Chapter 90: Current Situation of National Youth Team Studying Abroad
"Brother Lin, I really have to thank you for this. If you hadn't helped us, we would have had to run back and forth!"
After learning that the national team would not forcibly recruit them, Gao Lin and others were so grateful to Lin Feng that they wanted to recognize him as their godfather on the spot.
Lin Feng: "Okay, stop being so nagging at me. The Bundesliga has already started, right? Did you get a chance to play in Dortmund?"
Speaking of this, Gao Lin is no longer sleepy!
"Of course I'm on the field. Don't you see who I am?"
Even through the screen, Lin Feng could imagine Gao Lin's arrogant look.
This kid, if you give him some color, he will dare to open a dyeing factory for you!
Zhao Xuri: "Tsk tsk, look at how proud Gao Lin is. I think this guy has probably scored a goal."
Gao Lin: "Haha, that's enough. Do you think everyone is like Brother Lin? How can scoring a goal be that easy?"
Chen Tao: "Then why are you so arrogant? I thought you also completed a hat trick!"
Gao Lin: "Ahem, Brother Chen, you think too highly of me, don't you? Do I look like someone who can score a hat trick?"
Lin Feng: "Stop talking nonsense and tell me about your situation in Dortmund!"
Gao Lin started to be proud again: "Hey, the league has played three rounds. I was a substitute in two games and started one game. Although I didn't score a goal, I made an assist. How about that? Isn't it awesome?"
Zhu Ting: "Brother Gao, you are awesome! You are the starter and I have been sitting on the bench for almost three games!"
Cui Peng: "What's that? Our Ligue 1 season started the earliest, and now it's been five rounds, and I haven't even had a chance to play for a minute. I'm so frustrated sitting on the bench!"
Zhao Xuri: "Who among you is as miserable as me? I couldn't get a work permit, so I was loaned to the Austrian Super League by Manchester City!"
Everyone felt sympathy when they heard this and offered to comfort Zhao Xuri.
The biggest risk of joining the Premier League is the work permit. I wonder how many players are stuck at this stage!
But playing in the Austrian Super League is not too bad. The Austrian Super League ranks around 9th in Europe.
Apart from the five major leagues, it is only slightly inferior to the Portuguese Super League, the Dutch Eredivisie, the Scottish Super League and the Russian Super League, but it is still much stronger than the Belgian Super League, the Ukrainian Super League and the Turkish Super League.
After a while of complaining, everyone felt much better.
The most difficult thing about studying abroad is the feeling of loneliness.
Due to the language barrier, they even had difficulty finding someone to talk to.
Coupled with the lack of adaptation to culture, diet and living habits, the first few months are often the most difficult.
Fortunately, they have a QQ group where everyone can talk to each other and keep each other warm.
Although I was having a miserable life, when I heard that my companions were having an even worse life than me, I instantly felt much better!
After learning about the situation of his teammates, Lin Feng felt very emotional.
Except for Chen Tao who has established himself in Werder Bremen, other players are still struggling for playing opportunities.
Gao Lin still saw a glimmer of hope, but the prospects for others were simply bleak!
Sure enough, studying abroad is not an easy thing.
He gave up his main position in China and went abroad to sit on the bench, and had to endure various discomforts such as language, culture, diet and living habits.
It takes a lot of perseverance to persevere.
No wonder so many people are afraid to step out of their comfort zone. It really takes a lot of courage to take this step.
As for his teammates' situation, Lin Feng could not do anything to help except to comfort them.
After all, whether they can play in the game depends on their own performance.
All Lin Feng could do was to impart some experience to them and remind them to take the game seriously during team training matches and try their best to get the attention of the head coach.
Only by attracting the attention of the head coach can you get a chance to play.
These are the experiences that the old master Mihajlovic taught to Lin Feng, but he couldn't use them himself, so he gave them to his teammates.
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After closing the QQ group, Lin Feng began to check his gains.
After completing his Serie A debut, the system issued rewards again.
As usual, it is one chance to draw a lottery and 10% of the development progress. So far, Lin Feng has 2 chances to draw a lottery, and the development progress of the second template has reached 80%.
What surprised him even more was that the progress of the Kaka template increased by another 1 percentage point, reaching 87%.
