Chinese champion

Chapter 179

When Pei Wei was having a happy Valentine's Day and Zhu Jun was having a painful Valentine's Day, Wu Qi had already flown back to China by himself, and participated in the first event in his life at the famous Haigeng base in China. A national team training session.

When he got off the plane at Kunming Airport, there were no reporters or fans to greet him, because many people were not optimistic that Wu Qi, a typical "marginal figure", could play the main force in the national team from the beginning, and basically ran away. Went to Haigeng base to interview the training of the national team.

However, Wu Qi found an unexpected greeter who was also someone Wu Qi knew. That was Feng Yu, the former head coach of the Dalian Youth Team and now the assistant of the head coach of the national team, Ali Han.

"How is it? Are you tired from the long journey?" Feng Yu warmly greeted him and took the luggage from Wu Qi. The 50-year-old elder helped with the luggage: "It's okay, I slept on the plane, and I'm almost jet-lagged, so I don't feel tired at all."

Feng Yu smiled, turned around and walked out side by side with him, and said as he walked, "It seems that you are well prepared. How do you feel about being selected by the national team?"

"Of course I'm happy!" Wu Qi said excitedly: "In my dreams, I want to wear the jersey of the national team to participate in the competition. No, I rushed here as soon as I received the news of being selected, and now I am looking forward to participating in training." Nah."

Feng Yu smiled tolerantly, and reached out to pat Wu Qi's shoulder, although this action seemed a little funny: "It's good to have this kind of heart, and I also believe that you have this ability. At that time, I always envied He Jin to have you as a good goalkeeper, if it were not for you, I believe our Dalian team would not only win two championship titles during that time!"

"Hehe!" Wu Qi touched his head in embarrassment and smiled: "Director Feng, I couldn't help it at that time, everyone is in charge."

"It's not bad. After going out for a few years, I can actually say polite words. It seems that the foreign environment makes people mature!" Feng Yu said jokingly, and then changed the subject: "But confidence is confidence, but what you fight The position situation is quite special, and there is still a long way to go before becoming the main force."

Seeing that Feng Yu suddenly became serious, Wu Qi also put away his laughing face, and said seriously: "I know, Director Feng, the position of the goalkeeper is no different than others, and they can be rotated at any time. Whether a goalkeeper can keep the goal well depends not only on It depends on his own goalkeeping skills, but depends on his familiarity with the back line. In this regard, I still have a big gap compared with the other two old goalkeepers, but I will hurry up the training time to get familiar with the back line as soon as possible. Our style of play, and strive to contribute my own strength to the national team as soon as possible!"

"Very good." Feng Yu nodded: "However, you also missed one point. You are a returnee. Technically, you are indeed much better than the other two goalkeepers in the team, but as a rookie in the national team , the gap between you and them is not only your familiarity with the back line, but something else, for example..."

Wu Qi listened humbly. He has always been a very humble person, and he can easily accept other people's opinions. Neither Pei Wei nor Hu Yong can compare with him. When he was listening, Feng Yu suddenly After stopping his mouth, he hurriedly asked, "For example, what?"

Feng Yu stopped and smiled: "There are still seven or eight miles away from Haigeng, do you want to walk back with me?"

Only then did Wu Qi realize that the two of them had already walked out of the airport. At this time, a taxi drove up. Feng Yu called the car over, and the two got into the car one after the other.

In the car, due to the driver, Feng Yu did not continue the topic just now, but Wu Qi fell into deep thought: Why did Feng Yu mention this before he reported to the national team?

The car arrived in front of the Haigeng training base quickly, and Wu Qi rushed to pay the fare with his pocket. When the two were about to turn around and leave, the sturdy taxi driver stopped them suddenly, and smiled and took the car from his pocket. He took out a hard-shell notebook and a pen and handed them to Wu Qi.

"Are you Wu Qi from Anderlecht, right? I recognized you as soon as I got in the car, please sign your autograph for me? My daughter is your loyal admirer!" the driver said courteously.

Wu Qi happily complied with his request, and the driver happily left. Wu Qi shook his head, turned around and asked Feng Yu, "Director Feng, what else did you mean just now?"

"Those who can enter the national team are among the best 'wrists' in the country. Of course, compared with your reputation, they are still close." Feng Yu did not answer directly: "Entering the national team not only means that you have to pay more for it. Responsibilities represent fame and rich income, so everyone wants to play the main force in the national team, which is related to their vital interests. The old international has deep connections in the national team. In this respect It's not good for you, although you are a player hand-picked by Ali Han, but if you want to gain a firm foothold in the national team, you... have to weigh it yourself."

Although he was a bit confused, Wu Qi still kept Feng Yu's words in his heart, but when he came to the training ground to report, he began to vaguely feel Feng Yu's true intentions.

When Feng Yu introduced Wu Qi to other players, except for a few players who also played in Europe, not many people welcomed Wu Qi's arrival, and when Feng Yu introduced Wu Qi to the other two goalkeepers When Liu Fei and Li Lei were together, Wu Qi could clearly see the hostility in their eyes.

