The group of C nationality players who originally returned to China with Li Zhao have now arrived at Genbao Base first, so early the next morning, Li Zhao and the others drove there to meet the team members and started some basic training. Because

In two days' time, the Portuguese all-Chinese team's games against the two top teams in Shanghai will begin. Speaking of which, these two games were also temporarily added to the plan.

"Cousin, you're here too!" Li Zhao greeted his teammates as soon as he arrived at the base, and when he saw Leonard was also there, he felt even happier.

"Don't get me wrong, I really didn't plan to come with you originally. But I was bored at home in Lisbon, so I thought of coming to country C for a few days. Unfortunately, you guys weren't in Shanghai at that time. I just played around by myself.

A few days later, I met the members of the team who had returned first, and followed them to the base." Leonard explained.

"It doesn't matter, we came just in time! In this way, at least our improvised team can finally form a more reliable lineup." Li Zhao responded.

Originally, he was worried that due to insufficient personnel in certain positions, he would have to improvise and it would be difficult to form a combat effectiveness. Now it seems that he has worried too much. With Gao Hongyu and some members of the former youth team, the Portuguese side can definitely make up the numbers.

The biggest problem now lies in the coaching staff.

Due to this sudden plan, none of the coaching staff originally belonging to the Portuguese side was dispatched, and it would be difficult to arrange the time for them to come over. Fan Zhiyi originally proposed whether he should come as a temporary guest, but Li

After some further consideration, Zhao rejected the proposal, mainly because others were not familiar with their team's tactical system. As a last resort, Li Zhao chose to temporarily serve as his own coach himself, and then transferred from Genbao Base to

The problem was temporarily solved by borrowing two coaches as assistants. Only people like Li Zhao, who are often involved in tactical arrangements between players and coaches, have the ability to serve as temporary guest coaches. If they were to change people, they would not be able to do this at all.

Get to work.

Although the personnel configuration of this Portuguese team feels a bit patchwork, various tactical systems have been deeply rooted in the players' minds, so after two days of cooperative training, they were able to exert half of their actual combat power.

.As for the outcome of the game, he doesn't care. It's just for practicing. His main purpose is to let everyone get familiar with the feeling and find out the problems as soon as possible. Another

On the other hand, for the two strong Chinese Super League teams in Shanghai, this friendly match with the Portuguese All-Chinese Class can also achieve the warm-up effect before the 2016 new season.

Since these two friendly matches were not open to the public, there were no requirements for the size of the venue. In the end, the venue for the matches was chosen at Negenbao Base.

On January 12, the match between the Portuguese All-China Class and Shanghai SIPG started first. The now-renovated SIPG team, under the leadership of new coach Eriksson, achieved good results in the runner-up of the Chinese Super League this year.

Shenhua, the big brother who has always been above his head before, is indeed more representative of the image of the strongest player in Shanghai today in terms of strength. Although this battle is a friendly match, it is not something that can be handled casually. Of course, this

It doesn't matter whether the two games are won or lost.

After some thought, Li Zhao still arranged their usual 433 formation. From this point of view, he still had enough confidence in his own side's firepower. First of all, Li Zhao himself and Dyna, Wang Ziyi, Leonard, and Harrick

, Zhang Yuning, Hu Jinghang, Wang Jinxian, Balta, plus two defenders from the youth team can form a starting lineup, while players with repeated positions on the field like Zaxi Anqiang can only be placed in the substitute lineup.

In addition, newcomer Gao Hongyu was also placed on the substitute list by Li Zhao.

The two sides tied 1-1 in the first half of the game. Wang Ziyi of the Portuguese team scored with a header soon after the opening, while SIPG's goal came in the 35th minute from their new team.

Foreign aid Elkerson, who just joined this season.

Li Zhao replaced Gao Hongyu in the second half to let him experience this level of competition for the first time. Gao Hongyu also followed his arrangements to adapt to different positions on the court to find the best combination that really suits him. In this way

The substitutions affected the Portuguese's performance to some extent. In the 56th minute of the game, SIPG scored a goal from Wu Lei, thus taking the lead.

