Fame with a ball

Chapter 50 The Delayed Recruitment

Just as Lin Zhigao flew back to Turin with the team, Jiang Shupeng called him and told him in an excited tone: "The national team has decided to recruit you!"

Lin Zhigao was taken aback: "Really?"

"Of course it's true, how can I lie to you? Even I just got the news, and Camacho called me personally. The press conference of the Football Association will be held in an hour, haha, you have to put The phone is turned off, otherwise a call every minute will definitely annoy you to death!"

"What I'm curious about is why did they suddenly change their mind?" It is absolutely impossible to say that Lin Zhigao does not want to join the national team.But I don't know if it was because of the dislike of Director Li of the Football Association that he had previously dealt with, or because of other reasons, the Chinese national team has never expressed kindness to him, even if Jiang Shupeng personally hinted to them, it was useless.But why now they suddenly want to recruit him again.

Jiang Shupeng was a little surprised: "Don't you know?"

"what do you know?"

"The World Cup in Brazil!" Jiang Shupeng suddenly realized that Lin Zhigao, who never cared much about external affairs, might really not know about it, so he explained in detail: "If our country wants to participate in the World Cup, we must first go through the World Cup." Qualifiers. In the Asian qualifiers, 2014 teams signed up for the 43 World Cup. In the end, only 5 countries were able to qualify for the competition. Among them, they had to go through five rounds of elimination. In the World Cup in South Africa in 10, we even got third place But this year, I was lucky enough to enter the fourth round - the top ten. If I can pass this round, I will enter the World Cup group stage again for the first time in ten years!"

"Uh..." Lin Zhigao scratched his head while laughing dryly: "Well, I really forgot to pay attention."

"I think the reason why Camacho had to recruit you at this time is that he thought he had no chance of winning the next game. The teams that entered the top ten were divided into two groups, and then played a round-robin home and away game. Each country will play 8 games. China, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Australia and Iran are divided into Group A. Before today, the national team has played against Australia, Uzbekistan, and Iran. Two losses and one tie , very bad result. On the 11th of next month, we will go to Seoul to play against the South Korean team. If we lose this game again, we will have no advantage in the standings and it will be very difficult to qualify. I think Camacho You are being recruited at this moment for the match against the South Korean team."

"Did he tell you on the phone that he had high hopes for me?" Lin Zhigao sneered and said, "Come on, he doesn't know me at all. I said, recruiting me at such a sensitive time, does he really want to recruit me?" I'm going to play a game, or do I want to recruit someone to take the place of the dead ghost?"

"Camacho is also forced. If he really said what he said in the national team, I think you would have become a member of the national team half a year ago. This is what he said himself, but you also know that the national team is not The head coach has the final say, and there are a lot of people from the Football Association on top of him... If it weren't for the bad momentum of the next game, I don't think they would agree to Camacho's proposal. However, Camacho offered I promise, he will redesign a set of tactics with you as the core. He has been studying your game in the UK, and he is really sincere."

Lin Zhigao frowned: "Is there no complaint in the national team?"

"It's useless. It's a special situation right now, and the biggest goal of everything is to win the game. However, once the game is over, I think you will have to deal with some interpersonal relationships in the national team." Jiang Shupeng sighed , said earnestly: "I can predict how much sensation will be created when the Football Association's press conference is held. It is certain that reporters will interview you. At that time, don't say in front of them that you are not at all. I have paid attention to the national team's games... At any rate, give them some face, tell them that you are very happy to enter the national team, and you will definitely play the game with all your strength."

Lin Zhigao was a little impatient, but he still nodded and said: "It's true that we can't be too rigid at the beginning, well, I will speak nicely when there are reporters interviewing."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Zhigao lay on the sofa at home, lost his mind for a while.

How should I put it, Lin Zhigao is a person who is eager to be affirmed by others.After spending more than a year abroad, he feels that he is no worse than any player in the national team. He always wanted to join the national team because he was not convinced and wanted to prove himself, but the national team has been hesitant to give it to him. He throws an olive branch, which makes him a little depressed and a little irritable: Is he not good enough?

