When Paul Arce put down his cell phone and walked back to the room, his brows were still frowning and had not relaxed.
When the wife saw this, she asked curiously: "Who made the call?"
“Espinola.”
The wife hesitated and announced a name: "Sosa Espinola?"
"Um."
The wife was surprised: "Why would he call you? Aren't you two..."
There is a secret that is not a secret: the relationship between the two "giants" in the Paraguay national team is not good. It may be an exaggeration to say that they are "like fire and water", but it is polite to say that they are "cold".
The reason is still the competition for the position of the boss of the national team.
Souza Espinola is only two years younger than Paul Arce. The two can be regarded as players of the same generation, and the peak periods of their careers basically overlap. In terms of influence and fame, Souza, who plays as a forward, is obviously more powerful than Paul Arce.
Arce has an advantage. There is no problem at all in saying that he is Paraguay's leading star and the strongest ace.
Sosa has always regarded himself as such, and wants to obtain a status in the national team that matches his reputation, that is... the captain's armband.
But the Paraguay captain’s armband is worn on Arce’s arm.
As the team's central defender, it is natural to be the captain, not to mention that he is also the third captain of the Serie A giant Turin Bulls, with impeccable prestige and qualifications. It's just that because he is a defensive player, it is not as easy as Sosa, a forward.
Be in the limelight.
For the captain's armband, the two men fought openly and secretly, and each had their own supporters. For a while, Paraguay's domestic media followed suit and hyped it up, causing the entire Paraguayan football world to be in chaos. When both players were at their peak and on the rise, Paraguay
The national team has never been able to qualify for the World Cup, and I have to say that this has a lot to do with it.
In the end, it was through the mediation of Jorge Cáceres, chairman of the Paraguay Football Association, former Paraguayan football star and legendary superstar, that the two men called it quits and ended the "armband war".
On the surface, it seems that Sosa gave in on his own initiative, and Arce remains the captain of the national team.
But in fact, Arsay is still bitter about this matter, as is Sosa, and the relationship between the two has not been repaired at all.
Since then, they have basically become strangers, and even in the national team, they treat each other like air.
The public is naturally aware of this. However, compared with the two people who caused trouble for the entire Paraguay national team before, now they can at least maintain a semblance of calm, and everyone is very satisfied.
I don’t expect that two people can turn their hostility into friendship and stage a drama of reconciliation.
Arsay’s wife naturally knew the relationship between the two, so she was very surprised that Sosa would take the initiative to call her husband.
“No wonder you have this expression...”
Unexpectedly, my husband shook his head: "No, it's different from what you thought. He called me to remind me to pay special attention to the Chinese team's Hu in the next play-offs."
The wife’s eyes widened and her mouth opened wider.
“God, why is he so crazy that he can be so kind?”
Hearing his wife's exclamation, Arce shouted angrily: "You're crazy! This is the last chance for him and me to participate in the World Cup!"
The wife stopped talking.
Sousa Espinola is 31 years old this year, and her husband Paul Arce is 33 years old. If they cannot participate in the World Cup, they will still be selected for the Paraguay national team in four years. Based on their
With his ability at that time, how could he have a better chance of reaching the World Cup than he does now?
Arsay snorted: "But do you want him to mind his own business? Does he think I will ignore the only threatening person in the Chinese team?"
At this point, what came to mind was what Sosa said to himself on the phone just now:
“Don’t think too much, Arsay, I just don’t want my last chance to be ruined.”
“This is my last chance, Espinola!”
After Arce yelled these words to Sosa, he hung up the phone unceremoniously.
Sitting next to his wife now, Arce repeated Hulay's name in his mind and recalled Sosa's description of him:
He is the most unpredictable.
Pretending to be a ghost!
I want to see how you can surpass my imagination!
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Junpei Morikawa was lying in his room using his mobile phone to bypass the wall and browse topics of interest on social networks. Suddenly he saw Tatsuya Sugiyama popping up in the chat group of the Japanese Olympic team and said: "Hey, do you know? Yesterday I
I encountered something that surprised me..."
Although several Olympic team players, including him and Tatsuya Sugiyama, have been selected for the Japanese national team and have also joined the online chat group of the Japanese national team. However, they are all juniors in the national team, so they do not usually participate in it.
Talk in that group.
On the contrary, he is active in the Olympic team group. Although this Olympic team no longer exists, everyone still remains and has not quit. Instead, they use it as a "secret online base" for complaints and chats.
Sure enough, as soon as Sugiyama Tatsuya spoke, several people who had been diving before appeared in the group.
"whats the matter?"
“How unexpected is it?”
"Really?"
