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

The game was over.

Chapter 136 All good things must come to an end [4,000-word chapter]

Beep~beep~beep~~

With the referee’s long whistle, the game was over!

England lost to Brazil 0-2 and stopped in the quarterfinals, thus ending their trip to Brazil.

The eliminated English players looked very frustrated and helpless when they saw the crazy celebration of the Brazilian players.

Gerrard and Lampard stood there, thinking with their heads down.

It was not until the Brazilian players came up to them to exchange jerseys that they came back to their senses.

Afterwards, the captain and vice-captain of England hugged each other tightly with their upper bodies naked.

This scene was accurately captured by the photographer on the scene.

It was at this moment that an era in England was announced.

From then on, the Three Lions no longer had “Double De”.

Amid the singing and applause of the English fans, all the players of the Three Lions walked to the stands, applauded the fans, and thanked the fans for their companionship and support along the way.

The two De quickly cheered up and waved goodbye to the audience.

Although they tried to control their emotions.

However, Ling Feng, the fans and the cameras on the scene all captured the eyes of the two people with faint tears.

As the saying goes, men don’t shed tears easily.

This is enough to show the reluctance and regret in the hearts of the two.

It’s a pity that all good things must come to an end.

The same is true for football.

On the way back to the hotel on the team bus, the car was quiet.

Everyone either wore headphones to listen to music or closed their eyes quietly.

Although in terms of strength, they were able to reach the quarterfinals, which was already an extraordinary performance.

However, after finally participating in the World Cup, who doesn’t want to reach the finals and compete for the World Cup that all professional players dream of? !

Sitting by the window, wearing headphones and closing his eyes, Ling Feng was full of thoughts.

From the moment he left the stadium, he was reflecting on why the team lost!

He thought of several reasons:

First, the lack of player strength and level.

Although England and Brazil are the same, the frontcourt offense depends largely on the performance of a core player.

On the England side, it is him, and on the Brazil side, it is Neymar.

However, Neymar has the protection of Fernandinho and Paulinho behind him, and as the top player and core of the team, Neymar does not need to return to defense at all.

Moreover, the defense team led by his sister-in-law is one of the most stable defenses in this tournament.

Neymar does not have to worry about the defense at all!

On the England side, the four defenders are obviously a level lower than the four players in Brazil.

Therefore, as a newcomer to the national team, Ling Feng could not help but return to defense when his team was attacked fiercely.

Because he had to focus most of his energy on midfield defense, he could not participate too much in the frontcourt offense.

As an offensive midfielder, he can only help the team to the maximum extent and create more opportunities by participating in the offense.

If there is a full-time defensive midfielder behind him to help him protect the space behind him, he can press forward and deliver ammunition to the forwards!

Unfortunately, neither Henderson nor Gerrard are the kind of full-time defensive midfielders.

Moreover, being pressed by Brazil and pressing out the formation will only give Brazil more offensive space and will only die more miserably!

Secondly, the coach’s tactics and mentality are also one of the reasons for losing the game.

At the beginning, Hodgson wanted to play against Brazil, so he continued to play the 4231 formation.

In his opinion, England’s defense is not good at all, and only by attacking can they have a chance to win the game.

As it turned out, England’s defense was really bad!

England lost the ball just five minutes later.

This goal disrupted his overall plan.

He had to call on his disciples immediately to change tactics and start defensive counterattacks.

This defense lasted for most of the game.

Ling Feng retreated to the midfield, and the offensive threat was greatly reduced.

Moreover, Sterling, the only explosive point on the wing of the team, was also blocked by Marcelo.

They could only rely on Vardy and Sturridge to fight alone on the wing, and they could not break through Brazil’s defense at all.

During this period, he certainly thought about letting the players press forward in a big way to try to equalize the score.

However, as soon as they pressed forward, the defense was empty, and Brazil scored another goal.

At this point, England had already come to the edge of elimination.

In the 70th minute of the game

The substitutions are not difficult to understand.

In Hodgson’s view, reaching the quarterfinals is already an overfulfillment of the task.