Wu Qi could only respond with a wry smile. Fortunately, nothing out of the ordinary happened during the training. After all, the training was open to the public. Many reporters and fans watched from outside the barbed wire. No matter how upset Liu Fei and Li Lei were, they did not dare It happened under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Since Wu Qi has never played in the domestic first-tier league, he does not know most of the people in the national team. It is for this reason that Feng Yu did not let him live with domestic players when arranging the dormitory for him. Together, but with two returnees: Sun Chenghai from the Premier League Manchester City and Shaoyi from the German Second Division in the same dormitory.

Unlike others, Sun Chenghai and Shaoyi have no hostility towards Wu Qi. On the contrary, they have a lot in common with him because they are both from the European League. Although they are both older than Wu Qi, they are only 25-[-]. , and both of them are the kind of people with a more cheerful personality, and they get along very well with Wu Qi.

Li Lei was very upset. Originally he was Liu Fei's substitute in the national team. Now that Wu Qi came from abroad, he might not even be able to keep the substitute position. Now the national team has nearly 30 people, and they play the goalkeeper position. There are also three, and the official game can only report [-] players. The coach will definitely only keep two goalkeepers. If he can't even sit on the bench and go directly to the stands, he won't make other teammates laugh die?
Just as Li Lei was sulking in the dormitory, his roommate, Li Yinan, his teammate from the Shenzhen team, opened the door and came in: "What's wrong? Why are you sitting here alone, let's go and come with me Go over the wall and go out for a drink, this bird place almost suffocates me to death!"

When Li Lei was in a bad mood, he threw Li Yinan's hand on his shoulder away with his backhand: "Go, go, go, it's annoying, and you still drag me to drink, your brother and I are almost out of position. It looks like I'm going to pack up and go back to Shenzhen!"

"Isn't it just a returnee goalkeeper? What's the big deal?" Li Yinan said disapprovingly, "Isn't it all right for me to feed him more when there is a training game tomorrow? Don't look at me. Pull a few people together and let that kid make a fool of himself on the field, let's see if Ali Han dares to be nepotism!"

Li Lei's eyes lit up: "That's right, I really need your help. It's really interesting. I didn't say anything. Call a few more people. I'll treat you tonight!"

"Of course you invited me!" Li Yinan leaned over with a smirk on his face: "It's not just drinking, the brothers have been holding back for days! Hehehe..."

The two laughed lewdly together.

As expected, Ali Han arranged a team training game the next day, and three days later the qualifier against Kuwait would be held. He wanted to use this game to test the players' condition.

In the first half of the training game, Wu Qi and several other players sat on the sidelines and watched. Ali Han considered that Wu Qi and these players on the field had not practiced together for less than a day, so he wanted him to observe from the sidelines first to find out the feeling. .

Wu Qi almost yawned, is this also called a training game?The players were exhausted one by one on the field, and the intensity of the competition was not even as intense as some competitions between students.

Ali Han was also very dissatisfied with the performance of the players. He yelled loudly on the sidelines. Before the first half was over, he replaced several players in succession.

Only then did the game become a bit more intense, and the second half began. Ali Han finally sent Wu Qi to the field, replacing the blue team's goalkeeper Liu Fei.

Seeing Wu Qi playing, Li Lei's eyes lit up, Li Yinan also secretly smiled, and blinked at the defenders of the opposite blue team.

An attack by the blue team was resolved, and the yellow team launched a counterattack. After three passes and two kicks, they reached the front of the penalty area. Wu Qi bent down and watched the change of the ball with high concentration.

Li Yinan got the ball in front of the penalty area, and Li Wei, the double captain of the national team on the blue team and the Shenzhen team, was staring at him.

Li Yinan threw the ball into the penalty area, trying to use his own speed to break through, but Li Wei himself was not a vegetarian, so he quickly turned around and stuck to him, and raised his hand to stop Li Yinan behind him.

Wu Qi was slightly relieved, Li Wei's defensive posture was well done, and Li Yinan seemed to have no chance to hold the ball again.

Just as he was about to attack and catch the ball, Li Wei suddenly turned his body, Li Yinan walked around him, caught up with the ball and volleyed!
Wu Qi was taken aback, but his keen reaction nerves were shown at this time. He almost instinctively made a quick side throw and shot the ball.

However, the ball did not go far in a hurry, and Hao Dong, the number one striker of the Chinese team, known as the "Demon Sword", appeared in front of the ball and easily made it into the goal.

"Sorry, I slipped my foot just now." Li Wei turned around and apologized to Wu Qi.

Wu Qi shook his head and said it was okay, but he was very puzzled, how did this ball happen?How could it be so easy for Li Yinan to kick in the penalty area?If it weren't for Li Yinan's rough footwork, he might not even be able to make the first save.

If it was in Anderlecht, no matter who made such a mistake, I would definitely remind him loudly to let him pay attention, but here is the national team, and he is a junior who has just arrived and has no qualifications to be on the field. roar.

