Chapter 92 Give me the ball, I want to go home
After the 1:1 draw with Madeira Nacional, Porto's first team had a 10-day non-match period. Considering the high-intensity matches in the previous weeks, Lopetegui gave the players two days off. Of course, it didn't matter to Jiang Yuan whether he had a holiday or not.

If there is a game, he will play the game. If there is no game, he will train alone. Unfortunately, the system has not assigned any new tasks to Jiang Yuan in the past few days. The rewards Jiang Yuan received are nothing more than some "small" physical fitness bonuses or cell regeneration, which can only be said to be better than nothing!

"tata, titata"

"Ta, snap!"

Jiang Yuan was dribbling and shooting on the first-team field, repeating these most basic movements over and over again. This was because Jiang Yuan knew that even though he had the help of a system and was improving much faster than the average professional player, his foundation was still weaker than that of the first-team players. In order to reduce the possibility of mistakes in official matches, Jiang Yuan had to strengthen his basic training.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing glasses came over.

"Fuck!"

Jiang Yuan was so focused on training that he didn't notice there was someone next to him until the man with glasses was only half a meter away from him.

Seeing that the person coming was the team manager Mateo, Jiang Yuan put aside the training for the time being: "Hello, Mr. Mateo!"

"You recognize me?"

Mateo was a little surprised when Jiang Yuan called out his name. Although he was the team manager, he had few opportunities to meet the players. Even in the first team, there were many players who had only heard of the name "Mateo" but had never seen "Mateo" in person.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Of course, we met when we signed the contract, but that was four months ago. Do you remember?"

Hearing that Jiang Yuan knew him when he signed the player contract, Mateo blinked his eyes and said, "Jiang, you have a good memory!"

To be honest, Matteo had long forgotten the signing of the contract 4 months ago. At that time, Jiang Yuan was just an ordinary echelon player and was not qualified to attract Matteo's attention.

But now it’s different. Jiang Yuan is a supernova in the eyes of Porto fans.

"Remember the manager's name, that's what I'm supposed to do"

Jiang Yuan kept a smile on his face. Mateo was 1 meters tall, but he had a hunchback, so Jiang Yuan didn't look short when standing in front of him.

"Haha, you're very interesting. I'll remember you too!"

Suddenly, Mateo changed the subject and said, "Jiang, I came to you because we received an endorsement contract. Do you need to take a look?"

"Endorsement?"

Jiang Yuan frowned: "Mr. Mateo, what kind of endorsement is it?"

"A mineral water brand in your country is offering an endorsement fee of 8 euros. Would you accept it?"

Mateo asked, preparing to take out the endorsement documents in his briefcase, but Jiang Yuan directly refused: "Mr. Mateo, I have no intention of accepting endorsements for the time being. Can you help me decline them?"

"Oh?"

Mateo raised his eyebrows, obviously surprised by Jiang Yuan's answer, then reacted and smiled: "Why, do you think the money they gave is not enough? To be honest, Jiang, considering your age, this endorsement fee is still very good. At least Porto U17 players can't get decent endorsements at all."

Mateo is right. Excellent athletes often receive well-paid endorsement requests, but this only applies to some outstanding athletes. Young players like Jiang Yuan actually have no endorsement opportunities.

But Jiang Yuan is a little special. He already has nearly 17 fans when he is less than 10 years old. Only then did he receive an endorsement application from a domestic mineral water brand.

After listening carefully to what Mateo said, Jiang Yuan still shook his head: "Mr. Mateo, to be honest, this has nothing to do with the endorsement fee. I don't want to accept the endorsement so early."

"why?"

"Filming commercials takes time. I don't want to use my training time to shoot commercials, at least not now. During the rising period of my career, I will not accept any endorsement applications."

Mateo shrugged and said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? It's just a mineral water commercial. It can be shot in an afternoon. You don't even make 8 euros?"

"I think it would be more cost-effective to spend this afternoon on training, at least more cost-effective than 8 euros."

Jiang Yuan's words were shocking.

"Haha, Jiang, I heard that you are very arrogant. Now I see that you are indeed so. Do you think you can earn more than 8 euros in one afternoon? Am I right?"

Jiang Yuan nodded: "You can understand it this way. I spent an afternoon training to improve my skills. I can get a higher salary contract in the future. That's what I think. By the way, Mr. Mateo, I think I need to change my contract. What do you think?"

Mateo rolled his eyes at Jiang Yuan and said, "Jiang, what are you thinking about? The last contract hasn't even taken effect yet, and you want a new contract again?"

Mateo was just about to scold Jiang Yuan, because the official player contract that Jiang Yuan changed last month would not take effect for another seven or eight days, and it was indeed a bit too much to think about changing the contract now.

But when he thought about Jiang Yuan's performance in recent games, Matteo couldn't be angry.

Judging from the feedback we got from Lopetegui, Jiang Yuan, who was valued at 75 euros by Transfermarkt a month ago, is now worth at least 300 million euros!
"It doesn't work anyway, so it doesn't matter if I change it!"

Jiang Yuan curled his lips, but Mateo ran away after hearing what Jiang Yuan said.

"Jiang, since you are not interested in this endorsement, I will help you turn it down. I look forward to meeting you next time!"

"……Forehead"

Jiang Yuan touched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

……

That night, at Felix's strong request, Jiang Yuan took a taxi to a seaside town called Granja in Porto.

As for the purpose of coming here, of course it is to practice more!
"Joao, what's there to practice here?"

Looking at the small villas nearby, Jiang Yuan, holding a football, suddenly felt extremely bored.

"Jiang, isn't it boring to train alone? Let me take you out to play a game!"

Felix said happily.

"Playing a game?"

