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Of course Juan knew that he was just joking, but he still replied with a smile. When he finally hung up the phone, he made an appointment to watch the other party’s game—Spain’s game schedule was behind Portugal’s, and their opponents and Portugal is also half a catty, so there will be no major problems.

Juan has great trust in his friends, he knows what these people can do, and he also knows that Spain has begun its own rapid growth time.

Raul and the others have survived the most difficult period of time, and now they are standing here, and the broad road has been laid out in front of them.

Throughout the entire World Cup, Portugal has many opponents, but fortunately, not all opponents will stand in front of them, and some will even fall in the middle.

...Of course, at least those powerful enemies will not just fall down.

In the first round of the group stage, after Germany beat Costa Rica [-]:[-], Poland and Ecuador in the same group ended in a [-]:[-] draw.

A day later, England beat Paraguay [-]:[-], Sweden beat Trinidad with three goals, Argentina beat Côte d'Ivoire with two goals, and the Netherlands successfully defeated Serbia and Montenegro.

It is worth mentioning that the rookie Messi of the Argentine national team came off the bench in this game and scored a goal that represented victory at the end.

Currently, Messi ranks second on the best rookie list, just behind Valencia in Ecuador. Of course, the little guy himself is very dissatisfied. Give yourself a big gift on your birthday——

His 1th birthday is on June [-]th, which happens to be the second round of the quarter-finals. Obviously, the young man has a lot of ambition. If he wants to make a big splash in the game, it is best to kick No.[-] directly. go down.

Regarding this, Juan said: "With your strength, it's no problem to play No.1. Maybe you should take a long-term view and have a goal."

"For example?" Messi was a little curious.

"For example... the scorer list?" Juan replied with a smile.

In fact, Messi is also on the scorer list. Players have already scored in the first [-] games of the game. Except for Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic who scored two goals and temporarily ranked first in the scorer list, everyone else Both tied for second.

Messi's name is on the list.

For Juan's suggestion, Messi himself was shocked: "Boss, your goal is too high, right?"

"At least there must be a goal to fight for, right?" Juan replied with a smile: "Besides, you don't have a chance. It's like preparing a gift for your [-]th birthday."

"...Thank you for your encouragement Boss, I will work hard." Messi was a little speechless, but soon became excited again, "Speaking of it, Boss, tomorrow is your Portugal match, are you going to play? "

"Probably will play." Juan touched his nose and said very vaguely. The Argentine boy didn't care at all, and said excitedly that he would remember to watch the game: "I'm super looking forward to it!"

"What are you looking forward to... Do you have someone you hate in Angola?" Juan was a little confused. Angola is not well-known, so why is there someone Messi doesn't like?

"Of course not!" Messi was excited, "It's just that when you played Spain...uh..."

Oh.

Juan understood: "Did Pique and Cesc Fabregas call you to complain?"

"That's not true. After all, the two of them didn't play that day." Messi replied with a smile. Pique has returned to Barcelona, ​​while Cesc Fabregas is still struggling in Arsenal, so he can only watch Messi every week. Gathering with Pique, and playing in free time, I am very envious.

"What is that?" Juan was a little helpless, "Don't say that you are expecting to see me make a fool of myself, Angola is not capable of that."

"We just want to study your way a little bit, maybe we will meet?" Messi replied very honestly, "Argentina and Spain, in fact, it is a bit thankless to meet Portugal, especially when they meet Portugal. When you... After all, you are too familiar with the players in our two teams."

"Actually, it's okay... Besides, we might not meet each other." Juan replied, and then sighed, "Speaking of which, your Argentina is also very cool."

"???" Messi was a little confused.

"It's nothing, go to bed early, remember to watch the game tomorrow." Juan and Messi said a few more words and hung up the phone.

——In fact, he really thinks Argentina is very cool.

In other words, Argentina's coach Pekerman is very cool.

