Chapter 58 Mr. Hu Lun, I want to go on stage!
At 1:3 on January 22rd, Portugal time, the 15th round of the Portuguese Super League, the match between Gil Vicente and Porto kicked off at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos Stadium. Jiang Yuan was sitting on the bench wearing the No. 15 jersey.

No. 27 was the number Jiang Yuan chose himself, but to be precise he didn't have many choices. No. 7 was held by Quaresma and No. 14 was held by Spanish defender Kurt. Jiang Yuan retreated to No. 27.

There is no change in the lineup arranged by coach Lopetegui, the most basic 433 formation.

The forward line is composed of Martinez (C), Brahimi and Tello.

The midfielders are Herrera, Casemiro and Torres.

The four defenders are Danilo, Sandro, Maicon and Indi.

Goalkeeper Fabiano.

If Jiang Yuan's memory is correct, Gil Vicente should be the second-to-last team in the Portuguese Super League this season, and will definitely be much inferior to the runner-up Porto.

And the fact was just as Jiang Yuan expected. Casemiro scored the first goal in the 36th minute of the game. The most amazing thing was that in the 38th minute, Gil Vicente defender Yandel received two yellow cards and one red card and was directly sent off.

This made Gilles Vicente's already difficult situation even worse, and he was in great pain.

Jiang Yuan, who was sitting on the bench, glanced at Lopetegui who was standing on the sidelines. Lopetegui was now busy giving tactical commands on the field and did not notice the gaze from Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan pursed his lips and continued to look at the situation on the field.

At this time, a mysterious live broadcast website in China was crowded with about seven or eight thousand people, all of whom were Happy Beans players and of course some loyal Porto fans. Because there is currently no regular broadcasting channel for the Portuguese Super League in China, they can only watch it on these Happy Beans live broadcasts.

[Fuck, why is there an Asian face on the bench for Porto? He looks like a Chinese! ]

[It does look like a Chinese player, but I don't think it's likely. I think it should be a Korean player. There are no Chinese players playing in the Portuguese Super League.]

[Han, you bastard, isn’t this Jiang Yuan? He’s the high school student that was picked up by Porto U17 before.]

[Oh, it's true. I remember he played for the U17 team. Why did he appear on the bench of Porto's first team? Playing in the Portuguese Super League at the age of 16, is it true? Is Chinese football really going to rise? ]

[What the hell, this is probably a marketing trick of Porto. Jiang Yuan is just a tool for them to sell jerseys. Who can see the roster for the game? Is Jiang Yuan on it? ]

[Let me see. Damn, Jiang Yuan is really on the roster? Look at that Jiang, number 27!]

[I didn’t watch Jiang Yuan play in the provincial league before. His level is still far from that of the Portuguese league. I am more concerned about whether I can make money! ]

[No matter what, as long as there are Chinese players, I will support them. No matter if Jiang Yuan can play or not, I will definitely buy this jersey. So what if it’s commercial marketing? At least we have someone who can sit on the bench in the Portuguese Super League! ]

……

Many viewers in the live broadcast room recognized Jiang Yuan. After all, Jiang Yuan had been spotted by scouts from Porto and had become very popular in the national football circle. However, the problem was that even if Jiang Yuan could sit on the bench, it would definitely be a problem for him to play.

Not to mention the Chinese, there is no player under the age of 17 in the entire Porto team!

Soon, the game entered the second half. In the 51st minute, Lopetegui replaced Tello and Portuguese star Quaresma came on as a substitute.

A star is a star. As soon as Quaresma came on the field, the audience became lively, with voices of "Ricardo" everywhere.

Gil Vicente's home stadium is not big, and can only accommodate about 1 people at most, but this does not prevent the home fans and visiting fans who like Quaresma from cheering for this long-famous star.

Jiang Yuan was sitting on the bench, and at this moment a sentence flashed through his mind.

I was 16 that year and sat like a lol.

It would be a lie to say that Jiang Yuan didn't want to play. Although this was Jiang Yuan's first time to play with Porto's first team, the objective factors of this game were perfect for Jiang Yuan.

The home team had a player sent off and was leading by one goal in the first half. In this case, it would be a good idea to use the first half to train new players. However, until Torres scored Porto's fourth goal, the game time had reached the 79th minute and the score was 4:1.

The starting players celebrated happily near the corner flagpole, but Jiang Yuan on the bench was not happy.

He knew very well that if he couldn't play in today's situation, he wouldn't be able to play for the rest of the season.

Helpless, Jiang Yuan stood up with courage and shouted to Lopetegui: "Mr. Hulun!"

"what?"

Lopetegui had just come out of the joy of Torres' goal when he heard the voice of the Chinese boy, which made him confused and asked: "Jiang, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Hullen, I want to play!"

"..."

The moment Jiang Yuan said this, the entire bench fell into deathly silence.

A newcomer who has just arrived for less than 5 days has taken the initiative to ask the head coach for a chance to play. What the hell does this mean?
Jiang Yuan and Lopetegui's eyes met in the air, as if they were about to fight.

"Jiang, you are very brave"

Lopetegui did not agree or reject Jiang Yuan's request to play, but chose to praise Jiang Yuan's courage.

Jiang Yuan responded: "If I'm not brave enough today, I might not be able to play a single game for the rest of the season!"

Jiang Yuan's courage even scared Herrera, who had just been substituted. He reached out to pull Jiang Yuan's hand, wanting to calm the newcomer down, but Jiang Yuan just wouldn't calm down.

Lopetegui looked into Jiang Yuan's eyes and let out a long breath: "I think Paul and Losos should have told you that if you come to the first team, you must be prepared not to play..."

Jiang Yuan nodded: "That's right, but Mr. Hu Lun, I think being prepared for not being able to play and accepting not being able to play are two completely different things!"

Jiang Yuan's resolute tone surprised Lopetegui, so he said, "So what you mean is that you don't accept sitting on the chair all the time?"

"That's right!"

"hiss……"

Not only Herrera, but also other Porto players were surprised by Jiang Yuan's attitude.

Many young players like Jiang Yuan who have been on the bench for years have great respect for this newcomer who is even younger than them. They openly confronted the head coach. Did they learn this from Quaresma?

Lopetegui was silent for a while, took a look at the situation on the field, then looked at Jiang Yuan, and finally said: "Boy, go warm up."

"Thank you, Mr. Hullen!"

Jiang Yuan took off his coat, tightened his socks, ran to the sideline, and started doing some stretching exercises.

At this time, Lopetegui came over and added: "Jiang, your courage is admirable, but I want to see if your strength is also worthy of my admiration."

"..."

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(End of this chapter)