Ludwig

Chapter 36 The Restoration of the League Cup
...two weeks later...

Guangzhou Huadu Airport.

"Damn!!! It's really uncomfortable to fly, and my neck is so sore from sleeping." Li Wei turned her neck and stretched her muscles.

Zhu Ting smiled: "Why don't you find a place to get a massage tonight."

Before Li Wei could answer, Xu Liang rushed to say: "Okay, I knew a good place when I played in Guangzhou a few years ago."

Cao Yu looked down on those three guys and said in a loud voice: "If you want to go home, go home. We will gather at the Huangpu Stadium in two days."

The young players cheered. They haven't been home for more than a month. Everyone is extremely homesick. The sons and daughters who work outside feel that this is simply life. The happiest thing.

Cao Yu said to the domestic and foreign aid who just arrived: "You all come back to Huangpu with me first, and I will arrange a place for you to live first."

Therefore, the Fujixun team divided into two groups, those who returned to Huangpu returned to Huangpu, and those who returned home went home.

Li Yuming naturally chose to go home, thinking that he hadn't seen his mother for more than a month, he felt a burst of excitement.Although in Haigeng for more than a month, I occasionally called home, but talking in person and talking on the phone are two different concepts.In order to surprise Zhang Yu, Li Yuming didn't call Zhang Yu to tell Zhang Yu what time he was going home. When Zhang Yu asked, Li Yuming always smiled: "It's getting closer."

When he got home, when he opened the door, Li Yuming saw his mother whom he hadn't seen for more than a month.

"Mom, I'm back."

Zhang Yu, who was cleaning up the house, was surprised to see his son. Zhang Yu originally planned to go out to buy things, but he always felt that someone would come later, so he didn't go out. He didn't expect his son to come back. , This feeling may be a kind of harmony, a kind of tacit understanding between mother and child.

A mother-child reunion is naturally accompanied by nagging. For example, the mother who eats a lot and has a strong body insists on saying that she has lost weight, and the mother who eats a lot for dinner still continues to add more food. The mother is always so great.

In the past two days, Li Yuming sat obediently at home, and when Zhang Yu went out to work, he helped tidy up the house, and after dinner, he helped Zhang Yu wash the dishes and pockets. It can be said that life was much more comfortable than the devil training in Haigeng.

...two days later...

The crowd returned to the Whampoa Gymnasium chatting and laughing. Zhu Ting and Li Wei talked about which massage lady was better as they walked, while Yin Hongbo and Ye Weichao talked about the tragic history of kneeling for five sets of qualifying last night.

"Okay, you guys, stop chattering." Cao Yu said impatiently, "I'm getting bored to death."

Xu Liang chuckled: "Boss Cao, what are you bothered about? Just wait until I take you to a massage tonight."

Cao Yu made a pre-emptive gesture: "Go, go, get lost, everyone gathers."

Hearing Cao Yu blowing the assembly whistle, the big guys finally stopped their topics and lined up neatly.

Cao Yu said irritably: "Those XX of the Football Association have advanced the schedule of the FA Cup. It is now March 3th, and our first game of the new season is scheduled for the opening match, which is March 8th."

Xu Liang frowned after hearing this: "The Football Association has advanced the schedule of the FA Cup. Does it mean that the schedule of the Chinese Premier League has also been advanced?"

Cao Yu nodded helplessly, and said: "The Football Association has also restored the League Cup. This season we can say that we are fighting on the third front."

Xu Liang was surprised: "Then last season's top four in the Chinese Super League will have to fight on the fourth front?"

Cao Yu added: "So, this year's League Cup is estimated to rarely have the main players of the rich teams, and more of them are used for training. However, it is different for us mid-to-bottom teams."

Cao Yu glanced at the players in front of him: "The champion of the League Cup can qualify for the first round of qualifying for the AFC Champions League, that is, if we can win the League Cup, then we will have a chance to play in the AFC Champions League next season."

The players exclaimed.

AFC Champions League!What an exciting achievement if the Chinese Super League can play in the AFC Champions League in its first season.It is a challenge for young players, but for Li Wei, Zhu Ting, Xu Liang, Mao Jianqing and other veterans of the AFC Champions League, it can be described as a chance for revenge. They have fallen at the feet of Korean and West Asian teams time and time again. Countless regrets have accumulated in my heart.

Cao Yu seems to be able to see through the psychological activities of these veterans: "Liangzi, Lao Mao, this is a chance for revenge for the few of you, and it is a room for appreciation for you guys. If you can play in the AFC before the age of 24 results, then, it is not impossible to land in the top five European leagues..."

Yin Hongbo and Ye Weichao were full of ecstasy. These two twin stars who swept the Chinese Premier League can be said to be the hope of landing in the top five European leagues.

Seeing that the team's emotions had been mobilized, Cao Yu slowly got to the point: "Well, what the boss means is that there must be no mistakes in this season's League Cup. Of course, the qualification for the Super League must not be lost."

The players were already in high spirits at this time, so naturally they nodded their heads desperately.

Li Wei nodded, and asked suspiciously, "Boss Cao, but what bothers you?"

Only then did Cao Yu realize that he had overlooked another important point. He slapped his head and said, "By the way, another matter was left behind. Because the schedule was advanced, only one of our three warm-up matches is left."

