Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 315 Returning to the National Team

The UEFA Champions League Group D in the 2005-06 season is considered to be the stage for the striker competition. This happened to make Ronaldo, a Manchester United right winger, eligible to join this feast of European giants, and this also made him re-selected for the Portuguese national team. Ronando, who was added another layer of halo.

One of the important strikers of Manchester United in the Premier League, and one of the important figures who will participate in the striker battle in Group D of the Champions League!

When Ronando returns to the national team, whether he can show his ability in international competitions, especially whether he can score goals, has become a question of concern to many people.

On this national team match day, Portugal will have two World Cup qualifiers, one at home against Luxembourg on September 9 and one away against Russia on September 3.

Especially the battle with Russia is an important battle that determines Portugal's smooth advancement to the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany. After this battle, Portugal's opponents in the group stage are only Liechtenstein and Latvia, both of which are underdogs. , There is no difficulty in winning the game.

现在，葡萄牙队的战绩是8战6胜2平积20分，小组No.2的斯洛伐克队8战5胜2平1负，积17分。

On this national team match day, among the two opponents of Portugal, Luxembourg is weak, and Russia is the last obstacle for Portugal to qualify. If Portugal can successfully win these two games, it will be sure to win No.1 in Group C.

Russia is a traditional strong team in Eastern Europe. In fact, their trip to the World Cup this time, except for a stumble in one game, the rest of the game was pretty good.

8战4胜3平1负，积15分，这个成绩仅仅是比斯洛伐克队多了一场平局而已。

However, Russia's only defeat was too demoralizing. They were a guest at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon in October last year, and they were beaten by Portugal with a 10:7 score. This is the Russian national men's football team since its establishment in 1 , the biggest defeat!
It was also because of that battle that the Russian team, which was originally favored by the outside world, changed from a popular team that advanced to the World Cup finals to an unfavorable team.

Now, the situation in Group C has become clear. The qualifying teams can only be produced among the three teams of Portugal, Slovakia, and Russia. Among them, No.1 will qualify directly, and No.2 will be qualified for play-offs depending on the results. No.3 can only end this World Cup trip in despair.

In addition to the two rounds in September, there are also two rounds in October for the European qualifiers. In the remaining four rounds, Russia vs. Portugal in the 9th round and Slovakia vs. Russia in the 10th round are the most important matches , for Russia, if they want to get at least the second place in the group, they must beat Slovakia in the last round and cannot lose to Portugal in the upcoming 10th round, or in other words, it is best to play both games. Winning is insurance.

Russia wants to win, but of course Portugal cannot lose. If Portugal loses to Russia and Slovakia wins the next game, then Portugal will have to compete with Slovakia to decide who is No.1. In this case Of course not acceptable to Portugal!
Portuguese national team coach Scolari is full of confidence in the upcoming game.

"Qualifying first in the group is Portugal's only goal. During my tenure, we won the runner-up in the European Cup, and the next task is to strive for good results in the World Cup next year. It is my wish to enter the final. Maybe someone I think that the honor of the third place in the World Cup in England in 1966 is already the limit for this country, because the previous generation of Portuguese players has gradually withdrawn from the national team, but I don't think that is the case!"

"Stars such as Figo, Rui Costa, and Pauletta can still contribute to Portugal. The 2004 European Cup is by no means the swan song of Portugal! Because our young generation has grown up! The light of hope for Portuguese football, It's getting brighter and brighter!"

Obviously, what Scolari said about "our young generation" mainly refers to Ronando.

A successful team usually needs to have one or several absolute core members, except for giant teams like Manchester United, because there are too many big-name players, the role of core players becomes less obvious, but players such as the Portuguese national team A team must have a core.

Figo is the core of the Portuguese team today. Although he is about to be 33 years old and was kicked from Real Madrid to Inter Milan, he is still a wealthy star and a big brother in Portuguese football.

In addition to Figo, Simao, Andre Deco, Nuno Maniche, Ricardo Carvalho and others, due to insufficient weight, formed the Portuguese national team in the name of a core player group. The new core of the team, in this new core, no one has absolute strength, they must work together, join hands to fight for national and personal honor, fortunately, Ronando is also faintly in this small core group has a place.

Portugal captain Figo: "I am very happy to see Cristiano's performance at Manchester United. I don't think his future will be under me."

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Ronando once again walked into the Shermore Sports Center in Oeiras, the "Wedding City".

