Full-Level Pass, Please Call Me The Boss Of The Three Lions

The old man was very happy.

Chapter 107 This kid is something! [4,000 words long chapter]

“Mr. Gerrard!”

Gerard was slightly stunned when he heard this unfamiliar name.

In his daily life, most of his friends and teammates either called him by his first name or his last name.

Very few people would call him “Mr. Gerrard”

Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw Ling Feng standing next to the sofa, raising his hand to signal.

The familiar black-haired young man in front of him made Gerrard react immediately.

He showed a polite smile and took the initiative to extend his right hand:

“Ling, it’s nice to see you here!”

As soon as Gerrard opened his mouth, a thick Liverpool accent came to his face.

However, from Gerrard’s attitude, the other party seemed to know him.

Gerrard certainly knew Ling Feng!

It can be said that Ling Feng is now the hottest young star in England, no one else!

Although he has not seen Ling Feng’s game in person.

However, in the past few months, he has more or less heard of Ling Feng’s name and deeds.

Especially after Leicester City won the championship ahead of schedule, broke various records in the English Championship, and defeated Arsenal a few days ago, the media has been touting this 18-year-old English midfielder.

Reaching out his hand and shaking hands with Gerrard, Ling Feng smiled and replied:

“It’s nice to see you too, Mr. Gerrard.”

This sentence came from the heart.

Because his first love in football was Beckham.

At that time, it was the 2006 World Cup. Because of Beckham, he got to know many English stars.

Lampard, Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand, Terry, Rooney, etc.

Among them, his favorite English player besides Beckham is “Liverpool Soul” Steven Gerrard!

As the saying goes, it starts with football skills and ends with character.

His responsibility, his leadership temperament, his loyalty.

These are all excellent qualities that are very rare in this increasingly impetuous football world!

Feeling Ling Feng’s respect for him, Gerrard smiled calmly, raised his hand and patted his younger brother on the shoulder, and said in a condescending manner:

“We are teammates now, just call me Steven. Mr. Gerrard is a bit weird.”

“Okay, Steven.”

Gerard handed the bag containing several pairs of his shoes to the equipment manager and continued to ask:

“You came quite early, have you met the coach?”

“Yes.”

“Very good, you wait here for me. I will put the luggage away first, then take you around and introduce you to everyone.”

As the captain of Liverpool and the national team, Gerrard has long been accustomed to lending a helping hand to young players.

Ling Feng of course accepted this with pleasure.

As soon as Gerrard left, Lampard, another member of the “Double Gerrard”, also arrived at the base.

This made Ling Feng complain in his heart:

Did you two make an appointment?

Do you have to come one after the other?

Or is this a competition in your bones that makes you all come at the same time?

They are indeed the incompatible two!

Compared with Gerrard, Lampard, who had played against Ling Feng in the FA Cup and exchanged jerseys with him, was a little more enthusiastic.

As soon as he came up, he gave Ling Feng a hug.

“Ling, congratulations on your first selection!”

“Thank you, Mr. Lampard.”

Lampard was also stunned by Ling Feng’s address.

However, he did not correct it, but enjoyed it very much.

This made him feel Ling Feng’s respect for him.

“You must be unfamiliar with St. George’s Park since you were selected for the first time. Do you want me to take you around?”

Faced with Lampard’s active invitation, Ling Feng couldn’t help but look hesitant.

“Oh, I’d love to. But Steven just said he would take me around later and meet the other guys. So.”

Hearing this, Lampard’s smile froze, and then he restrained a little.

“Oh, that’s good. Since someone has already taken you on a tour, I won’t get involved.”

After saying this, Lampard turned around and left.

Only Ling Feng was left confused.

What’s going on?

Is Lampard angry?

Standing there and thinking for a while, Ling Feng thought of several possibilities for Lampard’s sudden anger.

Either it was because Ling Feng accepted Gerrard’s invitation and did not accept his own invitation, and was angry;

Or Lampard heard Gerrard grabbing

First, I tried to win over Ling Feng, but I felt uncomfortable.

As a senior fan of Beckham and England, Ling Feng also knows a lot about the Three Lions.

In his opinion, the Three Lions have strong paper strength, but they always perform poorly in major competitions, which has a lot to do with factions.

The reason why the two Germans are incompatible in the national team is that the functions of the two players overlap, and on the other hand, they come from different clubs.

