There is a dream called football

Li Qiao remembered that in his previous life, Porto had very good luck in 2004. Except for meeting the powerful Manchester United in the quarter-finals, the subsequent opponents were actually not bad, but this time... history seems to have changed.

Because the opponent Porto encountered in the quarter-finals was AC Milan.

This can be said to be the most embarrassing signing, because the Milan dynasty at this time is too powerful. They were the European champions last season.

Maldini, Gattuso, Rui Costa, Nesta, Pirlo, Shevchenko, Inzaghi, the loud names will scare many people, this is AC Milan at this time.

When he got the draw results, Mourinho also hit the table hard, "Damn it, there are obviously 7 opponents to draw, why did the defending champion get drawn?"

For Li Qiao, he was a little confused, as if history would be distorted at certain points.

For example, one of the eighth opponents is Manchester United, but the score is completely different. This is the difference.

In today's training, Mourinho obviously strengthened the intensity of confrontation, and Maniche specially guarded Li Qiao.

"ah."

With a scream, Li Qiao fell to the ground. Maniche hurriedly stepped forward and patted him, "Are you okay?"

"How can it be okay?"

During training, everyone will not use some dangerous moves such as stomping or kicking, but it is inevitable to get kicked. Just now Maniche kicked Li Qiao firmly on the calf.

"Ricardo, you are simply a butcher."

Maniche is a nickname, and his full name is Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro. It's so long that you can call him anyone you want.

"Haha, Li Qiao, you really should strengthen your hardness, otherwise you will suffer a loss if you meet someone like Djemba again."

sweat.

Thinking of the dark and tough Cameroonians, Li Qiao also feels bad. Now his biggest shortcoming is confrontation.

But think about it, if we can achieve a strong confrontation in Europe, then when we return to Asia to compete in the future, it will be just a matter of chopping up the melons and chopping vegetables.

"What are you two doing? Falling in love?" Mourinho shouted.

"hehe."

Li Qiao and Maniche joined the training army.

During a break in training, Mourinho approached Li Qiao and said, "I think you should improve."

Li Qiao nodded.

"I know, I will go to the gym more."

Mourinho shook his head, "No, I mean footwork."

"Footwork?"

To be honest, Li Qiao is more confident in his footwork. Is it possible that Mourinho still can't see it?

"Head, I don't understand."

"Haha, I mean you should learn free kicks."

"Free kick?"

Li Qiao has actually wanted to practice for a long time, but there are too many big players in the team, and it seems that he cannot take the free kick in actual combat.

"Now the only reliable free kick player in the team is Deco. That is not enough. I need another one."

In the Portuguese Super League, Porto is the king, but in the Champions League, Porto is a weak group. The most important magic weapon for a weak team to beat a strong team is free kicks. Therefore, if Deco is injured, then Porto will not only lose a passing point

, also lost the free kick master.

Mourinho patted Li Qiao and said, "You will understand. Go find Anderson (Deco) and learn his skills. He is a good person."

"hehe."

*****

After the tactical training, it was time for the athletes to practice individually. Li Qiao followed Deco to another field. This was a set-piece training field with various human walls and blocking facilities.

The height of the human wall can be adjusted. Deco adjusted it and it almost reached a height of 1.75 meters. This is of course a relatively low-difficulty training. Under normal circumstances in Europe, the average height of the human wall must be higher than 1.8 meters.

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"Would it be too short?"

"Short?" Deco chuckled, "Then give it a try."

"good."

Li Qiao placed a ball on the ground, took a few steps back, and assumed a very strange posture.

Of course, it's strange at this moment. If it's 10 years from now, this posture will be completely normal.

"You...this posture is so strange."

Li Qiao looked down and saw that his legs were spread apart, making a compass shape, yes! He was unconsciously imitating Ronaldo.

After realizing something was wrong with him, Li Qiao put his legs together and started to run.

One kick hit the ball.

The ball is like taking an elevator, going straight up, but... this "elevator" seems to only go up, not down.

Li Qiao scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"Haha." Deco placed another ball on the ground, "This is normal. When people see obstacles, they first avoid them."

This is just like the defensive player must make a tackle even though he knows it is impossible to tackle the ball.

The purpose is to influence the opponent's mind, which is also a very important point. Deco took a kick and put the ball into the goal.

"Isn't this speed too slow?"

Li Qiao was very polite. The ball was not slow, but very fast. Even his mother could have saved it standing there.

"Haha, this is to get the feeling. This is what I practiced when I started practicing free kicks."

"You try it."

Li Qiao hung up and let the ball draw a parabola. It may seem simple, but at least one or two times out of 10 it will fail and the ball will deviate from the target.

"You have to hit the target 100 percent of the time."

Li Qiao nodded, this is inevitable. If such a shot cannot be 100% successful, then what is the point of taking a free kick?

It was quite simple, and soon Li Qiao was able to hit the target 100% of the time.

Deco put his hands on his hips and said, "Yes, it's better than I thought. Come here."

Deco inserted a pole in the center of the goal, "Now to make it more difficult, you have to kick the ball into the left half."

Li Qiao scratched his head, which doubled the difficulty. He placed the ball and shot, but the ball missed a lot.

"No, it's just twice as difficult."

Deco smiled and said: "Not twice, but a lot."

"Why?"

Deco shrugged, "It's not math, but I can feel it."

In fact, all these pressures were imposed on the psychological level. Li Qiao tried again, but he missed the mark 4 times out of 10 times.

"It's just a line drawn in the middle. Is the difference that big?"

"Li, free kicks are not as simple as you think."

"really."

Deco patted Li Qiao and said, "Practice this to 100%, and then we can continue with the next practice."

This time it took Li Qiao a full hour to complete. Deco packed up his things and said, "Li, I'm going home instead. We'll practice again tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll practice for a while longer."

"Um."

After Deco left, Li Qiao started to try a complete free kick. It should be like this, the ball drew a beautiful arc and went into the net.

But in reality...it's different.