At the Municipal Stadium, when the second round of the Portuguese Premier League Braga vs Maritimo match came to an end, the Braga fans stood up and cheered.

It seemed that everyone's eyes were focused on Tang Hong.

Tang Hong's jersey was soaked, and although it was only 45 minutes of play, he felt like he had exhausted the energy of the previous half-time in the first 35 minutes, because he was always moving at a high speed.

The last 10 minutes of the game were not very draining.

The teammates came to smile and hug Tang Hong again before leaving the field, and Tang Hong was undoubtedly the biggest contributor to today's victory.

Tang Hong walked to shake hands with the referee, and then took the game ball away.

With a one-handed soccer ball tucked around his waist, he walked out of the pitch waving to the fans in the stands in gratitude.

After the game, Latin American pop music was played in the locker room, and most of the players who played the game took off their jerseys and walked around the locker room casually wearing only their underwear, some going to shower and others eating first.

Tang Hong also took off his shirt, then went to get a bottle of drink first, sat in front of the closet and looked at his teammates with a smile.

In the past month or so, he has a very general relationship with the Brazilian players in the team, and the Brazilian players are more enthusiastic than the Portuguese players, and they will take the initiative to greet Tang Hong, but after saying hello, there is no follow-up due to language communication problems and lack of topics.

After the team's big win over Maritimo, the Brazilian players in the locker room were obviously unleashed, singing songs that Tang Hong couldn't understand, Bayano and Salino danced samba face to face, although the two of them in only underwear didn't look very beautiful, but it was easy to transmit happiness to the people around them.

Bayano also pulled Tang Hong up, and then two more Brazilian players, Everton and Vinicius, came and asked Tang Hong to dance to the beat.

Tang Hong was not shy and withdrawn at all, it seemed that everyone was wearing underwear, but he was still wearing shorts, so he took off his shorts, and then danced samba with the four of them.

Several people danced and laughed, extremely happy.

Balbosa, Viana, and Amorim, who came back from the bathroom with a bath towel, saw Tang Hong mingling with the Brazilian players, and the three of them looked at each other.

This kid can really eat three religions and nine streams!

In fact, if you want to talk about factions in the Braga team, it is nothing more than the local gang and the Brazilian gang, and it is difficult for players of other nationalities to become a climate.

Due to the large turnover of personnel, there is no such thing as a struggle for power and profit between the mountains, but the Brazilian players have always been loose, and the Portuguese players have more or less the discipline of European players, which makes the two groups have a harmonious relationship on weekdays, but they stay in their respective circles of friends in private and do not disturb each other.

Yaltim returned to the locker room but was stunned, of course the players were happy to win, but it was unexpected to see Tang Hong dancing samba in his underwear, people were in good spirits at happy events, Yaltim saw that Tang Hong could get along with his teammates so quickly, he was naturally happy to hear it.

When the coach arrived, everyone's celebrations died down, and Yaltim clapped his hands and praised the team's performance, and then asked everyone to go back to rest.

It stands to reason that the Portuguese Super League schedule is not complicated, but due to the fact that they have to play a do-or-die battle in the second leg of the Europa League qualification, Yaltim wants the team to relax and prepare for the game in four days, and I am afraid that many players themselves will not agree.

After Yaltim left, Viana went to ask Vieira for a pen, and then went to Tang Hong's closet and sat down, he and the people around him gathered together to hold the match ball in their hands, and took turns to sign it.

After Tang Hong came back from bathing, Balbosa handed Tang Hong the football signed by his teammates, and said with a smile: "Keep it as a souvenir, congratulations, Mr. Hat Trick for the first time." ”

Tang Hong took the football, Viana handed him the pen, and said: "I think you should write the date and score results, you should collect a lot of game balls in the future, by the way, who taught you before?" You're playing a game unlike a lot of players in South America who play wild ball, you're technically South American, but your running position is clearly European football. ”

Tang Hong was both happy and a little moved in his heart, in fact, some players in the team played tricks on him, it was just a boring way to pass the time among young people, and there was no malice, but when it was time to get serious, they would not mess around.

He sat down and wrote down the dates and results on the football, then smiled at Viana: "When I was in China, the Dutch coaching team taught me and my partners, and technical training and tactical drills were very regular training content every week, which lasted for about four years. ”

The others nodded one after another, knowing more about Tang Hong.

Balbosa patted Tang Hong on the shoulder and asked, "By the way, what's your name?" I forgot again. ”

Tang Hong suddenly smiled bitterly and said, "I suspect that you need to see a doctor now, my name is ......"

"Don, Hong!"

