six finger demon

Chapter 196 The New Roommate

The mountain city, Chongqing, is where the national football team trains before the Asian Cup.

After defeating Malaysia in the World Cup preliminaries, the national football players just rested for a few days before gathering again in Chongqing.

After meeting, Alihan told Tang Wu frankly that the Chinese team needed a steady start.

Alihan actually wants the national football players to play 433, but because many players are not very familiar with the tactics of this lineup, they can only face their opponents with 442.

"I have watched your games and studied your videos." Alihan said in Dutch with Tang Wu's neck on his shoulders, "You are an offensive goalkeeper. When we need to attack, you are the one who will play a role." time!"

"No Mr. Alihan." Tang Wu shook his head and said, "I am an all-round goalkeeper. And I think it is important that a defensive goalkeeper appears in the offensive formation and an offensive goalkeeper appears in the defensive formation."

"An all-around goalkeeper? Haha!" Ali Han said lightly, "The Dutch team of Total Football is outdated. No team needs a sweeper to score goals!"

"Sorry, I don't think so."

Before Tang Wu could speak, he was interrupted by Ali Han.

"Tom, the Chinese team is neither yours nor mine. I think you should know this better than me."

"Okay, I understand." Tang Wu replied helplessly.

Tang Wu knew that his debut in the Asian Cup opener was a failure.

In fact, Alihan has a thorough understanding. Although the national football team claims to have the title of "Asia's No. [-] center forward", it is not in the forefront of Asia in terms of personal ability or overall technical and tactical level.

Physically, they can't beat Iran and other West Asian teams, and technically, they can't beat the two old neighbors of Japan and South Korea.Even against opponents in the group stage such as Bahrain, Indonesia and Qatar, Alihan and the national football team have to be careful.With the historical record of the national football team, there are many capsizes in the gutter.

Tang Wu also understood this very well.

After all, this is the first time I have been selected for the national football team, so there must be no tacit cooperation among other teammates.Alihan needs results, but the premise is that he has to keep his position, so that he can create results.

What's more, the position of the goalkeeper is extremely special. If there is any accident caused by rashly using Tang Wu to start, then Alihan can't bear the chain consequences after that.

To put it bluntly, Tang Wu is just a newcomer to the national football team!

For this training camp, I will stay in Chongqing for half a month, then fly to the capital, and continue training until the start of the Asian Cup.During this period, the Football Association invited two national teams to play warm-up matches, Lebanon in Chongqing and the United Arab Emirates in Inner Mongolia.Although it's a bit of a toss, who made China's territory big?
When Tang Wu checked out of the hotel and came to the player's dormitory with his luggage on his back, Tang Wu found that his roommate was not Sun Taiyang, who was with him in the Premier League, nor his Olympic teammates Yan Song and Sun Xiang, but a A young player with a square face and crisp hair.

This made Tang Wu a little embarrassed, because Tang Wu only watched some National Olympic games after being called up by the National Olympic Games, and besides a few familiar and particularly well-known players in the National Football Team, there are still many people who don't know him.

"Tang Wu?" Seeing Tang Wu enter the room, the roommate who was lying on the bed listening to MP3 quickly took off the headset and reached out to pick up the trolley case in Tang Wu's hand.

"The feeling of the bitter sand blowing on the face, like the father scolding the mother crying will never be forgotten."

The voice in the headset was loud, Tang Wu was listening to this familiar song, but couldn't remember the name of the song for a while.

"When did you return to the team, Tang Wu? Come and sit here." The roommate enthusiastically put the trolley case aside and led Tang Wu into the room. "Sorry, the team requires only plain water."

"Thank you." Tang Wu took a sip of the water and saluted.

Tang Wu returned home with just a simple bag, which was full of Huanxi clothes.The trolley case is full of gloves except for the goalkeeper's protective equipment, which were airmailed from London during this period.

"Brother, are you also from the Northeast?" Tang Wu asked curiously after listening to his roommate's accent.

"Well, I'm from Shenyang too! Could the coach put us in the same dormitory!"

