Chapter 1 The first day of the national team

Led by the assistant coach, Lao Lei was taken to the room where he was. After opening the door, Lao Lei walked in and saw an acquaintance, it was Costa, the leader of Porto's defense. For Costa, Lao Lei has a good impression, pragmatic and low-key, action-oriented, brave and good at fighting, very similar to Ben's personality and behavior style, but his leadership and leadership temperament are better. In the two league meetings with Porto, Costa's performances have left a deep impression on Lao Lei, who is a teammate to trust and trust.

At this time, Costa was watching TV in the room to rest, and after seeing the assistant coach bring Lao Lei in, he immediately stood up and smiled, and went up to shake hands with Lao Lei and talked: "Welcome to the national team, Lei Ma." "Costa is an old courtier of the Portuguese team, but he doesn't have any arrogance about Lao Lei, a newcomer, and he is neither humble nor arrogant, which immediately makes Lao Lei's good impression of him go up to a few degrees. Besides, next season, he will be his captain, and it's always a good thing that the captain is so easy to get along with.

However, the two didn't have much time to talk, and after putting down their luggage, Lao Lei was taken away by the assistant coach to say hello to head coach Oliveira first. On the way to Oliveira's room, Old Ray thought back to the information about Oliveira he had found. He didn't have a brilliant career as a striker as a player, and he has a lot of experience as a coach after becoming a coach, and this is his second time in charge of the Portuguese national team.

The last time he led Portugal to the last eight at the Euro 96 in England. After 2000, he led Portugal to defeat the uncrowned king of the Netherlands in the World Cup qualifiers, thus reaching the World Cup finals. Lao Lei's evaluation of him is that he is experienced and capable but not outstanding. This time, with his outstanding performance during his tenure in Porto, he was able to enter the palace for the second time and once again pick up the coaching whip of the Portuguese national team.

"Knock knock", the assistant coach knocked on Oliveira's door, "Antonio, I brought Reima. After the man inside answered, the door was opened, and Vialla came out. After Viara saw Lao Lei, his face was not good-looking, and he walked away from Lao Lei with a cold snort, not acting like his teammates in the national team should behave at all. However, what he didn't see was a flash of dissatisfaction and displeasure in Oliveira's eyes after seeing his actions. In Oliveira's opinion, his performance is too naïve and not calm, and Viala's rating in Oliveira's heart is rapidly declining, but Viala himself is not aware of all this.

Although Viara was unfriendly, Old Ray didn't care at all. Compared to Viala, Lao Lei also admires Quaresma and Xiao Xiaoluo more, not that they are more talented than Viala, but they are more focused on the game and the victory, and they do not show other obvious dislike and disgust for themselves other than wanting to beat themselves. And the person in front of him is obviously much worse, obviously a person who is not broad-minded, for such a person, Lao Lei said that there will definitely be no great achievements in the future, so what does he do.

After entering Oliveira's room, Lao Lei clearly saw Oliveira's face, there was nothing special, and the most impressive thing for Lao Lei was probably Oliveira's beard, just like Super Mario. Lao Lei really felt kind in his heart, if it wasn't his head coach in the national team, he might have to go up to shake hands, and then shout affectionately: "Long time no see, Uncle Mario." Fortunately, Oliveira in front of him didn't know Lao Lei's thoughts, otherwise it is estimated that Lao Lei would have been thrown out of the national team as soon as he entered the national team, completing the record of the shortest national team trip.

In front of Oliveira, Old Ray looked very relaxed. Lao Lei's current attitude towards the Portuguese national team is that if you enter, you will enter, and if you don't enter, you won't enter, and you won't force it. Even if the mission fails, Lao Lei coaxed him to say that he is now a big money and is not afraid.

Looking at Lao Lei, who looked really relaxed in front of him, Oliveira's heart was really a little interested. Oliveira has also heard of Lao Lei, after all, he is praised by the Portuguese media as the leader of the future Portuguese midfield, how can he not pay attention to it as the head coach of the national team. The evaluation of Lao Lei is divided into two poles, one side says that he is capable, both offensive and defensive, tough and smart, while the other side says that he is rude, not polite, cunning, and does not compromise means. Oliveira himself has watched a few games of Lao Lei, and he has only six words of comment about Lao Lei, who is only a triumphalist.

After about 10 minutes, Old Ray ended his conversation with Oliveira and walked out of his room. After Lao Lei walked out of the room, he would think of his conversation with Oliveira, talking about some very ordinary words, questions about his current physical condition and physical condition, and a brief introduction to the situation of some national teams and follow-up arrangements. Except when he was about to get up and leave, Oliveira's last question: "Reima, what do you think of those who hate you?" ”

At that time, Lao Lei was still stunned for a while, not understanding why Oliveira asked this question, he replied: "I just beat them or their team, nothing special." After that, the conversation ended, and Lao Lei came out of the room and walked to his room.

