Chapter Eighty-Two: Winter Break Christmas

Boavista are on a rare five-game unbeaten streak, with four wins and one draw, as well as a three-game winning streak. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoChen Jianhao has also scored a hat-trick in three of his last four matches, an achievement rarely seen in the history of the Portuguese second division. And he also contributed 3 assists, although it didn't help his teammates create many good opportunities, most of them were forced to pass, but they were also recorded by the data, compared to Fang Jizhou, a "pseudo-striker" who has only 1 league goal and 1 assist so far, it can be said to be quite good.

In fact, in the last 7 games, Fang Jizhou has played as a striker, forming a trident with Quielos and Chen Jianhao. Queylos was in charge of the left flank, as well as the responsibility of dropping back. Chen Jianhao is the main attack in the middle and is a veritable stumping striker. Francis's position was the most awkward, he was asked to play part of the defense and take on the task of ambushing and counter-attacking on the right, but he did not play to his speed advantage, and Govia made a special trip to play him back to his preferred striker position, but he showed serious discomfort, and the game went from bad to worse, and even less than he did at the beginning of the game at right midfield. His goals and assists were all contributed at that time, and he has not provided much support to the front court recently, and his defensive role is even more ineffective, basically relying on Chen Jinwu as a barrier in the midfield.

And his roommate Chen Jianhao has fully adapted to the rhythm of the Portuguese second game. His strong form didn't stop yet, and in the next game against Aliados Futebol Clubede Lordelo, he didn't score but provided a fine assist to captain Queylos to complete a hat-trick – and Quilos's performances have risen a notch since Chan started scoring consistently. He is a striker of the Portuguese Super League, and after Chen Jianhao's infection, he has a second spring at the age of 34, which is really rare. This game also defeated the opponent with a score of 3:1, and the team began to get out of the instability of the run-in period at the beginning of the season, and unconsciously has gradually attacked the starting list.

The first half of the 15 games has all ended, and the Dulitz Sports Group replaced the Pombillosa club with a wave of three consecutive wins, and temporarily took the first place in the league. Since the draw with Boavista, Pombilosa's form has begun to decline, and the next game was a narrow 1-0 win over the sixth-placed Gondomar Sports Club, and then lost 0:3 to the second-placed Seltans, falling directly to the fourth place, and only four points more than Boavista. Boavista currently has 8 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses, with 25 points, and the first-place Dorizen Sports Group only has 31 points, and if they can maintain their current form in the second half, they still have a good chance of getting a place in the promotion play-offs at the end of the season.

Half a season later, Chen Jianhao unexpectedly entered the scorer list, with 17 goals, tied with Pombillosa's 21-year-old young striker Diogo (Diogo) for first place. Captain Renato Queilos is also old and strong, scoring 16 goals in 14 appearances, ranking third. In other words, Boavista occupies two of the top three spots in the scorers' charts, and the attacking efficiency can be described as amazing. The most surprising thing about Queylos is that he has reached 10 assists, completing the feat of "double ten" in only half a season, and the other assists at the top of the list is Paulo Campos, who has contributed 6 assists, although he has undergone a change from left midfielder to midfield, but it has not affected his performance in the slightest.

The most efficient tackle is left wing-back Sergio Machado, who ranks second on the list with an average of 4.68 tackles per game, followed by Serra Athletic's French defender NelsonSousa. Machado is also a highly motivated runner, averaging nearly 11 kilometres per game, making him the team's number one lung. Chen Jinwu also admires him in private, both sides like to run all over the field, heroes cherish heroes, and naturally have a better impression of each other. Wu Tianchang's performance in the last 5 games has tended to be stable, there are no too ups and downs, due to his low start, it looks like the team has improved the most, Govia is also very satisfied with him, plus the team is very short of defenders, so if it continues, he occupies a core central defender position.

In terms of teams, Boavista and Dondela Sporting Club both scored 42 goals, tying for first place in the central zone of the Portuguese second division. However, Boavista's goal tally is a bit awkward, with 28 goals conceded in 15 games, almost two goals per game. Of course, this statistic is mainly dragged down by the earlier time, if you just look at the last 5 games, it is still remarkable, with an average of only about 1 goal conceded. In terms of average attendance, Boavista ranks first in the league with an average of more than 2,000 people per game, which is actually very bleak, but it is still a lot better compared to other teams. As for Coimbros, which has the worst performance, there are fewer than 200 spectators who buy tickets for each game. Probably even some teams have a much higher attendance than them in their youth team games.

