Fengba Greenery

Chapter 71 First Meeting
Chapter 2 first meeting

Guangzhou Evergrande chose Marbella as the winter training location because this small Spanish city has a pleasant climate and is like spring all year round. Every winter, many teams from all over the world gather here for winter team training, especially in Eastern Europe, where the winter is long and snowy. and Russian teams.

Naturally, it is impossible for the team to train internally throughout the winter, and games are always needed to test the results of training.And training in such a place where teams gather, it is easy to find opponents for high-quality warm-up matches.

In a training ground rented by Guangzhou Evergrande, Li Qingshan saw the head coach Marcello Lippi, the 65-year-old Italian coach, standing on the sidelines with silver hair and wearing a pair of round-rimmed glasses. It seems that there is always a cigar in his mouth.

He is known as the "Silver Fox", and his player career was unremarkable, but since coaching the Sampdoria youth team in 1982, he has started a legendary coaching career. The team has won 5 Serie A titles, 3 cup championship trophies, 4 Italian Super Cup titles and 1 Champions League title. In 2006, Silver Fox led the Italian national team to win the World Cup.A true champion coach.

In May 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club hired Lippi as the head coach. This can also be said to be the biggest foreign coach hired by a Chinese team.

Lippi looked at Li Qingshan, who was a full head taller than him, and nodded with satisfaction at the muscles of his arms and thighs propped up in short-sleeved training clothes.

In Lippi's tactical thinking, defensive counterattack and the combination of side and center have always occupied a very important part.He established his own dynasty in Juventus, relying on the "3.5 guard system" he established by himself. The so-called 3.5 guard is to strengthen the offense of the full-back without affecting the defense.When one side's full-back assisted and stepped forward, the other side's full-back shrunk to defend and built a complete line of defense with the two central defenders. The colleagues who had not weakened the team's defensive system strengthened the side attack.

In his tactical system, the center has always been a very important role.In Guangzhou Evergrande, despite the introduction of Barrios, the Paraguayan striker has not found a good state in Guangzhou for more than half a season, and has suffered frequent injuries.This makes Lippi always a little worried about the reserves at the center position.

Due to the Chinese Super League’s restrictions on foreign aid, a strong household registration book is always more important than foreign aid, because when there can only be four foreign aids on the field at the same time, the other seven Chinese teams that build the team structure determine the team’s future. Where is the bottom line.

At this time in an office on the training ground, Lippi, Madaloni, Li Qingshan and an Italian translator were talking.

"First of all, congratulations, you got your first professional contract in your life."

Lippi first extended his hand to Li Qingshan, and his attitude seemed very kind.

Li Qingshan's first impression of this famous Italian coach was not bad.

"Thank you, Mr. Lippi." Despite the presence of an interpreter, Li Qingshan expressed his thanks in English.

As a player, English is a very important skill - Li Qingshan studied in the UK for half a year, and his oral English level has naturally improved a lot.

Lippi was even more satisfied when he heard that Li Qingshan answered in English. After all, a player who can communicate with him without a translator is also more comfortable to use.

"From today, you are my player."

"It's my honor, Mr. Lippi. When I was young, I often watched the games of the team you coached." Li Qingshan complimented his new boss a little, but he didn't lie. There are live TV broadcasts in China, and Li Qingshan has also watched live broadcasts of Serie A games since he was a child.

Lippi was very satisfied with Li Qingshan's answer, he nodded: "Very well, later assistant coach Madaloni will take you to get the training equipment first, and then I will ask the team captain Zheng Zhi to take you to the locker room to report .”

Li Qingshan glanced at Madaloni standing beside him, and nodded.

Li Qingshan is full of longing for the meeting with his new teammates and the upcoming career at Guangzhou Evergrande.You know, before that, he was just an ordinary amateur player, but now he has to become teammates with a group of Chinese national team players.Here, he will have the opportunity to participate in the professional league, he will have the opportunity to score goals and celebrate in front of tens of thousands of live audiences, millions or even tens of millions of TV viewers......
He will make a name for himself in the Chinese Super League, win the Chinese Super League championship, the AFC Champions League, and even the Club World Cup... At that time, the wealthy teams will inevitably cry and sign with him, and then he will worry about whether to go to Manchester United or Real Madrid Or Bayern....
Of course, these are just his longings. To achieve these goals, the first thing he needs to do is...meet his teammates.

After receiving the equipment, Madaloni handed Li Qingshan to the team captain Zheng Zhi.

The double captain of Guangzhou Evergrande and the Chinese national team is now 33 years old. He made his debut in the Liaoning team. In 2001, he moved to the Shenzhen team and became the main force of the team. In 2002, the Shenzhen team won the runner-up of the A-League. Zheng Zhi, who was only 22 years old, was awarded the Chinese Footballer of the year. In 2005, Zheng Zhi joined the Shandong Luneng team, and then in 2006 he was loaned to the Premier League Charlton team and started his football career in England. In 2010, he returned to China and joined Guangzhou Evergrande.

It can be said that a player with rich resume and good strength, even at the age of 33, is an indispensable core player in the Guangzhou Evergrande team.However, what he talked about the most was an unfortunate incident. On June 2006, 6, in the Sino-French friendly match before the World Cup in Germany, just 8 minutes into the match, Cisse and Chinese captain Zheng Zhi Unfortunately, the French striker was kicked by Zheng Zhi behind him and broke his right leg. He fell on the grass with an extremely painful expression. His two legs were broken in the Premier League and the national team respectively. , It also directly caused Cisse to miss the World Cup.He was even selected as one of the "Top Ten Villains in World Football" by "MAXIM" for this matter...
Zheng Zhi, who is 1.8 meters tall, looked up at Li Qingshan.

He was quite surprised that the team actually signed an amateur player, not much less than he was surprised when he heard that this amateur player had scored two goals for Liverpool and Manchester United respectively.However, when he heard that he was the player that the head coach Lippi hand-picked to sign, he did not express his surprise. After all, there are some advantages to being able to impress the world champion coach.

As a senior, Zheng Zhi couldn't show his surprise by acting like a big brother, but other Guangzhou Evergrande players did not have these concerns.They looked at Li Qingshan with scrutiny.The big man in front of him looks taller and stronger, but he can actually break the goals of Liverpool and Manchester United?
Under the suspicious eyes of Guangzhou Evergrande players, Li Qingshan started his first meeting with his teammates.

(End of this chapter)