Chapter 2 Design and Warm-up Race

Leiria's fans, who don't know the truth, gather at the door of Leiria Club, and everyone huddles together to demand an explanation. Could it be that this champion Leiria is about to collapse so soon? The anxious fans in their hearts are angry, confused, and overwhelmed. Although the possibility of Leiria this summer has been reported in major newspapers, fans also know in their hearts that such an outcome is inevitable for a small club like Leiria. You can have a wonderful moment, but you can't last long.

But even if they are so prepared, they still can't accept it when the moment really comes. At this time, their love for the team can turn into anger at any time. Now, when Mourinho's departure is a foregone conclusion, they can only hope in their hearts that this is not the beginning of the team's disintegration, even if that hope is too small. The fans shouted together at the door: "We need an explanation. Some fans also shouted "What are you doing, dismembering Leiria?" The slogan of the question.

The club's security guards are on the lookout for any eventuality. They had already called the local police to help maintain order, as no one knew what the angry fans would end up doing. Angry people can often lose their senses, impulsiveness is the devil.

At the press conference, in the midst of the waiting of many sports journalists, Leiria's official press conference was long overdue, and this time Mourinho himself did not attend, only Vito'o attended. After Vito'o came to the stage, he said with a serious face: "I will explain in detail today the departure of the team's head coach Jose Mourinho. This is a statement agreed by the club's top management after consultation. At the end of my statement, I will respond to just one question. I shall now turn to the floor.

We are grateful to Coach Jose Mourinho for his excellent work at the club over the course of the year. During his tenure, the team achieved extraordinary history-making achievements, winning the first national league title in the club's history and the first Portuguese Cup title. Here, on behalf of all of Leiria, I would like to once again express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Jose Mourinho for his outstanding contribution to the team.

However, we have been at odds with Mr. Mourinho on a number of issues related to work. Although we tried hard to correct these differences, unfortunately we were unable to compromise with each other. We also regret that Mr. Mourinho finally made the decision to leave. Nevertheless, we would like to wish Mr. Mourinho all the best in his future coaching career and good luck. “

After Vito'o's speech, the reporters could hear a lot of tricks, but Vito'o didn't make it clear at all. As soon as the speech ended, the reporters raised their hands together and shouted "Mr. Vitoo, here", "Mr. Vitoo, may I ask ............."

Looking at the crazy reporters in front of him, Vitoo's eyes flashed with a hint of smugness and insidiousness, and he slowly searched for someone in the group of reporters who had agreed with him. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he saw a middle-aged male reporter with gold-rimmed glasses. He pointed his hand at him and said, "This gentleman, please." “

The middle-aged man stood up and said, "Hello Mr. Vitoo, I'm Campo, a reporter for the newspaper Leiria. In your statement just now, you mentioned some of the differences in work between the top management of the Leiria club and Mr. Mourinho. Excuse me, do these so-called disagreements refer to the arrangement and planning of work or the treatment? They had discussed this question beforehand, and the Campo reporter was just reciting it from the book at this time.

When Vito'o heard this question, a smug look quickly flashed in his eyes, but he still pretended to think and hesitated for a while before returning: "I don't deny that we have differences in the treatment of Mr. Mourinho, but I don't think this is the main reason for Mr. Mourinho's departure." I've been working with him for a year and I'm sure he's a great deal of people. As soon as Vito'o's answer came out, it caused a lot of discussion among the reporters, and even his "explanation" was enough to focus everyone's attention on the sentence in front of him.

There are also some reporters who want to ask questions. The play was already played, and Vito'o pretended to be embarrassed to refuse the reporters' questions again and left the press conference, bringing the curtain on the frame-up drama. At this time, the Leiria fans, who were watching the press conference on the big screen outside, broke out. Impatience overshadowed their rational analytical abilities, and Mourinho, who had been worshipped by them as a god a few days ago, "Ferguson of Leiria", became a money-hungry villain in their mouths and was cursed.

Even a small group of fans were calm and disbelieving. The feelings and bonds accumulated over the course of a season made them not believe that the passionate manager who knelt on the sidelines, ran, and shook his fists in celebration would be the one who left because of money. But that's only a small part of the story, and it doesn't make much of an impact among Leiria fans. The effect of this press conference spread quickly, and immediately on the official message board of Leiria, the original hero Mourinho became a street rat that everyone shouted at, and Judas and traitor became Mourinho's new annotations.

