There is a dream called football

Chapter 271 Intra-team competition
Arsenal played 442.

The 4 midfielders are relatively fixed, among which Gilbert Silva is the back waist iron gate, and he is responsible for intercepting.

The Frenchman Pires is in charge of attacking the front midfielder, and Wenger has too many choices on the two sides. Fabregas, Ljungberg, Hleb, and Van Persie are all Li Qiao's competitors.

This kind of competition can be said to be one of the fiercest in Europe, and Arsenal in that era was indeed one of the best teams in the Premier League.

Before training, Wenger talked to Li Qiao first.

"Don't expect me to give you a main seat here. This is not Liverpool. Everyone has to compete for the starting position. Even Henry and Bergkamp are actually like this."

Li Qiao nodded, this is fair, there is nothing to say.

There is no accident, what Li Qiao got was a substitute vest, look at the main lineup, Henry, Bergkamp, ​​Ljungberg and Xiaofa are used on the wing, and he is partnered with Van Persie, and the goalkeeper here is also the substitute goalkeeper Spaniard Muniain.

At the beginning of the training, the substitute side was abused. Henry and Bergkamp are really good, especially the Dutchman. Li Qiao actually thinks that Bergkamp is stronger than Inzaghi, and he is the type of player who is a natural killer.

Henry used his speed to abuse the defender on the substitute side very badly. Soon, the substitute side fell behind 0 to 3.

At this time, Van Persie was as young and immature as Li Qiao, and he was not the famous General Fan later.

Therefore, the winger on the side of the bench has absolutely no ability to counterattack. This is also very tragic. Li Qiao was abused in the first joint training. If he hadn't stayed in Porto and Liverpool, Li Qiao would have collapsed.

Li Qiao managed to get the ball, and Gilbert, the Brazilian iron gate, shoveled it over. Of course Li Qiao jumped up. He couldn't be injured during training, but he lost the ball again.

The 20-minute training seemed as long as two hours had passed. During the interval between training, Li Qiao was drinking water, and Van Persie came over and sat down.

"Do you think it's possible for us to hang out at Arsenal?"

As a time traveler, I was a little surprised to hear Van Persie say such a thing. Could it be that he has no confidence?
But if you think about it carefully, you can understand. After all, if Arsenal didn’t build a new stadium and sell a captain a year, it would be difficult for Van Persie to take the position under this kind of competition. In this way, he would also like to thank Arsenal for their decline.

"I think we have strength, after all, Henry and the others are older than me."

"That's true, but it's hard to be abused all the time."

"How about this, let's strengthen our cooperation, don't keep hugging your side, run to my side, and catch the ball for me."

Van Persie was noncommittal. The youth training he received was very systematic. He knew that running positions should be arranged according to the coach, and random running is a taboo. The head coach would definitely get angry, so he was a little afraid.

"Arthur has very high tactical requirements for players, and I can't run around."

Li Qiao said with a smile: "Why do tactics serve?"

"..."

"Goal." Li Qiao asked himself and answered, "As long as we score a goal, we will be favored by the head coach. Besides, this is during training, so I think it will be fine."

Van Persie nodded, but still did not explicitly agree to Li Qiao.

Continue to train, the substitute can handle the ball, but don't even think about scoring goals. The football IQ on the main side is much higher, and the routines played by the substitute will be memorized by the opponent. It's like an apprentice hitting a master.

At this moment, Van Persie saw Li Qiao gesturing, so he made up his mind and ran over with the ball.

Wenger noticed right away, and the two wingers ran aside, which seemed unusual and not tactical.

Li Qiao immediately passed the ball to Van Persie. The Dutchman's skill in holding the ball is top-notch. Facing Ashley Cole, Van Persie protected the ball and then passed it back to Li Qiao. After taking the ball, the latter ran forward and was already in front of the penalty area.

Senderos came up, this Arsene Wenger had high hopes, but was later abused by Drogba to the point of doubting his life as a defender, Li Qiao was very impressed, he was on the World Football column countless times.

Facing Senderos, Li Qiao chose to break through, slam the ball with his right foot, and move forward quickly. Senderos did not expect Li Qiao to dare to do this, because there are still defensive players behind him.

Li Qiao glanced at the goal. Lehman was in the near corner, and there seemed to be room in the far corner. The player's shot was actually based on feeling.

Li Qiao pushed the far corner of the goal with the arch of his foot, and the ball slowly rolled towards the far corner of the goal. When the ball rolled into the goal, Wenger was delighted.

He started to applaud, "It's really amazing."

Laiman patted Li Qiao, "This kick is really beautiful."

"Oh, thank you."

Van Persie came over and gave Li Qiao a high five.

"We did it, we scored the main goal."

"Don't worry, we will be the main force."

Van Persie didn't believe it at first, but he really believed it at this time, and Li Qiao has proved it with his actions.

*****
After training, the players can go home. Van Persie saw Li Qiao when he drove past the gate of the club.

"Hey China Joe, where do you live?"

"I'm staying in a hotel temporarily."

"Then get in the car."

But Van Persie did not send Li Qiao home, but took him to his own home.

"Visit casually, treat it as your own home."

Li Qiao chuckled, "I found a place to sit down."

Van Persie gave Li Qiao a glass of spirits.

"I do not drink."

"Then give it a try. As you said, there is a first time for everything."

"Ha ha."

Li Qiao took a sip, and his throat felt like it was on fire. It was very refreshing, but he didn't feel well after the refreshing.

"It's probably still impossible for me to enjoy drinking."

"Then you are a good boy. Most players love to play. Nightclubs and picking up girls are their favorites."

"how about you?"

Li Qiao remembered that Van Persie didn't seem to like these things in his previous life, and he was basically a person with no scandals.

"I don't like this. I hope my career can last a little longer. I want to lead the Dutch national team to go further."

"Have a dream."

"Yeah, that's why I came to Arsenal, the challenge here is tough, but I know to be the best player, you have to prove yourself in the Premier League."

Li Qiao nodded.

"By the way, can you play tennis? There is a tennis court in my backyard."

"Really? Let me see."

When I came to the backyard, it turned out to be a tennis court. Li Qiao smiled and said, "I can play table tennis, but I rarely play tennis."

"Then let's try."

After trying it, it turned out that tennis and table tennis are completely different things. Only then did Li Qiao know that Van Persie was a master of tennis.

(End of this chapter)