Later, after communicating with Jiang Shupeng several times, Lin Zhigao realized that entering the national team does not mean that if you play well, you can enter.The Chinese national team sometimes has more political considerations. Slowly, he also gave up the idea of ​​wanting to enter the national team.Although countless players have been crowned world superstars through their outstanding performance in the World Cup, Lin Zhigao also has this confidence. He has won countless honors just through club competitions.But things just turned around at this moment, just when Lin Zhigao had just made up his mind to play well in the club competition.

This really disrupted his plans.

You must know that the Asian qualifiers were basically one a month a year ago.That is to say, starting from next month, he will have to fly back and forth between Turin and other countries every month, counting the training games of the national team, the time wasted on the plane, and the time spent recovering from jet lag , He will miss Juventus' normal training games for at least one week every month.

This week may be nothing for a player who has already established a firm position in the team, but Lin Zhigao has just transferred to Juventus, and he needs to participate in the team's complete training, games, and tactical arrangements. when.One week off every month?He may miss two rounds of the league, or even the training phase of the new tactical arrangement!

In the national team, Lin Zhigao is a novice.At Juventus, he was the same.And these two teams are very important, so he can't choose one side and focus on the other, he can only survive in the cracks like a sandwich...

God, what a problem!

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A press conference held by the Chinese Football Association was like delivering a bomb to the crowd, instantly igniting the domestic atmosphere.

The major media have been working overtime to try to release the news in advance to let the domestic fans know the big news.In less than three hours, the news had already been posted on major portal websites.The news also spread throughout the Internet, and the click-through rate of online news on major websites has been rising steadily, breaking through ten thousand within a few minutes, and reaching one million within a few hours.

Sohu Entertainment: "Camacho admits that Lin Zhigao has been recruited"

Baidu News: "Lin Zhigao will start in the China-Korea qualifiers in September! "

Sina Portal News: "Camacho Says Lin Zhigao Is an Important Part of His Tactics" Tencent News: "Football Association Breaks Lin Zhigao Ban Order"?Everything is only for the confrontation between China and South Korea.” At the same time, there are countless domestic reporters blocking the Juventus training ground, wanting to interview Lin Zhigao and hear what he has to say about this matter.As soon as the Juventus training was over and the interview time came, dozens of reporters rushed forward and surrounded Lin Zhigao tightly, and they were really stunned by his teammates.

"When were you notified to enter the national team? Did Camacho call you personally?"

"You have never participated in the training of the national team before. Do you think you can bring changes to the current national team game?"

"Being called up this month will have an official game next month. Do you feel the pressure? Will you focus on the club's game or the national team's game?"

Lin Zhigao grabbed a microphone and said to the camera of an unknown TV station: "I only found out about my recruitment an hour before the start of the press conference. Before that, no one contacted me. I don't know why I was called up all of a sudden. You ask me my guess? I don't have any guesses, they asked me to play and I went, that's it."

"I don't think I have much energy to change a game. Although it is possible that I will play an important role in the national team's game, but it also requires me to cooperate with my teammates to score goals-you said I was in the game. Hint? No, did I say something that misunderstood you? I will only do my part and play well. Uh, you don’t need to ask any more questions. Mr. Ferrari is already waving to me. Daily interview You know it's only 15 minutes. Please come back tomorrow if you have any questions, thank you."

Facts have proved that even though Lin Zhigao has been careful about his words, the unscrupulous media will still misinterpret his words in order to attract attention: "Lin Zhigao insinuates that the Football Association does not know people well" "Lin Zhigao does not want to be a firefighter, claiming that the failure of the game is also related to He has nothing to do" logged on to the domestic website and saw that a few media deliberately wrote his words in a crooked way in order to deceive the click-through rate. They didn't even pay attention to them, and turned their heads to accept interviews with other reporters.

This made the narrow-minded journalists of those media even more resentful, and launched a round of actions to pour sewage on Lin Zhigao in China, but now Lin Zhigao's popularity in the country is booming, and their words can't cause any disturbance at all.However, on a later day, it really brought some troubles to Lin Zhigao, but that's all for later, so I won't mention it for now.

