That night, accompanied by Torres and other teammates and the team doctor, Li Ming was examined at the Basque Hospital. It was not even a mild concussion, but in order to further recover, the doctor still advised to rest for a few days, which meant that the home game against Getafe three days later was definitely out of the question.

The next day, back in Madrid, Bianchi did not arrange any training tasks for Li Ming all day.

Bernawi, Gil, and Regalon had already gone to the echelon training early, and they also made various breakfasts for Li Ming and piled them on the bedside. Li Ming suddenly felt bored. In terms of his path to obtaining skill points, it would be better to sleep in the dormitory if he did not play the game. On the other hand, in the era before he traveled through time, 5G had already been rampant in the East, and watching Douyin on the mobile phone was a comfort. Now in 2005, I don’t know if the network has broken through the 2G era. Downloading a 200KB small game to play is a big charge.

While hesitating on the bed, the hello of the V3 mobile phone MOTO's voice sounded again. When I picked up the phone, it was Van Basten who called: "Boy, I heard that you were injured. I hope everything is fine with you. I also hope that you can catch up with our national team's World Cup qualifiers - away against the Czech team!"

Li Ming sat up from the bed and said excitedly: "Boss Fan, are you serious? Do you mean that I have been called up by the national team?"

Van Basten on the other end of the phone was confused by Li Ming's address to him, but he still said to him happily: "Yes, after the teacher came out, all the procedures have been completed at the Dutch Football Association. We have also sent a call letter to Atletico Madrid. I believe they will notify you soon."

Li Ming was surprised and said: "Thank you so much, bosses! But I have to report one thing to you, Boss Fan. Atletico Madrid may not let me play in the fifth round of the league."

Van Basten: "No problem, you can rest for two more days . "

Li Ming: "But if I suppress Real Madrid in the sixth round of the league, Boss Van, you should seriously consider me starting in the World Cup qualifiers!"

Van Basten laughed: "If you perform well, you will be given a starting position, because Van der Sar has been seriously injured in Manchester United recently, so we naturally put our hopes on you. Although the World Cup qualifiers have come to the penultimate round, and we are 4 points ahead of the Czech Republic, so I hope you can help us advance one round ahead of schedule in the Czech Republic away game!"

When Li Ming heard this "putting our hopes on you", he immediately felt extremely honored, and the whole person floated up, and quickly replied: "I will take care of the early promotion. With me here, it will be convenient for you to calculate the goal difference, because - I don't concede goals!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, but in fact Van Basten had a black line on his face, thinking: So confident and arrogant, it's good to be young! But he said: "Okay, okay, we all believe in your ability! Contact me anytime if you have any questions!"

After hanging up the phone, Li Ming suddenly felt no pain in his waist and head, and he ate the breakfast brought by his roommate, which was so delicious! He also ran out of the dormitory building, running and jumping. It seemed that after the jumping attribute was increased to 16, he felt lighter than the last game against the social team!

When he was about to reach the training ground, Ortega shouted at him: "Hey! Brat, come here quickly, the boss wants to see you!" He drove the three-wheeled cart used to transport footballs on the field to pick up Li Ming, and winked at him: "Come up quickly, good things!"

Bianchi did not often appear in the office of the echelon training camp, but Atletico Madrid had achieved remarkable results recently. He wanted to take advantage of the four-game winning streak in the league to apply for more transfer budget from the board of directors to make up for the position of the defensive midfielder in the winter window. However, the board of directors had already taken a rude attitude: Without any championship trophy, where would the transfer budget come from? Either sell people or you go to explore potential players!

Bianchi looked at the training ground of the echelon and sighed and shook his head. Although Atletico's scout camp has a group of senior bosses such as Pantic, it is rare to meet someone as smart as Li Ming. Bianchi saw Li Ming and Ortega walked into the office and motioned them to sit down first, but he was still answering the phone call from the club's financial director.

Bianchi said impatiently to the phone: "That's it. If it were me, I would not apply to FIFA for any national team match subsidies for a young man who is about to play for the national team for the first time. Let's talk about it after he becomes a regular in the national team. Goodbye!"

After hanging up the phone, Bianchi seemed quite dissatisfied with the previous communication, and said to Ortega: "The club hopes that FIFA can transfer the subsidy for Amin to participate in the Dutch team's World Cup qualifiers in advance. It's really speechless! This kind of post-subsidy can't wait, is it really afraid of poverty?"

OrtegaJia hurriedly said: "Boss, be careful with your words, the club is now focusing on positive energy!"

Bianchi said disdainfully: "What's the big deal? I can quit at most. I can still be a champion coach in South America!"

Ortega and Li Ming hurriedly said: "No, no, we still need you to lead us into the Champions League!

Bianchi then slowed down his tone, drank a sip of water, and said: "Aming, first of all, I want to congratulate you on being called up by the Dutch national team. Now the call-up letter signed by the Dutch Football Association has been faxed over. I am really happy to see a young goalkeeper appear on the international stage!"

Li Ming was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to answer.

Ortega took over the conversation: "Isn't it all because of your wisdom and support for him to be the main player in the league? Otherwise, the Dutch team would not be able to see his wonderful performance! "

Bianchi shook his head and said, "I just think Amin is a goalkeeper with strong reaction ability. In addition, Atletico Madrid does not require the goalkeeper to have high passing ability, so Amin's current goal-line technology is enough to cope with the La Liga! But the one who can really open his mind and invite Amin to join the national team is Mr. Cruyff!"

Li Ming nodded: "Yes, after the game with Barcelona, ​​they invited me out for a detailed discussion."

Bianchi changed the subject: "But, Amin, I need to remind you that sometimes it is not so easy to survive in the national team."

Li Ming and Ortega were puzzled and asked: "Why?"

Bianchi was quite excited at the moment, constantly combing the gray hair that stubbornly remained on both sides of his bald head with his hands: "As strong as I was when I was young, I was rarely selected for the Argentine national team. Do you understand? "

Although Li Ming is familiar with football stories from the past two decades, he doesn't know much about the glorious career of early greats like Bianchi.

Seeing Li Ming's puzzled face, Bianchi pretended to be unhappy: "What? You don't believe me? Let me put it this way, which striker do you think has scored the most goals in the top league in Argentina's history?"

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