You know, England had the golden generation of Beckham, De Bruyne, Terry, etc., and the best record in the World Cup was the quarterfinals.

He led this England team with dim stars to get the same result, which is beyond expectations!

Moreover, there were still 20 minutes left in the game, and seeing that they were two goals behind, it was basically hopeless to equalize the score.

If Hodgson was a strong man in his thirties or forties, he would not hesitate to wave his hand and signal the players to press forward and fight to the death.

But he is an old man in his sixties after all, and his enthusiasm and passion had been swayed when he was young.

Now his mentality is to seek stability, and there is no need to risk the possibility of the main force being injured to fight for that slight possibility.

Especially Ling Feng, the future core of the team, if anything goes wrong, he will be scolded to death by the domestic media.

Of course, in the case of falling behind by two goals, replacing the main force in 70 minutes is somewhat like surrendering.

Moreover, it was a crucial match like the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Therefore, Hodgson also played a trick and replaced Lampard.

In the name of letting the two Germans fight side by side for the last time, giving them a chance to make a curtain call.

This move really diverted the attention of English fans and the media.

At the press conference after the game, no one mentioned that he was admitting defeat by changing the main force in the 70th minute, and they only thought that he was a good person!

In the case of no hope of winning, letting Lampard and Gerrard feel the atmosphere of the World Cup on the field for the last time, this decision made many old English fans feel nostalgic and recalled the good memories brought to them by the golden generation of England.

For Ling Feng, who was replaced, if the team had attacked with all their strength in the last 20 minutes, it would have been possible to equalize the score.

Of course, it is also possible that Brazil could seize the opportunity and score another goal.

No one dares to guarantee that they can score or lose the ball if they press forward to attack.

Of course, no matter what the reason for the final loss was, it is a fact that they did not seize the opportunity in the first 70 minutes.

If they could have scored a goal in the first seventy minutes.

If Gerrard had scored that free kick

But there are no ifs in the world!

Since the head coach chose to replace him at that time, as a player, he had to obey even if he was unwilling

After dragging his tired body back to the hotel room, Ling Feng threw his backpack on the bed, walked into the bathroom, and rubbed his face with cold water.

At this time, Luke Shaw’s voice came from the room:

“Ling, what are your plans for the offseason? Where do you plan to go on vacation?”

Although he didn’t get much playing time in this World Cup.

However, Luke Shaw has been very proud recently.

Just a week ago, the Premier League giants Manchester United officially announced a major transfer news:

Luke Shaw, who is less than 19 years old, will transfer to the “Red Devils” Manchester United for a transfer fee of nearly 30 million pounds!

This transfer broke the previous record of 25.6 million pounds for players under the age of 20 held by Wayne Rooney, and Luke Shaw became the most expensive U20 player in history!

Of course, his weekly salary increased several times after transferring from Southampton to Manchester United.

According to Luke Shaw himself, his weekly salary reached 70,000 pounds!

This salary is not too high for a talented full-back who was selected into the Premier League’s best team of the season at the age of 18.

Comparing his weekly salary of only 15,000, Ling Feng suddenly felt that he really needed to sign a new contract!

As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.

Shaking off his messy thoughts and wiping the cold water off his face with a towel, Ling Feng casually responded:

“I haven’t thought about it yet. I may go back to London to do some private business first, and then discuss it with my parents.”

According to Mendes, he will be busy during the off-season.

Because there are a lot of commercial endorsements waiting for him to sign, and a lot of pounds waiting to enter his account!

. . .

The eliminated Three Lions did not stay in Brazil.

The next day, the coaching staff and players took a special plane back to England.

However, what all the England players, including Ling Feng, did not expect was that when they just came out of the exit, they saw the waiting hall full of fans wearing Three Lions jerseys who came to pick them up!

Many fans either held a player’s jersey or a banner made of cardboard in their hands, showing their enthusiasm to the Three Lions:

“Welcome home!”

“I’m proud of you!”

“Come on, Three Lions!”

