Speaking of Jardel and the Brazilian national team, this year is a happy year for Jardel.
At the beginning of the year, he was called up by the Brazilian national team.
However, Jardel also received a notice from the Portuguese Football Association.
Portugal intends to naturalize Jardel so that he and Portugal's golden generation can compete in next year's World Cup in Korea and Japan.
Jardel didn't think for a second and decisively rejected the Portuguese Football Association.
He also told the media about this incident and expressed his disdain for the Portuguese team in his words.
There is a saying, if you want to compare the Portuguese team with the Brazilian team, you will definitely choose Brazil with your eyes closed.
But you are playing football in Portugal after all, so you can always be a little more polite, right?
However, Jardel's words were not polite. The contempt and ridicule made the Portuguese fans furious.
Otherwise, why would the most popular player in Porto in the second half of this year be Deco and not Jardel?
Now that they have invited Jardel, the Portuguese Football Association simply communicated with several other outstanding players about naturalization.
Including Deco et al.
Most of them rejected the Portuguese Football Association's naturalization, but their words were more euphemistic.
Deco said he hopes to wait for next year's World Cup.
He continued to shine last year and this year. If he can make a difference with Porto in the Champions League next year, there is no reason why the Brazilian national team should not call him up.
Again, there is hope for Brazil, and indeed Portugal can be ignored.
The Portuguese Football Association expressed its acceptance of Deco's idea. Their real naturalization goal is not next year's World Cup, but the 2004 European Cup hosted by Portugal.
They had great ideas about that European Cup.
The golden generation is at its peak, and coupled with some top naturalized players, it will definitely give Portuguese fans a satisfactory answer.
However, it is precisely because of excessive expectations for the two major competitions next year and 2004 that the Portuguese Football Association last year and this year recruited mainly players in their prime years and did not give young players too many opportunities.
Even if it is given, the effect is not very good.
Coupled with the rise of Cristiano Ronaldo this year, Deng Kai is too young. Neither the Portuguese Football Association nor Portuguese fans have ever considered them when it comes to selecting candidates for the World Cup in Japan and South Korea.
The boldest and die-hard fans of Cristiano Ronaldo and Deng Kai also believe that it would be great to be selected into Portugal's European Cup squad in 2004. If they can get a chance to play and become an important rotation, that would of course be even better.
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May 18, Portugal National Stadium.
The Portuguese Cup final will start today.
The players on both sides looked very serious.
In the match four days ago, neither side was very satisfied.
Porto, who lost, felt that they did not perform well.
Sporting Lisbon, who won the game, believed that their physical fitness was too poor at the time and suffered a loss, otherwise they should have won more.
Both sides are in good condition today and can finally play well.
But the game was not as exciting as they imagined.
Due to greater understanding and caution, both sides have made targeted arrangements for each other today.
Porto's Deco was severely limited.
Sporting Lisbon's Deng Kai also had no chance to play.
Although other players can also create opportunities, there is a clear gap between the two of them in the quality of the ball they deliver.
This resulted in Jader, Ronaldo and other forwards not performing very well.
Cristiano Ronaldo on Sporting Lisbon was very active today. He worked extra hard in all games with Jardel and did not give up any shooting opportunities to other teammates.
In the first half, Jader had a total of four shots on goal and two shots on target.
One of them hit the post and almost completed the goal.
On the other side, Cristiano Ronaldo did not give in too much. He stopped the ball too much and missed a single shot.
But in turn, he successfully scored a penalty kick.
Facing the championship, Quaresma failed to withstand the huge pressure and missed the penalty kick, missing the opportunity to help Sporting Lisbon take the lead.
Throughout the first half, both sides played in full swing, with constant threatening attacks, but there was always something missing from the goal.
In the second half, change sides and fight again.
Deng Kai, who was familiar with Porto's blockade, began to show off his power, and all two long-range shots were on target.
One was blocked by the goalkeeper, and the other was blocked by the Porto center back and went out of bounds.
Facts have proved that Deco is not in vain.
In the second half, Deco also adapted to Sporting Lisbon's targeting and began to frequently participate in threatening attacks.
He even got a chance to hit an empty net.
At least it looks empty.
But in fact, when Terry touched the ball with his toes, it spun extremely strongly and the ball speed was very fast, making it very difficult to push the ball.
Deco pushed away in front of the goal, causing the Sporting Lisbon fans to burst into laughter.
It even hurt morale a little bit.
But Deco soon made a comeback, using a wonderful one-two to bring the football into the penalty area.
But this time Deco pursued perfection too much, played too thinly, and tried to give the ball to Jardel who was completely empty when there were shooting conditions.
As a result, Pepe, a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, successfully tackled and blocked the ball in the penalty area, ruining this excellent opportunity.
Jardel, Deco, and Pepe, these three people can definitely be made into a documentary titled "BJ in New York"...it should be "Brazilian in Portugal"!
The three people were born in 1973, 1977 and 1983 respectively, representing three generations of old, middle and young people.
Jardel grew up in Brazil and only entered Portugal after his career improved. He is very attached to Brazil and will firmly play for Brazil even if the Portuguese Football Association invites him many times.
As a result...most fans in the future will not know this name, let alone know that Jardel during this period is even qualified to be Ronaldo's replacement in the national team.
Deco also grew up in Brazil, but came to Portugal earlier and was more tolerant in his thinking. He was already a choice between Portugal and Brazil. Later, his fame and achievements proved the correctness of his choice.
Joining Portugal and reaching the finals of the 2004 European Cup in Portugal with the golden generation was one of the most glorious moments of his career.
The youngest Pepe came to the Portuguese Super League earlier and has a more optimistic view on playing for the Portuguese team.
And he is also the player with the longest career, the highest overall achievements, and the highest reputation among these three Brazilians.
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Eighty-eighth minute of the game.
Quaresma dribbled the ball and broke through on the right. After successfully getting down, he feinted and passed back in an inverted triangle.
Deng Kai, who was near the right side of the penalty area, picked up the ball and made a super fast pass, accelerating and accelerating again.
Ibrahimovic, who played the entire game today, was behind the two central defenders, but he had a premonition of Deng Kai's pass and was ready to sprint to grab the point.
When the football was flying in the air, Ibrahimovic ran from behind the two central defenders and jumped in front of them.
Although he couldn't jump high due to the opponent's interference.
But don't forget, he is 1.95 meters tall.
The vertical take-off height of most ordinary people does not exceed 20 centimeters. Basically, a full take-off is the height of Ibrahimovic, not to mention that Ibrahimovic also jumped a little.
boom!
Ibrahimovic headers the goal.
Faced with such a close and sudden header, the Porto goalkeeper was helpless.
The score changed, one to zero!
In the end, with Ibrahimovic's goal, Sporting Lisbon defeated Porto for the second time in four days.
The last victory brought them back to the top of the Portuguese Super League standings, and this time they won the Portuguese Cup championship trophy!