After time travel, I can only beat up the national football team

Chapter 7 Mourinho’s troubles!
There is actually some controversy as to whether Porto is considered a European giant, because they rose to prominence late and have fewer champions of Europe's top cup competitions.

Porto only began to rise in the late 80s. Before that, both the domestic league and the European competition were lackluster.

But starting from the late 80s, Porto began to sweep multiple league championships, especially five consecutive domestic league championships from 94 to 99, which made them the undisputed top three in the Portuguese Super League.

But the honor in the European war can only be won by the 1987 Champions League champion.

Therefore, although Porto is in line with the long-term dominance of domestic leagues and cups, and has the hard honor of being the Champions League champion, having only one Champions League trophy is ultimately missing.

This also prevents the identity of Porto's giant team from being widely recognized, but if they are a top European team, or even a quasi-rich team, there will be no objection.

But in order to become an undisputed giant club, Porto needs to win at least one more Champions League and another period of dominance in domestic leagues and cups, so that the crowning of the giants will no longer be controversial.

At this time, even Porto fans would not have thought that someone from a renegade team called "Macau F4" by Macau players would actually want to personally carry the flag and help Porto officially ascend to the throne of the European giants.

The "ye" here naturally refers to Mourinho, who took office in a hurry only halfway through the season!
Mourinho also has such ambitions, but the Portuguese coach is in a bad mood at this time.

After he came to Porto during the winter break, he discovered that the team's poor record in recent years, in addition to the decline in the strength of the meritorious players, also caused problems with the team's overall atmosphere, especially its fighting will.

This is easy to understand. Many of the current batch of Porto players were heroes during the five consecutive championships. They are commonly known as heroes. After retirement, they have become celebrities.

But if you look at their age, you can tell that many of them are veterans who are three years old or even over 30 years old.

These people worked hard for the team and won many honors. In addition to missing the Champions League, they won all the honors they could win in the country several times.

So at this time, as they get older, their strength enters a period of decline, their fighting spirit and ambition have been largely wiped out, and the team is bought by the Chinese, they naturally choose to rest on their laurels.

Porto's management also has a similar problem. They have fought hard for the team and made a lot of contributions, so they feel that now is the time for them to enjoy it.

Zhao Yuting is aware of the situation of his team, but he does not dare to clean up these veterans. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with the local media or the fan group who will label him as someone who is trying to kill the donkey.

The most disgusting thing is that Porto fans really side with these heroes. They believe that the team's poor performance in recent years is because the Chinese bought the team and made people panic.

But these people deliberately ignored that Porto's performance decline began in 99, not 01. There was a difference of two seasons.

However, both players and fans, including the local media, are very willing to use the Chinese as scapegoats.

Now outside Porto's base, there are at least a dozen fans and as many as dozens of fans coming over every day to protest the team's acquisition by foreign capital, hoping that the local government will forcibly take back the club and then change it to a membership system like Benfica.

This is naturally the result of some greedy white-skinned gangsters who want nothing more than nothing. Zhao Yuting is also very upset by these things, but he really can't make a drastic change of blood, otherwise someone will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble.

But Mourinho didn't care about that. After he took over the team during the winter break, he repeatedly criticized the players in front of the media for their low morale, lack of ambition, and loss of fighting will.

This caused the veterans to start teaming up to compete with them. In addition, the World Cup was about to start, and many Mesozoic players were preparing for the World Cup, so the team's performance became very unstable.

Mourinho broke out completely after the team lost to his former club Leiria in the 23rd round and suffered two consecutive defeats and fell to fourth place!

"A player who cannot stand up for his team, no matter how many honors he has achieved, will ultimately be a coward who will only rest on his laurels."

Mourinho looked at this group of old guys who were unable to get enough of themselves, as well as those Mesozoic people who did nothing to prevent injuries, and knew that some problems could no longer be solved with words alone.

These veterans, who have no desires and demands and still have several years of contracts left, will not accept his method of motivating generals.

In addition to the fact that Deco was determined not to be selected for the Brazilian team and instead showed himself in revenge, Carvalho and other Mesozoic players who were selected for the national team also did not work hard.

So it was formed: you say yours, you scold you, we don’t express any opinions at all, we just clock in and go to get off work as usual.

Besides, we didn’t mean to let others down. If we can’t beat others in competitive sports, what can we do?On the contrary, you, a rookie coach, spend all day on the sidelines combing your hair, styling your hair, and pretending...

Bah, you can go up and kick!
Mourinho doesn't have many gray hairs now. The veterans in Porto really look down on this little translator. They often get together in private and quietly taunt: No wonder he was kicked out after coaching Benfica for only a few games. No, this is just inability!

"Listen, I will find some players who are determined. My playing opportunities will only be reserved for those who are determined, enterprising, and fighters, and will not wait for those who are hesitant, slack, or afraid of difficulties."

Mourinho was also irritated by the attitude of these veterans. He has the temper to do whatever he says.

The next day, he submitted a list of signings to Porto's senior management - Maniche, Pedro Emmanuel, Paulo Ferreira, Delle and Valente...

These are either the confidants he personally brought up in Leiria, or the outstanding players he admired during his coaching period.

At this time, Mourinho finally understood that when coaching a top team, if he did not have a team of confidants who obeyed his words, he would not have enough authority at all, and no one would sell his face.

But this winter transfer window has closed, and Porto will have to wait until next season if they want to trade.

So Mourinho thought about it and simply went to the second team to see if there were any young people who could be used.

He has always liked to use young people, and there are many young players he brought from Leiria on the signing list.

As a giant in the Portuguese Super League, Porto should have many good prospects waiting to be discovered in the second-tier team and youth training echelon.

Since these veterans can't do anything, and the Mesozoic generation is unwilling to contribute because of the World Cup, it would be better to promote some young people to become catfish.

Zhang Desheng didn't know it at this moment, but the new coach of his team was about to come and pick someone to be a catfish.

He was promoted to the second team just before the Spring Festival. In just over a month after arriving in Porto, he was promoted from U17 to U19, and then to the second team. This upgrade speed is really amazing.

But there is no way, his talent is there.

At the age of 16 and a half, his ability value is as high as 70, which is already the main level of the middle and upper reaches of the Portuguese Super League.

If combined with his attractive age, he becomes a real genius who can start in the national football team without giving gifts, and can even be called up again as the team leader!
"Alberto, do you have any recommendations for a good guy here?"

Of course Mourinho will not pick someone directly, that would be too rude.

He invited Alberto, the head coach of the second-tier team, to his home a day in advance. After dinner, he opened a bottle of good wine and tasted it, and then they got down to business.

"José, I do have a treasure here. I originally wanted to recommend him to you next season, but if you need a good boy to stimulate those old guys, I can only recommend him to you in advance."

Alberto is not young yet, with a full beard and a bachelor's slovenly appearance, but he is very open-minded and sincere in his speech.

"Oh, it's rare that you see such a young man so favorably. What's his name?"

Mourinho had dealt with Alberto when he was working as a translator here ten years ago, and he knew that this was not a person who talked freely.

This young man who can be so favored by Alberto is definitely talented.

"He is a little guy from China. I didn't care about him at first, but as long as you find time to watch this kid play, you will know why I recommend him to you."

Alberto picked up the glass and drank it all, and then added mysteriously: "I can only tell you that he is the kind of genius that Porto won't be able to keep for long!"

(End of this chapter)