Chapter 94 Me, what about me?

In a rental house in China, anchor A Kun happily started the live broadcast. Today, his desire to broadcast live was stronger than ever before.

Because 46 minutes before the game, Porto officially announced the match list, and a line of eye-catching words in the starting lineup attracted the attention of countless Chinese people.

【27 Jiang Yuan】

"Cough cough!"

A Kun found the live broadcast source and waited until there were about 1000 people in the live broadcast room before he began the pre-match commentary.

"Brothers, I haven't seen you for a day. Today, we are broadcasting everyone's favorite Porto game. The 27th round of the Portuguese Super League, Porto will play against Estoril at home."

"I won't comment on the direction of this game. It's true that our live broadcast room is the Happy Beans room, but today I have a more important task than playing Happy Beans, which is to explain this game well."

"Because of the official news before the game, Jiang Yuan will have his first start in the Portuguese Super League today. Winning or losing doesn't matter anymore. Jiang Yuan, go!!!"

It is three o'clock in the morning China time now, but this time does not matter to some fans who are used to staying up late. In the eyes of loyal fans, there are only two choices in this situation.

Stay up until 2 a.m. to watch the game, or take a nap and set an alarm for around 50: to watch it.

Generally speaking, this kind of crazy behavior only occurs in the Champions League or the key games of the top five leagues, but today Porto also received the same treatment. The reason is that Porto’s No. 27 player made his first start after sitting on the bench for several months!
……

The game started, and Jiang Yuan finally experienced the feeling of standing in the player's tunnel waiting. The U19 UEFA Youth League also had this segment, but the Portuguese Super League was completely different. There were photographers in the player's tunnel who were responsible for taking pictures.

Not only that, Jiang Yuan, who was standing behind Casemiro, could also hear shouts coming from outside the passage, but unfortunately it was not his name.

Jiang Yuan touched the corner of his mouth, ready to attack.

This was his first start in the first team. Jiang Yuan knew that his performance in a game would directly determine his tactical position in Lopetegui's mind.

A few drops of sweat flowed from his forehead. The last time Jiang Yuan was so nervous was half a year ago. At that time, his head teacher Wang Hairong asked him to hand in his summer homework. Jiang Yuan was scared to death and was not much better than now.

Casemiro noticed Jiang Yuan's abnormality and comforted him: "Jiang, you don't have to be nervous"

“I’m not nervous”

"Ah, but your legs are shaking."

Casemiro pointed at Jiang Yuan's calves. Not just his calves, Jiang Yuan's entire body was shaking at a very small amplitude.

Jiang Yuan shook his head: "It was just a little earthquake, it will be fine after a while"

"Uh……"

……

"Beep——"

As the referee blew the whistle, the game began. Estoril, playing away, took the lead in attacking. The visiting Equatorial Guinea striker Balboa showed a terrifying impact right from the start, which made Jiang Yuan, who was assisting in defending him, very uncomfortable.

Although both of them are good at speed, when the number of people is the same, the offensive side with the ball has the advantage by default. It is true that Jiang Yuan's speed can catch up with Balboa, but his defensive skills are weak. The only way to stop Balboa is to knock him down.

In a flash, Jiang Yuan saw that something was wrong, accelerated suddenly, stepped forward to block Balboa's position, then raised his butt and slammed the brakes on Balboa.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle. Jiang Yuan's foul was obvious. It was just a matter of whether the referee would give a card or not.

"nonono"

Seeing the referee reaching into his shirt pocket, Jiang Yuan rushed over with big strides.

"I have the advantage of position, I'm standing in front of him!"

Jiang Yuan gestured and imitated the action of lifting his buttocks in front of the referee.

Seeing this, the referee stopped taking out the card and thought about it carefully. Jiang Yuan did run in front of Balboa just now. Although his butt may have moved a little, his position advantage was real.

Estoril midfielder Amado and defender Miguel also ran over and pushed Jiang Yuan away from the referee: "This is a yellow card, this is definitely a yellow card!"

Jiang Yuan spread his hands and said, "Sir, it's obvious that you don't think this action is a yellow card. They are questioning your judgment. Give them each a yellow card!"

"China boy, what are you talking about?"

……

"What's going on? Jiang Yuan had an argument with two players from Estoril, and Estoril's No. 4 wanted to fight!"

