Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 199 Four Japanese internationals?It's okay, it happened to go out together

I don’t know, I’m scared.

From leaving the team at the end of the season in June 2021 to returning to the Rangers training ground in March 6, in nine months, the changes in Chen Xiaoliang made his old teammates dumbfounded.

Is this still the Red Country man who once fought together?
Say no, the iconic, fierce and clean tackling, running and intercepting all over the place are obviously the style of the Ranger No. 33;

In other words, this ecstasy cross, excellent confrontation and top-fighting ability, and that excellent kicking ability, how could the Red Countryman 9 months ago be able to do it?

The Rangers players who originally wanted to show off to Chen Xiaoliang and let him "deepen" his old buddy's impression were soon convinced.

Especially the midfield trio of Aribo, Kamara and Davies Sr. was upset by Chen Xiaoliang.

The old Davis even played only 30 minutes in the first half of the training game, and then took the initiative to apply for a rest, and kept cursing in his mouth: "The kid is growing up, he is so hard, he doesn't take care of my 37-year-old comrade at all." .

Although the 60-minute training match ended in a 3-3 tie with a "tacit understanding" between the two sides, the training results still satisfied Mourinho.

In particular, Cesko and Abraham have fully experienced the defensive style and strength of the Soviet Super League when they played against the two central defenders of Goldson and Balogon.

And the two wing combinations of Tavernier and Barisic are no worse than the wing combinations of Malaysia and Vigna.

At the end of training, Mourinho gave the players a rare holiday and allowed them to leave the hotel for free activities, but it is still an unshakable death order not to drink alcohol and not to return to the hotel after 10 o'clock.

Van Bronckhorst did not embarrass his players either.

So, Chen Xiaoliang took Sesco, Wu Lei, and Abraham to the dinner hosted by his old teammates.

Although the players on both sides are not allowed to drink, the atmosphere is lost, but seeing Chen Xiaoliang, who came out of Glasgow, grow up so fast and become the leader of Roma's dressing room unbelievably, the old Rangers feel happy from the bottom of their hearts.

Alibo told Chen Xiaoliang that the club has agreed to Southampton's transfer request, and he will transfer at a price of about 600 million pounds after the end of this season, and he will be able to play in the Premier League next season, and he can also coach against Gerrard Aston Villa.

Barisic and Tavernier said that although they have received offers from other "better" leagues, they are not ready to leave.

The former has been selected for the World Cup at the end of the year and will represent Croatia in the World Cup in Qatar. The most important thing for him now is to maintain his fitness and health.

For the 30-year-old, this World Cup is likely to be the only World Cup experience for him, and he must cherish it. Compared with this, the uncertainty brought about by the transfer is too great. Leave lifelong regrets.

The latter is 31 years old, and he is also at the end of his career as a full-back. He served as the captain of the Rangers and stayed in the team for 7 years. At the same time, the team's record is also very good, and the locker room is very harmonious. Running around.

To put it bluntly, at this age, I have already "resigned to my fate", unlike when I first debuted, I was still full of ambitions, wanting to get ahead in the Premier League, wanting to become the main force of the rich, wanting to surpass this and compare to that.

But corresponding to this is the new friend brought by the old guys, the Ivorian winger Diallo who was loaned from Manchester United.

Diallo joined the Atlanta youth academy when he was 13 years old. He was promoted to the first team by Gasperini in 2020. After only half a season, he was spotted by Manchester United and spent 2100 million euros on the transfer.

I thought I could do a lot after landing in the Premier League, but I didn't expect Solskjaer's dismissal to plunge the club into chaos again.

The interim coach Rangnick, who had no time to take care of other matters, rented Diallo to the Rangers not long after he took office to prevent him from having no ball to play.

But after coming to Glasgow, he did not become Van Bronckhorst's first choice, and his playing pick was behind Roof, Kent and others.

When talking about the future, Diallo expressed some worries and regretted that he should have stayed in Atlanta for a few years.

