Chapter 145 I protect the ball like Henry! The Chinese national football team has three opponents in this warm-up match, namely Navarra, Andalucia and Racing Santander. Among them, the first two are autonomous regions of the Kingdom of Spain, and their status is similar to that of Hong Kong and Macao in China. However, the slight difference is that players from these autonomous regions can join the Spanish national team. So in these two teams, you can see many names of Spanish internationals. Especially the Andalusian United, although for many people, it may be the first time to hear this name. But they are not a fake team, it is a very strong team. They have 16 players playing in the La Liga, and big-name stars include Joaquin, Tristan, Ramos and others. If they were selected to compete individually, their strength would rank among the top 20 in the world, stronger than the Japanese team, which is ranked first in Asia. Apart from the two 'national teams', the remaining opponent is a real La Liga team. Although Racing Santander is just a relegation team in La Liga, even as a relegation team, its strength should not be underestimated. The Chinese national team may not be able to win if they meet them.
If we are unlucky, the Chinese national football team might suffer three defeats in a row in these three games. So when Lin Feng brought Zhang Linpeng to the national football team training base, this was the scene they encountered. The entire team, from top to bottom, from the head coach to the ordinary players, all had solemn expressions and were preparing for the game very seriously. During the training camp in Eastern Europe last month, the Chinese national football team's performance was not ideal. First, they were defeated 0:2 by Sevilla, and then they were tied 0:0 by Bulgaria. The Chinese national football team didn't score a single goal in the two games, which made the fans who watched the games extremely depressed. Many fans are wailing, feeling that without Lin Feng, the national football team’s offensive firepower has dropped by more than half, and they can’t even score a goal, and they strongly demand Lin Feng’s return. It was also because of this that Zhu Guanghu could not withstand the pressure during the training camp in Spain and called up Lin Feng. We cannot lose again. If we lose again, it will cause trouble for the people of the whole country. With New Year's Day just around the corner, if the Chinese national football team suffers three consecutive defeats at this stage, the fans will surely curse them to death! Although the current public opinion environment for the Chinese national football team has improved, this seemingly good public opinion environment is actually very false without the support of impressive results. If the Chinese national football team loses a few more games, the fans may turn against them. "Lin, you're finally here. Everyone is here, just waiting for you!" Seeing Lin Feng coming, the teammates reacted enthusiastically. Teammates who had fought side by side with him in the national team before came over to greet him one by one. Some of those who were on good terms with him even took the initiative to help him carry his things and took him to his dormitory. "Who is this little brother?" Seeing Zhang Linpeng following behind Lin Feng, Xie Hui asked with some confusion. He knew almost all the players on the Chinese national football team's roster, except Zhang Linpeng. Moreover, the opponent looks too young, seemingly younger than Lin Feng. When did the national team recruit such a young player? "He's a friend of mine who plays in our club's youth training camp. Isn't this the winter break? I brought him here, and after the national team's game is over, I'll let him go back with you. I'll need your help in taking care of him then. Pengzi, come over and say hello to your Uncle Xie!" "Hello, Uncle Xie!" Zhang Linpeng greeted Xie Hui obediently. Xie Hui's face darkened, and he said fiercely:
"Call me Brother Xie, am I that old?" Zhang Linpeng was so scared that he quickly changed his words. When Xie Hui heard the other party change his words, he laughed: "Little brother, I'm just teasing you. Don't be so nervous. I heard from Boss Xu about you. You joined Inter Milan's youth training camp at such a young age. You have a bright future ahead of you. Maybe we will have to rely on you in the future!" Xie Hui was once a disciple of Xu Genbao. When he and Fan Zhiyi were playing for Shenhua, they often climbed over the wall to go out and play, which caused Xu Genbao, the head coach, a lot of headaches. With this relationship in place, he immediately agreed to Lin Feng's request and promised to bring Zhang Linpeng back to China with him. Unlike previous national team competitions, this time the national team training is to prepare for next year's Asian Cup qualifiers and the Asian Games in the middle of the year. Since the Chinese Super League ended in November, Zhu Guanghu selected 40 players at once. This group of national team players began to gather on December 12, first training at the Xianghe base in China, and finally 18 players were selected from the 40 people and taken to Spain for training. Compared with the East Asian Cup that Lin Feng participated in in August, there are many new faces among these 8 people. Among them, Beijing Guoan goalkeeper Yang Zhi, Sichuan Guancheng defender Tan Wangsong, Tianjin Master Kong's Liu Wei, Changchun Yatai's Wang Dong, Liao Xiaohu's Zhao Junzhe, Shenzhen Jianlibao's Li Yi and others were all met by Lin Feng for the first time in the national team. Among these people, some were selected for the national team for the first time, while some were familiar