[Football] Crown of Thorns

The 2009 No.17 World Youth Football Championship, the U20 World Cup, kicked off in Egypt in September of that year.

A total of 24 teams participated in this competition, divided into six groups.

The Portugal U20 National Youth Team is in Group C, and the other three teams in the same group are the United States U2, Germany U2 ​​and Cameroon U2.

9月25日比赛正式打响，而在C组的葡萄牙U20队的比赛则是在9月27日开战，他们首场对阵就是来欧洲强手德国U20队。

Since the German Football Association started to create a ten-year plan, excellent young players in Germany have emerged in recent years. Today, most of the U20 players of the right age are members of last year’s U19 European Youth Championship team. During the major league seasons, many clubs in the Bundesliga kept their players of the right age to play in the domestic league because of the fierce competition in the league. Therefore, the German team did not send the strongest lineup of this age group to participate in the World Youth Championship.

Before the game, the coaching staff explained the opponent's tactics to the teammates, and then talked about the situation of the opposing players in a targeted manner.

"Attention everyone, according to the deduction of the coaching staff for the game against the German team, their starting list should be," assistant coach Reina flipped the paper in his hand, "There should be no surprises for the goalkeeper, it should be their No. 1 Ron Ron-Robert Zieler, who was previously loaned to Northampton by Manchester United, has just returned to Manchester United this season and has no first-team appearances yet..."

Every time Reina talked about a player, he talked about the characteristics of the player in a targeted manner. Although it was not completely accurate, it could still give the players some hints and help him in the game.

"...After talking about the defender, he is now a midfielder. In fact, everyone should be familiar with this name. The main players in the European Youth Championship team last year, the Bender brothers. Of course, although the names of their brothers are reported in the list, But No. 6 Sven Bender did not come, it is said that his club did not want to let him go. No. 5 Lars Bender should be the starter... The forward line should be from the Bundesliga No. 9 Richard Sukuta-Pasu from Bayer Leverkusen and No. 14 Dani Schahin from Fürth..."

After the pre-battle meeting, Gama got up and walked out of the meeting room with Captain Furtado.

Ever since they participated in that sports online interview program together that day, the relationship between Furtado and Gama became close all of a sudden.

In the words of Furtado, it is 'we are all together, then we are brothers'.

Jia Ma: We just participated in a show together, don't say it as if we cheated on each other, okay!

In any case, their relationship is good now, and because Furtado is a player from Benfica, one of the top three in the Portuguese Super League, so now the players from Benfica in the team have also begun to get closer to Gama. Of course, The players from Porto and Gama on the same team can only be said to be able to cooperate barely during training, and it is probably impossible to get close in private.

"Actually, Raquel Teixeira is a nice guy."

As the captain, under the suggestion of the coach, Furtado took the initiative to invite his teammates to sit and chat in the bar of the hotel after training, in order to resolve the problems caused by the conflicts between the clubs. He does not ask you to be close to the family, but as long as you It is enough to cooperate well on the court.

The Teixeira he mentioned is a defender from the Porto first team. Like Furtado, he played all the way from the Portuguese national youth team. Although they are in different clubs, the personal relationship between the two of them is still good. .

Jia Ma gave him a strange look, "It's okay for us to cooperate during training!"

"It's not for this reason," Furtado snorted twice, "You are now the core of the midfielder who is being cultivated. What the gentleman means is that you should have a good relationship with everyone. How should I put it, I think you should understand ..." He pushed Gama's arm, "Raquel is really nice, we have to play a game together, but you two don't even talk."

"I see."

Gama nodded.

To say that he is a good person, Gama thinks that Furtado is the good guy. Most of the players in this U20 team played together with Furtado from all levels of domestic teams. As soon as he came, he crowded out Although it depends on strength, if people insist on competing with him, he, who obviously can't get along with his teammates, must be the one who is left out, even if the coach appreciates him again. He plays.

There were also some players who tripped up secretly before, but Futa people were very upright, and quickly found other players in private after discovering the problem. After that, Gama never experienced the situation of being black-handed, so it was just The small problem of not talking to him is nothing at all, just being able to cooperate when playing football.

Probably Furtado also knew that these were not all because of Gama, so he just talked about it for a while and then let go.

After Jia Ma thought about it, he also felt that he might appear a little too indifferent among these people. In fact, most foreigners are fair and relatively outgoing. If he takes the initiative, he can still meet a few friends!

