Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 393 Zhengxiong was used as a negative example; the French strikers were arrested.
Baidu's No. 1 trending search: Russia World Cup.

Sohu News: China's national football team will face Germany in their first match of the 6 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The match will take place at 23 p.m. Beijing time on June 17.

Moscow, Russia.

boom!
A passenger plane with the "CHINA" logo landed on the airport runway.

The plane took off from Italy.

This is clearly a chartered plane for the Chinese national team.

"Oh my god, I'm going to faint! Why do I feel like I've been flying for so long?"

Tang Ye walked down the steps, cursing, and found that several Chinese and Russian reporters had gathered on the ground.

"Wow, hello everyone!"

With backpacks slung over his shoulders, Tang Ye and his teammates disembarked from the plane.

Click, click, click!

Click, click, click!

When he saw the camera turn around, Tang Ye gave a thumbs up.

Glancing at his teammates' suits and then at his own Nike t-shirt, Tang Ye rubbed his nose and walked over to Zhang Yuning: "Hiss, I should have worn a suit too, it would have looked better."

More than 20 players in suits disembarked from the plane together; it was a truly spectacular sight.

Upon arriving in Russia, he immediately tried to overwhelm everyone with his imposing presence!

Just like Mr. Marcello said, they need to be at their best to play like they're in 80 points!

"Haha, so why aren't you wearing anything?"

"I have a suit, but I left it in Spain."

Tang Ye said in a low voice.

He had specially ordered a suit for the Golden Boy Award ceremony, but when he was about to leave Spain, he found the suit uncomfortable and didn't bring it with him.

It seems Tang Ye is still too young; he should have kept his suit.

"never mind"

Thinking about the inconvenience of wearing a suit and leather shoes, Tang Ye shook his head slightly.

I'd better wear short sleeves; they're more comfortable.

The bus is ready, but there's no need to rush.

According to communication between reporters and the Chinese Football Association, Lippi, Feng Xiaoting, Wu Lei, and Tang Ye will give an interview as soon as they get off the plane.

CCTV.

Hello, Tang Ye!

The person who interviewed Tang Ye was a Chinese journalist.

Tang Ye was certain he had seen her before, but he just couldn't remember which match it was after.

"You are the 22nd team to arrive in Russia. Can you tell us how you feel right now?"

"Um……"

Tang Ye looked up at the sky: "I feel fine. The temperature here is nice, and it doesn't feel stuffy. I think it's okay."

"Um... I meant the spiritual level."

The reporter prompted, "For example, are you feeling nervous, or are you looking forward to the competition?"

"Oh, this"

"Of course I'm looking forward to it."

Tang Ye took a step forward: "We spent 20 days training and playing warm-up matches, and I feel we are much stronger than we were in May. Our coach said the same thing."

The reporter wanted to talk to Tang Ye about Tang Zhengxiong's 1000 million yuan bet on the Chinese team to win, but since this was CCTV, they needed to maintain a serious tone, so the topic was put on hold.

That's true, but the reporter had a feeling.

That is, as long as Tang Ye's head appears in the camera's view, the interview video can't be serious.

"What are the plans for the next few days? Like practice matches or something?"

"We will play a half-game training match against a local team, but it will be closed to the public, so I can't say too much."

Tang Ye slowly said, "Then, just try your best to maintain your current condition."

Reaching up to scratch his head, Tang Ye looked somewhat helpless: "The main problem is that Germany is just too difficult to deal with. I don't know why we were the first to play against Germany."

The reporter nodded in agreement with Tang Ye's words: "We heard that you like playing games. Do you relieve your stress by playing games during the preparation period?"

Oh, no way.

Tang Ye answered quickly: "Time is running out, so I won't be playing games right now. I didn't play much during the warm-up matches either."

After Tang Ye finished speaking, he looked at the reporter's expression.

Hmm, I have a feeling that this reporter in front of me doesn't believe what I'm saying.

