would not leak out, and Juan happened to need some money now—if he wanted to take a stake in Laco, he still needed an asset.

Although he sold a lot of shares in his hands, and he could be regarded as making up a total of 20 million, but if he wanted to take a stake in Laco, only this money was not enough - he still needed to get through relationships, he also needed investment, and bought out shares from small shareholders, which required money and time, and it was a very cost-effective transaction to sell real estate like a family.

However, his aunt also made it clear to him: "I personally funded the real estate that I left you, and there will be gossip, and there will be many voices in the family." So I'll tell you directly, at most ten years, I can guarantee that these real estate will be in my own name, but after ten years, I will hand over all the property rights to my family in order to seek self-preservation. ”

Ten years is already a very remarkable number, Juan also knows that in fact, since he was a child, his aunt has almost torn her face with the family for this real estate, and even now she is supporting him, which is not easy, and because it is a private resale or an intra-family transaction, both of them do not have to go through many judicial processes.

Juan's parents left him a large inheritance, but it was nothing compared to the real estate.

On the day the game was about to start, a group of people quietly descended on the Alvared Stadium, and Juan was still talking to Ruud van Nistelrooy in the players' tunnel.

"I thought you would start today." Ruud van Nistelrooy was a bit of a pity, after all, he had been looking forward to the showdown with Portugal for a long time, and although it was not the final he was expecting, it was okay, but the person he was expecting did not play, which made him very disappointed.

Juan looked casual in his training clothes, and he smiled when he said this: "It depends, if you work hard enough today, I will play." ”

"Ha, Portugal was forced like that by England, and I didn't see you play." Vanney complained, and the Dutch team Zhang Cook who heard this sentence couldn't help but look back at his own sharpshooter, but Vanney's expression was not seen, and the cool expression of the No. 23 in Portugal next door caught it, he subconsciously sneezed, and then rubbed his nose and glanced at Figo beside him who seemed to be doing nothing with some sympathy.

Figo also knew that Juan must have spoken to Ruud van Nistelrooy, although Hu was honestly on the bench in the previous game against England, there were still many of his colleagues in Manchester United who came to catch up with him, but I don't know if it was fate, none of them changed to Juan's jersey, and finally he changed to England's No. 7, Beckham.

"But didn't Portugal win in the end?" Juan's face was calm, "It's you Netherlands, I watched the game against Sweden, did you have something wrong with your feet?" ”

Fanny was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "You can see it." ”

"Nonsense, otherwise I can still talk to you." Juan glared at him angrily, not afraid of how much trouble he would cause to Portugal by saying this, and in the wry smile of the whole Portuguese team, Juan pulled the person aside and said carefully: "...... That's it, understand? ”

"Makes sense." Vanney nodded, "I'll try it later." ”

Juan still brought his standard equipment today - training clothes, gloves, snack bags, he was ready to continue to sit on the bench, and he was not worried at all about whether the game would go off, when Juan sat back on the bench and the players entered in an orderly manner, Quaresma, who was also sitting on the bench, finally couldn't help it.

He had a "too much fun" with Andrade yesterday, and as a result, he was a little tired of muscles, and it was okay to take a break, and he was also the one who witnessed the whole process, seeing that Juan was calmly preparing to open the snack bag, he couldn't help but ask: "Juan, what did you just say to Fanny?" ”

"Some flaws in his running." Juan's answer was very concise, and the people in the coach's box looked at each other.

"What you told him was false?"

"How is that possible?" Juan replied in surprise, "As a top player, Ruud van Nistelrooy can tell if what I say is true or false. ”

“…… Big guy, are you trying to grow the morale of others and destroy your own prestige? Quaresma was helpless, he didn't know that his future head coach could be so big-hearted that he would help the opponent to correct some small mistakes in the way he played before the game, didn't he generally stay silent and not say anything?

"He knew I could see it, and he knew I would say it." Juan replied softly, the pre-match preparations had been over, the center circle was about to serve, the captains of the two teams were guessing the coins, and Vanney was standing not far away watching the direction of the center circle intently.