faces in the national team, but Lin Feng had not met them before. Lin Feng was not very familiar with these people, and these people were also very curious about Lin Feng. Under the introduction of the old team members, Lin Feng greeted these people one by one. When greeting other people, Lin Feng just nodded slightly and said a few polite words, but when passing by Li Yi, Lin Feng couldn't help but look at him a few more times. The name of Emperor Li Yi is well-known to people in later generations. His saying 'I protect the ball like Henry' is so famous! Because of this sentence, fans gave him the nickname Li Yi the Great. Later, the Baidu Tieba named after him became very popular and became the famous Di Bar! Thinking of this, Lin Feng suddenly had a bad taste in his mouth: "Brother Yi, please sign an autograph for me. I'm your fan!" Li Yi was very surprised. It would have been fine if it was an ordinary fan asking him for an autograph. After all, he is a national team player, a star player in the Chinese Super League, and is well-known in the circle. But the opponent is a key player of a top team in the top five leagues, and he is also his fan? Is my influence so great? Li Yi was very happy: "Okay, okay, how do you want to sign? Just write your name or some blessings?!" After borrowing paper and pen, Li Yi looked up at Lin Feng with some anticipation in his eyes. I usually sign autographs for ordinary fans, but this is my first time signing for a big-name star. This experience is really damn new! "Well, just write these four words: Emperor Li Yi!" Lin Feng said with certainty. Emperor Li Yi? What is this ghost?
Li Yi was a little confused, but forget it, who cares! After writing these four words quickly, Li Yi gave the autograph sticker to Lin Feng. Seeing the four big words written by the other party, Lin Feng thought it was settled. He had the avatar for the Diba and the source! And it’s officially certified! …On December 12, the Chinese team faced its first friendly match against the Spanish Navarra team. The main members of this team are players from La Liga powerhouse Osasuna. In the La Liga this season, Osasuna has an impressive record and is currently ranked second in the league, second only to the top Barcelona, and 9 points higher than La Liga giants Real Madrid. There are 8 Osasuna players in the Navarra team, all of whom are the main players of the team. Like the Spanish national team in the future, this team is almost formed based on Osasuna's lineup. Facing such a strong team of La Liga level, the Chinese national football team was suppressed from the beginning. Unlike the opponents the Chinese national team encountered during previous training camps in Germany, the Spanish football style tends to be more technical. Their players have very delicate footwork and their various passes and combinations are dazzling. Compared with their excellent footwork, the opposing Chinese national football team was like a group of rough guys, and their playing was so unbearable to watch. Since the Spanish national team had no matches scheduled on this FIFA match day and the La Liga had entered the winter break, this game attracted many local fans and reporters to watch. Although the Chinese team seemed to the Spanish to be not very strong, they had just defeated the German team unexpectedly not long ago. In addition, there were superstars like Lin Feng in the team, which made many Spanish fans interested in this mysterious oriental team. Lin Feng had just snatched this year's Golden Boy Award from Messi not long ago, and Spanish fans who have watched the La Liga are well aware of Messi's strength. This aroused their strong interest in Lin Feng. They wanted to see what kind of strength this guy had and how he could defeat Messi? More than half of the audience who came to the scene came for Lin Feng. However, these people were disappointed. Is this the strength of the Chinese team? Completely suppressed by the Navarra United! "Which one is Lin Feng?" "I don't see any impressive players on the Chinese team!" The Spaniards were curiously looking for Lin Feng, but Lin Feng did not play in this game and was instead kept on the bench. He reported to the team too late and missed the pre-match training camp. In addition, he had just finished the league, so Zhu Guanghu was worried that he would be physically exhausted, so he did not arrange for him to start. After searching for a long time without finding Lin Feng, the Spanish fans and reporters who arrived at the scene were very disappointed. In addition to Spanish fans, there were also many overseas Chinese studying and working in Europe. There were not many of them, only about 500 people, but after the game started, they waved the five-star red flag vigorously, creating quite a stir in the away stadium. Among these people, most of them also came for Lin Feng. The news that Lin Feng beat Messi to win the Golden Boy Award had a huge impact among overseas Chinese. As the largest sport in Europe, football is an unavoidable topic in Europeans' daily lives. But because of the weakness of Chinese football, they are too embarrassed to talk about football in front of foreign colleagues and friends. Whenever friends and colleagues discuss football, they get embarrassed. But now, as Lin Feng's name has become more and more famous in European football, these people will no longer be stage-frightened when they meet other people to discuss football-related topics. They will even take the initiative to start a topic: "Do you know Lin Feng? Yes, yes, yes, he is the genius who scored 17 goals and 11 assists in half a season, beating Messi to win the Golden Boy Award. He is from our country!"