"Quaresma rushed over and pushed away the No. 4 who was fighting. Torres also came over and pulled Jiang Yuan back to avoid further escalation of the conflict."

"Alas, Jiang Yuan is still young and hot-tempered. It would be very dangerous to quarrel in this situation. It would be very uncomfortable if he got a yellow card."

"Ah, there really are yellow cards, holy crap, one for each of the three players, awesome, 9 minutes into the game, 1 yellow for the home team and yellows for the away team"

[Hahaha, this is so interesting, luckily I didn’t sleep! ]

[One yellow for two yellows, no matter how you say it, it’s not a loss]

[Not a loss, this is clearly a huge profit, okay? Jiang Yuan was going to take that yellow card anyway.]

[He should have been given a yellow card, this is definitely wrong. Jiang Yuan has the advantage in position, this is at most a foul, he doesn’t need to get a card]

[It's a yellow card action. His butt was pressed against Balboa's crotch. If this isn't a yellow card, what is it? ]

【Be careful with your words】

[Stop arguing, stop arguing, Porto made a profit anyway! 】

【Jiang Yuan: Didn’t expect that I’m actually in the atmosphere! 】

[You turned one yellow card into three, a financial forward? ]

[Go, go, go, the home team is 2.5, full of water! ]

……

The result was obvious. The three players involved in the dispute each received a yellow card, the ball was given to Estoril, and Portuguese midfielder Amado was responsible for the free kick.

"Snapped"

Casemiro jumped up and headed the ball out, and Quaresma in the frontcourt passed the ball back to Indi.

Indi then passed the ball to Sandro, completing the transfer of the ball from the right to the left. Seeing this, the full-back Marcano returned to receive the ball and completed the reception and dribbling past the opponent with one turn.

Pretty!

Jiang Yuan observed and suddenly accelerated to get rid of Luis. At the same time, Marcano passed the ball. The ball passed between Luis and Terra and landed at Jiang Yuan's feet.

"Block this kid's right foot and don't give him the chance to shoot directly!"

Estoril head coach Manuel shouted on the sidelines, reminding the team defender Ruben Fernandez to mark Jiang Yuan's shots. Jiang Yuan has also made some name for himself in the Portuguese Super League, and many tactical coaches are aware of the young Chinese player's long-range shooting ability.

Especially aiming long and shooting close. Manuel had emphasized this point when he saw Porto's starting lineup before the game. Be careful of Jiang Yuan's aiming long and shooting close!
After getting the ball, Jiang Yuan ran forward a few steps and wanted to try to shoot directly, but when he saw Quaresma suddenly cutting in from the right, he changed his mind and chose to cross with the outside of his foot.

"Swish!" The ball passed over Ruben Fernandez's head and came to the back of the goal. Quaresma appeared at that position and headed the ball into the goal.

The ball went in!
"ricardooooooo!"

The live commentator called out Quaresma's name, and the latter ran to the sidelines, half-crouched, and roared at the fans, and the entire Dragon Stadium was instantly ignited.

"porto porto porrrrrto!"

"wowwww!"

Jiang Yuan and Casemiro, who were outside the penalty area, ran to the sidelines and hugged Quaresma.

"Jiang, good to pass!"

Quaresma kissed Jiang Yuan's thick black hair. He didn't expect that the first outside of the foot of the game was kicked by this young Chinese player.

Quaresma was a little dazed for a moment. Are you Quaresma or am I Quaresma? Why is your outside of your foot more accurate than mine?

On the other side, Estoril defender Fernandez was being scolded by head coach Manuel.

"I asked you to defend his right-foot shot, why did you just stand there?"

"Boss, I didn't expect him to pass the ball with this kick."

Fernandez curled his lips and acted innocent. In fact, he was indeed staring at Jiang Yuan's right foot and stretched out his leg to block it.

But Jiang Yuan kicked the ball with the outside of his foot, and Fernandez was standing too far away to stop Jiang Yuan's pass.

"Asshole, what a bastard!"

Manuel was so angry that he threw the water bottle in his hand away and said angrily: "I didn't think it through. You have to pay attention next time. That No. 27 has the ability to pass the ball with the outside of his foot. Also, tell Anderson to keep a close eye on him. Didn't any of you see Quaresma rushing out from the left!"

