The 324th Captain Candidate

The scene was immediately chaotic, the riot police rushed to the pile of people throwing beer bottles, the fans immediately fled in all directions like hornets that had been stabbed, the sirens sounded, and the "riots" around the stadium began to be staged.

Some experienced fans immediately threw their hands up on the shop windows on both sides of the street so that the police would not think they were troublemakers.

Immediately after, a few sounds like firecrackers exploding, and the fans who were watching from afar began to "run for their lives" again. This is the Madrid police who have been attacked by fans with wine bottles again, and although these rubber bullets are hit, they can also kill people if they are hit in the vital parts!

In total, more than a dozen drunk Atletico Madrid fans were arrested during the riots, and Madrid police also rescued a Real Madrid fan who was being beaten by Atletico Madrid fans who had provoked them. In addition, one fan was hit by a rubber bullet and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

Unbeknownst to Jonker and his teammates, Jonker and his teammates were unaware of what had happened, but when the Real Madrid bus pulled out of the exit of the Calderón stadium, Jonker could still see the wine bottle slag on the ground and the chaotic street by the light of the street lamp.

"God! Hopefully no one will get hurt. Kaka exclaimed.

Everyone else, including Jonk, nodded, no one wanted such a thing to happen. After such a fuss about this incident, the interest in winning has also faded a lot.

On the short way back to the hotel, many of the players fell asleep exhausted. This was rare before, and if you win, it was still a 5:1 victory, and there must have been a burst of laughter in the big bus. Everyone played around and bragged about it. Today. It's a lot quieter.

Before the start of this match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, Barcelona's home match against Real Mallorca has also ended. Barcelona won 4-2, with Pedro scoring twice and Thierry Henry and Lionel Messi scoring a goal each.

In this way, in the 2009-2010 La Liga standings, Real Madrid is still two points ahead of Barcelona.

The next day, Real Madrid's 5-1 Atletico Madrid 'Madrid Derby' also became the focus of media attention, but the media did not only focus on the game itself, but also the fan riots that occurred after the game.

And Atletico Madrid's president Cerezo also apologized to the fans on behalf of the club, he said. The team's poor record is the main reason for the fan riots.

The next morning, the Real Madrid team disbanded after a brief training session at the Madrid Sports City. With a two-week international break, the draw for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will take place next month, and the big clubs are already in full swing with their warm-up matches.

Real Madrid's international players also have to rush to various training camps to prepare for the game. This is also a warm-up for next year's World Cup, and it is a time for the national team managers of various countries to look at the players, and every player does not dare to be careless.

Casillas, Albiol and Ramos, as well as Spanish internationals such as Arbeloa and Alonso, are heading to Valencia, where they train; Metzelder was going back to Germany. Benzema, Russ. Diarra is returning to France, Jonk and Pepe are returning to Portugal with Atletico Madrid's Simao, who has just been rivals, and Van der Vaart and Drenthe are heading to Australia, where the Dutch team is playing.

Real Madrid has a large number of internationals, in addition to those from Spain. Most of them had to take a flight back to their home countries, and in the end, Real Madrid simply used the club's bus to pull all the players to the airport to make it easier for everyone to travel.

'I feel like we're going to play away games in the Champions League.' Jonk said with a smile.

Pepe laughed and chatted with Jonk. After the group arrived at the airport, they were going to say goodbye. Because Jonk's flight was the last in time. So the three of them sent away batch after batch of teammates.

Finally, Jonker's flight was about to take board. The appearance of Jonk and Pepe surprised and excited many passengers on the plane, and if it weren't for the flight attendants to maintain order, it is estimated that there would be some small riots.

After satisfying the signature requirements of several passengers and flight attendants, Jonk chatted with Pepe and Kaka for a few words, and then fell asleep, from Madrid to Doha, but it was really halfway around the world, and the journey was very tiring.

When they arrived in Doha, the appearance of Jonk and Kaka detonated Doha Airport, and there were already enthusiastic fans at the airport to welcome and wait, and Jonk also saw a lot of overseas Chinese in Doha welcoming him there.

Jonk looked at the Portuguese team who had come to pick him up and said goodbye to Kaka and Marcelo at the airport.

"Goodbye, we'll see you on the field." Kaka said, holding Jonker's hand.