Often at this time, they can receive admiration from their friends and colleagues! It works every time! Just by relying on Lin Feng's reputation, they are very proud in front of foreigners. But if you look deeper, most of these people are actually fake fans who don’t watch football. If they really like football, they can just find a local club to support, so that they won't have no common topics to talk about with their colleagues and friends. The Spaniards are looking for Lin Feng, and these overseas Chinese are also looking for Lin Feng. "Where is Lin Feng? Why isn't he on stage?" "Will the head coach be able to coach? Why is he leaving a talented star like Lin Feng unused? What is he thinking?!" …… After 30 minutes of the first half, although the score was still 0:0, Zhu Guanghu already felt tremendous pressure. Apart from Shao Jiayi's shot in front of the penalty area at the beginning of the game, the Chinese team has not had a chance to make a second shot so far. On the other hand, their opponents, the Navarra team, played better and better, the players cooperated more and more tacitly, and various small-scale ground cooperation made the Chinese national team helpless. The Chinese national team's defense line has been under threat from opponents. If it weren't for Li Leilei's outstanding performance and several key saves, the Chinese national team would have fallen behind. We can’t go on like this. I’m afraid we’ll fall behind before the end of the first half. Zhu Guanghu was thinking about whether to make a substitution or adjust the defensive tactics? Just as he was hesitating, something unexpected happened on the field. In the 38th minute of the first half, Navarra United found an opportunity on the wing again. Franio made a cross from the wing, the Chinese defender made a mistake in clearing the ball with his head, and Li Leilei knocked down the opponent's player De Carlos when he attacked. The referee decisively awarded a penalty kick. Zhu Guanghu stood up suddenly, and the scene was filled with exclamations of Chinese fans and cheers of Spaniards. The delay in time made it difficult for him to make tactical adjustments. Originally, he wanted to wait for the team to get through the first half and then make adjustments during the halftime break. But now it seems that we can't delay it any longer. "Xiao Lin, Xiao Zhao, go warm up and get ready to go on stage!" Zhu Guanghu called out the names of Lin Feng and Zhao Junzhe on the bench, and it seemed that he was planning to replace both of them at once. After hearing the head coach's call, Lin Feng and Zhao Junzhe looked at each other, took off their coats, stood up and began to warm up on the sidelines. On the court, De Carlos personally took the penalty kick. However, it is not known whether he slipped or made a mistake, but under the gaze of tens of thousands of fans at the scene, this guy kicked the ball into the stands. To be honest, it is quite rare for a penalty kick to be so high. There was an uproar at the scene, and the fans and players were all stunned. "Damn, even I am ashamed of my own masturbation skills!" Seeing that the opponent could even hit such a perfect shot on a penalty kick, a player named Gao on the Chinese team's bench screamed with excitement as if he had found a like-minded person.
"Coach, are we still going to play?" Lin Feng and Zhao Junzhe, who were warming up, also saw this outrageous scene. They both stopped and looked at Zhu Guanghu. Zhu Guanghu smiled awkwardly: "Put on your coat first, it's cold, don't catch a cold!" (End of this chapter)