Chinese champion

Chapter 81 Dormant
London, England.

Tottenham Hotspur's Chigwell training ground.

Although the night was already deep, there were still a few figures running on the field that could barely be seen clearly.

A dexterous figure was dribbling the ball towards the penalty area, while another tall figure was staring at him closely. The offensive player made a false speeding up movement, and the defensive player quickly stretched out his foot to block it. The offensive player immediately Pulling the ball back, the defensive player reacted very quickly, immediately stopped the body, quickly pulled back and continued to block the opponent's dribbling, but the offensive player poked the ball lightly when the ball rolled halfway, The ball went under the defender's stride, and then the attacker went over the off-balance defender and fired the ball into the open goal.

The defender barely got up from the ground, panting and shouting: "Robby, come again!"

The offensive player was the Irishman Robbie Keane, Tottenham's main striker. He shrugged his shoulders: "Come on, Lee, it's getting dark, aren't you hungry? Come on, let's go eat, no It needs to be so desperate, today I saw a new Chinese restaurant opened nearby on the way here, let's go have a meal, OK?"

Li Min stood up in disgrace, and asked the other person standing beside him, "Teddy, what about you?"

Teddy Sheringham, Tottenham's current captain and former England international, made the same move as Robbie Keane: "I'm hungry too, let's call it a day, let's go together, I also like to eat For Chinese food, but... Li, you can pay the bill today, the two of us are doing exercises with you every day, isn't it expensive to change to a Chinese meal?"

Li Min laughed: "OK! Let's go together. If you don't stay with me, you won't be able to eat authentic Chinese food at all!"

"Yeah, then I'm really going to pull you up."

The three of them went back to the locker room together. After taking a comfortable hot shower, the three of them changed out of their sweat-soaked jerseys and walked out of the gate of Chigwell Base with ease.

Li Min sat in Robbie Keane's Chevrolet, and Sheringham followed behind in his own BMW. European stars generally have their own high-end luxury cars, while the national youth players who have just arrived in Europe basically There is no car on the road, the main reason is that they have not had time to get their driver's license, which has caused almost all the national youth players to become "car-lovers", but this situation also makes them all pay one or two years. A very good friend.

The two cars, one in front and one in the back, drove into downtown London 10 minutes after leaving the Chigwell base. The surrounding neon lights have been lit up, embellishing this famous European city in colorful colors.

After turning a street, Robbie Keane parked his car in front of a hotel. It is a typical Chinese-style building with a few small bells hanging on the corner cornices. When the evening wind blows, there will be bursts of crisp bells. , on the signboard hanging from the fifth floor to the third floor, there are three flamboyant Chinese characters:
"Songhe Tower".

When the three of them walked into the lobby of the hotel, they saw a huge mural in front of them. On it was a magnificent welcoming pine. Li Min walked in first. When the welcoming lady came up, Li Min opened his mouth first. :

"Three people, is there any private room?"

The well-spoken Chinese made the lady look surprised: "Okay, sir, please go to the third floor."

The three of them went up the elevator with the welcoming lady and came to an elegant small hall.

"Three please have tea, this is our menu, please have a look."

The welcome lady spoke twice in Chinese and English, showing good quality.

Li Min didn't even look at the menu, and ordered seven or eight dishes casually. The most important thing was to order two BJ roast ducks, in order to let the two teammates have a good meal.

The food came out quickly, and it was indeed an authentic BJ dish. Robbie Keane and Sheringham ate it full of praise, especially the knife skills performed by the chef on the spot, which forcibly sliced ​​two roast ducks into hundreds of pieces. The thin slices of meat made the two dizzying.

In an instant, Robbie Keane was full, and Robbie Keane even dipped some of the soup on the plate with the remaining spring rolls. It was impossible to tell from his appearance that he was the young killer who was proud of himself on the court. .

The manager of the hotel personally came to check out the bill for the three of them. It could be seen that the chubby manager was also a fan. He asked the three of them to sign for his hotel. Robbie Keane and Sheringham agreed happily met this requirement.

After walking out of the hotel gate, Robbie Keane said with admiration: "I really ate authentic Chinese food today. Compared with today's delicious food, the Japanese sushi and Korean food I ate a few days ago looked like It's junk food."

Li Min said proudly: "Don't look at what you are eating today. How many places in the world can compare with China's 5000-year food culture? The authentic French cuisine may be comparable. Others, aren't they? !"

Sheringham was a little puzzled: "I have eaten Chinese food before, but it is not as delicious as it is today."

Li Min smiled: "It also depends on what you eat. It's not called eating, it's called ostentation! The real essence of Chinese cuisine lies in some small dishes. Today's dishes, except Those two roast ducks, and the rest are all Chinese home cooking, the ones you ate before, in our Chinese language, they are deceiving foreign devils!"

"Haha!" Both Robbie Keane and Sheringham laughed: "It seems that if I want to eat Chinese food in the future, I must call you!"

"That's no problem." Li Min said: "But every night you have to train with me like this time!"

"Isn't it?" Robbie Keane and Sheringham laughed wryly in unison: "We have something to do at night, so how can we train with you every day? You must know that the nightlife of British players is very rich!"

"I'm not forcing you, but then don't expect me to take you to eat authentic Chinese food!"

"Fuck you! Shameless guy..."

Robbie Keane sent Li Min back to his apartment and left. Li Min returned to his bed exhausted and took off the leggings on his two legs.

After that painful game, he has been training with these two leggings, each weighing five kilograms.

