[football] walk side by side

After the U21 match with England, the European Youth Championship returned to calm again. This calm continued until the final final between Portugal and the Czech Republic, and it only became slightly more active.

The Czech Republic is an out-and-out dark horse in this season's European Youth Championship. In addition, the Czechs themselves are not very high-profile, so naturally they will not start a verbal battle before the game. Portugal is not a proud team like England—— Confidence is there, but it is not enough to hurt others in the newspaper before the game.

Therefore, before the start of the game, the media of the two countries could not be more peaceful, and they did not talk about each other's situation. They just buried their heads in a low-key manner and expressed some tactical ideas at home, discussing how to win the game and so on.

Therefore, when most newspapers are busy analyzing the tactical lineup, some off-court tidbits are particularly eye-catching.

"Surprised on the streets of Lisbon, C. Ronaldo and Cyril Slade have a street football competition! Are they enemies or friends? Are they sympathetic or dissatisfied with each other? Under this background, can they cooperate well in the next European Youth Championship? ?”

In order to increase the credibility, the newspaper also specially published the one-on-one photos of the two people on the edge of the court, and the fans insisted on this: some people think that the two should be friends, but after the game, the two are friends. Just get together and kick a ball by the way, why make a fuss.Some people also think that it should be that Cristiano has been in conflict with Cyril Slade in private for a long time. In order to avoid conflicts in the important European Youth Championship, he made an appointment in advance for a duel between men (...).

No matter what the outside world is talking about, Cyril was scolded head-on and face-to-face by his head coach after returning to the club.

That's right, scolding.

"Suspension, two weeks." Mourinho said in an unquestionable tone with no expression on his face, his expression was a little cold, and there was some sarcasm: "If it wasn't because the timing was not right, I would like to take you to the hospital right now Hang on to a brain - after the national derby, you don't leave and play on the streets of Lisbon openly, what if some radical Lisbon fans bring a bunch of people to beat you?"

Cyril lowered his head silently: "Sorry, sir, I didn't think carefully."

After returning from Lisbon, Cyril himself also reflected on his behavior. It would not be a wise choice to stay in Lisbon in that situation, let alone appearing on the street. He did not meet diehard Lisbon fans. You could say he was lucky.

"Double the training today." Mourinho didn't say anything more, he believed that Cyril would not do such stupid things again, but the punishment that should be given still had to be given: "Don't make me feel that I can When you are at ease, make some stupid moves."

"Yes."

After the unexpected schedule of being taught by the head coach, Cyril secretly breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the training ground.

Unlike the King of Manchester United who is known as a "hair dryer", Mourinho is not the type to reprimand players loudly. Although Cyril has never played under the famous Scottish old man, he sincerely feels—— In contrast, Mourinho's slow and sarcastic words are definitely not much less lethal than "hair dryers".

It doesn't stop there.

In the following training, Cyril's name once again became the most frequent word in Mourinho's mouth——

"Cyril, didn't you eat today? Go faster! Go faster! If it was in the game, your ball would have been snatched away!"

"How many times have I told you, you have to be decisive, don't hesitate, you are an organizational midfielder and the commander of the team, if you hesitate, the whole team will fall apart!"

"Damn! Mr. Cyril Slade, can you please tell me why your shooting is still like shit since you were promoted to the first team? Add fifty sets of set pieces, if I come back later Can't see you have at least twenty footballs lying in your net, then add another fifty."

Cyril kept silent, saying less and doing more is the last word. It is definitely not a wise move to have a verbal duel with Mourinho.

Costa glanced secretly at the edge of the field, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and almost pointed at Cyril and scolded Mourinho.Although the head coach is also very strict in training, anyone with a discerning eye can see that that kind of strictness is different from the strictness towards Cyril.

The same training program, the same results, if other players do it, Mourinho may nod his head and say he has passed the test, but if it is Cyril, if he fails to pass the test, he may be punished by Mourinho. A training session.