Hearing this important point, the other players felt that it was nothing. Only Li Yuming, who had little actual combat experience, gasped. There was only one warm-up match left, so was there only one training opportunity left for him?
Cao Yu continued: "Our opponent in the warm-up match is Qingdao Zhongneng. The time has also been set, and it will be scheduled for a week later, which is March 3th. Let's work harder."

"Okay."

……

In the next week, the young players practiced even more aggressively, especially those who were originally on the bench.The warm-up match before the official game of the new season can be said to be the last chance for the coach to observe the performance of the players. If there is an excellent game in the warm-up match, it is very likely to complete the so-called first silk counterattack.

As long as this player is still self-motivated, then he will not be willing to play as a substitute.

It is precisely because of this mentality that Li Yuming can be said to be the craziest trainer in the team. He no longer needs to strengthen his physical strength, and his training courses are more about various technical training.During the extra practice at night, Cao Yu stayed here to give advice to this hard-working young man. For the growth of this piece of jade, Cao Yu has put in a lot of effort.

...a week has passed...

Whampoa Stadium.

The Zhongneng team, which is training at the Sanshui training base in Guangdong, came to Huangpu early this morning by car. Sanshui is not far from Huangpu, and it takes less than two hours to get here by bus.

"Hello." Cao Yu squinted his eyes when he saw the coach of the Zhongneng team from afar, and waved hello with a smile.

The head coach of the Qingdao Zhongneng team, the Slovenian Tomaz, is also an enthusiastic guy, and immediately responded in Slovenian.

Zhongneng's translator didn't dare to neglect, and quickly translated: "Hello, Coach Cao, I have heard about your amazing record in the second division. It is a great honor for me to play against you, and I hope to beat you."

When Lao Cao heard that the foreigner was so polite, he also laughed: "I hope I hope."

The two communicated for a while by translating the left sentence and the right sentence, and then left.

Cao Yu, who turned around and left, not only bawled: Just your group of stragglers want to defeat me, there is no way!

There was still an hour before the match agreed upon by the two sides started, and the players of both sides were warming up in their respective halfs.

The old players of the Zhongneng team pointed at the players of the Fujixun team.

"Damn it, there are so many little guys in their teens and 20s."

"Look, it's Xu Liang, his free kick is amazing."

"Zhu Ting is there too. He played really hard against Zall last season."

"Dug, that foreigner is really tall."

……

But the boys of the Fujixun team did not have much reaction. Unlike those veterans who have already achieved certain achievements in the professional arena, every boy is eager to get a chance to play in this game.

Zhong Weiming came to Cao Yu at this time: "Old Cao, what are the arrangements for this first round?"

Cao Yu took the blank list from Zhong Weiming's hand and thought about it.

never mind!Let's hide some strength.

So, Cao Yu picked up the pen on the table and filled in the blank list——

Goalkeeper: Li Weijun;

Left back: Liu Yu; Center back: Li Zhihai, Zhao Ming; Right back: Zhu Congming;
Midfielders: Ji Wenjie, Wang Chu;
Left winger: Li Yuming; Attacking midfielder: Yin Hongbo; Right winger; Mao Jianqing

Forward: Ye Weichao.

After filling out the list, Lao Cao looked at it again and handed it over to Zhongneng when he felt that there was no problem.

The Slovenian Tomaz waited anxiously for the starting lineup of the Fujixun team. For this team that has just been settled by the sponsor, and there are so many international players joining, he is looking forward to them. List the strongest lineup so that he can get the effect of training.

Tomaz was dumbfounded when he saw the list submitted by Zhong Weiming.

Mao Jianqing is the only domestic player at the national level?No foreign aid?Li Yuming?Ji Wenjie?Who are they here?Never heard of it.

Tomaz asked the Chinese coaches to ask about Li Yuming and Ji Wenjie. The Chinese coaches also shook their heads and said they didn't know each other.

Tomáz slammed the roster down, spitting out a Slovenian swear word before starting to arrange his starting list.

Although Tomaz was dissatisfied with Cao Yu's retention of strength, he still listed all the main players of Zhongneng:

Goalkeeper: Liu Zhenli,

Left back: Zou Zheng, Center back: Chavez, Su Peng, Right back: Song Wenjie,
Midfielders: Song Bo, Quan Lei, Castillo

Forwards: Danalah, Wang Jun, Zhu Jianrong.

This game is the only and last warm-up match of Fujixun, and it is the same for the Zhongneng team. Due to the sudden announcement of the Football Association, this disrupted the preparations of the teams for the new season. The team even had to find an amateur league team for training.

After getting the opponent's starting list, Cao Yu smiled. This Tomaz was still cautious and didn't dare to play with the warm-up match. This also played into Cao Yu's arms. The starting lineup is exposed.Training?You can also practice in the FA Cup!
Seeing the boys on the starting lineup, most of them breathed a sigh of relief. Among them, Ji Wenjie and Li Yuming were the happiest. It was Ji Wenjie's first start. Although this was only a warm-up match, it still meant a lot to him. of.

Li Yuming was even more excited. Thank God, Fatty Cao still trusted him so much.

The referee blew the whistle in his hand to signal the players to assemble and the game was about to begin.

Since it was a warm-up match, the players naturally kept everything simple. What about shaking hands with the four referees, what about shaking hands with the captains of both sides, whether you can avoid it or not, and even the choice of half is decided by guessing punches.

Everything is settled, and Qingdao Zhongneng will get the kick-off right.

With the whistle of the referee, the game began.

　I will be on the Wenhua List next week, everyone please continue to support me, I will not let you down!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)