[Football] Crown of Thorns

After finishing the journey of the World Youth Championship, the boys of the Portuguese team left Egypt and returned home with disappointment.

After getting off the plane, the boys said their goodbyes, and everyone had to go back to their respective clubs to report. When Gama was going back with a few teammates who were going back to Porto, the phone rang just after the phone was turned on.

Embarrassedly waving at his teammates, Jia Ma stepped aside to answer the phone.

"Hehehehe~~~"

As soon as he got on the phone, he heard his manager Agostinho's heckling sound that made people angry.

"You've spoiled your stomach!"

Gama, who was continuously attacked by hehe sound waves, interrupted his laughter and asked.

"My dearest boy Chico, thank God thank you and me too!"

"Your brain is broken!"

Gama rolled his eyes.

Agostinho on the other end didn't seem to care about Gama's ridicule at all, "Dear Chico, are you still at Lisbon Airport?"

"Of course, I just got off the plane."

Gama was upset.

After finishing the game on the 10th, they took a short rest and flew back to Portugal that night. Since Portugal closed the direct air route to Cairo, all members of the National Youth Team had to fly to Madrid and then return to Portugal via Madrid. I won't mention the hard work, they are all exhausted to death right now, Jia Ma is a little sleep deprived, his anger is high, and he is too lazy to chat with others.

Hearing Gama's frustration, Agostinho stopped teasing him, "It's six o'clock in the morning, why don't you get out of the airport and find a hotel to rest, and you can send me the address of the hotel... No, no need Well, I'll tell you forget it..."

Agostinho's confused words made Gama roll his eyes again, "Dude, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but you let me stay in Lisbon?"

"Oh, yes, I actually forgot about it."

The unscrupulous manager laughed loudly.

Gama, who was leaning against the pillar, saw his teammates who were going back to Porto waving to him, signaling that he was leaving. Gama mouthed and told them that he would not go together if he had something to do.

After greeting his teammates, Gama walked to the side bench and sat down, "Okay, what's the matter?"

He yawned after he finished speaking.

"You are in the national team!"

"……What?"

Gama froze.

"You are in the national team! Did you hear that, you are in the national team!!!"

Agostinho yelled loudly.

"……national team?"

"That's right, haha, the national team, the national team!!!"

Agostinho smiled smugly.

Hearing his exaggerated laughter, Gama finally calmed down, "Are you called up or just selected to the 35-man list?"

"Of course you were recruited. On the morning of the 13th, you are going to report at the Obidos training base. Did you hear that? It's a report, not a 35-man list. It's for you to report."

Agostinho called out the last sentence.

"Sure?"

"Of course," Agostinho rolled his eyes at the other end, "Because it's hard to contact you, Bento's call came to my mobile phone, did you hear that, it's not his assistant coach or other football association staff , but a direct link from Bento himself."

"Okay, I understand," Gama nodded, "Do you want me to report directly to the Portuguese national team's Obido base north of Lisbon?"

"Yes."

Since Bento replaced Queiroz as the coach of the national team in September, everyone has been waiting to see his roster, but until October 9, Bento's roster was still blank, and the media gave their own opinions. The 10-man training roster, but it is still uncertain whether it is, let alone who is in the 10-man roster.

That's why Gama asked him if he was on the shortlist or if he was really one of the 23 draftees.

Hearing that he was included in the official list, Gama was also a little excited, but in the end he was just happy to be selected to play for the national team, but he hadn't really integrated into this country's team, so he calmed down. soon.

"formal notice?"

"Yes yes yes," Agostinho yelled, "Do you know, Bento saw your performance in the World Youth Championship this time, and Rui, you know how he Do you rate yours!!!”

Hearing what Agostinho told him on the phone about Perez and Ruy's evaluation of him in the broadcast, and their shouting "Bento, did you see that?", Gama was really stunned Living.

He really didn't expect that he would be evaluated so much by Perez and Rui, especially Rui.

That's Rui!

There are several midfielders who don't appreciate Rui, and Gama is very happy to get his approval.

How could he have such an opportunity in the past...

"By the way," Agostinho said after talking about these things, "What is your relationship with Veloso, who came back with you from the National Youth Team?"

"It's alright!"

Gama returns.

"That's good. He's also selected this time. He's a newcomer. You won't be excluded too much!"

It's really rare that a black-hearted manager actually cares about people.

Gama laughed, "He's from Sporting Lisbon, he has a big brother in the national team."

