Chapter 212: Mountain Rain Is Coming

April 29

7:15 p.m.

The 28th round of the Portuguese Super League between Sporting Lisbon and Rexos is about to kick off.

At this moment, the attendance rate of fans in the stands has reached 85%, which is close to 45,000 people. Looking up, there are green trees everywhere. But only a row of seats next to the visiting team stand was completely empty, very obtrusive and stubbornly separated from the dazzling green and red and white.

Seeing the players coming out to warm up, the die-hard Cubs stand began to sing endlessly, and then the fans in other stands also became enthusiastic, and began to vent their passionate emotions with various body language. This is rare in the relatively quiet left and right long stands on weekdays.

Yu Debao sat together with Houzi, Xiao Le, Chen Qiang, Zhang Liang and others, like a commentator, introducing to them the situation of the Lisbon players and Sporting Lisbon's attitude towards the game.

"Sporting Lisbon definitely wants to win this game. Benfica is chasing closely. No one wants to lose the qualification for the Champions League. That is a lot of money."

"Sporting Lisbon's morale is not high now, they have lost a lot, and the players' enthusiasm is gone. You Rexos have a big chance."

"However, be careful of the three heroes of Lisbon, Veros is good at defense, Vukcevic is good at offense, and Moutinho is both offensive and defensive. The three of them have matured very quickly, and now they all hope to compete with Xiaodong for the best rookie. Direct dialogue is definitely going all out."

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Xiao Le said disdainfully: "As a newly promoted, Lexos has scored 11 points against Sporting Lisbon. These three heroes are ashamed to compete with Fatty for the best rookie."

The monkey said: "Miss Xiao Le, you can't say that. After all, the fat man is an outsider, and he will suffer a bit in the selection. If he can win the championship, he will be safe. Unfortunately, the score difference is too big."

Although Monkey has been in Portugal much shorter than Xiao Le, the people and things he has come into contact with are more advanced and complicated than Xiao Le, and he has a more thorough understanding of the situation in Portugal than Xiao Le.

Chen Qiang said: "Fatty still has 16 league goals, both team and individual. I don't believe anyone can beat him."

"In addition to the three heroes of Lisbon, Benfica's Di Maria is also a strong opponent of Fatty. Although he doesn't score many goals, his breakthrough assists are quite shocking. He is full of talent. There are a lot of goals, and the convincing power may not be as great as the data, but Fernando in Porto is disappointing." Zhang Liang is the editor-in-chief and owner of "Portuguese Chinese News", and his familiarity with the Portuguese Super League is unmatched by others, which makes sense With evidence, others have nothing to say.

At this time, the players returned to the locker room after warming up, and the on-site commentator was loudly introducing the appearances and lineups of the two sides. Every time he said a name, there would be a burst of warm applause at the scene, and the atmosphere of the game gradually heated up.

Soon the players of both sides changed their clothes and returned to the field under the leadership of the referee. At this time, the commentator on the scene said in surprise: "Ah! Why did the referee change?! Why did it become Bloom? The list says Proka, what happened to our Golden Whistle?"

The reporters on the sidelines also looked at each other in blank dismay, and many began to whisper in low voices, because it is extremely rare for a referee to be changed suddenly before a match.

This is a game related to the ownership of the championship, so the referee committee sent the Golden Whistle Proca. Seeing that Bloom was suddenly replaced before the battle, the fans on both sides were dissatisfied, and they all booed and screamed at the stadium.

Chen Qiang asked Zhang Liang urgently: "What's going on? Why did the referee change suddenly?"

Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "This is too sudden, I don't know, it may be that Proka suddenly got a sudden illness, or something else."

In the VIP box, Philip, the chairman of Sporting Lisbon, gloated and said to Chairman Rexos: "Golden Whistle? Pooh! If you do something bad, you will be punished. Now it's finally time. Some people probably won't be able to sleep."

Caruso, the chairman of Rexos, only got involved in professional football in 2004, and he was not a fan before joining Rexos. He didn’t understand many things about such a major case as Operation Golden Whistle.

Hearing something in Philip's words, he hurriedly said: "What happened to Proka? Something happened too?"

Philip sneered and said: "If he is not greedy, big things will not be found on his head. The Golden Whistle is doing very well, but it is a pity that the glory will not last forever, just like a certain team, the Champions League Cup and the League Cup. Soft hands, hey, I don’t know if I still have the mood and time to enjoy it.”

Carus suddenly realized.

At the same time, at Porto's Dragon Stadium, the match between Porto and Guimarães has already started, but Da Da in the VIP box. Costa was no longer in the mood to watch the game. The news he just received made him flustered. However, in front of Guimaraes chairman Julio, Da Costa was very calm. He smiled and said to Julio: "You slow down!" Appreciate slowly, I have something to go out."

Guimarães chairman Julio is not a rookie like Rexos chairman Carus. He has been in Portuguese football for many years. Da. Costa walked out of the box unhurriedly, with a hint of sneer on his face, he said in his heart, the old fox, he pretended very well, but unfortunately, it is useless to pretend, Judge Charles is not so easy to fool.

Da Costa left and sat in his Bentley, and immediately called his vice chairman, Caroline, but there was an electronically synthesized voice: The person you dialed has turned off the phone. Da. Costa called another number for Caroline, but the phone was still off.

Da Costa was so anxious that he immediately called Mendez again, "Mendez, Proca has been arrested, do you know?"

"I heard, isn't this something that will happen sooner or later?" Mendes' tone was much calmer than Da Costa's.

"Okay, have you seen Vice President Caroline? I called her and her phone was turned off," Mendes said.

Mendes glanced at Caroline who was sitting next to him, and said calmly: "No, you can look again, maybe the phone is out of battery."

"Okay, I'll look for it again." Da Costa hung up the phone and drove to Caroline's house.

Caroline stared at Mendez and said, "Why did you kill Chairman Costa? Without Chairman Costa, you wouldn't be where you are today."

Caroline is 39 years old this year and is the vice-chairman in charge of market development and public relations in Porto.

Mendes smiled slightly and said: "Did I hurt the chairman? Nothing will happen to Chairman Costa. Porto will deduct a few more points at most and lose the championship. Doesn't it matter to Porto that the Portuguese Super League champion will not be relegated? Not losing Champions League qualification."

Caroline said coldly: "But the Golden Whistle Proka was destroyed by you."

Mendes smiled sarcastically and said, "No, Proka destroyed himself. This is the ending he deserved. God is fair."

Caroline shook her head helplessly, "Mendez, I just want to know why you helped Rexos."

Mendes smiled slightly and said: "Caroline, Rexos winning the championship is good for everyone. That little fat guy from Huaguo became famous in one fell swoop and his net worth skyrocketed. It's good for me and the chairman. I won the league championship in exchange for a lot of money, I think, even if I told the chairman, he might not disagree."

Caroline sighed and said, "You can always convince others that you are right."

Mendes poured two glasses of port wine, handed one to Caroline, and said, "Because I'm right, don't think too much, the chairman will be fine, Porto will be fine, come, have a drink, and put everything together." Forget it all, tomorrow will only be better."

Will tomorrow be better? Caroline took the glass and drank it down. She couldn't believe it, but she was helpless. She had given the evidence of Proca's bribery to Mendez's lover in her school days.