The details of the press conference were reported by major Portuguese media, newspapers and television programmes. No one could have imagined that Leiria, who had just celebrated his double crown, would become so fast, suddenly going from sunny to stormy, lightning and thunder. Among them, "Leiria Sports News" even broke the news: "According to a high-level insider within the Leiria club, Mourinho has actually reached an agreement with Porto a long time ago, and after the end of the season, it will be Porto's coach." It is reported that this agreement has been reached as early as the winter break. “

Of course, this news was poked out by Vito'o, and after his long investigation, the matter between Mourinho and Porto was also found out by him. Or maybe he didn't know if this was the case, he just found out that Mourinho's agent and Porto's president Da Costa often met and talked, plus the agreement that Leiria signed with Porto about Lao Lei. He just thought about whether Mourinho would also be involved in the middle, although there is no factual evidence, but it does not prevent him from turning this matter into an established fact. He just didn't know that he was right.

Major media reprinted this report one after another, and for a while, the report of Mourinho's entry into the dragon was noisy. This is simply pouring oil on the fire, which has become the focus of discussion in Portugal in the past few days, and has even somewhat overshadowed the trend of national team news. Jose Mourinho and Porto bonded together and became the object of swearing from Leiria's fans. Among them, the media and newspapers on Benfica's side added fuel to the gloating, and for them this was simply an opportunity to vent on their doors. They've been by Jose Mourinho and his Leiria for a season, and now they're going to vent hard.

At this time, Lao Lei, who was training with the national team, of course, also knew the news, if it weren't for the national team's current refusal to be interviewed by the media, the media reporters would have surrounded Lao Lei. In addition to asking about related matters, another theory slowly came out that Mourinho was going to bring Lao Lei to the Dragons Stadium. And this statement is slowly being accepted and believed by more people. I believe that at this time, the mood of Leiria's fans is the most complicated, is this why the champion coach and the king of the team are leaving? For Lao Lei, the fans did not beat him to death, but nervously waited for Lao Lei to come forward to explain and speak in person.

But due to the fanning of some media, some more radical fans began to curse Lao Lei and curse the young king they had set up with their own hands. They began to burn Ray's No. 13 jersey and told Ray to get out of the way, singing, "Leiria doesn't need you, money-hungry rats, get out of Leiria." “

Being treated like this by his former supporters somewhat affected Lao Lei's mood, and he called Mendes to ask for details. Mendes told him that it was a play directed by Bartolomeu, which was to discredit him and Mourinho, so that he would not be blamed by the fans for personally forcing the team's champion coach and the king out of money. And he has already arranged the counterattack in public relations, he wants Lao Lei to calm down and concentrate on the affairs of the national team, and leave the rest to him.

As soon as this happened, fortunately, Joseph had already taken Cintia and Xiao Ji out of Lu to play first, otherwise I don't know if there would be any accidents at home. Joseph knew about the matter between Lao Lei and Porto, and he also called to comfort Lao Lei. Although he is also a fan of Leiria, for him his son and family are the most important things. Besides, it's not his son's fault, his own son brought Leiria two championships, which is enough to repay Leiria.

Because of the persuasion of Mendes and Joseph, Lao Lei's energy was concentrated on the national team again. After this incident broke out, the only benefit to Lao Lei was that Lao Lei was labeled as a Porto series, and he will have a backer in the future. And Costa and a group of Porto players welcomed the arrival of Lao Lei early. I usually get to know Mourinho from Lao Lei, after all, he is a son of heaven and a courtier, and this is Mourinho's protégé, so it's not a bad thing to learn more about the new head coach from him.

In the national team, although some Benfica people led by Gomez are unhappy with Lao Lei, they have not yet surfaced this contradiction. With Figo and Rui Costa under pressure, the national team basically maintains a relatively harmonious atmosphere.

Time flies quickly, and it's time to submit the last 23-man roster. At this time, Oliveira suddenly arranged a warm-up match for the players. The obvious intention is to stay and perform in this warm-up game.

This stirred the waters of the national team, especially those on the fringes of the 23-man squad.