Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

Real Madrid's management, blinded by greed, spent €1 million to sign a young player under twenty!

The much-criticized Asian striker scores a lucky goal in his Real Madrid debut!

A foolish opponent allowed a Chinese player to complete Real Madrid's first hat-trick!

Lin Feng has taken over the Bernabéu!

The football transfer record holder, the youngest Golden Boy and Ballon d'Or winner in history, the current number one player, the supreme emperor, has arrived in his loyal Madrid today!

After securing a home victory against Sevilla, Lin Feng unsurprisingly became the focus of media reports once again.

Whether it was his record-breaking five hat-tricks in a single season or his terrifying goal-scoring efficiency of 1.35 goals per game, both caused a stir throughout La Liga after the match.

As a result, some fans collected and compiled the Spanish media reports about Lin Feng when he first joined Real Madrid, creating a Lin Feng version of the media's changing face.

When Lin Feng first joined Real Madrid, there were quite a few people who questioned this most expensive transfer in history. Even many Real Madrid fans were worried about the deal and were not optimistic about Lin Feng's future at Real Madrid.

However, after more than half a season has passed and witnessed Lin Feng's crazy performance, almost no one still holds this view.

Fans who initially questioned whether Real Madrid had been ripped off by Inter Milan have now changed their minds and are praising the club's wise move of signing Lin Feng.

Many people even praised it as one of the most successful transfers in Real Madrid's history!

Many veteran fans, after watching Lin Feng's performance on the field, even exclaimed that the last time Real Madrid had a player of this caliber was back in the 1950s, with the generation of old monsters like Di Stefano and Puskás.

Their five consecutive Champions League titles marked Real Madrid's most glorious period, a moment that still fills Real Madrid fans with pride and honor.

It remains to be seen whether players of Lin Feng's generation can recreate the glory of yesteryear.

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The wait for fans was short-lived. On April 3, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals kicked off at the Bernabéu.

Real Madrid will host Premier League newcomers Chelsea at home.

After defeating Sevilla at home, Real Madrid maintained their lead in the league.

Because Barcelona suffered a shock defeat to Real Betis, Real Madrid's lead over Barcelona has been extended back to 13 points.

With only eight rounds left in the league, this advantage is enough for Real Madrid to focus more on the Champions League.

Facing his former club's visit, Mourinho naturally hoped to seize the opportunity of playing at home and defeat his opponents.

But for Real Madrid, there are two pieces of bad news.

Firstly, the home-and-away schedule is disadvantageous for Real Madrid. If they don't play well at home, they will be in a very passive position when they play away in the next round.

However, they had just played a tough game against Sevilla in the league, and the players were exhausted.

This Champions League match is only three days away from the league game, meaning two high-intensity matches will be played within three days, placing extremely high demands on the players' physical fitness.

If it were the beginning of the season, when the players were in good physical condition, they could have endured this level of intensity in the games.

However, as the season draws to a close, it remains to be seen whether the players can maintain their form after the grueling schedule of most of the season.

Therefore, this match is a severe test for Mourinho and Real Madrid.

Enemies meeting are bound to be hostile, and Mourinho's relationship with Chelsea's big owner Abramovich was very strained before he left the club.

So before the match began, Abramovich directly criticized Mourinho in an interview with reporters:

“I am very grateful for the honors he has brought to the team over the years, but I want to say that Jose is not the most special one he claims to be. The strength lies with Chelsea itself, not with Mourinho!”

Abu has his reasons for saying this.

After Mourinho resigned, Abramovich was worried that Chelsea's performance would plummet after Mourinho left.

For this reason, he extended invitations to renowned coaches such as Ancelotti, Hiddink, Scolari, and Pedro.

They want to bring these top managers to Chelsea to bring better results to the Blues.

However, without exception, all of these renowned coaches declined his invitation for various reasons, leaving him with no choice but to appoint football director Grant as the new manager.

This relatively unknown head coach achieved a 16-game unbeaten run upon taking office, including classic matches such as a 2-1 comeback victory against Manchester United and a 6-0 thrashing of Manchester City.

