After leaving the house, Lin Supo finally couldn't help complaining about Mourinho's reckless arrangements in his heart.
The tacit understanding between the club and the national team goes far beyond that of the national team.
With players of the same level, the club can lift the national team up.
Why the hell do you invite a Portuguese Super League club to play football in Macau? This shows that it’s not too big a deal to just watch the fun, but you want to cause trouble.
Why the hell don’t you invite Manchester United to play a game in Hong Kong?
Can there still be friendship in a friendly match that has such overwhelming symbolic meaning?
Back at the station, Lin Supo approached Mourinho.
Even if you are awesome, you can't arrange the competition like this.
Why don't you kill me to help you "God is second"?
"It's not me. The Football Association made arrangements before."
Mourinho said to the angry Lin Supo with an innocent face.
"I'm not a bad person, how could I make such an arrangement?"
Mourinho was also helpless.
It's not that the national team and the club can't play, at least you have to be similar to both. To put it bluntly, Portugal is currently the second-tier team in Europe, but Porto is almost the bottom of the first-tier team in Europe.
No matter how bad the Portuguese Super League is, his background is still there. He would arrange such a friendly match because he is sick. Isn't that asking for abuse?
The level of players is about the same, and it is difficult for the national team to play as a club.
The master and apprentice could only sigh and scold the Football Association.
Mourinho even gave Lin Supo a piece of the national team's schedule for August. Lin Supo couldn't help but take a breath.
London, Nottingham Forest, August 18, 1997
London, Crystal Palace, August 20, 1997
London, Chelsea, August 21, 1997
London, Arsenal on August 23, 1997
London, Charlton, August 25, 1997
Which genius arranged this schedule?
Not to mention the opponents, with such a tight schedule, the national team players are still exhausted?
When the Premier League was at its best, there were no five games a week.
"It's arranged in advance, and there's nothing I can do about it."
Mourinho spread his hands and was very helpless.
"Okay, I'm going back to Rome for training anyway, so let others suffer."
In this case, we can only kill the fellow Taoist rather than the poor Taoist.
"After you finish playing Porto, you can have a holiday. I will continue to take the 'training' with you."
On the same day, the whole team flew to Xiangshan Ao.
The compatriots here in Xiangshan'ao are a little more enthusiastic than those in Xiangjiang. Seeing so many fans picking up the plane, the members of the national team were very moved.
Totti, who came with him, asked curiously: "Is it strange that the Chinese team is popular in China? Italian fans will also welcome the national team."
"It's not surprising, you are right."
Lin Supo was very pleased that Totti was so aware, although it was more likely that Totti didn't know the situation in Xiangshan Ao.
Especially seeing the level of development here, Totti was even more stunned.
In Europe, especially cities like Rome, the infrastructure is not very good and there are not many modern buildings. The main reason why European cars are so popular is because the roads are too narrow.
Otherwise, who doesn’t know that a bigger car is more comfortable?
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June 25th was finally the game day.
How to describe it.
Even the nearby residential buildings were crowded with people holding telescopes.
Many banners were pulled out at the scene, and student groups also prepared replicas.
This kind of treatment simply flatters the national team.
Director Zhang couldn't help being surprised and said: "The compatriots in Macau are so enthusiastic. It seems that they have a lot of expectations for the national team."
"Lin Supo is indeed the most popular player."
"It's normal. Lin Supo is very popular throughout Asia. He proves that Asians are no worse than Europeans, especially in football."
After saying the good things, the two of them could only say the bad things.
"Porto is very proud today. They are basically the main players who played in the Champions League last season."
"Yes, it will be very difficult for the national team to play because the tacit understanding between the club and the national team is not at the same level at all."
The fans in front of the TV are also very worried that the national team will lose ugly.
Although the explanation seems to be excusable, it is correct.
Although the national team has made progress, it is still too difficult to play in a Champions League quarter-finals team.
We can only hope that star players like Lin Supo and Shaparev will perform well.
But after the game started, they saw a completely different national team.
The national team's defense has been solid in previous games, but its offense is not bad either.
But in today's game, there were two offensive players, Lin Supo and Shaparev. Lin Supo still played as a central midfielder, leaving only Shaparev in front to steal the chicken.
"Haha, Mourinho is more stable."
Director Zhang smiled awkwardly and said.
It really doesn't look good to be beaten by the visiting team.
4411, a formation with four defensive midfielders is simply unheard of. Mourinho can be regarded as creating a new genre.
Even the Portuguese reporter who had always praised Mourinho before couldn't help complaining after watching the game live: "José Mourinho is simply doing whatever it takes not to lose."
They finally recognized the true nature of Mourinho.
Mourinho has always paid more attention to results.
Only when the results are guaranteed will the process be a little more exciting.
Mourinho, who was standing on the sidelines, had already guessed what the media would say after the game, but he didn't care.
National team players also said they could play against Porto, but he rejected them all.
What he wants is a solid victory, not some passionate suspense.
Totti was stunned in the stands. He suspected that Mourinho might be an Italian. Italian coaches were not so extreme in defense.
It has to be said that Mourinho is indeed very talented in coaching defense.
At the end of the half, although Porto's ball possession rate was as high as 75%, they only had 3 shots and 1 shot on target. China only had 1 shot.
At the beginning of the second half, Shaparev seized the opportunity of the opponent to counterattack and scored a goal.
Then Mourinho immediately replaced Shaparev and Lin Supo, and did not even counterattack, but defended with all his strength.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated Porto 1:0 at home.
Director Zhang smiled dryly.
Duan Xuan was too embarrassed to brag.
Mainly, the scene today is indeed very ugly.
Lin Supo was a little doubtful, did this count as completing the task given by the leader? The score exceeded the requirements, but the game process was not very good, and the public opinion after the game may also have some problems.
He has a headache.
Unexpectedly, Mourinho was on full fire after the game.
A Portuguese reporter asked: "José, why did you choose the ugliest victory?"
Mourinho immediately hit back:
"In my dictionary, there is no beauty or ugliness in football, only who can survive for a long time. I would rather choose to be pragmatic and score points than lose beautifully. I know what the Chinese team really needs now. Of course, there will definitely be people who question and criticize. This is their
rights, but the Chinese team and I will not be swayed by this, we are on the right path. I have always taken the sarcasm and disgust of my opponents as encouragement. The better we are, the more unhappy they will be."