"Although we lost a ball, Feng and Wu's first save was very beautiful. He can respond at such a close distance, which is not worse than Liu." I have been watching this scene from the sidelines all the time. Ali Han said to Feng Yu.

"It's not just the reaction." Feng Yu naturally wants to say good things for Wu Qi: "And his height is also very advantageous, and he can attack accurately. High-altitude balls don't have much effect on him. From this point of view, he is only 1.8 meters tall. Liu Fei is much worse than him."

Ali Han nodded, then turned to look at the field.

The yellow team launched an attack again. For some reason, when Wu Qi entered the field, the blue team, which had already had a certain advantage on the field, began to slow down. Instead, the yellow team took the initiative on the field.

Shaoyi broke through with the ball on the left, and passed the ball accurately to the center. Another defender in the front point fell to the top. Li Yinan grabbed this point and shook his head to attack the goal!
Wu Qi didn't give others a chance to make up shots. He held the ball firmly in his hand with a beautiful side throw, then stood up quickly, yelled, and threw the ball to the right with great force.

Sun Chenghai was running forward along the right when Wu Qi made a successful save. This is also the biggest difference between these overseas returnees and domestic players. They have an extremely accurate grasp of the transition between offense and defense.

The ball landed in front of Sun Chenghai. Since the yellow team was in a state of pressing across the board just now, there was a huge gap left behind. Sun Chenghai easily passed the midfield and saw the backing defender coming up to meet him. , Sun Chenghai did not entangle with the opponent, but directly lobbed the ball into the penalty area.

Zhang Yu, the forward of the blue team, headed the ball forward, and Li Jinyu, another forward, got rid of the defense of the defender and scored from the back. The blue team equalized the score.

"Damn it!" Li Lei, who got up from the ground, drove the ball far away. He was so useless. He didn't even react at all when he was counterattacked by the opponent. Now he was outmatched by that kid again.

The re-kick-off of the yellow team continued to attack. Hao Dong passed Li Wei and shot in front of the penalty area, but was firmly blocked by Wu Qi.

Now Wu Qi didn't dare to be careless anymore. The guards in front of him didn't know what kind of wind was being drawn. The cold air would reveal a gap so that the opponent's offensive players could shoot directly. It seemed that he had to pay more attention and couldn't score goals for the opponent. opportunity.

Li Lei looked more and more anxiously on the other side. He didn't expect that kid's reaction nerve to be so strong, so many chances of shooting were resolved by him one by one. Didn't it make him look bad now?For him to behave so well in front of the coach.

Wu Qi has completely entered the game state. He has forgotten that he is a rookie who has just joined the national team. Unknowingly, he began to organize the defense line according to his deployment, and the yellow team's offense was repeatedly frustrated.

"It seems that he entered the situation much earlier than I thought. Even if I really use him in the game, there will be no improper coordination!" Ali Han said in a good mood.

When Shaoyi made a cross from the side, Hao Dong stopped the ball with his chest in the penalty area, then turned around and volleyed. Wu Qi jumped up, put his palm on the lower part of the ball, and lifted the ball out of the baseline.

"Isn't it? You can throw such a ball?" Hao Dong, who has always been calm, also called out. He has been playing football for more than ten years. What kind of storm has he never seen?He had never met such a goalkeeper who made him feel so powerless.

The yellow team took a corner kick, and Wu Qi rushed out of the crowd and jumped high to hold the ball in his hands. With his height of 1.9 meters and his excellent jumping ability, there are really few who can compete with him in the competition for high balls. Even Dortmund's Czech giant Koller has suffered in his hands, let alone the players of the Chinese team?
"Be careful of their counterattack!" Shaoyi yelled, but it was too late, Wu Qi kicked a long pass, this time the ball flew to the feet of Zheng Bin on the left, and Zheng Bin dribbled the ball past a player of the yellow team , and then slanted 45 degrees into the penalty area.

"Now is my chance to perform!" Li Lei gritted his teeth and rushed out of the small penalty area. When he was about to get the ball, he didn't realize that Zhang Yu also rushed to this point to fight for the header. As a result...

"Snapped!"

"Ouch! My hand..."

"Sorry, I didn't see..."

"Team doctor, team doctor! Come quickly, Li Lei's hand seems to be injured!"

Li Lei, who was lying on the stretcher, wanted to cry but had no tears. He was going to give Wu Qi a good time, but he was injured in the training game, and it was his hand!According to my own experience, this injury will not heal within ten days and a half months, but the game will start in three days. Doesn't it mean that I will give up my position on the big list to Wu Qi?
"I really didn't mean it!" Zhang Yu was explaining to the others, "He bumped into it himself!"

"We have all seen it, and it has nothing to do with you." Ali Han sighed, patted Zhang Yu's shoulder and said, "Okay, continue training, Li Lei will be handed over to the team doctor, don't worry."

Self-inflicted evil, can not live ah.Feng Yu looked at Li Lei who was carried out and thought.

(End of this chapter)