Chapter 55: The First Ten Seasons

Five days later, in Boavista's match against the Portuguese second division club SportingClube Farense, Chen Jianhao finally scored the first goal of three consecutive warm-up matches at the 38th minute. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The club are one of the favourites to win this season's South Division Division and are likely to be in contention for the promotion play-offs at the end of the season. Therefore, Chen Jianhao was able to score in this game, and at the same time, when the opponent did not obviously release water, it is enough to prove that his strength can gain a firm foothold in the second division, at least it will not be the worst batch.

The goal was created by Chen Jinwu at the edge of the penalty area, although the timing of the pass was not too good, Chen Jianhao could only retreat to the perimeter to receive the ball. However, Chen Jianhao's superb footwork was vividly reflected at this moment, and it also taught the opponent a lesson to the defenders who underestimated him. The opposing defender saw that he was standing on the left side and was not very close to the goal, so he did not immediately go up. Unexpectedly, Chen Jianhao pulled his leg and shot, the ball drilled into the goal vigorously, and the opponent's goalkeeper was stunned in front of the goal for a moment, until the ball slid in front of him, and then pounced, and his reaction was a beat slower. Chen Jinwu also barely contributed an assist, although the main credit has to be attributed to Chen Jianhao.

In this game, the four Chinese guys finally went up a step from the previous two. Maybe it's because I know that the opponent is also a team in the Portuguese second division, and my self-confidence has naturally improved. However, although Fang Jizhou and Wu Tianchang are from professional youth training, they are not as good as Chen Jianhao and Chen Jinwu, two players from amateur background. Because the team's attack is mainly on the left side, after all, Paulo Campos and Paulo Gomez have both played in the Portuguese second division for many years, and it is natural for Govia to tilt the attacking responsibility more towards their side, so Francis and Chen Jinwu did not get many attacking opportunities. But in contrast, because Chen Jinwu is more involved in the defense, and another midfielder Paulo Gomez has more opportunities to connect with each other, he naturally touches the ball more often. And Wu Tianchang's performance was barely passing, although there were still some low-level mistakes, but at the end of the first half, he still didn't concede a goal.

After the rotation of the main team in the second half, the team's defense slipped significantly, and finally conceded a goal around 80 minutes and drew again. In the first three warm-up games, the team only won 2 draws and 1 loss, although the opponents are stronger teams, but for Govia, it is really not satisfactory. However, after more than ten days of continuous games, the players have gradually entered the state. Five days later, against another Belgian team, K.A.A.Gent, the team's attack improved significantly, and Chen Jianhao scored a goal that was almost identical to the previous game, also from a regular pass from Chen Jinwu.

Chen Jianhao seemed to be intent on assisting Chen Jinwu, both times he ran out of the penalty area, pretending to respond, but as soon as he received the ball, he immediately turned around and shot without stopping at all. The two shots were very tricky, and the spectators in the stands were hooked, and even a small group of scouts who were present began to notice the red-haired guy from an exotic country.

However, the team's defense still did not improve, and Govia gave teenager Pedro Ferreira a chance to play again, only to concede three goals in a row in the first half alone, causing the three coaches of Govia, Resendi and Xiao Pan, who were watching from the sidelines, to sigh at each other. However, after all, Gent FC is a traditional powerhouse that has appeared in the European arena all year round, and the gap between the two sides is too big to be made up for overnight. Boavista, who were outnumbered, failed to create the slightest threat to disrupt the game, and the score was finally fixed at 1:4.

In the next four games, the team suffered heavy losses one after another, losing to the opponent with a score of 1:4, 0:3, 0:2, and 0:4 respectively. Govia began to worry about the future of the team, the weakness of the defense was purely expected, but the attack was also a cut worse than last season, especially Chen Jianhao, who he was very optimistic about, since he asked Quellos to try to give up the main attacking position to the little brother, the team's offensive situation was obviously not smooth, and even failed to score in three consecutive games. And Francis was withdrawn from the right forward to the right midfield position to fill the vacancy in the right side of the defense, which also showed obvious discomfort. Instead of adding color to the defense, it inhibited his offensive play. Although Chen Jinwu has good defensive talent, Govia also agrees with Silva's suggestion to transform him into the heart of the midfield defence, but after all, he lacks the ability to take charge of himself, and the defeat has brought him strong psychological pressure.

The journey of several Chinese boys in Portugal began with a wave of consecutive defeats, and although it was expected, it was far heavier than they expected. It's a pity that Govia doesn't have much room for change, the team only has this group of people, and can only insist on letting the youngsters get more opportunities to play and prepare for the future.

