Qiu Ze waited for the plane to fly to Lisbon. He didn't have so much mind to think about other things now. What he was thinking about now was the upcoming World Cup.
The Portuguese national team has been training for more than 20 days. In May, the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento, announced the Portuguese national team’s training list. However, his list is very different from other teams’ training lists.
no the same.
The training rosters of other national teams all have 30 people, but the Portuguese national team's training roster has an unprecedented 50 people. It can also be seen from this that Paulo Bento still does not have a complete training roster in his mind.
The team system is still in the stage of casting a wide net.
Most of the players in this 50-man roster are from the Portuguese local league, mainly players from Benfica, Porto and Sporting Lisbon. Many players from these three teams have been selected for this training list.
However, now more than half of this bloated lineup has been cut by Paulo Bento, and now there are only 26 players left in the entire Portuguese national team.
The list of these twenty-six people is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Eduardo (Braga), Daniel Fernandez (Heraklis/Greece), Beto (Porto), Hilario (Chelsea)
Defenders: Miguel (Valencia), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Carvalho (Chelsea), Bruno Alves (Porto), Rolando (Porto), Ricardo Costa (Lisbon)
(El), Ze Castro (Deportivo), Duda (Malaga), Fabio Korntrao (Benfica)
However, these 26 people are not the final roster for the Portuguese national team to fly to South Africa. When the Portuguese national team flies to South Africa, they have to eliminate three people to determine the final 23-man roster.
Now the Portuguese national team has been training in Covilhã for more than 20 days. There are currently 25 Portuguese players staying in Covilhã because Qiu Ze is due to the FA Cup final and the UEFA Champions League final.
He has not reported to the Portuguese national team yet. Now he is on his way to Covilhã.
There are reasons why the Portuguese national team chose the little-known Covilhã as its training base in China instead of big cities like Lisbon and Porto.
The city of Covilhã is located in the middle of the Estrela Mountains in Portugal. On the outskirts of the city stands Torre Peak, the highest peak in mainland Portugal, with an altitude of 1,993 meters. The Portuguese with a humorous nature erected a large iron pole on the top of the mountain, about 1,000 meters above sea level.
10 meters high, thus claiming to be the highest peak in the country exceeding 2,000 meters above sea level.
The national football team is training here, and the Chinese people naturally hope that they will strive to reach the "highest peak in the history of Portuguese football" in the World Cup and hit the final feast that they have never tasted.
Qiu Ze first flew from Liverpool to Lisbon. After arriving in Lisbon, Qiu Ze went back home, but he did not spend any time at home. Then he immediately set off for Covilhã.
The city of Covilhã is located in central Portugal, at the foot of Portugal's famous Etoile Mountains. It is one of the cities with the highest altitude in Portugal and is also an important wool producing area in the country.
The city of Covilhã is sparsely populated, with a permanent population of less than 35,000. Initially, the city was divided into four districts. With the development of urbanization, the surrounding six districts were also incorporated into the city.
After arriving in Covilha, Qiu Ze immediately went to the Covilha Travel Hotel, where the Portuguese national team is staying. This is a three-star hotel. Although the hotel is not big, it is in a very good location and can enjoy Portugal's famous Star Mountain, such as
Painting of the city of Covilhã and the surrounding countryside.
The Portuguese national team chose this place because it is very close to the Covilhã Sports Center and is more convenient.
When he came to the Covilhã Travel Hotel, Qiu Ze was also attracted by this hotel. It was very different from the star-rated hotels in big cities. It had more pastoral scenery and was closer to nature, which made people involuntarily
Relax and unwind, this is really a great place for travel and leisure.
Although the Covilha Travel Hotel is small, it is well-equipped with all the necessary features. There are only 104 guest rooms. Its entertainment and leisure facilities are also relatively complete, including indoor and outdoor swimming pools, massage rooms, spa rooms, gyms, children's activity rooms, etc.
When Qiu Ze came to the Covilha Travel Hotel, the staff of Covilha recognized Qiu Ze and came forward to guide Qiu Ze to the location of the Portuguese national team. On the way, they kept introducing Qiu Ze.
Check out the situation in their hotel.
Now because the Portuguese national team is training here, the rooms at the Covilhã Travel Hotel are now full every day. Many fans and tourists have chosen this place to have a close contact with the Portuguese national team.
When Qiu Ze appeared in the hotel, some tourists and fans who were in the hotel naturally saw it. They were very excited and came up to Qiu Ze one by one to ask for autographs and photos. However, these fans were still very sensible and the scene was a bit light.
Nothing chaotic, everything is orderly.
