Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 56 Prospects for the U21 Team

After the team's routine training, Simão and Nuno Gomez came over.

"Little Luo, are your feet soft today? Do you still practice?" Simao said with a smirk: "Little Luo has a girlfriend, how many girls fans will be sad?"

Ronando complained incessantly: "Two big brothers, stop joking. If you want to say that it makes female fans sad, who can compare to Captain Nuno. He is the most popular star of Benfica among female fans."

Nuno Gomez smiled slightly and said, "Stop talking. There's a good thing."

The two bosses of Benfica are very powerful in Portuguese football. They found Antonio Oliveira, the coach of the Portuguese U21 team, and recommended Ronaldo to him. Character is very interested, and promised that he will spare time to observe the scene in the near future.

Although the Portuguese U21 team is not as good as the national team, it is also a very important national team. The often-called Portuguese national youth team is this team. The U3 team will have an official match in March.It is the first group stage of the European U21 Youth Championship, and the opponent is Slovakia.

Portugal U21 team!
Ronaldo's heart skipped a beat. As a Portuguese player, the national teams at all levels are a favorite, and countless people are staring at each spot.

In European football, young players are very important. Almost every age group has European leagues to train young players. Every country has U17, U19, U21 and other teams. Countless stars are in these youth leagues He became famous on the Internet, and finally gained both fame and fortune.

At Ronaldo's age, he should join the Portuguese U17 team and participate in the European U17 Youth Championship, but both Simão and Nuno Gomez disagree.

What is the U17 team?Even if it is U19, it is just a game played by a bunch of "kids" who can't play the main force in the Portuguese Super League team!
Ronando's strength is enough to occupy a place in Benfica. He can't grind slowly step by step like others, and should make great strides.

European U21 Youth Championship (European Youth Championship)!This is the place that fits Ronando's identity!
In fact, this is a helpless choice. Originally, the FIFA U20 World Cup (World Youth Championship) is the best place to show your talents.

The World Youth Championship is considered the World Cup for young players. The Portuguese golden generation won two consecutive World Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991. Figo and other talents have enjoyed the reputation of the golden generation, but unfortunately, this summer In the Dutch World Youth Championship, Portugal did not qualify for the finals.

Otherwise, if Ronando goes to the World Youth Championship and competes with young players from all over the world, as long as he scores a few goals, his status will be different immediately.

Without the chance of the World Youth Championship, the only option is the European Youth Championship.

Unfortunately, at this time, the 2004 European Youth Championship has just ended, and the U21 teams of various countries are playing in the first group stage of the 2006 European Youth Championship. However, the importance of the U21 team is second only to Portugal. As long as they play well in the U21 team, it can also prove Ronando's ability.

In the eyes of Simao and Nuno Gomez, of course they most hope that Ronan will step up to the sky, be selected for the Portuguese national team, fight side by side with them, and strive to reach the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

However, it is so difficult to be selected for the national team. If Ronando can't have a very brilliant performance, how can he reach the sky in one step.

Therefore, being selected for the Portuguese U21 team first and competing in the European Youth Championship group stage is the only choice.

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"I heard that in the current U21 team, a few people from Akchit are very effective. Can I be selected?" Ronando lacked confidence.

"What are you afraid of? The U21 team doesn't only have players from Akchit!" Simao said angrily.

"Mr. Antonio Oliveira is the father of Portugal's golden generation. As long as he likes you, no one dares to speak." Nuno Gomez added.

Things are not perfect. Although Ronando's rise is super fast, he also offended many people. The first to bear the brunt is Sporting Lisbon and many outstanding Portuguese midfielders who graduated from Akchite.

In fact, the difficulty of being selected for U21 is no less than that of being selected for the Portuguese national team!
The first difficulty is of course age. Most of the U21 team members are players from 83/84, and Ronaldo was born in 87, which is obviously a big difference.

Secondly, Portugal's current U21 team, captain Ricardo Quaresma, midfielder Joao Moutinho, these two most important figures are hard-core Akchit, they have They have a lot of power to speak, and with their obstacles, even the U21 coach Oliveira has to think about it. If the introduction of Ronaldo causes conflicts in the U21 team's locker room, even Oliveira will have a big headache.

"Okay! Then don't be afraid of them!"

Ronando has courage, isn't it Akchet?He wasn't even afraid of Figo, he was even afraid of those younger Akchites!