The team finally got their first win in the ninth game against the Portuguese second division underdogs Uniao Desportivada Serra, with a narrow 2-1 victory, in which Chen Jinwu also scored his first goal. However, the good times were short-lived, and the team lost again a week later. The month-and-a-half-long 10 business friendlies have finally come to an end, with Boavista only achieving a dismal record of 1 win, 2 draws and 7 defeats.

Xiao Longtao went to the scene to watch the game every game, thinking that the children would be promoted to the first team and could take the opportunity to hype it up, but he didn't expect this result to be this kind of result. It seems that the gap between the youth team and the first team is indeed huge, and professional football is far from being as simple as it seems. Of course, the fact that Govia only played them 45 minutes per game was a big reason to limit their performance. However, the original intention of these matches was to get them used to the professional game, and there was no requirement to win. No one would give much hope to a few children who have just joined the first team, not to mention that they are also from China. On the other hand, with the exception of the weak Sierra Sporting Union, the other nine teams are competitive in their respective leagues, and even if the opponents do not play at their best, they are by no means able to beat the likes of Boavista today.

The league will not start until almost a month away, and they still have a lot of time to prepare before that. At least they can get a draw against the Portuguese League of Legends, and they can also win against the Portuguese League of Sporting Union, and overall, they should still be able to stabilize in the upper middle of the season this season.

Chen Jianhao and his entourage officially signed a five-year contract with the team in July. They did not know the details of the negotiations with the Chinese company, but they had heard that the chairman of the club eventually offered a buyout fee of up to 50,000 euros for each of the four children before they succeeded in taking their personal rights. Little Pan does not have to stay as an accompanying coach, but Govia wants him to stay and continue to help the young players, and he himself is willing to learn here, so he did not refuse.

Perhaps in the eyes of competitive professional football, the status of 50,000 euros is not worth mentioning at all. But in fact, for a young player who has never made a name for himself, the price is enough to prove the team's sincerity. A month later, they received their first paycheck, albeit not very much, but they couldn't help but be happy.

Chen Jianhao is always disgusted by his parents, has no sense of responsibility for the family, and usually doesn't even bother to make phone calls. So he simply remitted all the money to Chen Jianfeng, and promised his family that the task of providing for his younger brother's school in the future would be handed over to him. Chen Jinwu and Fang Jizhou's family is not short of this money, but they are also overjoyed to tell their parents that they have enough strength to work hard for professional football. Wu Tianchang is more embarrassed, among the four people, his family is the worst, although he will not be unable to eat, but he has no pocket money since he was a child. So at this time, he didn't want his family to know about it, lest his mother even ask for this private money, so he didn't tell his family.

In these ten games, everyone has also learned a certain amount of experience. Especially in the face of fast-paced pressure, the ability to protect and play the ball becomes more important than any basic skill. They have conducted a lot of special training to simulate various confrontation environments to improve their control of the ball.

In the new season, the Portuguese Cup is played a week before the league. Boavista is not seeded and needs to be played from the first round. The draw for this round was a decent match against Juventude SportClube Eevora from the southern division of the Portuguese second division.

Juventud FC is a small football club from the parish of Efra in Alentejana. The team finally ended their long-running journey in the third division last season, winning Group F and have just been promoted to second division this year. It was also the second time in nearly 50 years that they have won the C Championship.

This team is about the same year as Boavista was founded, and it can be regarded as a century-old team. However, the results are far from the same, and if it weren't for Boavista's devastating relegation blow, it would have taken them another 50 years to catch up. Now the two are facing each other, one is the traditional powerhouse that has been continuously relegated from the Portuguese Super League to the second division, and the other is the new C-level champion, which is stronger and weaker is still difficult to say.

There is also a hint of similarity between the two teams, both have the characteristics of strong offense and weak defense. So both sides want to take advantage of this and make some targeted arrangements to strive for the next game to score first and win the first opportunity. The two teams have different attacking routines, with one preferring to push through the middle and the other to fly on both wings.

Sometimes, the lower leagues can also collide with different sparks, because they can often find pleasure in the defeat of the strong by the weak. Even in matches of a similar level, it is common for the backline to make repeated mistakes and score a lot of goals against each other. Therefore, what the next game will develop into, in fact, the managers of both sides have no bottom, and can only emphasize offensive drills as much as possible to prepare for the next game.