"No, no, I'm not lying."

Tang Ye took his backpack off the ground, unzipped it, and showed the reporter what was inside: "I didn't bring my laptop."

The reporter's lips twitched.

However, since Tang Ye is willing to show us what's in his backpack, let's take a look.

The camera zooms in, and Tang Ye's backpack contains...

A few packs of chewing gum, hmm, so classic.

Then there's a GGBond lollipop.

"..."

The reporter's vision went black for a moment, and after obtaining Tang Ye's permission, he took out the lollipop: "This, this is..."

"Oh, I didn't buy this, I didn't buy this."

Tang Ye pointed to the airplane: "A fan handed it to me when I flew from Shanghai to Saudi Arabia. I thought it was pretty, so I kept it and never ate it."

"oh oh"

The reporter nodded quickly, then took out a small white notebook.

"This is……"

"Oh, this is my notebook."

Tang Ye opened his notebook and showed it to the reporter.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

The reporter was startled and suddenly stood up, almost tripping over her own high heels.

"Cut this part out! Cut this part out!"

If the tactics are leaked, her job as a CCTV reporter will be over.

but……

Looking at the notebook in Tang Ye's hand, the female reporter slowly narrowed her eyes.

Tactical Notes (Extremely, extremely, extremely important!)

1. Team up with Brother Lei.

2. Team up with Brother Yu Ning.

3. Cooperate with Brother Ting.

……

22. Team up with Brother Lei.

There are 22 notes in total, and they are all similar.

Oh, there aren't only 22.

The reporter turned to the second page of the notebook, where a tactical point number 23 was written.

23. Listen to the coach.

"..."

He glanced at the photographer beside him and said, "Forget it, we don't need to cut this part."

……

CCTV1 News, host Kang Hui: The Chinese national men's football team arrived in Moscow, Russia at 2 PM local time on June 11. Their first opponent in this World Cup will be the defending champions, Germany.

"Yes, Chinese fans are already heading to Moscow. This is the second time in the history of the Chinese men's national football team that they have participated in the World Cup finals. Their best result before was a draw."

The scene then shifts to an interview video of Tang Ye.

Tang Ye, a Chinese national team athlete

"I didn't bring my laptop, yes, I really didn't, I wouldn't lie."

[The Familiar Tang Ball King]

[Didn't he bring his laptop? Then Dembele is going to lose again.]

[Sacrificing his gaming time for the national team, Tang Qiuwang really moved me to tears.]

[Tang Qiuwang is still too abstract. I went to Douyin to hang out with my brother Zhengxiong. I bet he's arguing with someone again.]

GGBond appeared on CCTV-1 again, and besides GGBond, GG Zhengxiong has also recently received a lot of attention.

The reason is simple: Tang Zhengxiong has been criticized by the authorities as a negative example because he boasted in a reporter interview that he would spend 1000 million yuan to bet on the national football team to win.

The Singapore Anti-Gambling Council has released a public service advertisement promoting anti-gambling efforts.

The advertisement features three children playing soccer together, representing a person of Asian, a person of Black descent, and a person of Caucasian descent.

The white child suddenly said, "The World Cup is about to start. Who do you think will win?"

"Brazil, I like Neymar's dribbling."

The Black child answered first, but the white child just shook his head: "Neymar isn't as good as he used to be. I like Tom, and even though China won't win the championship, I'll watch all of Tom's games."

Haha, I like Tom too!

The Black boy flashed his gleaming white teeth, then looked at the silent Asian man beside him: "Yang, what about you? Which team do you favor?"

The Asian boy named Yang suddenly lowered his head and touched the soccer ball on the grass: "My dad used all his savings to bet on China beating Germany."

"..."

The other two children fell silent, and a sad background music began to play softly.

As expected, yet another family is about to break apart...

Stay away from gambling, cherish your family.