The winter break was originally the time for the team to carry out contract renewal activities, but for the Portuguese second team, the renewal is not something to be anxious about, it is a bunch of abandoned players from the upper teams, and they are usually signed once a year, and they don't know whether they will be promoted or stay in the league next year, so most of them wait for the season to make plans. The team gave everyone a three-week vacation, and taking advantage of this gap, Chen Jianhao and others finally had a chance to really relax. Xiao Pan took Fang Jizhou and Wu Tianchang to return to China to visit relatives, and Chen Jinwu decided to stay here and not go back because his relationship with his father was not very good. Chen Jianhao is also a stunned young man who never knows what "love home" is, but he just called his family as usual to inform him that he was on vacation, and he had no idea of going home to get together with his relatives.

After playing for half a season, Chen Jianhao's fame has improved, and the vast majority of local fans know that the Black Panthers have produced a strange and violent striker, dyed red hair, tall, strong, not particularly fast but delicate skills at the feet, especially full of shooting power, and can kick all kinds of unbelievable ultra-long-distance shots. His astonishing performance of 12 goals in five games has deepened his impression among the public, and he is often recognized when he goes out, or asked for autographs. Chen Jinwu, who was traveling with him, was also stained with his light, and because of his relatively fair appearance, he was repeatedly asked by female fans to take photos.

A few days later, the annual Christmas arrived. This was the first Christmas they had here, the Portuguese National Day on June 10, and the young man didn't go out, looking like he didn't care about himself. By now, however, they are familiar with most of the first-team players and are more immersed in the environment.

Christmas is the most important national holiday in Portugal, both the greatest celebration of Christianity and a time of great family reunion. On Christmas night, every family has a sumptuous dinner. At least three things are essential in this family reunion dinner: one is turkey, the second is cod, and the third is dessert. Housewives have to put their best cod dishes on the table on Christmas night. Skillful mothers should make at least a dozen kinds of exquisite desserts for the hungry children to eat. Adults naturally want to taste the best wines in the collection and get over the addiction to alcohol. As a result, pre-Christmas supermarkets are doing brisk business, especially food and liquor.

It's not just businesses that are busiest before Christmas, the post office is just as busy as the food retail industry. Sending Christmas cards has caused a surge in the volume of business at the post office. It is estimated that in the 20 days leading up to Christmas, hundreds of millions of greeting cards will be mailed to post offices across the country. People send greeting cards not only to friends and family who can't get together, but also to the leaders and celebrities they admire to congratulate them on the holidays.

The Portuguese also have a habit of celebrating Christmas - giving Christmas gifts, giving gifts to family members under the Christmas tree, without unpacking in advance, but writing the name of the recipient. On Christmas night, the whole family gathered under the Christmas tree, picked up the gifts for themselves, and unpacked them one by one. It's probably the most enjoyable time of Christmas night.

Captain Quiy Ross invited Chen Jianhao and Chen Jinwu to his home for dinner, which was also the first time they had eaten at a team-mate's home since they were promoted to the first team. After a night of dinner, Quairelos's family also prepared their own Christmas gifts for the two young men, but they came empty-handed, awkwardly accepted the gifts, and then went home to go around the mall and give each other the corresponding gifts.

During this period, the school is also closed, and there is no homework load. However, they have not been idle, and from time to time they go to the club's training ground to practice alone. In exchange, Chen Jianhao taught Chen Jinwu some passing skills, and Chen Jinwu needed to help the opponent pick up the ball and practice some long-distance shooting. Chen Jianhao also taught him some of the tricks of shooting for free, but this thing really can't be practiced casually to make obvious progress, you can only persevere and slowly find the feeling. Chen Jinwu is not very technical, and the strength lies in speed and awareness, so for him, instead of practicing too many shots, it is better to practice the basic skills of passing and control. And as a midfielder, in addition to occasionally picking up a few long-range shots outside the penalty area, he actually doesn't have too many opportunities to shoot, and the ball and the big picture can help become a real core of the backfield.

The short holiday has passed in a blink of an eye, and Xiao Pan, Fang Jizhou and Wu Tianchang have also returned to Portugal in early January. At this time, there is still more than a month before the Chinese New Year in China, but everyone has no time to go on vacation, because in a week, the second half of the Portuguese second league will start again.