Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

After Real Madrid equalized, the game quickly shifted into Real Madrid's rhythm.

Lin Feng steadily controlled the pace of the game in the midfield, accelerating when necessary and slowing down when needed.

La Lucona's players felt extremely passive, constantly being led by the nose by their opponents, as if someone had a noose around their necks, tightening it little by little, making it hard for them to breathe.

Under Real Madrid's immense attacking threat, La Lucoa's players had to stay on high alert and be fully prepared to defend against every Real Madrid attack.

But even with their best efforts, they couldn't hold onto their own goal.

Before the end of the first half, Lin Feng made a precise through pass during a play, breaking through La Lucona's defense and assisting Van Nistelrooy to score again, making the score 2-1.
After being breached twice by Lin Feng's passes, La Lucoa had no choice but to intensify their defense and pressing against Lin Feng in the second half, hoping to limit him.

However, they clearly underestimated how difficult Lin Feng was to deal with, seeing that his defense in the middle lane was exceptionally tight.

Whether Lin Feng retreats back to his own half, pulls out the opponent's formation, or uses long passes to attack behind the defense.

Alternatively, they can move to the more open flanks, taking advantage of Real Madrid's full-backs' constant forward runs and creating numerical superiority in certain areas on the flanks. By combining with teammates in short passing combinations to break through the opponent's defense, they can pose a significant threat to the opponent's goal.

La Lucona's players were completely numb; they felt this guy was much harder to deal with than Zidane.

Zidane is getting old, so he occasionally plays conservative football at his club to maintain his form so he can perform well for the national team.

But Lin Feng is young and strong, not only with better physical fitness, but also with stronger energy reserves and recovery speed.

This meant he was almost constantly on the field, always running and attacking.

The defensive midfielder marking him was practically exhausted from running, but he just couldn't contain him.

In the world of football, having excellent physical fitness is truly a terrifying talent!

In the end, La Lucona's players had developed Lin Feng's PTSD; whenever they saw Lin Feng make a pass, La Lucona's defenders couldn't help but feel nervous and afraid.

In the 67th minute, seeing that the defensive midfielder marking him was exhausted, Lin Feng decisively dribbled forward, used Van Nistelrooy as a cover, passed the ball to the opponent, got rid of the defender, rushed to the edge of the penalty area, received Van Nistelrooy's pass back, and fired a long-range shot that once again pierced the opponent's goal, making the score 3-1!

Seeing their goal breached for the third time, La Rucona's players felt utterly exhausted.

Tired, destroy it!

The unexpected goal at the start of the game gave them unrealistic fantasies that they could take three points away from the Bernabéu.

However, Real Madrid's next three goals dealt them a heavy blow, shattering their illusions.

Real Madrid is still Real Madrid; it's going to be too difficult for them to get points at the Bernabéu!
Mourinho chose to substitute Lin Feng in the 80th minute, allowing him to receive cheers and applause from the fans in the stadium.

The fans at the scene responded enthusiastically, with almost everyone standing up and giving Lin Feng the warmest applause.

Although it has only been two months since Lin Feng officially joined Real Madrid, his outstanding performance has already won him the hearts of the vast majority of Real Madrid fans.

Since Lin Feng joined the team, he has scored in 11 consecutive games!

Such a phenomenal performance is probably unprecedented not only in Real Madrid's 100-year history, but also in the 100-year history of football.

There have been other superstars with greater fame than Lin Feng who joined Real Madrid before, but none of them have achieved such explosive performances as Lin Feng.

This makes all Real Madrid fans absolutely convinced that they have found the perfect player for the team!

Lin Feng is Real Madrid's "the one"!

After Lin Feng left the field, Real Madrid failed to score again.

Ultimately, the score of the match was 3-1.

After a shock defeat to Espanyol in the previous round, Real Madrid stabilized their situation with a resounding victory.

However, Barcelona also defeated Almeria at home, and the gap between the two teams remained at 2 points, neither widening nor narrowing.

However, for Barcelona, ​​the biggest problem right now is not in the league results, but with several players in the team.

In this match, Henry finally scored at the Camp Nou, but it was an offside goal because the referee made a mistake and allowed the clearly offside goal to stand.

