i am quaresma

Chapter 348
In fact, Figo has no problem playing the front midfielder. First of all, his skills are guaranteed enough, and as he gets older, his explosive power decreases, and his ability to attack on the side is also declining. Looking at the overall situation, it can also play a threat.

It's just that everyone thinks it's a pity. After all, Figo's most familiar position is actually on the side.

Fortunately, the appearance of Quaresma and Ronaldo has made Portuguese fans full of expectations. This may become the most terrifying wing combination in world football in the next ten years!
This game is also the last appearance of the Portuguese national team before the World Cup. All of them have attracted much attention. What kind of state they can play may directly affect their performance in the World Cup.

Even though the outside world paid close attention, Quaresma did not pay much attention at this time, because he knew that this game was only arranged for the Portuguese national team to boost confidence. After all, this is a common practice of many teams before the big game. Once a fish belly comes and wins once, confidence will follow.

Moreover, Portugal's signing luck is good, and they are assigned to the same group as Mexico, Iran, and Angola. Except that Mexico will cause a little trouble for Portugal, whether Iran or Angola, I am afraid that they can only play soy sauce and show their faces, that's all.

Because of the arrangement of the World Cup draw, Portugal is in the third tier. This is not because Portugal is in the third tier. It is based on geographical distribution, so as to avoid teams from the same continent and other teams from being in the same group. .

Mexico has entered the first tier because of the world ranking. Although Mexico is indeed strong, it is definitely the weakest team in the first tier, so Portugal has drawn a good lottery!
Even if Portugal has been unable to enter the state for a long time and enters the field slowly, then after three group matches, it is time to play the state. Wouldn't it be more beneficial for the subsequent games?
So Quaresma is not worried at all!
If Portugal is really so slow that it still cannot enter the state after the group stage, then there is nothing to say about being eliminated.

Moreover, Quaresma remembers that Portugal seems to have entered the semi-finals of this World Cup!

Therefore, the previous wave of competition does not matter at all.

Luxembourg's opponent, Portugal, is already very familiar. After all, they were in the same group as Portugal in the previous qualifiers, and although Luxembourg is a typical European fish, they appear frequently in international friendly matches and warm-up matches. Low strength is what many strong teams like to use to find confidence. If Luxembourg charges to play games, then the money will almost be comparable to their government revenue!
Therefore, in the face of old opponents, Portugal is not polite. Isn't Luxembourg just to find confidence, and there is no need to consider the opponent's feelings. It is more realistic to score a few more goals quickly.

So, before the first half was over, Luxembourg was beaten to autism by the wolf-like Portugal.

Quaresma scored twice, Cristiano Ronaldo and Figo scored goals, and even Pauleta, who is not efficient in scoring goals for the national team, scored goals in a row. It seems that he must be reminded that he is the Portuguese national team Just like Indian center.

The opponent has almost no power to resist. Portugal's offense has been hovering near the opponent's penalty area, which is simply a drill of intensive defensive tactics.

It has no tactical value at all!

After all, it is the World Cup. Even Angola and Iran, which have limited strength, cannot be beaten like this by Portugal. Therefore, apart from building confidence for the players and a good sign for the World Cup, this game has no effect!

So not long after the start of the second half, Scolari replaced the main lineup and asked the other players to find confidence, which was not in vain for the opponent.

In the end, Portugal won a big victory, which left the fans with an excellent impression. Some media also began to analyze the possibility of Portugal winning the championship, and the public opinion was hot.

Although all the World Cup teams are playing the final warm-up match at this time, none of them ravages their opponents like Portugal. The team aspiring to win the championship is on the sidelines, and at the same time it is adjusting the ranking of Portugal's opponents in their hearts.

Now, among the odds of winning the World Cup given by major gaming companies, the defending champion Brazil ranks first, with an odds of 3.80, far ahead. Third at 8.00 odds.

The runner-up of the European Championship, Portugal, is still unable to enter the eyes of the fans. It only ranks 21.00th with 9 odds of winning, ahead of them are England, Argentina, France, the Netherlands and Spain.

Obviously, everyone is not too optimistic about Portugal. After all, compared with those traditional European giants, Portuguese football rose too late.

Moreover, Portugal's golden generation has entered the curtain call period. It is generally believed that Euro 04 is the last madness of the golden generation. Now, most of the stars in the main lineup are veterans of the golden generation, and it is really difficult to guarantee their competitive status.

