Full-Level Pass, Please Call Me The Boss Of The Three Lions

The first time, the second time.

Chapter 362: You are a fan of Ronaldo, and then you join your mortal enemy, right? !

“Hey, man!”

“Long time no see!”

In the player’s tunnel, when he saw Ronaldo smiling and shaking hands with him, Ling Feng smiled back and immediately extended his right hand.

“Chris, it’s an honor to see you here!”

“Hahaha, I hope we can give you a wonderful game”

“I think we will!”

After the greetings, Ronaldo patted Ling Feng on the shoulder and walked forward.

Watching Ronaldo come to the front of the queue and shake hands with Rooney, Ling Feng suddenly felt as if he was in another world.

Obviously, two and a half years ago, he was just an ordinary fan who waited in front of the TV late at night, and could only watch the famous stars show their talents on the green field through the live broadcast signal;

And now, he is about to step onto the semi-final stage of the European Cup, ready to compete with one of the two great players, Cristiano Ronaldo!

Is there any football story that makes people’s blood boil more than this? !

This made Ling Feng think of a very appropriate advertisement.

It was a six-minute advertisement that Nike shot for Cristiano Ronaldo before the European Cup, called “Soul Exchange (The Switch)”

The content of the advertisement is roughly about Cristiano Ronaldo’s collision with an English teenager “Lee” on the sidelines when participating in the national team game, and then exchanged souls!

Then the advertisement narrated from two perspectives: Cristiano Ronaldo with the body of a teenager, and “Lee” who entered Cristiano Ronaldo’s body.

On the one hand, “Li” who entered Ronaldo’s body slowly mastered Ronaldo’s strong physique through muscle memory.

On the other hand, Ronaldo who entered the boy’s body started from scratch with a firm will!

He started from street football and entered the professional arena, and then stepped into the England national team from the Championship and the Premier League.

It staged an inspirational journey of a full-level boss returning to the novice village to re-level up!

At the end of the commercial, the two souls exchanged and met again at the top in the national team friendly match!

In this commercial, it fully shows why Ronaldo was able to climb to the top of the football world from a boy on the island of Madeira and become one of the two proud players in the football world!

Ronaldo, who returned to his youth, used his efforts and sweat to tell everyone:

Even if I lose everything, I will still start from scratch and try my best!

And the English boy “Li” who regards Ronaldo as an idol is strictly speaking a believer in Ronaldo’s spirit.

Even though he inherited Ronaldo’s strong physique and talent, as well as a huge fortune, he did not indulge in pleasure.

Instead, he learned from his idol and worked hard to adapt to and master the body he had always dreamed of, so that he could live in the future.

The spirit promoted in the commercial is passionate and full of positive energy.

However, what almost made Ling Feng live in Bengbu was that Li, who regarded Ronaldo as his idol, finally joined Manchester United’s rival Manchester City after some efforts!

Damn, he regarded Ronaldo as his idol and then joined his rival, right? !

Little black man? !

After complaining, Ling Feng still made a reasonable guess:

Because Nike is Manchester City’s jersey sponsor, it would be more convenient to let Manchester City’s jersey copyright and let Manchester City stars appear in the film.

Manchester United is the sponsored team of the mortal enemy Adidas, and it will definitely not appear in Nike’s own commercials.

It is worth mentioning that in this commercial, Ling Feng, Kane, Sterling, Barkley and other England internationals who signed with Nike all appeared.

However, during the filming, they did not need to play a real game, but just took a shot of playing football in the studio.

Then through post-production, they could synthesize a clip of the England and Portugal national teams competing on the field.

Therefore, Ling Feng did not meet Luo Ge when filming the commercial, but only saw the scene of himself and Luo Ge competing in the commercial when the commercial was broadcast.

So, strictly speaking, this European Cup semi-final was not his first confrontation with Luo Ge.

However, those are just details.

In Ling Feng’s view, this creative commercial, in addition to being a small gift to every fan, is also a “portrait of experience” that makes him feel very empathetic.

Like another protagonist “Lee” in the commercial, he also played all the way from the English Championship to the Premier League, and then

Then to the Three Lions.

This sense of déjà vu is so immersive!

The only difference is that the soul in his body is not Ronaldo’s, but an oriental soul that has obtained a plug-in!