"But whether he listens or not, it's his own business." Before Juan finished speaking, he heard a crisp whistle, and the game began, and the Dutch served in the middle circle!

When Vanney started running, Juan didn't say anything at first, just watched quietly, but when Vanney got the ball, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and laugh helplessly.

"What's wrong?" Quaresma sat next to Juan, who had already turned down the snack packets Juan had offered him three times, but still sat here at the risk of his life just to listen to Juan's advice.

"I'm just laughing at myself for being self-defeating, thinking about what I don't have." When he said this, Juan's ice-blue eyes were shining, and for a moment it seemed that the iceberg was melting and the spring flowers were blooming, and Quaresma was stunned, and before he could say anything, Juan had already returned to normal.

He opened his snack bag and touched a candy-like ball into Quaresma's mouth, and for a moment Quaresma's expression was distorted.

What sour!!

However, before he could open his mouth to spit out the candy, Juan had already pulled him over and pressed his chin to prevent him from opening his mouth, and Quaresma struggled for a long time without being able to break free, and his face was already sour and loveless.

Juan pressed Quaresma and explained very calmly: "I was still wondering if I would not listen to what I said about Vanney and continue his style, but I underestimated his determination and underestimated his character...... He did change his pace as I said, and whether he could stop him now was up to Andrade. ”

Quaresma was already breathing less and more at this moment, and he couldn't open his mouth at all, but after hearing Juan say this, he barely struggled for a while, this time Juan didn't force him, but let him break free easily, Quaresma opened his mouth vaguely and was about to spit out the sugar, but he still took it in his mouth with a painful face.

Juan glanced at him in surprise: "Don't vomit?" ”

"What you give, I will take." Quaresma replied a little vaguely, in fact, his cheeks are about to fall off now, but this is just a candy, seeing Juan's expression softened for a moment, it is okay for him to continue to be sour.

After all, it's just a piece of sugar, and it's gone! Quaresma looked pained.

Juan didn't say anything, nodded and continued to watch the game, Quaresma bared his teeth for a long time and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

The sugar in your mouth doesn't seem to be sour anymore, but has a hint of sweetness?

He smashed his mouth and found that it was not his illusion, this candy was indeed getting sweeter, and it was probably due to the wrapping of the extremely sour shell before, so although it was sweet, it was not greasy at all, but with a very sweet feeling, which made him feel bitter and sweet for a moment.

Although Juan was fully focused on the game, the corner of his eye could catch a glimpse of Quaresma's current expression, and he took the time to turn his head and rub his teammate's head: "Is it sweet?" ”

Quaresma blinked, smiled and nodded, Juan smiled too, this was indeed his rare laugh without any mischievous elements, Quaresma was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously touched his nose a little uncomfortable.

He naturally knew that Juan was actually very uninterested in him, this was because of his personality, and he didn't have any way, and he couldn't get closer to Juan even if he tried his best, and he could only think that he would be together for a long time in the future, so that Juan could change his opinion of him, but now because of a piece of sugar, the problem that had plagued him for so long was solved like this?

For a while, Quaresma only sighed at the impermanence of life, the mountains and rivers were restored, but before he could sigh enough, the people around him had already stood up, revealing a solemn aura all over his body, and Quaresma hurriedly turned his head, but he only had time to see the flying net, and the face of the great man Ricardo who fell to the ground hopelessly and raised up.

“goooal！！ Ruud van Nistelrooy!! ”

The entire coach's seat was silent for a while, and then subconsciously turned their heads to look in Juan's direction, only to find that the other party actually had a rare tangled face?

Juan is really entangled, he doesn't know whether to be happy that Vanney believes in him at this time, or to be annoyed that he has strengthened the Netherlands and made Portugal's road forward more difficult, but soon he doesn't have to think about it, because Vanney deliberately ran to Portugal's bench after celebrating, pointing at Juan's expression is unruly, what it means is clear to everyone.

Juan Díaz, the showdown between us is not over yet!

Juan was stunned for a moment and smiled.