This controversial goal reflects Henry's awkward situation at Barcelona.

Since joining Barcelona, ​​Henry has been trying to integrate himself into the team's tactical system.

But the results didn't seem to be good. It wasn't until his sixth home game after joining Barcelona that Henry finally scored at Camp Nou, and it was a highly controversial goal.

This prompted many fans, especially Barcelona fans, to discuss it privately:

Was Henry's transfer a failure?

Lin Feng, also a top striker for a top club, has seamlessly transitioned from Inter Milan to Real Madrid, scoring in 11 consecutive matches.

Thierry Henry, Arsenal's star player and top scorer, struggled immensely after joining Barcelona.

He only scored 3 goals in 12 games, and only 2 goals if you exclude the offside goal in this game.

This goal-scoring efficiency is not only inferior to Lin Feng's, but also to that of a striker from an average La Liga team.

But Henry is also very hardworking, and his fighting spirit on the field is visible to the naked eye, especially when compared with another superstar, Ronaldinho.

Henry's past performances, both at club and national team level, have been impeccable, so this is not a matter of ability.

His training and competition attitude were impeccable, so the only explanation is that he was not used to the local environment.

Compared to Henry, Ronaldinho's problem is the real big trouble!

In his fifth year with Barcelona, ​​Ronaldinho is experiencing the most serious crisis of his career with the Blaugrana.

Ronaldinho started the match, but he was ineffective on the field. Not only was his performance poor, but his attitude was clearly one of tanking.

This made the Barcelona fans, who already had opinions about him, even more resentful.

When Rijkaard substituted him, he was greeted not with applause and cheers like Lin Feng, but with a huge chorus of boos!
At least half the fans at Camp Nou were booing him, clearly extremely disappointed with his performance.

The Barcelona board members were equally disappointed.

Ronaldinho's form has declined significantly this season, and his attendance rate is also very low. So far, he has been substituted early six times due to poor performance.

In the 12 matches Barcelona has played so far, Ronaldinho has only played the full 90 minutes in two games, and embarrassingly, Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw in both of those matches.

Ronaldinho's total playing time in the league is only 387 minutes, which is less than that of Dos Santos, a young player who was just promoted from the reserve team this season.

He even played less than Oleguer, a defender who had already become a substitute!
In the past few matches, people only saw Messi and Lin Feng trading statistics, but they didn't see Ronaldinho's continued slump.

Two months into the new season, there has been almost no positive coverage of Ronaldinho in the media; all that has been reported is negative news and even gossip about him.

Faced with criticism from the outside world and doubts from fans, Ronaldinho himself failed to live up to expectations. He seemed to have no intention of fighting back, but instead devoted himself to tanking.

Nine league games have been played, but Ronaldinho has only scored two goals in La Liga, both in a single match, while he has failed to score in the other games.

It's not that he can't score, but that he lacks the desire to attack, because he has only taken 11 shots in the league this season!
As Barcelona's attacking linchpin, it would be very easy for Ronaldinho to rack up shooting stats; with his ability, scoring goals wouldn't be difficult for him either.

But he chose to give up and didn't try to put up any good stats.

So, unsurprisingly, the focus of post-match media coverage was on Ronaldinho's form.

Although Ronaldinho had a period of slump last season, he was able to step up and shoulder the responsibility of the team's attack when Eto'o was injured and the team needed him to step up.

But this time, Ronaldinho seems unable to escape this slump.

As a result, those who initially supported keeping him gradually changed their minds, and Ronaldinho no longer enjoyed the support of the majority within Barcelona.

Regarding Ronaldinho's situation, the Barcelona board and coaching staff held a secret internal meeting to discuss the Brazilian's future.

During an internal meeting, Barcelona president Laporta directly asked team coach Rijkaard:
"Frank, can Ronaldinho ever return to his peak form?"

This is an important question, as Ronaldinho and Messi have some overlap in their positions and roles.

If the Brazilian is truly not worth keeping, Barcelona needs to prepare for his departure in advance, and that preparation is to promote Messi to the top and make him the new leader of Barcelona!
Rijkaard looked somewhat troubled; he had deep feelings for Ronaldinho and the group of veteran players who had followed him to the Champions League title.