"Yes, boss!"

……

"beep"

The next goal was still kicked off by Estoril. After being scored on, Estoril did not launch a massive attack as the fans imagined. In fact, this was Manuel's plan. Porto is a giant in the Portuguese Super League, but Estoril is just a mid-level team in the Portuguese Super League. Not to mention tactics, there is a gap between the players of the two teams.

So Manuel decided to focus on defense when the team was behind. His philosophy was that if he wanted to win, he must first help France stop the opponent from scoring more goals.

Estoril soon paid the price for the head coach's negative tactical philosophy.

"It was another steal from Casemiro. The young Brazilian defensive midfielder has been amazing this season. Faced with Fernando's pressure, Casemiro passed the ball to Torres on the side."

"Quaresma reached out on the right, Torres made a long pass, eh, it was to the left! Jiang Yuan was standing on the offside line just now, and now he ran out"

"A beautiful stop. Jiang Yuan successfully caught the pass from Spanish midfielder Torres on the left edge. Fernandez returned to defense very quickly. He might want to ruin Jiang Yuan's one-on-one opportunity."

"Fuck! Fernandez reached out to grab Jiang Yuan, but Jiang Yuan shook him off and entered the penalty area. Jiang Yuan leaned toward the right post, looked up, and shot. It hit the near corner, and goalkeeper Wagner didn't react at all, and the ball went in!"

"In the 27th minute of the first half, Jiang Yuan, who made his first start, scored a goal and made an assist. Can you believe that this young player just turned 5 five days ago!"

"Jiang Yuan, awesome!"

……

In the second minute of stoppage time in the first half, Torres scored a header and Porto went into halftime with a 3:0 advantage.

On the way back to the player tunnel from the field, the fans were shouting Jiang Yuan's name frantically. There was no doubt that Jiang Yuan's performance in the starting lineup conquered all the fans at the Dragon Stadium.

Of course, there is also Estoril's head coach Manuel. It was not until the end of the first half that the Spaniard realized that using Fernandez alone to defend Jiang Yuan was completely impossible.

If Jiang Yuan's age was not very confusing, Manuel would never let Fernandez defend a winger like Jiang Yuan alone.

At least in the second half of the game, the challenges Jiang Yuan faces will definitely increase.

In the locker room, Lopetegui summarized the situation in the first half and pointed out the players' shortcomings.

"Ricardo, it's true that you are very good at breaking through on the right, but you still like one person too much. It would be better if you could pass the ball to Casemiro more often." "Speaking of Casemiro, you should go to the right more often to support Ricardo. You won't have a chance if you stand in the middle and wait."

"And you, Sandro, don't think that dribbling you did in the backcourt was cool. Have you ever seen a central defender play like you? Aren't you giving the opponent more opportunities if you play like that?"

"..."

Lopetegui pointed out the problems of the starting players one by one. When it was almost Jiang Yuan's turn, Jiang Yuan straightened up consciously and prepared to accept the Spaniard's criticism.

As a result, Lopetegui just glanced at Jiang Yuan, prepared to speak, but didn't know what to say. Finally, he looked at Fabiano next to Jiang Yuan.

"The save was good, but I think your goal kick could have been kicked a little further because our forward line pressed forward quite strongly today."

Jiang Yuan was confused.

Me, what about me?

What the hell, am I the only one who doesn't have an opinion? I want to be promoted too!

What Jiang Yuan didn't know was that his performance in the first half was far beyond Lopetegui's expectations. He definitely had some problems in the first half, but Lopetegui decided not to rush things and to take it step by step.

But Lopetegui would never have thought that his behavior of not commenting on Jiang Yuan would be seen by other players as - Jiang Yuan's performance in this game had no shortcomings.

……

"Okay, dear fans, the second half is about to begin. The two-handed players have returned to the field. Porto will take the first serve in the second half. We can see Abubakar and Jiang Yuan standing in the center circle waiting for the kick-off."

The number of people in the Happy Beans live broadcast room has skyrocketed to more than 2, and it is probably not far from 3. It is hard to imagine that this is the number of viewers that an unofficial broadcasting channel has.

The most important thing is, it’s 4 a.m. in China now!

