Chapter 12 Lin Feng's Nationality "Leo, our next opponent has been determined!!" In the hotel where the Argentine youth team was staying, Aguero, with a young face, grabbed Messi's shoulder and spoke in an excited tone. The seventeen-year-old Aguero has a handsome appearance, bright eyes, and the youth and vitality that he should have at his age. On the other hand, his roommate Messi, with his long hair, looks a little mature. Not only does he look old, his temperament is also much more mature than Aguero. "Oh? Is it the Brazilian team?" Messi carefully turned over and looked at his friend with pretended curiosity. In fact, Messi doesn't care at all about who the next opponent is. Anyway, no one can be his opponent, he is confident in his own strength.
"Hey, congratulations, you guessed wrong, the Brazilian team was eliminated!" Aguero was very proud, partly because Messi guessed wrong, but more because he was happy that the Brazilian team was eliminated. There is a deep feud between Argentine football and Brazilian football. Neither team is willing to give in to the other and both want to be number one in South America. If they meet on the football field, it would be like a collision between Mars and the Earth. "Did the German team win?" The opponent was too close, so Messi had to move back a little. At this point, half of his butt was already hanging in the air, and if he stepped back any further he would fall to the ground. There's really nothing you can do about A Kun. It's obviously a double room, but this guy insists on staying in his bed, almost squeezing him out of space. "Ah? What are you talking about? The German team was eliminated by the Chinese team a long time ago. Don't you know that?" Aguero looked surprised. Could it be that Messi didn't even know who Brazil's opponent would be in this game? "So, our next opponent is the Chinese team?" The expression on Messi's face finally changed. The Chinese team... The name sounds unfamiliar, but it's not that he has never heard of China. But in the field of football, Chinese football is unknown and has no sense of presence at all. So before this, he had never thought that he would meet the Chinese team in the semi-finals one day. It would be understandable if we met him in the group stage, but in the semi-finals... Has Chinese football developed to this point now? "Leo, don't blame me for not reminding you. There's a guy named Lin Feng on the Chinese team. He's said to be very powerful. Many people think he may threaten your status as the best player. You better be careful!" Seeing that the other party didn't seem to take it seriously, Aguero kindly reminded him.
Messi nodded indifferently. There were so many people who wanted to challenge him. He would not pay too much attention to them until they proved their strength. …… The impact of the Chinese National Youth Team's big win over Brazil continues to spread. In the country, the front pages of major newspapers are all filled with reports about this game. The evening news broadcast even devoted a full two and a half minutes to reporting on the match. This kind of treatment has never been enjoyed by the national youth team, let alone the national football team. Back then, when the Chinese national football team made its historic entry into the World Cup finals, the news broadcast only gave it more than 50 seconds to report. Perhaps in the eyes of people at that time, if there is a first time, there will be a second time, and the future of the Chinese national football team will get better and better. Who would have thought that the Chinese national football team would take a completely opposite path, so that the time for news broadcast reports became longer and longer, but the results became worse and worse. In this era, the influence of the News Broadcast is still very great. After two consecutive reports on the News Broadcast, the national youth team’s reputation in the country completely overshadowed that of the adult national team. For a while, whether they watched football or not, the whole country was talking about the national youth team and the World Youth Championship. There were also some bored fans who kept arguing about who was better between Lin Feng and Chen Tao in the national youth team: "Of course Chen Tao is the best. Without his pass, how could Lin Feng have scored those two goals?" "Tsk, if there's no Lin Feng, Chen Tao's passing is useless no matter how good it is. Can we expect Gao Lin and Dong Fangzhuo to score goals? Do they have the ability to do so?" Each side holds a different view, and both have some truth to them. So no one could convince anyone else, and they argued until their faces turned red. But Lin Feng had only played two games after joining the team, but he was already compared with Chen Tao, the absolute core of the National Youth Team. This can be regarded as an affirmation of his strength! Although the fans were arguing, they were not very angry. In fact, when they were arguing, their hearts were filled with a sense of satisfaction and happiness. According to the fans, they have never fought such a rich battle! Having a Chen Tao in the National Youth Team is already surprising enough. As a result, now another guy has emerged who is no less powerful than Chen Tao, or even more powerful. The national youth team has made a gorgeous upgrade from its previous single-core configuration to its current dual-core configuration. When have such twin stars ever appeared in a national team? Unparalleled! Because Lin Feng's outbreak was so sudden, and his identity and background were little known, he appeared both mysterious and powerful, which aroused the interest of the majority of fans. But the Football Association's profile of him is too simple, with only a few simple lines: Lin Feng was born on May 1988, 5 in Xiaogan, Hubei. He moved abroad with his parents at the age of 7 and currently plays for Fürth in the German nd Division. Gone! Such a simple introduction obviously cannot satisfy the fans' appetite. People are eager to know more information and news about Lin Feng. But the Football Association really has nothing to offer, and Lin Feng is not included in their recruitment plan at all. This was the candidate that Krauchen personally decided on after Yu Hai and Wang Yongpo were injured and retired, against all odds. As a result, when the Football Association was unable to update Lin Feng’s information, all kinds of false information were flying around.
Some people question whether Lin Feng is qualified to represent the national youth team. After all, he immigrated so early, and it is difficult to say whether he is Chinese or a foreigner now. Some people also questioned whether Lin Feng had changed his age, because changing age is too common in the domestic sports world. And Lin Feng's performance was so outstanding that it was hard not to associate it with this kind of thing. As the turmoil in the outside world intensified, all kinds of false information became more and more outrageous. The Football Association had to come out and make a statement, saying that it would arrange for journalists to go to the national youth team’s training base for interviews. If they have any questions at that time, they can ask the players in person. The Football Association's execution ability was very strong this time. Shortly after the announcement of the news, it finalized the list of people going abroad for interviews. The media that were granted interview permission were all relatively well-known in the industry, such as professional paper sports media such as China Sports Daily, Ball News, China Football News, Sports Weekly, and Southern Sports. There are also reporters from portal websites such as Sina Sports, Sohu Sports and Tencent Sports. These media either have strong backgrounds or good relations with the Football Association. They will greet each other before the interview and will not ask strange questions. The players of the national youth team are relatively young and do not have as much experience in dealing with media reporters as the older players. If the interview content is not arranged in advance, these experienced reporters can easily trick young players into saying something, or even set up verbal traps to deliberately fool them. Don't think they can't do it. For the sake of publicity and sales, there is nothing these people can't do. As the person who is most concerned by domestic fans, the largest number of reporters applied to interview Lin Feng. Lin Feng, who had just won the game, was in a good mood and gladly accepted the reporters' interview requests. Compared with other players in the team, Lin Feng has been in the country for too short a time and fans lack understanding of him. So he also wanted to take this opportunity to say hello to domestic fans and become familiar with them. The first person to ask a question was a reporter from China Sports Daily. He immediately asked a question that everyone was most concerned about: "Hello Lin Feng, I'm Li Xiang, a reporter from China Sports Daily. Because your parents took you abroad when you were young, many fans are very concerned about your nationality." “Can you tell us that you are Chinese?” (End of this chapter)