Before Tang Hong could introduce himself again, Barbosa led many teammates to call out his name to him in unison.

Apparently it was another joke just now.

There's no one who doesn't know him.

Coming to the massage table in the physiotherapy room inside the stadium, Tang Hong and his teammates enjoyed the masseuse's muscle fatigue recovery massage, and Balbosa lay down next to him.

"In the past two years, I have heard from many friends that China has sent some players to Portugal for training, but their performance is very average, and some people have told me that Chinese players have no football talent, why are you so good?"

Tang Hong sighed lightly and said: "I think with the football environment in China, it is not yet the turn to talk about the level of talent.

The reasons are complex, China does not have a rich football culture, the public's interest in football is relatively low, and the most important point is that professional football has not been in China for a long time.

As you should all know, China's rapid development in the past two decades, the continuous improvement of the economic level, the traditional concept of emphasis on culture and education has made parents more willing to train their children to become highly educated talents, and things that are not related to learning are often regarded as bad habits that delay and affect learning.

Another important point is that although the popularity and development rate of Chinese football is very low, the economic impact is very large, let's put it this way, if you are willing to play in China, you can get at least double the salary than now, and the satisfaction of Chinese is relatively low, if a Chinese player can earn 200,000 euros a year, he is likely to become less disciplined, he will not be able to continue to improve, but he can continue to make a lot of money.

Most people still regard professional football as a job, and entering the professional arena is to find a job, and making money can satisfy themselves, so there is no need to endure hardship, why not enjoy it?

As for the talent you mentioned, in my opinion, other leagues outside the five major leagues, whether it is a secondary league or a second-rate league, the vast majority of players are not talented, the most important thing on the field is physical fitness, tactical awareness, and basic skills, how much talent is required for the basic skills of football?

Chinese players who really hope to change their fate through football and persevere and give their best are often able to excel, talent does not determine whether he succeeds or not, at our level, sweat is the main factor. ”

Barbosa was silent when he heard this, as Tang Hong said, in fact, in the non-mainstream league, the success of players has nothing to do with talent, in addition to the three giants of the Portuguese Super League, many players in the team like Braga can't do many amazing technical moves on the field, they just practice simple basic skills are enough.

Even if there are many middle and lower teams in the five major leagues, what they see is a group of blue-collar fighters, and anyone who can associate talent from those players is definitely not looking at what really talented players perform on the field.

But in big clubs and first-tier clubs, talent matters.

He came from the Porto academy, but unfortunately he didn't succeed there, and only came to Braga after two Portuguese Super League teams, but if you want to compete with the midfielders of the giants, he obviously has no less than the other party in addition to talent, but there is an obvious gap in strength!

Moutinho of Porto, Aimar of Benfica, midfield talent Andre Martins of Sporting Lisbon.

Balbosa didn't have the confidence to perform better than them, but after wandering for a while, he saw that trying to play his current role, how far he could go, how high he could fly, it was useless to just rely on imagination.

After the game, Tang Hong and his teammates changed into casual clothes, put on backpacks and came to the stadium parking lot, and there was a bus to take them back to the training base.

Tang Hong came to the training base by bus, when he walked to the parking lot, Barbosa and other teammates drove to the training base, they saw Tang Hong go to the edge of the parking space and was about to ride a bicycle to leave, Barbosa shouted to him: "I'll give you a ride, it's so late, go back early to rest." ”

Tang Hong thought about it and didn't refuse.

Balbosa drove a new Volkswagen Phaeton, and Tang Hong swept it away, which was the most expensive car in the team.

After getting into Barbosa's car, Tang Hong told him the location, and Barbosa drove him home.

Half an hour later, Barbosa parked his car on the side of the road in Tang Hong's villa, looked at the mansion overlooking the entire city of Braga, and asked suspiciously, "You live here?" ”

Balbosa didn't unlock the car door, and Tang Hong couldn't get out of the car, so he replied: "Yes, it's too late, otherwise I will invite you to sit at home." ”

Barbosa retracted his gaze from the villa, turned his head to Tang Hong and said, "So you not only play the ball well, but also have the ability to make money?" ”

Tang Hong knocked on the car window, Balbosa opened the door, Tang Hong got out of the car, turned back to him before closing the door and said, "Thank you, you can come to my house another day, I invite you to eat Chinese food, good night." ”

Tang Hong picked up his backpack and walked around the front of the car to the gate outside the villa, pressed the combination lock, and then waved to Barbosa and entered the villa.

Barbosa shook his head and turned around and drove away.

Tang Hong, this kid, constantly refreshes others' perception of him.