[From the Singapore Anti-Gambling Council]

A pinned post on Dongqiudi (a Chinese sports betting platform): A Singaporean anti-gambling ad seems to subtly criticize Tang Zhengxiong. (46213 comments)

Singapore moved too fast, directly seizing on a hot topic in China and releasing an anti-gambling advertisement.
Tang Zhengxiong has been extremely busy lately. In addition to battling with anti-fans of the Chinese national football team on Douyin and Weibo, he also has to release videos to respond to fans' questions.

However, Tang Zhengxiong still enjoys this busy feeling very much, and he feels that everything he does is very meaningful.

As the saying goes, "Like father, like son!"

GG Zhengxiong has always been at the forefront of Chinese football!
……

People's Daily Online: The hotel where the Chinese team is staying in Moscow is only 2km away from the French team and 7km away from the German team.

"huhu"

Tang Ye felt very relaxed as he jogged with the team on the training field.

It's a very strange feeling. I was tense every day during the warm-up matches, but after actually arriving in Russia, I didn't feel as much pressure.

Perhaps it's because it's cooler in Moscow?

Tang Ye didn't know the exact reason, but he didn't intend to investigate further.

While running, Tang Ye glanced at his teammates and blinked, "Brother Yu Ning, are you very nervous? I can feel it."

"Oh? What's wrong?"

Zhang Yuning seemed to be in a daze, but quickly turned his head when Tang Ye called his name.

"Yes, that's right."

Tang Ye nodded thoughtfully: "If pressure is rated on a scale of 1 to 10, Brother Ning, I'd give you an 8."

"Ha ha!"

Zhang Yuning was still in a daze, while Wu Lei and Wei Shihao next to him had already started laughing: "King of Football, how many points did I get? How many points did I get?"

"If it's Hao Ge, I'd give him 5 points!"

"Brother Lei, um... I'll give you 7 points, but of course, I can give you 8 points if you want."

GGBond has always been very generous.

It's just giving a few more points, it's nothing. "Does this refer to today's score?"

Realizing what was happening, Zhang Yuning slowed down to match Tang Yeping's speed and asked.

"It's from the last few days, right? Data from just one day isn't accurate. That's what my club's assistant coach told me."

Tang Ye recalled the teachings that Van der Gahr had given him.

As a playmaker, Tang Ye needs to be more meticulous!
"No, why did I only get 5 points? Did I look relaxed?"

Wei Shihao pointed to his nose, curious about Tang Ye's scoring method.

Just then, Madaloni's voice came through.

"Hey! Warm up! Why are you all running in one line?"

The Chinese national football team's formation started as a vertical line, but now it's a horizontal line, with Zhang Yuning, Wei Shihao, and Wu Lei surrounding Tang Ye.

The team was still warming up when Lippi took a break to go to the restroom.

Standing at the toilet door, Lippi frowned, then adjusted his glasses.

He didn't go straight in, not because Mr. Marcello suddenly didn't want to use the toilet, but because there were two guys standing at the toilet door who shouldn't be there.

Dembele's big eyes first glanced at Mbappe beside him, then looked at Lippi: "Hello sir, we're here to visit Tom. Are you training today?"

"..."

After hesitating for a moment, Lippi adjusted his glasses again.

"You're not allowed to enter through the main gate."

Dembele chuckled: "So we came in from the side."

"..."

Lippi took a deep breath and suddenly lost the urge to go to the toilet.

Were you photographed by reporters outside when you came in?

"Of course not, we're exploiting blind spots."

Mbappe replied.

Dembele blinked again.

Lippi glanced into the distance: "There are at least 20 reporters outside. Are you sure you've all hidden yourself?"

"Of course!"

Dembele raised an eyebrow: "So, sir, are you training today? If not, could Tom come out? He hasn't replied to my texts; is he asleep?"

……

2 hours later.

"Damn it, Mr. Marcello, believe me, they're not here to spy on tactics. Osman and Killian aren't the kind of people you think they are. I know them very well!"