He gave up Inter Milan's captain Zanetti, Real Madrid's main defender Samuel, and the excellent Demichelis. Instead, he brought a very young guy and several other candidates, such as Crespo , Cambiasso, Tevez, etc., plus those in Deportivo—in the final analysis, it is actually a matter of factions in Argentina.

Juan is very familiar with the weaknesses of Deportivo. Juan Sorin is strong offensively and weak defensively-if his position is not a defender, this is actually a very good advantage; Riquelme belongs to the The classical front midfielder is relatively slow; Aimar is not good at physical confrontation.

As for Messi...he is too young, so he probably won't be given too many opportunities.

And Fernando Gago belongs to the unlucky kind of people-his strength is not bad, but it is a pity that he encountered Argentina's midfield explosion, so he was not even selected for the national team.

Thinking of Gago's unhappy face, Juan couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and then turned serious.

Tomorrow is Portugal's first official group match. It is impossible to say that he is not nervous, but fortunately, under the mischief of Cristiano and the others, his nervousness only lasted for a short while and then completely disappeared. In contrast, there are all kinds of dumbfounding.

Yet the next day, when Scolari addressed them before training, the faint tension returned.

Scolari looked around and said in a deep voice: "Angola...Although it is the first time for them to qualify for the World Cup group stage, we can't take it lightly. African players have advantages in physical fitness and physique. Similarly, although this team The team is not well-known, but their team strength cannot be underestimated."

Everyone stared closely at their head coach. Scolari paused and continued: "Of course they also have many unknown but actually very powerful talents. Maybe those talents are the key to the success of this team. , they did well in the preliminaries, and as far as I know, they have a player in the team who played for Benfica?"

Gomez raised his hand - he is a player who plays for Benfica: "Yes, his name is Mantolas, he is a good striker."

"Very good." He nodded, then looked at Juan: "Juan, I will leave this person to you."

Hu Jing silently nodded.

To be honest, Juan's style of painting is not very similar to football, especially when he is sitting here.

In the past, Ferguson once commented that his sitting posture is rare among players, and now Scolari has the same thought, he sighed: "I said...Juan, you are not nervous, are you? "

Juan froze for a moment, then nodded seriously: "Yes."

The whole team was silent for a moment, and then burst into laughter.There were even tears of laughter, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Don't tease Juan, will you be nervous?"

"Honestly, this is the funniest joke I've ever heard since joining the national team..."

"Me too!"

"Honestly, Juan, your sneer is getting stronger and stronger..."

Juan was very helpless - he was really nervous, guys!Don't look at him with the eyes of the past, he hasn't officially played for a while, okay? !

However, even their head coach Scolari laughed heartily, and seemed to think his joke was good. Juan waved his hand helplessly: "I'm serious."

"I know you're serious..." Cristiano was already weak when he spoke. He usually has the lowest laugh, and he has always been the one who flatters Juan's cold jokes, so it's very embarrassing to laugh like this now. normal thing.

Juan showed a bright smile: "So why are you smiling so happily right now?"

"Because...you really don't seem like the person who would be nervous, especially when the opponent is only Angola." Cristiano answered a little intermittently, but the general meaning was still very clear. "We are Portugal, why are we afraid of them?"

"...You make a lot of sense." Juan loosened his brows, "I was worried too."

In fact, the more Juan talks on the phone with his friends from other teams these days, the more pressure he feels.

Many of them are the tension and excitement that the team is about to face a strong enemy.

Likewise, there is uncertainty about the future.

He clearly remembers how badly the teams of his friends lost in this year's World Cup.Spain's youth storm failed to blow up, and Argentina and Brazil died outside the quarterfinals.

Argentina was more aggrieved, they ran into the host German team.

Brazil, on the other hand, ran into France-a team whose core midfielder exploded and almost took away Italy to win the World Cup.

In comparison, maybe Portugal is lucky?

However, Cristiano's unintentional words relieved the pressure in his heart all the time.

