Pirated Ronaldo

Chapter 119 Returning to Funchal

Can a player make news if he fails to score a goal in a game?

Of course!Ronaldo has scored 8 goals in 10 consecutive games, which is definitely a miracle for the Portuguese Super League players. Now, finally, many people can feel relieved. It turns out that this player named Ronaldo, Will not score, it turns out that he is just a person, not a god!

When Trapattoni's speech was published in the newspaper, many people suddenly realized that Ronaldo had scored so many goals for the team in two months!
This is a rare and extremely efficient shooter. Compared with him, those so-called sharpshooters are simply explosive!

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"C Ronaldo, I have good news for you, we have negotiated two endorsement contracts, and you are rich!"

When Ronando received a call from his agent Mendes, he was sitting in a box in a small restaurant, looking sadly at a table full of flowers of various colors. Yang Xiaotong with a small face.

According to Yang Xiaotong's words, she has already consulted a doctor, and the flowers in front of her can be eaten. Not only will it not damage her stomach, but it will also be good for her health!
Although Yang Xiaotong didn't explain it, Ronando already understood the meaning: she was jealous of what happened with Ronando and Carolina in the stadium!Aren't you promiscuous?Then let you eat all these flowers. If you dare not eat them, the consequences will be obvious...

"My dear Jorge, please tell me, how many flowers can I buy with the money you make for me?" Ronando asked a very stupid question involuntarily.

Ronando asked such an interesting question that even Yang Xiaotong, who was sitting across from him, couldn't help but laugh.

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In the city of Funchal in the south of Madeira Island, on Quinta Falcao Street, tourists with two oriental faces, a man and a woman, walked side by side.

A group of children ran across the street, and one of them had a football in a net bag hanging on his shoulder.

"Hello! Guests from the East."

The leading child stopped, bowed seriously to Ronando and Yang Xiaotong, and said, "If you are here to visit Mr. Ronaldo's birthplace, you can go to the end of this street. There is a bar there. However, Unfortunately, the house where Mr. Ronaldo lived was demolished a few years ago. Alternatively, you can go to San Antonio Church, where Mr. Ronaldo was baptized."

"Thank you, boy, we know." Ronaldo replied in Madeira Portugal.

The child cheered up and exclaimed: "You can speak the language of our island of Madeira! I wish you a pleasant evening in Quinta Falco!"

Watching the child quicken his pace to catch up with his companion, Yang Xiaotong smiled and said, "You are really famous here!"

"Hey, that means being famous in Quinta Falcao... But I think I will be famous in Funchal and even the whole of Portugal soon! I will make a lot of money!"

"Money fan! As a player, what do you want so much money for?" Yang Xiaotong muttered dissatisfied.

"Let's take a walk in the alleys of this street. That bar is not interesting. It's not what it used to be."

As Ronando said, he stretched out his hand to hold Yang Xiaotong's little hand, and walked into a narrow alley. Yang Xiaotong struggled a little, and obediently let him drag his hand. The two looked like It's like a father and daughter on vacation.

Today is the team's rest day, when Ronando was forced to eat a plate full of flower leaves, Yang Xiaotong finally let him go.

The two decided to visit Ronando's "birthplace" on the spur of the moment. Anyway, it only takes more than an hour to fly from Lisbon to Funchal, and it is not too much trouble to go back at night.

"The people here are so poor, did you live in such a place when you were a child?"

What appeared in front of the two people was a dilapidated old house, which was extremely crowded. The so-called small alleys could only accommodate two or three people to pass side by side. The walls of many houses had cracked, and they could even see Old furniture in the house.

This place is even more dilapidated than Amendola's black ghetto!
"Even if it is, it is indeed very poor here. In fact, it is similar to that in China. The country is a society of officials, and this is a society of merchants. Those who have money and power are a few people, and those who live at the bottom are very difficult. .” Ronando thought thoughtfully.

"How do you know so much about our country?"

Ronando smiled bitterly. He couldn't answer this question, so he could only pretend to be stupid: "Portugal is not a rich country. The per capita GDP is less than 2 euros, and the regional development is very uneven, so the poor live very hard. But , this place is relatively fair, as long as you have the ability, you can become rich, and you can succeed without begging for mercy. This is very important!"

"Ronando, what are you talking about, why can't I understand?"

"Well... I mean, I'm a child from a poor family. I need to work harder than others to achieve something..."

Ronando stopped, leaned his back against a wall, took out his cell phone, and started talking.

