There is a dream called football

For 45 minutes in the first half, Li Qiao was on pins and needles. This is professional football, not only the smell of grass and earth, but also head-to-head competition.

Li Qiao suddenly remembered what he said in the Real Madrid youth training camp: Skills without confrontation are worthless.

Real professional football is not as easy as dribbling the ball in the community, it is a real confrontation.

Fabio is obviously not used to this rhythm. What Li Qiao doesn't know is that last season, Porto had a Brazilian player in the midfield who was responsible for cleaning up the midfield. This way, it was relatively easy for Fabio to get the ball, but now it's not like this.

The iron gate was closed, and Fabio was directly exposed to his opponent.

Three long whistles.

The first half is over.

It seems that the Porto generals did not play half a game, but spent half a season.

Valle crossed his arms over his chest and didn't pay attention to his players until most of them entered the tunnel.

Li Qiao was about to go back when Valais stretched out his hand to stop him, "You don't have to go back, just run on the court."

After saying that, Valle waved to assistant coach Gomez, "You stay with Li Qiao. Be careful. Don't be too hasty and stretch your muscles."

*****

Sosa took the beer handed by Lorinda without taking a sip, "The beer in the stadium is as bad as horse urine."

Lorinda Khan.

"But you can't bring anything with bottles in. Only plastic cups like this, so you can make do with it."

Lorinda knew that it was not the beer that was the problem, but that Porto was not performing well and her father was angry!

"Why didn't that idiot replace him with Li Qiao? The Brazilian is simply not as good as Li Qiao."

"Dad, you have said this a thousand times."

While talking, Sosa saw Li Qiao jogging on the court, and his whole body became alert.

"Oh my God." He took a big sip of beer, and the "horse urine" in his mouth suddenly turned into nectar.

"Haha, you are such a fickle person."

Sosa pointed, "Look, Li Qiao is running."

Lorinda thought it was so novel. Is it possible for a football player to not know how to run?

"Lorinda, do you know what this means?"

"..."

"This means Li Qiao will play in the second half, thank God." Sosa crossed himself on his chest.

*****

speed.

speed.

Li Qiao will add a few sets of fast running to his jogging to fully warm up, so that he will not be easily injured.

"Kick."

The assistant coach gives the order.

After several quick turns and runs, Li Qiao was already sweating slightly, his body relaxed, and along with it, his whole body became excited.

10 minutes passed quickly.

The team members ran out one after another. Judging from their expressions, they must have been scolded. I wonder what happened in the locker room?

Dada ran over and patted Li Qiao gently.

"Are you scolded? Gustavo."

"Haha, don't mention it. Apart from my parents who didn't greet us, I scolded them all. I even doubt whether I can still be a professional player."

"Ha ha."

Changes in the second half are inevitable.

In fact, Valais was hesitant. His original plan was to score the goal first and then send Li Qiao to experience the atmosphere of professional football, but he did not expect that the plan could not keep up with the change.

Valai waved to Li Qiao.

"I know this is unfair to you, after all, you have just joined the team, but I really can't stand Charles's walking football. It's up to you."

Li Qiao nodded, his whole body trembling.

I am very nervous, which is inevitable. Professional games and training are completely different. The moment you step on the court, it is no longer playing house.

Porto substitution.

Li Qiao enters No. 7 and removes Charles.

The formation has not changed.

"Hahaha, I discovered him and brought him to Porto," Sosa said to everyone.

The fans of the home team could only look sideways at this, and some even looked at him with disdain, but Sosa didn't care. This was the first time for him that the players he discovered were actually playing professional games.

"Lorinda, this was my childhood dream, and it finally came true today."

Seeing the serious look on the old man's face, Lorinda was both angry and amused. She patted him and said, "I really can't stand you Portuguese men."

*****

At the beginning of the second half, the opponent's formation was greatly restored, and their head coach also knew in his heart that if they continued to play like that in the second half, they would definitely be the first to lose their physical fitness.

Victor Pena folded his hands on his chest and was full of confidence. His tactics for the first 45 minutes were English football, and in the second half he wanted to play Italian football.

For decades, there have been two factions in the football circle: beautiful football and utilitarian football, and they often criticize each other.

And Pegna is obviously a representative of utilitarian football. His idol is Capello. The Italian Capello once said that if someone on the opponent's team is injured, not only can we not return the ball to the opponent, but we should also take the opportunity to attack.

These words clearly reveal the true nature of utilitarian football, and many people do think so.

The opponents didn't even notice that there was a new player on Porto's side. Their attention was all on Fabio. As long as they pinched him, Porto's midfielder would be in chaos.

Li Qiao rushed several times from the wing, but the ball was not delivered, and Fabio still could not get rid of the defense.

"It's different from during training. I can't get the ball like this."

If you have a God's perspective at this time, you will find that the opponent's three lines have retreated, and the defensive intensity has increased.

"Play the ball, Fabio," the coach shouted.

Finally, Fabio took a kick to the wing, but...

Damn it.

Li Qiao ran forward, and Fabio's ball passed behind him.

Li Qiao could only turn around and go back to get the ball.

In this way, the ball was obtained, but there was no chance at all. Li Qiao, who had lost his speed, fell into a fight with his opponent.

Fabio's several separations were like this, stumbling. Li Qiao misses Haji so much. Even David Luiz's passing is better than this.

If the playmaker is incompetent, his teammates will be exhausted.

The confrontation in training is not so fierce, and teammates can often send very comfortable passes to Li Qiao, but this time it is impossible.

"The difficulty is greater than I imagined."

Li Qiao now finally understands the feeling of a national football player, why Wu Lei scores so many goals in the club, but in the national team...

Even if the strength of the passer and the angle control are just a little bit off, it feels like a huge difference.

After 10 minutes of the second half, Porto had 70% of the ball possession, but the offense still showed little improvement.

Taking advantage of a dead ball, Li Qiao went to the sidelines to drink water. He said to Valais: "Boss, can you change the tactics? This way we have no chance at all."

Valais was stunned, "How to change it?"