Chapter 37: The Noise Before the Final
At this time, Portugal and Brazil have become the focus of the world's attention, and those current politics, finance, and entertainment news have all to be in the back row. Any little news from both teams can make the front page of the newspapers, including the head coach, the players, the team doctor, the assistant coach and even the hotel where they are staying. The four-year World Cup will come to an end, and it will also usher in the most exciting climax. Before the start of the final, the outside world frantically pulled out a lot of historical data that I don't know where to find out from the road, as a basis for judging the victory prospects of the two teams.
Although many people understand that this prediction is simply untenable, they just can't help but look at it, and this is the attraction of the World Cup. Big-name celebrities, celebrities with prominent status, or dignitaries will come out at this time with one purpose or another to express their support and opinions for one of the two teams. Of course, in addition to these, there will also be a large number of bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods who are attracted to take advantage of such a grand event to allow themselves to appear on TV, newspapers, and the Internet.
In Brazil, for example, there are wizards who declare that they will curse Portugal's main players, so that the Brazilian national team can easily win the game. There are also some unknown beauties who take advantage of this opportunity to wear sexy jerseys made by who knows who makes them, bow their heads, and by the way, make some ambiguous promises to win attention. I don't know if they know what Ludao football and the World Lujie Cup are. And these are all common stories during the World Cup.
Regardless of these, the main attraction is of course the showdown between Portugal and Brazil, which play artistic football and offensive football. When it comes to this kind of big stage, which may only be once in a lifetime, no one will not do their best. Before the start of the World Cup, the coaches of the two teams, Portugal and Brazil, were the busiest people. In addition to arranging tactical training, the players' fitness, diet, rest and mental. It's their first priority. They are all striving for nothing to be missed, to be foolproof.
To motivate the players. The Football Confederations of Portugal and Brazil both offered big prizes for winning. Of course, this bonus naturally has little effect on the players, but it is better than nothing, and it is used as a lottery. But don't say it, it's a good stimulus for Lao Lei, who was used to being poor in his previous life. Lao Lei's own teammates said that they are all people who can't live, and I don't know how small the mosquito is, it's meat.
In addition to these, the fights of some football celebrities are also the most eye-catching. Among these legends, Brazilian champion Pele is undoubtedly the most eye-catching. Not because of anything else. It's that since the 90th World Cup, he has named the teams that are optimistic about Lu in every World Cup, but there have been no good results. So this famous Beiqiu king also has a "crow's mouth", which is not a very nice nickname. I don't know if Lu Dao is afraid that his big mouth will bring misfortune to his home country team again this time, so he said in an interview: "Portugal and Brazil are the best teams in this World Cup, they both play pleasing football. I wouldn't be surprised if any of them won the championship. And it is said that his speech won a lot of applause in Brazil, and Brazilian fans claimed that he was thinking about the country.
And some other famous places are basically open on five-five. Overall, though, it's Brazil that has a slight upper hand. Who made them four-star Brazil, they have the genes to win the championship. Again, this is the point of view put forward by those who believe in the theory of substance. On the side in favor of Portugal, Maradona was the biggest card. "Portuguese football is beautiful, they play the most pleasing overall football," he said. I prefer the Portuguese football philosophy to the Brazilian superstar attack. "Of course. This does not exclude the reason why he is not used to Brazil, a sworn enemy.
Arguments with different views can slowly turn into endless war of words. Even if they know it themselves, no one can convince anyone. But this does not prevent some people from taking the opportunity to come up with a psychological offensive. You want to give your team an edge off the field. Brazil's veteran coach Scolari spoke at this point: "Our whole team is full of confidence in this title, we have a lot of experience in winning the title, and this is where we are due to Portugal. It was the first time in their history that they were in the final and they had no experience in how to play and perform on this kind of stage. This is our strength. “
"That's what he said? I don't know how his so-called experience helped him four years ago. I think the most dangerous thing in their squad is their alien, he's scored six goals and scored in almost every game, which is a terrible performance. I hope he can get out of the shadow of France and play well in this final. Oliveira smiled and returned to the reporter's question. looks very friendly and has no good intentions, although he hopes that Ronaldo will play well, but the discerning people know that he asked why he did this, just to evoke the memory of Da Luo's bad 4 years ago. If it can really affect Ronaldo, Brazil's big killer, I believe Oliveira will wake up laughing in his dreams.