"Hey, Mendes, I'm Ronaldo. I need you to do something for me. Didn't you say that I have money? Then please help me spend this money in Quintafar, Funchal Kao... Yes, to help people here repair their old houses, at least they can’t let them worry about the house leaking when it rains. I heard that my house was like that when I was a child, it rained heavily outside the house, and it rained lightly inside..."

"Why would I do this? It's simple, I don't want to be a rich man just yet! Money demotivates me, and I need to climb higher!"

Yang Xiaotong stared at Ronando's face in surprise, his eyes became confused, he stretched out his hand to grab the zipper buckle of his jacket, turned it up and folded it down.

Ronando lowered his head, and suddenly kissed Yang Xiaotong's bright forehead, mumbling in his mouth: "Doing good deeds, there are beauties who love..."

"Little rascal, how many beauties do you want to love you?..."

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From mid-February to mid-March is the busiest period for the UEFA Europa League. Within a month, participating teams need to play two rounds of four knockout matches between the top 2 and the top 3.

Benfica is also because there is an extra Portuguese Cup knockout match in the middle, so the schedule is fully arranged.

That is to say, after beating Braga and qualifying for the Portuguese Cup semi-finals, Benfica still has to continue the devil's schedule of double matches a week until the national team match day in late March. In the next two weeks, there will be three matches. League games, interspersed with two Europa League round of 3 knockout matches.

This kind of event density finally forced coach Trapattoni to consider choosing to retain his strength in some games.

On March 3, at the Rui Alves Stadium, this stadium is located in Funchal, Madeira Island, Ronaldo's "hometown". Benfica's 6th league opponent is the Madeira National Team.

Last season, the Madeira nationals created a yellow whirlwind in the Portuguese Super League, and finally ranked No.4 in the Portuguese Super League, which is the best ranking in history and frightened everyone.

It was two Brazilian players who led this team to achieve such results: Assuncao and Adriano.

When Ronando first heard these two names, he was really shocked. Later, he realized that these two players who played for the Madeira Nationals were not the most famous two. Paul Assuncao and Vieira Adriano, one is the core of the midfield and the other is a striker.

This season, Paul Assuncao, the core midfielder, moved to AEK Athens, and only Vieira Adriano was left to support the Madeira Nationals, and their performance declined.

In other words, this Vieira Adriano is also a remarkable figure.

Like his compatriot, the famous Brazilian striker Reiter Ribeiro Adriano who played for Inter Milan, he is also a powerful striker, only a few sizes smaller. Playing for the third season, the number of goals scored in the first two seasons is scary, scoring 16 goals and 19 goals respectively. Last season, he was only one goal less than Porto's Benny McCarthy and won the Portuguese Super League Silver Boot.

The last time Ronaldo came to Madeira was a cup match against Maltimer a month and a half ago, and he received courtesy from the home team.

However, this time at the Madeira Nationals, the situation is different. This team has no sense of identity with Ronaldo at all!

Madeira Nationals, as one of the two major football clubs in Funchal, represents the middle class in Madeira. They don't think that Ronaldo, who was born in poverty, is their pride. Very friendly, considering Ronando their natural enemy.

This can be seen from the attitude of the core players of this team towards Ronaldo.

Madeira National captain Bruno Patacas: "I don't think we will lose to Benfica, and I don't think he (Ronando) is a good striker, or a winger, the best wingers come from For Akchit, there is no doubt about it. We will let this fake striker from the Portuguese C team do nothing, he will neither score goals nor get assist statistics!"

When Ronando saw the remarks made by the captain of the Madeira National Stadium in the newspaper, he felt a little inexplicable, but then he understood.

There really is something special about him and Bruno Patacas.

Although Bruno Patacas is a defender, he was born in the Akchit training camp and was loaned to Lorinyan by Sporting Lisbon for a season. After joining the two teams, he officially joined the Madeira Nationals in 2002 and became the main defense force.

Akchet!Lorinyan!
Especially the name Lorinian instantly reminded Ronando of the small town of Elvas where he suddenly appeared more than three months ago, and the sonorous and powerful old coach Ricardo Ferrer with old hair. words.

"Is this the reason we were bloodbathed by Lorinyan? This is a naked humiliation! We have been humiliated by Lorinyan's enemies! All our residents of Elvas can no longer hold their heads high!"

Elvas and Lorinyan are mortal enemies. Although for the current Ronando, this kind of low-level battle is no longer in his eyes, but after all, he has the opportunity because of Elvas Walking into Portuguese football, just because of this reason, he didn't want to swallow his anger...

(End of this chapter)