In fact, Figo has no problem playing as a midfielder, first of all, his skills are enough to guarantee, and as he gets older, his explosiveness decreases, and his ability to attack on the flanks is also decreasing.

It's just that everyone thinks it's a pity, after all, Figo's most familiar position is actually on the wing.

Fortunately, the appearance of Quaresma and Cristiano Ronaldo has made Portuguese fans full of expectations, and this may become the most terrifying wing combination in world football in the next decade!

This game is also the last appearance of the Portuguese national team before the World Cup, and all of them have also attracted much attention.

Although the outside world is very concerned, Quaresma didn't pay much attention to it at this time, because he knew that this game was just arranged for the Portuguese national team to boost confidence, after all, this is a common practice for many teams before the competition, find a fish belly to win once, and confidence will follow.

Moreover, Portugal's signing luck is good, and Mexico, Iran and Angola are in the same group, except that Mexico will create a little trouble for Portugal, whether Iran or Angola, I am afraid they can only play soy sauce and show their faces, that's all.

Because of the World Cup draw arrangement, Portugal is the third pot team, not because Portugal's strength is in the third pot, but according to the geographical distribution, to avoid teams from outside Europe and teams from the same continent in the same group.

Mexico has entered the first tier because of the world ranking, although Mexico does have strength, but it is definitely the weakest of the first tier teams, so Portugal drew a good sign!

Even if Portugal can't get into the form for a long time and enters the game slowly, then after three group games, how can it be in shape, wouldn't it be more beneficial to the next games?

So Quaresma wasn't worried at all!

If Portugal is really slow to the point where they can't get into the form after the group stage, then there is nothing to say about being eliminated.

Moreover, Quaresma remembers that Portugal seems to have entered the semi-finals in this World Cup!

So, it doesn't matter if the waves in front of you are in the game.

Luxembourg's opponent Portugal is already very familiar, after all, the previous qualifiers were in the same group as Portugal, and although Luxembourg is a typical European fish belly, but the frequency of appearances in international friendly matches and warm-up matches is extremely high, obviously their not high strength is the existence that many strong teams like to use to find confidence, if Luxembourg charges to play the game, then the money is almost comparable to their government revenue!

Therefore, in the face of old opponents, Portugal is not polite, isn't Luxembourg used to find confidence, where to consider the feelings of the opponent, or hurry up to score a few more goals more realistically.

So, before the first half was over, Luxembourg was beaten by Portugal like a wolf.

Quaresma scored twice, Cristiano Ronaldo and Figo both scored, and even Pauleta, who was not very efficient in scoring goals for the national team, scored in a row, as if he had to be reminded that he was the center forward of the Portuguese national team.

The opponent has little to resist, and Portugal's attack has been hovering around the opponent's penalty area, which is basically a tactical drill to break the dense defense.

It's just no tactical value!

In any case, it is also the World Cup, even if it is Angola and Iran with limited strength, it is impossible to be played like this by Portugal, so this game has no effect except to build confidence for the players and make a good omen for the World Cup!

So not long after the start of the second half, Scolari changed the main line-up and asked the other players to find confidence, so that the opponent would not waste such a trip.

In the end, Portugal won a big victory, leaving the fans with the impression that they were in excellent form, and some media also began to analyze the possibility of Portugal winning the championship, and public opinion was hot.

Although at this time, the World Cup teams are playing the final warm-up match, but none of them are like Portugal to ravage the opponent like chopping melons and vegetables, even if Luxembourg's strength is not on the table, but what Portugal has shown, still makes those teams who are aiming to win the championship side, and at the same time adjusting Portugal's ranking position in their hearts.

Now, in the odds of winning the World Cup given by major bookmakers, the defending champion Brazil is firmly in first place with odds of 3.80, far ahead, the host German team can only be second with odds of 8.00, and the old powerhouse Italy is third with odds of 9.00.

European Championship runners-up Portugal are not yet in the spotlight and are only in ninth place at 21.00 to win the tournament, ahead of England, Argentina, France, the Netherlands and Spain.

Obviously, everyone is not too optimistic about Portugal, after all, compared to those traditional European giants, Portuguese football rose too late.

Moreover, Portugal's golden generation has entered the curtain call period, and it is generally believed that the 04 European Championship is the last madness of the golden generation, and now, the vast majority of the stars in the main squad are veterans of the golden generation, and it is really difficult to guarantee the competitive state.

