Lvyin Fengmo

Chapter 18 Coach, I want to play football
8 month 1 day.

Lu Feng sat on the bench again without any surprise.

This is a reasonable arrangement. The reason why he was able to start in the last round of the group match was because Li Bing wanted to rest the main lineup so that he could face the strongest opponent of this tournament with the strongest lineup - the Portuguese overlord Porto.

The main players who had rested for two days really showed their momentum. When the overall strength was obviously not as good as that of their opponents, they abruptly kept the 0-0 draw for 45 minutes.

Porto took advantage of an indirect free kick to score the goal until the first half entered injury time, and the Chinese team's efforts in the first 45 minutes failed.

In all fairness, 0-1 behind a team like Porto is not a shameful thing for China's U19, where half of the main force is still in Germany.

However, head coach Li Bing still replaced two players at halftime, and adjusted the formation to a more aggressive three forwards, looking like he would never admit defeat.

Not only did his deployment of troops fail to achieve miraculous results, but the players exposed their lack of tacit understanding due to the change of formation, and Porto frequently caught the loopholes and tore through the defense.

In the 59th minute, Porto once again made a breakthrough in the middle. The Chinese team could only use a rough defense to stop the opponent outside the penalty area. This time, a direct free kick accurately hit the goal post, only 5 centimeters away from the goal!

The Chinese players who had escaped from death collectively lost their ability to think at this moment. They even let Porto's main striker, No. 11 Francisco, come out of the crowd and use a simple supplementary shot to catch the rebounding ball. Send it to the empty door!

2-0!

One foot of Porto has stepped into the threshold of the semi-finals!
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"...he is immortal!"

Witnessing the team conceding the ball again, Li Bing waved his hand weakly.

Of course he knows the huge gap between this team and the opponent, but as a coach, no one wants to win.

Now he has tried his best, but still can't change the ending.

He still has four substitutions in his hand (the number of substitutions in the warm-up match is 6), but... what's the point?
It's just a dying struggle!

He turned around, with his back to the field, left the command area, and started walking towards the bench.

The strength that supported him before was slowly dissipating, and every step he took seemed to be exhausted.

Assistant coaches, fitness coaches, team doctors, physiotherapy rooms, equipment managers, substitute players...

His eyes swept across the faces aimlessly, but fell on the youngest one.

Lu Feng was the only guy who was expressionless.

Although he watched the battle situation on the field, there was no trace of worry on his face. Instead, he crossed his legs, chewed gum leisurely, and even blew a big bubble in front of the head coach.

Li Bing's mood was a bit complicated.

As a famous football star, he can certainly see that Lu Feng is the one with the strongest comprehensive strength in this team, but because of the rush of time and unable to integrate into the system, he can only be placed on the bench. superior.

In addition, of course, there are other factors to some extent. As an old man in the circle, the face of relatives, friends, leaders and colleagues cannot all be dismissed...

He sighed, shook his head slightly, and walked towards the young man.
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"Ah."

Lu Feng couldn't help laughing when he saw his teammates pedaling bicycles on the sidewalk continuously, but finally knocked the ball out of the baseline.

But he immediately tightened his face, but was already blocked by a figure.

The 186-centimeter head coach stood in front of him, his entire face was covered by shadows, and his eyebrows and expressions could not be seen clearly.

Lu Feng only vaguely saw a black hole cracked in the shadows, and then heard Trump:
"Xiao Lu, there are only 10 minutes left, would you like to play?"

Lu Feng couldn't help being stunned, a little suspicious of his ears.

He has also played in Liverpool's echelon for two and a half years, and he has been on the bench for a long time, but the head coach has never asked such a question!
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Li Bing clearly saw the little player raise his eyebrows.

Although he had only been together for ten days, he actually liked this little guy very much.

As Liverpool's official youth player and England FA Youth Cup MVP, Lu Feng can be regarded as the biggest player in this national youth team.

Of course he is qualified to show the pride and reserve of a young man, and even put pressure on the coaching team through various channels to claim the position of the core of tactics.

But in the past ten days, not only has Lu Feng never made any dissatisfaction, nor did he form a clique with any teammates. Instead, he just practiced hard on the training ground, and even practiced extra for himself when others were resting. .

This is an honest kid, not much in today's football environment.

Li Bing asked him this question, more or less because of guilt - he was recruited from England all the way, but he was only given less than 70 minutes of playing time...

In the head coach's heart, this is comfort and compensation.

If Lu Feng thinks that the overall situation has been settled and it is meaningless to play, Li Bing will not be reluctant.

Then...he saw the little guy in front of him stand up from his seat:

"Coach, I want to play football!"
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"drop!"

In the 65th minute, the game was interrupted again, and the Chinese team made a third substitution adjustment.

Wearing jersey number 18, Lu Feng finally stepped onto the field.

The honest child just now seemed to be a different person at this moment.

He yelled to the teammates closest to him:

"Pass me the ball!"

The stadium is huge, but there are only a few hundred fans, so the almost roaring roar was clearly transmitted to the bench.

Li Bing frowned involuntarily.

"We didn't make such a tactical arrangement, brother Shan?"

The assistant coach asked him for the first time.

Li Bing raised his chin noncommittally:

"Just let him kick it."
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Lu Feng's position was originally left midfielder, but in this area stood "Chinese Ronaldo" Wei Shihao.

The 18-year-old Wei Shihao was about to throw a throw-in to the defender in the distance. After hearing the roar, his hands couldn't help shaking, and the ball bounced down.

Lu Feng took a step forward, unloading and picking with his left foot, and directly completed a series of movements of unloading the ball, turning around, and speeding up. Wei Shihao, who was also a "technical fast horse", was stunned.

Li Bing, who was tens of meters away, suddenly narrowed his eyes.

With the football under his feet, Lu Feng's demeanor seemed to have changed again.

Li Bing stared closely at the not tall figure, and rushed towards Porto's right side with the black and white ball.

high speed!

This was Li Bing's first feeling.

Go ahead!

This is everyone's second feeling.

Porto's right back also felt this threatening momentum. He pulled himself together, stretched his legs, and quickly stopped the landing forward, preparing to force the opponent to the corner flag area.

But as soon as he crossed it sideways, he saw Lu Feng braking forcibly in the midst of a high-speed assault!

The ball that was in front of him one second ago... was knocked into the middle by his heel the next second!
The Portuguese defender couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle!

Like him, there is also Wei Shihao who is called "China Ronaldo"!
In the high-speed dribbling, the heel suddenly stops and changes direction!

This is the breakthrough method that Ronaldo is best at today!
Li Bing's eyes suddenly shrank.

Although the sudden stop and change of direction requires a lot of physical fitness, it is not enough to shock people, and the next thing really makes him feel incredible.

Lu Feng, who threw off the full-back, did not continue to possess Ronaldo and directly choose a long-range shot. Instead, he gently pulled the ball and continued to charge towards the two central defenders!
(End of this chapter)