Looking back at Gao Hongyu, his passing was indeed a bit erratic, which made his teammates a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but in the eyes of some forward players who can accurately run into position, this is undoubtedly a good ball. Of course

, because the time for cooperation is still short, the success rate is not too high. But Li Zhao does not care about this. He originally dealt with it with a training attitude, but this does not mean that he will waste it at will.

Opportunities on the field.

At the end of the game, Gao Hongyu once again passed a ball with a strange line, but Li Zhao, who had basically figured out his routine, accurately seized the opportunity by starting early, and then went straight into the opponent's penalty area and scored the goal.

, locking the score between the two sides at a 2-2 draw.

After the game, SIPG coach Eriksson brought local star Wu Lei to the court to shake hands with Li Zhao. He still had a good impression of Li Zhao. After exchanging greetings, the two exchanged words.

posed for a souvenir photo.

Eriksson left with satisfaction, but Wu Lei stayed. Speaking of which, he and Li Zhao hadn't seen each other for a while, and they had a lot of experiences to share. The two of them were walking and talking at the same time, facing Li Zhao.

Went to Zhao's exclusive VIP room.

"Now SIPG is strong enough to be at the forefront of the Chinese Super League, so I plan to start studying abroad during the transfer window in the middle of this season." After chatting with Li Zhao for a while, Wu Lei said

But he suddenly said that this was something he had been thinking about for a long time.

"Do you have a goal now?" Li Zhao asked casually, while handing over a cup of brewed tea.

"Oh, thank you!" Wu Lei took a sip after taking the tea, and then continued: "My next stop should be the Espanyol team. In fact, the basic conditions have already been negotiated with the other party. The most important thing is that

The biggest owner of this club is also Chinese, so I think the start there won’t be too bad.”

Yes, Wu Lei still chose the Spaniards for his overseas study as in another time and space, but he did not wait for SIPG to win the championship before setting off, so the process was naturally greatly advanced.

"Okay~! A Portuguese and a Spanish are really interesting! Then I am here to wish you all the best!" When he heard that Wu Lei was going to study abroad, Li Zhao immediately thought about it. To accept him, I only gave up the idea after considering the current situation of my own club and hearing what he said later.

"Actually, this is quite good. It just so happens that the Spanish club that Mr. Xu bought is not far away. If he goes there, it will be convenient to get together nearby." Wu Lei said.

Li Zhao heard this and nodded in agreement.

Although Li Zhao could not fully grasp Gao Hongyu's specific situation after just a few days of training and his performance in the last preliminary round, it could be considered a general success, and he could then determine the direction in which he would work hard in the future. .

The first is the position on the field that Gao Hongyu is capable of. After careful observation by Li Zhao, it was found that he seems to be more suitable for activities near the midfield and delivering cannonballs to his teammates. And his passing problem is solved by Li Zhao. After Leonard's guidance, I got a lot better. I no longer wander around randomly. At least I know when to stop and when to use it appropriately.

Another big problem is to increase his confrontation ability on the court. His original confrontation level in Cuju is not enough to be put on the regular football field. Although he also has good breakthroughs He has great ability, but when he really encounters the opponent's stronger players who come up to mark him closely, or when he is in a head-on confrontation, he is prone to make mistakes.

Of course, Li Zhao and the others also have solutions for this problem, and they also have a complete set of professional training plans. But it is unrealistic to completely solve the problem in a relatively short period of time. For now, they can only rely on the cooperation and cover among the team members. Let's deal with the pick and roll.

With the first game as a foreshadowing, Gao Hongyu played much more stably in the Portuguese's second game against Shanghai Shenhua two days later. Although he failed to assist his teammates in scoring again, his performance was still good. It's quite remarkable.

The Portuguese finally won the victory 3-1. For the Portuguese, Li Zhao, Leonard and Zhang Yuning each scored a goal, while Shenhua's goal came from their star player Moreno.
Chapter completed!