However, in Quaresma's opinion, this does not seem to be too much of a problem, and who says that veterans can't be ambitious?

Besides, Portugal are not the oldest team with an average age at this World Cup, and they are not even in the top five.

The Czech Republic, France, Brazil, and even Italy, which won the championship in the last life in the previous life, have an average age older than Portugal.

Even, Quaresma feels that now is actually the best opportunity for Portugal to attack the World Cup, because there is no golden generation for Portugal in the future.

The veterans are getting stronger and stronger, and the new generation of himself and Ronaldo is gradually moving towards the stage, and the current Portugal is undoubtedly the best Portugal.

If they can't win the championship, the golden generation who are destined to fade out of the national team after the World Cup will definitely leave lifelong regrets.

Therefore, not only for themselves, but also for the veterans of the golden generation, the World Cup must also be won!

As a junior, give them the most decent farewell!

......

Flying to Germany, the atmosphere of the World Cup is already very strong, although the Portuguese residence is only a local town, but everyone in the local area is still restless for the World Cup, this sport that affects the whole world brings people more than just a game.

During the week at Marlingfeld, the Portuguese team focused on practicing their attacking routines, mainly allowing Figo to form a tacit understanding with his team-mates in the midfield position, and Figo's play in this position is absolutely crucial to how far the team can go.

And Figo obviously knows this, so he is doubly serious in training, and as the captain of the Portuguese national team, it is impossible for him not to fight.

On the 10th, after breakfast, the Portuguese national team took a bus to Cologne, where their first match will be held.

In fact, the atmosphere in the Portuguese national team is very relaxed, don't look at the majority of veterans, but professional players are like this, they are used to giggling and prodigal, and they rarely look mature.

Sitting by the window, Quaresma watched the German fans on the side of the road waving to the bus, and couldn't help but be a little funny, if the German fans knew that Portugal could be the opponent of the German team, would they still welcome the Portuguese national team so much?

I'm afraid that it is possible to overturn the bus of the Portuguese national team at this time, and the combat effectiveness of the Germans is not covered!

But just as Quaresma was thinking, the bus suddenly braked suddenly, and Quaresma almost hit the back of the seat in front of him.

Depend on!

It can't really be attacked, right?

In an instant, Quaresma panicked!

Although there seems to have been no terrorist attack on players in his previous life, it is difficult to guarantee that his arrival will change some reality, what if someone really plans to take advantage of the World Cup to do something?

The first reaction is to unbuckle the seat belt, pick up the safety hammer sandwiched in the middle of the window, and smash it directly at a special point on the car glass.

Quaresma is very sorry for his life, he rarely crossed over, and he hasn't even encountered the World Cup, how can he just have an accident?

If there is no chance to cross again this time, wouldn't you be a burp?

In his previous life, he saw the news of bus tragedies, many tragedies were caused by the fact that the bus was not equipped with a safety hammer, and at the same time, he also learned a lot of escape knowledge, and the first time to smash the glass with a safety hammer is the best means of escape, so Quaresma will not hesitate to do so.

Ping!

Crash!

In the midst of everyone's stunned, the glass of the car shattered and a piece fell off, and Quaresma stood on the seat, kicked over, kicked all the glass, and was ready to call his teammates to jump out of the car!

The teammates were stunned, completely unaware of why Quaresma seemed to have gone crazy all of a sudden.

Actually smashed the car?

The already underdeveloped brain of a professional player is completely short-circuited at this moment, and one by one he opens his mouth wide, looking at Quaresma as if he is looking at a psychopath!

"You're crazy!" Scolari sat in the first row, and the old man's jaw was about to drop in shock

"Hurry up and get me down!" With Scolari's burst of applause, Quaresma came to his senses and looked around blankly.

I think I'm doing something stupid!

It's okay if you do something stupid and no one finds out, but the embarrassing thing is that at this time, everyone's eyes are focused on you, and you know how self-conscious you are!

"Yikes!" There was no way, Quaresma could only find an excuse for himself to avoid embarrassment, "I just dreamed that the bus was attacked!" ”

All the teammates were overwhelmed by Quaresma's pompous performance, especially Deco, who was sitting next to Quaresma just now, was almost on his knees for Quaresma!

Why are you sleeping with your eyes open?

Looking at the embarrassment in front of him, Scolari didn't know why, and suddenly felt that it might be a mistake for him to bring Quaresma to Germany, he never knew that Quaresma was actually a psychopath!