However, in Quaresma's view, this does not seem to be a big problem. Who said that veterans can't have ambitions?
Besides, Portugal is not the team with the oldest average age in this World Cup, not even in the top five.

The average age of the Czech Republic, France, Brazil, and even Italy, who won the championship in the previous life, is older than Portugal. With these old guys, is Portugal still old?
What's more, Quaresma feels that now is actually the best chance for Portugal to make an impact on the World Cup, because there will be no golden generation for Portugal in the future.

The veterans are old and strong, and the new generation of myself and Ronaldo are gradually entering the stage. The current Portugal is undoubtedly the best Portugal.

If they fail to win the championship, the golden generation who are destined to fade out of the national team after the World Cup will definitely leave lifelong regrets.

Therefore, not only for myself, but also for the veterans of the golden generation, the World Cup must also be won!
As a junior, let me send them a most respectable farewell!

Flying to Germany, the atmosphere of the World Cup is already very strong. Although the Portuguese resident is only a small local town, the local people are still restless for the World Cup. This sport that affects the whole world has brought people more than just It's as simple as a game.

During the week in Marienfeld, the Portuguese team focused on rehearsing offensive routines, mainly allowing Figo to form a tacit understanding with his teammates in the midfielder position. Figo's performance in this position definitely plays a role in how far the team can go. Crucial role.

And Figo obviously knows this, so he is more serious in training. As the captain of the Portuguese national team, it is impossible for him not to fight.

On the 10th, after breakfast, the Portuguese national team took a bus to Cologne, where their first match will be held.

In fact, the atmosphere in the Portuguese national team is very relaxed. Although most of them are veterans, professional players are like this.

Sitting by the window, Quaresma watched the German fans waving at the bus, and couldn't help being a little funny. If the German fans knew that Portugal might become the opponent of the German team, would they still welcome the Portuguese national team so much?

I'm afraid that at this time, it is possible to overturn the bus of the Portuguese national team. The fighting power of the Germans is not covered!
But when Quaresma was thinking wildly, the bus suddenly braked suddenly, and Quaresma almost hit the back of the front seat.

Depend on!
You can't really be attacked, can you?

For a moment, Quaresma panicked!

Although there seems to be no terrorist attack on a player in the previous life, there is no guarantee that his arrival will change some of the reality. What if someone really plans to take advantage of the World Cup to do something?

The first reaction is to unbuckle the seat belt, pick up the safety hammer sandwiched between the windows, and hit the special points on the car glass directly.

Quaresma felt sorry for his life. It was rare for him to cross over, and he hadn't even encountered the World Cup. How could something like this happen?
If there is no chance to travel through this accident, wouldn't I be belching myself?
In his previous life, he often saw the news of bus tragedies. Many tragedies were caused by the fact that the bus was not equipped with a safety hammer. At the same time, he also learned a lot of escape knowledge. It is best to use the safety hammer to smash the glass at the first time. The means of escape, so Quaresma will not hesitate to do so.

Ping!
Whoa!

While everyone was stunned, the car glass was broken and a piece fell off, while Quaresma stood on the seat, kicked over, smashed all the glass, and was about to call his teammates to jump out of the car!

The teammates were all stunned, and they didn't know why Quaresma seemed to go crazy suddenly.

Actually smashed up the car?
The underdeveloped brains of professional players were completely short-circuited at this moment, and they opened their mouths wide open. Looking at Quaresma was like watching a mental illness!
"You're crazy!" Scolari was sitting in the first row. At this time, the old man was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped

"Come down quickly!" With Scolari's shout, Quaresma regained his composure and looked around in a daze.

I seem to be doing something stupid!
If you do something stupid, it's okay if no one finds out, but the embarrassing thing is that at this time, everyone's eyes are on you, and you will know how ashamed you are!
"Ah!" No way, Quaresma could only find an excuse for himself to avoid embarrassment, "I just dreamed that the bus was attacked!"

All the teammates were overwhelmed by Quaresma's flamboyant performance, especially Deco, who was sitting next to Quaresma just now, was about to kneel to Quaresma!

Did you just sleep with your eyes open?

Looking at the embarrassment in front of him, Scolari didn't know why, and suddenly felt that it might be a mistake to bring Quaresma to Germany. He never knew that Quaresma was actually a psycho!
At this time, it became clear what happened ahead, because a traffic accident happened in the section ahead, and the road was blocked, so the bus couldn't move on.