Today's pleasant dinner did not make him feel very good. Although he put aside those things that bothered him during the meal, he immediately recalled the painful one after lying on the bed alone. time.

This bold young man from Northeast China had a very smooth football career. With his excellent height, strength and speed, he has been the favorite of the coaches since he played football. As soon as he joined the team, he firmly occupied the main position. As a defender, although his name is as delicate as a girl, on the court he showed a completely different domineering, strong body, agile speed, and superb pairing. After a few years of training in China, he was selected for the national youth team, won the world championship, and then came to Europe...

Perhaps it was because he was so smooth that even God was intentionally making trouble for him. When he became the main force of the Tottenham team, he met last year's Premier League top scorer Frenchman Terry Henry in the first game.

That game was a complete nightmare for Li Min. He was so self-proclaimed that he couldn't keep up with Henry's rhythm in that game. When lying on the ground and looking at Henry's back, he couldn't help but think in his heart: "Is this the level of the world's top striker?"

In the World Youth Championship, he also stared at some very powerful strikers, such as the Netherlands' Cuyet, France's Cisse, Brazil's Adriano and Argentina's Saviola, etc. Now he has to admit that the world Although the forwards in the Youth Championship are very talented and have an excellent level, there is still a big gap between these forwards who have been honed in the European professional arena.

This is also the reason why the previous Chinese youth teams were puzzled by the fact that their opponents who were not much different from themselves in the World Youth Championship had widened the gap with themselves after a few years of influence in the European League.

Although Arsenal beat Tottenham at home in the end and Henry, who was marking himself, also scored a hat-trick, he still felt that coming to Europe was definitely a very wise decision!

Only after suffering setbacks can one take one's own strength to a new level

So after that game, he put leggings on his legs every day in training, and after the game, he also pulled two forwards in the team, Robbie Keane and Sheringham, to train with him.

Robbie Keane is fast and has excellent shooting skills, and Sheringham is known as the most intelligent player in England. If you can defend them, you will be able to win a place in the Premier League!
Terry Henry, Michael Owen, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Shearer, Andy Cole, Gianfranco Zola, these are top scorers in England and the world, Just wait, I will challenge you one by one!
Germany, Freiburg.

"Hey! Du, how is your injury?" Ghanaian striker Tanko was greeting a tall defender on the training ground.

Du Wei, who was warming up, looked up with a smile on his face. This black player inherited the unique "pistachio" character of African players, making him very funny.

"It's almost good, I guess it's okay to stare at a guy like you!"

Cheerful laughter from his teammates came from all around, and Tan Ke was furious: "Okay you guy, come on, let's go heads-up, if I can't beat you eight out of ten times today, I will treat everyone to dinner!"

Du Wei shrugged his shoulders for fear that his teammates would start booing, "OK, if you pass me eight times, I'll invite you, let's start!"

night.

Tan Ke with a sad face took out his wallet and paid the bill. These guys are so cruel, I lost my weekly salary for a week!
Du Wei, who was picking his teeth comfortably, patted Tan Ke on the shoulder: "Remember, don't bet with me in the future, you must know that I am from Shanghai, China, and Chinese people know that Shanghainese are the smartest , how could I bet with you on something I'm not sure about?"

"Du, you are too bad."

"Hey!" Du Wei laughed.

Italy, Brescia.

Dozens of footballs were lined up at the front of the penalty area. A figure quickly ran towards the ball, swung his right foot, and made a heavy sound when his foot collided with the ball. The ball quickly entered the dead corner of the goal.

The figure rushed towards the ball again and again, and the ball flew into the net again and again. Finally, all the balls in that row had been shot, and the figure bent down, holding his thigh and panting. .

"Hu, you train very hard."

A voice came, Hu Yong straightened his waist, turned around and looked, and a serious old man with white hair was looking at him with a smile.

"Mr. Mazzoni!" Hu Yong said hello, the man was Brescia's head coach Mazzoni.

"I just finished thinking about the tactics for the next game against Udinese. When I was about to go home, I heard a sound here, so I came to have a look. I heard Fabio say, you go back very late every day, don't you?" Mazzoni asked.

Hu Yong scratched his head in embarrassment: "I don't have anything to do when I go back every day, so I just train."

"You have been working very hard. Although you didn't play, I know that you have maintained a good state. It seems that it is a good idea to play a double midfielder in the next game."

Hu Yong was stunned. It has been two months since he came to Italy. He hasn't got a chance to play for one minute. Even those Chinese reporters have already left here one after another. Unexpectedly, he heard from Mazzoni today. This promise, the great sense of happiness made him speechless for a while.

Mazzoni smiled slightly, turned around and left, Hu Yong looked at his back, two lines of tears welled up in his eyes, he bowed deeply: "Thank you, coach!"

Mazzoni waved his hand: "You don't need to thank me, you deserve it. For a player like you who is talented and willing to train hard, if you are not used, it will be the biggest crime against the team!"

Mazzoni walked out of the training ground, and a figure greeted him. Mazzoni smiled: "Thank you, Robbie, if it wasn't for you, maybe he would have been buried forever."

That figure has the melancholy eyes that fans all over China are fascinated by: "It was only by accident that I discovered that he has always been so diligent. We want to avoid relegation. He should be a great help."

"You've done me a great favor, Robbie! How about a drink?"

"Dear coach, alcohol is not allowed in professional players. Of course, if you are a treat, I don't mind having a drink."

Hu Yong in the training field didn't know all this at all, he was just excited that he could finally play.

Only the dragon after hibernation is the scariest.

(End of this chapter)