At this time, it was clear what was happening in front of me, because there was a traffic accident in the road ahead, and the road was blocked, so there was no way for the bus to continue moving.

Moreover, now that it is like this, there is no way for the bus to continue to drive, even the windows have been smashed, and there is a woolen yarn!

It's a disaster!

There was no way, so I quickly contacted the World Cup Organizing Committee and sent another bus to pick up the Portuguese team.

And until the arrival of the bus, the front section of the road has not been dredged, and the work efficiency of the German traffic police is simply overwhelming.

In this way, the Portuguese team arrived in Cologne two hours later than expected, so even the planned afternoon training session was canceled!

Because of the focus of the eyes of the whole world, any little wind and grass will be infinitely magnified, so what happened in the Portuguese bus also spread at the first time.

If it's just because of the car accident traffic jam, it's okay to criticize the unfavorable organizational work in Germany, but it won't be on the line, after all, such a big event, how can it be arranged in all aspects, and the car accident is still an accident, no one can expect it.

But the incident of Quaresma smashing the car is a bit interesting, it's just a fantasy, at least it hasn't happened in the history of football.

Isn't there a car accident ahead, and it won't explode, and you want to escape by smashing the car so frantically?

In other words, is Portugal really here to play the World Cup?

Or rather, why is Portugal so funny?

Two team members came to the training base with pirated discs just now, and now Quaresma has smashed the bus again, maybe there will be some mess tomorrow!

The fans laughed so much that their stomachs were about to get pregnant, and they were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

"One bus is obviously not enough for Quaresma, hurry up and send two more!"

"How much did Mercedes give you? Actually so mad that he smashed the Mercedes-Benz bus to increase the exposure of the Mercedes-Benz bus? I'm going to give you double! ”

"I don't know if the World Cup Organizing Committee will care about Quaresma's compensation, but don't let Quaresma go bankrupt!"

"Other teams need to be careful, Quaresma is likely to be too bad, maybe I'll smash your bus at night!"

......

Mercedes-Benz will definitely not let go of such heat, and is very happy to say that the safety of Mercedes-Benz cars has been proved by this time, if it is replaced by other brands of buses, but at the critical moment, how can not smash the car glass to escape, it is simply irresponsible for life.

And no one expected that Mercedes-Benz would actually increase its sales by smashing the car, which made Quaresma want to go to them to ask for labor fees!

Isn't it manual labor for me to smash the glass of the car?

Interestingly, the powerful reporters have already restored the whole process, and I don't even know where they got the photos, Quaresma's majestic figure as he smashes the glass with a safety hammer has been captured, and if you remove the background of the bus, and then match Quaresma with a set of medieval warrior armor, it is almost like a warrior on the battlefield.

Some fans found that Quaresma's image is actually very consistent with the image of Thor in their hearts, if the small safety hammer is replaced with Thor's hammer, then Quaresma is not a proper Thor!

So, the fans who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement collectively appealed for Marvel to adapt Thor comics as soon as possible, put Thor on the big screen, and find Quaresma as the male lead, except for Quaresma, they don't recognize anyone else!

In the end, things got bigger, and Marvel had to issue a statement, and would carefully consider everyone's opinions, no matter what else, at least they didn't lose this wave, because Thor's popularity actually came up!

Quaresma was deeply speechless about this, with my height of 1.7 meters, to play Thor?

It's almost ...... to be hammered to death by Thor

However, now Quaresma can't control so much gossip, Portugal's preparations have entered the final moment, and even Scolari did not criticize him for the car smashing incident, just for fear of affecting Quaresma's state, no matter what, everything still has to focus on the World Cup.

But at this time, something happened in Portugal!

On the last day of training before the game, the core of the midfield, Deco and Costinha, collided together, and after a preliminary examination, although the injury was not serious, it was impossible to play in the first game, and even if he recovered quickly, he would not be able to appear until the second group game!

This directly disrupted Scolari's tactical arrangement.

You must know that Deco is the absolute core of the midfield of the Portuguese national team, and even the operation of the entire team must be based on Deco, and his injury is definitely the most fatal blow to Portugal.

Don't look at Deco's usual inconspicuousness on the field, and he is a late bloomer, but his strength is definitely what any team needs and dreams of.

04 Porto with Deco as the core to lift the Champions League trophy, 04 Portugal with Deco as the core of the midfield, won the European Championship runner-up, this season, Barcelona also with Deco as the core of the midfield, all the way to the Champions League final, although everyone generally believes that Ronaldo has a greater tactical role in Barcelona, but no one can ignore Deco's most use.

