Chapter 493: After the end of the game, I learned the importance of Quaresma

After flying back to Madrid, Quaresma didn't get much rest at all, and immediately flew to Italy after regrouping with his team.

Next up is the Champions League group stage between Real Madrid and Lazio.

But as soon as the plane landed, Quaresma got the news that made him happy.

In the just-concluded European Championship qualifiers between France and Lithuania, Thierry Henry played for France and scored twice to help France win easily.

Importantly, after scoring two goals, Henry broke the French national team's record of 41 goals held by Platini with 43 goals.

This is the writing of a legend!

After Zinedine Zidane's retirement, Thierry Henry was my true number one superstar, and his performance lived up to the expectations of the fans.

"Congratulations, Thierry." Quaresma called Henry to congratulate him on his achievement.

"Thanks, although I don't think there's anything to celebrate, I'm glad you called!" Henry's tone was not as calm as he said it.

"You've got a lot of time to keep setting records, and maybe by the time you retire, you'll have reached a level of goal in the national team that no one else can do!"

This is not a compliment on Quaresma, and while Henry will start to decline in a few seasons, he will also have plenty of time to score more goals for his country and break the record he set again and again.

If Quaresma remembers correctly, until he returned from rebirth, Thierry Henry's record for goals for the French national team remained unbroken.

After all, Henry has been selected for the national team at a young age and has always been a regular striker for the French national team, while he also maintains a high scoring efficiency, so his record is difficult to break.

Unless a real genius emerges, at least Quaresma doesn't know who will have that potential.

"Don't talk about me!" Henry shook his head lightly on the other end of the phone, "Compared to you, I feel like I've lived in vain for so many years!" ”

"I don't know exactly how many goals you've scored in the Portuguese national team right now, but I don't think it's going to be any less than me, even if the country has better goalscorers in its history, but I'm sure it won't take long for you to break the record, right?"

Hearing Henry say this, Quaresma was slightly stunned, he really hadn't paid attention to this.

He doesn't know how many international goals he has scored, but he does know who is the top scorer in the history of the Portuguese national team.

In his more than ten years of international career, Pauleta has scored a total of 47 goals, which is the personal all-time goal record of the Portuguese national team.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought, he wanted to calculate how many national team goals he had scored in total.

It really doesn't seem to count!

Maybe he didn't score too many goals before, but since the last World Cup qualifiers, his goals have been unstoppable!

If nothing else, 15 goals in the World Cup alone are enough for many people to work hard for the national team for a lifetime.

Having just played in two European Championship qualifiers, one big four, one hat-trick, that's seven goals.

With the current goal efficiency, will Pauletta's goal record be far away?

With the European Championship qualifiers and next year's European Championship main draw, Quaresma may be able to leave Pauletta's record far behind.

"You're right, I don't think it's hard to break the record!" Quaresma said very stinkyly.

Henry on the other end of the line paused visibly, he hadn't seen him for months, and he had really forgotten Prestigema's nature a little.

Well, such cynicism, it's Quaresma.

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This is not the first time Quaresma has come to Italy, having played Juventus and Milan in the Champions League in previous seasons, conquering Italian teams several times.

Compared with Juventus, who once dominated Serie A, and Milan, who have always been very dominant in the Champions League, Real Madrid's opponent Lazio in this game is not so strong.

Even if Real Madrid has not reached its strongest form, it is not comparable to Lazio, so this game is considered by many to be just a formality.

In fact, when Schuster arranged for his players to watch the Lazio game video together before the game, there was a general feeling of contempt for the opponent.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the main players in Lazio's squad are Serie A giants, but in the context of European football, it is not very good.

In principle, any player in Real Madrid's main squad can become Lazio's number one star.

The gap is so obvious!

If there can be a big team like Real Madrid, wouldn't every team become a top giant?

Of course, contempt is contempt, tactically still attaches great importance to the opponent, after all, Real Madrid is now in the run-in period, and it is also a very good thing to let the opponent train for himself in this way.

It's just that Real Madrid must not have imagined that Lazio would play so aggressively on their home turf, as if they never knew how many such opponents had been killed by Real Madrid.

Before the first half of the game was over, the suspense of the whole game had disappeared without a trace, the Lazio fans in the stands were depressed, and the players on the field were also like lost souls, they were really stunned!

The ball was indeed crazy, and Real Madrid didn't expect it, but that didn't prevent Real Madrid from poking a few big holes in Lazio with the sharpest counterattack.

Within minutes of the game, Quaresma blasted Lazio open with a standard Kwazi counter-attack.

I don't know if Lazio didn't learn their lesson, or if they were in a hurry to equalize, their aggressive style of play didn't change at all, and then Quaresma taught them how to be human beings with Robinho.

Quaresma scored twice and Robinho also scored, and the two of them beat Lazio to the ground.

A hat-trick was planned for the second half, but shortly after the start of the second half, Quaresma was replaced by Schuster.

Schuster is not Scolari, he is very cautious in using Quaresma, he has just played two European Championship qualifiers, and he has been playing the Champions League in Italy non-stop, so he has to rest.

In Schuster's view, a three-goal lead is secure, so replacing Quaresma won't be too much of a problem.

Quaresma didn't mind it too much, after all, he couldn't play every minute in a season.

But no one thought that it was this substitution that almost ruined Real Madrid's good situation.

Lazio will not be willing to admit defeat, especially after Real Madrid replaced Quaresma, seeing the hope that they will play a more fierce attack.

Real Madrid was caught off guard and was scored twice by Lazio, and the situation suddenly became precarious.

