Qiu Ze waited for the plane to Lisbon, he didn't have so much to think about other things now, he was thinking about the upcoming Shijie Cup now.

The Portuguese national team has been training for more than 20 days, and in May, the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo 61 Bento, announced the training list of the Portuguese national team, but his list is very different from the training list of other teams.

The training list of other national teams is 30 people, while the training list of the Portuguese national team is an unprecedented 50 people, and it can be seen from here that Paulo 61 Bento still does not have a complete team system in his mind, and he is still in the stage of casting a wide net.

The 50-man squad is dominated by players from Portugal's home league, with players from Benfica, Porto and Sporting Lisbon domestically selected.

However, now this bloated squad has been cut by more than half of Paul's 61 Bento, and now the entire Portuguese national team has only 26 players left.

The list of the twenty-six is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Eduardo (Braga), Daniel 61 Fernandez (Iraklis/Greece), Beto (Porto), Illario (Chelsea)

Defenders: Miguel (Valencia), Paolo 61 Ferreira (Chelsea), Carvalho (Chelsea), Bruno 61 Alves (Porto), Rolando (Porto), Ricardo 61 Costa (Lille), Zecastro (Deportivo La Coruna), Duda (Malaga), Fabio 61 Coentlao (Benfica)

Midfielders: Mendes (Sporting Lisbon), Pepe (Real Madrid), Thiago (Atletico Madrid), Deco (Chelsea), Mereles (Porto), Veloso (Sporting Lisbon), Joao 61 Moutinho (Sporting Lisbon), Qiu Ze (Liverpool)

Forwards: Simão (Atletico Madrid), Dani (Zenit St. Petersburg), Leedson (Sporting Lisbon), Almeida (Bremen), Cristiano 61 Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Nani (Manchester United)

However, these 26 players are not the final list of the Portuguese national team to go to South Africa, and when the Portuguese national team flies to South Africa, they will also eliminate three to determine the final 23-man squad.

Now the Portuguese national team has been training in Covilha for more than 20 days, and the number of Portuguese players staying in Covilha is now 25, because Qiu Ze has not yet reported to the Portuguese national team because of the FA Cup final and the UEFA Champions League final. Now he's on his way to Covilha.

There is a reason why the Portuguese national team chose the little-known Covilha as their training base in the country, rather than the big cities of Lisbon and Porto.

The city of Covilha is located in the middle of the Estrera Mountains in Portugal, and on the outskirts of the city rises the highest peak in mainland Portugal, the Torre Peak, at 1,993 meters above sea level. The Portuguese, with their natural sense of humor, erected a large iron pole on top of this mountain, about 10 meters high, thus claiming that the highest peak in their country exceeded 2,000 meters above sea level.

The international players train here, and the people naturally hope that they will strive to reach the "highest peak in the history of Portuguese football" in the Shijie Cup and hit the final feast that they have never tasted before.

Qiu Ze first flew from Liverpool to Lisbon, and after arriving in Lisbon, Qiu Ze went home, but he did not delay at home, and then he immediately set off for Covilha.

Located in the central region of Portugal, at the foot of Portugal's famous Etoile Mountain, the city of Covilha is one of the highest cities in Portugal and an important wool producer in the country.

The city of Covilha is sparsely populated, with a permanent population of less than 35,000. Initially, the city was divided into four districts, and with urbanization, the surrounding six districts were also incorporated into the city.

After arriving in Covilha, Qiu Ze immediately went to the Covilha Travel Hotel, where the Portuguese national team stayed, which is a three-star hotel. Although the hotel is small, it is very well located and has a view of Portugal's famous Etoile Mountain, the picturesque city of Covilha and the surrounding countryside.

The Portuguese national team chose this place because it is very close to the Covilha sports center, which is relatively convenient.

When he came to the Covilha Travel Hotel, Qiu Ze was also attracted by this hotel, which is very different from those star-rated hotels in big cities, with more idyllic scenery, closer to nature, people can't help but relax, this is really a good place for travel and leisure.

The Travelodge Hotel Covilha may be small, but it has only 104 rooms. Its recreational and leisure facilities are also relatively complete, including indoor and outdoor swimming pools, massage rooms, spa rooms, gymnasiums, children's activity rooms and so on.

When Qiu Ze came to the Covilha Travel Hotel, the Covilha staff recognized Qiu Ze and stepped forward to lead Qiu Ze to the location of the Portuguese national team, and on the way, they kept introducing Qiu Ze to their hotel.

Now because of the Portuguese national team's training here, the rooms of the Covilha Travel Hotel are now full every day, and many fans and tourists have chosen them to have a close contact with the Portuguese national team.

