Madeira Island Derby!
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Estádio dos Barreiros, two hours before the start of the match, enthusiastic Marítimo fans were already present outside the stadium. The red and green striped jerseys were everywhere, with some enthusiastic fans even singing loudly in support of the team's songs, including this month's particularly popular "Let him play!", a song tailored for Wu Lei.
These two months of outstanding performance have made the common people of Madeira, who are relatively low in social status, feel like they can overthrow their landlords and become masters themselves. Every single one of them is proud and relieved, finally able to vent their anger in front of their sworn enemies from the same city.
This emotion reached its peak two weeks ago when they won at home against Benfica, a match in which Marítimo took full advantage of their home-field advantage to convincingly defeat one of the top three teams in Portugal's Super League, leaving Portuguese media stunned.
As the home team and being in great form, they certainly have reason to expect more
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Outside this not-so-grand but historic stadium, the Latin songs, loud conversations among fans and vendors' hawkings formed a wonderful symphony, which is called the festival of football fans.
A black Volkswagen taxi slowed to a stop on the street opposite Barreiros Stadium, and two middle-aged men in black got out of the car and walked into a coffee shop on the street.
"The atmosphere looks good here." Moyes sipped his coffee and gazed out the glass window at the fans across the street.
There is still some time before the game starts, they don't need to arrive at the stadium so early. With Moyes' current fame, if he appears in the crowd, he will probably be surrounded and unable to move. Although his position as Manchester United's head coach is not very comfortable.
"Two months ago, it wasn't so lively." Tony Nino, sitting opposite, replied: "It's because that Chinese kid made a stunning performance, leading Maridimo to advance all the way, and their fans became more and more enthusiastic."
Moisés heard this, and even his bitter gourd-like face couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile. Toninho always mentions Wu Yu no matter what time it is, it seems he really has high hopes for this young Chinese player.
"Let's see what kind of performance the Chinese wonder kid, who you can't stop talking about, will bring us today." Moyes said with some anticipation: "His goal in the Lisbon competition was indeed wonderful."
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In the parking lot outside the Bareiros Stadium, an old car slowly stopped in a parking space. As soon as the car came to a stop, a girl jumped out of the passenger seat and rushed to the back of the car, opening the trunk and taking things out while scolding in a severe tone: "Brother, it's all your fault for being so late picking me up, the game is about to start!"
"What's the rush? The game doesn't start for over an hour yet." A burly man with a thick beard got off the bus and went to help the girl move her things.
"Now Wu Yun has already started warming up!" The girl said loudly.
Although Big Beard was physically robust, he seemed to have no courage to retort in the face of the girl's scolding, so he could only shut his mouth tightly and move things obediently.
These two people are naturally Monica and her brother. Since getting to know Wu Yus, Monica has been watching every home game for the past two months, with her leading cheerleading team, and even popularizing the song "Let Him Play" which praises Wu Yus. Creating this song is one of the things she is most proud of.
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"Dad, Mom, hurry up, the game is about to start." Inside a residential house, Hua Yan was urging Hua Bin and Xue Bingyi at the door.
"Coming, coming......" Huabin's helpless voice came from inside the room.
After a while, the two of them finally came out of the room with a bashful expression on their faces. On the bodies of the couple in their 40s, they were no longer wearing their usual mature and stable clothes, but instead wore traditional red and green striped Maldivian attire.
"Little Wild Goose, I just said let's go watch a game, no need to dress up like that." Huabin said with tears on his face.
"What's wrong with it? Now is the time to go support Xiao Yu and Da Wei, we must have the appearance of supporters!"
Hua Yan now tied up her ponytail, the basketball jersey was tied at her waist, and she wore a pair of cowboy shorts underneath, which perfectly set off her devilish figure.
"Exactly! Old man, you're so indecisive!" Xue Bingyi, who was standing aside, couldn't help but tease her husband.
Hua Bin looked at his wife who was also tying her shirt around her waist and was stunned...
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An hour before the match, a crowd of fans began to gather at the Estádio dos Barreiros. The high-profile performances over the past two months have made Marítimo's home games almost always sold out, and some fans who did not buy tickets also gathered in bars and restaurants around the stadium to watch the game on TV.