"Two big brothers, I think if I can change my training method a little bit, it may make my progress faster."

"Okay! You say how to change it, we support you!"

Ronando's small training group has added two new members.

18-year-old defensive midfielder Manuel Fernandez, 22-year-old central defender Ze Roy, both of whom happen to be good friends of Ronaldo.

Who wouldn't be happy to be able to get closer to the team's captain and deputy captain at the same time?
Not to mention that Ze Roy couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, even Fernandez, who was stern all day, laughed.

In other words, Benfica this season is definitely the most harmonious team in the league. In other teams, how can there be two top bosses who get along so well? Not only do they not fight each other, but they also form a small group by themselves Playing with love, the captains and vice captains of other teams, it would be fine if they can disagree with each other.

Simao and Nuno Gomez are certainly not stupid. Their goal is not in Benfica at all, but in the national team and giants in other leagues.

These two people are people who have gone abroad to big-name clubs and know the truth that no matter how much they mix in the Portuguese Super League, they will not be able to succeed. Standing at the top?
The Portuguese national team is seeing a sensitive time for renewal. At most, after the World Cup next year, Portugal’s last big brother Figo, Rui Costa, and Pauletta will definitely fade out of the national team. At that time, it will be them Now that people play the leading role, who can become the new leader of the national team depends not only on personal strength, but also on connections.

Simao, a rebel from the Akchit training camp, is an anomaly.

Nuno Gomez, born in Amarante, a small city in the north of Portugal, received training at the training camp of a local small team, and then played in the second-tier team Avesta and came to Benfica. , is destined to make him only in a weak position.

Without the appearance of Ronaldo, Simao and Nuno Gomez must have attached great importance to their status and interests in Benfica.

However, when Ronando came, things took a turn for the better.

In other words, why has Portugal been unable to reach the top of European football over the years?
Portugal lacks a powerful striker!

The midfield of this "European Brazil team" has always been strong, but look at the best forwards in Portugal: Pauleta, Sa Pinto, João Pinto, Nuno Gomez, among these people, it is Nuno Gomez has the tallest stature, but he is still a dexterous technical player with a height of only 181cm. Such a striker undoubtedly discounts Portugal's offensive power.

The Portuguese national team has been looking for a tall and powerful striker!

In the 2004 European Cup, the Portuguese coach Luis Scolari transferred a young player who was only 20 years old to the national team. The reason is that he is 191cm tall and is known as the "Portuguese Air King". This shows how much the national team lacks tall and large forwards.

Ronando is 186cm tall, and his physique is slightly inferior to Hugo Almeida's, and his foot skills are not as good as Hugo Almeida's under normal circumstances.

However, his feeling in front of the door and his sudden burst of fighting power can throw Hugo Almeida a few blocks away!
This is why Simão and Nuno Gomez value Ronando. Since the 20-year-old Hugo Almeida can be selected, why can’t Ronando, who will be 18 in the second half of the year? What about being selected for the national team?
What's more, by next year's World Cup, the first striker Pauleta will be 33 years old. Can his position be stabilized?
With Ronando's physical and technical characteristics, it is entirely possible to succeed and become an important member of the new generation of Portuguese strikers!

When that time comes, Simão and Nuno Gomez should laugh!

Their technical characteristics are completely complementary to those of Ronando, and they can form an efficient combination. Among the three, Ronando is a junior. Manu and Nuno Gomez, or they teamed up against other contenders.

At the end of the day, Simão and Nuno Gomez are doing themselves a favor by helping Ronando...

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Ronando's proposal to modify the training method is of course something he sat on the bench to figure out.

He needs to add confrontation with defensive players in training. Only in this way can his dribbling and ball-handling ability increase rapidly. The skills he develops in this way are practical skills that can be used on the court. During the game, Ronando still couldn't cope with the close pressing of the opponent's players.

The most urgent task for Ronaldo now is to improve his "dribbling", specifically, his dribbling and ball-handling abilities. He must at least be able to protect the ball under his feet, otherwise, he will not be able to wait until he turns on the "three-second "God", the ball is broken, how can you play a wonderful game?
Dribbling and ball-handling ability are actually the most intuitive ability to measure whether a player is good or not. There is no shortcut to such an ability, and it can only be practiced continuously...

(End of this chapter)