“Gerrard, you’ll never walk alone!”

“Wayne, your goal is beautiful! Can you give me an autograph?”

“Ling, I’m your fan, I love you!”

Among them, several young female fans wearing cool clothes and holding No. 15 jerseys attracted the attention of all the men in the audience.

In addition to the fans, a large number of media reporters also gathered at the scene.

They kept aiming at the Three Lions players, especially Ling Feng, and “clicked” the shutter one after another.

For a while, the lights flashed wildly!

“Ling! Look here”

“Ling, smile!”

Vardy on the side poked Ling Feng with his elbow and showed an envious smirk:

“Man, you are famous!”

However, Ling Feng, who lowered his head slightly, just cursed in his heart:

“Fuck, the flash is free? My eyes are almost blinded!”

While complaining, he also secretly made up his mind that he must carry a pair of sunglasses with him when traveling in the future.

Although the ultimate mission of “bringing football home” was not completed.

But most of the media newspapers in England expressed satisfaction with the Three Lions’ World Cup journey this time.

They saw England’s efforts to play offensive football, and also saw the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the players in the game.

Most importantly, they saw the rise of a future English superstar!

Yes, they are talking about Ling Feng!

Thanks to the progress of the times and the development of social media, the welcome Ling Feng and others received when they returned to China was much more enthusiastic than when Owen became famous with a goal in the World Cup and when Beckham scored a free kick to equalize the score in the World Cup qualifiers!

Under a large flash of light, the players of the Three Lions came to the fence and began to sign autographs and take photos with enthusiastic fans.

“Ling! Can you sign my vest?”

Looking at the plump blonde girl in front of him who was winking at him in public and then pointing at the pink camisole on him, Ling Feng smiled politely and took the marker from her:

“Of course!”

Just after satisfying the requests of the girls in front of him for autographs and photos, Ling Feng turned around and saw two familiar faces:

“Big William? Bob?!”

A fat and a thin combination, the two managers of the Leicester City fan organization “Fox Club”, appeared in front of him again.

However, this time they were not wearing his No. 23 jersey in Leicester City, but his pure white No. 15 Three Lions jersey in the national team!

Seeing the surprise on Ling Feng’s face, Big William smiled, grabbed the jersey that was very close to his body, and raised it:

“Hey, big star, please sign for me!”

Seeing this, Ling Feng’s mouth curled up, and he reached out to take the marker pen, signed on his jersey, and asked: “Don’t you have to go to work today?”

“We took a day off and drove here to meet you!”

Hearing this, Ling Feng paused, and his heart suddenly warmed up.

These two can be regarded as his loyal fans who have been supporting him since his debut.

For Ling Feng, Big William and Bob are like friends he doesn’t contact often.

Although they don’t contact often, they are very familiar with each other every time they meet, without any sense of strangeness.

At this moment, an idea suddenly popped up in Ling Feng’s mind:

I just don’t know if they will support me as firmly as they do now if I transfer away from Leicester City in the future

“To my most sincere friend William (Bob).”

After signing his name, adding a blessing, and taking a photo, Ling Feng did not forget to hug the two of them:

“Thank you for coming, guys. Will you drive back later?”

“Yes, I hope there will be no traffic jam later.”

“Be careful on the road, see you in the new season!”

“See you in the new season!”

After a short stay at the airport for half an hour, the Three Lions players boarded the team bus back to St. George’s Park amid the pursuit of reporters and fans.

Back at St. George’s Park, Hodgson held a post-match summary meeting.

At the meeting, Hodgson affirmed the team spirit shown by the players in the game.

Then he praised everyone for their contributions to the England national team.

Finally, he reminded everyone not to play too much during the off-season.

With the end of the meeting, this temporary team, which was temporarily drawn from various clubs to participate in the World Cup, was officially disbanded.

And when the next gathering comes, no one knows which players will be absent or whether there will be new players joining.

It is foreseeable that Gerrard and Lampard may never appear on the national call-up list again.

There will be another chapter later

(End of this chapter)