[Football] Crown of Thorns

On November 11, Portuguese coach Paulo Pinto announced the latest 9-man squad for the national team.

In this big list, Ronaldo, Gama, Pepe and others are still the core players. Nani, who has not been in good form recently, has also been called, and Cohen, who has just returned from injury in the game against the Russian team Trump was not called up, and the full-back Silvio, who played in Atletico Madrid, was called up on the back line of the Portuguese national team. This is also the first time he himself has been called up by the national team.Ricardo Costa was absent last time and was recalled this time, while Valladolid's Sereno and Miguel Lopez, Sereno and Oliveira were not selected.

In the midfield, Gama and Moutinho continued to lead, and Machado from Olympiacos also got a chance, but this time Meireles was not called up due to injury.

However, this list of the national team is not the final list for the European preliminaries. This list was originally prepared for the international warm-up match of the Portuguese national team on the 14th. Check out the players, especially the newcomers.

As a result, Ronaldo, captain of the Portuguese national team, was injured in the league on the 11th. The Portuguese Football Association had to announce that Ronaldo, the captain of the national team, would miss the friendly match between the team and Gabon on the 14th due to his brow bone injury in La Liga on the weekend.

According to the arrangement of the Football Federation, the Portuguese national team will visit Gabon this Thursday to conduct a friendly match with the Gabon national team located in West Africa.

Now Ronaldo is absent due to injury, and several other important main players are also unable to play with the team, which makes coach Bento a little distressed.

As for Gama, the Red Army coach Rodgers talked to Gama specifically at the beginning, hoping that he could ask for leave and not participate in this warm-up match.

Because the Red Army on the 17th has a league to play, in the current state of the Red Army's weak offense, having Gama on the field is a guarantee for the team's stable offense.

Originally, Jia Ma really thought about asking for leave. After all, to put it bluntly, this kind of warm-up match to test newcomers is not a must for a core player like him-he is not a game madman like Ronaldo. ——If you ask for leave, it is not possible.

But now Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Meireles and Coentrao are unable to travel with the team. In this case, Gama estimates that it is absolutely impossible for coach Bento to ask him to ask for leave.

Ronaldo's injury not only interrupted the national team's planned game schedule, but also caused trouble for a player like Gama who was in a tense league.

Of course, the club does not want Gama to go to Africa to participate in a dispensable game. If you get injured, you will lose the property of the club!

As the captain of the club, after knowing that Ronaldo was injured, Gerrard knew that Gama had to go to the national team to report.

"You have to be careful not to get hurt."

"Don't be crowed."

Since the end of the daytime game on the 11th, he has not returned to his residence and has been packing his luggage in Gama at the Meld training base.

Gerrard was upset, "For the game on the 17th, even if you come back, you won't be able to play, but even so, you should keep it close."

"I know."

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2012年11月14日，远赴西非的葡萄牙国家队和加蓬国家队的友谊赛以2：2平局收场。

After the game, the media commented on the game as follows: Portugal played at a slow pace, without too many pursuits and ideas. The offense seemed procrastinated and lacked timeliness. Because of the emphasis on training new players, the cooperation between them seemed rusty. , There were too many mistakes, many players did not devote their energy to the game with the mental state of playing, and the referee was in the way, so the draw can be regarded as a fair result!

And coach Paulo Bento said in an interview with RTP1 after the game: attitude is everything. Considering the weather, the familiarity of the venue and the players, and some objective factors, a draw is a very good result for a friendly match!

The best player in this game is Moutinho. The media commented that he is the most well-behaved boy. player of!

"...I always feel that this is scolding us!"

Small-minded Xico secretly talked to Veloso on the way back.

Veloso silently gave Hiko a thump on his forehead, "Shut up!"

Xiko, who was 'bullied', rubbed his sore forehead, thought for a while and said, "The only fortunate thing is that the next game of the national team will be in March next year. Thank God."

"hope everything is fine."

Veloso nodded, "As long as we win Israel in the next game, we will have the initiative to qualify."

"Speaking of which, because of the good performance of the national team this year, we are ranked third in the national team rankings published on the official FIFA website!"

"That's it."

The new national team ranking announced on the FIFA official website in November: Although Spain and Germany still firmly occupy the top position in the standings, Portugal also ranks third in the list, higher than the ranking of the Argentine team.

"Well, the captain must be very happy."

Thinking of Mei Tianwang of La Liga and Barcelona, ​​Gama smiled and blinked.

In this period of national team rankings, Spain, the 10-year World Cup champion, is the first, Germany is the second, Portugal is the third, and Argentina is the fourth. In addition, Italy's ranking has risen to fifth, England and the Netherlands have both declined slightly, ranking Six or seven.Colombia, which entered the top ten in the previous ranking, continued to rise and ranked 8th, while Uruguay continued to drop 4 places and fell out of the top ten, ranking 11th.It is worth mentioning that Belgium moved up 10 places to enter the top 20.

