Beast King Costa

Chapter 218 Meeting Yu Dabao for the First Time

Under the guidance of Huangshan, Diego and Fernando Santos came to the office building of the training base.

After seeing the training attitude of the Qingdao team, Fernando Santos looked stern.

Apparently, it was really hard for the old coach to accept the training attitude of being undisciplined and even making mistakes with a smile on his face.

"Hey……"

In this regard, Diego also hurriedly comforted Fernando Santos: "Maybe it's because of the offseason? That's why those players are so relaxed."

"Professional players, there is no such thing as 'relaxing' on the training ground!"

Fernando Santos emphasized very seriously: "That is completely irresponsible for his career! Those players, in my opinion, are not worthy of the title of 'professional players' at all."

"Ugh!"

Well, seeing the old coach Santos so angry, Diego didn't know what to say.

I can only hope that the training attitude of the players of the Qingdao team will not affect Fernando Santos's prejudiced vision to inspect Yu Dabao's trial training.

Entering the office of Yin Shengtie, head coach of the Qingdao team, Diego found that there was another player sitting beside him.

This player is none other than Yu Dabao, a player from the Chinese National Youth Team that Benfica will try out this time!

Yin Shengtie saw that Huangshan brought the guests here, and he stood up quickly. The veteran Chinese football coach, who once served as the head coach of the national team, greeted in very poor English: "Coach Santos, hello! Welcome welcome!"

"Hello coach."

Santos saw that the other party was about the same age as himself, so he also politely greeted the other party in the same bad English.

After the two shook hands, they sat down.

Since he didn't understand Portuguese, and there was a "free translator" named Diego, Huangshan Zhiqu left first.

Before leaving Yin Shengtie's office, Huang Shan did not forget to remind Yu Dabao: "Be smart, don't let Coach Santos leave a bad impression!"

Yu Dabao seemed a little nervous, he nodded quickly and said "yes".

After Huang Shan left, the exchange between Yin Shengtie and Santos officially began.

"Uh……"

Apparently, Yin Shengtie didn't know how to start. After all, not only did he not understand Portuguese, but he was also weak in English. Apart from the most basic etiquette greetings, he didn't know how to speak anything else.

To Diego's surprise, Yu Dabao took the initiative to introduce himself to Fernando Santos in Portuguese.

"Hello, Coach Santos, I am Chinese player Yu Dabao, and I will try out for Benfica Club next. Nice to meet you! I hope to become a player under you."

Although Yu Dabao's Portuguese seemed blunt, it was much better than Yin Shengtie's English.

Regarding this, Fernando Santos was also a little surprised: "Oh? Yu, you can actually speak Portuguese?"

Yu Dabao hurriedly continued to explain: "I have been studying Portuguese for half a year for the trial training of Benfica Club, and now I know the most basic communication. It's just very blunt. If I can pass the trial training of your club and join Benfica, I will I will continue to strengthen my Portuguese learning, don't worry."

"I see. Nice to meet you, Yu! I hope you will be able to show your talent in the trial training later."

When Fernando Santos suddenly realized, his face, which was originally stern because of the lax training attitude of the Qingdao players, also relaxed.

Obviously, Yu Dabao gave Fernando Santos a pretty good first impression.

And Yin Shengtie, who had no idea what Yu Dabao and Fernando Santos were talking about, could only smile awkwardly, like an outsider.

"Coach Yin, Dabao is introducing himself to Coach Santos."

"Oh???"

"Wow!!!"

Listening to Diego's fluent and even "Guangpu accent" Chinese, Yin Shengtie and Yu Dabao were immediately shocked--there are still players in the Benfica club who can speak Chinese? !
Yin Shengtie hurriedly asked, "Little brother, are you the Chinese-Portuguese translator hired by the Benfica club?"

"no no……"

Diego smiled and shook his head and said: "I am a first-team player of Benfica, Diego Costa from Brazil. I played for the Braga team in the Portuguese Super League last season and officially moved to Benfica in the new season. I have liked China since childhood. Culture, so I have learned Chinese since I was a child. This "China trip", I just helped coach Santos as a translator by the way."

"incredible!"

Yu Dabao couldn't help saying, "Diego, your Chinese is very standard!"

"Okay!"

Diego gave Yu Dabao an encouraging look: "Dabao, when you join Benfica Club in the future, you don't need to worry too much about communication issues, I will try my best to help you."

"This is great! If you can join the Benfica club in the future, I hope you can help Diego a lot!"

Yu Dabao is so excited.

For joining the Benfica club, Yu Dabao is most worried about the problem that after going to a foreign country, he doesn't even have a friend to talk to.

After all, if you want to fully learn Portuguese, it is not something you can do in a year or two.

Moreover, after learning Portuguese, I have to integrate into the life in Portugal, so that I can mingle with my Benfica teammates.

It’s good now, there is a first-team player who understands Chinese, and my communication with other teammates, the communication with the coaching staff, and the integration into Portuguese life can be of great help in all aspects.

With Diego's help, Santos and Yin Shengtie communicated relatively smoothly.

For tomorrow's friendly match arrangement, Yin Shengtie plans to let more young players play, and hopes that Fernando Santos, as a famous European coach, can give some professional guidance.

"It's really helpless! Before the offseason, many of the team's main players were injured, and now they are basically recovering from their injuries. Some of the players outside the training ground were drawn from the U18 echelon."

"U18 echelon!"

Fernando Santos warned Yin Shengtie with a stern face: "Coach Yin, you have to pay attention to the discipline of the echelon. Before I came in just now, I saw that the training attitude of the players in your club is very ordinary. I don't think that is an act. The training attitude that a professional player should have."

"Understood! I have also discovered this problem a long time ago."

After all, Yin Shengtie sighed helplessly: "Oh! There are fewer and fewer people playing football in China now, and that's all the players who can be transferred. Now, I can only pull out the dwarfs... oh !Like Dabao, he is one of the best players in our echelon. So I also hope that he can become a member of the Benfica club and study abroad."

In this regard, Santos nodded and expressed understanding: "Don't worry, as long as Yu can pass our trial training, he will become a member of our Benfica."

Hearing what Fernando Santos said, Diego felt relieved—at least, coach Santos didn't look at Yu Dabao with prejudice against the players outside.

(End of this chapter)