Chapter 138 Yakult-flavored farewell cake, the final battle

At 8 a.m. Portugal time, Jiang Yuan, who had just finished his extra training, walked towards the team cafeteria as usual.

"Ricardo? Carlos, you are all here today!"

Seeing Casemiro and Quaresma sitting in the middle, Jiang Yuan smiled and greeted them. These two people didn't often come to the cafeteria to eat breakfast, and this was the first time Jiang Yuan saw Casemiro and Quaresma in the cafeteria at the same time in the morning.

However, neither of them responded to Jiang Yuan's greeting, only Casemiro pointed his index finger to his right.

?

Full of doubts, Jiang Yuan looked in the direction of Casemiro's finger, and found that there were a group of people sitting by the cafeteria window. Because there was a water bar in the middle, Jiang Yuan did not notice them when he first came in.

This group includes Neves, Martinez, Torres... and Fabiano.

and many more!

Jiang Yuan suddenly realized something was wrong. Is the entire first-line team here?
No, I think these people don’t like the breakfast at the base!

Just when Jiang Yuan was puzzled, Neves greeted Jiang Yuan: "Jiang, you are finally here, we have been waiting for you for half an hour!"

After that, the players walked around the bar one by one, moved chairs near Jiang Yuan and sat down, forming a circle to surround Jiang Yuan.

"What's going on? What are you guys going to do?"

Jiang Yuan laughed. He thought these people were going to criticize him for doing extra exercises in the morning.

Everyone looked at each other, and Captain Martinez spoke first: "Jiang, why didn't you tell us you wanted to transfer!"

After Martinez finished speaking, Fabiano immediately followed up with a sentence: "That is, as your teammates, shouldn't we have the right to know if you want to transfer?"

Jiang Yuan was speechless and looked up at Casemiro. The latter was pouting and looking at him with sympathetic eyes. That expression seemed to say: Buddy, I can't help you, you're on your own!

"hiss--"

Jiang Yuan took a breath and exhaled slowly. Jiang Yuan knew that Lopetegui would definitely not tell the players that he was leaving the team at this critical juncture of the championship, so there was only one possibility, that Lopetegui's recruitment action was noticed by the players.

Sure enough, Neves, who was sitting on Jiang Yuan’s left, took out his mobile phone and showed Jiang Yuan the news.

"Record" - Porto asked Guimarães for an offer for Andre. Is there a possibility that someone will leave Porto's left side?
After reading it, Jiang Yuan smacked his lips and said, "Someone leaving the team doesn't mean I will leave."

Martinez rolled his eyes at Jiang Yuan and said, "There are only a few people on our left side. If no one wants to leave after asking, then it must be you."

After saying that, Martinez glanced at Neves, who looked a little timid. Jiang Yuan didn't have to guess, Neves was probably "forced to confess"!

Helpless, Jiang Yuan had to spread his hands. This kind of thing could not be hidden.

In order not to affect the atmosphere within the team, many players choose to keep the transfer a secret and only tell a few close friends before transferring.

This also leads to the situation that sometimes players are unaware of their teammates' transfers, and the reporters end up guessing it first. This is the situation Jiang Yuan is facing now.

Jiang Yuan was feeling embarrassed as if his secret had been exposed. Captain Martinez suddenly said, "Jiang, we have something to give you before you leave Porto."

"what?"

Jiang Yuan was stunned. Could it be that Martinez wanted to give him his jersey?

Lopetegui and Hermil came in from outside the cafeteria, each carrying a big cake. The cake had three layers and was about 60 centimeters high including the decorations, which was very eye-catching.

In addition, there was a card on the top of the cake. It was not until Lopetegui approached Jiang Yuan that he could see the contents of the card clearly: GOOD LUCK TO CARLOS AND JIANG (Carlos, Jiang, wish you good luck!)
"Worthy..."

Jiang Yuan was speechless for a moment. He and Casemiro were the only two players who had confirmed to leave the team after the end of the season. He didn't expect that he could still enjoy such treatment.

"Carlos, did you know about this?"

Jiang Yuan turned around and glanced at Casemiro, and found that the latter was staring at the cake in Lopetegui's hand. The reason was that the English letters "Yakult" were written in chocolate on the bottom layer of cake.