"That's no wonder!" Tang Wu suddenly realized, and then guessed, "Brother, you play as a defender?"

"You're fine, you can guess this!" the roommate laughed, "I do play as a defender. The coach asked me to play as a central defender. But when I was in the Shenzhen team, I played as a midfielder."

"So that's the case!" Tang Wu nodded.

It's not that you can play whatever position you play in the club, you can play in the national team. Many people often play positions that they are not familiar with after they arrive in the national team.Some people soared into the sky because of this, while others fell down.Therefore, whether the coach can have a pair of insightful eyes is extremely important.

"I don't know your surname?" Tang Wu asked with a blink of an eye.

"Ha, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself!" The roommate grinned and pointed to the English abbreviation on his chest, "My name is Zheng Zhi, you can just call me Xiao Zheng!"

"Oh! So it's Brother Zheng!" Tang Wu suddenly realized, "I'm sorry, I really didn't recognize him!"

Zheng Zhi was the Chinese Footballer of the Year in 02, Tang Wu is still clear about this.

"Haha, what a doggy footballer, it's all nonsense!" Zheng Zhi waved his hands and laughed at himself, "No one can recognize me as a footballer walking outside. You are different. People can tell you at a glance. Tang Wu, a big star in the Premier League!"

"Brother Zheng, stop joking! Of course others will recognize my features at a glance!" Tang Wu stretched out his left hand and shook, "I guess the most famous six fingers in the world is me."

"Tang Wu, don't be modest, you are now the biggest 'wrist' on the team, even Brother Sun is not as good as you!"

"I'm just lucky to catch up with the rise of Chelsea!" Tang Wu smiled sarcastically, "Chelsea has lost all four players this season, so maybe the boss will want me next season!"

"Tang Wu, don't underestimate yourself. The coach arranged me in the same room with you, just to let me learn from you the defensive skills and positioning concepts of European defense. I was originally a midfielder, but the coach insisted on me. Playing as a central defender. He also said that you and I should learn more about long passes, but I don’t know what he was thinking.”

"Playing the ball?" Tang Wu rolled his eyes, "Playing the ball as a central defender?"

"That's right, that's the word!" Zheng Zhi clapped his hands and laughed. "Originally I wanted Li Ge (Li Tie) to play, but Li Ge was injured, so it was my turn in the end. I still don't understand what is the center back, so he said you made a long pass Accurate, the field of view is good, just let me learn more about it with you."

"It's not about studying, it's about discussing and discussing." Tang Wu said modestly, "In fact, playing the ball as a central defender is very simple. It is to dribble the ball forward at the right time, and then look for the gap to attack directly. As long as these two standards are met .”

"That's right, that's what I said!" Zheng Zhi scratched the back of his head, with a troubled expression on his face, "I'm better at making long passes, and I can almost reach the opponent's small penalty area when the wind is downwind. But when to dribble forward and when to pass me I just don’t get it.”

"That's no way, this has to be practiced in actual combat." Tang Wu also shrugged, "But don't think that the central defender needs to attack, but as a central defender, defense is the first priority. Ball, I'll tell you when we train together."

"Okay! No problem! We have a video recorder, and we can still watch the replays after training!" Zheng Zhi said with a happy face, "The focus of my recent practice is also on defense, so Tang Wu, you can rest assured about defending this point!"

"Oh? Brother Zheng, how about your tackle? If possible, I need a helper who can tackle cleanly and decisively."

"Tackling?" Zheng Zhi's face changed after hearing this word, and he said immediately, "Tackling should be fine."

At this time, the music in the headset also sang to a climax, "...he said that the pain in the wind and rain is nothing, wipe away the tears, don't be afraid, at least we still have dreams."

"Oh! So it's "Sailor"!" Tang Wuxiao finally remembered the name of the song, and whispered to himself.Then he suddenly thought of something, looked at Zheng Zhi beside him and said in surprise: "Brother Zheng, you won't shovel your opponent into Zheng Zhihua, will you?"

Zheng Zhi: "."

(End of this chapter)