When seeing this commercial, Ling Feng also thought about this question:

If he, as an ordinary fan, can really exchange souls with a football star.

So, who would he want to exchange with the most?

And Ling Feng would choose Kaka without hesitation!

No one else.

Just because he is handsome and good at playing football!

Just like me!

“Next, let’s welcome the players from both sides to enter!”

At this time, the introduction of the DJ in the stadium and the sudden cheers in the stadium pulled Ling Feng’s thoughts back.

Slightly retracting the smile on his face, Ling Feng followed the queue and walked into the lighted stadium together.

The next second, overwhelming cheers came to his face!

The two teams lined up and soon played the national anthem.

As the biggest star of this tournament, the photographer on the scene was very tactful and pointed the camera at the Portuguese captain.

When Ronaldo’s handsome face appeared on the big screen on the scene, the whole stadium suddenly burst into cheers that resounded through the sky.

Not only Portuguese fans cheered for their national hero, but even many English fans applauded the son of Manchester United who once brought them good memories.

After all, many English fans are old fans of Manchester United.

However, when the camera was very naughty and aimed at Ling Feng at the end of the English team, there was a lot of cheers in the stands.

Soon, accompanied by a long whistle from the German referee, the first semi-final of the 2016 European Cup in France, the “English-Portuguese War”, officially started!

England took the lead in kicking off.

As Vardy passed the ball back to Ling Feng behind him, everyone in the lighted stadium saw a somewhat weird picture:

That is, except for Ronaldo, other Portuguese players did not press forward!

“Portugal does not seem to have the intention of pressing forward, but uses the center line as the dividing line of its own defense zone”

“Obviously, Portugal’s attitude is very pragmatic.”

As the commentator said, Portugal did firmly implement the pragmatic tactics formulated by the coach from the first second of the game.

Portugal coach Fernando Santos was called a “pragmatist” by the Guardian

Portugal under his rule is based on defense, and then resolves the battle through Ronaldo’s personal ability.

And this gloomy old coach, in the pre-match press conference, in front of the media, gave England a mouthful of poison milk:

He claimed that England has many outstanding young talents and has a greater chance of reaching the final;

Then he publicly praised Ling Feng’s talent and importance to England in front of Great Britain captain Rooney.

Whether it is true or false, Santos is very clear that England has obvious advantages in both offensive ability and player physical fitness.

Moreover, considering that the team is relatively old, if they press forward, it will only make the already not very good physical fitness consume faster.

Therefore, his idea was very pragmatic. Just take a defensive counterattack and wait for England to attack!

Although the formation was 4141, when it came to defending, the entire formation was a complete squatting 451!

Except for the center forward Cristiano Ronaldo who was at the front, all the players retreated to the half court.

Cristiano Ronaldo would not waste his energy to press.

Instead, he cruised in the rib space in the front court and between the two central defenders, like an extremely patient hunter, waiting for a fatal opportunity.

For Portugal’s “bus” tactics, neither Hodgson nor the Three Lions were surprised at all.

They just conducted the transmission step by step.

However, when the ball passed the center line, they were oppressed by the Portuguese players.

Once the ball was passed back, the Portuguese players would retreat and would not continue to rush.

Such a hedgehog-like tactical routine is not unfamiliar to Ling Feng, who plays for Leicester City.

Of course, he also knew very well how difficult such a defensive counterattack tactic was.

Portugal had too many defensive forces in the backcourt, and the space was compressed to a very small size.

It was very difficult to play an effective pass-cut combination.

As the tactical core of England, Ling Feng was as always subject to the joint defense of the zone.

Portugal’s single defensive midfielder Danilo and two midfielders Sanches and Joao Mario surrounded him through a triangle position.

Once Ling Feng got the ball, the three would immediately double-team him and force him to pass the ball.

However, Ling Feng

It’s not surprising, just keep running out of the “cage”, or move to the left, or move to the right.

Then take the ball outside the Portuguese position, constantly pass the ball to the side, pulling Portugal’s overall defensive formation.

Portugal is not in a hurry, and England is even less anxious.

This game is destined not to be as open and close as the game with Belgium.

What they have to do is to slowly consume the spirit and physical strength of the Portuguese players through passing and control, and wait until the opponent’s physical strength decreases and their mind is tired, their chance will come!

Patience is the key to life.

The same is true for the game!

. . .