What Lao Lei didn't know was that his arrival had created a problem for Oliveira. It is true that Oliveira himself is actually very optimistic about Lao Lei's future, but that is not in this World Cup. Because Lao Lei suddenly appeared this season, and then immediately reached a high level of achievement and level, he had no experience in the national team at all before, and he had not participated in any of the previous qualifiers and warm-up matches. So at the beginning, Lao Lei was not in the 23-man squad in Oliveira's heart, and the call of Lao Lei to the national team was more forced to adapt to the requirements of the media, the Football Association and fans.

But now the situation is starting to become a little delicate, Oliveira has to admit that he has begun to appreciate and be optimistic about Lao Lei more and more after some contact with Lao Lei. Compared with Viala, who was originally on his list, he is now more optimistic about Lao Lei, and he faintly feels that Lao Lei may become a surprise for Portugal in this World Cup. At this time, there is only one reason to hinder Oliveira, Lao Lei does not have any tacit understanding and experience with the national team players and tactics. Especially in the next time, there is no chance to play warm-up games again. He felt that he needed to observe and think about it in the next most difficult reporting time.

After returning to the room, after Lao Lei took care of his luggage, Costa led him to visit the door and met some teammates in the 30-man squad. Costa has enough seniority and strength in the national team, so everyone sees that he brought Reima to recognize people, so on the surface, at least everyone didn't give Old Ray a look, and Gomez was the same.

Lao Lei saw all the golden generation of Portugal, Figo, Rui Costa, Sosa, Xavier, etc. These big-name players appeared in front of Lao Lei alive like this, and suddenly Lao Lei didn't believe his eyes. Among them, Rui Costa may be the person Lao Lei admires the most, after all, he himself has personally felt Rui Costa's passing skills, and Lao Lei is convinced, just this pass is really incomparable.

And the demeanor of this elegant classical front waist from Benfica also made Lao Lei admire it very much. He is very kind to himself, and he is not dissatisfied with himself at all because of his relationship with Benfica, and Lao Lei can see sincerity in his demeanor. Ever since he used the "Pseudo Long Biography Master" experience card, Lao Lei has looked up a lot of his videos, learned from them, and has a feeling of finding an idol.

During this period, Lao Lei also expressed his admiration for Rui Costa's ball skills, and the two talked harmoniously. Lao Lei also got Rui Costa's personal contact information, during which he also agreed to Lao Lei's request for advice, which is one of the best relations in the national team so far.

At night, Lao Lei lay on his bed, thinking about his affairs in the national team. This Portuguese national team is basically composed of Benfica, Sporting Lisbon, and Porto, although everyone has a good relationship, but the formation of the internal team is unstoppable. Ray, on the other hand, is alone, and he now has the best relationship with his future club, the Porto family.

Because it was Lao Lei and Leiria's sniping of Benfica that allowed Porto to find an opportunity in the final stage of the league and successfully overtook Benfica to get a chance to participate in the UEFA Cup. Because of this, the relationship between Lao Lei and Benfica has become even worse. It's okay with Sporting Lisbon, except for Viara. Thinking about Lao Lei's head hurts a little, the national team is really messed up this time. After thinking of the worst, Lao Lei scratched his head irritably, and said in his heart that it doesn't matter, if anyone takes the initiative to provoke me, don't blame me. Then, Lao Lei entered the system to train.

Early the next morning, Lao Lei and the others got up to prepare for the morning training. After breakfast, everyone gathered at the training ground. As Lao Lei, who came to the national team for the first time, he naturally had to introduce himself routinely. Just as Lao Lei began to introduce himself and start his first official training session with the national team, there was an earthquake-like discussion and commotion in Leiria.

In the early morning of this day, on the official website of Leiria Club, a news item suddenly appeared - the news of Mourinho's departure. Leiria's hottest all-time greatest, double-winning coach Jose Mourinho ended his contract with Leiria and chose to leave instead of renewing it.

As a result of Leiria's achievements this season, Mourinho, who has single-handedly led and built this Leiria team, can be said to have established a great image in the hearts of Leiria fans and has great prestige. is such a head coach, the head coach who also participated in the team's championship ceremony a few days ago, suddenly announced his departure. What's going on? Leiria's fans panicked, and the reporters were excited, they didn't expect Leiria to break such good news material at this juncture. They have gathered again in Leiria to await the upcoming press conference on Mourinho's departure.

In the eyes of many football people, this news is equivalent to a signal that the Leiria supermarket is open.