Chapter 499: Portugal’s 26-man squad, the final World Cup begins!

Chapter 499: Portugal’s 26-man squad, the final World Cup begins!
The Portuguese national team is making final preparations at the national training base outside Lisbon. Martin, Cristiano Ronaldo and other stars are all on the list, doing meticulous training for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.

The more than thirty players who were called up were extremely serious.

In the next few days, Portugal coach Santos will select 26 players from these people to compete in the World Cup in Qatar.

Of course, the main frame has long been determined, and as long as there are no injuries, it will definitely be brought.

Mainly those fringe players who need to prove themselves through excellent performance.

After several days of tactical drills and personal status tests, Santos and his coaching staff finalized the 26-man roster.

Martin's youth training friends in Porto, Ruben Neves, Dalot, Diogo Costa and Felix are all shortlisted.

That evening, the 26-man roster appeared on FIFA's official website.

Goalkeepers: 22-Diogo Costa (Porto), 1-Patricio (Roma), 12-José Sa (Wolves)

后卫：20-坎塞洛（曼城）、2-达洛特（曼联）、19-努诺·门德斯（大巴黎）、3-佩佩（波尔图）、4-鲁本·迪亚斯（曼城）、24-安东尼奥·席尔瓦（本菲卡）、13-达尼洛·佩雷拉（大巴黎）、5-格雷罗（多特蒙德）

中场：10-马丁（皇马）、6-帕利尼亚（富勒姆）、18-鲁本·内维斯（狼队）、11-B席（曼城）、8-B费（曼联）、25-若昂·马里奥（本菲卡）、23-马特乌斯·努内斯（狼队）、16-维蒂尼亚（大巴黎）、14-威廉·卡瓦略（皇家贝蒂斯）
前锋：7-C罗（曼联）、9-安德烈·席尔瓦（莱比锡红牛）、26-贡萨洛·拉莫斯（本菲卡）、17-若昂·菲利克斯（马竞）、15-拉斐尔·莱奥（阿森纳）、21-里卡多·奥尔塔（布拉加）

Two days later, the Portuguese national team will face the challenge of 'African Eagles' Nigeria at the Stadium of Light.

However, just one day before the warm-up match, some 'highlights' of Ronaldo's exclusive interview with Morgan were released in advance.

The general content is that Ronaldo blasted Manchester United and bluntly claimed that coach Ten Hag and the management wanted to force him away.

In addition, he also mentioned Rangnick, who is very important in German football, and responded to Rooney's remarks that "it would be better without Cristiano Ronaldo"...

Just when all the media were focusing on the upcoming World Cup in Qatar, Cristiano Ronaldo's 90-minute exclusive interview with Morgan gradually set off huge waves in the football world, and even the World Cup in Qatar was out of the headlines.

After seeing the relevant reports, Martin shook his head and smiled bitterly. He thought for a while and decided not to get involved.

Ronaldo is currently in a strange state of mind and is very sensitive.

As he gets older, he doesn't want to accept the reality that declining physical function will lead to a decline in competition, but the reality is in front of him, so that he will be very entangled and tired every day, and any troubles that happen around him will cause him to think too much.

The most obvious difference is that the one who joined Manchester United in the 2021-2022 season is the team's top scorer and the Premier League bronze boot. The twins' sons died before the start of the 2022-2023 season and they missed pre-season training, resulting in a missed run-in.

The new head coach Ten Hag wanted to make some achievements. With the support of the management, he put Ronaldo, who was absent from pre-season training, on the bench. This was simply unacceptable to Ronaldo, who was the team's top scorer last season. This will lead to inevitable contradictions.

Martin and Ronaldo have a common agent, Mendes, and Mendes had a bad quarrel during the process of persuading Ronaldo.

As a reborn person, Martin knew that Ronaldo would soon break with Mendes, who had been with him for more than 20 years, and then go to Saudi Arabia to dig for gold.

He once thought about persuading Ronaldo, but after careful consideration, he decided against it.

We are all adults, there is no need for anyone to persuade anyone.

Most of the time it's okay to just stay in a good relationship.

In addition, for Ronaldo, going to Saudi Arabia is not a bad thing.

For one of the former champions of the green field, Ronaldo has his own arrogance, and he only wants to go to a top club if he stays in Europe.

But which wealthy team is willing to accept a 38-year-old veteran who demands a maximum salary contract?

as predicted.

Manchester United responded quickly and announced the termination of Ronaldo's contract.

Manchester United players B Fee and Dalot in the Portuguese team looked at Ronaldo differently than before.