[One shot and one pass, I'm very satisfied. Jiang Yuan, keep cheering for the next game, haha! ]

【Four words, a promising future】

[I'm new here and don't understand. Is Jiang Yuan the one with number 27? He looks so young, probably no older than 20, right?]

【Go, go, go】

[Aim far and shoot near, aim far and shoot near, besides aiming far and shooting, what other ways can he score? 】

[Don't be so mean, Jiang Yuan can also shoot with his left foot]

[Jiang Yuan? Brave, King of Football! ]

[Haha, has the football king started yet? Little-known fact: when the German transfer market was updated two months ago, Jiang Yuan’s market value was only 75 euros]

[No matter what, in my heart Jiang Yuan is worth 75 billion euros. Even if Ronaldo and Messi come, it will be useless. The local king is the best.]

[There are already crazy fans]

[Stop bragging. Mainly because Jiang Yuan is at this age, I don’t want to see him play high-intensity games every day. I hope he doesn’t end up being like Zhong Yong.]

[Shang Zhongyong? If Shang Zhongyong comes, can he shoot and pass? 】

【Hahaha】

……

Due to the two-goal deficit, Manuel decided to give it a try in the second half and replaced midfielder Terra with attacking midfielder Bonatini. At the same time, Fernandez's position moved further to the right in order to defend against Jiang Yuan's sudden attack.

Lopetegui responded immediately to Estoril's substitution, replacing Herrera with Neves. As for Jiang Yuan on the left...

Lopetegui's original plan was to let Jiang Yuan start and play for 50 minutes, but seeing that Jiang Yuan is still able to run very well on the field, Lopetegui decided to postpone the substitution time.

The fans naturally had no objections, the only one who was sad was Brahimi on the bench.

If this continues, Jiang Yuan's tactical position will be ahead of himself.

Soon, in the 69th minute of the game, Jiang Yuan went to the bottom line, suddenly changed direction and accelerated, then completed a cross with his left foot.

Abubakar got the first point in the small penalty area and was pulled to the ground by Estoril defender Tavares when he was about to head the ball. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick.

Quaresma, the first penalty taker on the field, stepped up, ran up, swung his legs, and shot the ball into the goal in one go, completing his second goal.

“4:0！！！比分来到4:0！！70分钟，夸雷斯马梅开二度，这名葡萄牙球星再次向观众证明了自己！”

"..."

Then, Lopetegui replaced Quaresma, who scored twice, with Brahimi.

It is worth mentioning that the Equatorial Guinean player had just been on the pitch for less than 2 minutes when he cheated a direct free kick at the top of the penalty area by crossing runs with Abubakar in the frontcourt.

The top of the penalty area was the standard position for Jiang Yuan's direct free kick. Neves had no intention of taking it. His direct free kick skills were good, but this position gave Jiang Yuan the highest success rate.

"Jiang, take it!"

Brahimi took the ball from the referee and handed it to Jiang Yuan. At the moment the ball was passed, he avoided Jiang Yuan's gaze intentionally or unintentionally.

Jiang Yuan licked his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable, but that's how professional football is, and Jiang Yuan only said what he could say now.

"Thank you!"

Brahimi just smiled bitterly and did not respond to what Jiang Yuan said. Instead, he ran into the penalty area to build a human wall.

"call--"

The cheers of fans filled the entire Dragon Stadium. Even though they were leading by 3 goals, Jiang Yuan still felt a lot of pressure. Firstly, this free kick was won by his teammates, and secondly, he had yet to score two goals in the first team, so his self-confidence was not very high.

Thirdly, Estoril's human wall was very tight. Everyone knew that with the ball in this position and Jiang Yuan in it, he would 100% choose to shoot directly. Goalkeeper Wagner was jumping on the goal line, preparing to receive the fourth free kick of the game, which was also Jiang Yuan's first free kick.

"Beep!"

As the referee whistled, Jiang Yuan began to run...

"Shoot! The ball goes in. In the 74th minute of the game, Jiang Yuan scored a direct free kick!!!"

"A brace, a brace. Jiang Yuan, who started the game, scored his first brace in the Portuguese Super League. This is also the first time a Chinese player has scored a brace in the Portuguese Super League. Jiang Yuan has made history!"

"Oh my god, wow... I'm so excited, guys, this is awesome, 5:0, this is Porto, this is Jiang Yuan!"

