There is a dream called football

Chapter 85
Every year during winter training, many teams from continental Europe come to Portugal for training because the climate here is relatively warm.

The porto winter training did not leave the base, and he trained in his own Gaya training center. Mourinho is full of ambitions. His goal is to win at least one league trophy in 2004. As for the Champions League, of course, he can go as far as he can.

At the end of February is the match between the UEFA Champions League and Manchester United. The distress of the second place in the group is that the most powerful team is likely to be drawn in the first round of the knockout round.

For Manchester United, Mourinho is quite afraid, so the most important thing is to adjust the team's state in the first two months.

As far as he could see, Mourinho looked at the two people on the court-one was Li Qiao, and the other was the Russian Alenichev.

The Russian winger has recovered from his injury, which was a good thing, but Mourinho encountered a happy trouble, that is, he had to compete with Li Qiao for a position.

Both have their own advantages.

Li Qiao's advantages are youth, fast speed, and good sense of the ball, while Alenichev's advantages are rich game experience, an old driver, and better cooperation with his teammates.

Mourinho's original idea was to rotate, but after talking about it, both of them are the kind of people who don't accept rotation.

In life, Li Qiao will definitely not compete with his teammates, but on the court, it is a competition to get a job. If he is stronger, then this position is his own.

After thinking about it again and again, Mourinho decided to have a showdown.

He called the two of them to him and spoke clearly.

Before the start of the league, we have four warm-up matches against the third-tier teams. Each of you will play two games. I will examine your state and speak with your strength.

Alenichev and Li Qiao nodded and looked at each other. Football is a war in a peaceful era, and there is no need to be affectionate at this time.

*****
The warm-up match is to borrow the home field of the B team. The Dragon Stadium will be maintained during the winter break, and the game will not be played for the time being.

In the first game, Alenichev was the starter.

Portugal's third-level league is semi-professional, and the level is of course average. In the first half, Mourinho also played as a semi-main player, and Li Qiao watched the game from the sidelines.

The Russian played very strongly, and his absolute superior speed made him feel like no one in the frontcourt. In 20 minutes, he scored 3 goals by himself, and his face was full of pride.

But Li Qiao was not worried. Mourinho had very high requirements for tactics. Of course, he didn't only want to see the bravery of ordinary people.

Every time Alenichev shines, his teammates will stand up and applaud, congratulating him on his recovery from injury.

Alenichev performed very well, shooting, scoring, and assisting everything. He seemed to want to release all the suppressed emotions during the recovery period.

If this is a league game, the media will definitely give the Russian a very high score after the game, and he deserves it.

In the end, Porto beat their amateur opponent 8-0. After the game, Mourinho affirmed Alenichev's performance.

"You're recovering wonderfully."

"Thank you, Jose."

After two days of training, Porto ushered in the second warm-up match. This time it was Li Qiao who started. Unlike Alenichev, Li Qiao did not stand out, but focused on cooperating with his teammates. When he could pass the ball and break through, he would generally pass the ball.

Mani is in a hurry, Li Qiao's performance is definitely not good, and he is too weak compared to Alenichev.

He was in a hurry, but Deco next to him was very calm. He saw the way. Alenichev's style of play was aimed at a weak team. There are not so many single-handed opportunities for you in the game against strong teams.

Besides, it's as if the game is going to hang up, and the physical fitness is too much, and Li Qiao is acting more like a main force should be.

Deco had the answer in his heart. If he was Jose, he would definitely choose a more suitable one.

In this game, Li Qiao got an assist and a goal. If you only look at the statistics, it is really incomparable to Alenichev, but football games are not just about statistics.

Alenichev started the third game. He is not stupid. His show off in the first game was really meaningless. On the contrary, Li Qiao's steady performance in the second game was more like a main force.

So he also changed and slowed down the rhythm, but suddenly, the Russian found that he couldn't slow down.

In fact, slowing down on the court requires skill, and it is actually easier to go fast blindly, but Alenichev ignored this.

Alenichev who slowed down was no longer him, his passing became stagnant, and he was uncomfortable playing by himself.

Eastern European football has cultivated that kind of pure winger in history, such as the former Soviet Lightning-Blokhin, but this kind of pure winger is a bit outdated in the current football system, and the current requirements are more comprehensive.

Mourinho saw that Alenichev was a good knife, but he couldn't control the knife himself.

At the end of the game, Mourinho patted Alenichev, who was slightly disappointed, "You performed well."

The Russians said nothing.

In the last game, Li Qiao started the game. Everyone was expecting what kind of game attitude he would use, but Li Qiao was unexpected again. This time he was very independent.

The assertive Li Qiao scored 5 goals in this game. What this means is self-explanatory.

I will also do it alone, and my ability to do it alone is also very strong. After watching these four games, Alenichev has nothing to say. The gap between himself and Li Qiao is already obvious.

Mourinho has the answer in his heart, and the whole team has the answer. In the second half of the season, as long as he is healthy, Li Qiao is the first choice for the side.

*****
When eating at night, Sosa had already heard about the recent events, and smiled, "Joe, I heard that you killed the Russians."

"Haha, it's PK within the team, no one kills anyone."

"Great." Sosa gave a thumbs up.

Lei Wen admired Li Qiao very much. Of course he also wanted to be promoted to the first team, but it was too difficult. Li Qiao saw all this, but he would not say any words of encouragement, because it would be counterproductive.

"Joe, the weekend league starts, will you start?"

"It should be."

"What about the Champions League?"

Li Qiao scratched his head, "Should have signed up, you can sign up again in the second half of the season."

"Haha, I can watch Joe play in the Champions League." Sousa was delighted.

Champions League?

Manchester United?

Li Qiao is also looking forward to his debut in the UEFA Champions League. Watching the UEFA Champions League in his previous life was really exciting, especially the theme song of the UEFA Champions League.

"the `Champion."

"the `Champion."

"the `Champion."

Li Qiao patted Lei Wen, "Do you want to PK a live broadcast?"

"Okay, who is afraid of whom?"

(End of this chapter)