Such an important player, but injured the day before the game, Scolari's mood is like a beep dog!

If there is a bit of fantasy, then it can be interpreted that this Portugal is absolutely cursed!

The World Cup hasn't started yet, so why is it so unsmooth?

But fortunately, the strength of the first opponent Angola is really not strong, even if there is no Deco, it is estimated that the opponent will not be able to give Portugal too much trouble, so the fans are still optimistic!

Quaresma is also quite optimistic, if even Angola is afraid of it, then Portugal should hurry home as soon as possible, so as not to stay here and be embarrassed.

Not to mention that the opponent is Angola, even if it is Italy, Quaresma dares to show his sword at them, and he doesn't believe that he can't penetrate their reinforced concrete defense!

However, it's still a bit early to mention Italy, so let's make sure we finish first in the group!

In recent times, the media has been hyping up the "Portuguese derby", and for no other reason, the relationship between Angola and Portugal is really complicated.

Before 1975, Portugal had colonized Angola in Africa for nearly five centuries, and even the official language was Portuguese.

Four years ago, Angola had just ended the civil war and was making every effort to develop its economy, but the foundation was too poor, the whole country was poor and backward, and it was hard to imagine that such a country's team could actually reach the World Cup.

However, at this time, I am afraid that no one has realized that Angola can still counterattack Portugal, the suzerain!

Of course, this counterattack does not refer to the World Cup match, but to the economy later!

After the European debt crisis in the previous life, the Portuguese economy gradually collapsed, but at that time, Angola was thriving driven by the oil industry, and in turn provided economic assistance to Portugal, which is simply a big surprise!

In the end, the oil daddy is rich!

But no matter how proud the Angolans were, now, Quaresma has to beat them up first, and then talk about the whole start!

For mainstream football, teams that rarely appear on the international stage are usually called "mysterious divisions", but Angola is not really very mysterious in front of Portugal, because many members of the Angolan national team play in Portuguese league clubs.

Therefore, it is not very difficult to gather information on the Angolan players, and of course, Quaresma does not know much about these players.

It doesn't matter who he is, let's do it first!

It's rare that there is no strong team in the group stage, and Quaresma has already made up his mind to score goals!

In his previous World Cup, it was German striker Klose who won the Golden Boot in this World Cup, and he scored a total of five goals.

With the weight of Portugal's group opponents, if Quaresma fights, he may even be able to lock up the Golden Boot in advance in the group stage!

It's having confidence in yourself and having faith in Portugal, it's not hubris by any means!

Is it difficult to score two goals in two games and then score in one game?

Teammates are just belly fish like Angola and Iran, not teams like Italy and France who want to win the championship.

Quaresma didn't find this task achievable at all.

At present, in the Golden Boot odds ranking started by the bookmaker, Quaresma is in fourth place at 12.00, the top three are Ronaldo at 8.00, and Adriano and Henry are tied for second at 11.00, and behind Quaresma are super goalscorers such as Crespo, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Owen.

This odds are decent, and being able to rank in this position is enough to prove everyone's affirmation of Quaresma's strength, after all, he has also overpowered long-established goalscorers such as Ruud van Nispoy and Crespo!

However, only Quaresma himself knows how poor the analysts who determine the initial odds are.

Even if they don't think about themselves, they can actually set Ronaldo's odds at 8.00, ranking first, which is simply a naked pit of money!

Although Ronaldo scored 8 goals in the last World Cup and won the Golden Boot, it was four years ago, in the four seasons of Real Madrid, Ronaldo's form has been good and bad, last season was affected by injuries, and only scored 15 goals in all competitions, which is not as many as Quaresma's goals in the Champions League.

As for Adriano, he has never been a prolific goalscorer, even if he is in good form, didn't he only score 13 goals at Inter last season!

Is it because he played so well in the Confederations Cup that he was promoted to such a high position?

Two Brazilian players are at the top, and the Brazilian national team is also at the top of the odds to win the championship, which is clearly the rhythm of the Brazilian myth!

When Brazil is eliminated, I don't know how many people will jump off the rooftop!

Well, no matter so much, play your game!

Goal 1: Lead Portugal to the title

Goal 2: Get the World Cup Golden Boot

Quaresma silently set a goal for himself, and he vowed that he would surprise the world at this World Cup!