What ball king, call me ball god

Chapter 147 China Cup

On the Friday before leaving the Netherlands to return home, the draw ceremony for the Champions League quarter-finals was being held.

Lin Kedi watched the lottery ceremony at home.

Watching the Sky Sports broadcast.

The commentary is the famous football commentator Martin Taylor.

"The top 8 teams in the Champions League this season have all been released! They are Porto from the Portuguese Super League, Barcelona from La Liga, Ajax from the Eredivisie, Juventus from Serie A, and four teams from the Premier League Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham."

"It is enough to see that the Premier League teams this season are very strong. All 4 teams have entered the top 8 of the Champions League."

"If you follow UEFA's practice, there will definitely be two Premier League teams playing a civil war."

Martin Taylor is a veteran and famous brand commentator, and he dares to say such words.

Soon, the lottery ceremony will begin.

Because there are only 8 teams, the draw is also very fast.

"Porto vs Liverpool."

"Man City vs Tottenham Hotspur."

"Juventus vs Ajax."

"Barcelona vs Manchester United."

After Lin Kedi saw the lottery group, he immediately opened the Ajax group.

sent one.

"The opponent is a defensive team! Looks like a tough fight!"

Soon, Dericht replied.

"They have Cristiano, so I guess they will still attack."

"You haven't watched them play this season, so what if they have Cristiano? Their midfielders can't pass the ball."

"Frankie, do you still watch Serie A?"

Soon, the building crooked.

Early the next morning, Lin Kedi took a flight to Guilin and returned home.

Here, Guilin, will host the third China Cup.

Here is an encyclopedia. The China Cup International Football Championship is the only FIFA A-level event named after the "China Cup" sponsored by the Chinese Football Association, Wanda Group, the Sports Bureau of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the NN Municipal Government. Football Federation official points.

This has official points, and if you win, it will also be good for the points and ranking of the national football team.

The four teams in this year's China Cup are China, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Uruguay.

Except for one Uruguayan team which is a strong team, the other two are Asian teams.

Although Uzbekistan is actually ranked higher than the Chinese team, but the national football team now has Lin Keenemy, no one will think that the Chinese team is worse than the Uzbekistan team.

This team lineup is indeed far from the first and second China Cup.

The teams participating in the first China Cup included Iceland, Chile, and Croatia.

The second round featured Wales, Uruguay and the Czech Republic.

In the past, it was the European team plus the South American team.

As a result, there is only one South American team in this session.

It can only be said that if Lin Kedi hadn't been selected for the national football team, the attention of this China Cup might not have been very high.

After Lin Kedi arrived in Guilin, he rested for a day and participated in training the next day.

The opponent of the Chinese team's first game is the Thai team, which is an opponent ranked lower than the Chinese team.

But if there is no Lin Kedi, the national football team may lose to them. (In reality, it lost 0 to 1)

Both matches were held at the Guangxi Sports Center in Nanning, Guangxi.

The opponent Thailand team in the first game is not very strong.

So the head coach Lippi arranged a lineup that is not the main force.

The two overseas players also did not start and sat on the bench.

The starting list is as follows.

The goalkeeper is Yan Junling.

The defense line from left to right is Li Lei, Zhang Linpeng, Zhu Chenjie and Li Ang.

The three midfielders are Wu Xi, Hao Junmin and Wang Yongpo.

The three forwards are Wei Shihao, Tan Long and Huang Zichang.

Lin Kedi and Wu Lei sat on the bench, thinking that there should be no problem in this game.

As a result, what they didn't expect was that although the Chinese team soon took the advantage on the court, at the end of the first half, the Chinese team failed to break through Thailand's goal.

On the whole, in the first half of the game, Wei Shihao had 4 shots within the range of the goal frame, but they were all saved by the goalkeeper.

The other two on the front line also each had a shot within the goal range.

In the first half, the Chinese team had 8 shots and 6 shots were within the goal range. In fact, this offensive efficiency is not bad, especially for the national football team without Lin Kedi, but no goals.

And don't think that the Thai team didn't attack. In the 31st minute of the first half, the Thai team almost scored a goal with a counterattack. Fortunately, Zhu Chenjie made up in time. After Yan Junling abandoned the goal and failed to save, Zhu Chenjie was at the goal Destroy the ball on the line.

Otherwise, the Thai team is likely to score.

This made Lippi very dissatisfied.

There was a roar in the team at halftime.

Then he looked directly at Lin Kedi.

"Lin, I want to replace you at the beginning of the second half, is that okay?"

"A good coach!"

So, the second half of the game started.

Tan Long was replaced and Lin Kedi played.

After playing, Hao Junmin, the original captain of the game, came over and gave Lin Kedi the captain's armband.

Lin Kedi was stunned.

"Brother Hao, aren't you the captain? What are you doing for me?"

Hao Junmin was also dumbfounded.

"Didn't you say that you are the second captain? Now Brother Zheng has not been selected for this national football team. If you play, you are the captain."

"Who said that?"

"That's what the coach said."

When Lin Kedi heard what the coach said, he took over the captain's armband, thinking that Lippi told the players during training when he was not here.

As everyone knows, Lippi stood on the sidelines with a dazed expression on his face, and Hao Junmin also misremembered the incident, and confused the media reports with Lippi's lecture.

Of course, this matter was clarified after the game.

But back in the game, Lin Kedi, who was wearing the captain's armband, was going to play a match with Wei Shihao on the left when he received the ball in the second half.

But as soon as he got the ball, he found that the players of the Thai team did not take the initiative to press him, but retreated back to keep a distance.

This made Lin Kedi feel a little coming.

So he took the ball and approached the Thai team's midfielder.

I saw that the midfielder of the Thai team did not dare to approach him.

Instead, retreat to ensure distance.

Lin Kedi understood that this was because the midfielder of the Thai team was afraid that he would be thrown away by him as soon as he got close to him.

After all, Lin Kedi's extraordinary skills are also at the top level in the Champions League.

After Lin Kedi discovered this, he began to break through with the ball in the middle without any scruples.

Because, you are afraid that the other party will overtake you, and if you retreat, the other party will break through you, making it impossible for you to retreat, and you will really be overwhelmed.

This is the case with the midfielder of the Thai team.

He ended up retreating to the back line.

Still defeated by Link.

Facing the Thai team's defense, Lin Kedi did not continue to choose to dribble. Instead, he reached the top of the arc and shot a kick.

The ball flew into the net with a wonderful arc.

"As soon as I played! After the first touch of the ball, I kept dribbling the ball all the way to the penalty area, shot the goal and scored directly! The Chinese team led 1-0!"

"Fans and friends, this is Lin Kedi, and this is his strength!"

(End of this chapter)