Chapter 72 Ballack Template and the National Team's First Championship
[Congratulations to the host for completing his national team debut! ]
[Task evaluation: SS]
[Task Reward: One chance to draw module fragments, and the development progress of the second module increased by 20%! ]
Compared with the 30% progress of the World Youth Championship reward, the rewards offered by the East Asian Cup are a bit worse.
However, considering that there are only three games in the East Asian Cup, this reward is actually quite good.
Before participating in the East Asian Cup, Lin Feng's development progress of the second template had reached 50%.
Now with the addition of 20% of the new rewards, the overall development progress has reached 70%, and it is not far from full launch.
But the embarrassing thing is that he has not yet obtained the second star template, which makes Lin Feng feel a great sense of urgency deep in his heart.
Fortunately, the system rewarded him with a chance to draw a lottery. Lin Feng did not hesitate and decisively chose to use this opportunity.
As he silently chanted, the system's lottery wheel started turning again.
The pointer slid across the portraits of countless stars, and finally stopped on a tall, tough-looking player with a firm look between his brows.
[Congratulations on winning the template fragment of German legendary midfielder Ballack (1/3)! ]
Ballack is a midfield legend who has not yet retired.
He is an iconic figure of German football. After the golden generation retired, he almost single-handedly held up the sky of German football.
But Ballack can only raise the lower limit of the German team, but cannot improve the team's upper limit.
The word "bad luck" seems to have accompanied him throughout his career.
In 2002, at the peak of his powers, Ballack won three runner-up titles in the Champions League, Bundesliga and cup competitions.
But this is not the worst!
In the World Cup held that year, Ballack tried his best to lead the German team into the final, but he was unable to play because of a yellow card in the semi-final. He could only watch his teammates being defeated by the powerful Brazilian team in the audience.
In pursuit of the Champions League, Ballack joined the Blues, who were at the height of their powers, but ended up finishing second again.
And when he left, within two years, Chelsea won the Champions League...
Shortly after he faded out of the German national team, Germany also won the World Cup...
The champion seemed to be avoiding him on purpose!
How can it be a tragic word!
When he drew the Ballack template, Lin Feng seemed to see Ballack's unwilling roar during the Stamford Bridge tragedy.
This reminded him of what the fans said about Ballack:
Success or failure does not diminish greatness, diligence cannot defeat luck, adversity reveals one’s value, and praise or criticism all depend on one’s character.
Even without a championship, it still cannot change the fact that Ballack is a great midfielder.
Ballack has very comprehensive abilities. He is proficient in long shots, headers, interceptions, back-to-back attacks, passing and organization. He can be called a hexagonal warrior and the best B2B midfielder of this era.
This is a very practical template for a midfielder.
But since there are already Ronaldinho fragments, even if the second template is activated, Lin Feng will most likely not choose the Ballack template.
So after hesitating for a moment, he chose to merge the Ballack template with the Kaka template he was currently using.
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining Ballack's heavy artillery skill, which can be used for long shots and powerful free kicks. ]
The result of the fusion was pretty good, as he had drawn out the long-range shooting and free kick abilities that he currently lacks.
Ballack's long-range shooting ability is quite outstanding, and that powerful shot at the goal is a huge test for many goalkeepers.
As for free kicks, Ballack's free kicks are also quite unique. Although not as weird and changeable as many top free kick masters, his advantage is that great power can create miracles.
In addition to the rewards provided by the system, after playing three games for the national team, Lin Feng's Kaka template development progress increased by 3 percentage points to 86%. He is much closer to reaching peak Kaka!
Sure enough, participating in the national team's competition is the most cost-effective.
However, after melting a Ballack template, Ronaldinho's template is still missing 2 fragments.
The collection progress has not improved at all!
It seems that I must find a way to get more chances to win the lottery!
But the system gives too few chances to draw a lottery, and rewards are only given after completing a task.
I don’t know what the rules of the system’s tasks are?
There is a reward for his national team debut. I wonder if there will also be a reward for his Serie A debut?
If there is a reward for a debut in Serie A, will there also be a debut reward for playing in the Champions League?
Just as Lin Feng was thinking about these questions, the situation on the court changed again.
Lin Feng's departure had a significant impact on the Chinese team's offense. The North Korean team seized the opportunity and launched a fierce counterattack against the Chinese national team.
In the 71st minute, the North Korean team broke through in the middle, and Park Sung-joo's shot almost caused Li Leilei to lose the ball.
Fortunately, Feng Xiaoting reacted quickly and took the ball away first, leaving no chance for the opponent to make a follow-up shot.
After getting the ball, Feng Xiaoting did not rush to clear the ball, but calmly got rid of the counterattack of the North Korean players, and then kicked the ball to the front court with a big foot to try to counterattack.
The Chinese national football team has used this tactic before and it worked very well.
But that was the situation when Lin Feng was on the field. Now that he is off the field, the Chinese national team lacks fast attackers.
Although Xie Hui controlled the first landing point, he passed the ball to Gao Lin.
However, Gao Lin's dribbling speed was not fast enough and he was soon caught up and entangled by the opponent's defender. The Chinese national team's counterattack ultimately failed to result in a shot.
This made many fans in the stands feel regretful, thinking that if Lin Feng was still on the field, the North Korean team would never have been able to stop the Chinese national team's counterattack so easily.
Although the Chinese national team's counterattack failed to pose a threat, with the addition of defensive stalwart Cao Yang, the team's defensive intensity in the midfield has improved a lot.
In order to cut off the connection between the opponent's midfield and the front line, the Chinese national football team intensified its pressure on the North Korean team's midfield in the final stage of the game.
The North Korean team had already replaced a midfielder with a forward, and the Chinese national team's midfield had new reinforcements joining.
As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, the Chinese national team's advantage in the midfield began to gradually emerge.
After Lin Feng left the field, the Chinese national football team took advantage of its numerical advantage and began to strangle the North Korean team in the midfield.
This move achieved very good results. The North Korean team's midfield could not withstand the Chinese team's stranglehold and could no longer play the same offensive coordination as before.
They have a bunch of forwards on their front line, but they can't get the ball at all. Without the ball under their feet, it is naturally impossible for them to pose a threat to the Chinese national team's goal.
Thus, in the final stage of the game, a strange balance was formed on the field.
Neither side was able to break through the opponent's defense. Apart from the fierce battle in the midfield, the forwards on both sides had nothing to do.
Seeing that the game had entered the countdown stage, the North Korean team finally accepted their fate and stopped resisting fiercely. The Chinese team successfully took control of the midfield and began to take over the rhythm of the game.
In the 85th minute, the Chinese team used its last substitution.
Li Jinyu came on to replace veteran Xie Hui.
When Xie Hui left the field, he was also given a standing ovation by the national football fans.
This made Xie Hui feel very emotional: It turns out that fans are so cute when they are not swearing!
A few minutes later, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
The Chinese national football team defeated North Korea with a score of 3:0 and won the East Asian Cup with three consecutive victories.
This is also the first championship trophy Lin Feng won after joining the national team.
(End of this chapter)