Moreover, in this state, the bus can no longer continue to drive, even the windows of the car have been smashed, and it is still a woolen yarn!

Misfortunes never come singly!
There was no way, so I quickly contacted the World Cup Organizing Committee and sent another bus to pick up the Portuguese team.

And until the arrival of the bus, the road ahead has not been cleared, and the work efficiency of the German traffic police is simply broken.

In this way, under repeated blows, the Portuguese team arrived in Cologne two hours later than expected. Therefore, even the planned training session in the afternoon was cancelled!

Because of the focus of the whole world's attention, any disturbance will be infinitely magnified, so what happened on the Portuguese bus was also spread immediately.

If it’s just because of a traffic jam, it’s okay, and it’s fine to criticize the poor organization of the German organization, but it’s not going to go online. After all, it’s impossible to arrange everything for such a big event, and the car accident is still an accident. No one can predict it. of.

But the incident of Quaresma smashing the car is a bit interesting, it is simply a fantasy, at least it has never happened in the history of football.

Isn't it because there is a car accident ahead, and it won't explode. Why are you smashing the car so crazy to escape?

In other words, is Portugal really here to play the World Cup?

In other words, why are there so many teasers in Portugal?
It just happened that two team members came to the training base with pirated discs, and now Quaresma has smashed the bus again, so maybe there will be more trouble tomorrow!

The fans laughed so hard that their stomachs were about to become pregnant, and they were afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

"One bus is obviously not enough for Quaresma, so hurry up and send two more!"

"How much did Mercedes-Benz pay you? You are so crazy that you smashed a Mercedes-Benz bus to increase the exposure of the Mercedes-Benz bus? I, Volkswagen, will give you double!"

"I don't know whether the World Cup Organizing Committee will ask Quaresma for compensation, but don't let Quaresma go bankrupt!"

"Other national teams should be careful, Quaresma may not be addicted to smashing, maybe I will smash your bus at night!"

Mercedes-Benz will definitely not let go of such heat, and is very happy to say that the safety of Mercedes-Benz has been proved through this time. If it is replaced by a bus of other brands, but it cannot break the driving glass to escape in a critical moment, it is simply a disaster. Irresponsibility for life.

And no one expected that Mercedes-Benz would actually increase its sales by taking advantage of the car smashing incident, making Quaresma even want to ask them for labor fees!

I smashing the glass of the car is not considered physical labor, is it?

What's interesting is that the journalists with great powers have restored the whole process, and they don't even know where they got the photos. Quaresma's stalwart figure was captured when he smashed the glass with a safety hammer. With the background of the bus, and a set of medieval warrior armor for Quaresma, it is almost like a warrior on the battlefield.

Some fans found that the image of Quaresma is actually in line with the image of Thor in their hearts. If the small safety hammer is replaced with Thor's Hammer, then Quaresma is a proper Thor!

As a result, the fans who are not too serious about watching the excitement collectively appealed to the American Marvel Company to adapt the Thor comics as soon as possible, put Thor on the big screen, and find Quaresma as the leading actor. Except for Quaresma, they do not recognize other people!

In the end, when things got serious, Marvel had to issue a statement, and would carefully consider everyone's opinions. No matter what else, at least they won't lose this wave, because Thor's enthusiasm has actually come up!

Quaresma was deeply speechless about this. With my height of 1 meters, how can I play Thor?
It's almost like being hammered to death by Thor.
However, now Quaresma can't control so many gossips. Portugal's preparations for the war have entered the last juncture. Even Scolari did not criticize him because of the car smashing incident, just because he was afraid of affecting Quaresma's state, no matter what , everything still has to focus on the World Cup.

But at this time, something happened to Portugal!
During the training on the last day before the game, the core midfielder Deco and Costinia collided. After preliminary inspection, although the injury was not serious, it was impossible to play in the first game. You won't be able to make an appearance until the second group match!

This time, it directly disrupted Scolari's tactical arrangement.

You know, Deco is the absolute core of the midfield of the Portuguese national team, and even the operation of the entire team must be based on Deco, and his injury is definitely the most fatal blow to Portugal.

Don't look at Deco's usual inconspicuousness on the court, and he is a late bloomer, but his strength is definitely what any team needs and dreams of.

In 04, Porto won the Champions League with Deco as the core. In 04, Portugal used Deco as the core of the midfield and won the runner-up of the European Championship. This season, Barcelona also used Deco as the core of the midfield. Entered the Champions League final, although it is generally believed that Ronaldinho played a greater role in Barcelona's tactics, but no one can ignore Deco's best use.