But Ronaldinho's current form is indeed terrible, and there are just too many negative news stories about him off the field, to the point that the media reports on him every day without repeating themselves.

After much deliberation, Rijkaard decided to tell the truth. He shook his head and sighed:

"It's probably going to be difficult for him to return to his peak. Ronaldinho's physical condition is declining, and his mentality has become quite lax due to multiple injuries and the loss of desire for honors after winning the championship."

Rijkaard's words caused the board members to whisper among themselves, and Laporta nodded, understanding what to do.

If the other person's condition can recover, they can try to persuade them to stay.

However, if the opponent cannot recover his form, keeping him will not only devalue Barcelona's assets, but also drag down Barcelona's performance, squeeze Barcelona's salary space, and hinder the development of other players, especially young players.

Although Barcelona has been criticizing Real Madrid's superstar policy, they also have to admit that many of the players Real Madrid bought with big money are really talented and enviable.

For example, Lin Feng, who joined Real Madrid this summer with a record-breaking transfer fee!

The opponent's explosive performance created a huge crisis for Barcelona, ​​and they desperately needed a player of the same caliber to step up and compete with Lin Feng.

Originally, such a heavy burden should have been shouldered by Ronaldinho, the Ballon d'Or winner, but now, with Ronaldinho's continued slump, he can no longer bear such a responsibility.

Barcelona can only try to delegate this task to someone else!
If Henry integrates smoothly and delivers impressive results after joining Barcelona, ​​they might consider pushing him out to compete against Lin Feng.

Unfortunately, Henry was also in poor form, and his act of bullying a young man was somewhat unsportsmanlike.

Therefore, Barcelona only has one option: to push Messi up the pitch and let him counter Lin Feng's influence!

After the meeting, Laporta publicly stated in an interview with reporters:
"I hope the team can field its best players in the starting lineup."

Although no names were mentioned, any Barcelona fan who watched the game would naturally know who was in good form and who was in poor form.

So this is practically his public support for Messi!
With the club president speaking, the players and Barcelona's mouthpieces naturally followed suit.

In an interview, Zambrotta stated:

"I don't think sitting on the bench will be a problem for Ronaldinho at all. Messi has performed exceptionally well and deserves a starting spot!"

Henry also expressed his support for Messi in the interview:

"Messi is a very promising and incredible player. Believe me, once you've seen him perform on the training ground, you'll know I'm not lying!"

As for Barcelona's mouthpieces like Mundo Deportivo, they go to great lengths to praise Messi's achievements.

Unbeatable dribbling, sharp skills, overflowing talent, Maradona's handpicked successor to the King of Football, Golden Boy award winner, World Youth Championship runner-up... uh, scratch that!
In short, they would highlight any shining qualities in Messi and praise them even more.

In a very short period of time, through hype, Messi's influence was forcibly elevated to the same level as Lin Feng's.

But no matter how good the hype is, ultimately, one must prove themselves through their performance on the field.

If the performance on the field is poor, the previous praise may well come back to haunt you.

The 10th round of La Liga matches kicked off on November 1st.

As expected, Rijkaard included Messi in the starting lineup and benched Ronaldinho.

Despite Barcelona's relatively weak opponents in this round of league matches, the games still attracted a lot of attention from the media and fans.

Everyone is curious about who Messi, the new king of Barcelona, ​​really is, and whether he is as strong as Lin Feng.

La Liga officials are quite savvy; they simply scheduled Barcelona's match as the last game and held it separately!
Thanks to the promotional efforts by Barcelona, ​​Lin Feng's popularity in La Liga has increased significantly.

Many curious fans came to Real Madrid's side to watch their game.

Lin Feng did not disappoint them. In the away game against Valencia, who were ranked fourth in the league, Lin Feng completed his second hat-trick since joining Real Madrid, and also provided two assists, accounting for all five of Real Madrid's goals!
Helped the team to a 5-1 thrashing of Valencia away from home!
Lin Feng's explosive performance left the fans who rushed over in awe.

They had considered that Lin Feng was strong, but they didn't expect him to be this strong.

After watching it, the fans were thrilled, their expectations were completely raised.

If Lin Feng is already this good, what kind of amazing performance can Messi, who is on par with him, deliver?
The pressure is on Messi! (End of Chapter)