Golden Greenery

Strictly speaking, Porto Alegre is not a seaport, but a lake port.

Lake Patos is the largest lake in Brazil, two and a half times as big as Qinghai Lake. It is almost separated from the adjacent Atlantic Ocean by a wall, and is only narrowly connected to the Atlantic Ocean at its southernmost end.

The city of Porto Alegre is located at the northernmost point of Lake Patos.

Neither Zhuoyang nor the Chinese team has been to Allegri. This is the first time. Allegri will be the first city for the national team.

There are ten national teams from South America, plus the specially invited Chinese and Japanese teams, making up twelve teams.

The top 12 are divided into three groups, with four teams in each group. The top two in each group and the two third-place finishers with the best results form the quarterfinals. The group stage was a tight one, with only four teams eliminated, and the format was simple and clear.

In the draw at the beginning of this year, the national team was placed in Group C, with Uruguay, Chile, and Ecuador in the same group. The seeded team is not Uruguay, one of the traditional top three, but Chile, the former two-time champion.

Don't worry, there is still one week until the start of the America's Cup, and nine days before the national team's first game. After arriving, the whole team checked into the hotel to catch up on the jet lag.

He lost three players in a row before coming here, and they were all indispensable heavyweight veterans, which made everyone in the national team feel frosty.

Zhuoyang and the coaching staff did not criticize anyone, but the perpetrator, Ding Ga, was not fake. He had insomnia at such a young age.

Although it was an unintentional mistake, it caused the injury of a major player. As the World Cup meritorious veteran and Chunlei youngster in the team formed a silent competition, the national team may have to use one individual to establish its prestige.

There are 23 players in the roster, and currently the team still has 24. There is a high probability that the extra players will be selected from the 11 Chunlei players.

The national team's regular three midfielders, Ding Ga is the defensive midfielder. In his position, the team's first choice is Kadasi or Li Ke, and Liu Langdong and Zhang Xian are both very capable.

Ding Ga was selected this time only because of his good performance in the previous two friendly matches. To put it bluntly, he replaced his ambition to quit the national team.

The 18-year-old Ding Ga comes from Bayern and is a star in Bayern's U21 youth team. He has already represented the first team in cup matches and also sat on the Bundesliga bench.

The national team originally had too many people on the forward line to feed the dogs, and 'Little Baiyang' Yang Yichen basically occupied an elimination spot in everyone's eyes.

But as Exxon and Alan retired from injury one after another, the situation has changed.

Needless to say, captain Zhuo Yang and Captain Gao are stable. Li Zimo will compete with Lei Zi for another starting spot in the Trident, and Zimo has an obvious advantage.

However, both Zimo and Leizi have attributes in the middle and ribs. Xiao Baiyang's free attributes of being able to move forward and retreat from the side are very endearing. He can replace A Lan's original role.

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As for Mei Xiaoxi, his super breakthrough style determines the strategic reserves that belong to the national team.

So, everyone looked at Gazi with sympathy.

There is no advantage in position, and he just got into trouble. This is a self-inflicted trap.

Gezi is an honest boy, but something has happened on his mind, and he has been depressed these days.

Honest people also have friends, and Gezi has a very good relationship with the acne king Yixin.

Wang Popo comforted him: "Gazi, don't look so sad. You didn't do it on purpose. It's just Brother Lan's bad luck."

"Zhidao, what do you think I should write a review and hand it in?"

"Are you literate?"

Gazi was angry: "I went to school, a serious Hope Primary School."

"You're just going to cry if you're stupid." Pozi said, "If you hand in the self-criticism, the nature of this matter will change. It was originally a normal bump and bump in training, but it turned into a deliberate injurious move that you admitted to yourself. .”

"I really didn't mean it."

"Then it's over. Don't do anything that will let people see that you are guilty." Xiaozhan said: "Look at Li Zimo, he almost tore Brother Dong into pieces. The day he gave it to us, his shoulders were wrapped like a rice dumpling. Is Li Zimo guilty?"

"Zimo did not commit a foul."

"Can it be called football without fouling? Look at the captain, how many fouls have he committed in his life? The captain has destroyed a company of his opponents. Let me tell you, half of them were intentional."

Gezi was shocked: "Is it true? How did you know? Did the captain tell you?"

"Pull him down. The captain told me this after he ate too much...I watched the video and analyzed it myself. The captain was ruthless when he was our age."

Gezi: "I didn't expect..."

"Gazi, don't say that Brother Lan got into trouble because of his carelessness. Let me tell you, even if you did it on purpose, the captain won't care."

"How can it be?"

"Alan...is Brazilian after all."

Gezi: "..."

"Gazi, we are the captain's biological sons. You must always remember this. When the captain looks at us, he is not afraid of your lack of experience or rough fouls, but he hates you for being useless."

"Fouling is not terrible. You are a defensive midfielder. Proper fouling is your duty. It doesn't matter if you injure your teammates. We are playing football, not pinball."

"Don't feel guilty because you have hurt someone, and don't let the captain see this, otherwise you will be really doomed. Let the captain know that because of a mere foul, you have planted grass in your heart. You are at least a reprieve from him, and there is no cure. You know it’s saved!”

Gezi: "I think... you are right."

"Of course. You have to be like Li Zimo. He made Brother Dong look like that. He looked back and laughed when he should be making trouble. He didn't take it seriously at all. Gazi, you should be like this, so that the captain can appreciate you."

Gazi tugged at his hair: "Zimo and I have different personalities. I can't imitate him."

Wang Popo said patiently: "Don't imitate his bluffing behavior, it will appear that you are being deliberate. Whatever you usually do at this time, do it now."

"I...play table tennis."

"Then you go and fight."

"Zouzi, you go with me."

"Go away, I can't do it, find someone else."

"You said I should go find the captain, okay?"

"You're going to die. The captain never fights and won't fight. Be careful if he curses."

Gezi took out the ball and racket from his bag and walked out of the room just in time to see the vice-captain Zhang Tiedan walking outside with his arms swaying.

"Brother Dan, how about playing table tennis for a while? I'll let you play the first three boards."

"I'm going to strangle you, and I'm not afraid of the strong wind blowing your tongue. Give me the racket, and I'll teach you what horizontal glue is."

Just because they are young does not mean that they are short-sighted. All the teenagers have a clear and delicate mind, and they often think about their beloved captain and teammates in private.

Society is a world of people, and the team is no exception. There is no room for stupidity in fierce competition.

There are still nine days until the first game. The national team is not waiting in Alegre. During the period, there will be an internal teaching match against Venezuela.

When this game is over, it is time to submit the official 23-man roster to the America's Cup Organizing Committee.

In Gazi's view, the game in Venezuela is his only chance to stay in the squad.

However, this internal teaching competition, which should not have been a surprise, turned into a farce.