Chapter 8: Watch the video and go up

More than two weeks of physical training are over, and most of the players are as if they have taken off a layer of skin, and Quaresma is not much better, after all, he has always been a physical maniac on the court.

However, because there is a system that digitizes its own attributes and abilities, the improvement is real.

Not to mention anything else, the physical attributes have risen from 72 to 76.

While other people's physical training is to build up their physical reserves, Quaresma is to build up their physical strength.

However, because there was not much time for technical and tactical training, Quaresma's teamwork that he urgently needed to improve has not improved significantly, which made Quaresma a little anxious.

Immediately afterwards, the Porto team flew to the United States to participate in the Champions World Series Tour, which was held there.

After Del Neri took office, he immediately carried out a drastic reform, completely abandoning the tough defensive style of play during the Mourinho era and starting to play attacking football, which was a tactical concept he had adhered to before, and also achieved considerable success with Flying Donkey.

However, for Porto, it is a bit difficult to adapt in a short period of time, and completely tearing down and rebuilding a team is by no means as simple as words.

In the three warm-up matches in the United States, Porto's opponents were Liverpool, Galatasaray and AC Milan.

Although Del Neri's tactics have not yet penetrated Porto, fans will not think about these issues, they only know that this is a test for the new manager, whether he is qualified to take over the madman's class.

Of course, this is a warm-up game and the results are not even counted, so the clubs don't care about the result, and this is the best time for them to practice their tactical line-ups.

Quaresma was given the chance to start his first game against Liverpool as a right-sided midfielder, with Fabiano and Postiga up front, a partnership between Mereles and Maniche in the middle of midfield, and Brazilian signing Diego on the left.

Regardless of the backline, it is not surprising that Quaresma believes that this should be the main squad of Porto in the new season, and their strength has been proven by future generations.

Quaresma deliberately suppressed his desire to attack and focused on team play, which was the best way for him to integrate into the overall tactics to increase his team coordination ability, but even so, in the face of the pressing of Liverpool players, Quaresma still showed excellent individual skills in protecting the ball, and did not make a single mistake in the whole game, nor was he cut off a single ball.

When the opportunity for a cross came along, Quaresma didn't hesitate to show off his trick – a cross with the outside of his right foot.

The reverse arc spared the defenders in front of the post, and Postiga, who grabbed the ball in the middle, grabbed the header before the Liverpool goalkeeper and rewrote the scoreline.

It was with this goal that European champions Porto won their first warm-up game with a 1-0 win over Liverpool.

It's just that the result of the victory can't hide Porto's poor performance on the field, the offensive organization is chaotic, the defense has no system and hardness, most of the time, it is suppressed by Liverpool, if it is not for Liverpool's lack of state, striker partners Owen and Cisse have forgotten to bring shooting boots, it is estimated that the final loser in this game will be Porto.

In the second game against Galatasaray, probably out of consideration of the quality of the players, Del Neri rotated most of the starters, and Quaresma could only sit on the bench and watch his teammates perform.

The result of the game was a draw, with Porto neither playing the attacking style that Del Neri wanted, nor playing the steely defense of last season, and staged a rookie pecking with Galatasaray.

Quaresma frowned as he looked at the bench, and he felt that Del Neri was a little too idealistic.

After all, Porto is not a blank slate, and the madman's coaching for several seasons has deeply imprinted this team, and it is not so easy for Delneri to easily overthrow it.

These two games have been able to fully illustrate this point, Porto played a mess because the players tried to try to put forward the attack that Del Neri demanded, but they always habitually played Mourinho's defense, and the two collided, and as a result, the attack and defense seemed to be separated, and neither was satisfactory.

At this time, public opinion is not very optimistic about the prospects of Porto's new season, even if Porto has not lost yet, in the words of the fans - what kind of play is this!

In this way, the final game against Milan, Del Neri's team has a lot of pressure, if the team's performance is still so bad, back in Portugal, they will inevitably face countless media and fans.

Under pressure, Delneri will no longer think about training, and the start of this game is exactly the same as the first game, and it is clear that this is also the main lineup of the new season in his mind.

However, even if Delneri sends all the main players, the core problem is not solved, even if the main players are stronger than other players, they cannot solve the problem fundamentally.

From start to finish, Milan firmly grasped the situation on the field, pressing Porto out of breath, in this case, Del Neri's request for attack could not be played at all, and he could only stand on the sidelines and do things in a hurry.

No matter how strong Quaresma is, he can't solve the problems of the whole team, and besides, he has not fully found the right fit between individual ability and technique and tactics, and he can't do anything about it.

For the first time, I felt helplessness on the field, and this feeling of powerlessness was very uncomfortable, and for a competitive person, it was tantamount to a stab in his chest, and blood flowed all over the ground.

It's very aggrieved!

......

Back at the hotel in the evening, Quaresma, who was still haunted by the defeat, asked the assistant coach for the video of these games, and he wanted to see how he needed to improve through the video.

After watching it for a while, Quaresma had already learned to reflect.

"Well, the position on the wing is already vacated, I should run here, Diego's pass will definitely be able to pass."

"Fabiano is in a good position, why didn't you see it?"

"At this time, how to get over and pick up Mereles, a two-by-one combination, you can penetrate the opponent's midfield."

"The ribs are so big, I should cut it in!"

......

Quaresma benefited greatly from the start of the game, and he felt that if he hadn't wasted any of the all-endeavours, a double-digit score would not be a problem.

And just when Quaresma opened the attribute panel again very casually, he was suddenly stunned on the spot.

Don't tell me that after watching a game video, you actually increased your teamwork ability by 0.04?

Quaresma was speechless with excitement.

He clearly remembers that at the beginning, his teamwork ability was 54, and after such a period of technical and tactical training and a few warm-up games, it has increased to 55.22, and now it has become 55.26.

It's no wonder that when I watch the video, I feel that my tactical awareness has improved, so how can I not reflect it in the data?

It seems that I will have to watch more videos in the future, and this method of improving my ability is simply a BUG.

Quaresma seemed to see another avenue appear in front of him.