“Of course it’s true!” Tatsuya Sugiyama told everyone in the group that club senior Sousa Espinola specially invited him to dinner just to spy on key intelligence about the Chinese team.
After he finished speaking, everyone in the crowd also talked about it and expressed their opinions and emotions:
“Has Hu Lai actually reached such a height? Can his opponents take him so seriously..."
“Thinking about the situation when he fought with us, it’s really unbelievable and embarrassing..."
“I knew Hu Lai was very strong, but I didn’t expect him to be so strong!”
“If you are not in Europe, it is really difficult to understand Hu Lai’s current level. In front of him, Park Soon-tae is already on the verge of passing..."
…
Morikawa Junpei didn't read a word of the rest of his emotions, because he had already grabbed his mobile phone and jumped out of the bed. He didn't even bother to put on his slippers and ran to Wang Guangwei's room barefoot!
While running, he shouted: "Lao Wang! Lao Wang!"
Before Wang Guangwei could react, he called out to Zhang Qinghuan who was upstairs. He leaned over the railing and looked down: "Morikawa, why are you so surprised?"
Morikawa Junpei looked up and saw Zhang Qinghuan, and waved to him: "Brother Huan, come quickly, I have something important to report!"
Then Xia Xiaoyu and Wang Guangwei both walked out of their rooms one after another. Xia Xiaoyu was still wearing pajamas. He was obviously going to bed to go to bed, or had already fallen asleep...
Then the three of them looked at Junpei Morikawa in front of them, and Zhang Qinghuan said: "Is there anything you want to report? Could it be that you brought the imperial army to us?"
Morikawa Junpei ignored Brother Huan's joke, or he didn't realize what it meant at all. He unlocked his phone and handed it to the three people.
The three of them looked down at the same time, then shook their heads and waved their hands: "I can't understand Japanese."
Morikawa Junpei finally realized that Sugiyama Tatsuya must have spoken Japanese in the group...
So he translated to the three people concisely and concisely: "Sugiyama said in our team group that Sosa asked him to find out about Hulay."
The three people looked at each other and didn't react for a while.
Seeing this, Junpei Morikawa said anxiously: "Oh, Sosa is the main striker of Munich Blue and White and the Paraguay international!"
Wang Guangwei was the first to react: "Sosa Espinola?"
“That’s him!” Junpei Morikawa slapped his thigh.
“So Paraguay has begun to inquire about our intelligence?” Xia Xiaoyu also realized the seriousness of the problem.
"Actually, it's not a matter of asking for information. After all, that boy Hule is the only one our Chinese team can use internationally. It's normal to be interested in him and want to know him. If I were the head coach of Paraguay, I would
We will also give priority to collecting information related to Hu Lai..." Zhang Qinghuan touched his chin and said in deep thought.
As he was talking, he suddenly asked Morikawa Junpei: "Sugiyama Tatsuya said this in your internal group, and you turned around and told us, are you really a man?" (Note 1)
Junpei Morikawa said confidently: "Man, it is Paraguay who competes with you for the right to qualify for the World Cup, not us Japan. What I betrayed was not Sugiyama, but Paraguay. But I am not a Paraguayan, so what does it matter if I sell them?
Woolen cloth?"
After hearing his logical and consistent answer, Zhang Qinghuan gave him a thumbs up: "Morikawa, you are truly a good friend of the Chinese people!"
Wang Guangwei nodded beside him and said: "This news is very important to us. I will pass it on to Director Shi."
Wang Guangwei is definitely not being polite to Junpei Morikawa. He is right, this news is indeed very important. Now the public opinion is very confusing. Some people say that Paraguay is a ruined settlement and is nothing to be afraid of. It seems that in order to counter this kind of voice, there are now many
Let everyone know that Paraguay is very strong and winning against the Chinese team is just like playing for fun. People simply look down on us and so on...
I won’t talk about the first point. No one in the Chinese team thinks that Paraguay is a run-down country and its strength is not as good as it used to be, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
Mainly the second point of view, maybe someone in the team really thinks that Paraguay will be proud and underestimate the enemy, and feels that this will give the Chinese team an opportunity to take advantage of it.
But now the news delivered by Junpei Morikawa at least proves that Paraguay does not underestimate the enemy at all. After all, they are looking for club teammates to find out the intelligence of the Chinese team. This is what a proud opponent can do.
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Informing Director Shi about the news will help the national team coaching team unify their thinking and make preparations in advance.
From this point of view, Morikawa Junpei has really made a great contribution!
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NOTE 1: Dahuang: It means "it doesn't matter" in Japanese. It is written as "dahuang" and its pronunciation is similar to dai′佗o′bu.