Chapter 353

Of course, Juan knew that he was actually just joking, but he still smiled and replied, and finally when he hung up the phone, he agreed to watch the other party's game - Spain's game schedule is behind Portugal, and their opponent is also half a pound and two pounds and Portugal, so there will be no major problems. &

Juan has a lot of trust in his friends, he knows how far these people can go, and he also knows that Spain has begun its own rapid growth.

Raul: They have survived the most difficult time, and now they are standing here, and the road has been laid out in front of them.

Throughout the World Cup, Portugal had a lot of opponents, but thankfully, not all of them would stand in front of them, and some would even fall halfway through.

…… Of course, at least those strong enemies will not fall like this.

In the first round of the group stage, Germany defeated Costa Rica 2-1, while Poland and Ecuador in the same group ended in a 2-2 draw.

A day later, England beat Paraguay 1-0, Sweden beat Trinidad by three goals, Argentine beat Ivory Coast by two goals and the Netherlands beat Serbia and Montenegro.

It is worth mentioning that Messi, a newcomer to the Argentine national team, came off the bench in this game and scored a goal that represented victory at the end.

At present, Messi is ranked second on the list of best newcomers, only behind Valencia of Ecuador, of course, the little guy himself is very dissatisfied, and when talking to Juan on the phone, he vowed to give himself a big gift on his 19th birthday -

His 19th birthday is June 24th, which is exactly the second game of the quarter-finals, and it is clear that the young man is very ambitious and wants to make a splash in the game, and it is better to kick the first place outright.

In this regard, Juan said: "With your strength, there is no problem in kicking the first place, maybe you should take a long-term view and have a goal." ”

"For example?" Messi was a little curious.

"For example...... Shooter charts? Juan replied with a smile.

In fact, Messi is also on the scorer list, and players have already scored in only 6 games of the game, except for Sweden's Ibrahimovic who scored two goals and temporarily ranked first in the scorer list, everyone else is tied for second.

Messi's name is prominently listed.

For Juan's suggestion, Messi himself was directly taken aback: "Boss, your goal is too high, right?" ”

"There's at least one goal to work for, right?" Juan replied with a smile: "Besides, you don't have a chance, you can prepare a gift for your 19th birthday or something." ”

“…… Thank you for your encouragement, boss, I will work hard. Messi was a little speechless, but soon became interested again, "Speaking of which, boss, tomorrow is your Portugal game, are you playing?" ”

"I'm going to play." Juan touched his nose and said very vaguely, the Argentine boy didn't care at all, and said excitedly that he would remember to watch the game: "I'm super looking forward to it!" ”

"What is there to look forward to...... Do you have nasty people in Angola? "Juan is a little confused, Angola is unknown, what can Messi not like?

"Of course not!" Messi was excited, "It's just that when you played Spain before...... Uh......"

Oh.

Juan understood: "Pique and Fabregas called you to complain?" “

"Not really, after all, they didn't play that day." Messi replied with a smile that Pique had returned to Barcelona, while Cesc Fabregas was still struggling in Arsenal, and could only watch Messi and Pique party together every week, playing when they were free, and they were very envious.

"What's that?" Juan was a little helpless, "Don't say that you're looking forward to seeing me make a fool of myself, Angola doesn't have that ability." ”

"We just want to study your path a little bit, maybe we run into it?" Messi replied very honestly, "Argentina and Spain, in fact, it is a bit thankless to meet Portugal, especially when it comes to meeting you...... After all, you're all too familiar with the players on both of our teams. ”

"Actually, it's okay...... Besides, it won't necessarily run into it. Juan replied, then sighed, "Speaking of which, you Argentina are also very cool." ”

“？？？” Messi was a little confused.

"It's nothing, you go to bed early, remember to watch the game tomorrow." Juan and Messi said two more words and hung up the phone.

- Actually, he really thinks Argentina is pretty cool.

In other words, Argentina's coach Pekerman is very cool.