Quaresma is not on the field, relying on Robinho alone, the counterattack cannot be fought at all, as long as Lazio consciously chokes this, it is difficult for Real Madrid to counterattack and threaten the Lazio goal.

This time, Real Madrid panicked!

Raul kept motivating the players, but he couldn't stop the momentum of Lazio, especially in the minutes before the end of the game, which was about to bombard Real Madrid's goal indiscriminately, and the Real Madrid fans were about to have a heart attack.

Quaresma could only sit on the bench and be anxious, but he couldn't muster any strength, and if he was on the pitch, I would never allow Lazio to be so arrogant.

Schuber's brows furrowed, and his expression was filled with unquenchable sorrow and anxiety, he really regretted it.

Why did you replace Quaresma so early?

Isn't that deserved!

Fortunately, the person standing in front of Real Madrid's door is called Casillas, and he used his god-like play to keep the fruits of Real Madrid's victory, high and low, moving.

When the referee blew the final whistle, the Real Madrid players were even more thrilled when they were clipped to the La Liga title, and it was a difficult game that made them realize that they really were not invincible.

In the post-match press conference, Schuster did not shy away from the sensitive topic and directly took the responsibility for the almost equaliser on himself, admitting that it was his substitution adjustments that put Real Madrid on the back foot.

His message was clear, if he hadn't replaced Quaresma, then there would have been no later performances.

The media also agrees with this statement, such a simple question, see it clearly.

It's just that this statement is a little embarrassing for Saviola, who replaced Quaresma, who was smooth sailing on the field, and was completely passive after replacing Saviola on the field, even if it was not Saviola's own problem, it was enough for him to be embarrassed.

The game, which was almost unexpected, also made Real Madrid fans really aware of the importance of Quaresma to Real Madrid.

Perhaps before this, many fans felt that on the basis of Real Madrid's already powerful team, Quaresma only played the icing on the cake.

But now the fans have found that even Real Madrid, which has a big team, is not invincible, and it can only show one problem in the face of Lazio, which is obviously weaker than them, to play so passively and so hard.

Quaresma played a huge role in those games in which Real Madrid won.

No, without Quaresma, Real Madrid would be completely exposed.

Real Madrid has always been very off the chain in the Champions League, and this game is the best proof of this!

Quaresma is not the icing on the cake, but the real savior of Real Madrid.

Anyway, after this game, how hard the media criticized Real Madrid and how ruthless Quaresma touted were two extremes.

Quaresma didn't care too much about that, after all, there were some things that he couldn't control.

On the one hand, Schuster's replacement of him was indeed a failure, but it is undeniable that Lazio did play beyond the norm in the second half, otherwise Real Madrid would not have played so passively.

Maybe if the same game is played ten times, Lazio may not be able to play this game again.

Well, that's probably the luck of that, who is to blame?

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After a brief adjustment from Lazio, Real Madrid immediately entered the fighting mood, advancing on two different fronts at the same time.

In the eighth round of the league, Real Madrid challenged Espanyol away, although in the face of Barcelona's position, Real Madrid and Espanyol have a certain tacit relationship, but when competing with each other, there is no need to talk about this relationship, after all, winning is the key.

While the Spaniards would love to cause Real Madrid a little bit of trouble at home, as Lazio had just done, the problem is that the quality does not allow it......

The result is obvious, although some of the main players were rotated, Real Madrid still easily won the Espanyol and maintained the strong momentum of the winning streak.

Quaresma scored a goal, Robinho was also on fire on the right, and Sneijder also made achievements in midfield, and everyone almost played their best.

In the ninth round of La Liga, Real Madrid hosted Laco, although Laco caused some trouble for Real Madrid, but in the end Real Madrid still won a game, improving the opening winning streak to nine, of course, this specifically refers to La Liga.

This has equalled the record of La Liga's opening winning streak, which was also set by Real Madrid's predecessors.

No one thought that Real Madrid would tie the record so strongly, as simple as having dinner with someone.

In this way, it seems that it will not be difficult for Real Madrid to break their opening winning streak, and they can unlock this achievement with only Valencia in the next round.

Now, Real Madrid's dominance in La Liga is in full swing, even if the game sometimes stumbles, but in the end they can save the day and take all three points.

In other words, it was Quaresma who gave Real Madrid endless possibilities.

Who would dare to say that Real Madrid spent 160 million euros to buy Quaresma is wronged, there is a universal truth in the world - expensive, there must be a reason for expensive.

In fact, this is similar to the bald theorem.

Since you already have to spend 3000w to buy a player, why not spend 1000w more to buy a higher level of strength?

Since you have to spend 4000w to buy a player, why not spend an extra 1000w to buy a more famous one?

If you want to spend 5000w on a player, why not spend an extra 1000w on a star who can better decide the outcome of the game?

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By analogy, in fact, Real Madrid may have wanted to buy an attacking player worth 3,000w euros at first, such as Arjen Robben.

But in the end, he spent 160 million euros to buy Quaresma!

It's very interesting to think about.

Of course, it may be worth the money to buy Robben for 3000w, but if you spend 160 million euros to buy Quaresma, it may be more cost-effective!

A great price!

At present, in the boundaries of Madrid, and even in all corners of the world map, there are boasting figures everywhere, when Quaresma is always able to contribute extremely wonderful performances, these ordinary boasting has been difficult to find a novel way to praise Quaresma, once there is a boast of being fresh and refined, then he will be promoted to a certain popularity of the senior boast, and in the senior boasting, always able to choose a weird angle to blow Quaresma to the sky, you are qualified to compete for the leader of the boasting group!

Of course, the leader of the boast is definitely Quaresma, because without Quaresma, they don't even know who they are going to brag!

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