Chapter 66 Porto Model Worker

"Is your brain dead, Jiang?"

Lopetegui was furious: "I originally asked you to play for the U19 team because I was worried that you would get injured from playing too many games, but you said you wanted to play both games?"

Jiang Yuan was pushed into a corner by Lopetegui step by step, and said timidly: "Mr. Hu Lun, do you think I have been injured?"

Jiang Yuan's words stunned Lopetegui. Yes, although Jiang Yuan's training intensity has always been the highest in the Porto team, and he would run very hard when he came on as a substitute, Jiang Yuan has indeed not been injured so far!
No, it’s not like he wasn’t injured at all!

So Lopetegui said: "You have a brain injury, so you are talking nonsense"

"..."

Jiang Yuan touched his head and said, "How about this, Mr. Hu Lun? I will remain in the first team as before. You give me 10 minutes of playing time in each game. Then I will go to Romania with the U19 team to play in the UEFA Youth League. It's a chartered flight anyway, so adding me won't cost you any more airfare!"

"This is not about the airfare. I have seen a team play two games, but this is the first time I have seen one person play for two teams at the same time. Jiang, are you a master of time management?"

Lopetegui held his forehead with his right hand. A player can only play for a club or a national team at most, but there is a sequence of arrangements and it will never happen at the same time like Jiang Yuan.

"Mr. Hu Lun, people are quite different from each other. I am the type that can be trained better. How about giving it a try? If my performance in the game declines, you can just kick me out of the first team. Is that okay?"

"This……"

Lopetegui did not expect Jiang Yuan to directly issue a military order. If that were the case, it would indeed be possible.

A player's physical condition can be seen from his performance in a game. If Jiang Yuan's performance declines, it is not impossible to pull him back from U19.

At the same time, the two words Jiang Yuan had said before slowly emerged in Lopetegui's mind.

Involution!

"Hey...what about training? How do you train when you play for two teams at the same time?"

Jiang Yuan heard the compromise in Lopetegui's words and immediately became excited: "That's easy, just train with the first team. Believe me, I can definitely beat them when I play for the U19 team now!"

Jiang Yuan reached out and pulled up his trousers, showing Lopetegui his calf muscles that seemed strong yet weak.

"Jiang, you are a talented person, so let's do this for now. When the European Youth Championship comes, Hemiel will make arrangements for you. You should focus on the first-team games."

"Hermire? Why Hermire again?"

Jiang Yuan was confused. As far as he knew, there were two Hemils in Porto, one was the U17 coach and the other was the assistant coach of the first team. When Lopetegui said this, Jiang Yuan had no idea who he was talking about.

"The head coach of the U19 team, they are triplets. I forgot to tell you, Porto has three Hermiones!"

"Fuck... OK, you win!"

……

In the next half month, Porto played three more games, two Portuguese League Cups and two Portuguese Super League games, with a record of two wins, one draw and one loss.

Jiang Yuan played in all four games, but did not score any goals or assists.

Of course, Lopetegui was not worried about this. Jiang Yuan's performance did not get worse, but his problems were gradually magnified in the subsequent games.

The problem is that if Jiang Yuan is guarded by two or more defensive players, he will almost be useless on the court.

In general, Jiang Yuan still lacks game experience. He does not have the awareness to break away from the defense in advance and it is difficult for him to get the ball in the frontcourt.

Of course, at Jiang Yuan's strong request, Jiang Yuan participated in the Portuguese Youth A1 South League match between Porto U24 and Victoria U19 on January 19 without any team training. When U1 head coach Hermione asked Lopetegui about the use of Jiang Yuan, Lopetegui's answer was simple: Let him play however he wants, just don't get hurt.

结果就是，第52分钟替补上场的江远一射一传帮助波尔图U19以4：3的比分战胜维多利亚U19。

When Jiang Yuan appeared in Porto U19's league roster, both Chinese fans and Porto fans were stunned.

Isn't this guy from the first team? Why is he here for the U19 team?

There are no post-match interviews in Portugal's U19 league itself, but a Porto fan pretended to be a reporter and jumped into the field to interview Hermione.

"Coach Hemiel, does Jiang's appearance in the U19 league mean that he has been abandoned by Lopetegui?"

Head coach Hemiel also gave an explanation for this situation in the post-match interview.

"Jiang's performance in the first team is well known to everyone. Mr. Hu Lun has no intention of abandoning him. The reason why he came to play in the U19 game was Jiang's own request."

"It was his own request, Coach Hemiel. Do you mean that Jiang Yuan took the initiative to request to be transferred to U19?"

"It's not a demotion. As you can see, Jiang will participate in both the Portuguese Super League and the Portuguese U19 Youth League. Of course, if conditions permit, Jiang will also participate in the European Youth League later."

"Isn't it ridiculous to play in the Portuguese Super League and the U19 competition at the same time? No one has ever done this in the history of football?"

"For special talented players, we should use special training methods. Obviously, Jiang Yuan is a genius. There are two words for him in his country - 'involution'. You can appreciate it when you go back."

From that day on, the two Chinese words "involution" were deeply imprinted in the hearts of Porto fans, especially Victoria fans.

Because of this mysterious power from the East, Porto U19 was able to consolidate its dominance in the Portuguese Youth League.

Instead of feeling tired from participating in so many games at the same time, Jiang Yuan became more and more courageous.

The system definitely played an indispensable role in this. Whenever there was high-intensity training, Jiang Yuan would be rewarded by the system for cell regeneration.

If you are lucky, it is not impossible to add some strength and endurance.

And because of this, Jiang Yuan's first-team training performance is getting better and better.

After a period of slump in four first-team games, Jiang Yuan played his seventh game for Porto.

葡萄牙时间1月25日晚上8点，北京时间1月26日凌晨2点，葡超第18轮，波尔图VS马德拉航海（C.S. Marítimo）的比赛在巴雷罗斯球场打响。

The male anchor A Kun had already started broadcasting and had been waiting in the live broadcast room for more than an hour for the game to begin.

Happy beans are secondary. The most important thing is to watch compatriots play football with the fans.

"Brothers, I am your A Kun. There are already more than 3000 people in the live broadcast room. Just after 8 minutes of the game, Madeira Navigation defender Ferreira received a yellow card for a tactical foul."

"We can see that Jiang Yuan is now sitting on the bench chatting with Ruben Neves next to him. Both of them are good at free kicks."

"As we all know, Jiang Yuan did not score any goals or assists in the first two Portuguese Super League games, including the cup. I believe everyone would like to see Jiang Yuan make some contributions to the team in this game."

"Also, you can discuss Jiang Yuan's participation in the U19 competition in the live broadcast room, but if you curse, I will ask the administrator to ban you."

"Enough of the nonsense, let's start explaining the game!"

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(End of this chapter)