In terms of domestic public opinion, most people welcome and are happy with Lin Zhigao's entry into the team.It is rare for the country to have such a competitive player, and he is also a striker who is good at scoring goals!Why not let him enter the national team to play games to win glory for the country?Maybe Lin Zhigao will be able to perform exceptionally once he enters the national team and bring the team goals or even victories?This is what most domestic fans think.

Just like when the national men's basketball team played in the Asian Cup and put all their hopes of victory on Yao Ming alone, now domestic fans are also placing their bets on Lin Zhigao for the Chinese team to enter the group stage, hoping that he can win next month. In the game against the South Korean team, he played the opponent without temper.

However, there are also some fans who have pessimistic thoughts. They have posted on the Internet: Football is a game of 11 players, but Lin Zhigao has only one player.We don't deny that as a striker, he has excellent scoring ability, but if no one cooperates with him, no one passes him the ball, how can he score goals?The South Korean team is so strong, and they are not vegetarians. Could it be that Lin Zhigao alone can change the current sluggish performance of the national team?We don't believe it!Unless it is looking for a great head coach like Capello or Mourinho to reorganize the entire team, that is possible.

Some people even commented below: Mourinho can't save the national team even if he comes!Because it is impossible for the Football Association to delegate power to the head coach, Magic Bird will probably vomit blood and resign in the end.Want to wake up the men of the national team?Cut down the mountain on top of it!

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Among the five top European leagues, the Bundesliga and Ligue 8 are the first to kick off the new season. The first rounds of these two leagues started in early August.The new season of the Premier League generally chooses to start in mid-August.La Liga and Serie A start the latest, La Liga is often at the end of August, and Serie A sometimes even chooses early September.

Just like this year's 12-13 season, the first game of Serie A started on September 9.At this time, the Ligue 3 and Bundesliga have even finished three rounds.

In the first round of Serie A, the opening games are Siena vs Fiorentina on September 9, and Cagliari vs AC Milan.Immediately after the second day, the remaining 3 Serie A teams all played games, among which Juventus played away against Udinese.

The game ended with a score of 0:0 because both teams were extremely defensive and played conservatively.Lin Zhigao did not play in this game, from the beginning to the end, he sat on the bench and watched the whole game.

When interviewed by a Chinese reporter after the game, he said that he had expected this result: "The fax of the national team has arrived at the club the day before yesterday, and now everyone knows that I will fly to Seoul in a few days to talk to the players of the national team. It's reconciled. If I were the head coach, I wouldn't play now, it wouldn't help the team to win."

When the reporter asked him whether he was worried about being on the bench all the time, Lin Zhigao replied: "Of course I am not worried. It is a special situation that I am not able to play now. The coach may have considered my game in the national team." , I think he will give me a new plan after the national team game is over. You ask me about my impression of the Korean team? Uh, I have no impression...Park Ji-sung? I don't remember him. You said he is a Manchester United player? Strange, why can't I remember this person...Park Joo-young? Can you stop mentioning some weird names to me...Koreaphobia? What is that? Hey!"

The reporter ended the interview with a suppressed smile, and then rushed out the press release overnight, and it was spread all over the newsstands across the country the next day.The headline of the news is: "Lin Zhigao is full of expectations for the new season and talks about 'Korea-phobia' is a joke", the press release reproduces Lin Zhigao's description of Park Ji-sung and Park Joo-young verbatim, and quotes He said a few words when talking about Chinese people's "Koreaphobia": "To be honest, I often see people talking about Korean and Japanese phobias on domestic forums. I really can't think of it with these two teams. What is there to panic about in varsity games? Yes, we are losing all the time, but won’t it be enough if we win back? If we keep losing, we won’t be able to reflect on ourselves, but it will create a ‘phobia’, which will rise to national discussion To a certain extent, this is not only an excuse for ourselves to lose, but also a psychological burden, and we will never want to continue to win against them in the future."

"How many clubs in the European League can win all the time? No. Even if it is a rich team, there are enemies that are often invincible. According to what you say, Real Madrid will not have to play games when they meet Barcelona in the future. Let me just say it." Panphobia' and then hand over the victory to others. I have seen many small teams, they will lose every time they meet a big team, but they never give up, and they are serious in every game. Play. Football is round, and weak teams can often overwhelm strong opponents—does this happen often in the FA Cup?"

