There is a dream called football

In a cheap hotel room in Madrid, Raven walked around feeling a little restless.

"I have an exam tomorrow and I just can't calm down."

Li Qiao chuckled. He was actually nervous too. This time was different. 1,000 of the strongest young players from around the world would be eliminated in tomorrow's written test. 900 of them would be eliminated. He and Raven were probably one of them.

Li Qiao walked to the refrigerator, took out the eggs he bought in the supermarket earlier, cracked one open and ate it first.

Raw eggs are a bit fishy, ​​but it is said that it is the best to eat them this way. After eating two, Li Qiao handed one to Raven, who waved his hand, "No."

"It's useless for you to be so nervous. Just make peace with it now that it's here."

"I know, but I can't control my autonomic nerves." After speaking, Raven picked up a football and said, "I'll go play in the corridor for a while, maybe it'll be fine."

"That's fine."

The next day, in the examination room.

Li Qiao looked left and right, hoping to find some familiar figures.

Europeans have prosopagnosia towards Asians. I remember one time when the British media reported on Jaycee Chan and included a photo of Leehom Wang.

And we Asians actually have prosopagnosia when it comes to Europeans, especially when we were young and later, there were some differences, so Li Qiao didn't recognize any of them.

Suddenly, a candidate caught Li Qiao's attention, not his face, but his hair. This shaggy hair looked so familiar. Who else could it be if it wasn't David Luiz?

"He's here, haha, many things have indeed changed, and we are not moving forward according to the original history."

The test papers for this exam are optional. There are two options: English and Spanish. Of course, Li Qiao will choose English.

There were still a few minutes before the exam started, and there was a little noise in the classroom. At this moment, someone behind him poked Li Qiao with a pen.

When he turned around, he saw a tall man smiling at him.

"Who are you?"

Li Qiao felt that the tall man in front of him looked familiar, but he just couldn't remember it.

"I'm from Croatia, my name is Mario Mandzukic."

As soon as these words came out, Li Qiao was stunned. Mandzukic was just 17 years old at this time, and he looked so immature that he really couldn't recognize him.

"Hello, I'm from China, my name is Li Qiao."

"Haha, China, I know, panda, right?" As Mandzukic said, he made a fist with both hands and made a panda eye gesture. Li Qiao rolled his eyes in his heart. The foreigner who usually talks about panda proves that he knows nothing about China.

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"By the way, you chose the English paper, right?"

"certainly."

"Me too, do we want to communicate with each other then?" Mandzukic smiled slyly, while Li Qiao looked embarrassed. Fortunately, the invigilator came in at this time, and Li Qiao turned around and prepared for the exam.

This exam is much more difficult. It is no exaggeration to say it is a hundred times more difficult than the last time. There are no basic questions, and they are all questions with very divergent thinking.

When it comes to answering the questions, the real problem arises. There is a tactical map with Real Madrid on one side and the opponent on the other side. The opponent's side is lined up with 5 defenders. The question is if you were the coach of Real Madrid, what method would you use to break the dense defense?

And if you were the opponent's head coach, what methods would you use to resist Real Madrid's attack?

To break the dense defense, there are just a few tricks.

The first is a high center tactic. There is a tall fulcrum in the penalty area. The center grabs the first point and creates opportunities, while others wait for opportunities to shoot.

The second type is long shot.

The third type is set-piece tactics.

Of course Li Qiao can write like this, but these answers that everyone knows will definitely not get high marks.

Li Qiao thought for a while and wrote: "Relax the midfield pressure and give the opponent some opportunities to press out. That way there will be more opportunities."

After writing this, Li Qiao buried his head in thought for a while and added: "If the opponent does not press out, then strengthen the attack in the middle, especially the shots in front of the penalty area, so that the opponent has to press their defense zone forward."

Li Qiao was still worried, so he added the set-piece tactic before giving up. As for the high center forward tactic, Li Qiao did not mention it. After all, Real Madrid never seemed to choose to stand, whether they had Morientes, Ruud van Nistelrooy or later Morata.

Pile center tactics.

Actually, let's talk about it, the strongest aerial dominator in Real Madrid's history is actually president Ronaldo, but that's a story for another day.

When Li Qiao was answering questions, Mandzukic behind him kicked his stool from time to time. If possible, Li Qiao really wanted to beat him up. This big Croatian man was really annoying, and he didn't know if he would pass the exam in the end.

When it came to the last question, Li Qiao stretched out his body and muscles, and then started to read the question.

There are two kinds of free kicks on the picture, one is a banana ball and the other is an elevator ball, and the question is a bit strange, using physics to analyze the formation of the two ball paths.

When Mandzukic saw this question, he called him a bastard. He had never studied physics since he was a child, while Raven and Li Qiao were happy when they saw this question.

I remember reading a piece of news that the mathematics proficiency of Chinese high school students was inferior to non-mathematics college students in the United States.

Exam-oriented education is always criticized in China, but in fact, exam-oriented education also has good aspects, such as learning far more textbook knowledge than children abroad.

Li Qiao first analyzed the banana ball. In fact, the difference in air flow speed will cause a pressure difference. This is the same principle as the take-off of an airplane. The reason why an airplane can take off is because the air flow speed above and below the wing is different, and the pressure below is greater than above.

The principle of the elevator ball is different. When shooting, try to control the ball without rotating. The ball flying at high speed will cause irregular motion when encountering air resistance. This is why the elevator ball sometimes shows an S-shaped line.

After leaving the examination room after the exam, Mandzukic caught up with Li Qiao and asked, "Chinese friend, how was your answer?"

"Okay."

Mandzukic was still complaining, "The last question was too difficult. I didn't write it at all. It's not like I was going to college, it was about physics."

Li Qiao could only laugh at this, "What about your previous answer?"

"I can basically do the above. Croatia is a strong football country. We won third place in the World Cup in 1998."

Li Qiaohan, Croatian footballers do have pride. After all, football is played.

Mandzukic patted Li Qiao and said, "Chinese friend, why don't you treat me to dinner?"

Dumbfounded, why should I treat you to dinner?

But Li Qiao didn't refuse. If he was unfamiliar with the place here, it might be much safer to take a big man out like a bodyguard.

"Okay, I'll treat you to McDonald's."

"No, please treat me to Chinese food."

Li Qiao chuckled. Chinese food here is much more expensive than McDonald's. "I'll treat you to Chinese McDonald's. Have you ever tried fried dough sticks?"

"No."

"Where's the pancake fruit?"

"No."

"Okay, I'll take you to Chinatown."

Taking Mandzukic and catching up with Raven, the three of them walked towards Chinatown.