Jonk smiled: "I wonder if we will meet in the World Cup?" ”

Kaka was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "That's the best, I hope it's the final, of course, we're the champions." ”

Jonker was unconvinced, "I can't tell who the champion is." He turned to look at Marcelo again, "Haha, I won't show mercy in tomorrow's game." ”

Marcelo didn't expect Jonker to say this, and when he didn't know what to say, Jonk had already said goodbye and got into the car where the Portuguese team came to pick him up.

The arrival of Jonk and Kaka brought Doha's atmosphere to a frenzied peak because of the heavyweight confrontation between Portugal and Brazil.

In particular, the arrival of Jonke has made many fans come to make pilgrimages from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and other places.

For this match, fans will first have a question, why did the big match between Portugal and Brazil take place in Doha?

Where is Doha? It is the capital of Qatar and has a population of about 1.5 million, mostly migrant workers. Like other countries in the Middle East, Qatar is rich in oil.

Why did the warm-up matches between Portugal and Brazil take place in Doha? The reason is simple, money!

It was a typical commercial game, and according to The Sun, there were two options for the appearance fee for the game, with Portugal getting £600,000 if Jonk was unable to play. Brazil, on the other hand, far exceed that figure, with the Samba Army having at least £2.8 million in appearance fees even without Kaka. With Kaka, the appearance fee will amount to £4 million. And if Jonk is able to participate, Portugal will also receive at least £3 million in appearances. It can be seen that the organizers attach importance to Jonker's influence, the top scorer in international football, in addition, Jonker's cousin after transferring to Real Madrid this season is really the level of 'Martian', with an average goal rate of 2.8 goals per game, which is enough to laugh at football.

The Portuguese media paid special attention to this warm-up match between Portugal and Brazil.

Brazil seem to have been Portugal's biggest headache over the years, winning just three of their 22 meetings, all in warm-up matches. The overall record is 3 wins, 9 draws and 10 losses. Never before has Portugal had such a bad record against any other world-class team.

Brazil, there are injuries, but not as strict as Portugal. In addition to the lack of Luisson, Roma centre-back Juan has also been refused release by the club, citing injury, while right-back Ramirez is injured, although Robinho is likely to return to the starting line-up.

Brazil's attacking triangle of Fabiano, Kaka and Robinho will remain a huge threat for Portugal.

Therefore, the Guardian also previewed the game and said that looking at the lineups of both sides, Queiroz is expected to be mainly defensive and counter-attacking. It would be a good result for Portugal to hold Brazil to a draw.

The Daily Mail isn't so pessimistic, though, and their columnist Michael Mail. Lee said in his column: In the face of five-star Brazil, the England team is not optimistic. However, those who thought Portugal would be defeated were too pessimistic. Don't forget Jì, we still have Jonk. For this match, the stakes for Portugal to win are on Jonker. We can all see it. Jonker's recent form has been pretty good, and he's a goalscoring machine. After moving to Real Madrid, it seems that he does not need to adapt to La Liga and the new team at all, with an average goal rate of 2.8 goals per game. Don't forget Jì, at the European Championships, Jonker made everyone understand that he is the kind of superstar who can change the game on his own!

When Jonk arrived at the hotel where the Portuguese team was staying in Doha, he was immediately surrounded by hundreds of journalists who had been waiting outside the hotel for a long time, asking him to talk about the upcoming big game against Brazil.

Jonk seems confident about how to view the Portugal-Brazil clash with confidence: "I know Brazil, Brazil is one of the best teams in the world, they have a lot of good players, Kaka and I are teammates, I know he is the kind of super player who can change the game, so it will be difficult. However, friendly matches are just as important for us and we need to win. We certainly hope to be able to beat them. However, it will be very difficult to beat Brazil and we need to do better than the opponent and I will play good football and help Portugal win. ”

The media immediately relayed what Jonk said to Kaka, Xiao Luo is not in good shape, did not enter the Brazilian national team in this issue, Kaka is the biggest player of the Brazilian team, Kaka first gave Portugal and Jonk sugar-coated cannonballs, "There are many unique players in Portugal, I know Jonk, so to speak, he is the core of Portugal's attack." With players like that, we have to be vigilant and not be distracted for a moment. ”

Kaka then sent the baton: "A game against a strong team like Portugal also means a lot to us, and we will give it our all, because for both sides, a win over a big opponent in next year's World Cup will give both sides a lot of encouragement and confidence. ”

Tomorrow is the warm-up match with the Brazilian team, at this time, there was sudden unexpected news from within the Portuguese team, in the morning training, the first captain Cristiano Ronaldo was injured in training and will not be able to play in the warm-up match with the Brazilian team.