Without adequate preparations, the top giants are really not a place where everyone can imagine a carp leaping through the dragon's gate and achieving blockbuster success.

Tiehanhan Morelos was very excited to see Chen Xiaoliang, but he said that he is a person who "has no desires and no desires". He has realized his football dream by being able to log in to Europe from Colombia.

At the age of 26, he knows how much he has. Instead of struggling in the middle and lower reaches of the five major leagues, it is better to compete for the championship in the Scottish Super League and become a hero of the city.

After chatting with the young people, there are two "old men" again.

The 37-year-old Davies and the 40-year-old McGregor both said that they can still play. Although their playing time has declined, they are still reluctant to leave the careers they have engaged in for half their lives.

Especially this year's Su Chao defending the title is mostly useless, and everyone is still holding their breath, wanting to win back the championship next season.

But when it comes to the Celtics, the two veteran players let the Roma players not take it lightly.

The reason why the Rangers led so much last season was that apart from Chen Xiaoliang's greatly improved defensive strength after joining, breaking the record for the fewest goals conceded and achieving an undefeated season, there is also the reason why the Celtics did not pay attention to their opponents and their signings were not effective in the summer.

And in this season, they introduced many powerful players in one go;
Bought former England goalkeeper Joe Hart from Tottenham;
Bought Irish midfielder McCarthy from Crystal Palace;
The Portuguese striker Jota was rented from Benfica. Although he is only 175 kg at 60 height, he has become the main force of the Celtics with his excellent speed and flexible dribbling;

The most surprising thing is that after the success of Furuhashi Yoshigo, three international-level players were introduced from Japan in January in the winter window. Midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi.

The arrival of these players, especially the joining of Jota and three Japanese internationals, made the Celtics, who were originally high-handed and hard-working, create a technical whirlwind in the Soviet Super League.

Yosuke Ideguchi is 171 tall and weighs 71 kg;

The standard bearer Lian Yang is 172 tall and weighs 70 kg;

If the physical conditions of these two midfielders are still acceptable, then the following two forwards are obviously beyond the normal understanding of ordinary fans.

Guqiao Hengwu is 170 tall and weighs 63 kg;

Maeda Daran is 173 tall and weighs 67 kg;

Coupled with the more "rib man" Horta mentioned earlier, Celtics coach Postkoglu used two transfer windows to successfully realize the transition of the team's style.

In the case that the defensive players in the midfield are still dominated by the original team, not only the defensive ability is guaranteed, but also the fluency of the offense is greatly improved, so that Van Bronckhorst, who is the former main player of the Netherlands, has to bear the burden of Kyle. The Tets re-established a clear advantage.

After hearing this, Chen Xiaoliang didn't feel any threat. After all, in Serie A, there are more skilled players.

But seeing that the Red Country youth training camp for the Rangers has only been established for less than a year, and more and more Japanese players are landing in Europe, he still feels the huge gap in football development between neighboring countries.

Not only in the middle leagues like the Soviet Super League, but also in the five major leagues, more and more Japanese players are becoming the main players.

Taking the Bundesliga as an example, from Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa to Stuttgart's Endo Hang, from Wolfsburg, Frankfurt's Hasebe Makoto to Frankfurt's Kamada Daichi, and from Freiburg's Don Anru to Bühler Field's Masaya Okkawa, the Bundesliga has become the first choice for top Japanese players to come to Europe.

What's even more outrageous is that they are not selected by Bundesliga clubs until they stand out from the European middle leagues or the Japanese J-League teams, as ordinary fans imagine.

For example, the defender Yoki Ito, who has been pre-selected to participate in the World Cup in Qatar, was discovered by scouts in the Iwata Joy team of the Japanese second-tier league J2 League. After joining Stuttgart, he has now secured the main force of the team.

The reason for such a transaction is that in Japan's three-level professional leagues (J1/J2/J3), there are a large number of European scouts looking for players.

