Chapter 58: Report and Warm-up Match
The new Portuguese Super League season kicks off on 17 August. Lao Lei still has half a month to run in with his new teammates, and the day after returning to Porto, Lao Lei went to the Porto club to report to Mourinho. By the time Lao Lei arrived, Porto's main lineup was almost complete. The elder Lei first went to Mourinho's office. Seeing that it was Lao Lei, Mourinho led Lao Lei in with a smile. After the two sat down, Mourinho took the lead and said: "I watched all the matches of Portugal in the World Cup, Reima, he performed very well, and it is a pity that he did not win the championship at the end." ”
"It's a pity, but fortunately, I'm still young and there's still a chance." Lao Lei replied lightly. By now, the shadow of the defeat of the World Realm Cup has long disappeared in Lao Lei's heart. Although it is a pity to lose the final of the World Cup, Lao Lei believes that in his career, he will definitely be able to win a World Cup championship trophy, as long as he continues to maintain the current rate of progress.
Seeing the determined expression in Lao Lei's eyes, Mourinho smiled faintly, and then continued: "Get ready for Reima, we are about to make our debut on the European stage in the new season, and we want to surprise the world." Speaking of the new season, Mourinho has obviously become excited, and he has been looking forward to the arrival of the new season and is ready to do a big job. Looking at his generals and beloved disciples in front of him, Mourinho showed his ambition unabashedly. Suddenly thinking of the fierce reaction of Portuguese reporters about himself and Lao Lei's victory declaration, Mourinho snorted coldly in his heart and said in his heart: "Short-sighted." My eyes are no longer on Portugal for the new season. Portuguese Super League, I won't stay long! “
"Of course. Head. I was ready for it. I don't want to be a laughing stock for the new season. Know my words. But to make a whole bunch of people wait to see my jokes. Looking at Mourinho, Lao Lei also showed his ambition without scruples. One goal is the number one manager in the world, the other is the number one player in the world, and the two crazy people who regard victory as the only thing are finally showing their fangs in front of European football.
After the two finished talking, Lao Lei first went to the locker room to greet his new teammates. When he walked out of the Mourinho dressing room, Lao Lei had a bunch of tactical arrangements and changes in Porto for the new season. And it was Brito who led the old ray to the dressing room, after Mourinho left Leiria. Brito, Mourinho's own man, also followed him to Porto. Seeing Brito's acquaintance, Old Ray happily walked and talked to Brito. Lao Lei has always been grateful to Brito, if it wasn't for Brito's basic training at the beginning, his career would not have been so smooth.
Regarding the integration with Porto's new teammates, Lao Lei has nothing to worry about. He is obviously a descendant brought by Mourinho, and with Lao Lei's reputation in Portugal at this time, no one will be so stupid to find trouble for himself. And the only one who is slightly qualified for his own troubles. has been sent by Mourinho to London, England. I don't know if it's because of Lao Lei, Mourinho almost forced Postiga to choose to transfer and leave. The first thing Mourinho did after coming to Porto was to transfer Postiga to Porto's second team, and Postiga, who couldn't stand it, had to choose to transfer. At the time of the transfer departure. Postiga is also generous, and if he has the opportunity, he wants to make Mourinho and Lao Lei look good. Of course, the elder Ray and Mourinho did not take Postiga's words to heart at all.
Of course, the process is not easy. Anyway, Postiga was still in Portugal at this time, and Lao Lei and others were called Portugal's new golden generation. Jose Mourinho's approach sparked a flurry of discussion at Porto's hierarchy, but was eventually overturned by President Da Costa's support. This transfer also caused heated discussions in the outside world for a time. News of Mourinho's apprentice driving away Postiga was noisy. However, in view of Lao Lei's strength and performance, this public opinion tide also passed quickly. Choosing between Lao Lei and Postiga, in the eyes of the outside world, Porto just made an easy and simple choice to pick a better one.
Old Ray followed Brito into the locker room in Porto. After walking in, the players in the locker room all raised their heads and looked over, and Porto's captain Costa took the lead to greet him, hugging Lao Lei, a teammate of the national team, affectionately to express his welcome. Later, Baia and Andrade, as well as Leiria's old teammate Ivan, also welcomed Ray. With these leaders, the rest of the Porto players also expressed their welcome to Lao Lei one after another. At least on the surface, the first meeting between Lao Lei and his Porto teammates was a good one.
