Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

"Oh my god, the roster announced by the Football Association this time is truly star-studded!"

"That's not true. There are more than a dozen players who have returned from overseas in Europe alone, and many of them are the main players of their respective teams!"

"Tsk tsk, after watching football for so many years, this is the first time I've seen such a magnificent lineup of the Chinese national football team. In the past, I could only drool over the overseas lineups of Japan and South Korea, but I never thought that one day we would have so many overseas players ourselves!"

It is no wonder that the fans are so excited. In the list released by the Football Association, except for the goalkeeper position, the starting lineup is almost entirely composed of overseas players.

This kind of thing would have been unthinkable a few years ago!

However, influenced by the trend of studying abroad, a large number of national team players have gone abroad in recent years and joined teams in the five major leagues, many of whom have already secured their starting positions.

Players like Manchester City's Sun Jihai, Charlton's Zheng Zhi, Cottbus' Shao Jiayi, PSV Eindhoven's Sun Xiang and others, although the teams they play for cannot be considered giants, they are at least teams at the level of the top five leagues. Moreover, they are either main players or important rotation players, with more playing time. Their situation is much better than those players who went abroad before.

As for the young players headed by Lin Feng and Chen Tao, there are even more of them, and compared to famous veterans, young players are doing better in the five major leagues.

Needless to say, Lin Feng, Chen Tao has become the core of Werder Bremen's midfield and his position as the main player is unshakable.

Once Klose transfers away, he may become the top player of the Parrot Army, and may even wear the captain's armband before Lin Feng.

Although Feng Xiaoting and Gao Lin are not in as good a situation as Lin Feng and Chen Tao, they are both highly regarded by the head coaches of their respective teams, and their number of appearances has been steadily increasing every season, especially Gao Lin.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will most likely be promoted to become Dortmund's starting center forward next season!

Although Feng Xiaoting did not become a main player of the team so quickly, because Barcelona played more games and the competition within the team was more intense, his personal strength improved rapidly in the past two years.

A central defender like him who relies on his brain to play football and has solid footwork, once he meets a coach who likes to pass and control the ball and likes to let the central defender pass the ball, it will be like a thousand-mile horse meeting a good horse trainer, and he is likely to soar into the sky!

As for others, Zhou Haibin accepted his teammates' advice and was loaned to another Eredivisie team, and his playing time was indeed greatly increased.

The team he is currently on loan to is considering making a buyout application to Eindhoven in an attempt to keep him.

If it were two years ago, the arrogant Zhou Haibin might not look down on such a team. After all, the Eredivisie is not one of the top five leagues, and the level of ordinary Eredivisie teams is not strong.

But after experiencing the torture of reality, he cherished this hard-won opportunity even more.

It doesn’t matter if it’s not one of the top five leagues. Just find a place to play well and improve your ability.

Once your strength improves, you will naturally be able to attract teams from the top five leagues.

However, he now has a clear understanding of his own strength and knows that it is difficult for him to gain a foothold in the fiercely competitive giants, so all he wants is to go to the top five leagues first and find an ordinary team to continue leveling up. After all, he is still young.

Once your strength improves, you may have the opportunity to realize your dream of joining a wealthy family in the future.

The situations of Cui Peng and Hao Junmin are similar to his. After seeking to be loaned to lower-level leagues, they both quickly established themselves in their respective teams and their playing time also steadily increased.

In fact, there is really no need to fight hard in the first team. For young players of their age, getting stable playing time and accumulating match experience are the most important things.

After discussing the national football team's lineup, fans were puzzled by the timing of the announcement:
"Why did the Chinese national football team announce the roster so early this year? There are still two or three months to go before the Asian Cup. Isn't this a bit too early?"

"Maybe they want to check out the players' condition in advance? Doesn't the Chinese national team have two warm-up matches in May and June?

Maybe after these two warm-up matches, the final list of the national football team will change a lot! ”

In preparation for the Asian Cup, the Chinese national football team is about to start overseas training.

In mid-May, the Chinese national football team will travel to Southeast Asia to play a friendly match with the Thai national team, which has made rapid progress in recent years.

In June, the Chinese national football team will travel to America to play several friendly matches with the US team and several MLS clubs.