If it is said that Chen Xiaoliang became the main player after playing in the Soviet Super League for one season and became the main player in Roma, then Ito Yoki, who has only played in the J2 League for two seasons in Japan, became the absolute main force of the defense in Stuttgart in the Bundesliga. Above is the greater "miracle".

After all, no one dares to say that the level of the J2 League is higher than that of the Soviet Super League.

Especially on the Hongguo Network, when many so-called fans heard about the J2 and J3 leagues, their first reaction was to swear that "ball-fixing is everywhere and the level is low."

After the news that Chen Binbin, a new star who was trained from the Chongming base under Xu's guidance, joined the Donghai Seaport Team, won the Red Super League Championship, and won the 2019 Red Country Golden Boy Award, is planning to study abroad in Japan next season to join the J3 League, the face is not a blessing. And expectations, but almost all abuse and ridicule.

[What can I learn from going to a match-fixing league? 】

[The level of J3 is not as good as the Red Country Second League, right? 】

[This is also called Liuyang?So exalting Little Japan and belittling himself? 】

[Waste youth, go to Europe if you want to go, it's meaningless to go to South America, let alone Japan]

...

What is even more sad is that, based on the analysis and conclusions of European scouts, the golden boy of the red country may not even be able to play as a substitute in the J3 league.

Yes, when Chen Xiaoliang saw this news for the first time, he thought it was a mistake, but it was really a substitute.

The substitutes in the J3 league are not comparable.

As a professional player, Chen Xiaoliang knew in his heart that compared to the superficial gap between the results of the national team, the level of this low-level league and the talent pool were the root of the gap.

Another key reason why European scouts believe that the Japanese league is "treasures everywhere" is that the transfer value of these players is so low that they can be picked up for nothing.

Still take Yoki Ito as an example. From the loan to the buyout, he only spent 50 euros in Stuttgart.

For many stars, this is not enough to pay a month's salary.

But the gap is the gap. What Chen Xiaoliang can do is to win the two rounds against the Celtics in addition to trying his best to help the outstanding domestic players get the opportunity to come to Glasgow for training.

Especially in front of this old rival club and those Japanese internationals, they should take the victory cleanly.

On the evening of March 3, Celtic Park, locker room.

Chen Xiaoliang rarely took the initiative to mobilize before the game.

"Everyone knows that I have been here for a year. The overall level of the Suchao is indeed significantly lower than that of Serie A. There is also a huge gap between strength and weakness. There will be a lot of crushing and abuse."

"But there's something about the football here that sticks with me for life and has totally made me."

"It's a man, just do it."

"Those Scottish guys, he can't beat you with the ball, but he won't give up any chance to give you a shot when he fights close to you."

"Many of their players, like Callum, our captain tonight, are such a villain that when you play with him for the first time, you feel like he comes on to fight you."

"And you all know very well that when we were in the Rangers, the slogan we shouted before the game was 'Go to Nima', and in the player tunnel, when the two sides lined up to go on the field, you could hear many organs in your ears Gone."

"Our opponent tonight is such a team. They want us to be afraid of them when the game comes, and they want to humiliate us into a bunch of useless jerks when they pick up the bottle after the game."

"Now the right to choose is in our hearts, in the hearts of each of us!"

"The coach didn't arrange too much. I think everyone knows the reason. That is, with our strength, we don't need to make any targeted arrangements when facing the Celtics."

"But what I ask of you now is that everyone put all the mess behind you! Then go on stage with blood!"

"They are villains, then we are butchers!"

"Win every physical confrontation! Show them who's the tougher man!"

"Fight every 50-50 ball! Let them know who's the gutless bastard!"

"Remember, the battle starts when you get out of this room!"

"In the player tunnel, we have to tell them that I am here to win today!"

Speaking of this, Chen Xiaoliang looked around, then walked to the middle and stretched out his hand, all the players stood up and surrounded them.

"Say it out loud, what are we here for?!"

everyone:

"victory!"

"victory!"

"victory!!!"

Chen Xiaoliang: "Now, if you think you have the guts, come out of the locker room with me!"