Such an important player was injured the day before the game. Scolari's current mood seems to be beeping a dog!

If there is a bit of fantasy, then it can be explained that this Portuguese team is absolutely cursed!
The World Cup hasn't started yet, so why is it going so badly?
But fortunately, the opponent Angola in the first game is really not strong. Even without Deco, it is estimated that the opponent will not be able to give Portugal too much trouble, so the fans are still optimistic!

Quaresma is also very optimistic. If even Angola is afraid, then Portugal should go home as soon as possible, so as not to be ashamed to stay here.

Not to mention the opponent is Angola, even if it is Italy, Quaresma dares to show his sword at them, and he can't believe that they can't penetrate their reinforced concrete defense!

But it's still a bit early to mention Italy, let's make sure the group is the first to qualify!
Recently, the media have been hyping the "Portuguese Derby" for no other reason. The relationship between Angola and Portugal is a bit complicated.

Before 1975, Portugal had colonized Angola in Africa for nearly five centuries. Even the official language was Portuguese. Although it was independent, it had a unique relationship with Portugal.

Four years ago, Angola had just ended its civil war and was trying its best to develop its economy. However, the foundation was too poor and the country was poor and backward. It was hard to imagine that a team from such a country could qualify for the World Cup.

But at this time, I am afraid that no one has realized that Angola can actually counterattack Portugal, the suzerain country!

Of course, this counterattack does not refer to the World Cup, but the subsequent economy!
After experiencing the European debt crisis in the previous life, the Portuguese economy gradually collapsed. At that time, Angola was thriving driven by the oil industry. In turn, it provided economic assistance to Portugal, which is simply surprising!
After all, the oil daddy is rich!
But no matter how elated the Angolans were afterwards, now, Quaresma will beat them up first, and let's talk about the whole start!

For mainstream football, teams that rarely appear in international arenas are called "mysterious masters", but Angola is not so mysterious in front of Portugal, because many members of the Angola national team are in Plays in the Portuguese League club.

Therefore, it is not very difficult to collect information on Angolan players. Of course, Quaresma doesn't know much about these players.

Whoever he is, let's do it first!
It is rare that there is no strong team in the group stage, and Quaresma has made up his mind to score goals!

The German striker Miroslav Klose won the Golden Boot in this World Cup in his previous life. He scored five goals in total.

With the weight of Portugal's opponents in the group, if Quaresma fights hard, he may even be able to lock the Golden Boot in advance in the group stage!

This is confidence in yourself and in Portugal, not arrogance!
Is it difficult to score twice in two games and score another goal in the remaining game?
The teammates are just big fish like Angola and Iran, and they are not teams like Italy and France that are aiming to win the championship.

Quaresma didn't feel at all that the task was impossible.

At present, on the list of odds for the Golden Boot that started as a gaming company, Quaresma ranks fourth with odds of 12.00, the top three are Ronaldo at 8.00, and Adria tied for second at 11.00 Nuo and Henry, and behind Quaresma, there are super shooters such as Crespo, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Owen.

This odds is quite satisfactory, and being able to rank in this position is enough to prove everyone's affirmation of Quaresma's strength. After all, he has surpassed long-established shooters such as Ruud van Nistelrooy and Crespo!

However, only Quaresma himself knows how bad the analysts who determine the initial odds are.

Even if they don't consider themselves, they can actually set Ronaldo's odds at 8.00, ranking first, which is simply a blatant waste of money!
Although Ronaldo scored 8 goals in the last World Cup and won the Golden Boot, that was four years ago. In the four seasons of Real Madrid, Ronaldo's state has been up and down. Last season, he was injured. Affected, only 15 goals were scored in each competition, not as many goals as Quaresma scored in the Champions League.

As for Adriano, he has never been a prolific shooter, even if he is in full swing, didn't he only score 13 goals in Inter Milan last season!

Is it because he played well in the Confederations Cup that he was promoted so high?
Two Brazilian players are at the forefront, and the Brazilian national team is also at the top of the list of winning odds. This is clearly the rhythm of the Brazilian myth!
When Brazil is eliminated, I don't know how many people will jump off the roof!
Well, whatever it is, play your game!

Goal 1: Lead Portugal to the title
Goal 2: Win the World Cup Golden Boot

Quaresma silently set a goal for himself, and he vowed that this World Cup, he will definitely surprise the whole world!

(End of this chapter)