After a brief exchange with his new team-mates, he changed into his new training clothes and prepared for his first training session in Porto. By the time he followed his team-mates to the training ground, in addition to Mourinho and the coaching staff, there were also reporters taking photos outside the guardrail and fans who had come to watch the team train. After Lao Lei appeared on the field, the scene suddenly became a little noisy, and it seemed that many people came for Lao Lei's first training session in Porto.
Although Lao Lei had already said hello to his new teammates in the locker room, he still made a brief self-introduction in front of everyone at the request of Mourinho after the assembly. After the disbandment, Lao Lei did not immediately train with his teammates, but followed Brito to do a simple physical examination first. This is Mourinho's old rule, and Lao Lei is naturally very clear. Lao Lei is not worried at all, his test results will displease Mourinho, those exercises are not done in vain.
After the physical test, Brito looked at Lao Lei's physical examination report and praised Lao Lei: "Leima, it seems that you didn't indulge yourself during the holidays, very good, this is the attitude that a professional football player should have." And Mourinho also showed a satisfied smile on his face after reading Lao Lei's physical examination report. Although he knows the temperament of his disciple, young people who are young and ambitious always make people a little uneasy, and young hormones always make them easy to indulge in success and lose their direction after success. As for Lao Lei, Mourinho has high expectations, hoping that this proud disciple of himself can make up for the regrets brought about by his poor and unremarkable career.
After the training session began, Lao Lei first followed his teammates to start a warm-up dribbling training. This is also a feature of Mourinho's training, which requires players to have the ball more than running laps. After training with the ball, Mourinho began to practice tactics for the new season. After the return of Lao Lei, an important piece of the puzzle of Porto's new season, Mourinho began to grasp the team's run-in training.
Lao Lei watched Mourinho's training formation and content, and had a general idea of Porto's tactics for the new season, in addition to the 4-2-3-1 in Leiria, Porto will play a 4-3-3 formation in the new season. This is Mourinho's preparation for the new season on three fronts, and last season's injury wave in Leiria taught him a lot. In addition to the rotation of the squad, it is also important to have an additional set of tactical options.
The 4-2-3-1 formation is Porto's strongest lineup this season, with Valente, Costa, Carvalho and Ferreira at the back four from left to right, while Lao Lei will be paired with Kostiani with two midfielders, and the three fronts will be Maniche, Deco and Alenichev from left to right, and McCarthy will be a single striker. This line-up will be Porto's main weapon in destroying the city. The other set of 4-3-3 is mainly prepared for injuries or the less important front of the Portuguese Cup. And the old ray will play the role of an engine in the Porto team in the new season, which is similar to when he was in Leiria.
At the end of the day's training session, Lei had to sigh that his teammates in Porto were indeed a cut above in Leiria. Although they are still a little rusty with each other, Lao Lei believes that this run-in period will pass soon, and it will not have any bad impact on the team's performance in the new season. After the first day of training sessions, Lao Lei expressed great confidence that Porto will achieve good results in the new season.
At the end of the training session, Mourinho advised: "I don't want to see any of you drinking for the past two days, and the photos and news of clubbing appear in the newspapers. The day after tomorrow, it's our warm-up game against Tottenham, and it's going to be our first collective appearance as a team, so I hope you can take it seriously. If anyone dares to leak, hum. "Old Ray was a little surprised when he heard it, Tottenham, isn't that the place where Postiga is shown, should it be such a coincidence. He glanced at Mourinho in surprise, and Mourinho replied with a look that was indeed the case. After getting a definite answer, Lao Lei thought about it, and it was also a pleasure, it seems that these reporters will be lively again, and this game will not be calm.
Indeed, as Lao Lei thought, this warm-up match will be held at the Dragon Stadium, because Postiga's transfer has become the focus of media attention. Some of the tricks of Postiga's transfer have been dug up clearly by reporters, and as a reporter who doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, he started to warm up for this warm-up game early. And this also made the tickets for this warm-up game sell out early. At this time, Postiga was being interviewed and when asked what he thought of the match, he bluntly said: "I'm going to make some people regret it and be ugly. ”
originally wanted to go to the bar to welcome Lao Lei's activities, but Mourinho had to die at his behest. Although Mourinho has only been here for a short time, he has already established himself in the dressing room.
That night, before going upstairs to rest, Lei Lao saw Postiga's interview on the TV.
With a disdainful sneer, he turned off the TV, and Lao Lei went upstairs to prepare to enter the system for training. (To be continued......)