He gave up Inter Milan's captain Zanetti, Real Madrid's main defender Samuel, and the in-form Demichelis, and instead brought a very young lad, as well as several other candidates, such as Crespo, Cambiasso, Tevez, etc., plus Deportivo - in the final analysis, it is actually a factional problem in Argentina.

Juan is well aware of Deportivo La Coruna's weaknesses, and Juan Sorin is weak in attack and defense - which is actually a good advantage if his position is not a defender; Riquelme belongs to the ancient classic, and the speed of the front waist is relatively slow; Aimar's physical confrontation is not good.

As for Messi...... I'm too young to be given too many opportunities.

And Fernando Gago belongs to the more unlucky category - his strength is not bad, but unfortunately he encountered Argentina's midfield explosion, so he was not even selected for the national team.

Juan couldn't help but shake his head and smile at the thought of the unhappy look on Gago's young man's face, and then his expression became serious.

Tomorrow is Portugal's first official group game, and it's impossible not to be nervous, but fortunately, under the funny people of Cristiano and others, his nervousness only lasted for a short time and disappeared completely, and in contrast to all kinds of crying and laughing.

The next day, however, when Scolari spoke to them before training, the faint tension returned.

Scolari looked around and said in a deep voice: "Angola ...... Although they are making it out of the group stage of the World Cup for the first time, we should not take it lightly. Africa's players have the physical and physical advantages, and although this team is not well known, their team strength should not be underestimated. ”

With their eyes on their manager, Scolari paused and continued: "Of course they have a lot of unknown but actually very good talents, maybe those talents are the key to the success of this team, they did well in the World Qualifiers, and as far as I know, they have a player in the team who plays for Benfica? ”

Gomez raised his hand – he was the same player who played for Benfica: "Yes, his name is Mantoles and he is a good striker. ”

"Good." He nodded, then looked at Juan: "Juan, I'll leave this person to you." ”

Hu quietly bowed his head.

To be honest, Juan's style of drawing is not very different from the sport of football, especially when he sits here.

In the past, the lord had commented that his sitting posture was rare among players, and now Scolari felt the same way, and he sighed: "I say...... Juan, you're not nervous, are you? ”

Juan was stunned for a moment, and then nodded very seriously: "Yes." ”

The whole team was silent for a moment, and then laughed out loud. There were even people who burst into tears of laughter, looking like they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Don't tease Juan, you're going to be nervous?"

"Honestly, it's the funniest joke I've heard since I joined the national team......"

"Me too!"

"Seriously, Juan, your skills are getting stronger and stronger......

Juan was helpless - he was really nervous, guys! Don't look at him from the past, he hasn't officially played in a while, okay?!

However, even their head coach Scolari smiled heartily and seemed to think his joke was good, and Juan waved his hand a little helplessly: "I'm serious." ”

"I know you're serious...... Cristiano was already out of breath when he spoke, he usually had the lowest laugh, and Juan's jokes were always the most popular, so it was normal to laugh like this at this time.

Juan showed a big smile: "So why are you smiling so happily now?" ”

"Because...... You really don't look like the guy who gets nervous, especially when the opponent is just Angola. Cristiano's answer was a little choppy, but the general meaning was clear. We are Portugal, how can we be afraid of them? ”

“…… You have a point. Juan lifted his brow, "I've been worried, too." ”

In fact, the more Juan talks on the phone with his friends from other teams these days, the more stressed he becomes.

A lot of them are nervous and excited about the team's upcoming face against strong opponents.

Similarly, there is uncertainty about the future.

He remembers how badly his friends' teams lost at this year's World Cup. Spain's youth storm failed to blow up, and Argentina and Brazil died outside the quarterfinals.

Argentina were more aggrieved, and they ran into the hosts, Germany.

Brazil, on the other hand, ran into France, a team whose core midfield exploded and almost eliminated Italy to lift the World Cup.

In comparison, maybe Portugal is still lucky?

However, Cristiano's unintentional words instead relieved the pressure in his heart.