Wow, this tastes like Yakult!
"Jiang, this is a surprise for us. Let's enjoy this big cake together!"

Casemiro stood up and pretended to go to the front desk to get the tray.

Jiang Yuan touched his head, licked his lips, and scanned his teammates one by one. He then said hesitantly, "Thank you Mr. Hu Lun, thank you Jackson, thank you Ricardo, and thank you everyone, thank you for the surprise you prepared for me and Carlos. I understand your intentions, but the problem is... we still have to train later, is it appropriate to eat cake?"

Quaresma put his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulders and said, "Jiang, what does it matter? It's just a piece of cake. Why don't you like it? I went to the cake shop and made a Yakult flavor for you. I used almost 30 bottles of Yakult to make this cake. I'm sure you will like it!"

"Etc., etc!"

Jiang Yuan quickly stopped them: "I understand that Carlos likes to drink Yakult, but why do you think I like to drink Yakult too?"

"what?"

Martinez and Quaresma looked at each other and said in unison: "I see you often drink Yakult with Casemiro..."

At this moment, Casemiro was so excited that he patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder and comforted him: "Jiang, everyone already knows that you like Yakult, just admit it!"

Casemiro helped Lopetegui place the cake carefully on the table. One table was not enough, so Hermione pulled three tables from the side and put them together.

"Come on! Let's eat!"

Neves picked up the knife and was about to attack, but Lopetegui kicked him in the butt: "Ruben, I didn't talk to you about that pass you made in the last game, and you are still proud of it, right?"

"Ha ha!"

Neves pouted: "Sir, it was an assist after all, how can you say that to me..."

Quaresma interrupted, "Reuben is right. After all, he gave Jiang an assist. Sometimes, luck is also part of strength. Am I right?"

Lopetegui shrugged and handed a fork to Jiang Yuan and Casemiro respectively: "Jiang, Carlos, you two come and cut the cake together"

"and many more!"

At this moment, Jiang Yuan, who had picked up the knife, suddenly stopped: "Let's play a game, the loser..."

"Shut up!"

Casemiro covered Jiang Yuan's mouth with his hand, fearing that he would say "In a game, the loser doesn't get any cake."

You know, after playing this game with Jiang Yuan, Casemiro and Neves were hungry the whole night!
"What? What happened?"

Lopetegui and Hermil were both confused, and so were Lopez and his companions. They had never participated in Jiang Yuan's "Dinner Life and Death Battle" game, so naturally they had no idea how terrible the so-called game was.

Quaresma explained: "Hulun, you don't need to know what this is, you just need to know that it is terrifying, that's right!"

"Jiang, Carlos, hurry up and cut it. I can't wait to taste what Yakult cake tastes like!"

At Quaresma's urging, Jiang Yuan took the lead and cut off a large piece of cake from the bottom layer, along with a small piece of chocolate. Cream and chocolate taste good together.

"Jiang, try it quickly!" Casemiro was a little anxious, but he still decided to leave the first bite of Yakult cake to Jiang Yuan.

"Ok, I'll try."

Jiang Yuan took a big bite and the cake rolled around in his mouth a few times. At this time, everyone's eyes were on Jiang Yuan, as if Jiang Yuan was taking a penalty kick.

"How about it?"

Quaresma asked, it was his idea to use Yakult to make the cake, so the credit naturally goes to him.

Suddenly, Jiang Yuan's expression froze.

next second.

"yue!"

"Fuck, this thing is not for human consumption!"

……

北京时间5月23日3：30分，葡超第34轮波尔图主场对战佩纳菲耶尔的比赛正式开始。

"Brothers and friends, I am your Akun. Today I will bring you the last Portuguese Super League match of this season for Porto. Porto is currently ranked first in the league. Benfica, which is 1 point behind, will face Madeira Nacional tomorrow."

"But! As long as Porto wins today's game, they don't have to look at Benfica's result and can directly win the Portuguese Super League championship this season!"

"Flying Eagles or Blue Dragons, who will lift the Portuguese Super League trophy this season? Well, without further ado, we can see that the players of both teams are already ready in the player tunnel"

“Although the visiting team Penafiel is ranked last in the Portuguese Super League this season, this is Porto’s dragon battlefield, and this game is likely to directly determine the champion of this season’s Portuguese Super League, so the more than 5 seats in the stadium are almost full!”

