[Football] Crown of Thorns

Before November 11th, when the Portuguese national team roster had not been announced, Portugal conducted a large number of data analysis on the current players of the national team on all fronts, and discussed many issues in depth, especially in Portugal. After the 7 Euro Cup finals, there were more and more topics about who was the most important player in the Portuguese Euro Cup preliminaries play-offs.

In the end, it was not the coaching staff of the national team nor the professional media from all walks of life abroad, but the media in Portugal. They laughed at the players in the national team and said that the hero who stood up was not the captain Ronaldo, not The defensive general Pepe is not the usual lucky general Gomez, but the young midfielder Gama...

"I have nothing against them, do I?"

Crouching under the big tree behind the lawn of the training base, Gama felt that he had been shot to the knee one after another.

That's right, in the evaluation of the Portuguese domestic media, the biggest contributor to the Portuguese national team's smooth advancement to the 2012 European Cup finals is Gama.

"I don't know if you have hatred or not. Anyway, the current domestic media are trying their best to blow you up."

Veloso and Andre Furtado, who were sitting cross-legged beside Gama, said in unison.

Andre Furtado (ANDRé Furtado), the former captain of the Portuguese U20 National Youth Team, is currently playing for the Portuguese Super League Benfica club and is a defender.

He is the rookie called by coach Bento this time. When it comes to his qualifications in the national team, he can be considered a time-honored brand. From U14 all the way to U20 and the Olympic team, he is almost unstoppable He kicked over, but he was not as fast as the classmate Jiama who joined later in the selection of the adult national team. It was not until this time that the national team announced the final squad for the European Cup finals that he was accidentally selected--National The team's defensive line personnel are aging and injuries are increasing, and newcomers have to be called in as substitutes.

As Furtado, who "saw old friends at first sight" and "friends at second sight" with Gama, it's no wonder that Captain Ronaldo, who knows the inside story, secretly asked Gama to take care of him.

"Ann, I must have been tricked by someone!"

Jia Ma grabbed the grass on the ground with a depressed face and asked.

If you want to say that the internal information is flexible, of course you have to ask the students who are local snakes who play football in China.

Furtado rubbed his chin, "Well, it's probably because of Bosingwa!"

"??"

Gama blinked and blinked, with an expression of indescribable feeling on his face.

Bosingwa, the former full-back of the Portuguese national team, missed the national team to play for Chelsea due to a public break with coach Bento.

"Hasn't there been trouble already?"

Gama grimaced.

"Well," Furtado spread his hands, "Bosingwa recently publicly criticized Mr. Bento, so..."

In the past few days, the headlines of the Portuguese media have been the warrior who publicly announced his break with coach Paul Bento. As a veteran of the Portuguese national team, Paul Bento's complete abandonment of him caused many conflicts. To divert the successive criticisms from the domestic media, and at the same time to show support for the coach Bento, Dangdangdang and the new back-to-back man appeared on the stage! ! !

Wiping his face helplessly, Jia Ma sighed, "So I'm the one who took the blame???"

"Haha, congratulations~~"

"Where does the joy come from?"

"The top of your head has turned black, and it has become more beautiful."

"……roll!"

Those who play politics are really as black as crows in the world!

Jia Ma shook his head—he was calling someone to provoke someone, and he was pushed onto the altar for no reason. He thought he was the sitting god, but it turned out that he was the pig's head that was sacrificed!

Yesterday Portuguese coach Paulo Bento announced his 23-man roster for the European Cup finals.

Goalkeepers: No. 12 Patricio (Sporting Lisbon), No. 1 Eduardo (Benfica), No. 22 Beto (Cluj);

后卫：2号布鲁诺阿尔维斯（泽尼特）、3号佩佩（皇马）、4号维罗索（热那亚）、5号科恩特朗（皇马）、13号里卡多科斯塔（瓦伦西亚）、14号安德烈弗塔多（本菲卡）、19号米格尔洛佩斯（布拉加）、21号若奥佩雷拉（里斯本竞技）；

中场：8号穆蒂尼奥（波尔图）、6号库斯托迪奥（布拉加）、10号若泽加马（多特蒙德）、16号梅雷莱斯（切尔西）、15号米凯尔（萨拉戈萨）、20号乌戈维亚纳（布拉加）；

前锋：7号C罗纳尔多（队长/皇马）、9号夸雷斯马（贝西克塔斯）、11号内尔松（本菲卡）、17号纳尼（曼联）、18号巴雷拉（波尔图）、23号波斯蒂加（萨拉戈萨）。

To say that Silvio and Danny were forced to withdraw due to injuries made people sigh, and Almeida's unexpected loss was really surprising.

"His chances on goal are so poor."

When the three bad friends were chatting in private, Veloso said this about Almeida's defeat.

Gama recalled Almeida's performance in the games they played together, all the scenes where the shots missed... He twitched his lips and fell silent.

This is football, the reality is cruel - no matter what kind of person you are, you only look at performance on the pitch.

