i don't want to be king

Chapter 227 Superstar's Prophecy
It has been five days since I arrived at Chelsea's Cobham training base in London.

Before leaving Manchester, both Chelsea and Manchester United sent invitations to Li Liang to participate in training.

Lampard did not return to the United States with the entire New York City team. During this time, he stayed in London to concentrate on preparing for the charity match at Stamford Bridge on February 2.

Li Liang has been invited to participate in this competition, so the rest of the week will be spent in London.

Adams got in touch with Emenalo, the technical director of the Chelsea club, and the other party immediately agreed that Li Liang could participate in training at Chelsea's Cobham training base.

Not only Li Liang, Lampard also goes to Cobham on time every day to participate in training to maintain his condition.

The members of the reserve team were already very familiar with Li Liang, and they quickly got along well.

Compared with the Stamford Bridge and New York City game, Falcao is obviously much more cheerful.

His injury was much less serious than he expected and he recovered quickly after the friendly against New York City.

Jardim told him that he was basically satisfied with his recovery, and believed that after a while and the summer training, he would be able to help Falcao return to the top.

Jardim also told Falcao that he is very interested in New York City's No. 37 "Lee" and has begun to understand the player's situation.

Lampard's charity game has received strong support from his old club, and Emenalo and Guus Hiddink have agreed to a number of Chelsea players, including Falcao, to participate in the game.

Falcao immediately told Jardim the news that Li Liang also came to Cobham and also participated in the charity match.

Jardim immediately decided that he would come to London again on February 2 one day earlier and meet Li Liang in person.

During this period, Li Liang, Lampard and Falcao watched the fifth round of the FA Cup at home against Manchester City under the leadership of John Terry.

这场2015至2016赛季足总杯第五轮的焦点对决，本应是一场势均力敌的比赛，但由于赛前曼城队经历换帅风波，从2月6日主场1:3输给莱斯特城之后，又在2月15日主场1:2输给了托特纳姆热刺队。

To make matters worse, successive fierce battles caused serious injuries to Manchester City's first team.Before the game against Chelsea, there were only 13 first-team players who passed the team doctor's examination and were allowed to play!
Considering that the team will fly to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine in the ice and snow in three days, to challenge Dynamo Kyiv, the opponent in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League, Pellegrini had to arrange five reserve team members to participate. The starting lineup to face the strong enemy Chelsea.

The pressure on Chelsea is much less. Although they lost the first leg of the UEFA Champions League knockout match against Paris Saint-Germain 3 days ago at the Parc des Princes in Paris 1-2, the team will be awarded after this FA Cup game. Nearly a week of rest time, so Hiddink made the strongest lineup.

Li Liang and his team are seated behind the home team's bench, and they have a very good line of sight. They can clearly see the warming-up players on both sides of the field.

He saw many familiar faces. Baba, Traore, Mizga, Remy, and Chick, whom he had fought against in the previous game, all appeared in the squad for this game.

As for Manchester City, he recognized Kompany, Garcia and Buck who had played in the same game.

As soon as Terry saw Manchester City's starting list on the big screen, he shook his head and said to everyone: "Manchester City has given up the FA Cup. Although Vincent (Kompany) is on the substitute list, this game will definitely not will appear."

Sure enough, Chelsea controlled the situation at the beginning of the game. The gap between Manchester City, ranked 4th in the league, and Chelsea, ranked 12th in the league, seemed to be completely reversed.

The rapid offensive and defensive rhythm of the two sides made Li Liang almost breathless, as if he was also on the field.

Although they were far apart, he clearly felt the powerful aura of these superstars on the field.

Eden Hazard with an overall rating of 89, Cesc Fabregas with an overall rating of 87, Diego Costa with an overall rating of 86, and several players with an overall rating of 80 or above——

Li Liang realized that what he saw was a completely different world!

In the first half, the two sides temporarily stood at 1:1 with the goals of Costa and Manchester City reserve player David Fopara.

During the intermission, Terry, the substitute who was warming up on both sides of the field, jokingly asked: "Frank, you are much more familiar with Manchester City than I am. What do you think will happen in the second half?"

Lampard turned to Li Liang: "Let Li talk about——

Come on Lee, tell John what you think. "

During the past few days at the Cobham base, Terry often came to watch Lampard's training, and Li Liang was also very familiar with him.

Li Liang said: "This score should already be the limit of Manchester City!
The five reserve players in their starting lineup looked like they were going to be overwhelmed in the first half-

They don't seem to have the physical strength to play a game of this intensity for 90 minutes..."

Terry nodded approvingly. He has been very optimistic about Li Liang since the last friendly match.

He asked again: "Lee, if you play, can you play the whole game?"

Li Liang replied solemnly: "This kind of confrontation intensity and the speed of offensive and defensive conversion——

I probably can only last half the time, and I'm afraid I can't even do it like them now! "

Terry smiled: "You are too humble, I believe everything will be different in the future!"

Although Falcao on the side has been in the Premier League for nearly two years, his English is far from being able to communicate freely.

He understood Terry's words, gently tugged Li Liang and said with gestures: "Li, don't worry, I know there is someone who can help you.

In less than a year or even half a year, he can completely change you! "

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the physical fitness of the Manchester City teenagers who bravely resisted halftime began to decline rapidly.

Li Liang knew very well that he experienced this feeling more deeply than anyone else, it could be said to be unforgettable.

Just like what Jiong told him many times in the special training, competition and training are completely different things, and everything needed for the competition must be "effective".

Effective speed, effective physical fitness, effective confrontation ability, etc. can all be added together to form a truly effective competition ability.

If you only use endurance or aerobic metabolism to measure, Li Liang's current physical fitness level is at least above the middle level among professional players.

But since the trial training to the present, he has not played a full game.

In addition to the reason for the tactical arrangement, Li Liang knew very well——

Even in a group training match with a very average confrontation intensity, I couldn't last until the end of 90 minutes.

He figured out what Falcao meant even after guessing, and couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat. Half a year?

This counts just before the start of the 2016-2017 season? !

Ten minutes into the second half of the game, Chelsea have fully grasped the initiative on the field.

Hazard, who was in hot form, once again sent out an exquisite assist. Teammate Brazilian William Boggs da Silva succeeded in a single shot in the 48th minute to overtake the score again.

In the 52nd minute, Gary Cahill got a kicker in the penalty area and volleyed directly to score, 3-1!

Li Liang could see very clearly that Manchester City's general situation was over, and the players on the field were no longer interested in fighting.

Sure enough, as Terry said before the game, Kompany sat on the bench wearing a thick down jacket and didn't warm up for the whole game.

In the 65th minute, Hazard took a direct free kick and scored, 4-1!

In the 88th minute, Traore scored with a header and finally fixed the score at 5-1!

At the end of the game, Lampard said to Li Liang: "Li, did you see Traore?

Don't forget you beat them all.

What they can do on the field now, I believe you can do it in the future too! "

(End of this chapter)