When he was at Manchester United, Ruud van Nistelrooy often made this gesture, signaling him to be one-on-one with himself, it can be said that in the whole Manchester United, the person who is the most opposed to Juan is Ruud vanney, and every time he takes the initiative to find him, even more positive than Cristiano, Juan is also happy to hear about it.

However, when it comes to this scene, it is not so pleasant.

Scolari was also sitting in the dugout, he saw both Vanney's provocation and Juan's smile, and after thinking for a while, he called Juan directly: "Go warm up." ”

"Huh?" Juan was stunned, he was ready to sit on the bench all the way, but now he suddenly got the opportunity to play?

"Hurry up and warm up." Scolari is also helpless, after all, he has also discovered that a person like Juan is now needed on the field to go to the town, especially when Vanney seems to be in hot form in this game and has entered his own explosive period.

Juan nodded, put the snack bag in his hand into Quaresma's arms and took off his coat and ran aside, the camera quickly noticed the movements on the Portuguese bench, there was a commotion in the stadium for a while, but it quickly subsided, they naturally knew what it meant to warm up, and the entire Alvared stadium began to call Juan's name sporadically, shouting and singing.

"Juan, you can never forget when you see him, you know that he is an angel when you see him, even if he travels all over the world he is still so fascinating, the great painter paints for you, even Socrates comes to watch, you stand, the painter paints, Socrates looks at you, looks at the painting, looks at you again, no longer looks at the painting......"

I don't know when the song "Look at you don't look at the painting" for Juan became popular, Juan is really like a picture scroll when he is playing, and generally speaking, the players on the court will always have one or two hideous expressions, or the whole process is not hideous, anyway, the film will make people feel that either the players did not take medicine today, or they owe a lot of money to the photographer.

However, for some reason, Juan's photos have not shown a slightly hideous expression so far, which has also amazed many people.

Faced with the fans who started singing mountain songs at the slightest disagreement—no, it was the fans who were singing—Juan ran and jumped on the side of the pitch with a calm face, his movements relaxed and natural, and there was no tension at all, as if it was not Portugal but the Netherlands that was now lagging behind.

When he finished warming up, he turned his head to look at the situation on the field, so far the whole game is quite stable, the defensive line is a little stretched, after all, the Netherlands is also an all-attacking team, this style of play is the nemesis of Portugal's 4-3-3 formation, and if you are not careful, you will be scored.

"Are you ready?" Scolari had been waiting for him for a long time, and when he saw him stop moving, he asked, Juan raised his lips and smiled, his eyebrows and eyes full of energy: "Of course." ”

Taking advantage of an out-of-bounds opportunity, Portugal lifted the sign for substitutions.

"Portugal's substitution, Juan Díaz replaces Miguel!" The commentaries in the major live broadcast rooms also became energetic in an instant, "Finally let us wait, Dias's play!" Replace a defender with a midfielder, it seems that Portugal is going to fight the Netherlands! ”

Of course, Portugal has to fight with the Netherlands, after all, it is not the Netherlands that has scored a goal now, when Juan came on the field, the Portuguese players looked in his direction, and even the great man Ricardo in front of the goal was eager and anxious, Juan sighed and raised his hand.

Everyone froze for a moment, and then the stadium began to be in an uproar.

Juan's arm was pointed at the Dutch goal, and the meaning was self-explanatory.

Offensive!

"Aha, I knew it! Juan is determined to attack as soon as he comes on the pitch, after all, although he is a midfielder, he is incredibly aggressive. In the live broadcast room of Sky Sports, the commentators clapped their hands excitedly, and those of them who watched the game loved to attack the most, especially the smooth and crisp attack, the kind that did not drag the mud and water.

And Juan is the one who can bring this kind of offense.

Rui Costa hasn't played with Juan for a while, after all, his style of play is known for his elegance, which is another synonym for elegance......

Nonsense! Zidane, Piero, Bergkamp, Riquelme, including himself, are all recognized as elegant in football, but they are also recognized as slow with the ball, okay?!

