I am Quaresma

Back in the Portuguese national team, Quaresma is like a fish in water. Although Portugal has many newcomers, Quaresma quickly became one with them.

Portugal's golden generation has completely faded out of the national team. Whether the newcomers will be able to step up to the top is probably an unknown that no one knows.

The former Zhengyin striker Pauletta is 34 years old, and he will be 35 years old in the European Cup next year. Obviously, Scolari can't expect a 35-year-old center to attack the team for the team.

Instead, Postiga, who is gradually being reused, and high center forward Gomez.

However, this is not where Portugal's starting lineup has changed the most.

In terms of midfield, the former absolute main players Costinha, Thiago and Maniche have all retired from the national team, and even Figo, the leader of Portugal, has bid farewell to the national team.

It can be said that the Portuguese national team has truly completed a major change of blood from the old to the new.

Many people are actually not optimistic about the performance of the Portuguese national team in the European Cup next year. After all, from the perspective of the strong teams, the lineup change of the Portuguese national team is the most exaggerated. Without the veterans of the golden generation, what can the newcomers achieve? No one can tell what kind of performance it is.

Even if there are two football superstars, Quaresma and Ronaldo, who can guarantee that they will be able to replicate the miracle of the 2006 World Cup!

But Quaresma didn't think so.

Although the golden generation has outstanding strength, football is really a competitive sport for young people.

The 35-year-old veteran must have a lot of experience, but the absolute dominance of the mind is not supported by the body, how can it be possible to perform well on the court?

In fact, last year, Quaresma could already feel that the veterans were obviously unable to do what they wanted, especially Costinha and Maniche, who often had no way to control the midfield well.

Replaced by the young Meireles and Moutinho, maybe their ability to read the game is not up to the standard of top stars, but what is important is that they have good physical fitness and can put on a very aggressive posture on the court. In this way, it is more in line with the overall tactics of the Portuguese team.

With veterans like Figo, Costinha and Maniche present, Portugal's offensive speed can't be raised at all except for counterattacks, and the abilities of Quaresma and Ronaldo can't be fully utilized.

And once there are young people running desperately in the midfield,

No one can predict what kind of destructive power Quaresma and Ronaldo can cause when they exert their maximum energy.

"Maybe we can consider increasing the frequency of changing positions in the game. Anyway, there is not much difference between the left and the right for you." On the training ground, Ronaldo put his arm around Quaresma's shoulder and said with a smile.

Quaresma couldn't help raising his eyebrows, does Ronaldo want to be a head coach?

Now according to Scolari's arrangement, after Figo retired, Quaresma was fixed on the right, and Ronaldo was fixed on the left.

Although Quaresma played more on the left side of the club, after all, he has a terrifying outside instep strike, and he can also exert the power of cutting inside on the right side.

And Ronaldo is a right-footed player. He cuts in from the left and shoots with his right foot. He can also exert his greatest power. Flying with Quaresma on both wings, he is definitely the most deadly weapon for Portugal in the world.

However, Ronaldo's proposal is also very appetizing to Quaresma. As long as both of them have the basis to play on both sides, frequent switching can confuse the opponent without reducing the combat effectiveness, and disrupt the opponent's defense. Goal scored.

But this is a test of the tacit understanding between the players and the ability to read the game on the field. If the execution is not good, it will become a joke.

"You can try it, but if you run around, you might as well not run." Quaresma thought for a while, and said to Ronaldo.

But he didn't want Ronaldo to give Quaresma a disdainful look, "Don't you think you are the one who is more likely to run around in the transposition?"

Quaresma's expression froze instantly, and he swore that he really wanted to fight Ronaldo desperately.

This guy actually mocked his own tactical skills!

It's really unreasonable!

Well, Ronaldo is not exaggerating. Quaresma's tactical quality is indeed not as good as Ronaldo's. This is probably the only thing Ronaldo can show off in front of Quaresma.

Therefore, during the training, the two focused on changing positions on the sideways, and even abandoned the traditional sideways positions, blurring the division of labor between the left and right lanes, and the two spent almost half of their time on the left and right lanes.

This can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest. In the tactical drill, the players on the substitute side were about to cry.

Do you want to bully people like this?

Quaresma abused C Ronaldo, and C Ronaldo abused Quaresma. The two completely different breakthrough methods frequently switched, and neither of them could adapt.

After a tactical exercise, Quaresma and Ronaldo completely blasted the defense of the substitute side to pieces.

Scolari was also a little dumbfounded standing on the training ground. Although his tactics included the arrangement of sideways changes, it was not the main offensive method, and it was enough to use it occasionally to confuse the opponent.

But he didn't expect that Quaresma and Ronaldo actually tampered with his arrangement, and what he didn't expect was that the effect was so good!

Scolari immediately came up with inspiration, and also had ideas for the construction of the Portuguese team.

Indeed, he originally considered it simply. If only Quaresma and Ronaldo were to fly together, it would be standard, but it seemed to have lost its spirituality.

But now the performance of the two made Scolari see more possibilities.

However, the tactical drill may not be clear enough, Scolari has decided to use these two games to verify.

If you really find a way to use Quaresma and Ronaldo correctly, then Scolari is sure that Portugal will be invincible.

So in the first game against Azerbaijan, Scolari did not hesitate to use the main lineup in his heart, and at the same time gave Quaresma and Ronaldo a higher degree of tactical freedom, further blurring the concept of fixed sides, It can even be said that Portugal has two free agents in the frontcourt.

In order to cooperate with this change, Scolari also deliberately put Gomez, a high center forward, in the center position, hoping that the two can get more support.

And Quaresma and Ronaldo really lived up to Scolari's trust. The magical exchange of the two directly broke Azerbaijan's defense.

