There is a dream called football

“The national football team goes on a wild tour of Amsterdam.”

"It is the nature of the national football team to never change its stubbornness and love to play."

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I don’t know who took the photos of the national football team playing in Amsterdam, so the domestic media started to talk about the photos.

Li Qiao is also aware of the irritability of the domestic media, but this time it was a bit too much. After all, the national football team won the game, so it can't be like this.

Gao Lin couldn't hold back his anger.

"When I return to China, I will hold a press conference to explain the matter clearly."

"Needless to say, in the eyes of the media, we are playboys, just like the big brother of the national team."

"But we can't let them slander us like this."

"Then what should I do? Are you going to argue with the media and the fans? Who cares about you?"

Li Qiao saw this and already had an idea in his mind.

"I would like to ask CCTV to come and take pictures of our training so that the fans can see it."

"good."

*****

Huang Jianxiang brought his photography brother to the hotel where the national football team was staying. He took pictures of everyone training and then saw Li Qiao receiving physical therapy.

"Is it uncomfortable?"

"The calf muscles have been edematous."

Huang Jianxiang's heart skipped a beat, "Will that affect the game?"

The team doctor took over, "No matter how big or small, Li Qiao has been having muscle problems since he returned to the team. He has been holding on. He was too tired last season."

"Then how to treat it?"

"In fact, there is no need for treatment, just rest. But what Li Qiao needs most at this time is rest time."

Huang Jianxiang was quite shocked and thought Li Qiao was fine.

The team doctor pressed his thumb and a spot on Li Qiao's leg became dented. "Look, the edema is severe. We will need to drain the fluid later."

"..."

"Does it hurt?"

"Kind of!"

The entire process of removing the effusion was also filmed. In fact, the other players also had some injuries.

After these scenes were broadcast on sports news, domestic fans criticized them and scolded the media for being unscrupulous.

"The national football team has worked hard to become like this, and you still accuse the national football team of playing around. I think you are just fucking playing."

"Whoever blackmails the national football team in the future will be blacklisted by me."

“I won’t even believe a single punctuation mark in what online media reports in the future.”

"Support the national football team."

"Don't just talk, you go to the Netherlands to watch football."

"Just go, you pay!"

After the small episode, the national football team still has to face many problems, the first of which is Nigeria, its next opponent.

This Nigeria team later had two big stars in Keita and Mikel, as well as Taiwo in the defense, which can be said to be a very good star-making ability.

In their previous life, they lost to Argentina by one goal and ultimately failed to win the championship. However, this time they met the Chinese team. Before the game, Nigeria despised the Chinese team as an opponent.

Some Nigerian media even said that the Chinese are very good at table tennis, but only average at football.

Against Nigeria, Krauchen's tactics are completely different, because they can defend intensively like Brazil, but Nigeria is dark and hard, and the forwards are also tall. In this case, defending is not enough, but possession of the ball is needed.

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After the training, Krauchen left five people, Li Qiao, Lei Wen, Chen Tao, Zhao Xuri, and Tan Wangsong, for special training.

The content of the training is very simple, just pass the ball over and over again.

It's a boring pass, but it's very fast. It requires no thinking, no stopping of the ball, and no missing of the pass.

Another requirement is that the pass cannot be repeated, which means that if Li Qiao passes it to Chen Tao, he cannot pass it back to Li Qiao.

Li Qiao passed the ball to Tan Wangsong. When he hesitated for a moment, Krauchen blew the whistle, "You are wrong, go pick up the ball."

sweat.

In fact, it was fine at the beginning, but once your physical fitness drops, it will be particularly difficult. In fact, the youth training of European football is tempered through repeated boredom. Behind the happy football you see is hard work.

Soon the players felt a little bored, especially Zhao Xuri. He liked to roll his thighs. Later, Zhao Yijiao was nicknamed this way. However, this kind of short passing tests the strength and precision of small muscle groups.

Of course, Krauchen knows that such a short period of special training is useless and cannot change anything, but it can increase the players' confidence, which is the only thing that can be done.

It started to rain lightly in Amsterdam that day. Once it rains, European cities tend to be colder because of their higher dimensions.

The bus drove slowly to Utrecht. The number of spectators for this game was the largest since the World Youth Championship started, almost 20,000 people, most of whom were local Dutch and Chinese in Europe.

The players deliberately wore long sleeves when warming up, and Krauchen personally led the team in warming up. It is easy for muscles to stiffen in this kind of game.

"Run slowly, then run as fast as you can when you're warmed up."

But what was he afraid of? What was coming? Soon Gao Lin was sitting on the ground for some unknown reason.

"What's wrong? Gao."

"The muscles are a little tight."

The team doctor gave him a few massages, but Gao Lin still didn't feel good. Players have a sense of themselves, and it will definitely be difficult to compete with this feeling.

Krauchen could only temporarily replace Zhu Ting.

The main forward left before the game even started, which can be described as a haze in the hearts of his teammates.

"Everyone has warmed up enough, but you haven't adapted to the European weather yet."

This is the case in Europe. You can wear short-sleeves when the sun is shining, but when it rains you have to light the stove immediately.

Ten minutes later, the Nigerian team also came out to warm up. Looking at their bodies, they were all a bit bigger and a bit taller than the Chinese players. This is the advantage of Africans in youth level competitions.

To be honest, the Chinese team is still wary. If they collide head-on, it would be very painful.

In the previous games, Nigeria played very strongly like the Chinese team. Their goal is to win the championship. The Chinese team is just a small goal for them, and the only Chinese player they respect is Li Qiao.

Before the game, several Nigerian players came over to chat with Li Qiao.

Li Qiao also chatted with them politely.

His teammates are envious, and they also know that if they want to gain the respect of their opponents, they must become stronger.

The two sides lined up, and Li Qiao was at the front. For Li Qiao, starting from the match against Brazil, it was an unprecedented situation. The Chinese team had never reached this point in the previous life, let alone reached the semifinals.

So the way forward is unknown.

After Li Qiao shook hands with the opponent, he went to the referee to pick the side.

"head?"

Li Qiao nodded.

The referee threw a coin. In the end, the Chinese team was the first to kick off in the first half. Li Qiao and Zhu Ting kicked off in the midfield. He was obviously very nervous because it was Gao Lin who could not play temporarily, so he could play.

"Don't be nervous, I'll pass the ball to you more."

"Well, I'm not nervous."

Li Qiao laughed in his heart, because his lips trembled when he said this.