In July, the Chinese national football team will return to Hong Kong to participate in activities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, and will play a match against Bayern at that time.

It seems that since Lin Feng joined the national football team, the team's schedule has become more intensive.

Friendly matches that were difficult to arrange in the past are now actively arranged by others, and even the top five league giants like Bayern have taken the initiative to extend olive branches.

This was unimaginable before!

As Lin Feng's fame grows, the outside world's attention to Chinese football has also begun to increase. This is a good thing for the national football team, but it also brings huge pressure.

If a team has a star player of Lin Feng's level but still loses to a weaker team than itself in the game, it would be like a naked butt pulling a mill and going around in circles, which is embarrassing.

After learning about the national team's upcoming schedule, Lin Feng did not pay too much attention to it.

Right now he has the most important Champions League semi-final and even final to play, and he can't be distracted by other things.

Although they won the first leg, they had to play away in the second leg at a devilish home ground like Anfield.

Inter Milan has to be cautious here. If they fail, they will be nailed on the pillar of shame for a long time just like AC Milan next door.

In order to prepare for this game, Mancini kept a large number of main players in the 34th round of Serie A and almost sent out an all-substitute lineup.

Since Inter Milan had already won the championship in advance, they specially arranged a trophy-raising ceremony at home before the game. With the witness of tens of thousands of Inter Milan's die-hard fans, they once again lifted the championship trophy.

However, after holding the trophy, Lin Feng and others changed into suits and sat in the stands, obviously not planning to take action.

There is no dissatisfaction with the fans. After all, they have already won the championship, and there are more important games to play next. Strategically giving up the league is completely acceptable.

Even if we lose this game, the fans won't say much.

It must be said that Inter Milan has really good luck.

Inter Milan's opponent in this round of the league is Empoli, which ranks 6th in the league. The opponent has no worries about relegation and no hope of European competition, so they are in a state of no desire.

The league has entered its final stage, and Empoli's players are now thinking about where to go on vacation during the off-season, so they have no time to think about the game!

As a result, Inter Milan, which had kept a large number of its main players on the bench, easily defeated its opponent 3:1 at home.

If it were a relegation team, Inter Milan might have been the one to lose.

Although the opponent was suspected of letting the team go, no matter what, gaining such a victory before the team sets out can still boost the team's morale to some extent.

On April 4, the day after the Inter Milan game, the entire team set off early and headed straight for England.

Although there is another Premier League team in Liverpool - Everton, Everton is Manchester United's younger brother, and Inter Milan eliminated Manchester United in the Champions League not long ago.

So in order to prevent the application from being rejected, Inter Milan simply did not apply to Everton to rent a training base, but continued to rent Manchester City's training base.

Anyway, Liverpool and Manchester are only a few dozen kilometers apart, and it only takes an hour to drive there.

"It seems that you and I are really destined to meet. I have met you twice in just one month!" The person sent by Manchester City to welcome them was their old acquaintance Sun Jihai.

"Haha, I left in a hurry last time and didn't have the chance to plan the dinner. This time I have plenty of time, so I can finally finish the meal!"

"Sure, I'll book the place. Although Manchester is a food desert, I know there are a few delicious Chinese restaurants here. I think you'll like them!"

The reason why Sun Jihai said this was because his teammates often followed him to this Chinese restaurant to eat for free.

It’s useless if only he says it’s good, but if everyone who has eaten it says it’s good, then it’s really good!
"Okay, come to think of it, I haven't had authentic Chinese food in a long time. But I have to wait until after the game. I'm afraid I'll eat something bad before the game!"

Sun Jihai gave a look that said "I understand". Although football players are not tested for doping as frequently as track and field and diving athletes, they are not completely untested either.

Some pork products in Europe and the United States, especially those imported from the United States, contain clenbuterol.

If you take this before a competition, it will likely be detected as a stimulant after the competition, and in that case you won't be able to wash it off even if you jump into the Yellow River.

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Unlike last time, Mancini did not conduct any closed training this time.

Instead, they conduct training openly, so many curious local fans come to watch every day.

As for the scouts sent by Liverpool, they were naturally mixed in with the crowd.

Benítez was obviously very concerned about Inter Milan's training situation. When the scout came back, he couldn't wait to ask:
"So, when they were competing against each other, were they practicing defensive tactics or offensive tactics?"