One is the “Soul of the Red Army” and the other is the “Blue Bridge Magic Lamp”. The two are in a competitive relationship in the club.

And they also brought this subconscious competitive relationship to the national team without knowing it.

This unknown inside story was revealed by Ling Feng when he saw Ferdinand, Lampard and Gerrard participating in an interview.

They competed secretly with each other and no one was convinced by anyone.

In addition, both of them like to attack forward on the field and are unwilling to do dirty work in the midfield, which is the fundamental reason for the incompatibility of the “double Germans” and the imbalance in the midfield!

Before, when Beckham was the leader, the locker room was relatively stable.

During the years when Beckham was the leader of the national team, the national team’s performance was not very good, but it was considered to be quite satisfactory.

After Beckham faded out of the national team, the national team established Terry as the new captain of the team.

However, due to the off-field factors of the “Friend’s Wife Gate”, Terry was once deprived of the captain’s armband.

Although he later became the main force of the national team through his outstanding performance and wore the captain’s armband again.

However, he did not leave too deep an influence on the national team and completely withdrew from the national team last year.

In the end, the captain’s armband of the Three Lions was handed over to Gerrard.

This is undoubtedly a very unpleasant thing for Lampard, who is two years older than Gerrard and has more goals and championships than Gerrard.

In his opinion, he is more experienced and more outstanding. He is the best leader to lead the Three Lions forward!

Thinking of this, Ling Feng also understood why Lampard was a little unhappy all of a sudden.

He may have considered himself a member of Gerrard’s faction!

This was the first time that Ling Feng personally felt the turbulent locker room relationship within the England national team.

Of course, he did not intend to participate in the factional struggle.

Ling Feng knew very well that after the end of this World Cup, both Gerrard and De Gea would withdraw from the national team.

These competitive relationships would disappear with the departure of the two.

Besides, if he really wanted to hug the thigh, he might as well hug Rooney’s thigh.

With the departure of Gerrard and De Gea, Rooney, the most experienced, would definitely become the only boss of the national team.

Just when Ling Feng made up his mind to ignore the factional struggle, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ears, calling him back to reality:

“Hey, Ling!”

Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw his club teammate Vardy walking in from the main door with an excited look on his face.

“Hey, man!”

After a big hug with Vardy, Ling Feng said:

“By the way, Gerrard is going to take me around the base later, do you want to come?”

“Of course!”

“Then put your luggage away first, we’ll wait for you here.”

“Okay, I’ll be right back.”

Gerrard came back soon

After Ling Feng explained the situation to him, Gerrard was also very willing to take two newcomers around the base at once.

While waiting for Vardy together, other teammates of the national team also arrived one after another.

When they saw Ling Feng and Gerrard chatting and laughing in the hall, they were a little surprised and surprised.

Unexpectedly, Ling Feng had established a good relationship with the team leader Gerrard when he was selected for the first time.

Everyone couldn’t help but have an idea in their hearts:

This kid is not simple!

And Gerrard also introduced Ling Feng by the way.

“This is Ling Feng, this is Leighton Baines, the team’s left back”

“This is Johnson.”

After a while, Vardy finally came to the hall.

Under Gerrard’s guidance, Ling Feng and Vardy, who had just joined the national team, took a rough look at the main areas and places of St. George’s Park Base.

For example, the gym, tactical room, physiotherapy room, indoor football field, etc.

Among them, the jacuzzi and heated swimming pool, which are no different from the supporting facilities of a five-star hotel, opened their eyes.

Finally, the last stop for the three was the team’s locker room.

Compared with the entire hotel-style interior decoration, the decoration of the locker room is not too luxurious, but it is quite large and spacious enough.

Perhaps, this is also the football idea that the English Football Association wants to convey to the players:

Simple and effective!

“Ling, that’s your position

. Jamie, your seat is right next to you.”

In this World Cup in Brazil, Ling Feng is the second youngest player after Luke Shaw.

As a newcomer to the national team for the first time, his locker room position is also at the edge of the corner, just like in the club.

And the number of his national team jersey is No. 15.

The position next to him belongs to his club teammate, Vardy, who is also selected for the national team for the first time.

As the training time approaches, the players come to the locker room one after another.

When everyone is in the locker room, Gerrard clapped his hands and focused everyone’s attention:

“Guys, let’s welcome Ling and Vardy who are selected for the first time with applause.”

