Iron Man on the pitch

At 13:00 pm, the Portuguese national team was assembled and the first training class began.

Paul Bento's new official took office as the three hottest news. First, he introduced himself to everyone and got to know each other. After all, as a coach, his foundation is relatively shallow.

The players in the Portuguese Super League are quite familiar with Paul Bento, so there is no need to say more.

Players who play football in other national leagues are very curious about the head coach who set a miracle record in the Portuguese Super League. After all, they all came from Portuguese Super League, and Paul Bento and others are not unaware of it.

Paul Bento, who was not famous when playing football, was so vigorous as he became a head coach? That was the Portuguese Super League win.

In the second fire, Paul Bento told the players about his coaching philosophy and team tactics.

Unfortunately, after listening to the football philosophy talked about by Paul Bento, everyone didn't hear anything special.

Whether it is passing and cutting, running, one kick, active pressing, or quick offensive and defensive transition, or large-scale transfer, everyone has been exposed to it in their daily games and training.

It is nothing more than whether the players can achieve their personal qualities, and whether they can help their opponents faster than their opponents through tacit cooperation.

However, in terms of tactics, everyone was a little surprised.

The Portuguese team, which has a 4-5-1 formation, must first be based on defense. The lineup of 4 defenders and 5 midfielders can protect the goal to the greatest extent. There is no objection.

The offense is different from what everyone imagined. I thought Paul Bento would use Li Ling as the core organizer of the midfield and frontcourt, disrupt the opponent's formation through the pass and cut in the middle, and choose to divide the side or pass directly to the forward.

But unexpectedly, Paul Bento's arrangement was almost in a form without a front. Ronaldo had to retreat slightly and cooperate with Li Ling in the middle and frontcourt. The work of lowering the bottom and cutting into the penalty area was handed over to two wing forwards.

This made Nani and Simang secretly happy.

Because Ronaldo and Li Ling both have strong forward attacking and long-range shooting ability, being slightly away from the goal rather than fighting with the defender can amplify their threat.

Moreover, their ability to involve their opponent's defense through running is also extremely strong, and Li Ling is even faintly above Ronaldo.

After all, Ronaldo has not yet begun to transform into a pure striker. Although his current position on the court is a winger, in actual games, he is closer to the libero in the frontcourt style of playing.

Li Ling has absorbed the original game experience in Ronaldo in time and space, and has completed the pirated version and surpassed the genuine version.

In Paul Bento's view, Ronaldo is now like Li Ling who has an extremely strong desire to shoot, while Li Ling is like Ronaldo who prefers passing. What kind of chemical reaction will happen if a partner of two people do? Worth looking forward to.

The third game of fire, and everyone is most concerned about, is that Paul Bento announced the tentative starting lineup.

Goalkeeper: Eduardo.

Defenders: Paul Ferreira, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Fabio Coentrand.

Midfielder: Li Ling, Joao Moutinho, Miguel Veroso, Pedro Mendes, Raul Mereles.

Forward: Ronaldo.

The players who were not selected were a little unwilling, such as Deco, Nani, Bruno Alves, etc., but Sporting Lisbon's performance this season is here, and the original midfielder who played football together for more than a year Combination means more tacit understanding.

They can only hope to conquer Paul Bento with their performance in the next training and warm-up matches and get a starting position.

I ran the lap symbolically and conducted some physical training. Today's training ends here.

That night, Paul Bento and national team captain Cristiano Ronaldo attended the press conference. Faced with the enthusiastic invitation from major media and the persuasion of the Portuguese Football Association, Li Ling also attended the press conference.

The reporters were excited when they saw the new head coach of the Portugal team and the two most discussed players.

"Coach Bento, what do you want to say about the goals of this World Cup?"

"Royce, your performance this season is not ideal. Will you work hard in the World Cup?"

"Li Ling, as a naturalized player, do you have any thoughts about representing Portugal in the World Cup?"

"Ahem, come one by one." Paul Bento cleared his throat and held the microphone.

"No one doesn't want this Hercules Cup, but there is only one champion, and many people will leave frustrated, and we will do our best for this trophy."

"The Portuguese national team has recruited a large number of Sporting Lisbon players, coach Bento, are you a little nepotist?"

"I think you all witnessed this season, ReesThe miracle created by this sports is that the Portuguese Super League won the championship with four domestic championships in hand. Sporting Lisbon players who performed so well should join the national team to play for the country. ”

"Coach Bento, it is said that your coaching idea is to allow Portugal to continue Sporting Lisbon's playing style. But in the Champions League between Sporting Lisbon and Barcelona, ​​Sporting Lisbon can be said to be a complete defeat. Do you have a way to fight Spain?"

"Our group stage opponents do not have Spain, so we don't need to consider this issue for the time being." Paul Bento found that the reporter seemed to be malicious and quickly changed the topic. "The goal in front of us is to qualify in the group, our main energy It should be used to study opponents in the group stage."

The question about Paul Bento lasted for a while, and most reporters wanted to dig out the Portuguese team's tactics from him, but these words were resolved by Paul Bento's clever response.

Next, the reporters handed the microphone to Ronaldo.

"Hi, Ronaldo, this year is your first time as the captain of the Portuguese national team and participating in the World Cup. Are you confident of leading the Portugal team to win the championship?"

Ronaldo's answer was very appropriate: "No one can say anything about the football field, but I will do my best to win the championship trophy."

The reporter was unwilling to give up and wanted to create a big news: "According to my observation, Li Ling's playing style has a lot of overlap with you. Will you have conflicts in the team's tactical arrangements?"

Ronaldo spread his hands: "How is it possible? Li Ling is a very good player. He is talented and hardworking. We are all good at thinking with our minds and will not happen the kind of situation you expect."

The reporter simply found out: "Li Ling has won the European Golden Boot Award this season, which proves that his offensive strength is extremely strong, and his free kick is of considerable level. You will let the shot and the free kick master Is there a chance to punish Li Ling?”

Ronaldo made a very helpless and uncomfortable expression, turned his head to look at Li Ling sitting beside him.

Li Ling covered his mouth and laughed: "These reporters are really good. It's really hard to do a big news."

Ronaldo answered the question in a dark face: "I know you will make malicious speculations no matter what I say, so I suggest you wait until the game starts with your eyes."