Jiang Yuan looked around and said, "Are you here to play a game with the Seagulls? They can fly, and we are no match for them."

"No no no!"

Felix quickly shook his head, took out his cell phone and called a bolt (similar to the DD in China).

2.9 km, 15 euros.

"Joao, if this is not the end point, why did we get off the bus just now?"

Jiang Yuan raised his doubts. They took a taxi from the Gaya Training Center to Granja and stopped before reaching the destination. As a result, Felix called another taxi, which made Jiang Yuan puzzled.

"Well, I wanted to take you to see the scenery here, but you didn't seem to like it..." Felix said with regret. Jiang Yuan didn't seem to be very interested in the sea view of the town.

Seeing Jiang Yuan was silent, Felix added: "Jiang, I feel like you're always busy. Maybe you should stop and calm down. The scenery in Granja is really nice, and there are seagulls. The seagulls here will even snatch your bread!"

"Too"

Jiang Yuan nodded. He was indeed under a lot of pressure, so it would be okay for him to calm down with Felix.

……

30 minutes…

"Joao, when you said let me be quiet you meant waiting for a taxi. I've been waiting for half an hour and still haven't gotten one? Maybe we should walk over there?"

Jiang Yuan sat on the ground. He was a little tired from standing. Fortunately, he was smart enough to bring a football with him, otherwise something would probably have happened.

Felix was a little embarrassed. He then remembered that in Jiang Yuan's country, it only took 5 minutes to call a taxi. But fortunately, the bolt that they had been longing for finally arrived.

"Sir, let's go to the court next to Carmo Church, thank you"

After Felix got in the car, he politely opened the door for Jiang Yuan. Who would have thought that the driver would recognize Jiang Yuan as soon as he got in the car: "You, you are not Jiang, the Asian, uh, Chinese?"

Jiang Yuan was a little surprised: "Sir, do you know me?"

The driver suddenly became excited and said happily: "Of course I recognize you, I am a die-hard fan of Porto, look at this!"

As he spoke, the driver grabbed the steering wheel with his left hand, reached to the passenger seat with his right hand, and took out a small blue card.

SEASON TICKET For Porto

After showing off his treasure, the driver asked Jiang Yuan to sign his season ticket.

Jiang Yuan certainly didn't refuse. He was sitting in a car driven by someone else, so how could he refuse? He just signed his name on the back of the season ticket.

"Ha ha!"

The driver happily took back Jiang Yuan's season ticket and pen. Because he was worried that the signature would be accidentally wiped off, he put the season ticket on top of the car's airbag and said, "Jiang, you are a great player. You have to keep working hard. Porto will be the champion this season!"

The uncle leaned his head to the back seat to talk while driving, fearing that he was not close enough to Jiang Yuan.

After he finished speaking, a Honda rushed over from the opposite direction. Fortunately, the uncle reacted quickly and made a deft right turn to successfully avoid a collision.

"Haha, Jiang, your left-foot shot in the last game was really amazing!"

Although he almost had a car accident, the uncle looked relaxed and not panicked at all.

Jiang Yuan and Felix, who were sitting in the back row, looked at each other.

Damn, this guy drives a hearse!
……

"Oh my God, Joao, it's a miracle that we are alive today!"

After getting off the car, Jiang Yuan said with some relief that since the driver was his fan, Jiang Yuan and Felix did not spend a penny on the 2.9km journey.

But it’s not a matter of money. Jiang Yuan feels uncomfortable every second he sits in that car.

"It's okay, we're here now!"

Felix pointed to a football field in front, which was a small seven-a-side field. Although it was small, there were quite a few people inside, and it was very lively. They all looked to be teenagers around fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Joao, you don't want me to play football with them?"

Jiang Yuan's eyes widened. Although he was no bigger than these teenagers and could not be beaten to pieces, the problem was that he was a real professional player in the Portuguese Super League. Wouldn't it be a bit too bullying to play like this?
"It's too boring to train alone, let's have some fun"

As he said that, Felix pulled Jiang Yuan's hand and kept shouting, "Add two, add two, you're a newbie, you're not very good at kicking!"

"Joao, are you sure you're not joking?"

"It's okay, just don't put the two of us in the same group!"

At Felix's strong request, Jiang Yuan finally joined this very amateur competition.

Facing a kid of about his age, Jiang Yuan took the ball and shot directly. His teammates also understood the situation and passed the ball to Jiang Yuan as soon as they got the ball.

The result was that 20 minutes later, the score between Jiang Yuan team and Felix team was 19:1.

After a five-minute break, the players were ready to continue, but a little boy who was only 5 meters tall suddenly ran into the court, pointed at the ball under Jiang Yuan's feet and said, "Give me the ball, I want to go home!"

"No, what are you doing?"

Jiang Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, I just got 19 of you drunk, why are you so sensitive?

The boy shook his head: "I'm going home to eat, you guys play by yourselves!"

After saying that, the little boy came over, took the ball from Jiang Yuan's feet, and then ran away, leaving everyone there in confusion.

"Jiang, it's all your fault. Why were you playing so seriously?"

Felix curled his lips. Jiang Yuan took the ball in the midfield and shot directly into the blind corner. Most of the players on the field were junior high school students. Who could withstand Jiang Yuan's performance?

Jiang Yuan touched the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed: "Sorry, my my..."

It was fine at the beginning, Jiang Yuan would pass the ball a few times, but later on he got into the game and played basketball as if it were Portuguese football. When he saw an opportunity he would shoot, directly knocking down three little kids on the field.

"So what do we do now?"

Jiang Yuan asked.

"I think we should run!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan frowned: "Why are you running?"

Felix rolled his eyes at Jiang Yuan and said, "The parents of these children will be here soon..."

"Damn it, Joao, let's run!"

……

(End of this chapter)