Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 25 Cruel Competition

Benfica's first-team players can generally be divided into several grades.

First of all, of course, star players like Simao are at the top. The second category is the players trained by the Carnidi youth training camp. Famous, the third category is potential rookies dug from Brazil, Africa and other regions, and the fourth category is low-level stars who can't get along in other leagues and drifted to Portugal.

Among these four types of players, the second and third types are the majority. In essence, Benfica is no different from other Portuguese teams, they are living by buying low and selling high.

Therefore, Ronando is an outlier in this team, and he has different labels from others.

At Benfica's training ground, Ronaldo saw his first-team teammates. Coach Trapattoni briefly introduced him to his teammates and put him in the forward group.

As the first team of a Portuguese giant, Benfica has a huge team of players. There are 7 players in the forward group alone, including Ronaldo!

Among them, the most important is of course the first striker Nuno Gomez, and the second striker is recovering Angolan star Pedro Mantolas.

In addition, there are 29-year-old Brazilian forward Luis Luizao and 27-year-old Croatian forward Tomislav Sokota. These two can basically be classified as the fourth type of players. How much room for improvement, the team is the tinkerer, because the team has a certain strength, when the team needs it, it is a soy sauce role.

In addition, there are two young players from the youth academy, No. 33 Ruz Wander, 18 years old, and No. 35 Luis Horacio, 19 years old.

When Ronando appeared in the striker group, he immediately felt a strong atmosphere of vigilance!
In the past few days, Ronando has been training with captain Simão. Of course, he also took the opportunity to understand some basic conditions of Benfica, and has a general understanding of the situation he will face. Of course, he knows why these teammates are full of vigilance against him. .

Benfica's main formation is 4-3-3. The so-called forward group actually plays the role of the middle "1" among the three forwards!
Sometimes, the head coach will send a certain player to serve as one of the wingers on both sides according to the actual situation, but in most cases, the two wingers are played by other players. Benfica's two preferred wingers are No. 20 Captain Simão, No. 11 Brazilian star Tiberson Giovanni.

In other words, in the forward group, except for Nuno Gomez who firmly occupies the starting forward position, everyone else needs to compete for the rest of the bench time!
Even though the second striker Pedro Mantolas is recovering from illness, there are still 4 people staring at the substitute seat. Now, with the addition of Ronando who broke in suddenly, it becomes 5 pairs of eyes staring at him. With the same substitute qualifications, this kind of competitive situation can only be described in one word: cruel!

Among the four substitute forwards, Croatian striker Tomislav Sokota and teenager Luis Horacio looked at Ronaldo the most unkindly.

Tomislav Sokota, the tall guy in the first team, with a height of 189cm and a weight of 90KG, has entered the team for the fourth year. He is the main tall forward of the team. If he needs to hit the high point of the penalty area, he It is the first choice.

Luis Horacio, with a height of 185cm, is already considered very good among Portuguese players. He is only a little shorter than Ronando. If you don’t look carefully, you can’t tell the difference. He was trained by the Carnidi youth training camp in recent years. The most outstanding tall and large forward, with good skills at his feet, capable of both inside and outside. Because of his versatility, he is also a young player that coach Trapattoni pays more attention to.

Ronando is here, and his characteristics are similar to these two people. Once they play, they will directly steal their playing time. If they can have a good face towards Ronando, it will be strange!

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Since it was the first training after the holiday, the head coach arranged mainly for recovery training. After running around the court, the forward group was separated from the main team and moved to a small court under the leadership of assistant coach Simmons.

This is just a half court, and outside the top corner of the penalty area along both sides of the big penalty area, some obstacle boards have been placed on the lawn.

"Dribbling the ball after receiving the ball, cutting into the penalty area and shooting! 30 groups per person! Start now!"

Assistant coach Simmons divided the five people into two groups, gave concise instructions on the training content, and then stood on the top of the penalty area to watch.

Ronando is no longer a pure rookie, so he naturally understands Simmons' request, which is to let them receive the ball from the wing, then simulate avoiding those obstacles, cut into the penalty area from the side of the penalty area, and hit the goal from the middle distance. In fact, this should be the training content of wingers, but the Portuguese league focuses on ground attack. As a forward, you must also have this ability. Moreover, these people sometimes play as wingers. This is routine training.