"It seems that the progress increase provided by the top five leagues is much higher than that of the secondary leagues!"
Although the rewards are not as much as those offered by the national team, it is much better than when Lin Feng was in the German Second Division.
He estimated that at this rate, the development of his Kaka template would reach 100% by the end of this season.
A year later, Lin Feng just turned eighteen years old, and at the age of eighteen he possessed all the abilities of Kaka at his peak.
How perverted is this!
He is increasingly looking forward to the day when the progress bar is completed!
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After the first round of Serie A, Inter Milan topped the list with a 5-goal advantage.
Although it is only temporarily at the top of the list, Inter Milan fans are still very happy.
Happiness comes from contrast. After AC Milan was tied by the newly promoted team, Inter Milan fans could no longer suppress their smiles.
As the runner-up of the Champions League, they were tied by a newly promoted team. It seems that AC Milan has not yet come out of the shadow of Istanbul!
How can we celebrate this kind of thing without popping some champagne?
You said so, AC Milan!
When people are unlucky, even drinking cold water can get stuck in their teeth.
AC Milan just suffered a setback in the league and then suffered another heavy blow in the Champions League.
Don't get me wrong, this time it's not Liverpool that are being "sanctioned" by UEFA!
Due to the mediocre performance of the Serie A team in the Champions League last season, there were also many accidents on the field.
For example, in the group match between Roma and Dynamo Kyiv, fans hit the referee Frisk with coins; in the quarter-final between AC Milan and Inter Milan, there was a riot among Inter Milan fans, etc., which made UEFA very dissatisfied.
Therefore, in this draw, Serie A not only did not receive any care from UEFA, but was instead arranged by the invisible hand.
First is the old lady Juventus, which lost the title of seeded team and was demoted to the second-tier team, and was grouped with the Bundesliga giants Bayern.
Given Bayern's strength, it will be very difficult for Juventus to get first place in the group.
Failure to get first place in the group means that they are likely to face strong opponents in the knockout stage.
If Juventus really stops in the round of 16, their European points will not be able to go up and they will be placed in the second tier next year. This is really a clear arrangement.
But compared to Juventus, AC Milan is only slightly better.
Last season's Champions League runner-up AC Milan was directly placed in the death group by UEFA, together with three strong teams: PSV Eindhoven, Schalke 04 and Fenerbahce.
Although AC Milan seems to be the strongest, each of the three opponents is not easy to deal with. There is no weak team in this group, and AC Milan must use all its strength to win every game.
Interestingly, Fenerbahçe, the weakest team in the group, is located in Istanbul. I wonder if AC Milan’s revisit to the old place will bring back some memories.
Compared with these two, Inter Milan’s luck in drawing players is simply amazing!
They were drawn into Group H, where they faced FC Porto, Glasgow Rangers and Artmedia.
Although Porto was the champion of the previous Champions League, with the departure of Mourinho and the poaching of a large number of players who won the championship, Porto is now a mere facade and has long lost its former strength, so it is difficult to pose a threat to Inter Milan.
As for Glasgow Rangers, although this team has wealthy ancestors and has won the Champions League, they are now in a financial crisis and are on the verge of bankruptcy. They are no longer as powerful as they used to be.
As for Artemedia, it is even less worth mentioning!
Inter Milan’s situation is not just good, it’s very good!
After the results of the Champions League group draw were released, the Italian media was wailing.
Except for Inter Milan, the other three teams drew very bad lots.
Although this grouping may not necessarily affect their qualification, it will definitely bring them greater consumption.
Therefore, Turin Sports Daily, which has close ties with Juventus, publicly criticized UEFA for deliberately targeting Serie A:
As we all know, Spanish Football Association President Villa has a good relationship with several senior officials of UEFA.
These relationships have resulted in good draws for Real Madrid, Barcelona and Villarreal.
But our Serie A does not please Platini, so three of the four teams drew the worst lot.
As for Chelsea, the "thorn" in UEFA's eyes, they got the worst draw.
UEFA's invisible hand seems to be playing an increasingly important role in the Champions League draw.
In response to such criticism, UEFA naturally denied it three times in a row: I am not, I did not, don’t talk nonsense.
Every year, some people say that the Champions League draw is a script arranged by UEFA, but UEFA has always denied it.