Logically speaking, Inter Milan, with a big lead, should play more conservatively in the second leg away from home.

After all, Liverpool’s home field is not easy to play in. Countless top clubs have failed here.

But precisely because the opponent's lead was so huge, they had enough confidence to take the initiative and fight against Liverpool at Anfield.

"Well, after they practiced set pieces for a while, they seemed to be playing games instead of having any intra-squad matches!"

Benister widened his eyes and began to doubt his ears.

No intra-team competition?
How can this be?

Could it be that Inter Milan is really so arrogant that they think they can win the game as long as they are leading by three goals?
If Benítez knew what kind of 'game' Inter were playing on the training ground, he might not have had such thoughts.

"Come on, Captain, stop him, don't let him pass!"

"Come on, Lin Feng, get past the captain!"

On the training ground, Lin Feng and Zanetti are having a special duel.

The teammates gathered around and divided into factions. Some supported captain Zanetti, while others supported Lin Feng.

Zanetti's one-on-one defense ability is very strong. He has defeated several teammates in previous one-on-one duels. Figo, Torres and others are not his opponents. Now it is Lin Feng's turn.

As long as he can stop Lin Feng and prevent the opponent from breaking through successfully, he will undoubtedly be the best defender in Inter Milan.

Seeing Lin Feng rushing towards him at high speed with the ball, Zanetti did not dare to be careless at all.

He was very clear about Lin Feng's strength, and he had seen countless times on the court how those defensive players who tried to stop Lin Feng were played around by him.

Zanetti didn't want to become one of those people, so he was very careful to half turn his body, so that he could turn around at any time, and slowly slowed down, approaching Lin Feng little by little, compressing the opponent's dribbling space.

Everyone knows that Lin Feng's speed is his biggest killer. In last year's Inter Milan match, Lin Feng's speed was even able to tie with Martins, the fast winger.

So Zanetti had to find a way to slow down his opponent, otherwise, if he didn't keep up with one move, he might be completely left behind.

Lin Feng lowered his shoulders and made a fake move, but Zanetti remained unmoved.

Seeing this, Lin Feng imitated the way Messi handled it at his peak and turned the fake move into real one.

This was obviously a bit beyond Zanetti's expectations, but he reacted quickly. In addition, Lin Feng was more than ten centimeters taller than Messi, and his feet were not as fast as Messi, so Zanetti actually caught up with him.

Seeing that the opponent was very fast, Lin Feng changed direction and dribbled the ball past Zanetti, then dribbled into the penalty area and scored.

"Ohhhh, the captain lost!"

The players who supported Lin Feng cheered, while the Inter Milan players who supported Zanetti were upset:

“How can this be passed?”

"I shouldn't have been running so fast just now. I couldn't stop the car because of the inertia!"

"Nonsense, if you don't run so fast, Lin Feng can get rid of you with his speed, captain, do you plan to keep following him?"

"The problem lies in the fact that Lin Feng's second spike changed direction. This is too difficult to predict. We can only rely on prejudgment, but once the judgment is wrong, it will be difficult to recover!"

Everyone fell into thought. If they were in this situation, how would they stop Lin Feng?

"Come again!"

Zanetti was obviously not convinced and continued to challenge Lin Feng.

"it is good!"

Lin Feng didn't say much, and the two of them got ready to continue.

As a result, not long after, Zanetti was defeated again!
"Come again!"

Zanetti refused to believe it. He just didn't believe that he couldn't stop the opponent.

As a result, this time, Lin Feng did not change direction when spiking the ball, but took advantage of Zanetti's mental inertia and directly made a burst of speed, overtaking him on the curve and eating him alive! "

"No, it's too disadvantageous to fight one on one. I must have the help of my teammates!"

After this failure, Zanetti was completely convinced.

If you want to limit Lin Feng who is counterattacking with the ball at high speed, it is not feasible to rely on only one person.

At least two people are needed to cooperate with each other. It is best if this person is a central defender with a strong sense of assisting defense.

After hearing what Zanetti said, Mancini immediately gave his orders:
"Samuel, go up and cooperate with Zanetti, try again!" (End of this chapter)