The Portuguese team officially returned on the 22nd. This is good news for coach Scolari and his Portuguese team. Portugal performed well in the European qualifiers for the World Cup in Germany, but if it comes to the finals of the World Cup next year, Portugal's The lineup is a little weaker.

In addition to the main player Figo, Portugal really lacks a heavyweight on the right. Neither Hugo Viana nor Postiga are strong enough.

The return of Ronaldo has filled the puzzle of Scolari's ideal Portuguese wings.

Simão + Overmars on the left, Figo + Ronaldo on the right, with these four excellent wingers with different characteristics, the Portuguese team's wings become stronger, and for the Portuguese team's Scolari, who understands more and more deeply, understands the importance of the left and right wings to the Portuguese national team. Figuratively speaking, the two wings of Portugal represent 6% to 7% of the combat effectiveness of the entire team. If the two wings are not strong enough, Portugal is a scumbag!
This time Ronando re-entered the national team training camp, and his teammates have a different attitude towards him.

Even Ugo Viana, Marco Canela, the die-hard supporters of the Akchit line, no longer looked coldly at Ronando.

To put it bluntly, everyone is a professional player, and there are very few single-minded brains. When Ronando played for Benfica, he was a sworn enemy with Sporting Lisbon, and he was also in competition with these Akchet players. Big, but now it is different. Ronaldo, who entered the Premier League, has no competition with these domestic players. The only thing left for them is to cooperate and create honor for the national team together.

Furthermore, it is understandable that Ronaldo, who can gain a foothold in Manchester United's first team, occupies an important position in the national team, and no one can take away this position.

The only player in the team who has a significant competitive relationship with Ronando is Captain Figo. However, even Figo has personally expressed his welcome to Ronando. What else can others say?
In the national team residence of the comprehensive center, in the office of the Brazilian coach Scolari, Scolari, Figo, and Ronaldo sat together. These are the two big players of Ronaldo and the national team The first simultaneous contact of the dude.

"Cristiano, this time I am selected for the national team. I am going to let you play as Luiz's substitute, and you may also play as a center forward. No problem?"

"Mr. Scolari, of course no problem, I will obey the team's arrangement."

"Okay! Regarding your positioning in the national team, don't worry. You are still young and there is still some time before the World Cup next year. What you have to do now is to fully integrate into the team. Not only to be able to compete with Simao, Ge Max played a wonderful combination, but also with other teammates. I believe you have the ability to do this!"

Scolari's order clearly stated two meanings.

First of all, Ronando's position in the team is still Figo's substitute, but the second meaning is that he is no longer a simple substitute, but the right winger who will succeed Figo.

This status is roughly equivalent to Anderson Deco in the 2004 European Cup. He was Rui Costa's substitute at the time, but he will soon be able to compete with Rui Costa. The "starting main force".

Simão + Ronando are already the left and right wings of Portugal in Scolari's mind in the future!

"Cristiano, go ahead and do it, everyone will support you. Put what you learned at Manchester United into the game, we saw the tape of your Manchester United game, it is very good! You have mastered football The essence of the game: confrontation and defeating opponents! The so-called supremacy of technology is not absolute, the combination of technology + confrontation ability is the essence to ensure a player reaches the peak. I am optimistic about you!"

This is Figo's clear support to Ronando. He can say this, which already represents his recognition of Ronando's successor status.

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The Portuguese team, which has restored harmony within the team, is definitely a strong team in European football!
In this team, there may be only a handful of top stars of the year, which is slightly inferior to some strong European teams. However, the Portuguese team is a team with a considerable style, unless they encounter some "nemesis" teams, Otherwise, the Portuguese team, whose overall skills and tactics and players' individual skills are excellent, has a top-notch combat effectiveness!

"GOAL! GOAL! G————O—————A————L——————————L————————————————— ——L!!"

"Number 11 Simão Sabrosa, wonderful free-kick straight into the goal! Goal again!"

"6:0! Congratulations to the Portuguese team for another big victory! Luxembourg once again lost to Portugal by a big score, refreshing their record for the largest goal conceded in the European Cup qualifiers in November last year! In that game, Luxembourg once lost 11:0 to Portugal, conceded 5 goals in two rounds, failed to score 11 goal, this is a bad score..."

On the evening of September 9, at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, the Portuguese team defeated the underdog Luxembourg with an absolute advantage.

A total of 6 goals were scored in the game. Forward Pauleta and left forward Simao scored 2 goals each. Defender Ricardo Costa scored 1 goal, and another goal was substituted in the second half Ronando, who appeared on the stage, was in the bag.

(End of this chapter)