There is a dream called football

"Is it true that Lorinda can't come over?" Li Qiao's tone sounded a little frustrated on the phone.

"She...said she wanted to go to school."

"Um."

"..."

After a pause, Sosa smiled and said: "Lorinda has lived here since she was a child, and she doesn't want to let it go."

hehe.

Li Qiao thought of Beckham's wife. In fact, every time Beckham made a career decision, his wife was more or less influential behind it.

Many fans scolded Victoria for this, but if you think about it, reality is not a "Football Manager" game. Players are also human beings, with emotions and desires, and family is also a very important factor.

"Oh well."

"Uncle, will you come over?"

"I...have to wait a while."

"All right."

*****

Major European clubs have a "check-in" service, which was first proposed by AC Milan. Players can just come and the club will take care of everything.

After Li Qiao came to Liverpool, the club communicated with him and arranged for him to stay at Dudek's house.

right.

It's the home of the Polish goalkeeper who can dance the noodle dance. This is actually very good and he can quickly integrate into the team.

You may think this is great, but in fact this kind of thing doesn't happen very often and most players will refuse it.

Especially for South American players, Ferguson's memoirs mentioned that after Veron joined Manchester United, he had almost no friends at the club and did not learn English, making it very difficult to communicate.

The reason why Li Qiao agreed is actually very simple. On the one hand, he wanted to quickly integrate into the team, and on the other hand, Li Qiao did not have such a colorful private life.

After dinner.

Li Qiao and Dudek were having afternoon tea in the courtyard. Dudek's name was Jerzy, but Li Qiao was a little embarrassed about it and had difficulty pronouncing it, probably because of the Polish language.

So Li Qiao had a sudden idea and called the other party Adu.

"Adu?"

"Yes, in China, adding the character "ah" before a person's name indicates affection."

Dudek shrugged, "It doesn't matter."

We are all foreigners, and they will soon get closer to each other. Dudek asked: "The second floor is given to you, don't worry, you can bring the girl back, you just need to be gentle."

sweat.

"I have a girlfriend."

"oh……"

"What's it called?"

"Lorinda."

"Don't worry, I will cover it for you. As long as it's a call from Lorinda, I know what to do."

It seems to be a common thing for buddies to cover for each other and help deal with the girlfriend's inspection, but Li Qiao is still very sweaty.

"Then...thank you."

"It's okay, just help me."

"hehe."

"By the way, I want to ask something about the team."

Dudek spread his hands and said, "Just ask."

"Is that Stephen easy to get along with?"

Li Qiao is referring to Gerrard, the soul of Liverpool. It's okay to offend the head coach in Liverpool, but don't offend Gerrard, otherwise you will have to be kicked out, so Li Qiao needs to get to know Gerrard.

"Stephen?"

"That's an Englishman. You know what an Englishman is like, right?"

It is generally believed that British people are rigorous, conservative and unsmiling, so don't make cold jokes with British people casually, and don't flirt with British people easily.

"But as long as you satisfy him on the court, Stephen is still very easy to get along with."

Li Qiao nodded, this is what is called treating the situation but not the person, which is a good thing.

*****

The training intensity in the Premier League is very high, otherwise you would not be able to cope with the very intense competition.

In training, Benitez's tactical ideas gradually took shape.

Li Qiao and Kewell are on the two wings, Hamann and Gerrard are in the middle, and in front are Frenchman Cisse and Czech Baros.

Li Qiao was in the right wing position that he was most familiar with, but he made frequent mistakes. This is the difference between the Portuguese and English leagues.

Some people think that good players should not choose leagues, but in fact many players are indeed acclimated. For example, Manchester United's Memphis Depay and the Uruguayan Forlan at that time are good examples.

Very good player, but unable to survive in the Premier League.

In fact, the reason is very simple. For example, in Portugal, Deco passes the ball to his feet, but here, the ball is passed with a lot of advance, and you need to fight with the opponent.

In the Premier League, it is unlikely to be directly given to you, except for teams like Arsenal.

The ball given to Li Qiao by his teammates is basically two to three positions ahead of time, and he still has to fight with the defender, which makes Li Qiao very uncomfortable.

Benitez shook his head, this won't work, but he didn't say anything. After all, Li Qiao was new and it would take some time to adapt.

It would have been much better when Benitez put Spaniard Garcia in this position. After all, Garcia came a year earlier and has already adapted to the rhythm of the Premier League.

During a break in training, a pair of big hands patted Li Qiao on the shoulder. He turned around and saw that it was Gerrard.

"team leader."

"Haha, call me Stephen."

"Stephen."

The reason why Gerrard is called the soul of the team is because he always considers the interests of the team.

Li Qiao's strength is obvious to all, and he is a player who has participated in the Champions League finals, but he is obviously not suitable for the Premier League.

"Don't be depressed, this is the Premier League. We all grew up rolling in the mud. There is no gentlemanliness on the pitch."

"hehe."

"Why do our players have a party at the bar? You can come too."

"good."

During the afternoon training, Li Qiao tried hard to blend in, but he was still awkward. The habit of playing football formed since childhood is not easy to change. It would be like a left-handed person forcing his right foot to kick the ball. It would definitely be uncomfortable.

At this time, Li Qiao missed Deco a little, the Brazilian who could pass the ball like a scalpel. Maybe he should go to Spain.

Seeing Li Qiao struggling, Gerrard suddenly thought and decided to give him a kick. However, this time Li Qiao started the ball in advance and the ball passed behind him.

"Sorry."

Gerrard immediately raised his hand to apologize, but Li Qiao knew that the problem still lay with him. Time is the best antidote. But it was a pity that Li Qiao did not have time. The league was about to start. This year was the Asian Cup, which delayed the meeting with the team.

Time for joint training.

But the good thing is that the Asian Cup allowed Li Qiao to successfully obtain the Premier League labor certificate, and with his status in the national team, there will be no problem with the labor certificate in the future.

For Saturday's game against Tottenham, Benitez announced the starting lineup on Friday. As expected, there was no Li Qiao. In the right wing position, Benitez did not dare to take risks. He used Spaniard Garcia.

This game was premiered on CCTV. When Huang Jianxiang and Duan Xuan got the starting lineup, they were still a little disappointed, because domestic expectations for this game are very strong, but the fans may be disappointed.

Fortunately, Li Qiao has entered the squad, which means he is still very likely to come on as a substitute.