“The game soon came to the 20th minute, and both sides had not completed the first shot within the goal range.”

“I have to say that both sides played very cautiously in this game.”

The first 20 minutes of the game disappointed most fans.

Boring, dull!

In simple terms, England, with its overall formation pressing forward, kept passing the ball around Portugal’s position, and occasionally made a breakthrough on the wing, or a long shot from the outside.

In 20 minutes, England controlled up to 60% of the ball.

In front of Portugal, which retreated to the half court and gave up the ball, England, whose skills were notoriously rough, actually played a pass and control game!

Of course, compared with the Spanish team, their pseudo pass and control still made many mistakes.

When a pass was wrong or a long shot was missed, the ball was transferred.

Portugal, which was in control of the ball, was not in a hurry to advance the attack, but passed the ball to the two wing as much as possible.

Then it attracted England’s troops to move to both sides, allowing Ronaldo, who retreated in the middle to receive the ball, to get more space to get the ball.

Portugal’s tactical tradition of focusing on the wing is well known.

And this Portugal also focuses on the wing.

Although the two starting wingers Adrien Silva and Nani in this game are not as good as Figo and Ronaldo, who has changed to center forward, in terms of their personal ability to tear through the defense line on the wing.

However, they are still very skilled in small-scale cooperation on the wing.

The 18-year-old prodigy Sanchez and Joao Mario in the center will also frequently pull to the side.

Of course, giving up the central attack and concentrating troops on the wing is nothing more than for one purpose:

Cross!

If England allows them to get the ball on the wing, they will immediately kick the ball or pass it horizontally to the best finisher on the planet wearing the No. 7 jersey!

For this Portugal team, which can also be said to be in a period of transition, Ronaldo is their battering ram!

However, after a season of full attendance and continuous overtime consumption, Ronaldo’s physical fitness is not ideal.

In addition, he was isolated and helpless, and faced with the double-teaming of two traditional English central defenders, Smalling and Cahill, he simply couldn’t calmly take the ball and turn to face the goal.

However, with the increase of age and the change of roles on the field, Ronaldo has long since changed from the sideline explosive point who was swift and skillful on the sidelines to the unstoppable goalkeeper in front of the goal!

He will not foolishly fall into the muscle entanglement with the opponent’s central defender, but frequently retreat to support, and then as a fulcrum, play some rib pass and cut cooperation with Sanchez in the middle or Nani who cuts inside.

Nani is Ronaldo’s striker partner in the national team for many years, and the two still have some tacit understanding.

However, Nani, who is already 29 years old, has a serious decline in state, and his speed and dribbling lethality have obviously decreased. His explosive lethality on the sidelines is not as good as before.

But his brain is much more normal.

At least he will not make the offside move to steal his teammates’ empty goal again

As the biggest discovery of Portugal in this European Cup, Sanches’ performance is eye-catching!

At only 18 years old, he has a maturity different from his peers.

He can hold the ball, have physical confrontation, advance, intercept and steal

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is good at both offense and defense!

The performance against Poland in the last game even made many media exclaim:

He is like Pogba of Portugal!

As the starting player in this game, Sanches also wants to use his outstanding performance to help Portugal reach the final again.

When the game was in the 24th minute, he finally had the opportunity to show himself!

Rooney’s sudden shot at the front of the penalty area was slightly higher than the crossbar.

Portuguese goalkeeper Patricio passed the ball to left back Guerrero, who advanced a few meters with the ball and then sent a straight pass to Sanches’ feet.

Facing Henderson who was defending him, the Portuguese prodigy didn’t show any courtesy and directly made a soup!

Henderson didn’t expect him to be so simple and crude, and his reaction was a little slow.

After that, he subconsciously moved his body to defend.

However, in the physical confrontation with Henderson, Sanchez was not at all inferior.

His feet seemed to be coated with glue, and he firmly controlled the ball.

He carried Henderson forward for several meters, and before Milner came to assist, Sanchez sent a diagonal pass to Ronaldo who had pulled to the left at some point.

When he came to the familiar ball-holding area, Ronaldo suddenly exuded a strong murderous aura.

Even facing the double defense of Walker and Smalling, he did not hesitate at all.

He stepped on a small bicycle, pushed the outside of his right foot to the right, dribbled horizontally for two steps, opened the shooting angle, and directly kicked a very high-quality long shot!

(End of this chapter)