In addition to the head coaches of both sides, the players will naturally not be absent as the absolute protagonists, and each expresses their determination to win, and then find a little trouble for the other side by the way. Among them, Ronaldo said that he was very grateful to Oliveira for the reminder, and he was ready to score a few goals to make up for the regret of 4 years ago. And the bet between Lao Lei and Ronaldinho was also exposed by Ronaldinho. Inadvertently, the fact that Lao Lei played 5-a-side football in Brazil was also revealed. It also caused a burst of heat, after all, that kind of lineup is not often seen. After this incident broke out, it inadvertently alleviated a little of the gunpowder smell of the war of words between the two teams.
No one knows whether the psychological warfare will be effective, it is like throwing a dice child, and if you leave your hand, you will not be under your control. So after some spitting, Scolari and Oliveira saw that the fire was almost over, and they immediately stopped the war of words. If you continue, you will be doing useless work in vain, and it may even affect the mentality of your players, so it is better to do more tactical training and save a little more physical strength if you have this time.
The sudden silence of the two teams made the reporters who had been climaxing for a long time very unaccustomed. Without the team's involvement, the reporters decided to take the field themselves. Journalists from Portugal and Brazil took over the baton and began to fight a war of words. While saying that this is our time, we are the kingdom of football. Some even brought out the old story of the Portuguese colonization of Brazil, which was no less exciting than the war of words between the manager and the players
There are still two days to go before the final, and the two teams are a little idle at this time. What should be said, everything that should be done, and almost done. In addition to the half-day tactical drills, the players mostly carried out some simple dribbling training, and the atmosphere was also very relaxed, and everyone would make some small jokes from time to time on the training ground.
Of course, this only continued until the night before the final, and by the evening it felt completely different. At this time, no one in the Portuguese team could sleep peacefully, and they were all too nervous to sleep. It's normal tension, and who made them the biggest stage of their careers tomorrow, and no one is going to be free from the odds in the face of such a situation. Ray's roommate, Costa, couldn't sleep over and over, always got up to go to the bathroom, and walked around. Lao Lei looked at Costa, who was also a veteran of the old war, so nervous, lying on the bed like an uncle, looking at it with some amusement.
In fact, Lao Lei himself is not as leisurely as he behaves, although he has tried to calm down countless times, but whenever he thinks of tomorrow's finals, his heart beats faster and he can't calm down. At this time, Lao Lei was already thinking about the problem as a professional athlete, except for the pressure of no national honor, there was no difference between him and ordinary players.
It wasn't until late at night that Ray and Costa fell asleep, just like the rest of the Portuguese players. Early the next morning, Lao Lei and Costa dragged their dark circles and got up, unable to sleep. Taking advantage of a little time before the gathering, Lao Lei also entered the exchange system and exchanged the "Speed Experience Card" that had been used and a "Free Kick Master Experience Card" that had not been used before. There is a limit to the number of times you can use the experience card, the upper limit is 3 times, and after 3 times, there will be no more. Therefore, Lao Lei was still very reluctant when he exchanged it, you must know that this is a tertiary sex product, and it will be gone.
Time flies by quickly, and the Portuguese team is about to set off for the final match. At this time, the Yokohama International Stadium in Japan was already packed with fans, both inside and outside the stadium. At this time, there are still fans outside the stadium holding up signs that need tickets, holding the most reckless series of luck psychology. Some fans have already given up and are ready to watch in front of the big screen outside the stadium. Even if they can't get in, they want to support their team in the closest place to the pitch, where their singing can still drift onto the pitch.
On the way to the pitch, there were Portuguese fans following closely all the way. Fans held all sorts of slogans, "3:0", "Send Brazilians home", ................ the atmosphere of the big game began to permeate the hearts of the Portuguese players from here.
In the dressing room in Portugal, Oliveira made the most difficult mobilization: "Guys, we have done a miracle. We have rewritten the history of Portuguese football. And we have a chance to go one step further now, I would say why not?
History only remembers the winners, and people always think of who the winners are, and then the losers who are the foils. Guys, I don't think any of you want to be the most foil loser, do you? The whole country is behind you, and you won't let down those who support you, will you? “
"That's right, boss!"
"Very good, very good. Guys, we're strong, you're strong. We deserve that trophy, and now what we need to do is take out your opponents. One game, only one game, guys! Let's draw a perfect end to this wonderful summer!!
We, at the top of the world, will shout these words!!
Go fight, guys!!! “
"Oh!!" The Portuguese players shouted in response and came out.
Everyone's chest is held high, and it contains infinite courage and fighting spirit. (To be continued......)