As soon as the voice fell, the other players in the locker room, while looking at the two newcomers with a scrutinizing eye, followed Gerrard to applaud.

“Please briefly introduce yourselves!”

“Ling, you go first! ”

Hearing this, Ling Feng stood up first and looked around.

Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Joe Hart, Henderson

Perhaps this England national team has the worst lineup in history.

However, when the Premier League stars who used to be seen only on TV now become his national team teammates, right in front of him, Ling Feng’s heart still can’t help but surge.

From the emergence of the FA Cup, to sweeping the English Championship, winning the FA Cup, and finally being selected for the England World Cup squad

In just half a year, he has experienced many professional players or Maybe he will never experience the wonderful time in his life.

Maybe he will sit on the bench in the upcoming World Cup;

Maybe he will get some playing time in the final stage of the game and make his national team and World Cup debut;

Or maybe he will perform amazingly in the limited time

None of this matters.

He just hopes that he will not regret every step he takes!

He just hopes that he can go all out and live up to this rare opportunity to live again!

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Ling Feng did not forget to introduce himself to his teammates:

“Hello, guys. My name is Ling Feng, and I will be nineteen in half a month. My position on the field is midfielder.”

After the two took turns introducing themselves, applause rang out again in the locker room.

In this way, Ling Feng completed his “entry ceremony” in the Three Lions.

Whether he can gain the trust and respect of his teammates depends on his performance in training and games.

In the world of sports competition, there is an iron rule that applies everywhere:

Speak with strength!

…

Ten o’clock in the morning.

After changing into sneakers and putting on GPS black vests, everyone left the locker room one after another and came to the outdoor training ground.

The main training ground for the England national team, It is the Sir Bobby Charlton Stadium.

Bobby Charlton is not only a legend and one of the three great men of Manchester United, but also the greatest player in England.

No one else!

As the record holder of the England national team’s goalscoring, the Queen awarded him the lower degree of knighthood in recognition of his great contribution to English football.

When St. George’s Park was built, it was named after him.

The idea of ​​the English Football Association is very simple.

It is to hope that the English internationals who train on this lawn can follow the footsteps of the great predecessor Bobby Charlton and make their own contributions to English football. for their own contribution!

Today the weather is good, the sun is shining, and the temperature is very suitable for football.

As the head coach Hodgson is old, the collective tactics and training instructions are all implemented by the coaching staff.

First, follow the physical coach to do a wave of warm-up training.

Then, do a simple passing and receiving training.

In this training, the coach and teammates are focusing on Ling Feng’s performance.

Recently, the media has praised this young player who won the English Championship assist king and double best player at the age of 18.

Especially his passing, it is comparable to Xavi and Beckham!

And in training At the same time, Ling Feng also noticed the suspicious looks from his teammates from time to time.

He knew very well that as a newcomer to the national team for the first time, if he didn’t show off his skills, these self-esteemed Premier League stars would definitely look down on him, and even be unwilling to pass the ball to him on the court.

So, after the passing and receiving training, he specially pulled Vardy to prepare for a wave of “showmanship”

The two stood in the areas near the sidelines on both sides of the half, and then practiced long passes with each other.

Vardy took the lead in passing a high ball to Ling Feng with a slow speed.

Facing Vardy’s long pass, Ling Feng was under the guidance of the national team coach and teammates

‘s gaze, he made an amazing move:

He didn’t stop the ball at all, but just volleyed the ball with the outside of his foot in a very casual manner, and then passed a precise low ball!

For Ling Feng, whose [Volley] attribute reached 97, the accuracy of the volley pass was even higher than his ground pass!

It can be said that volley pass is his unique skill!

When everyone saw this scene, they thought it was a bluff at first.

However, next, Ling Feng continued to volley the ball directly without stopping the ball, and Vardy passed it back to Vardy accurately with each kick.

More than a dozen kicks, each one was as accurate as if measured with a ruler, and landed accurately in front of Vardy!

The other teammates who witnessed this scene all showed incredible expressions.

As professional players, they understand the difficulty of such a volley pass without stopping the ball.

It requires not only accurate prediction of the ball’s landing point, but also excellent footwork and vision!

It is precisely because they understand the difficulty of doing so that they are extremely shocked.

Looking at Ling Feng who looks very relaxed on the field, everyone has only one thought in their mind;

This kid is quite something!

My cold is better today, and I should be able to resume normal updates tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)