Are you kidding me? How can you admit such a thing?
As the saying goes, excessive joy leads to sorrow. Inter Milan’s fans had only been happy for a few days before they were poured a bucket of cold water.
In the second round of the league, Inter Milan went to Sicily to challenge Palermo away.
From the beginning of the game, Inter Milan fans felt that something was not right with the team.
After the opening, Palermo took advantage of its home field and launched a crazy attack on Inter Milan.
In the 5th minute, Caracciolo received a straight pass from Corini and shot at a small angle.
Cesar bravely saved the ball, but Inter Milan's defender reacted a little too slowly and failed to clear the ball in time, giving the opponent a chance to make a follow-up shot.
Cesar, who had just made a save and had not yet had time to get up from the ground, was really powerless to do anything about the follow-up shot.
Inter Milan lost the ball just five minutes into the game.
However, Inter Milan’s nightmare was not over yet. In the 13th minute, Palermo got a free kick in the frontcourt.
Corini took the penalty and made a high-quality falling leaf shot. The ball went straight into the dead corner of the goal and once again penetrated Inter Milan's goal.
The score became 2:0, and the Inter Milan fans in the stands were collectively dumbfounded.
The Palermo fans at home were going crazy with joy.
They smelled a big victory!
Palermo has the opportunity to avenge last season's defeat at home!
The enthusiasm of Palermo fans was completely ignited, and they shouted and cheered desperately in the stands, creating a terrifying home momentum.
The stimulated Palermo players became more excited and more aggressive on the court.
In the 33rd minute, Palermo launched a climax of attack.
First, Caracciolo's volley threatened Inter Milan's goal, and then Makinwa's close-range shot in front of the goal severely tested Cesar's reaction speed.
Then it was Caracciolo's volley that created the biggest threat!
Fortunately, Cesar was in great shape and tried his best to lift the ball over the crossbar.
After the corner kick, Bonani dribbled the ball sideways and shot a powerful shot, which was saved by Cesar again.
In just three minutes, Inter Milan's goalkeeper successfully fended off three extremely threatening attacks from the opponent.
If it weren't for him, the score on the field would have been widened to 3:0 or even 4:0!
Inter Milan fans who were watching this game were wishing they could take a quick-acting heart pill.
This game is so exciting that my heart can’t take it.
However, before they could catch their breath, the opponent's third goal came.
In the 37th minute, Terlizzi's long shot hit the defender's leg and refracted. Cesar was unable to save the ball and the score was rewritten again.
The score of 3:0 deeply hurt the hearts of every national fan.
What happened to the team today?
Why do I feel like I've been defeated by my opponent?
"It seems that I still underestimated the impact of the FIFA virus."
The team's coach Mancini knows what is going on.
Last week was FIFA's match day, and many Inter Milan internationals returned to their home countries to participate in national team matches.
European internationals are easier to deal with as their countries are not far from Italy.
But the group of international players in South America are not so lucky. It takes more than 15 hours to fly from Italy to South America.
The exhaustion of the game and the bumpy journey made the Inter Milan players, who had just finished the national team game, obviously not in good shape.
In the entire team, apart from Cesar, Lin Feng is probably the one in the best condition.
The Chinese national team did not have any friendly matches scheduled during this international match day, so Lin Feng was spared the hassle of traveling back and forth.
But after the crazy performance in the previous game, all the Serie A teams have witnessed how powerful Lin Feng is, so the coach of Palermo arranged defensive tactics specifically for Lin Feng in this game.
Italian teams generally have very strong defense. The so-called reinforced concrete defense first spread from Italy.
Facing the opponent's chain defense line and with his teammates generally not in good shape, no matter how hard Lin Feng tried, he could ultimately be outnumbered.
In fact, it is unrealistic for Inter fans to expect Inter to defeat Palermo like they did in the previous big win over Treviso.
Palermo is different from newly promoted teams like Treviso. They are a veteran powerhouse in Serie A, not a weak team.
Last season they ranked sixth in the league, although not as good as Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus, the three teams competing for the championship.
But in the second group, their position is very solid.
Once this kind of team starts playing like crazy, no one can stop them!
PS: A lot of content in the previous chapter was censored, I just discovered it.
(End of this chapter)