"It's terrible! People on our side, move faster! Don't procrastinate!"

It was Croatian striker Tomislav Sokota who yelled in a low voice. While complaining, this burly guy looked at Ronando unhappily. Obviously, what he meant was that he thought Ronando must be the slowest one, which will delay the training time of this group.

When the assistant coach divided them into groups, Nuno Gomez, teenager Luis Horacio, and Brazilian striker Luis Luizao were assigned to the first group, while the remaining three were in the second group. The teams start from one side of the restricted area respectively.

Such a grouping made Tomislav Sokota feel that he should be the "boss" of the second group, and he should shoulder the responsibility of supervising his teammates!

Ronando is not a fool, of course he can hear the meaning of Tomislav Sokota's words, but he chooses to remain calm for the time being and ranks behind No. 33 Lutz Wander, which basically meets the requirements His position in the team, among the three, Tomislav Sokota often has the opportunity to play, which is a relatively stable substitute, while the 18-year-old Ruz Wander is very sad, and he rarely even earns garbage time. Arrived, but after all the qualifications are older than Ronan.

"Asshole, I don't care about you! I'll let you see who is holding you back during training!"

In fact, Ronando has inquired about the characteristics of several competitors. Although Tomislav Sokota has played more times in the team, he really has no future.

This big man is very slow and suitable for playing as a standing center. Forwards with this characteristic are not well-known in Portugal. Everyone is floor-flowing and has fast kicks. You are a slow guy and can keep up with others rhythm?

The reason why Tomislav Sokota can still make a living in Benfica is because the team sometimes needs to change tactics, but as the 185cm tall teenager Luis Horacio matures, Tomislav Sokota The role of this big man is decreasing, but he himself is unwilling to recognize the situation.

With the order of assistant coach Simmons to start, the No.1 players of the two groups set off at the same time.

Of course, the first group is Nuno Gomez, and the second group is Tomislav Sokota who pretends to be the boss. With flexible feet, he ran up quickly, cut into the penalty area and hit the goal, and the ball flew into the net accurately.

Looking back at Tomislav Sokota in the second group, Ronando couldn't help laughing!
This big Croatian man has an awkward running posture with the ball. Although he is trying hard to speed up, how can he be fast with his 189cm height and 90kg weight?Nuno Gomez has all shot there, and he has just turned into the penalty area. This speed is not necessarily much better than when Ronando was in Elvas!

This guy is really top-notch, with this speed, how dare he dislike others?

"C Ronaldo, don't let Sokota see you laughing at him! He is the best center forward in the team, he is very important, if you make him angry, it will be very troublesome."

Ruz Wander, who was standing in front, turned his head and whispered, and it could be seen that the 18-year-old player was a little cautious.

Ronando hurriedly said: "Thank you, Lutz. I will be careful."

On the training field, Tomislav Sokota finally took a shot. Luz Wander quickly pushed the ball under his feet and started running forward. However, the second group was far behind the first. Grouped, Tomislav Sokota spent one and a half people alone.

Tomislav Sokota came running back, a little sullen, clearly feeling that he hadn't played well enough.

"No. 22! You must speed up when you come out! Our height is at a disadvantage here, and my speed is not my strong point..." Tomislav Sokota said in a bossy tone.

Ronando simply turned his head and ignored this boring guy.

This means that Ronando thinks that he is still a rookie, and he should be patient when he has not shown his ability. Otherwise, based on his dickish character, if you are a big name with real skills, that's all. If he wants to be the boss, Ronando will probably push him over: Stay away from me!What a big-tailed wolf!
Soon, Luz Wandel also completed an inside cut shot, and it was Ronaldo's turn to play.

"Snapped!"

Ronando kicked out the ball that had already stopped under his feet, exerted force from his feet, and jumped out like a leopard!
If we say that during the month in Akchit, the area where Ronando has improved the most is running around the obstacle course!

He was originally a player with fast speed and strong explosive power. Even if he is not a genius, but because of his body, his football talent is beyond ordinary people. No one trains with him in Akchit. All he can do is to deal with these problems The moving obstacle board, the so-called practice makes perfect, if you just let him run around the obstacle board, it seems that he is not much worse than other youth academy students!
Tomislav Sokota's mouth was wide open, his face flushed red: "This...doesn't everyone say that he is a waste?"

(End of this chapter)