There are many players in the national team from Sporting Lisbon or from Sporting Lisbon, and it is certain that they will be taken care of.

"So what, as long as you don't get squeezed out."

Agostinho said it quite frankly.

Jia Ma shook his head with a smile, "You don't need to tell me about playing football, of course I know."

Even if he has no backing, but on the football field, he still has to rely on his strength to speak.

At present, what the Portuguese national team lacks most is not only the tactics that suit the team members, but also a midfielder that can withstand it.

The shortcomings of the Portuguese team were exposed too much in the game before, not to mention the inappropriate tactics, the personnel composition was also a bit chaotic, and there was an unstoppable waist.

Everyone knows the problem, but what can they do if they can't find the right players?

In fact, this is considered a good time for him!

Gama lowered his head and pursed his lips into a smile.

Since the start of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, only Spain in the European group stage has won all 10 games in the group stage and only conceded 5 goals, becoming the only team in the history of the World Cup qualifiers with 10 consecutive victories.The Spanish team, which has always been known as the "king of the qualifiers", has a very strong lineup this year. Bosque, who succeeded Aragones' baton, knows how to use it well. Not only did he use Bojan, Mata, Negredo and many other The newcomers also make the Spanish team's team more solid.So it was very easy to play in the preliminaries.

However, due to weaker opponents in the group, it is normal for the Netherlands and Germany to qualify.

However, England, which missed the 2008 European Cup, changed from its previous useless appearance and easily qualified. It also took revenge on Croatia, which made the grid army ranked within 10 in the world lose the chance of the play-offs.And this time the Three Lions can be reborn, coach Fabio Capello played a key role.British star Bobby Charlton praised Capello's ability to hold the team together, and compared him with Sir Ramsey. The English football circle and the media have made several comparisons more than once. They are too eager to have a player. Ramsey-style coach to help them relive the glory of 1966.

Judging from the competitions in these European countries, the strength of the coach is extremely important, which makes the resignation of the Portuguese coach Queiroz even more eye-catching.

The Portuguese team, which had been infused with blood by Scolari, quickly fell to mediocrity with Queiroz's coming to power. Portugal, which entered the top four in the last World Cup, was forced to play a play-off to compete for the final right to participate.

Therefore, everyone is eager to know which players Bento will recruit and what changes will be made to the team after he comes to power.

The four days from October 10th to October 10th are FIFA match days.

The warm-up match of the Portuguese national team was scheduled on the 13th.

And their roster was actually announced on the evening of October 10th. Of course, this is only a 9-man roster.

It is a big list to the outside world, but the players who can be included in the 23-man list are generally clear. Gama and Veloso are both on the big list, but Bento made it clear in the phone call with Agostinho that only in Gama Ma can maintain his status in the World Youth Championship, so this time he will definitely be able to enter the official list of 23 people.

"Okay, I'm going to find a hotel to rest for a while, and I'll go to Obidos Base to report tomorrow morning."

"You know the place, don't you?"

Obidos asked.

"Well, I can ask Veloso."

Gama snorted twice.

"That's good, so I don't have to go all the way. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving."

"Hehe~"

Gama rolled his eyes.

After hanging up on his agent, Gama called Joanna to tell her the sad news that they wouldn't be able to spend Thanksgiving together.

Joanna was a little disappointed, but she was still very happy that her brother was selected for the national team.

When Jia Ma got out of the airport, he realized that he could no longer see his national youth teammates, none of them.

Tsk, these guys run really fast.

Thinking of this, when he was about to call Veloso, he realized that he didn't have Veloso's phone number—thanks to what he said just now, he could find Veloso so calmly, hehe, find a ghost!

So the unconscious Gama immediately called Furtado.

Poor Captain Furtado quarreled with Gama enviously and then directly dialed Veloso.

Veloso, who received the captain's call, had already gotten into the car that came to pick him up and walked a long way, now he could only hum and let his father drive the car back to the airport to pick up the "poor little fellow" Gama.

At this time, the poor little classmate Jia Ma was carrying his luggage and sitting on the steps outside the airport hall. The morning wind was blowing on his face, and he seemed to smell the sea breeze.

It can be said that Gama, who is also very small in literature and art, smiled at him when he saw Veloso's golden brown hair protruding from the parked car.

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PS: In fact, it is impossible for Veloso and Gama to be teammates in the same class, because he was born in 86, and the U20 members of this session were all born in 88 or 89, but here I am completely empty, so Veloso The setting is three years younger.