Chapter 335: The Disintegration of the South American Gang
After Gao Xiaodong scored a goal, Sporting Lisbon fought back desperately, but Porto did not relax. Gao Xiaodong retreated to defend and firmly defended the fruits of victory. He defeated Sporting Lisbon 2:1 at home, expanding his leading advantage to 10 points.
After the whistle sounded, the Sporting Lisbon left the stadium dejectedly, leaving only the Porto people to celebrate on the stadium.
"Thank you, I didn't expect you to pass it to me."
Gao Xiaodong found Falkao and expressed his gratitude to him.
But Falcao said lightly: "It's nothing, you gave me an assist."
"Okay, the two are cleared this time." Gao Xiaodong blinked and thought to himself, do you want to pay it off? It's hard, I'm in the midfield, please wait.
At this time, the reporter came over and surrounded Gao Xiaodong and Falkao.
Gao Xiaodong knew that these reporters would definitely ask about Sandro, and it was hard to say, not to mention that Anna was there, so he shouted, "Don't surround us, get out of the way, divide it into two groups of interviews." When the reporters dispersed, Gao Xiaodong ran away.
"Don't be afraid! Gao Xiaodong." Anna shouted from behind.
Don’t run? Gao Xiaodong ran faster after hearing this.
Faced with such a dirty star player, the reporters were speechless. Fortunately, there was Falcao, a player with great highlights. The reporters immediately surrounded Falcao and conducted on-site interviews.
It was already 11 o'clock in the evening when Gao Xiaodong, Xiao Le, Monkey, Chen Qiang, Yu Debao and others had lunch together, and then everyone went back to sleep, waiting to watch the Chinese Spring Festival Gala the next day.
There was nothing to say all night. The next day, Gao Xiaodong had breakfast, and Xiao Le read the sports news of the day to him. Hearing the news that Falcao liked No. 9 jersey, Porto may sell Risandro and gave No. 9 jersey to Falcao. Gao Xiaodong immediately realized that Falcao must have fallen into the language trap of the reporter yesterday, but the reporter woven such a hot news. Gao Xiaodong could imagine what Risandro felt after watching the news.
Gao Xiaodong likes the South American gang to have some internal strife, but he also feels that if Sandro leaves now, Porto's forward line is too thin, and once someone is injured, there will be no reliable substitute.
Gao Xiaodong arrived at the training ground, and Falcao and Risandro had not yet arrived. The teammates who came first were talking about today's news. Some said that this must be the "Issue" deliberately created conflicts for us. Some said that even if Falcao wanted the No. 9 jersey, it would not be possible to say it in front of the reporter. Some said that maybe the club really had this idea. After all, Falcao has strength and potential, which is more valuable than Risandro.
Seeing Gao Xiaodong coming, his teammates quickly stopped talking and all came over to say hello to Gao Xiaodong.
Gao Xiaodong told his teammates not to talk nonsense behind the scenes. The coach and the club will deal with this matter. Then he asked Guarin Falcao what he said yesterday, which made the players laugh.
Guarin lives with Falcao now. He told Gao Xiaodong that it was Anna, a reporter from the Issue News, who cheated Falcao. She asked Falcao what number jersey he would wear in the riverbed. She also asked Falcao what number jersey he would choose if he could choose freely. Falcao said No. 9, so Anna made such a news the next day.
Damn, I don’t dare to mess with this female nerve. You, Falcao, dares to answer that way. I really think you are a tiger, and Anna is a tiger.
Soon Ferreira and assistant coach Emmanuel came. The two of them were discussing something along the way. When Falcao and Risandro arrived, Ferreira asked Emmanuel to take the recovery training and called the two of them to their office.
Ferreira hoped that Sandro would not believe the news in the newspaper. Falcao didn't say that, and the club did not have this idea, otherwise he would have allowed him to go to Lyon long ago.
However, Sandro was resentful of the fact that he was replaced yesterday. He believed that even if he stayed, it would be difficult for him to gain the absolute main position in the future. Even if he was, he would probably play as a winger, so he firmly requested a transfer.
Ferreira's repeated persuasion was ineffective and became angry. In addition, Falcao performed very well now, and he also had the confidence to let Risandro go. Ferreira told Risandro that he would not stop Risandro from transferring, and as long as the club agreed to let him go, he could leave Porto.
Porto originally planned to keep Risandro and felt that the forward line was weak. Falcao may not perform well when he first arrived. Now that Falcao performed so well, Porto did not value Risanreid so much. After a simple consultation, Porto restarted the negotiations with Lyon, and then in just three days, Porto finalized the transfer with Lyon. Ligue 1 bully Lyon spent 24 million euros to include the 26-year-old Risandro under his command.
After Porto sold Risandro, he kept Argentine striker Farias and forward Thomas Costa who were preparing to loan out. In this way, even if Falcao and Hulk were injured, Farias and Rodriguez could be substituted, and Gao Xiaodong could also play forward with the forward. The forward bench strength was a little weak, but he could still deal with it.
In addition to leaving Farias and Thomas, Porto also bought defender Ali Sissoko from Setubal. Although the transfer price was only 300,000 euros, Porto's two super scouts Andrews and Hansen both believed that this was a potential stock, so the club chairman Da Costa won it without hesitation.
After Lisandro transferred, in order to take care of the face of South American players, the oldest Brazilian goalkeeper Helton, the South American gang, became Porto's third captain.
Helton is different from Lucho and Lisandro. He is average in ability and has a peaceful personality. He has no idea of being the boss in Porto. He is so happy that he gives his third captain.
Rodriguez and Falcao in the South American Gang have the strength, but one of them comes from the summer transfer and the other comes from the winter transfer. The qualifications are too shallow and cannot convince all South American players. So it turns out that the South American Gang that almost dominated Porto has completely disintegrated.
After the conflict between the South American Gang and the local Gang that had plagued Porto for many years was resolved, without internal friction, Porto became more united and his combat effectiveness was significantly improved than before.
In the subsequent league and cup matches, Porto won consecutive games, unbeaten in 19 league games, leading the second place Sporting Lisbon by as many as 12 points. Porto made it to the semi-finals of the Portuguese Cup, and their opponent in the semi-finals was Aladdoma. It was only a matter of time before they entered the finals. In the Portuguese Cup, Porto met his old enemy Sporting Lisbon in the semi-finals. With the goals of Gao Xiaodong, Hulk and Falcao, Porto eliminated Sporting Lisbon 3:2 and reached the finals. On March 22, they will compete with another old enemy Benfica for the Portuguese Cup championship.
Chapter completed!