Outside the training ground, Tang Ye tried his best to speak up for the two French players who had broken into the national team's training base.

Lippi also looked embarrassed: "Tom, listen to me, this isn't my fault. Four newspapers have photographed the two of them climbing over the fence!"

"what?"

Tang Ye glanced at Dembele, who chuckled, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"So, what's the result..."

Come, look here.

Madaloni took out his phone and showed it to Tang Ye.

Marca's front-page headline in bold—what's the intention? French stars Mbappe and Dembele were photographed entering the Chinese national team's training base. Currently, dozens of reporters and hundreds of fans have gathered outside the training base.

L'Équipe's front-page headline: "Can the French team be punished for spying on tactics despite not being in the same group?"

"This……"

Tang Ye touched his nose: "This shouldn't be a big deal, right? The toilet is over 300 meters from the training ground. Just send them back..."

Before Tang Ye could finish speaking, police sirens suddenly sounded outside the training base.

I don't know which kind fan or reporter called the police.

“Hey, hey hey hey!”

Mbappe panicked and stood with Dembele and Tang Ye.

Why are the police here?

Tang Ye looked at Lippi, who helplessly shrugged and then turned and left.

Two police cars slowly drove into the Chinese team's training base, and six police officers got out, four of whom looked like Russians in the stereotype.

Under Tang Ye's watchful eye, Mbappe and Dembele were pulled away by the police.

"Hey, hey sir, listen to me, they're here to see me."

Tang Ye pulled the police aside: "My phone was in the locker room and I couldn't reply to messages, so they came looking for me. What I mean is, they weren't there to spy on our tactics; they had no such intention."

The police officer looked at Dembele, who quickly raised his hand: "Yes, he's right. We didn't have any ideas. We're on holiday today, so we came to visit him. You can ask N'Golo (Kanté) if you don't believe me. We told him before we came out, and we also called Neymar. You know Neymar, right? He's the Brazilian star. He and Kanté are already waiting for us at the hotel."

Dembele said a lot, but the police still took him away.

"Hoohoo!"

With a few quick presses of the accelerator, the police car slowly drove away, leaving Tang Ye alone, bewildered in the wind.

On his second day in Russia, his two best friends were arrested by the police.

He shook his head around and found Madaloni standing to the side: "Sir, what should I do now?"

Madaloni was trying not to laugh.

"Ahem, well, that's easy, they'll be out soon, since we're not in the same group. But..."

Tang Ye had just breathed a sigh of relief, but Madaloni's words made him nervous again.

"but what?"

"There might be penalties, but we don't know what they will be."

"That's okay"

Tang Ye shook his hand.

The punishment was a fine, which meant nothing to the Ottomans and Kylians.

"Well, as long as I don't go to jail."

I remember that spring two years ago, when the Dutch police arrested my respected Mr. Eric right in front of me!
hiss!
Tang Ye unconsciously shuddered.

……

Dongqiudi (a Chinese sports betting platform) pinned post: The Chinese national football team posted a video of their first training session in Moscow, and Tang Ye seemed to be in good spirits. (34712 comments)

The Chinese national football team has officially begun training in Moscow.

Moreover, Tang Ye is in very good condition!
This is certainly good news for Chinese football fans, who expressed their sincere wishes for the Chinese team's World Cup journey in the comments section.

However, this pinned news item was quickly pushed down.

TASS front-page headline: Two French players were arrested by Moscow police for trespassing at the Chinese team's training base. The French Football Federation is cooperating with FIFA in the investigation.

【? ? ? ? 】

[What's going on, guys? France?]

France certainly has an honor; they even dared to spy on our national football team's training session.

[France shouldn't be like that... Hmm, is it Dembele?]

France and China are not in the same group, and as a favorite to win the championship, France has absolutely no need to spy on the Chinese team's training.