After Qiu Ze signed autographs and took photos with some lucky fans, he was led by the staff to where the Portuguese national team was. Qiu Ze immediately went to the coaching staff to report. He was the last player from the Portuguese national team to arrive.
When Qiu Ze came outside the coaching staff room, he heard heated discussions coming from the coaching staff room. It could be heard from their voices that they were ending the last warm-up match.
When Qiu Ze was playing in the UEFA Champions League final, the Portuguese national team also played a warm-up match that night. Their opponent in the warm-up match was Cape Verde. Many people had never heard of this team, and their strength was naturally limited.
Very bad.
But in the face of such a team, the Portuguese national team failed to win the opponent, and the opponent was bound to draw 0-0. This naturally made the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team very dissatisfied, and of course also made the Portuguese national team very dissatisfied.
The team's fans were very dissatisfied.
The World Cup is about to start, and the team is still in this state. If we go to South Africa and Portugal is in this state, what are we doing instead of embarrassing ourselves?
At this time, many Portuguese fans began to look forward to Qiu Ze reporting back to the national team. Judging from the current situation, only Qiu Ze is in good condition in the Portuguese national team, and Qiu Ze's condition is now
It's hot.
Have you not seen someone score four goals in the UEFA Champions League final and also provide an assist, almost single-handedly bringing Liverpool to the top of Europe?
Fans of the Portuguese national team think that if Qiu Ze is in the Portuguese national team at this time, the strength of the Portuguese national team will definitely rise to a higher level. Fans of the Portuguese national team are very eager to hope that Qiu Ze can return to the national team.
arrive.
The coaching staff of the Portuguese national team also had the same idea, so they asked Qiu Ze to report back to the national team so quickly. Qiu Ze only participated in the celebration ceremony for one day in the Liverpool team, so he was summoned non-stop.
The national team.
Qiu Ze heard clearly from outside the door that the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team were very dissatisfied with the current state of the Portuguese national team, especially the mental state of the Portuguese national team players. A long season had just ended. Portugal
The players of the national team are indeed suffering from a certain degree of slackness and fatigue, both physically and mentally.
The members of the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team are very aware of this, but time waits for no one now. They must solve these problems as soon as possible. In a few days, they will leave for South Africa. If this problem cannot be solved,
Well, that would be very troublesome.
Therefore, the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paulo Bento, decided that before flying to South Africa, he would conduct a military training for the Portuguese national team. He hoped that through military training, he could improve the mental aspects of the Portuguese national team players and also strengthen them.
Training in iron blood and unity.
"Military training?" When he heard this, Qiu Ze was slightly surprised. He really didn't expect that the coaching staff of the Portuguese national team would come up with such a special method?
Qiu Ze knows that in China, many sports training teams usually conduct military training before competitions. Qiu Ze thought this was a special training method under China's special national conditions. Now it seems that this is not just a Chinese sports training team.
's patent.
To be honest, Qiu Ze was a player of the Chinese national men's football team in his previous life, and he also underwent military training. However, when he was in China, the most military training was basic training, such as queue training, goose-stepping, and walking in unison.
of.
Qiu Ze couldn't help but think at this time, does the Portuguese national team also have to train these queues to walk in step? So is this a cold winter coming to the Portuguese national team?
Qiu Ze felt a little regretful at this time. If he had known that this was going to be such a training, he might as well have reported to the national team later. He had to go through this damn military training as soon as he came back. It was really miserable.
Seeing that the discussion inside had subsided, Qiu Ze knocked on the door, and suddenly there was a knock on the door in the corridor.
The coaching staff of the Portuguese national team were all shocked. Who would knock on the door at this time? Paulo Bento immediately raised his head and shouted at the door: "The door is unlocked, please come in!"
When Qiu Ze received the response, he immediately stretched out his hand to open the door, walked in, and said, "Boss, I've come to report to the national team. I'm so sorry that I'm so late!"
When Paul Bento saw Qiu Ze walking in, his face lit up, he immediately stood up, walked up quickly, came to Qiu Ze's body, stretched out his hands, and held Qiu Ze's hands enthusiastically.
Said: "You can finally come, we are looking forward to the stars and the moon!"
Paul Bento's enthusiasm really exceeded Qiu Ze's expectations. After all, he and Paul Bento had a very bad past. When they were in Sporting Lisbon, Qiu Ze and Paul Bento still had a bad relationship.
I had a bad past.
Moreover, when Paul Bento first took over as the head coach of the Portuguese national team, Paul Bento was facing Cristiano Ronaldo. At the last critical moment of the European World Cup qualifiers, he put Qiu Ze on the bench.
Yes, he knew the most critical moment, so he sent Qiu Ze on the field, and he got a ticket to the World Cup in a thrilling way.