Quaresma scored four goals alone, Ronaldo also scored a hat-trick, and with the goals of Deco and Pepe, Azerbaijan was almost scored in double digits.

Even if the teammates are not strong, it is enough to prove the feasibility of this tactical idea. After all, the tactics have not been fully mastered, and there are still more possibilities.

However, some problems were also exposed in the game, not only Scolari was a little distressed, but even Quaresma was a little helpless.

He and Ronaldo have enough tacit understanding. They don't need too much communication in their running positions. They may have completed the communication with one eye.

But center Gomez is a bit stuck on the court.

Gomez is not the same as Pauleta. He is a typical traditional center forward. Although the Portuguese does not lack skills at his feet, he is already used to standing up and outputting. If the two wings frequently feed him shells, there may be He played well, but now that he is paired with the two spiritual geniuses Quaresma and Ronaldo, he can't keep up with the rhythm.

Not only is there no achievement on the field, but because of the rigid running position, it may even be a hindrance.

It was because of a mistake in his running that he actually overlapped with Quaresma, directly changed from an offensive player to a defensive player, and successfully defended Quaresma. If there was no accident this time, not only Quaresma would be able to finish With five sons in charge, Portugal's goals can also become double digits.

At that time, Quaresma was speechless looking at Gomez. The opponent tried his best to prevent him, but he didn't count that there were undercover agents in his team.

Gomez was also very embarrassed, with an apologetic expression, which made Quaresma unable to express his temper.

However, it was this attack that made Scolari realize that the one who is really suitable for Quaresma and Ronaldo is not necessarily a high center forward, but someone who can understand the two and have a good understanding with them. And willing to sacrifice forward.

In this context, the starter on the striker line in the second game became Postiga.

In private, Quaresma has already communicated with Postiga. If he wants to survive between the two superstars Quaresma and Ronaldo, Postiga will undoubtedly have his own method.

"You can disagree with me, but when Cristiano and I attack the city, what we need is not a goal-oriented striker, but a more comprehensive and selfless wingman."

"The involvement of flexible running positions, pulling the defense, restraining the defense, reducing the ball and touching the ball, from a functional point of view, it can be more effective."

"And I think goals will only come if you forget the concept of goals. After all, you may be the biggest beneficiary when Cristiano and I are raging."

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Quaresma didn't play tricks with Postiga. With his friendship with Postiga, he didn't have to worry about anything. Even if Postiga didn't agree with Quaresma's views, he would never be angry.

Postiga laughed, inexplicably.

"You think I can't even see this?" Postiga couldn't help but give Quaresma a blank look. "When I was in Porto, I used to be your wingman every day. I'm so used to it!"

Looking at Postiga's contemptuous look with arrogance, he is simply proud of serving as Quaresma's wingman.

Quaresma was speechless for a while. If he had known earlier, he would just talk nonsense and just do it.

In the pre-match training, Postiga was indeed very flexible, and basically fulfilled Scolari's tactical requirements for him. Moreover, when supporting Quaresma, he still had the opportunity to get Quaresma to send him away. The pie that came to his mouth was completely different from Gomez's performance.

He is more flexible than Gomez and can do more. In just one game, he has almost locked the starting position of the main striker.

Of course, it is not ruled out that after Scolari was inspired this time, there will be newer standards for the next selection of players, and there may be new international players who are more suitable to be wingmen.

In the away game against Kazakhstan, Postiga continued to gain the trust of Scolari, and started with Quaresma and Ronaldo, officially establishing his wingman status.

In this game against the underdogs, Portugal once again showed an unstoppable state, ravaging their opponents to death in the away game.

Due to political reasons, Kazakhstan, which can only join UEFA, is definitely the weakest team in UEFA. I am afraid that its strength is stronger than that of Luxembourg, a country with few people in the country.

There was no need for Portugal to bully people so much, and they could stop after scoring a few goals to seal the victory.

But now that Scolari wants to practice tactics, there is no way. The players can only continue to try to attack at the request of Scolari, looking for potential problems in the attack.

At the same time, because the new players urgently need to establish their status and want to show a better self to defeat Scolari, so no one released the water until the end of the game.

Quaresma's hat-trick, Ronaldo scored, Postiga scored, Meireles scored, and even full-back Miguel scored, completely blowing Kazakhstan.

The most important thing is that with the help of Postiga, Quaresma and Ronaldo's free play really has an irresistible momentum. Even if Kazakhstan defends with all its strength, it is still hit in pieces.

In this way, Scolari has really found a style of play that fits the characteristics of this group of talented Portuguese players. The rest only needs to be sharpened in the game, and there is still a year to go. Scolari believes that next year's European In the cup, Portugal will surely win the championship.

But when the game was over, Scolari remembered that he was so focused on watching the game that he forgot to replace Quaresma.

He made an agreement with Schuster that Quaresma should not be killed in the two games, but he actually let Quaresma play for two 90 minutes.

But Scolari didn't care too much after thinking about it. Anyway, after the kick, he didn't believe that Schuster could do anything to him!

As everyone knows, Schuster, who was sitting in front of the TV watching the game at this time, was itching with hatred.

Made, you promised to give Quaresma enough time to rest, but you didn't follow the agreement?

Next time I see I can let people go!

Quaresma didn't think too much, and didn't know about the intrigue between Scolari and Schuster. After celebrating the victory with his teammates, he was ready to fly back to Madrid overnight.

The task of the national team came to an end for the time being, just in time for Poland to be killed by Belgium in another game. With these two big victories, Portugal returned to the top of the group standings and regained the initiative.

The task is perfectly completed, next, it's time to play La Liga and Champions League dungeons!

La Liga champion or Champions League champion, which one do you choose?

Only children make choices, and Quaresma said that he wants both!

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