A Kun's face turned red and his voice was almost hoarse from shouting. Fortunately, the camera was not turned on, otherwise the audience in the live broadcast room would have been scared.

After scoring the second goal, Jiang Yuan didn't hesitate, he slid to the sidelines, spread his arms, and shouted angrily: "Who else?"

"Tell me who else!"

Afterwards, at Casemiro's reminder, Jiang Yuan hugged the young fans on the sidelines, with the sound of live commentary filling his ears.

"Dear fans at the scene, please tell me who scored this goal"

"Jiang Jiang!"

"Jiang, you are the strongest rookie in the Portuguese Super League, the Rookie King of the Portuguese Super League!"

"!!!"

Jiang Yuan nodded to express his gratitude to the fans in the stands. A few excited young people wanted to rush into the stadium, but fortunately the security at the Dragon Stadium was very strong and pushed back all the fans who wanted to jump out.

"Here, Jiang!"

Jiang Yuan turned his head when he heard Casemiro's voice, and was directly pressed under Casemiro who rushed over, then Neves, followed by Marcano and others, and even goalkeeper Fabiano ran over to enjoy the joy with Jiang Yuan.

Then, in the 76th minute, Jiang Yuan was substituted off the field amid the cheers of the home fans. As he walked off the field, Jiang Yuan did not forget to make a "2" with his hands to indicate his feat of scoring twice at home.

"Dear fans, the game is over. With Jiang Yuan and Quaresma scoring twice and Herrera scoring one, Porto beat Estoril 5-0 at home. Jiang Yuan made a perfect start in his first game in the Portuguese Super League."

"Porto, who won all three points at home, has already distanced themselves from third-placed Sporting CP, but still has a five-point gap with Benfica. However, it is only the 5th round now, so it is still uncertain who will be the champion."

"But what is certain is that Jiang Yuan's tactical position in Porto will take a qualitative leap after this game. Let us look forward to the next game of this young Chinese player!"

……

On an evening in Portugal time, Jiang Yuan and Felix were playing football in the dormitory. Yes, in the dormitory, they put two beds together and played football barefoot. Jiang Yuan and Felix both liked to do this and they put a chair as a goal.

"Joao, be careful!"

Jiang Yuan pulled the ball on the bed, then picked up a pillow and hit Felix in the face, successfully blocking Felix's vision.

"Snapped!"

Jiang Yuan kicked the ball under the chair.

"Asshole, Jiang, you can't play like this, your pillow makes me blind!"

Felix complained. The two played for more than ten minutes and the score was 12:2. Of course, Felix was the 2 because he could not beat Jiang Yuan no matter how hard he tried.

"Joao, you can't kick me even if I don't use a pillow!"

Felix was furious but he couldn't find an excuse to refute. The Chinese man in front of him, who was only a few years older than him, was not very strong when he first came to the U17. But half a year later, Felix was still playing in the U17, while Jiang Yuan was already starting in Porto's first team.

"Hey"

Thinking of this, Felix sighed and suddenly lost interest in playing football.

"What's wrong, Joao?"

Jiang Yuan put the ball aside and began to care about his roommate.

Felix glanced at Jiang Yuan and said, "You said that if you work hard you will become stronger, but I have worked hard, so why am I not improving as fast as you?"

After hearing Felix's question, Jiang Yuan was speechless. Not everyone has a system like him and can become stronger just by training.

Jiang Yuan motioned Felix to sit on the bed, and then sat down next to Felix: "Joao, you have a good sense of the ball, and your dribbling skills are also excellent..."

"But not as good as you!"

"Wait, wait for me to finish..."

Jiang Yuan said earnestly: "I think the most important thing is that you still have to find a training method that suits you. Blind dribbling and shooting training is useful for me, but the effect is not so obvious on you..."

"A training method that suits you?"

Felix frowned and asked, "Jiang, do you have any suggestions for me? I can learn any training method you think is suitable for me!"

Jiang Yuan shook his head: "It depends on your own experience, but when it comes to suggestions, I can give you my personal suggestion. It's up to you whether you adopt it or not."

"What advice?"

"If possible, it would be better not to join Atletico Madrid..."

……

　I earn 10,000 yuan a day, but you can't support the books, right?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)