They are Deportivo players, elite soldiers brought out by him, how can they still return in such an embarrassment as in their dreams?

If that's the case, what else does he have to worry about? Everyone has their own way, and whoever encounters it is unlucky.

At 20:00 on the evening of June 13, Portugal and Angola played their first match of the group stage of the World Cup at the Stadio Colón.

"Welcome fans from all over the world at the Cologne Stadium! Tonight is the seventh match of the World Cup group stage, Portugal vs. Angola, on one side of the European powerhouse, on the other side of the African dark horse, what kind of joy and excitement will this game bring us? Let's wait and see! ”

"It is worth mentioning that Portugal defender Juan Díaz also seems to be in the starting line-up today, so let's look forward to seeing how he will perform on the pitch!"

"Looking at the whole game, it was obviously just an ordinary group stage, but there seemed to be a lot of characters...... In the VIP seats, we saw a lot of familiar figures, such as Redondo and Guti, who obviously came to watch the game together! ”

"Our cameras also caught Sir Alex Ferguson approaching the pitch a short distance behind, and he was actually there, obviously interested in the game...... I don't know if he came to see the situation of his young player Christie Ronaldo, and by the way, let's take a look at Juan Dias's performance, or to check out if there are any suitable newcomers who can be signed? What a curiosity we have! ”

"At the same time, we saw an unexpected figure in the box, and that person was ...... Florentino Pérez! Real Madrid's president who just got out of class this summer! Why is he here, does he also want to inspect the players on the spot? But he's not the president of Real Madrid anymore! ”

The players of both teams waiting in the tunnel were also stunned for a moment, and then both sides concentrated at the back of the Portuguese national team almost simultaneously.

At this moment, Juan and Cristiano were standing at the back chatting.

Juan's expression was calm, he tied his hair up so that he didn't look like he was going on an outing, and Cristiano, who was standing at the back, was asking him a question-

"My hairstyle isn't messed up, is it?"

Juan stared at the very serious face of his young general for several minutes, and after making sure that he was indeed not funny, but very serious, he sighed and smiled: "It's not messy, it's very handsome." ”

"That's good." He breathed a sigh of relief, and then laughed, "This is the first game of the main competition, let's do a good job!" ”

"yes, maybe you should talk to Deco and ask him to give you more passes." Juan jokingly suggested, who knew that Cristiano actually ran towards Deco.

When Juan turned around to look at Cristiano's joke, he found that the eyes of the players on both teams were rather weird, Juan thought carefully about the conversation just now, and felt that there was no problem, so he replied to them with a very polite smile: "What's wrong?" ”

...... "Sir, could you please pay attention to what is being said outside?" Obviously, a lot of people came to watch the game for you and Cristiano, but it turned out that the two of you were so good that you discussed the hairstyle here?!!

Everyone felt a little confused about what these two were thinking.

Figo was one of the few people who could still keep up with the rhythm of these two men - or rather, he simply ignored the rhythm and waved at Juan: "Juan, come on." ”

"What?" Juan blinked and stepped forward.

"Today's game didn't go to Postiga, it didn't go to Nani, it didn't go to Quaresma...... It's just you and Cristiano, who are younger. Figo looked him in the eye very seriously.

“……？” Juan blinked and realized that it was really like this, "I'll take it seriously when I play." ”

"Okay, you know." Figo nodded in satisfaction, and then pointed to the person standing in the second position on the Angolan side: "Did you see him?" That's your goal. ”

Juan turned his head to look, and happened to be looking at him on the other side, and the two of them were stunned at the same time, and then a smile appeared on the other side: "Juan Dias?" ”

"Mantolas." Juan bowed at him.

"I know what they call you." Mantoras smiled happily, "I've heard a lot of rumors about you, too...... But on the pitch I'll let you know I'm good. ”

Mantolas just put a cruel sentence in accordance with international practice at this time, and it was habitual, but as soon as this sentence came out, the whole Portuguese team looked at him, and then there was a mixed expression.

Excited, eccentric, sympathetic, gloating...... And so on.