Of course, these problems are trivial. Now their important thing is to face the strong enemy of the German team.

On the surface, Gama didn't say anything, but from the bottom of his heart, he really wasn't very optimistic about his Portuguese national youth team.

As I said before, the current Portuguese national team and national teams at various stages are somewhat weak. The most famous thing in Portuguese football is their forward line. Goalkeepers who shouldn’t be ranked’, well, at present, whether it’s Edward or Ricardo, the goalkeepers of the national team can still be at the top for another seven or eight years. As for the forwards, the superstars and the new generation of little monsters can also There are still some, there is no fault, and then there are midfielders. Almost none of them played in the top league when they played in the top league. As for the defenders, the midfielders are still in the top league. It's just mixing in the Portuguese Super League and Brazil.

Thinking about the midfield masters in Portuguese football back then, I really want to wipe away tears. They have all retired.

Now many people are jokingly saying that the current captain of the Portuguese national team, football superstar C Ronaldo who has been transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid must want to cry every time he plays for the national team. He will definitely miss his predecessors while they are here.

After Gama personally experienced the national youth team, he really felt the lack of control.

Playing football is about wisdom. Don't run around like headless chickens after the game starts. Standing and running still have positions. Please remember, please?

Everyone feels that they are forwards, and everyone rushes over and never comes back.

It was better when the team played games. After Gama looked for their previous game videos and watched them, he just wanted to ask if the coach really didn't care if they played games like this?

Maybe this is the current status quo, and it's just that the dwarf calls the general inside.

Futado is good, but he is really not good at controlling the team!

Forget it, what do I think so much about, as long as I can play football well.

Gamarra stretched his arms and continued his training.

On September 9, at the Cairo Stadium, Portugal U27 played against Germany U20.

Except for some diehard domestic fans and family members of the players in the two countries, almost all of the stadiums were filled with local spectators. Even though the players in the stadium could not understand their shouts, the same atmosphere still made the young boys excited.

Portuguese National Television bought the domestic broadcast rights of the World Youth Championship this time, and also specially invited Paul Perez, a professional commentator in the station, to give live commentary.

Because it was an on-site commentary game, Perez did not bring his charming female partner today, but invited a retired star Yi Costa who everyone is familiar with to explain together.

"Rui, I remember you also participated in the U20 World Youth Championship in your early years, right?"

Before the game started, Perez, who was sitting in the studio, chatted with Ruy first.

As a man with a quiet personality that everyone knows, Rui’s smile always has a sense of tranquility and elegance. After retiring for a year, he lived in seclusion, and people seldom saw him in public. People say that after Ruy left the stadium, there was no "maestro" (master) in football, and there was no classical and elegant football.

The 37-year-old Ruy smiled, and only smiled when he heard the question, "Yes, I represented the Portuguese U1989 youth team in the World Youth Football Championship in 1991 and 20."

"Yes, yes, you won the championship, twice!"

Perez said excitedly.

Rui Yi is that kind of person, he never speaks of his honor, he only briefly describes it as if it is just a trivial thing.

Because of the overall strength of the Portuguese national team, apart from the national youth team, the adult national team has not won any adult-level championships. This is also the biggest regret of their generation of Portuguese players.

"I saw the team roster, it's the kid you mentioned."

Regarding the past, Rui didn't feel that he needed to say anything more. He pointed to the names on the list and asked.

"That's right, that kid has been on my show, he's quite interesting, he's in the same position as you, midfielder!"

Perez winked at Ruy.

Rui laughed softly, "Then let's take a look at the performance of these boys today!"

At the Cairo stadium at this time, players from the two teams had already entered the field. After exchanging flags and taking photos, the players from both teams had already stood on the field.

The referee raised his wrist to look at his watch. There were still 2 minutes before the expected start time. He looked up and looked at the sidelines. The fourth official gestured and told him to blow his whistle.

So the black-clothed referee stood in the middle circle and looked left and right at the two teams.

The white German team, the red Portuguese team, as the whistle sounded.

The red and white colors are like two rivers, passing through the pasture in a staggered manner, and then mixed together.

Game start.

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PS: Again, in reality, Portugal did not participate in this World Youth Championship, and most of Wenrigama's Portuguese teammates were fabricated by me!