Chapter 35 Competition
Although she had once again chased away an annoying fly, Jennifer still had no joy in her heart. In the eyes of her dear mother Julia, she has reached the age when she should fall in love, and if she still doesn't have a boyfriend, then the mother of good things will definitely introduce her to a blind date.
The thought of those so-called gentlemanly smiles filled Jennifer's heart with disgust.
"Damn stinky rascal, if you were in England, where would you be so troubled!"
Thinking about it, Jennifer couldn't help but curse in a low voice. After a while, Jennifer, who suddenly thought of something, suddenly brightened her eyes and smiled.
Yes, if you don't come to me, then I can't go to you?
Ha, just such a pleasant decision. If Julia lies to me again, I'll run away from home!
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Qin Shou, who was far away in Spain, naturally didn't know that there was a beautiful and fierce policewoman in London who was thinking about him, and he was training and suddenly sneezed twice in a row, which made him a little inexplicable.
"Hey, Qin, what's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable, do you have a cold? ”
Courtois, who was doing free kick training with Qin Shou, looked at Qin Shou's sneezing and beckoned to him with a smile.
Simeone, who was not far away, also noticed the situation here, and he looked at it a little nervously. With the new season just starting and the Champions League just around the corner, it would be a big loss for the team to miss a few games due to illness.
Fortunately, his worries were obviously too much, Qin Shou smiled at Courtois disapprovingly, and patted his chest: "Dude's body is strong, do you think I look like I have a cold?" ”
Qin Shou's voice was loud and full of energy, and it really didn't look like a sign of illness. Courtois nodded. Then he threw a football to Qin Shou and motioned for Qin Shou to continue training.
"Alright, that's all for today's training, go back early, and we'll leave for Santander tomorrow."
Simeone walked over and stopped the two from continuing their practice.
This week is a double fixture, and if you count the league match with Valencia three days ago, it can be said that this week is three matches a week, because after the league match with Racing Santander, the group stage of the Champions League will also begin. They will host their first opponent in the Champions League group stage, Belgium's Anderlecht.
This kind of event arrangement can be described as very intensive, and the continuous running and competition will definitely be a great challenge to the team's physical fitness. Thankfully, it's still the start of the league season and the fitness of the players isn't an issue.
Qin Shou and Courtois accepted Simeone's suggestion, nodded, and then went back to the locker room with their shoulders on their arms.
When leaving the training ground, Qin Shou ran into Costa again. Or rather, not a chance encounter. Rather, the latter is waiting for him here.
"Hey, Qin! I'll be on the pitch tomorrow! ”
Costa raised his head at Qin Shou as if he were proud.
At the end of today's daily training, the coaching staff announced the 18-man squad for tomorrow's game, and the name of Costa, who was released from the team's punishment, was prominently listed.
"What a kraft candy!"
Qin Shou bowed his head and sighed speechlessly. He was a little inexplicable, he didn't know why this guy was so embarrassed, he just entered the eighteen-man squad, and whether he could come off the bench or not was a different matter.
Shake your head. Qin Shou didn't want to entangle with this brain-wreck, nodded at Courtois, and the two were about to leave together.
"Qin. Are you hiding the void in your heart by not speaking? Costa didn't care either, he shook his fist at Qin Shou's back and shouted, "From tomorrow onwards, I will score goals in a row and score a lot of goals!" Look, I'll steal all the limelight from me, and everyone will remember me Diego. Costa's name, and you, will soon be forgotten by the fans! ”
"Hahaha! I'm the player the team relies on the most! ”
"Qin, I will defeat you! Lo and behold! ”
Qin Shou and Courtois's figures were getting farther and farther away, and Costa was still roaring loudly behind them.
The old man in the guard room at the gate of the training ground stuck out his head to look at it, then stretched out his hand to close the window and called out, "God." menstrual illness", leaving Costa alone in the wind.
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Racing Santander is a football club based in Santander, in the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain.
This is an established club in La Liga, and it used to be a powerhouse in the league, but due to the club's poor management, there have been repeated financial problems, and the team has been relegated several times. Since the beginning of the new century, this team has completely become a famous elevator in La Liga, their goal every season is relegation, if the relegation fails, after a season or two, they will return to the top league, and then continue to relegation, relegation, promotion, and so on. The name of the lift lives up to its name.
This season, Racing Santander's goal remains clear: to stay in the first division as much as possible. However, they have lost both of the two games in the new season, and from this point of view, they have a long way to go in the road to relegation.
One is a team aiming to win the league title, the other is a weak team with a tough relegation situation from the start, and this game has not yet begun, and almost everyone thinks that there will be no suspense about the outcome of this game - even if Racing Santander is playing at home, they will still lose by a hearty score.
The charm of football lies not only in its fancy, its teamwork, but also in its unpredictability, as the saying goes, football is round and anything can happen.
Less than ten minutes into the game, Racing Santander gave Atletico Madrid a blow to the head.
Because of the difference in strength between the two teams, the team's tactics in this game are mainly attacking, and at the beginning of the game, the initiative of the game is in the hands of the away team, and the main theme on the field is to attack.
And it was in the gap of this offensive that Racing Santander cleared the ball with a big kick at the back, and after passing to the front, it formed an excellent counterattack opportunity. Racing Santander captain Munitis shot from 30 meters and 5 meters in front of the field without the support of his teammates, but he was lucky enough to blast a world wave and directly break through Courtois's goal.
The home team leads 1-0.
