Whether Porto is considered a European giant or not is actually a bit controversial, because they rose a little late and won a little less of Europe's top cup competitions.

It was only in the late 80s that Porto began to rise to prominence, after a lackluster performance in both domestic league and European competition.

But from the end of the 80s, Porto began to sweep multiple league titles, especially the five consecutive domestic league titles from 94 to 99, which made them the undisputed top three of the Portuguese Super League.

But the only honour in Europe is the 1987 Champions League winner.

Therefore, although Porto is in line with the long-term domination of the domestic league and cup competitions, and has the hard honor of winning the Champions League, only one Champions League trophy is a little less after all.

This also makes the identity of the Porto giants not widely recognized, but if they are a top European team, or even a quasi-giant, there is no opposition.

But to become the undisputed giants, Porto need at least one more Champions League and a period of domination in the domestic league and cup competitions so that there will be no more controversy about being crowned a big club.

At this time, even Porto fans would not have thought that at this time, a traitor team called "Macau F4" by Macau players would actually want to carry the flag in person and help Porto officially ascend to the throne of European giants.

The "also" here naturally refers to Mourinho, who took office in a hurry in the middle of the season!

Jose Mourinho has such ambitions, but the Portuguese teenager is in a bad mood at this time.

After he came to Porto during the winter break, he found that the team's poor record in recent years, in addition to the decline in the strength of the meritorious players, the overall atmosphere of the team, especially the will to fight, was wrong.

This is easy to understand, many of the current Porto players are heroes of the five-consecutive championship period, commonly known as the fathers, and they will be famous after retiring.

But if you count the age, you can know that many of them are veterans who are Ben San, or even more than 30 years old.

These people also did their best for the team back then, and they didn't win less honors, except for the Champions League, they took all the honors they could get in China several times.

So at this time, as they got older, their strength entered a period of decline, their fighting spirit and ambition were also consumed, and the team was bought by the Chinese, so they naturally chose to lie on the merit book and mess around.

Porto's management have similar problems, they have worked hard for the team and have done a lot of good work, so they feel that it is time for them to enjoy it.

Zhao Yuting has some understanding of his team's situation, but he doesn't dare to clean up these veterans, otherwise it will be difficult to be put on a hat by the local media or the fan base.

The most odious thing is that the fans of Porto are really on the side of these heroes, they think that the team's poor results in recent years are that the Chinese buy the team to make people panic.

But these people deliberately ignore that Porto's decline in results began in '99, not '01, and there was a gap of two seasons in between.

However, both the players and the fans, including the local media, are willing to scapegoat the Chinese.

Outside the base in Porto, there are as few as a dozen fans as many as dozens of fans every day, who come to protest against the team's foreign takeover, hoping that the local government will forcibly take back the club and then change it to a membership system like Benfica.

This is naturally some insatiable white-skinned bandits who want to empty their gloves and white wolves, Zhao Yuting is also very upset by these things, but it is really not good to exchange blood in a big way, otherwise someone will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble.

But Mourinho didn't care so much, after he took over the team during the winter break, he repeatedly criticized the players in front of the media for low morale, lack of ambition and loss of will to fight.

This has led to veterans starting to compete with it, and with the World Cup about to start, many Mesozoic players are staying for the World Cup, so the team's results have become very unstable.

Mourinho broke out after losing to his former club Leiria in the 23rd round and suffering two consecutive defeats to fall to fourth place!

"A player who can't stand up for his team, no matter how many accolades he has, is ultimately a coward who will only rest on his laurels."

Mourinho looked at these old guys who didn't eat oil and salt, and the Mesozoic who couldn't do anything to prevent injuries, and knew that some problems could not be solved by words alone.

These old oilmen who have no desire and no desires, and have several years of contracts, will not eat his set of radical methods.

In addition to Deco's determination that he could not be selected for the Brazilian team, but instead showed himself in retaliation, Carvalho, the Mesozoic players who were selected for the national team, also did not work.

So it was formed: you say yours, you scold you, we don't express our opinions, just clock in and out as usual.

Besides, we didn't deliberately release water, and competitive sports can't kick others, so what can we do?

On the contrary, you, a rookie coach, spend all day on the sidelines combing your oily hair, making a shape, and then pretending to be a mold and making a show......

Phew, you can go up and kick it!

Mourinho doesn't have much white hair now, and these veterans of Porto really don't look down on this little translator, and often gather together in private to quietly mock: No wonder he was swept away after coaching Benfica for a few games, this is incompetence!

"Listen, I'll look for some determined players, and my chances to play will only be reserved for those who are determined, those who forge ahead, and those who fight, and I will not wait for those who hesitate, slacken, and fear difficulties."

Jose Mourinho is also irritated by the attitude of these veterans, who are just the ones he says.

The next day, he handed over a list of reinforcements to the Porto hierarchy – Maniche, Pedro Emmanuel, Paolo Ferreira, Delle and Valente......

These are either his henchmen in Leiria, or the good players he has his eye on during his time in charge.

At this time, Mourinho finally understood that if he coached a top team, if he did not have a team of henchmen who obeyed him, he would not have enough authority at all, let alone sell his face.

But the winter transfer window has already closed, and Porto will have to wait until next season if they want to trade the transfer.

So Mourinho thought about it and simply went to the second team to see if there were any young people who could make a difference.

He's always been a big fan of young players, and there are plenty of young players he brought out of Leiria.

Porto, as a Portuguese Super League giant, should have a lot of good seedlings waiting to be tapped in the second-tier team and youth echelon.

Since these veterans can't move, and the Mesozoic is unwilling to contribute because of the World Cup, it's better to promote some young people to be catfish.

Zhang Desheng didn't know that the new coach of his own team was going to come over to pick someone to be a catfish.

He was just promoted to the second-tier team before the Spring Festival, and he was promoted from U17 to U19 and then to the second-tier team one after another after just a month after arriving in Porto, which is really amazing.

But there is no way, his talent is there.

At the age of 16 and a half, the ability value is as high as 70, which is already the main level of the middle and upper reaches of the Portuguese Super League.

If combined with his tempting age, he has become a real genius who can play as a starter in the national football team without gifts, and even play the team leader can be called up again!

"Alberto, do you have any good guys to recommend here!"

Of course, Mourinho will not pick people directly, that would be rude.

He invited Alberto, the head coach of the second-tier team, to his home a day in advance, and after opening a bottle of good wine for dinner, he got down to business.

"Jose, I do have a treasure here, I originally wanted to recommend it to you next season, but if you need a good boy to stimulate those old guys, I can only recommend him to you in advance."

Alberto is not young, with a full face and beard, and the raunchy appearance of a bachelor, but he is very open-minded and sincere in his words.

"Oh, it's rare to see a young man who can be so favored by you, what's his name?"

Mourinho, who had dealt with Alberto when he was here as a translator a decade ago, knew that this was not a man of words.

This young man who can be so favored by Alberto will definitely not be bad in talent.

"He's a little guy from China, and I didn't pay attention to him at first, but you just have to find a time to watch this kid play, and you will know why I recommended him to you."

Alberto took a sip of his glass, then added mysteriously: "I can only tell you that he is the kind of genius that Porto can't stay long!" ”