Chapter Eighty-Six: The Triple Guest (1)
Leiria's risky passage has made the winds of the media collectively change. Ray's assists and McCarthy's goals made these two men the main targets of praise in the media. Especially Lao Lei, relying on the heel assist that doesn't look at people, has become a hot spot in major sports programs at one time. Everyone was amazed by this pass, and even a show broadcast slow motion specifically for this assist, to prove that Old Ray didn't look back at McCarthy's location when he passed the ball.
And this time, the call for Lao Lei to enter the national team is getting louder and louder. I don't know what the head coach of the national team Oliveira thinks at this time, the talk that Lao Lei is going to join the national team is still only prevalent in the media, and the Portuguese Football Federation and Oliveira have no voice at all.
Within a few days, though, the focus shifted. A 19-year-old at Sporting Lisbon made a name for himself with one goal. His name is Quaresma, a left winger. In the recent match between Sporting Lisbon and Guimaraes, he came on as a substitute in the second half. The young winger came on and gave all the Reebonians a bright spot. He swooped left and right like a leisurely stroll, messing up Guimarães' defense. In the 63rd minute of the game, after cutting inside on the left side, he unexpectedly used the outside of his right foot to draw an external rotation arc, which hung straight into the dead corner, and the skills were amazing.
His performances led to the Lisbon media dubbing him Figo's successor. Some good things in the media directly compared him to Lao Lei, but this was countered by the Leiria media, and it was too early to compare with our Godzilla just by virtue of a performance in one game. At this moment, the media in the two cities are once again engaged in a war of words.
As one of the parties involved, Lao Lei didn't have the leisure to take care of the media, and his attention was on how to lead Leiria to bite Sporting Lisbon. Now that the two teams have a few points to play together, it's up to them to see who will fall first. In the words of the media, this season is a rare season in recent years in which the title competition has been so fierce.
There are three more matches left in the following January, and these three matches are three consecutive away games, against National, Universidad Coimbra and Porto. Of those three games, only the national team was relatively easy, and the derby against Universitaria Coimbra on the road will certainly not be easy, let alone against Porto, when the old Leiria will face the roar of the dragon and the challenge of former team-mate Ivan on the road.
If there is any accident in these three games, the gap in points will be immediately opened by Sporting Lisbon. Rui in the Nationals. At the Alves Stadium, Leiria opened the first game of a three-game away streak. The home stadium of the national team is located on an island called Madeira, and Maritimo is also on this island. The two teams, one representing the rich and the latter representing the poor, are also known as the Madeira derby.
However, the club's history, founded in 1910, has not had many bright moments, and its results have been up and down, and it has always been in the middle and lower reaches of the league. In the face of such an opponent, Leiria certainly came with the determination to win. This time they didn't make the mistake of underestimating against Ferenc and put out their best form.
In this game, Lao Lei's no-look-pass and flash of inspiration failed, but fortunately, Leiria's whole team performed well. In the 33rd minute of the first half, Ugo cut diagonally into the box, received the ball from McCarthy, and volleyed directly to open the scoring for Leiria.
Then, in the 50th minute of the second half, Andre extended the score with a long-range shot. Leiria won 2-0 against the Nationals without a fight. And Mourinho also won McCarthy, Andre and Ugo early in the 70th and 80th minutes, and began to accumulate energy for the rest of the game. In this game, Silas, who was injured by Ferreira's players at the beginning of the season, made a comeback. Silas couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart this time, no one expected that Leiria could play a triumphant song all the way this season, and the rookie had become a superstar in the Portuguese Super League.
Ray didn't have time to pay attention to Silas's feelings, he was not satisfied with his performance. In this game, Lao Lei's organization in the midfield is no longer as sharp and magical as the previous game, and Lao Lei also knows that this is caused by his own strength. But he just couldn't help the dissatisfaction in his heart, but he couldn't do anything, this can only be done by the accumulation of training and competitions. In fact, it is no wonder that Lao Lei is so anxious, the competition with Sporting Lisbon is too fierce now, and it is difficult for Lao Lei's previous regular organization to break their defense line in the face of strong opponents, and Leiria needs this change.
Anyway, the 3 points are in hand. In the standings, Leiria continues to cling to Sporting Lisbon. It is worth mentioning that Quaresma once again had an excellent record of two assists in this game, and the old and spicy Sebatur's defense became a mess under his breakthrough. Quaresma's continuous excellent performances have added another highlight to the much-anticipated matchup between Sporting Lisbon and Leiria, not only for the championship, but now for the new stars.