Racing Santander's surprise goal surprised the Atletico Madrid players, and even the home team players on the pitch couldn't believe the fact, first in ecstasy, then in full force in defence, almost all of the players retreated to the half-pitch and set up buses in front of the penalty area.
Such obscenity. The style of play infuriated Simeone and the Atletico players, but the effect was excellent. The entire penalty area was full of Racing Santander players, and although Atletico Madrid's attack continued unabated, attacking their half, there was nothing they could do about them for a while.
Even the commentators at the scene were teasing: "Racing Santander has all retracted the turtle shell, while the Atletico Madrid player with the chisel has no way to speak!" ”
The drills continued almost the entire first half, and it wasn't until first-half stoppage time that Atletico Madrid had their best chance to open the scoring.
Seeing the cross from the side, the tactics of fighting for the top in the penalty area did not improve much, and Qin Shou instigated an offensive from the middle. He was after consecutive breakaways up front. Handed the ball to Thiago and then rushed into the box himself. Attracting the attention of several defenders, Qin Shou's goal was achieved, and Thiago took the opportunity to cut inside with the ball into the penalty area.
After shaking off a defender. Thiago knocked the ball back down the middle, and the follow-up Falcao singled out the goalkeeper, but the goal was almost squandered and the football was broken. Directly put anti-aircraft guns.
The first half ended with Atletico trailing by one goal.
At half-time, Simeone fired a lot of fire and then began to deploy his troops. Suarez was replaced. Costa comes on deck.
Since the opponent is defending tightly, then replace a high school striker and use his impact to create chaos in the opponent's penalty area, while also adding more shooting opportunities for the team.
Simeone's tactics were simple, but they worked. Although Racing Santander still desperately defended in the second half, there was indeed a huge gap between the two teams, and Costa's appearance put more pressure on their backline.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Qin Shou crossed at an oblique 45-degree angle in front, and Falcao successfully fought for the top and rubbed the football to Costa on the right. The tall and muscular Costa used his body to carry the two defenders and fired a shot at the goalkeeper's feet, which bounced back into the box.
The football just fell, but Qin Shou quickly rushed from the penalty area line to the vicinity of the penalty area, and a fish leaped to the top and pushed the football into the empty goal.
1:1, the score is equalized!
The Atletico players looked excited, and only Costa complained: "I should have scored, but in the blink of an eye, I became that damn bastard to score!" ”
God seemed to hear Costa's complaints and wanted to make amends for him, and soon the goal came to his head.
In the sixty-third minute of the game, Qin Shou made continuous breakthroughs at the front of the penalty area, and then suddenly sent the football out of the crowd, and Costa formed a single chance! The Brazilian didn't miss another good chance to score, making a feint that caused the home goalkeeper to lose his centre of gravity and then sent the ball into the back of the net from the opposite direction.
1:2! Atletico Madrid put the score in the lead.
"Goal! I scored! Ahhh ”
Costa shook his fist and shouted excitedly. He thought that he had helped the team overtake the score, and his teammates would be so excited that they rushed up to celebrate with him, but when he turned his head, he saw that most of his teammates were excitedly high-fived and celebrated with Qin Shou.
"Hey, hey, it's me who scored, not him! Come and celebrate with me! ”
Costa shouted in frustration, but none of them came running except for a few Atletico players who gave him a thumbs up.
This made Costa even more depressed.
In fact, although this goal was scored by Costa, in the eyes of everyone, this straight kick is exquisite, and without Qin Shou's assist, Costa would not have scored at all. Therefore, 90% of the credit for this goal that overtook the score should be credited to Qin Shou's head. As a striker, if you can't score a single goal, then you're still a mess!
The angry Costa turned his frustration into strength and was very active in the rest of the game, taking his frustration out on Racing Santander and constantly wreaking havoc on the home team's backline with his strong body.
And this anger also brought Costa a goal. After a wide cross, Costa slammed the ball into the back of the net from the bag of several defenders.
The goal was almost a reflection of Costa's individual ability, and his teammates were very face-saving this time, and they all congratulated Costa.
Even Qin Shou couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Costa, who raised his neck proudly, as if to say, "Look, my ability to score goals is not blown!" Boy, I've stolen your limelight too! ”
It's just that Costa's pride didn't last long, and near the end of the game, Qin Shou also scored again. A heavy shot from outside the penalty area hit the home team's defenders and goalkeepers who had no temper at all and had to surrender.
In the end, Atletico Madrid won 1:4 away from home, and Qin Shou and Costa both scored twice, which became the biggest highlight of the game.
However, because Qin Shou's performance was more stable and there was also an assist, the best player after the game was won by Qin Shou again.
This made Costa as disgusting as if he had eaten a fly, is it easy to score two goals with hard work, and originally wanted to show off his might in front of Qin Shou, but who knows, this damn bastard actually scored two goals and had an assist, and he was the best player in the game, which ......
Do you want to be pressed under Qin Shou all the time?
Is...... Unwilling!
Qin Shou didn't know that in Costa's heart, he had completely regarded him as his biggest competitor, whether it was a training match or an official competition, as long as Qin Shou played well, Costa would be determined to fight with him and actively express himself.
And it is the "open and secret fight" between the two that makes Atletico Madrid's results soar all the way and get better and better.
Ending this away game, Atletico Madrid have won three consecutive league games. They don't have much time to celebrate, though, as their biggest challenge of the season is looming and their Champions League journey is about to begin.
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Thanks to Brother Confused and the starting point of the Qingshi Hongchen book friends for their tips. Thank you! (To be continued.) )