This immediately became the biggest news of the day, in the Scolari period Ronaldo wore the captain's armband, and the older generation of players have all withdrawn from the national team, Ronaldo is injured, so, tomorrow's match with Brazil, who will be the captain of Portugal?

The Guardian counted all the players involved in the tournament and found that the most qualified to wear the captain's armband was the least likely.

In the end, The Guardian found that none of the three 'most qualified' to replace Cristiano Ronaldo as Portugal's starting captain were really suitable.

At this time, the Guardian set its sights on the most qualified, qualified, and authoritative player, and that was Jonker. Jonk was the biggest contributor to Portugal's Euro 2008 triumph and was the absolute heart of Portugal's attack. Also convinced by the other teammates, the prestige in the dressing room of the Portuguese battleship. Naturally, I didn't say it.

However, the "Guardian" also believes that Jonk is also the most unlikely one, if nothing else, the identity of Jonk as a half-Chinese player is the biggest obstacle.

However, after counting all the players of the Portuguese team's training camp, the Guardian also had to admit that Jonk was of Chinese descent. Jonk is definitely the best choice to captain tomorrow against Brazil! Or even the only qualified candidate!

The Daily Mail is a direct supporter of Gomez, who believes the Portuguese veteran is the one who fits to wear the captain's armband for tomorrow's match against Brazil.

The Sun, on the other hand, supported Pepe, arguing that Real Madrid have a solid position at back, are a regular in the national team, and that 'Pepe is a naturalized Brazilian player'.

It is worth mentioning that after the report of the "Sun" came out, it was boycotted by all the Chinese in Portugal, who thought that the "Sun" showed a disgusting smell of discrimination against race, race, lordship and righteousness; Lisbon's largest Chinese community asked The Sun unequivocally and mercilessly - what did you say at the time when Jonk helped Portugal stand on top of Europe? You call him King Arthur!

The Sunday Mail said. This problem needs to be solved by Queiroz, which is a somewhat tricky topic. If Queiroz accepts an FA order to appoint the captain, his prestige could be damaged and he must make his own choice.

Queiroz didn't even want to wait for the FA's appointment call. He didn't keep the media waiting too long, and Queiroz made the decision on the night of Cristiano Ronaldo's injury.

Portugal's head coach Queiroz called the FA. Of course, it was not a request, Queiroz simply relayed his decision to the FA. When Queiroz's name was heard on the other end of the line, there was silence for almost half a minute. Ask Queiroz if he has already decided. After receiving an affirmative reply from Queiroz, the FA, who knew Queiroz's temperament, after weighing the pros and cons, chose an attitude of tacit approval, neither for nor against.

In the evening, after dinner, the Portuguese team leader informed Jonker that the head coach Queiroz was looking for him.

"Jonker, tomorrow's game, I'm going to hand you the captain's armband, is there a problem?" Queiroz said straight to the point.

Jonk was also stunned, he really didn't expect Queiroz to find himself is this matter, Jonk never thought that he would wear the captain's armband of the Portuguese team, the national team is not a club, Jonk has worn the captain's armband in the Manchester United team, although he is also facing pressure and doubts, but at the beginning of the club, he was questioned mainly because of his age and qualifications, and not because he has Chinese ancestry, after all, the captains of many giants are not internationals of the countries to which they belong in various leagues, but the Portuguese national team is different, Everybody knows that.

"Boss, to be honest, I wasn't prepared." Jonk said frankly.

"It doesn't matter if you're not prepared, I'm sure you can handle it." Queiroz saw that Jonker seemed to be about to say something, and he didn't allow Jonk to open his mouth at all, so he waved his hand very arbitrarily, "Okay, this matter has been decided, I called you here just to inform you, not to ask for your opinion, tomorrow's game, don't have too much pressure, go ahead." ”

Jonk smiled bitterly, didn't the leader know that when the captain's armband was worn on his arm, it was the biggest pressure? The pressure comes from the media, from the fans, from his teammates, or from Jonker's heart.