You miss opportunities again and again, so next time, no, you won't have a next time.

Taking a deep breath, Gama leaned back, lying on the ground and looking up at the sky.

In Lisbon in November, the sky is still so blue, and there are water marks left after the rain on the ground, which is so cold and sober.

…………

In the view of coach Bento, the current third-tier players of the Portuguese national team are satisfactory. This is the most complete team since he took over the national team. In an interview with Lisbon Sport, Bento said confidently : This is the strongest national team.

As a result, as soon as the news came out, Bosingwa, who had been expelled from the national team for a year, immediately accepted an exclusive interview with Portugal's No. [-] sports media "Ball", blatantly claiming that Bento was incompetent. Will never return to the national team.

Although Bento has never given a reason for his exile of Bosingwa, there have been rumors that Bosingwa’s opposition to Bento was because he was dissatisfied with Bento’s letting Geo Pereira occupy the main position at right back, which eventually led to him. The point of disobedience to the coach.

"No wonder I always feel that during these few national team games, Reo feels that he talks a lot less than before, and he doesn't even say hello to everyone."

Gama understood.

"Actually, it's not entirely because of this," said Veloso, who is the 'second generation star' of Portuguese domestic football, has more inside information. Wat, he said that Bosingwa has problems with his willpower and emotional intelligence..."

"...This, what I said is a bit too much!"

Gama frowned.

"Xiko, you are so naive!"

Furtado heyed twice, and then lowered his voice. Although there were no other people around the three of them, he still lowered his voice, "Your manager didn't tell you that Bosingwa was fierce in his interview. Criticized Mr. Bento, 'I don't understand the willpower and emotional intelligence that Paul Bento said, because I think that if I have such a defect, I am afraid that any other player will not be able to reach my professional level. I am in Chelsea and the world's top Playing with players, facing the same top opponents in the Premier League, I think I did a good job... I never had a discipline problem in the Portuguese national team, unlike him, he couldn't control his emotions in the European Cup... "

"What do you mean?"

Gama opened his eyes wide, not understanding what he meant.

Furtado gave Gama a disgusted look, "In the 2000 Euro Cup semi-final, Mr. Bento clashed with French players after the match, which resulted in him being suspended by UEFA."

Counting with fingers, it was almost 11 years ago. Gama rolled his eyes. He didn't pay attention to the Portuguese national team at that time. It's just content that doesn't need to be paid attention to... And it's even less likely that the little Jia Ma, who was only 11 years old at the time, knew about those rumors.

"You kid is now the third captain of the national team anyway, why are you so ignorant that you don't even know the basic information."

Veloso gave Gama a disgusted look.

"Sorry, I didn't have a TV at home at that time, so I didn't have a chance to watch any football games."

Compared with the "second generation of stars" and a middle-class player next to him, he, a child from a poor family, doesn't need to know this.

Veloso: ... Xiko, how can you be so shameless!

Furtado: ...I don't even know what to say.

So Furtado had to speed up his speech, "In fact, the most fundamental reason is that Bosingwa publicly talked about some problems in the dressing room of the Portuguese national team." He winked, "You know, the secret of the locker room is just the locker room Anyone who tells the secrets in the book publicly..." Furtado made a slashing motion with his hand, "That's the only way to go."

His words made Gama silent, "...so, this is the truth."

Veloso patted Gama on the shoulder, "You are playing abroad, and your agent is probably trying to keep you from thinking too much about all the domestic situations that he didn't tell you. You must know that because of what he said about the national team "Bento is a coach who has always had conflicts with the players, he has always been like this..." etc., plus the quarrel between Carvalho and Bento broke out at the time, which triggered the domestic media The fans and the fans are divided into two factions attacking each other, so not only Mr. Bento does not want to call him into the team, but the Football Association also does not allow it~~”

Gama, who was a rookie in the national team at the time, would not have been informed of these circumstances at the time, and other national team members also chose to be silent about Bosingwa’s exit because of Bosingwa’s outrageous words—the only one at that time The first voice was the former national team veteran Conceicao, "At least, there is no quarrel in the Portuguese locker room... It has already happened, and more importantly, if such a thing happens in the club, everyone from the chairman to the manager will try their best to mediate and communicate. , but in the Portuguese national team, there is no diplomatic effort. This football association, like the national team, lacks prestige..."

"...that's the real tragedy of the Bosingwa affair."

In the end, Veloso defined the event in this way.

Gama sighed a long time after listening to a political lesson about inside information and contradictions.

"I hate politics."

"So you're really naive."

Furtado stroked Gama's head.

Slapping his hand away, Jia Ma shook his hand angrily, "You two must be dark officials in the future."

"Don't worry, when I become the chairman of the Football Association in the future, I will definitely be your backstage."

Veloso said with a serious face.

"That's right, when I run for president in the future, I will definitely let you be my Minister of Sports."

Jia Ma: ...Who is this shameless, you two shameless fellows!

Veloso/Furtado: Smile, smile, smile~