The comments section was filled with Conan-like figures, who quickly guessed the gist of it.

One of these two arrested players must be Dembele!

The reason is simple: fans familiar with Tang Ye know that Ten Hag was detained because of Tang Ye.

Tom has a jail time buff, so Dembele, as Tom's friend, is naturally not immune!
The identity of one of them has been confirmed.

So……

Who was the other person who was arrested?

……

The front page headline of the Moscow International newspaper reads: "The two French players arrested have a combined market value of 230 million euros."

Fans: 6
Two players for 230 million euros – there's only one combination in the entire French national team that can match that price tag.

That's Kylian Mbappé at €1.2 million and Ousmane Dembélé at €1.1 million, on the left and right respectively, the first and second most valuable players in the French national team.

The front page of France Football reports that if reports of Mbappe and Dembele trespassing at the Chinese national team's training base are confirmed, they could face detention and fines from Moscow police. Additionally, the French team may be penalized with points by FIFA.

When the news came out in France Football, French fans were in complete panic.

The World Cup finals haven't even started yet, and the French team is already being penalized with points?

If you score 0 points and then get a penalty, wouldn't that result in a negative score?

But don’t panic!

In the eyes of proud French fans, there is absolutely no need for them to study the Chinese team.

Mbappe and Dembele could not possibly trespass on the Chinese team's training base!

The idea was good, until a reporter released the video.

The lens has a very long field of view, but the camera quality is excellent; you can see very clearly when you zoom in.

This is a 2-meter-high railing with the "FIFA" logo on it.

[China National Team Training Base]

[Severe Penalties for Trespassing – Moscow City Internal Affairs Department, Russian Federation]

The scene was very calm until Dembele and Mbappe sneaked out.

It was unclear what they were saying, but among the hundreds of millions of football fans, there must be many masters of spoken language, and their words were quickly translated.

"It can't be that bad. Things would get serious if they found out."

Mbappe pointed to a sign hanging on the railing.

"Mainly because Tom didn't reply to my texts."

Dembele shakes his phone.

However, he did not receive the text message he wanted.

"We've already made arrangements with Junior (Neymar), it would be too embarrassing if we didn't bring Tom along."

Dembele turned around, wanting to see if anyone was around.

At this point, the horizon line of the camera clearly dipped a certain distance.

Clearly, the reporter taking the photos was afraid of being discovered, so he bent down.

"Come on, come on, don't be afraid, Killian. Everything will be alright. We're not in the same group as China."

After saying that, Dembele placed his phone on the other side of the railing, then grabbed the sign that read "Trespassing will be severely punished" and climbed directly onto the railing.

"Hurry, Killian! There are no reporters yet. We'll be in big trouble if the fans and reporters arrive. If we get photographed, it'll be a huge problem."

"call!"

Mbappe breathed a sigh of relief and then climbed up.

Fans: 6
[Are we really going to get a points penalty? Dembele and Neymar probably just wanted to play CS with Tom, but China happened to be training there, is that what they meant?]

[What? They just happened to be training? They arrived in China yesterday, of course they're training today! Dembele is so stupid!]

France is finished!

Could we ask China to help us? We have a pretty good relationship with China, right? We even played a friendly match together a few days ago.

……

Russian Federal Television, the final promotional video for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Clash of the Titans: The Stars Descend on Moscow

The 4-minute and 57-second video featured Messi, Ronaldo, Tang Ye, Neymar, Mbappe, Griezmann... all the stars with a market value of over 6000 million euros made an appearance.

FIFA was very accommodating; Tang Ye's appearance in the video was on par with Messi and Ronaldo.

Of course, this could also be because Tang Ye was slow to run out and celebrate after scoring.

[Don't let all the stars descend upon us; France still has two stars in detention. Hurry up and get it over with, damn it!]

……

PS: The second update will be before 8 PM tonight. Tomorrow, I will resume three updates a day.

(End of this chapter)