Under Grant's leadership, Chelsea's performance has not only not declined, but they have also kept a close run with Manchester United in the league standings. The two teams are currently trading leads in the standings, locked in a fierce and close battle.

The fact that a relatively unknown player like Grant could lead the team to such great results convinced Abramovich that the real strength lay with Chelsea himself and the money he spent, not with Mourinho.

In fact, he prefers Grant to Mourinho.

Compared to Mourinho's defensive counter-attacking style, Grant places more emphasis on passing and ground combinations, which allows Chelsea to not only win, but also win very beautifully.

Compared to Grant, Abramovich really has no good feelings towards Mourinho anymore, and he shows no mercy when criticizing him.

Mourinho did not back down in the face of Abramovich's criticism.

At the pre-match press conference, Mourinho responded:
"Chelsea is a great team. Aside from their owner, Abramovich likes the impact football has, not football itself!"

Mourinho's words were a direct attack on Abramovich's integrity.

The Russians' initial motives for investing in football were indeed impure. Some suspected that their investment in football was an opportunity to transfer assets, transferring the money they earned as oligarchs in Russia to London, a financial center.

He chose football because of its huge influence among the British public, and investing in football was the fastest way he could think of to integrate into British high society.

Of course, Abramovich himself has never responded to such speculation.

But judging from his frequent visits to Stamford Bridge to watch games, his love for football doesn't seem to be fake. He might have been faking it at first, but it's not easy to fake it for years.

The back-and-forth between Mourinho and Abramovich attracted a lot of attention before the match.

Through the various reliable and unreliable news disclosed by the media, the general public has seen many secrets and also gained a lot of entertainment.

The three days flew by amidst the verbal sparring between the two sides, and before they knew it, it was April 3rd, the day of the match.

Both sides' starting lineups remained almost unchanged, with Grant continuing to use his preferred 4-3-3 formation.

The midfield, led by Makelele, Ballack, and Lampard, looks incredibly tough.

For any team, gaining control of the midfield under the sweeping presence of these three is by no means easy.

The attacking line, led by Malouda, Joe Cole, and Drogba, possesses both speed and power, making them equally formidable. However, Real Madrid's lineup is equally impressive!
In particular, the attacking trio of Lin Feng, Raul, and Van Nistelrooy was a fearsome force in both La Liga and the Champions League.

This is destined to be a clash between Mars and Earth.

At the start of the match, Real Madrid launched an aggressive attack on Chelsea's half.

Seeing Lin Feng dribbling the ball forward, Ballack immediately moved closer to him.

Lin Feng calmly dribbled past him with a beautiful fried dough ball, but as soon as he got past the German, he was immediately pressed by Makelele.

Although Makelele is no longer at his peak, he remains one of the best defensive midfielders on the planet.

His timing for the steal was perfect; he made his move just as Lin Feng accelerated to get rid of Ballack and temporarily lost control of the ball.

But Lin Feng had already noticed Makelele lying in ambush nearby and even guessed what he was going to do next.

So what the other party saw was merely a flaw he deliberately created.

Just as Makelele stretched out his foot, a foot, moving even faster, flicked the ball before he could reach it.

Immediately afterward, a white figure flashed past, about to slip past Makelele.

Makelele was startled, clearly not expecting this to happen.

Unaware of what was happening behind him, he had no choice but to commit a foul, grabbing Lin Feng's jersey and pulling him to the ground.

Beep!
The referee's whistle blew immediately.

Makelele didn't look at the referee's penalty against him, but instead reached out and helped Lin Feng up from the ground.

Although the two are rivals, Makelele treats this young Real Madrid player with admiration.

Makelele once wore the Real Madrid jersey and played at the Bernabéu.

Although he eventually left Real Madrid due to disagreements with the club's management.

Makelele's feelings toward Real Madrid are very complicated. He feels that the club has not given him the respect he deserves because he is a defensive player, so he is dissatisfied with the team.