The whole Funchal turned into a sea of football, and every place could see the TV broadcasting this Madeira derby match.
It's just the right time for both teams' pre-match warm-up.
Wu Yus Zheng and the players walked out of the locker room corridor, he has played four or five games on this field, and is also quite familiar with the atmosphere of this field, and even has some dependence on the feeling of this field.
"Wu Yu, you're so handsome!"
"Wu Yu, look over here"
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"Wu Yu, I want to marry you!"
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As I just walked out of the passageway, on the right side of the stands above the passageway, there were many young foreign girls gathered around. These girls all had blonde hair and blue eyes, with skin tones ranging from fair to wheat-colored, and their appearances ranged from enchanting to ordinary, all concentrated on the right side of the player's tunnel stands.
Although they have different skin tones and appearances, they all have one thing in common: they are all infatuated with the handsome and skilled Wu Yu. If there's another commonality among them, it's that they're all friends brought by Monica or got to know Wu Yu through her.
These enthusiastic female fans often appeared outside the training ground, watching Maridimo's training while shouting Wu Yus' name, which once made Wu Yu and Maridimo's coaching staff very headache. Later, after Wu Yu's negotiation with Monica, Wu Yu finally let these crazy female fans not appear outside the training ground again at the cost of dating Monica three times.
However, whenever there is a match, these female fans will appear on the right side of the player's passage, waiting for Wu Yun's entry and exit. When Wu Yun passes by, they make ear-piercing screams that are frightening.
Wu Yu was also quite embarrassed at first, but after adapting to several matches later, he got used to it and occasionally thought of these female fans with warm smiles, which made them scream again.
But today when Wu Yu walked out of the locker room, the girls clearly felt that he was in a bad mood today, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his mind seemed to be full of worries.
"Xiao Yu, what's wrong?" Gao Wei, who was walking with him, also noticed Wu Yu's abnormality: "Is it because of Grandpa's thing? Don't worry, the operation will definitely be fine."
"Uh-huh, I'm fine, just warming up." Wu Yu nodded and continued running with his head down.
Gao Wei saw this and knew he couldn't adjust that quickly for the time being, so he patted him on the shoulder to show encouragement.
They suddenly received the news yesterday that Wu Yu's grandfather's surgery, because it needs to be performed at night when the body function is not so active and the blood supply is relatively less, was rescheduled for Wednesday night, which coincides with Wu Yu's match time.
This message was originally only told to Gao Wei by Wang Peijun, and Gao Wei was supposed to tell Wu Yu after the game. But this careless guy Gao Wei didn't think about why Wang Peijun wanted him to wait until after the game to tell Wu Yu - it was so as not to affect Wu Yu's performance in today's competition. So after getting the message, Gao Wei directly told Wu Yu.
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For this, Gao Wei was severely scolded by Hua Yan, and he still doesn't know what the reason is until now.
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The 40-minute warm-up period has ended and the fans are about to fill up the Estadio Bareiros, with players from both teams returning to their locker rooms.
In the visiting team's locker room, the national team's head coach Jokanovic stood in front of the tactics board, making a final pre-match mobilization:
"Hey guys, Marítimo has been very arrogant lately. For the honor of our national team and for our position on Madeira Island, this match must make them suffer a bit and let them taste the flavor of defeat!"
"We will trample them under our feet once again!"
"Let them taste our strength!"
"Take Dos Bocas!"
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Inspired, the players of the national team shouted out their own heroic words.
Jokanovic looked at the excited expressions of everyone, nodded in satisfaction, and finally his eyes fell on a robust player with a firm expression:
"Jie Luo, in this game you must mark Wu Yu, the opponent's midfield core, to death! Don't let him have any chance to play!"
"Coach, I, Claudemir, bet my reputation on it! I will definitely defend against that little punk Wu Yu and make him know what a Super League level match is!" Claudemir said with a fist to his own chest.
"Alright, I need every single one of you to give it your all, treat this match as if it's the World Cup final for each and every one of you. Winning will bring us unparalleled honor! For our fans, for yourselves, for the honor of the national team, fight!" Jokanovic once again rallied every player in the locker room.
"Fight like a man!!" A firm voice echoed in the visiting team's locker room.
The Derby war on Madeira Island is finally about to kick off.
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