The game time of 3:30 in the morning is indeed a bit unlucky, but the good thing is that it is 3:30 on Saturday, so there will still be many Chinese fans who will stay up late to watch this game.

Normally, the only things that can keep fans staying up late are the five major leagues, the Europa League and the Champions League, plus the World Cup, but today the Portuguese Super League also received this "honor."

In this game, Jiang Yuan came into the game with several records (the first Chinese player to play for the Portuguese Super League champion team), and was ready to break several records (the first Chinese player to win the Portuguese Super League championship).

Of course, even if Porto lost the game in the end and Benfica won the championship, Jiang Yuan would still be able to break the record - the first Chinese player to win the runner-up in the Portuguese Super League.

Anyway, no matter what, whether they win or not, or score or not, Jiang Yuan is sure to break this record.

[Wowww, I saw Jiang Yuan standing behind Quaresma. Eh? I feel like Jiang Yuan has grown taller. Is this my illusion, or does he look taller when he stands next to Quaresma?]

[The one above, you will be a substitute in the next game]

【Come on Jiang Yuan, let’s fight for our first Portuguese Super League title! 】

[The opponent is ranked last. If Porto loses, it will be a real match-fixing! ]

[Can't lose, can't lose. The first team in the Portuguese Super League will only win against the last team in the Portuguese Super League, but I think it's better not to bet on it. Porto can win as long as they keep steady. Of course, a draw is not acceptable.]

[Porto's odds of winning are 1.02, I won't buy it]

[I hope Xiao Jiang can give some strength. I don't have any requirements for the individual players in this game, as long as we can win in the end. Of course, it would be best if Jiang Yuan could score a goal.]

[By the way, have you read the latest news? I heard that Porto is looking for a new winger? Jiang Yuan seems to be leaving the team? ]

[The above, you didn't read this news from the forum, right? The stuff there is unreliable, just laugh it off. With Jiang Yuan's performance, unless someone is willing to pay his penalty, Porto will definitely not let him go. But if you want to pay the penalty, you have to think clearly. So far, no team in the top five leagues has ever spent more than 1000 million euros on the transfer of Chinese players.]

[Just because there was no such thing before doesn’t mean there is no such thing now. Jiang Yuan’s performance in the Portuguese Super League is phenomenal. I think there should be a team that will pay 1150 million euros.]

[Hey, I don’t ask for anything else, I just hope that Jiang Yuan’s next club is a team in the top five leagues, even if it’s a relegation team, I really want to see Jiang Yuan play in the top five leagues! ]

……

Players from both teams walked out of the player tunnel one after another. At this time, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room had reached 7500, which is a very scary number.

"cough cough"

A Kun cleared his throat and started the main topic of today.

"Alright, audience friends, let's now introduce the starting players of both teams..."

"First up is the home team Porto!"

Porto (4-3-3)

Defenders: Indi, Diego Reyes, Danilo, Cote

Midfielders: Ruben Neves, Casemiro, Juan Quintero

Forwards: Martinez (C), Quaresma, Jiang Yuan

Goalkeeper: Fabiano

……

Penafiel (4-4-2)

Defenders: Dani Coelho, Vitor Bruno, Pedro Ribeiro, Ustaritz
Midfielders: Andre Fontes, Hend, Bruno Braga (C), Joao Martins

Forwards: Aldair, Rabiola

Goalkeeper: Julio Coelho

……

Martinez and Jiang Yuan stood in the center circle ready to kick off. Before kicking off, Martinez patted Jiang Yuan on the shoulder and said, "Jiang, are you ready?"

“I’m ready, I always am.”

"Beep!"

……

"Captain Braga rushed forward with the ball, and Peñafiel wanted to penetrate Porto's defense from the middle. Isn't this a bit too risky?"

"Full-back Ustaris receives the ball. This Spanish veteran has a good cross ability. Let's see what choice he will make..."

"The cross was passed, Penafiel suddenly attacked from the wing, and Aldair was ready to score"

"Oh shit, that was close! The home team's central defender Reyes successfully headed the ball out. After the team's main central defender Alex Sandro missed the game due to adductor muscle discomfort, Reyes, who came on as a substitute, took up the responsibility of Porto's defense. So far, Reyes has competed for the header twice, with a success rate of 100%!"

……

(End of this chapter)