However, he also admitted that he had always hoped to stay at Real Madrid, but ultimately failed to do so, which was a bit of a regret.

Makelele's foul earned Real Madrid a free kick in the attacking third.

Although the distance was a bit far, the position was pretty good, right in front of the goal, so Lin Feng decided to just take the shot, just in case he got lucky and scored!

Seeing his careful placement of the football, everyone at Chelsea had a bad feeling:
Is this guy planning to just smash the door open?
This place is a full 40 meters from the goal!

Cech stood in front of the door, directing his teammates to form a human wall while carefully watching Lin Feng's every move.

Although the distance was far, the opponent had a high free-kick accuracy rate and had a record of scoring directly from a great distance in previous matches, so he dared not be careless in the slightest.

The game has only been going on for less than a minute. If the opponent scores so quickly, it will be a nightmare start for Chelsea.

At the edge of the penalty area, Ballack, who was forming a wall with his teammates, felt a strange sense of familiarity with Lin Feng's movements.

He was a little puzzled; why were the other person's preparatory movements so similar to his own?
Ballack's intuition was quite accurate; Lin Feng was preparing to take the penalty with his powerful shot.

Because this skill was extracted from a fragment of Ballack, it does indeed look very much like Ballack's kicking style.

Lin Feng retreated seven or eight meters, his sharp eyes sweeping across the area in front of and behind the door, before suddenly starting to run.

With a loud bang, the football hurtled towards the goal, leaving a trail of afterimages.

The Chelsea wall outside the penalty area immediately jumped, but after sensing the speed of the ball, the players in the wall turned sideways in the air, using their backs to block the impact of the ball, as if afraid of being suffocated in the chest.

Being hit directly in the body by such a heavy shot could potentially break ribs, and there have been precedents of this in previous matches.

Fortunately, their fears did not come true. The ball flew over the heads of the wall, passed the highest point, and headed straight for the corner of the goal.

Cech dived to the side, his body stretching out dramatically in the air, like a soaring roc, almost covering the entire goal.

"Look at this shot, Lin Feng's incredible long-range free kick!"

"Cech made a save, he jumped very high, his wingspan was wide enough, determined to stop Lin Feng's shot!"

"Cech touched the ball! No wonder he's the best goalkeeper in the Premier League! Cech has saved the day once again... Oh my god, what did I just see? The ball that was about to be saved by Cech deflected and bounced into the net!"

The commentators from various countries were almost completely dumbfounded, especially the two commentators from Sky Sports UK.

Seeing Chelsea's goalkeeper make such a basic mistake, the two looked at each other in disbelief.

That's Petr Cech, hailed as one of the best goalkeepers of this era. How could he make such a basic mistake in such a crucial match?
This goal was indeed Cech's mistake; he underestimated the power of Lin Feng's shot.

I thought the ball would have lost its power after flying nearly forty meters, but I didn't expect it to still have so much force.

In addition, the opponent's shooting angle was too tricky, and most goalkeepers in that position simply couldn't reach it. Cech was able to get it because of his height and long reach. He is 1.96 meters tall with a wingspan of over 210 centimeters, plus excellent jumping ability and extremely fast reaction speed.

This allows Cech to cover most of the goal area and reach positions that other goalkeepers cannot reach.

That's why Cech had the opportunity to touch Lin Feng's ball.

If it were Casillas on the other side, the ball would have gone straight in; there wouldn't have been any question of a mistake.

Therefore, the stronger Cech is, the weaker Cech is.

Ballack, like the other Chelsea players, was completely dumbfounded.

No way, they can score from such a long free kick?

Even if he were to personally take charge, there's no guarantee he could do it any better.

Because Ballack could clearly sense that the opponent's shot seemed to be more powerful than his own.

If that shot had been just a little less powerful, Cech would never have made that mistake.

Thinking of this, Barak's gaze towards Lin Feng completely changed.

This guy not only mastered his own unique skill, but he even enhanced it! (End of Chapter)