I've never heard of anyone who is fast and elegant!

Right! He's talking Juan!

How the hell did this kid manage to be fast and still maintain his elegance, he really wanted to know!

Rui Costa blinked, the ball is now at his feet, also because of the slow kicking, although the Netherlands is very scared of his dribbling and organization, but it is not the same thing as him, the defense is not very compact, after all, the ball can't be broken here, but it doesn't mean that it can't be with others?

He also knew what the opposite player was thinking, so he smiled and passed the ball back to his own half.

'We can see that Rui Costa suddenly chose to pass the ball back, why? Obviously, if you take the ball a little bit forward, you can hand it to Deco, and then organize the attack...... Ah, Dias catches the ball!! ”

After Juan received the ball, he subconsciously looked up at the situation.

Although it is a bit embarrassing to say, Portugal's current configuration is a real luxury.

Generally speaking, it is great for a team to have a playmaker, but Portugal, the front, center and back are in charge of each other, and there are no mistakes in the organization like other teams.

Their playmaker up front was Deco, the heart of Barcelona's midfield, and the midfield was dominated by AC Milan's attacking and defensive heart Rui Costa, and in the end, Juan Díaz led the whole team to look ahead, forming the final wall of the whole team.

The originally thin defense has become a wall of sighs again after being replenished, and no matter which shooter uses all his strength to attack, he can only leave a sigh.

Originally, with this division of labor, Portugal has broken down the Dutch offensive and defense little by little, and it is a matter of time before the place collapses, but now Rui Costa has handed the ball to Juan?

Juan was also stunned, and subconsciously went forward after dribbling the ball, Vanney was standing not far from him, and when he saw the ball coming in his direction, he immediately ran in his direction, although Juan didn't know what Rui meant, but for now, not letting Vanney get the ball is the most important thing.

However, what made him helpless was that his original plan was to pass the ball out after getting rid of Vanney, but Vanney was chasing too hard, and the speed of the king of the small penalty area was worthy of his name.

"Oooh...... Oh?! The commentary in the live broadcast room didn't know what to say, so he directly used a string of interjections, after all, the current scene made him not know how to describe it, "Welcome to watch the 04 Euro Cup Portugal vs. Netherlands 100-meter running sprint with the ball?" ”

"you!" His partner glared at him angrily, then began to chant with his real arms: "Juan Díaz's chance!" He came with the ball all the way and did it go straight to the Dutch goal, as he said! The Dutch left flank seemed to have turned into a vacuum, and there was no one to stop him? ”

Stop you.

Cook complained in his heart, didn't they want to intercept it? But someone in the team can stop it! Sometimes they haven't run half the distance before they see Juan and Fanny blowing by like a gust of wind, how can they chase it?!

The goalkeeper of the Dutch team is Van der Sar, who is also a veteran of Manchester United, and he is usually poisoned by Juan when he is training, and the scene of Juan and Vanney coming to the goal together is not uncommon, but even he didn't see Juan so excited, and Ruud van Nistelrooy rushed over so crazy all of a sudden!

He took a deep breath and held his breath to prepare for Juan's close-range shot, but when there was still some distance from the small penalty area, Juan took a big stride forward.

“？！”

Vanney was half a step behind him at this moment, and seeing that he was about to catch up, the Dutchman was nervous when he saw Juan's movements change first.

Juan is indeed accustomed to starting from the crotch, so when he concentrates all the strength of his body on his waist, abdomen and crotch, he can gather extremely huge strength in an instant!

With a "bang", Vanney, who was close, only felt that someone had dropped a hammer in his ear, and the ball disappeared from his sight in the next second, and with uncomfortable symptoms similar to tinnitus, he reluctantly raised his head.

The first thing that catches the eye is a fiery red jersey, and the white letters on the back are big numbers 23 and Diaz, which are exactly the same as when they were at Manchester United if you don't look closely.

But he knew that there were still differences.

Passing over Juan's shoulder, he saw Van der Sar's frustrated expression and his helplessness at bending over to get the ball out of the goal.

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