Even his club teammate Gomez shook his head at him, with a hint of disapproval.

Why do they look at him like that??

Before Mantolas could turn the corner, Juan in front of him was already smiling.

Juan still feels too cold and cold, especially when he stands there, and his whole body exudes a sense of solemnity.

But when he smiled, the spring breeze melted and everything recovered, which really stunned people for a moment.

Then Mantoras heard Juan say in a very pleasant voice, "Well, let's wait and see." ”

To be honest, Juan's answer was polite, and he could even praise him without being surprised, but when the Portuguese players heard his words, they looked at Mantoras with a somewhat unified look.

- That is, sympathetic gaze.

Of course, Juan knew what kind of eyes his teammates were looking at the person in front of him at this time, and he also knew the meaning of their gazes, but to be honest, Juan himself was very grateful for his words.

After all, he hasn't stood in the players' tunnel for more than a year waiting to play, even when he played against Spain before, he was mostly greeting the people opposite, basically there were no problems, both sides were polite, and even hooked their shoulders and played around for a while before the game started, which was not the atmosphere of the game......

After all, no matter what you say, a game is still a game, and you need a little gunpowder!

So as soon as Mantoras's words came out, Juan couldn't help but laugh.

That's right, that's the atmosphere of a game!

Mantoras had no idea that his usual provocative words could make the delicate-looking and even skinny man on the other side ignite excitement and momentum for the game, but in fact he was a little strange at the moment.

He had obviously sent out a signal of communication as usual, why didn't anyone on the other side talk to him to ridicule him, or chat with him? According to the past situation, as long as there is an opening at this time, there will be at least a little communication between the two sides......

Juan obviously saw his confusion, and he knew why, but he felt that the simple answer of language barrier should not be told to him just like that.

The striker's brainlessness was just a joke, but Juan really didn't want his opponent to come up with an answer to such a simple question......

There is a saying that "the IQ of the opponent you choose is equal to your own IQ", although the opponent of the World Cup is not the one you choose, but it also satisfies the opponent's choice, Juan does not want his opponent to be mentally retarded at all......

When the players of the two teams entered the field, many people subconsciously exclaimed.

…… The style of painting is wrong!

The art styles of these two teams are so different, right?!

Of course, this is not to say that there are no blacks in Portugal, but the darker ones are sitting on the bench, Scolari is probably preparing to do a sub-project in the first game, and the Portuguese national team is all Portuguese handsome except for Deco, a Portuguese-Brazilian with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

Of course, even in the Portuguese national team, there is one person who still shows a very unsociable painting style.

When the blond-haired, flaming-red jersey walked out, many people exclaimed.

The friendly match between Portugal and Spain was only broadcast live on the continent, and there were a lot of people who missed that game, and there were also a lot of people who didn't even know about it.

The group stage is different.

After a year, Juan Díaz once again put on the jersey of the wind and volcanic forest and stood on the green field.

His hair was a little longer than before, and when he tied it up with a headband, it shone with a casual and striking gold, and his expression was calm and solemn, a little more solemn than when he used to stand on the edge of the court, if it weren't for the long hair that softened his aura and he was wearing a jersey, this thing would have looked like he was going to participate in a gang fight.

But he's still wearing a long-sleeved jersey, and his ivory calves look a little skinny — but luckily, there's a thinner one behind him, otherwise the comparison would have been heart-wrenching.

Cristiano had no idea that he had been dubbed "the thinnest Portuguese team in the whole team" by the audience, but he was actually very excited at the moment, jumping and looking eager to try.

Why? Naturally, Deco has promised that he will pass the ball to him during the game!

Although he also knows that his position is actually to play more for the big guys in front of him, he will gradually prove his talent in attack!

He firmly believes that as long as he performs well enough, the lord in front of the TV will definitely be able to see his performance and move his position to the front! Take control of the unlimited firing rights of Manchester United!

- I don't know this thing yet, but the lord is watching him from the VIP stands above, watching him......

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