When Qiu Ze appeared in the hotel, some tourists and fans who were in the hotel naturally saw it, and they were very excited, and they all came forward to Qiu Ze to ask for autographs and photos. However, these fans are still very sensible, and the scene is not chaotic at all, and it is orderly.

After Qiu Ze signed autographs and photos with some lucky fans, he was led by the staff to the place where the Portuguese national team was located. Qiu Ze immediately went to the coaching staff to report that he was one of the players in the Portuguese national team.

When Qiu Ze came to the outside of the coaching staff's room, he heard the sound of heated discussions coming from the coaching staff's room, and from the sound of their talking, it could be heard that they were finishing the last warm-up game.

When Qiu Ze played in the UEFA Champions League final, the Portuguese national team also played a warm-up match that night, and their opponent in the warm-up match was Cape Verde, which many people had not heard of, and their strength was naturally very bad.

But in the face of such a team, the Portuguese national team did not win the opponent, and the opponent must have been a 0-0 draw, which naturally made the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team very dissatisfied, and of course, the fans of the Portuguese national team were very dissatisfied.

This shijie cup is about to start, the team is still in this state, if it goes to South Africa, Portugal is in this state, what is this not to be embarrassed?

At this time, many Portuguese fans began to look forward to Qiu Ze returning to the national team as soon as possible, judging from the current situation, Qiu Ze is in the state of the Portuguese national team, and Qiu Ze's state is now hot.

Didn't you see someone who played a quadruple in the final of the Champions League, and at the same time provided an assist, almost single-handedly bringing Liverpool to the top of Europe?

Fans of the Portuguese national team thought that if Qiu Ze was in the Portuguese national team at this time, the strength of the Portuguese national team would definitely rise to a higher level, and the fans of the Portuguese national team were very eager to hope that Qiu Ze could return to the national team to report.

The coaching staff of the Portuguese national team also has the same idea, which is why they let Qiu Ze report back to the national team so quickly, and Qiu Ze also participated in the celebration ceremony in the Liverpool team for one day, which was called to the national team non-stop.

Qiu Ze heard very clearly outside the door that the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team are very dissatisfied with the current state of the Portuguese national team, especially the mental state of the players of the Portuguese national team.

The coaching staff of the Portuguese national team are well aware of this, but time is running out for them, they have to solve these problems as soon as possible, and in a few days, they will leave for South Africa, if this problem is not solved, it will be very troublesome.

Therefore, the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo 61 Bento, decided to conduct a military training session for the Portuguese national team before flying to South Africa, and he hopes to improve the spirit of the Portuguese national team players, and at the same time strengthen their training in the aspects of iron and unity.

"Military training?" When he heard this, Qiu Ze was slightly surprised, he really didn't expect that the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team would come up with such a special way?

Qiu Ze knows that in China, many sports training teams generally have to conduct military training before the competition. Qiu Ze thought that this was a special training method under China's special national conditions, but now it seems that this is not just the patent of the Chinese sports training team.

To tell the truth, Qiu Ze in his previous life was a player of the Chinese national men's football team, and he also underwent military training. However, when I was in China, the most military training was basic training, such as queue training, walking in steps, walking in unison, or something.

Qiu Ze couldn't help but think at this time, could it be that the Portuguese national team also has to train in these queues step by step? So is this a cold winter coming towards the Portuguese national team?

Qiu Ze regretted it a little at this time, he knew that it was such training, he might as well report to the national team later, and as soon as he came back, he would do this damn military training, which was really sad.

Seeing that the discussion inside had subsided, Qiu Ze knocked on the door, and suddenly there was a knock in the corridor.

The coaching staff of the Portuguese national team was shocked, who would knock on the door at this time? Paul 61 Bento immediately raised his head and shouted at the door: "The door is not locked, please come in!" ”

Qiu Ze got a response, immediately stretched out his hand to unscrew the door, walked in, and said, "Boss, I'm here to report to the national team, I'm really sorry, I'm so late!" ”

Paul 61 Bento saw Qiu Ze walk in, his face was happy, he immediately got up, walked up quickly, came to Qiu Ze's side, stretched out his hands, shook Qiu Ze's hands warmly, and said: "You can finally come, we are looking forward to the stars and the moon!" ”

Paul's 61 Bento's enthusiasm was really beyond Qiu Ze's expectations, after all, he and Paulo 61 Bento had a very unpleasant past. When I was at Sporting Lisbon, there was a period of disagreement between Qiu Ze and Paulo 61 Bento.

And when Paulo 61 Bento first became the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo 61 Bento was towards Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, at the critical moment of the Shijie Cup European Qualifiers, he pressed Qiu Ze on the bench, knowing the most critical time, he sent Qiu Ze on the field and got the ticket to the Shijie Cup in a thrilling way.