In addition, Jonk didn't expect Queiroz to be so resolute and arbitrary in deciding this time. This also touched Jonker, not only because of his love of wearing the captain's armband, but also because of Queiroz's approach, which was to shoulder all the responsibility and media difficulties on his own to avoid excessive pressure on Jonker. After all, it was Queiroz who made the decision.

The next day, the day of the warm-up match between Portugal and Brazil, when the Portuguese team went to the stadium in the morning for adaptation training, nearly 200 reporters scanned all positions outside the training field, and their purpose was clear, hoping to find out who the starting captain of the Portuguese team was in today's game.

After training, Queiroz announced to the team that the captain's armband for the match would be handed over to Jonker.

Obviously. Judging by the expressions of the players of the Portuguese team, except for Queiroz himself. No one would have thought of this result.

This is not the first time Jonker has captained the team, having previously been at Manchester United. Jonk had been captain before, and more than once.

However, national teams and clubs are naturally different.

The Portuguese national team can be said to be a star-studded group, and the most important thing is the stars, if it comes to fame, Jonk is naturally the first person to deserve.

And, fame aside, just looking at the player's qualifications, Jonk is also the most suitable.

Jonk's Chinese ancestry aside. Even when it comes to voting within the Portuguese team, Jonk is the deserved first choice.

Although the impression of Jonker is very good, and other teammates are convinced of Jonker's performance in the European Championship and the current status of Jonk in football, there are still many veteran players who have some complaints about Queiroz's choice of Jonker as the captain of this game.

Ricardo, Gomez and Carvalho, the three 'old guys' mentioned by The Guardian who are most likely to be the captain of the game, are naturally very unhappy about this, and Carvalho is better. In Jonker's two seasons at Chelsea, his performance was obvious to all, and Carvalho regretted and depressed himself. Still in favor of Jonker.

The dissatisfaction and doubts of other players, including Ricardo and Gomez, were strongly pushed by Queiroz and nothing more.

Thereupon. In today's game, Jonker's captaincy was forcibly removed by Queiroz. Though. There is also Jonker's personal ability and charisma, which impresses the rest of his teammates. However, this would not have been possible without the support of Queiroz.

In addition, the most crucial thing is that there is no real convincing other teammates in this Portugal team, the only player who can PK with Jonker, Cristiano Ronaldo, is absent from this game, and Jonk has no real opponent who can pose a direct threat to him wearing the captain's armband of the Portuguese national team.

In fact, Ronaldo can only be regarded as an outer islander, not a real Portuguese, but he is closer to Portugal's appearance in appearance, which is more acceptable psychologically.

Portugal is not as particular as England, and things have passed without any aftermath.

No matter what the Portuguese team says, it is still a matter of understanding.

Jonk didn't pay attention to these pressures from inside and outside the team, he knew that this matter did have a great impact, and Jonk also knew that now, at this time, all he could do was to play honestly, and those criticisms would sooner or later be broken by his excellent performance, and it was not the first time he had done this!

In addition, at the noon press briefing, Queiroz said strongly that it was his decision to choose Jonk as the captain of the field for this match against Brazil, and it was also supported by all his teammates in the Portuguese team.

Queiroz's statement is undoubtedly the biggest support for Jonker.

This made the pressure on Jonker's shoulders a little less. It also made Jonker very grateful to Queiroz, although Queiroz 'made it', but this trust and Queiroz's way of rushing forward to block bullets for his disciple as always, made Jonker very moved. Jonker, of course, knew that Queiroz was taking great responsibility and accepting a lot of artillery fire when he said this.

Swiftly, news spread around the world that Queiroz had announced that Jonker would be Portugal's starting captain against Brazil.

The attention of this Portugal vs Brazil match has risen a lot again, and it can be said that it can be described as 'world-watching'.

Whether they like Jonker, support Jonk, or don't like Jonk, they are all waiting for this historic moment to appear.

That is, wait and see Jonker with the captain's armband of the Portuguese team on his arm, stand at the front of the Portuguese team, and lead the Portuguese team out and onto the field!!

November 14, 2009, the day of the big match between Portugal and Brazil.

At the door of the hotel where the Portuguese team stayed, the reporter had already put up a posture, although it was only a friendly match, but this game, it is not an exaggeration to say that the whole of Portugal is paying attention.

In the flash, Jonk and his teammates boarded the team bus.

On the other hand, Kaka also boarded the bus with his Brazilian teammates under the attention of countless reporters. (To be continued......)