Chapter 31: Punishment and the Dark Horse
In the face of such intense media publicity, Lao Lei also knew that he would definitely not be able to hide it from his parents. So when Joseph and Cintia came downstairs, Old Ray told them the truth. After hearing this, Joseph said in agreement: "Son, there is nothing wrong with what you have done. You did what a man does, protect your family. And Santia is just worried about whether this will affect Lao Lei's career. With the support of his family, Lao Lei felt much more at ease. At this time, there was a sudden noisy sound outside the door, and it seemed that there were still a lot of people. The three of them looked at each other, all of them smiled helplessly, and Joseph even quipped: "Our family is almost in time for the presidential palace." "In the end, it was the police who came forward, and Lao Lei's family was peaceful.
In the days that followed, Leiria's match against Pacos de Ferreira was the focus of the Portuguese media. The news is flooding the eyes of Portuguese fans. After a while, the lip language expert of this TV station read out what Mourinho said to Remaia when he came on the field, "teach them what real barbarism is", which made Mourinho suddenly become the person who instigated Remair and became the mastermind behind the scenes. A moment later, the same newspaper published the decision of the Ferreira manager to make his players play as brutally as possible in the dressing room, and also got clear recordings of Ferreira fans insulting the old Ray's family. Then what TV station said that Lao Lei's actions were loved by most of Portugal, and what educators said on the program that Lao Lei was teaching his own children badly.
With this craze, Leiria has made a big splash in front of the whole country, among which Lao Lei and Mourinho are the most famous, and they are simply household names. During this period, Lao Lei also signed an agent entrustment contract with Mendes, and Joseph, who was on the side, also talked to Mendes about the impact of this incident on Lao Lei. Mendes said that the benefits of this incident outweigh the disadvantages for Lao Lei, and his reputation will be greatly improved, and as for the negative news, he promised that he will help to minimize the impact.
And for the training base in Leiria in the past two days, it has ushered in a rare day of congestion by reporters. Because of Mourinho's gag order, the journalists didn't get any exclusive information, but they insisted on staying here, because this is one of the biggest and most valuable news spots of the past two days. According to media reports in the past two days, the Portuguese Football Federation has already intervened in the investigation of this match and will make a ruling soon. A spokesman for the Football Association claimed: "We cannot allow the slightest possibility of a major riot. We will conduct a detailed investigation of the coaching staff, players, fans and referees of both sides. We put the utmost attention into this matter. A decision will be made shortly thereafter. ”
Although I am a little worried about whether the Football Association's ruling will have a bad result for myself and the team, this is not something I can control. The club's public relations department has already begun to deal with these things. Regardless of the verdict, it can be regarded as a bumper harvest day for Lao Lei personally.
When Lao Lei entered the system that night, he saw a big reward prompt.
"Congratulations to the host for successfully provoking the home fans, making them angry, and not being sent off by the referee, and awarding 10 soul points."
"Congratulations to the host for completing the achievement of 3 consecutive kills in the game for the first time, allowing 3 opposing players to go off the field with injuries and not being sent off by the referee, and awarding 20 soul points."
"Congratulations to the host for helping the team win the game and winning two in a row, awarding 7 soul points."
"Congratulations to the host for making the classic provocation after the game, which can be directly loaded into the Portuguese Super League, rewarding 5 soul points."
Although there are no other skill points to reward this time, it still makes Lao Lei feel very cool, and he has 42 soul points at once, which gives Lao Lei's life a sense of security. If you add it up, it is a total of minus 40 soul points, and there are still more than two months to go, which makes Lao Lei feel very relieved, and his heart is not easy.
While waiting for the Football Association's ruling, Lao Lei received a lot of support from Leiria's fans. For them, Lao Lei is a good teammate who stands out for his teammates. Lao Lei's two provocative postures made them feel that this was a real man. As a direct result, Old Ray gained more support among Leiria. They came to the outside of the training ground to cheer for Lao Lei in training, and also for the fans of Lao Lei. According to the statistics of the commercial development department of Leiria Club, Lao Lei's No. 13 jersey suddenly became the top five jersey sales in the Leiria team.
On the third day after the game, the Portuguese Football Federation finally gave the ticket, but the feeling to the media was that the thunder was heavy and the rain was small. "After the unanimous decision of the Football Association, the penalties for the teams of Leiria and Ferreira were decided as follows:
Ferreira's head coach Rimuno was suspended for two matches and fined 50,000 euros. The reason was that he was blatantly inciting his own players to play brutally in the dressing room, and indirectly led to the injury of one of Leiria's players and the subsequent riots on the pitch.
Manuel Ferreira's No. 7 was given a red card, an automatic suspension of one match and a fine of 30,000 euros. The reason was that he maliciously assaulted Leiria's No. 13 Silas and caused the opponent's phalanges to crack and go down.
The head coach of Leiria, Jose. Mourinho was sentenced to a one-match suspension and a fine of 10,000 euros for blatantly abetting his players to retaliate, but it was considered lenient because it did not cause bad consequences.
Leiria's No. 13 player Lei Mayer was given a red card, suspended for two games, and fined 50,000 yuan. The reason was an irrational provocation to the away fans, which twice caused riots among the fans of Ferreira. However, considering the extenuating circumstances, the penalty will not be severe, but it will not be an example.