From the moment the whole team arrived in Coimbra, they were warmly welcomed by the fans of the University of Coimbra. Due to the influence of the University of Coimbra in the hearts of local university students, fans of the University of Coimbra tend to be energetic university students, so most of the people who come to "welcome" Lao Lei are young men and women who are dressed stylishly. However, this does not intimidate Leiria's players, who have been mentally prepared for it. Lao Lei and Laiao even commented with relish on the beautiful college fans.
The atmosphere of the derby began to permeate the city, reaching its highest point with the interviews of the players and coaches of the University of Coimbra. The University of Coimbra as a whole showed a belief in winning and was interested in Laleria's hindquarters and their loss in the race against Sporting Lisbon. I have to say that the fans of the University of Coimbra or the club are jealous, just like the competitor who used to be the same as himself suddenly turned into a rich and handsome, and he is about to get the goddess in his hands, so the horror of no one's heart will be balanced.
In the voices of these interviews, there are also some acquaintances of Lao Lei. Among them is the "killing machine" Keelho, the protagonist who became famous at the beginning. After being dragged to fame by Lao Lei, Keelho's life was not very easy. The old rivals in the league didn't use this to stimulate Keelho when they were playing. Even those media did not let him go, and some media even directly changed his nickname to "stadium mop".
When he thinks about his situation and looks at the current booming old Ray, Caelho is one of the most unbalanced in the heart of the entire team of the University of Coimbra. He felt that he had become the foot pedal of Lao Lei's upper position. So when he was interviewed by the media a few days before the start of the game, he bluntly said: "I will give the No. 13 a good look in the game." I hope he will like the gift I have prepared for him. When asked about the last drag incident, Keelho directly blackened his face, simply replied a few words that were accidental, and left. In his heart, he added this kind of unhappiness to Lao Lei's head, and Lao Lei was shot while lying down.
The whole team of Leiria, who lived in the hotel, did not have a good rest in the evening, because many fans of the University of Coimbra gathered under the hotel and wantonly harassed the rest of the whole team of Leiria. Mourinho called the police, and the police also delayed for a long time to come, and those fans had already left, and Mourinho's teeth were itching.
The Leiria players, who are not well rested, have become emotionally sensitive, and Lao Lei has accumulated a lot of anger in his heart, just like opening a gas canister, he will almost have a spark and explode. On match day, the Leiria player was finally caught by the media, who had been waiting for a long time due to Mourinho's gag order.
Lao Lei was the one who was chased by the media more, and the media added fuel and vinegar to Keelho's words, and then relayed them to Lao Lei. Now Lao Lei, who is already in a bad mood, heard someone release words to clean himself up, and he is usually very honest in front of the media, he fired: "What do you say, he wants to teach me a lesson." Let him practice for another 10 years. Before he could say anything, Brito pulled him into the bus and didn't let him continue firing. Although they didn't get more revelations, the reporters didn't feel sorry for it, this sentence was enough, didn't it mean "You kid, aren't you in my eyes at all?" News headlines such as "Godzilla ignores the killing machine, calling it unsightly" have formed in their minds.
At this time, the Coimbra stadium was already crowded. When Leiria's bus appeared, it was like pouring oil into a preheated pot, and it was boiling all at once. There were fans of the University of Coimbra who maliciously slapped the buses and made insulting gestures, their mouths opening and closing and spewing trash talk. The bus also became extremely slow, and Mourinho directly asked the players to close the curtains, and came out of sight and out of mind.
In the dressing room, Mourinho is reminding his players of the things they need to look out for. Among them, the care not to get injured is the most mentioned by Mourinho. In his opinion, what Leiria fears most is the recurrence of injuries, and any other outcome is acceptable, including a loss. And Lao Lei was repeatedly told by him, judging from the situation before the game, he has been targeted by Keelho. Although Lao Lei's body is very good, Mourinho can't help but worry and reminds him many times.
When the players from both sides came out, Leiria was booed by 30,000 people, and the unfriendly atmosphere was vividly reflected from the beginning. Lao Lei even felt that Keelho's eyes had been staring at him, with bad intentions. It seems that it will be another difficult game, Lao Lei thought in his heart. Before the game, the referee also called the captains of both sides to his side, and reminded the captains to control the temper and movements of their players.
However, things still did not go according to the referee's wishes, and the referee's whistle blew just 20 seconds into the game.
At this time, Lao Lei and Keelho were both sitting on the lawn, making innocent movements and expressions.