They are players from Deportivo, and they are the elite soldiers brought out by him. How could they return home in such a state of embarrassment as in their dreams?

If that's the case, what else does he have to worry about?Everyone has their own way, and whoever encounters it will be unlucky.

At 6:13 on the evening of June 20, Portugal and Angola played their first World Cup group match at the Cologne Stadium.

"Welcome fans from all over the world to the Cologne Stadium! Tonight is the seventh World Cup group match, Portugal vs Angola, with European powerhouses on one side and dark horses from Africa on the other. This game will give us What kind of joy and excitement will it bring? Let us wait and see!"

"It is worth mentioning that today Portuguese defender Juan Diaz seems to have appeared in the starting list. Let us look forward to how he will perform on the court!"

"Looking at the audience, it's obviously just an ordinary group match, but it seems that many people have come... We saw a lot of familiar figures in the VIP seats, such as Redondo and Guti. Obviously these two These two came to watch the game together!"

"At the same time, our camera also captured Sir Alex Ferguson entering the field not far behind. He actually appeared here, obviously he was very concerned about this game... I don't know if he came to see his home The situation of the teenager Christie Ronaldo, by the way, let’s take a look at Juan Diaz’s performance, or come to investigate and see if there are any suitable new players who can sign? It really makes us curious!”

"At the same time, we saw an unexpected figure in the box, that person is...Florentino Perez! The president of Real Madrid who just got out of class this summer! How could he be here? Could it be too? Do you want to inspect the players on the scene? But he is no longer the chairman of Real Madrid!"

The players of the two teams waiting in the player tunnel were also stunned for a moment, and then both sides gathered the realization to the end of the Portuguese national team almost at the same time.

At this moment, Juan and Cristiano were standing at the back chatting.

Juan's expression was very calm. He tied his hair up so that he didn't look like he was on an outing, and Cristiano, who was standing at the back, was asking him a question——

"Is my hair all right?"

Juan stared at his young general's very serious face for several minutes, and after confirming that he was not joking, but very serious, he sighed and smiled, "No mess, very handsome."

"That's good." He breathed a sigh of relief, and then he laughed, "This is the first match, we have to perform well!"

"Yeah, maybe you should discuss it with Deco and ask him to pass you more passes." Juan suggested jokingly, who knew that Cristiano actually ran towards Deco.

When Juan turned around to see Cristiano's joke, he realized that the players of the two teams had rather strange eyes. Juan thought about the conversation just now, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he answered them very Polite smile: "What's wrong?"

"..." This gentleman, please pay attention to the speech outside, please?Obviously, many people came to watch the game because of you and Cristiano, but you two turned out to be very nice, discussing whether your hair is messy here? ! !

Everyone felt a little confused about what these two people were thinking.

Figo is one of the few people who can keep up with the rhythm of these two people-or he just ignored the rhythm and waved at Juan: "Juan, come here."

"What?" Juan blinked and stepped forward.

"In today's game, there was no Postiga, no Nani, no Quaresma... only you and Cristiano are younger." Figo looked into his eyes very seriously.

"...?" Juan blinked and found that it was actually true, "I will take it seriously during the competition."

"Okay, as long as you know." Figo nodded in relief, then pointed to the person standing in the second position on Angola's side: "Did you see him? That's your target."

Juan turned his head and looked at him, and the opposite side was also looking at him. The two of them were taken aback at the same time, and then a smile appeared on the opposite side: "Juan Diaz?"

"Mentolas." Juan nodded at him.

"I know what they call you." Mantolas smiled happily, "I've also heard a lot of rumors about you...but I'll let you know how good I am on the court."

At this moment, Mantolas just uttered a harsh word in accordance with international practice, and it was still a habit, but as soon as the word came out, the whole Portuguese team looked at him, and then they unanimously showed complicated expressions.

Excitement, eccentricity, sympathy, schadenfreude...the list goes on.

Even his club teammate Gomez shook his head at him, full of disapproval.