Many people have noticed that after the daily training, Mourinho will even take some time from time to time to talk with Cyril about various on-the-spot tactical understanding; Cyril's physical training in the team is the only one. Personally supervised by Strength and Conditioning Coach Faria...

Everyone is an adult, so naturally they don’t understand what this means. Most of Porto’s first team can only be regarded as his players at best. Once Mourinho leaves Porto, they may meet each other again on the field, but Siri But Er was carefully cultivated by Mourinho step by step, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a direct disciple.

In this regard, except for Costa and a few young players who are also secretly envious, most of the first-team players have no complaints about this. On the one hand, they and Cyril have no conflict of interest, and after all, they are both The six-year-old has long understood that there is never absolute fairness in football. For players who have been in many clubs, it is not surprising that a certain young local player will receive extra attention from the head coach.

The local players headed by captain Ricardo Costa are even more happy to hear about this-the head coach attaches great importance to local players and focuses on cultivating talented players from his own youth academy. There is nothing wrong with it!

Only Pedro, who was robbed of the main position by Cyril, had his fisted fingertips sink into his palm unconsciously.

Banned for two weeks?At first glance, it seems like punishment, but you must know that Cyril will go to the u21 national team in two days. When he returns from the training camp and the final finals, it will be exactly two weeks!

What kind of punishment is this?It sounds like that is really the case, but in fact it is just a verbal warning!

What Pedro, who was immersed in his depression, didn't see was that Ricardo Costa looked at him calmly as if inadvertently.

Football is a place that pays attention to strength. In addition to absolute strength, there are many clubs that will consider the issue of pedigree-this word may be ridiculous at first, but it is the case. No matter how good the foreign players are, perhaps some fans They are just mercenaries in their hearts, and only outstanding local players are their own children in their hearts.

In this case, it is not a difficult thing to make a choice for the peace of the locker room and the future of the team.

Cyril sat quietly on the team bus.

The final against the Czech Republic is just around the corner, and a carload of young players is more excited and looking forward to it - the opponent is a dark horse like the Czech Republic, which makes people more confident than an opponent like Italy, and although the European Youth Championship cannot be played in the What a stir in the media, but in fact, many European giants will send scouts to investigate and pay attention to outstanding young players in the game.

For example, Real Madrid in La Liga even once had the habit of stacking golden boys such as the World Youth Championship and the European Youth Championship.

No young man would like to stay in the Portuguese Super League for the rest of his life. Young people always have various ambitions, and the European Youth Championship is the best stage for them to show their strength and realize their ambitions in the first stage.Although it is impossible to join a wealthy team with the performance of the European Youth Championship, at least it can leave an impression on the scouts of the five major leagues. If you perform well, you can land in the top league, which is much better than playing in the Portuguese Super League.

Because of this, the players were a little excited at the moment. They happily talked about various topics, about their opponents, about the future, which made the whole bus very lively and full of life.Head coach Wen Hayes carefully observed each player to ensure that they did not have arrogance or other mentality problems.

Then his eyes fell on the silent Cyril at the end of the bus, and Cristiano who was also silent.

Cyril is always calm before the game, while Cristiano is wearing headphones, leaning on his seat and dozing, without any expression on his face.Compared with the other bustling crowd, it seemed a bit out of place.

It's just that neither of them cares.

Cyril tilted his head halfway, looking at the passing scenery outside the window, but what he was thinking about was the upcoming finals.

Being able to be a dark horse all the way to the final finals, the strength of the Czech u21 should not be underestimated. Even the best player of this European Youth Championship is a Czech player as the most favorable candidate.

But the weirdest thing is that the Czech player is neither a striker nor a midfielder.

He is a goalkeeper.

However, in this era when strikers were most sought after, he overwhelmed Cristiano and Quaresma, who were dazzling in the number of goals, and became the number one favorite of the Golden Boy.

Long before the game, the head coach Wen Haisi introduced the Czech lineup and detailed game tactics to all the players, and when Wen Haisi introduced the Czech goalkeeper, Cyril remembered the young goalkeeper from the Czech Republic at a glance ——

His name is Peter Cech.