[football] this god

Chapter 239

Cristiano has maintained a very happy mood for a long time because of his historic victory, and because of this happy mood, he passed the boring "touring exhibition season" smoothly and smoothly, successfully waiting for the It's time to return to the national team.

This is not to say that he is obsessed with competition and training and refuses to stop, but he feels... To be honest, competition and training are much better than traveling exhibitions-at least, not only does he not have to be a monkey, he can also treat other people Live like a monkey in football boots.

But of course, when he treated Quaresma like a monkey wearing only sneakers, he also suffered a very terrible revenge-he was joined by Quaresma, Carvalho and others, after Figo was not in the team. In the first national team cycle, he was forced to eat lamb which he hated the most for several days.

Deco stood on the sidelines, insisting that he was old and would soon quit the national team, so he could never intervene in the "management" of the team.

"You guys are immoral! You can't be jealous of me just because I have good skills!" When Cristiano saw the lamb chops on his plate on the third day, he took up the captain's posture and reprimanded others.

No one cares about him.

Others happily swapped sauces and salt shakers as if Cristiano didn't exist.

In order to fight for control, Cristiano coughed in a very dignified manner, and then tapped the glass with his fork-this is what he learned from Mr. Neville, and he felt that this was very authoritative.

But still no one answered him.

Cristiano got a little annoyed, and he knocked on the glass, again.

Deco finally raised his head and couldn't bear to look at the cup in Cristiano's hand. He seemed worried that Cristiano would be fined by the staff of the training base for damaging public property. Nuo's mental health.But in any case, Deco still showed humanity as the older one in the team, "Okay, Cristiano, do you have something to say?"

Cristiano originally wanted to ask everyone to express their importance to this matter, but after thinking about it, he gave up the useless work, "I think we have to discuss the pursuit of this European Cup, which will help us to be more unity."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They thought that if Portugal won the European Cup, the historical mission of their generation would be over, and only happy football would be needed in the future.

— Just kidding, but that's about it.Portugal, a "marginal power" in the football world, does anyone really think that they have won the European Cup twice in a row?

But how to put it, you definitely can't tell Cristiano, "I think it's good enough, it's almost done"-unless you intend to make Cristiano angry.After all, everyone knows that Cristiano doesn't like happy football without ambition.

Cristiano likes to be happy, but the only way to make him happy is to win, so if happiness and football are connected, it means ambition.

Everyone chewed their steaks/lamb chops/fish steaks in silence, and then looked at Deco in unison.It's clear what they mean - Louis is no longer on the team, and now you're the only one who can control his obsessions.You have to find a way to persuade him tactfully so that he will not make everyone miserable.

Deco originally wanted to hand over the power of decision and choice to young people this time, but young people are too useless...

"Cristiano, take it easy, as long as we prepare and play normally, good results will follow." Deco said tactfully, "Uh, what do you think about this European Cup?"

Yes, yes, they have to listen to Cristiano's opinion. If Cristiano thinks that the semi-finals are perfect, then they can accept this, but if Cristiano insists on going to the final to pass...then I'm afraid they have to crowdfund Find a psychological counselor for Cristiano after the game-their old captain Figo has just left the national team. In such a turbulent time of handover between the old and the new, striving for the semi-finals should be regarded as a reasonable idea.

If the core word "turmoil" is considered, the top eight should be considered a high-scoring result.

Cristiano was a little stunned when he heard Deco's words—he didn't expect that these words would appear again after so many years.

——"Cristiano, what do you think of this European Cup?"

It was also at lunch, and it was also Deco who asked the real 23-year-old Cristiano this sentence-only this time, Deco just asked casually, not "with ulterior motives".

"Win the championship." Cristiano fought with his steak, not taking it seriously, "We didn't win the championship in 04, and I must make up for this regret this year!"

Carvalho sneaks a look at Cristiano, then pokes Deco with the tail of his fork, motioning for him to say something to save the table.Deco didn't want to provoke Cristiano at first, but after looking around at the people around the table, he bravely assumed his responsibility, "Uh, have you discussed this idea with Mr. Coach?"

Cristiano is always sensitive, so he immediately raised his head vigilantly, "You don't agree with this goal?"

Deco was suddenly overwhelmed by such "honesty" - he and Cristiano are not bad, but he is not Figo after all, he can't be too tough with Cristiano.

Besides, Figo himself was not too tough on Cristiano.

"You think it is impossible for us to win the championship for Portugal? Why?" Cristiano had just won the Champions League at the time. It was when young people were most arrogant and complacent. Negative, "We came here to win the championship for Portugal, otherwise why would we waste time? There is no difference between second and last."

Deco looked around, but at this time there was no Figo who could stand up and save the world.

Deco was a bit cramped, not knowing how to ease the aggressive young man's emotions, nor how to make him face up to Portugal's limited ability.He hesitated, not knowing how to respond.

But such hesitation seems to have angered Cristiano instead, making him more aggressive.

"We have to win for Portugal. It's our only option." Cristiano looked very angry, which made everyone around the table uneasy.

"We are here for the sole purpose of winning titles," Cristiano reiterated his argument. "If we don't win titles for Portugal, what are we worth? If we don't win titles for Portugal, we are worthless— Your idea is terrible, how can we think that we can't win the championship?"

Deco was tongue-tied, angry and worried about what Cristiano said - he was angry at the young man for berating him, but also worried about such a strong and fragile belief.

Such beliefs are powerful, but once they are knocked down by reality, they become sharp knives that hurt the holder of the belief.Deco understands this well.

——"Cristiano?" Deco still didn't hear Cristiano's answer after a while, so he couldn't help calling Cristiano with a little worry, "Do you have any thoughts about this year?"

Cristiano suddenly woke up from the "memories" of 2008.

"I want to win it again for Portugal," Cristiano said.

Deco joins everyone else in a look of horror that could be read as "I knew it."

"But I also know the difficulties - Luiz has just left the national team and we have ushered in a new era." Cristiano said slowly, "Of course I know that this cannot have no effect on us, after all, we are one. We are a new team and we are still learning how to win without Luiz, our old captain - it is not easy for us to leave the leader, and it will take me to prove that I can take on the captaincy alone. time."

Deco looked at Cristiano with a little surprise, he didn't expect Cristiano to understand this.

"So I ask each of us to prove that we can do our own thing - that we train and play calmly and calmly," said Cristiano, who obviously didn't want his words to scare anyone, " I always want to win the title for Portugal, but I also recognize our difficulties. So I don't set any expectations, I just ask all of us to give our best and then I believe, we will have a good result."

Cristiano carefully observed the expressions of each of his teammates, and after confirming that none of them were overly tense or overly relaxed, he continued this passage.

"But of course, I insist that we are capable of being the best team. I believe in all of you as much as I believe in myself."

Deco looked at his teammates, he knew that these people were moved by Cristiano.

Maybe Figo doesn't have to worry about Portugal and a young Cristiano.Deco thought so.Cristiano seems to have learned how to keep his team-mates from being overwhelmed by the pressure and not being mediocre.