Why are they looking at him like that? ?

Mantolas hadn't turned his mind, but Juan in front of him was already smiling.

Juan's feeling was actually too cold and indifferent, especially when he was standing there, his whole body exuded a sense of solemnity.

But when he smiled, the spring breeze melted into ice, and all things revived, which really made people stunned for a moment.

Then, Mantolas heard Juan say in a very pleasant voice: "Okay, let us wait and see."

To be honest, Juan's answer was very polite, and he could even praise a sentence of flattery, but when the Portuguese players heard his words, they looked at Mantolas in a unified way.

——That is, a sympathetic look.

Of course Juan knew what kind of eyes his teammates were looking at the person in front of him at this time, and he also knew the meaning of their eyes, but to be honest, Juan himself was very grateful for his words.

After all, he hasn't stood in the player tunnel waiting to play for more than a year. Even when he played against Spain before, he was mostly chatting with the people on the opposite side. Basically, there were no problems. It was polite, and even before the start of the game, the two sides hooked up and played around for a while, so there was no atmosphere of the game...

After all, no matter how you say it, a game is still a game, and it needs a bit of gunpowder!

So when Mantolas said this, Juan couldn't help laughing.

Right, this is the atmosphere that the game should have!

Mantolas didn't know that just an ordinary provocative sentence from him could ignite the excitement and enthusiasm for the game in the delicate and even thin man opposite him. In fact, he felt a little strange at the moment.

He has obviously sent out communication signals as usual, why is there no one on the other side to speak to him, or to chat with him?According to the past situation, as long as you open your mouth at this time, there will be at least a little communication between the two sides...

Juan obviously saw his confusion, and he also knew why, but he felt that it was better not to just tell him the simple answer of language barrier.

The striker's brainlessness is just a joke, but Juan really doesn't want his opponent to be unable to think of an answer to such a simple question...

There is a saying that "the IQ of the opponent you choose is equal to your own IQ". Although it is said that the opponent of the World Cup is not chosen by oneself, it still satisfies the opponent's choice. Juan does not want his opponent to be mentally handicapped at all. ...

When the players of the two teams entered the field, many people subconsciously exclaimed.

... The painting style is wrong!

The styles of the two teams are really different, right? !

Of course, this is not to say that there are no blacks in Portugal, it’s just that the darker ones are all sitting on the bench. Scolari is probably planning to do a substantive project in the first game. The Portuguese national team, except Deco, who has thick eyebrows Apart from the big-eyed Portuguese-Brazilians, there are all handsome Portuguese guys.

Of course, even in the Portuguese national team, there is one person who still shows a very out-of-group style of painting.

When the blond-haired man in the fiery red jersey came out, many people were amazed.

The Portugal-Spain friendly was only televised across the continent, so many people missed it, and there were also many people who didn't even know about it.

But the group stage is different.

After a lapse of one year, Juan Diaz once again put on the wind volcano forest jersey and stood on the green field.

His hair is a little longer than before, and when he tied it with a headband, it shone casually and eye-catching gold. His long hair softens his aura, and he looks like he's going to a gang fight when he's wearing a jersey.

But he still wears a long-sleeved jersey, and his ivory white legs look a little thin-but fortunately, there is a thinner one behind him, otherwise the comparison would be heartbreaking.

Cristiano didn't know that he had been given the title of "the thinnest Portuguese team" by the audience. In fact, he was very excited at the moment, jumping and jumping, looking eager to try.

Why?Naturally, Deco has promised that he will pass the ball to him during the game!

Although he also knows that his position is actually more for the big shots in front, but he will gradually prove his ability in attack!

He firmly believes that as long as he performs well enough, Sir Alex in front of the TV will be able to see his performance and move him to the front!Controlling the unlimited fire rights of Manchester United is just around the corner!

——I don’t know about this guy until now, Sir Sir is watching him from the vip stand above, looking at him...