The fans of Ferreira were banned from the stadium to watch two matches of the Portuguese Super League, the home of Ferreira. The reason was for initiating riots, involving deliberate insults to the players' families, as well as a number of personal attacks, and on two occasions there were riots. “
The fine was not as heavy as the media imagined, and most of the media speculation about it was because the European Championship in Portugal three years later made the Football Association officials not want to make the matter bigger, so as not to cause some unnecessary negative news.
In any case, this fine still made Mourinho breathe a sigh of relief, he was afraid that the Football Association would punish his team with a typical example, which would not be good. At first, Lao Lei was quite complaining, because the fine of up to 50,000 euros was not something that Lao Lei, who was still a contract with the youth team, could afford it, and Lao Lei was distressed, so it was 50,000 euros. This made it difficult for Lao Lei, who was poor in his previous life, to accept, but when he heard that the club would pay the fine on his behalf, Lao Lei publicly said that 50,000 euros was nothing, and the penalty was fined.
Fast forward to the third round of the Portuguese Super League, and Leiria was lucky enough to meet the belly team of Belamar. This made the whole team of Leiria, who did not have Mourinho and Lao Lei, breathe a sigh of relief, but fortunately did not run into a strong opponent at this time. And in the next round, Leiria met Maritimo. This is a mid-table team in the league, and I believe it will not be too difficult to play against Leiria without old thunder.
Against Bellamar, Leiria was another away game. The course of the game did not surprise Mourinho, and Leiria comfortably won the match 2-0. The goals were scored by Ivan and Ugo.
In first-half stoppage time, Ivan received a corner kick from Andre and, after chesting the ball in the six-yard box, immediately followed with a low shot. The opposing goalkeeper did not make the slightest save because his view was blocked, and could only watch the football roll into the bottom left corner of the goal. Leiria leads 1-0. With 6 goals, he is still far ahead of the top scorers in the Portuguese Super League.
Then in the 30th minute of the second half, Leiria won a free-kick in an excellent position on the right side of the penalty area, about 25 meters from the goal. Ugo took the penalty and curled a perfect curling ball with the outside of his left foot. The ball hung in the top left corner of the goal, and the opposing goalkeeper could do nothing about the goal. Ugo sealed the win with a beautiful direct free-kick that made it 2-0 for Leiria.
Throughout the game, regardless of possession, shots on goal, and shots on target, Leiria had the upper hand. If it weren't for Leiria's strikers who wasted a number of good chances, I believe this game would have been a big one. Lao Lei sat in the stands, watched the whole game, watched the majestic picture of Ivan and Ugo after scoring goals, and was envious in his heart, and for the first time took the initiative to improve his offensive skills.
In the next fourth round, Leiria will host mid-table Maritimo in the league, and manager Jose Mourinho will return. Leiria has won three consecutive games in the new season, and the average goals per game and goal difference are the best start to the league in the club's history. Leiria's excellent results also stimulated Leiria's ball market, and today's Leiria home stadium was packed. Of course, Lao Lei still sat in the stands, and after the fans around him recognized him, they all warmly shook hands with him, took photos, and signed autographs. This made Lao Lei feel extremely satisfied in his heart, and enjoyed the enjoyment and satisfaction brought by football.
However, Leiria's game was not as easy as expected, and it was met with frantic resistance from Maritimo at home. Leiria's midfield was also completely disrupted due to Maritimo's crazy harassment, resulting in the whole of Leiria playing in a disorderly manner. However, Maritimo's steady attack in the first half was impressive, and if it weren't for the fact that their striker's individual ability was really poor, they would have taken the lead long ago.
Mourinho, who was on the sidelines, was dissatisfied with the team's performance and yelled loudly on the sidelines. By halftime, I don't know what Mourinho had done, but in the second half, Leiria began to frantically suppress Maritimo. At the end of the day, Maritimo simply returned to the penalty area, like putting a bus in front of the goal, which made Leiria, who was not very good at attacking, at a loss.
It wasn't until full-time stoppage time that the deadlock was finally broken. Leiria, who got a valuable corner, was lucky enough to score a goal thanks to Andrey's lucky long-range shot. Hugo's corner kick was not driven towards the penalty area but directly to the edge of the box. Andre met the incoming ball without stopping the ball, and directly volleyed the ball, and the ball hit the defender in the box and changed the line, and the Maritimo goalkeeper could not do anything about it.
The score remained until the end, 1:0.Leiria was lucky to win four in a row, and Ivan also ended his streak of goals. Then when the media opened the Portuguese Super League rankings, they saw the first place Leiria, winning all 4 games, accumulating 12 points, and topping the list. It's not Lisbon, it's not Benfica, it's not Porto, it's a small club in Leiria that has been in the middle of the pack for a long time.
This made Leiria, who had just become a little less popular in the media, once again made headlines in major media outlets, this time because of their achievements. The football media in Portugal are all talking about the dark horses of the new season, discussing their players, coaches, tactics. When I opened the schedule and saw that Leiria's opponent in the fifth round was Porto, the media immediately began to hype up the game.
Dark horses vs. giants, this is the title given by the media.
And Lao Lei also just happened to come back from the ban, and Godzilla returned.