At the request of a friend, let's talk about Coentrão.
Fabio Alexandre Silva Coentrão was born on March 11, 1988, in a small fishing town, 30 kilometres north of Porto. There are many fishermen in the area, and it is not surprising that Coentrão lived in such an environment that Coentrão fell in love with fishing. Coentrão may be more interested in fishing than playing football. The player himself once said that his football career will end one day, and the fishing boat is his happy destination.
As a child, Coentrão joined the town's soccer team and showed great talent for football. When he was 17 years old, he signed a contract with a local professional football club in his hometown and became a full-fledged professional footballer. However, at this stage, Coentrão did not appear as a left wing-back, but as a left winger. With his abundant physical strength and good speed, he quickly made a name for himself in the Portuguese league.
As the saying goes, people go to higher places, and not long after Coentrão became famous in his hometown, he transferred to Benfica. However, the Benfica team at that time already had a ruthless man like Di Maria in the left winger position. You know, during Di Maria's time at Benfica, he mainly operated on the left wing. Although Coentrão's offensive ability is good, the gap between him and Di Maria is visible to the naked eye, so Coentrão can only serve as Di Maria's substitute in the early days of his joining Benfica.
It was a huge waste, and then-Benfica boss Jesús quickly came up with the idea to transform Coentrão into a left wing-back and put him alongside Angel Di Maria. Perhaps even Jesús did not expect that Coentrão would be so effective with Di Maria that it would soon take the Portuguese league by storm.
However, although Benfica is good, compared with the top giants of the five major leagues, there is a grade gap after all. It is destined that it will be difficult for this club to retain good players. In the summer of 2010, Di Maria defected to Real Madrid. In the summer of 2011, Coentrão landed at the Bernabeu. To watch live streaming in HD, please log in to the "link" to watch a variety of popular matches for free
Real Madrid spent 30 million euros on the transfer fee in order to bring in Coentrão. That's not a lot of money for a midfielder. But for defenders, it's very expensive. At that time, the only defenders who could beat Coentrão in terms of transfer fees were Ferdinand and Alves. The former is a central defender and the latter is a right-back. In other words, Coentrão, who was only 23 years old at the time, became the most expensive left-back in football in one fell swoop.
With such a sensational transfer, it is natural that it will arouse the interest of the media. Before the transfer was officially completed, a TV show in Portugal paroded Coentrão. They actually hired someone to play the policeman, stopped Coentrão on the road, and handcuffed Coentrão.
Of course, this kind of spoof show will definitely explain it clearly to the parties in the end. However, after the program team explained, Coentrão actually cried in public.
The author does not mean to defend the program team. On the contrary, the author feels that this kind of spoof is very excessive. But one thing is the same thing. Coentrand wept at this level of parody. Then his psychological quality really makes people not optimistic......
Despite his poor psychological quality, a defender of this value is destined to get a lot of playing opportunities. In the 2011/12 season, Coentrão's first season with Real Madrid, he made 33 appearances on all fronts, 23 of which were starters. He competed with Marcelo, who was also a left-back, and was basically evenly matched.
Compared to Marcelo, Coentrão's attacking ability is indeed inferior. However, Coentrão's defensive solidity is clearly above Marcelo's. In addition, Coentrão's tacit understanding with Ronaldo, a key player on the left side of Real Madrid, is not inferior to Marcelo.
As a Portuguese compatriot of Cristiano Ronaldo, Coentrão is naturally close to Cristiano Ronaldo. Before Coentrão got his driver's license, when he went to training, he rubbed Ronaldo's car and sat in the co-pilot's seat. In addition, Coentrão often goes to Ronaldo's house to play. According to the player himself, he would go to Ronaldo's garden from time to time to pick vegetables and make soup. If Ronaldo doesn't open the door, then Coentrão will go over the wall.
From the daily relationship between these two people, it is not difficult to imagine how iron the relationship between them is. In any way, Coentrão is an out-and-out friend of Ronaldo. When Ronaldo is criticized or questioned, Coentrão always stands up for his brother.
The off-field relationship is iron, and it is easy to have tacit understanding on the field. The combination of Coentrão and Ronaldo has never lacked tacit understanding. Even if you look at the whole football world, it can be regarded as a top combination. And this, naturally, will become a favorable condition for Coentrão to ascend to the throne of the Imperial Horse.
It's a pity that Coentrão holds the conditions for the throne of the Real Madrid, but lacks the mentality of being on the throne in a wealthy family. Compared with the extremely self-disciplined iron buddy Cristiano Ronaldo, Coentrão obviously lacks the mentality of becoming a top player. Not long after he joined Real Madrid, he made a fuss about smoking, which made the then Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho quite angry, and also made many Real Madrid fans question his professional attitude.
Coentrão, who was questioned, was at one point planning to leave the Bernabeu. And the Premier League giants Manchester United are also willing to bring in this Cristiano Ronaldo's best friend. In the 2013 summer transfer window, Manchester United held talks with Real Madrid over the acquisition of Coentrão. However, Real Madrid failed to find a suitable replacement and finally refused to release him. Coentrão shed tears of sadness when he learned that his transfer failed......
Surprisingly, Coentrão, who failed in his transfer, became an important member of Real Madrid in the following 2013-14 season. In the knockout stage of the Champions League, Coentrão beat Marcelo and became Real Madrid's starting left wing-back. In the Champions League final against Atletico Madrid, Coentrão was still the main force of Real Madrid. and this season's Copa del Rey final, it was Coentrão who passed the ball to Bale, which led to Bale's classic goal of speeding overtaking.
However, this season turned out to be the pinnacle of Coentrão's time at Real Madrid. By the 2014-15 season, Ronaldo's best friend had only made 17 appearances on all fronts. It's not just the injury that is due to injury, it's also the player's own poor mentality.
In the summer of 2015, Real Madrid dropped the 27-year-old Coentrão on loan to Monaco in Ligue 1. Why loan, not sell? Willingness is simple, Coentrão's annual salary is very high, and it is not easy to find a successor.
After one season, his loan spell ended and Coentrão returned to the Bernabeu. However, at this time, Coentrão can only be regarded as a burden that is difficult for Real Madrid to deal with. In the whole of the 2016-17 season, Coentrão only made six appearances for Real Madrid, which was a miserable one.
In the summer of 2017, Coentrão was once again loaned out by Real Madrid. This time, the loan target was changed to Sporting Lisbon. Although he has changed to a new environment, this Ronaldo best friend has once again exposed the old problem that his mentality is a hard injury. In the Europa League match against Astana, Coentrão sat on his bench and cried because of the insults and attacks from the fans.
Even the World Cup, which most players dream of going to, has lost interest. Before the start of the 2018 World Cup, Coentrão took the initiative to say that he did not want to participate in the World Cup because of his physical fatigue.
At this time, Coentrão was actually only 30 years old. His mentality is destined to make it difficult for him to climb to the top. If he had the willpower of his friend Cristiano Ronaldo, his achievements would definitely be more than that.