Beast King Costa

Chapter 208 Be Yourself
As the mainstay of Brazilian club Vitoria, David Luiz gained the trust of Fernando Santos on the fifth day of training.

I saw Fernando Santos saying to the team's many defenders: "The team's main central defenders last season, Ricardo Rocha and Kleb Anderson, have left the team. There is an urgent shortage of manpower at the position, so! Louis Panasonic will stand at the central defender position next season. As for the other main central defender position, I am currently more inclined to let David take the position."

In this regard, the defenders who came from Benfica's youth training are somewhat disappointed - everyone hopes to wear the jersey of Benfica's first team and compete for the team in the Portuguese Super League and European competitions.

David Luiz, as a young player who just transferred to Benfica from the Brazilian second-tier league, was able to quickly occupy a main position, which really annoyed them.

It's just that they didn't think of some problems-David Luiz was able to arrive at the training ground an hour earlier every day; When playing, David Luiz was still practicing his long-range shots and free kicks.

These things, the old coach Fernando Santos sees in his eyes and keeps in his heart.

Fernando Santos comforted these young people: "Of course, the team will fight on the third line next season. In any case, the main guard lineup will definitely need a certain rotation, and the bench will also need a certain personnel reserve. So! Everyone learn David, train hard!"

……

Watching Fernando Santos continue to mobilize the defenders, Benfica's regular main players last season, plus Diego, a newcomer, have a lot of words.

"Coach Santos talks about reform all day long, which is not fair at all!"

Assis murmured in a low voice with dissatisfaction: "His two Greek confidantes, Kate Solanis and Karagonis, haven't attended club training yet, and they yell at me all day long, they have to train like them. Hard work, full of fighting spirit on the court... oh! and active counterattack in the frontcourt."

"I am fighting back in the frontcourt, am I not active?!"

Diego even rolled his eyes: "Before I transferred, Coach Santos said he would give me the No. 9 jersey. As a result, he told me yesterday, 'Karagones wants to wear the No. 9 jersey, Diego, I hope you As a young player, being able to leave the No. 9 to the big brother of the team'."

Nelson couldn't help being stunned: "Uh, isn't Coach Santos' meaning obvious?!"

"Yes!"

Diego gritted his teeth and said: "Kalagonis wears the No. 9 jersey, which means that he is the No. 1 choice for the center position of coach Santos next season."

After returning to Lisbon this time and participating in the coach Fernando Santos' training camp for the first time, Diego's heart can be said to be refreshing.

This f*cking old fox just broke his promise!
Before, he kept telling himself that he would give himself the No. 9 jersey and that he would be the main center of Benfica next season.

What now?
Fernando Santos completely treats Diego as an ordinary young player. Even, Diego’s excellent performance on the training ground, Fernando Santos except for a "good job" and a thumbs up, There is no other expression.

It seems that Fernando Santos has already left his main center position to the Greek Karagonis in his heart. Even Mantolas, who has lost all three World Cup matches and has gone back to Angola for vacation, has also won Praise from Fernando Santos.

What to say, Mantolas' frontcourt enthusiasm is quite worthy of promotion.

Diego didn't believe it, his enthusiasm would be worse than that of Mantolas!

Of course, Diego is not the most depressed person.

The most depressed person at this time is Benfica's main goalkeeper Moreto last season.

Fernando Santos basically "sprays" Moreto's footwork for 5 minutes every day.

"Moreto, your footwork is not good! It's too rough!"

"I really need the ability of the goalkeeper to have a long pass and directly find the frontcourt center. If I can't practice this long pass, I really can't give you the main position."

"Moreto, your goal kick is getting worse and worse. More and more time, you drive the ball outside the touchline. This state is really not good."

"If you go on like this, I really can't give you another chance - I emphasize to you every day that the general trend of football in the future, goalkeepers need footwork! Footwork! Do you understand?!"

……

"Hey, the big trend in the future, goalkeepers need footwork, who doesn't know?"

Moreto complained to his teammates angrily: "But the goalkeeper's most important duty is to keep the goal! You can't guarantee the interception ability in front of the goal. If you think about long passes and defensive counterattacks, isn't that just looking far away?!"

After all, Moreto mentioned a possible reason why he was "targeted": "Perhaps, because Quim is a Portuguese with good roots?"

"Shh!!!"

You know, it is a big deal to mention racial discrimination in Europe.

Beto quickly covered Moreto's mouth: "Don't talk nonsense! What Portuguese! They all speak Portuguese, so there's no difference."

"Then I really don't know what Coach Santos is doing against me!"

"Okay! Don't complain, everyone..."

Diego looked solemnly at the back of Fernando Santos who was training the young people, and said to his teammates in a low voice: "Let's stop guessing what Coach Santos' intention is, do our training tasks well, and keep us well." That's the competitiveness."

At this point, Diego even clenched his fists tightly: "Anyway, when the main players return to the team for training, we will know who is stronger and weaker when we compare them. I don't believe it, Coach Santos is so willful. , the nepotistic temper can continue regardless of the team's record."

"Okay! Let's train hard, I will continue to practice footwork..."

Although Moreto looked distressed, he still comforted himself and said: "Our group of tall goalkeepers were trained as goal-line goalkeepers in the youth training era, and there was very little footwork training. Just think of it as self-improvement - if I can improve my footwork and give strikers a precise kick, it will indeed be a qualitative leap."

Other regular main players of last season also comforted each other.

Anyway, just do your job well and maintain the best competitive state.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

(End of this chapter)