After speaking, Chen Xiaoliang picked up the team flag and led the starters out of the locker room.

By coincidence, the door of the locker room on the opposite side was also opened, and captain Callum also came out holding the team flag.

As soon as the eyes of the two sides met, the surrounding air seemed to heat up instantly!

The loudspeaker in the stadium shouted:
Celtic starters:

No. 1 Joe Hart!

No. 3 Greg Taylor!

No. 4 Staffelt!

No. 8 Ancient Bridge Hengwu!
Horta No. 17!
No. 20 Vickers!

Number 33 Matteoli!
No. 38 Maeda Daran!
No. 41 flag bearer Lian Yang!

No. 88 right back Juranovic!
No. 42, Captain Callum!

Coach Postkoglu!
"Oh!!!"

Behind every player's name, there are tsunami-like cheers from the fans in the audience.

"Rome First"

"Ugh..."

Suddenly, the cheers turned into boos from the audience.

No. 3 Ibanez…

No. 6 Smalling…

No. 8 Nemanja Matic…

No. 9 Abraham…

No. 12 Malaysia

No. 17 Weller Figure…

Sesco No. 20
No. 23 Gianluca Mancini…

No. 59 Zalewski…

87 Fozzato…

No. 33, Captain Chen Xiaoliang...

"Woo!!!"

"Applause!!!"

As an iconic figure of Rangers, Chen Xiaoliang naturally enjoyed the greatest "courtesy" at Celtic Park.

Head coach Jose Mourinho…

"Applause!!!"

Mourinho is naturally used to this kind of scene, he smiled crookedly and didn't care.

Chen Xiaoliang and Callum were called by the referee to guess.

Chen Xiaoliang said to Callum: "Whichever side, let you tee off first, anyway, you will definitely lose."

Callum picked the side behind him, then pointed to Chen Xiaoliang: "Boy, wait and see later."

With expressions of disdain for each other, the two exchanged team flags "friendly" under the close supervision of the referee.

After the players on the field from both sides complete the routine handshake, they line up on both sides.

"Beep!"

"The referee blows the whistle and the game begins!"

"You are watching the round of 2021 focus match of the 22-16 UEFA Europa League brought to you by Penguin Sports! Celtic vs. Rome at home!"

"Today I will explain to you Zhan Jun and former international player Liu Yue!"

"The words haven't finished yet! Celtic's frontcourt players rushed to the frontcourt line by line!"

"The standard bearer Lian Yang went straight to the left, and Horta caught the ball!"

"Horta made a change of direction and got rid of Zalewski, who seemed to be unprepared, and rushed to the rib of the penalty area!"

"A quick escape, Zalewski can't even pull Jota!"

"On the left side of the penalty area, Mancini blocked it!"

"Horta crosses the top of the penalty area!"

"Maeda Daran wants to shoot from a long distance!"

"Ibanez flies to block!"

"Oran Maeda dunks Ibanez!"

"Weile Tu posted it back!"

"Daran Maeda immediately passed the ball to Hengwu Furuhashi, who was ambushing on the right side of the penalty area!"

"Hit the door!"

"The ball was blocked by Chen Xiaoliang and flew out of the baseline!"

"The Celtics completed a series of cross transfers at the front of Rome's penalty area in less than 20 seconds!"

Liu Yue: "That's right, obviously they were very well prepared for this game. Several passes and escapes avoided physical contact with Roma's defenders. In terms of confrontation ability, the three forwards of the Celtics are obviously not good enough." any advantage."

"However, relying on their own advantages of fast speed and flexibility to amplify the weakness of the three central defenders in Rome who turn slowly, if Xiaoliang hadn't returned to the defense in time, Furuhashi Hengwu would have completed the threatening shot within the range of the first goal frame."

Callum runs towards the corner flag, ready to take the corner kick.

Guqiao Hengwu said to Chen Xiaoliang: "We meet again, but you won't win again."

Chen Xiaoliang: "Only by you?"

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