Of course, Jia Ma was also concerned about Hua Guo's ranking. The number 88 is the favorite number of Hua Guo people, but it's a pity that the ranking is too low... I guess even Jia Ma didn't expect that at the beginning of 13 years after the Chinese New Year , Huaguo's ranking not only continued to decline, but also fell to the top 13, even in Asia, it can only be ranked No. [-]...

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Returning to Liverpool, there was a tense league game immediately. As Gamar expected, he didn't get a chance to play. It wasn't that Rodgers didn't want to use him, but that his teammates played very well in that game and directly played a A 2-2 victory over Wigan Athletic led to another Europa League tie as Liverpool drew [-]-[-] with youth football clubs from the Swiss Super League.

Immediately afterwards, the Red Army played away against Swansea, which eliminated them from the League Cup. This time Liverpool did not relax and won the opponent with a score of 2-1.In the next league, the Red Army beat Tottenham 1-0, Liverpool 0-1 Southampton, Udinese 2-3 Liverpool in the Europa League, West Ham [-]-[-] Liverpool, playing a five-game winning streak. situation.In the league standings, the Red Army also smoothly rose two places to sixth place.

Then there are the last two league games before Christmas.

"You still expect to have a vacation?"

Joe Allen, who discovered for the first time that Gama was actually concerned about the league schedule, opened his eyes wide in surprise.

Jia Ma hesitated, "At least there will be no competition on the 25th!"

"Oh, you are so naive."

Joe Allen showed contempt in his eyes.

So Gama turned his attention to Gerald who was sitting at the round table.

Now the time has entered December, and it will be Gama’s first Christmas since he came to the Premier League. Although Gama doesn’t believe in Western gods, he is said to be a Christian anyway (?), so he is also a Is it an important holiday for Europeans?

"Actually," Gerald coughed lightly, "we can still rest for three days."

At this time, Kagge, who was sitting opposite Gerrard, snickered, and of course he got a smile from Gerrard, "The team will have a holiday after playing Fulham on the 23rd, and then there will be a game on the 27th... ..."

"By the way, after the game on the 23rd, we will also participate in the club's themed activities."

Carragher said with a smile.

"Theme event?"

Gama asked suspiciously, "Are you attending the sponsor's Christmas event?"

He has also participated in Christmas activities in the Hornets before, and various activities held by sponsors are not uncommon, but the Bundesliga will have a longer holiday than other leagues, and the UK only has three days!three days! ! !

Gerald coughed lightly again, so Carragher said, "Steven, if you catch a cold, go home and rest quickly, so as not to infect us."

"……To shut up!"

Jie Baozi glared at his deputy team, isn't it interesting to keep tearing him down!

Carragher's eyelids rolled, and he whistled leisurely.

With a poof laugh, Jia Ma rested his chin and watched the team captains' fight with great interest, and then he remembered that he saw something about the captain CP on a certain Ya... Keke, Baozi is a scumbag, and the deputy team card is pitiful The man behind the Xianhui Zhenggong and Jie Baozi~

After they finished tearing up and Carragher 'lost' again, Gerrard showed a kind smile, "Every year, our Liverpool LFC will send players to the local hospital to visit sick children. Last year, Suarez, Henderson, Carroll We have all participated. This year we will send some players to visit sick children, and some will go to nursing homes or welfare institutions to deliver Christmas gifts. Of course,” Gerrard smiled, “These activities are sponsored A gift from a merchant."

"What will the club give?"

Gama asked curiously.

"Footballs, jerseys, scarves, things like that."

"...It feels so cheap."

Gama said this after a second of silence.

"Who said, the price is so high, these things are not cheap."

This time Carragher helped Jie Baozi refute Gama again.

It seems that the team that thinks of where is not allowed to change jerseys with opponents after the game because they are too poor?

Which team from England is it from?

Gama pondered for a while, "Speaking of prices, Steven, can you tell the club whether it is cheaper to buy jerseys by yourself?"

Although he doesn’t change jerseys after games, many of his acquaintances will ask for Gama’s signed jerseys and the signed jerseys of his more famous teammates, so Gama sometimes goes to the club’s exclusive store to buy jerseys Then get your teammates to sign it - but it's expensive to get the jersey from the specialty store!Of course, this is mainly because Gama is still relatively thin-skinned. He is too embarrassed to ask his teammates to sign their own jerseys.

Gerald glanced at Gama quietly, "It was the same price when I went to buy it."

"No discount at all?"

"Hehe, this~"

A slightly embarrassed smile appeared on the faces of the two Red Army veterans.

Gama: m(__)m

This is the speechless expression of Gama who got on the pirate ship by mistake.

Gerald scratched his forehead, sweating.

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PS: Poor little miser Xiko~

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