Martin walked towards Dalot and asked: "What's the matter?"

"Don't you see it?" Dalot said: "It's not about the club."

Martin smiled and patted Dalot on the shoulder: "It won't affect the World Cup, right?"

The reason why he asked this was because when he was watching the World Cup before traveling back in time, he saw Dalot deliberately not passing the ball to Ronaldo who was in a good position many times, resulting in losing.

"I can still tell which one is light and which is serious."

This is Dalot's first World Cup and he doesn't want anything to go wrong.

Of course, Martin is not worried about problems in the locker room.

After all, he is now the well-deserved number one star on the team.

Even if there is a problem, he has the ability to solve it.

The most important thing is that as the team's top star and vice-captain, he has absolute authority in the team.

In this context, the Portuguese national team faces the challenge of the African Eagles Nigeria at the Stadium of Light.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who served as captain, started the game, but faced many good opportunities and missed them by a hair.

With the goals of Martin, B Seat, and Leo, Portugal led Nigeria with three goals in the first half.

Until the 4th minute of the second half, Martin received a direct pass from B Fee and cut into the left rib of the penalty area, causing a foul on Endidi. The referee on duty decisively whistled a penalty kick.

Cristiano Ronaldo has always been Portugal's top penalty taker. He faced goalkeeper Uzoho and kicked the ball into the lower left corner of the goal, extending the score to four goals.

After scoring a goal, he once again made his iconic celebration 'siu'.

The Portuguese fans at the Stadium of Light still love their captain as deeply as ever and shouted 'siuuuuuu' very cooperatively.

In that era of drought, it was the superstar Cristiano Ronaldo who led Portugal, old and young, to participate in world series again and again, lacking outstanding Mesozoic players.

The 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the 2012 European Cup in Poland and Ukraine, and the 2014 World Cup in South Africa.

Being able to successfully break through and participate in the main game almost relies on Ronaldo's own efforts.

Especially in the European play-offs of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, it was his divine performance in two rounds that led Portugal to eliminate the Swedish team led by Zlatan Ibrahimovic in two rounds.

After the game, there was also the classic scene of Ibrahimovic being beaten.

In the subsequent game time, Martin focused on control, linking the overall offense and defense in preparation for the upcoming World Cup group stage.

The score of four to zero was also the final result of the game.

In the mixed area after the game, reporters were sniping at Ronaldo, asking about the exclusive interview with Morgan and the termination of his contract with Manchester United.

Ronaldo looked grave and refused to participate in interviews with reporters.

The reporter ignored Ronaldo's refusal and acted like he won't leave until he accepts the interview.

Seeing that the unhappy Ronaldo was about to explode, Martin took the initiative to come to Ronaldo and said solemnly to the reporters in front of him: "If it is about the content of this game or the World Cup-related situation, I will not stop you, but 伱If we want to cause trouble and affect our preparations for war, then... don't want me to accept an interview with your newspaper, that... it's useless for you to cover up, handsome guy. Now is the era of the Internet of Things, and one camera will tell you where you are. Working at a newspaper..."

Martin is a well-deserved brother in today's world football, with his own traffic. If he disobeys his wishes, it is estimated that it will be really difficult for Martin to accept interviews in the future.

So the reporters left in disbelief.

Cristiano Ronaldo looked at the leaving reporters with a lot of emotion in his heart, but he still said to Martin: "Thank you."

"We are good friends~"

Martin smiled and patted Ronaldo on the shoulder: "Focus on the World Cup. I believe you are still the best striker on the planet." Ronaldo laughed after hearing this. Although it could be heard that he was comforting himself, but... it was The praise from Martin, the number one player in football today, is different.

Portugal's first World Cup group match will be at 11 Stadium in Doha at 24 pm on November 974, against Ghana.

The whole team arrived on the 19th, the day before the opening ceremony.

They also became one of the last national teams to arrive in Qatar.

……

As the opening game of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar draws closer, major lists have received a lot of attention.

The first to bear the brunt is the national team's worth ranking and the player's worth ranking.

This ranking is no different from the European Cup two years ago.

England, which is experiencing a surge in young talent, ranked first with 12.6 billion euros.

Portugal, led by Martin, followed with 12.1 billion euros.

Brazil ranks third with 11.4 billion euros.

The French team ranked fourth with 10.3 billion euros.

The German team ranks fifth with 8.85 million euros.

西班牙、阿根廷、荷兰、比利时、乌拉圭分别以8.77亿欧元、6.45亿欧元、5.87亿欧元、5.63亿欧元和4.49亿欧元排名6~10名。

The most valuable team in Europe is England, and the most valuable team in South America is Brazil.