This press release, as expected by the reporter, has aroused great repercussions in China.Some fans applauded it, and echoed that the fear of Japan and Korea was actually all hyped by the media. The media did not say it before, and the national team will play seriously.When this Korean-phobia, which is actually used as an excuse to lose, is known all over the country, many players will bury this impression deep in their hearts, and they will think about it when they are in the game, and then they will show their timidity on the field. Without morale, you really can't win the game.

Of course, what more fans like is Lin Zhigao's neither humble nor overbearing attitude.And because Lin Zhigao really has the confidence to say this-he has been playing football abroad, and he has never experienced the days when the Chinese were invincible against South Korea and the media hype.And he did beat Park Ji-sung and Park Joo-young in the competition.So many fans feel: Talk to Lin Zhigao about Korean fear?I'm afraid the reporter who raised this question didn't have good intentions in the first place, so wait and see the joke!

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At the beginning of September, the summer transfer window is closed. According to the usual practice, the boss will generally conduct an inspection of the club's financial situation for the new season at this time.This had nothing to do with the head coach of the team, but the unexpected visitor who came to the office today surprised Capello for a long time.

He pressed the communication phone and asked the secretary to bring up two cups of coffee, then raised his thick black eyebrows: "I thought it would be Marotta or Andre who checked the finances this year...you are the least likely to show up that one."

"Marotta has gone to Brazil, and Andre is on vacation with his wife." The visitor smiled gracefully, and said, "Labo is the one who is least likely to appear here, my dear Fabio."

"Mr. Elchin's intimacy really made the hairs all over my body stand on end." Capello rarely showed a tiny smile. "Mr. Elchin Jr. is indeed less likely than you to be here. Excuse me, is his girlfriend the same as last time?"

John Elchin frowned in distress, thought for a few seconds, and said not so sure: "Maybe?"

The tall, slender and beautiful secretary brought two cups of coffee and placed them on both ends of the desk. Before leaving, she gave John a flirty look, seductive but not too frivolous.

John, as if he didn't see it, just picked up his cup and took a sip of coffee.

"I know you, my friend. You wouldn't be here if nothing happened." Capello waited for John to put down his glass before asking, "Tell me, what do you want to do this time?"

John's expression was innocent: "I just came to see my friends."

Capello sneered, expressing his disbelief.

John spread his hands: "Okay—it's two friends. You, and young Lin on the team."

Capello raised his eyebrows again: "Are you here to ask me why I didn't let him start?"

"Don't think about it, Fabio, I didn't mean that. The team is handed over to you, and you have the final say. This is the promise I made when I signed you. I have no intention of breaking him. But if you don't mention it, I really don't know about it, didn't you let him play in the league?"

Capello scanned every expression of John with his sharp eyes, to observe whether his old friend really kept his promise as he said: not to interfere in the internal affairs of the team.

But before he could look at it for a few seconds, he woke up.Who is John Elchin?The person in charge of the Fiat Group owns several French banks, the direct controlling shareholder of Juventus, a guy with a lot of money, why should he lie to himself?He is not the agent of the player Lin, and he doesn't need to argue with himself here to fight for the player's chance to play.

He was friends with that Lin, just as he was friends with himself.Thinking about John in this way, I really didn't take his worth seriously.Thinking of this, Capello quickly nodded and said: "He will go to the national team to play in a few days. My original plan was to have him play at the beginning of the league. But the Chinese national team refused to let him go. They insisted Lin can't. My tactical plan must be postponed, and if possible, it will be postponed for at least three months."

John nodded casually, not taking the words very seriously.His appearance made Capello feel more at ease. He is a dictatorial head coach. He doesn't like others to intervene in anything in the team, including tactical arrangements, even if that person is the one who pays him. .

"I'm going to meet another friend of mine." John glanced at his watch: "The team's training seems to be over."

"It's over." Capello glanced out the window, which was facing the Juventus stadium.