The highest net worth in North and Central America is Sam Guo, ranking 2.77th on the overall list with 15 million euros.

The most valuable team in the African Football Association is Morocco, ranking 2.41th on the overall list with 17 million euros.

The most valuable team in the AFC is undoubtedly South Korea, ranking 1.64nd in the overall list with 22 million euros.

As for the Oceania representative, he did not pass the play-offs and missed out.

The team with the lowest total value in this World Cup comes from the host nation Qatar, and it is also the host country with the lowest ranking since the inception of the World Cup. It was second only to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and ranked third from the bottom that year.

Another list that has attracted much attention is undoubtedly the player value ranking.

The most valuable player on this list is no surprise.

Martin is the number one player in world football today.

He is far ahead with 3.5 million euros.

France's popular star Mbappe followed closely with 1.6 million euros, which was not even half of Martin's.

Brazilian international Vinicius and England international Foden tied for third place with 1.2 million euros.

Spanish leader Pedri, England international Bellingham, German international Musiala, and Uruguay international Valverde tied for fifth place with 1 million euros.

Garvey, Saka and Kane ranked ninth with 9000 million euros.

In addition, the most valuable players from each continent are also in the spotlight.

As the most valuable player in football, Martin naturally retains the title of UEFA's most valuable player.

The most valuable player in South America is Uruguayan midfielder Ernesto Valverde, and the most valuable player in the Asian Football Confederation is South Korea winger Son Heung-min, reaching 7000 million euros, ranking 832th among all 19 players.

The most valuable player in North and Central America is Canadian left back Alphonso Davis, worth 19 million euros, tied for th.

The most valuable African player is Achraf Achraf, the right back currently playing for Arsenal, ranking 27th with million euros.

There are also related lists for each golf course location.

The forwards are Vinicius and Foden worth 1.2 million euros.

The midfielder is, of course, Martin, and is the only player in all positions who is not tied.

There are many players with the highest value for defenders. Alphonso Davies, Cancelo and De Ligt share the same price, which is also 70 million euros.

The most valuable goalkeepers are Thibaut Courtois and Alisson, who are tied for 60 million euros.

The major lists have attracted a lot of attention from World Cup fans, but what really gets the attention is the upcoming World Cup main game!
2022年卡塔尔世界杯开幕式，在11月20日下午17点40分在能够容纳六万球迷的海湾球场拉开序幕。

Martin and other Portuguese players watched the live broadcast at their hotel.

The opening ceremony lasted only thirty minutes. In addition to Gulf-style performances by local Qatari artists, well-known singers from five continents were invited to a stage set up in the middle of the stadium to sing the theme song of this World Cup and a number of promotional songs.

Especially in the third act of the opening ceremony, the large inflatable version of the mascot [La'eeb] was originally intended to bring football to everyone, but... the full ghost feeling made people shudder.

For the opening ceremony of the Qataris, one can only say that they are rich.

This... is also known as the most expensive opening ceremony in the history of the World Cup.

Before the start of this World Cup, some media also called the Qatar World Cup the most expensive World Cup.

During the World Cup, at least 5 million yuan was spent every week. Officials interviewed said that in order to host this World Cup, the initial cost budget was as high as 0.2 billion yuan. If converted into dragon coins, it is almost hengtai.

Not only Martin complained in his heart, but also a large number of fans around the world expressed their opinions through developed social platforms.

There are indeed many different opinions, but... the same opinions are unified.

rich!

So rich!

The 'splendid' opening ceremony came to an end, followed by the opening match that attracted millions of attention.

This game is also known as the most unwatchable opening game of the World Cup, surpassing the one played four years ago.

The total value of the two teams combined is less than 1.3 million euros.

The host nation ranks last in terms of value, with Ecuador ranked 26th.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the home team Qatar faced the challenge of Ecuador.

Ecuador, worth more than 100 million euros, still relied on its strength advantage to launch a mercury-like attack on the host Qatar's defense.

They scored a goal in the 16th minute and the 31st minute respectively. Neither team organized a decent attack in the subsequent game time. Many fans fell asleep watching...

It can be easily seen from here that the game process between the two teams was too boring.

In the end, Ecuador defeated the host 2:0.

As the opening game comes to an end, it means that the 2022 Qatar World Cup has officially arrived.

Starting from 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the group matches of each major group will start separately.

England VS Persia, Senegal VS Netherlands, Sam VS Wales...

(End of this chapter)