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Currently, the Chinese team has 10 overseas players.

They are Lin Kedi who plays for Manchester United, Wu Lei who plays for Espanyol, Zhang Yuning who plays for Heerenveen in the Eredivisie, Wu Shaocong who plays for Istanbul in the Turkish Super League, Zhu Chenjie who plays for Hannover 96 in the German second division, and Jiang Shenglong who plays for Caen in the French second division. Dai Weijun plays for Guimarães in the Portuguese Super League. Wei Shihao plays for The Hague in the Eredivisie. Gao Tianyi plays for Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership. There is also Liu Shao Ziyang who plays for the Austrian Super League Graz Storm club.

Wu Shaocong, after a season on loan in the Turkish League, returned to the Turkish Super League Istabul. In the 21-22 season, he played a total of 30 games and even started 4 times in the Europa League. 7 times, it can be said that he is the first substitute for Istanbul's central defender. In one season in the Turkish Super League, Wu Shaocong has improved very quickly. Although he is not the main player of the club, in this national team, he will undoubtedly be the main player of the team.

Wu Lei, who has played for Espanyol for 5 seasons, is now positioned as a substitute for Espanyol. However, Wu Lei, who has trained in La Liga and La Liga for 5 seasons, has reached his peak in all abilities. Although He is a substitute, but he can often create a threat as soon as he comes on the field, so the head coach of the Espanyol team also trusts him very much. He will start in the cup. In the league, he also often plays as a substitute. Wu Lei, who is 31 years old, is at the peak of his career.

Zhang Yuning, who is in the Dutch Eredivisie Heerenveen, has been in the Netherlands for 2 years and 3 seasons. From being a substitute at the beginning to occasionally starting, he is now the number two forward in Heerenveen. If he plays as a double forward, Zhang Yuning He will start the game. If Heerenveen plays 433 single center, Zhang Yuning will also be the first substitute candidate for the center position. During the two years in the Eredivisie, Zhang Yuning's various qualities have improved very quickly, especially his physical fitness and skills, which have improved very significantly. In two full seasons in the Eredivisie, he played a total of 39 games and scored 11 goals. In the third season, this season, he has played 7 games and scored 5 goals. It can be said that The progress is obvious.

Then there is Zhu Chenjie. He has played for the Hannover 96 club in the Bundesliga Division for 4 seasons. In the Bundesliga League, Zhu Chenjie was the third central defender for 2 seasons and the main central defender for 1 full season. He is the main central defender this season. A central defender within a central defender. Zhu Chenjie is now the absolute main force of Hannover 96. During his several years in the Bundesliga 96, he has improved his defensive ability by several levels. Before this season, the Bundesliga team Frankfurt was interested in Zhu Chenjie and wanted to sign him, but Zhu Chenjie refused. Before the World Cup, Zhu Chenjie still planned to be more stable and did not want to change clubs casually. After all, he is the absolute main force in Hannover 96, and this season, Hannover [-] may also be upgraded.

Jiang Shenglong, plays for Caen in French second division. He and Zhu Chenjie studied abroad at the same time. In his four seasons in Caen, he played as a substitute for half of the season when he first joined the team. Then when the main central defender was injured, he immediately stepped up and played as the main team. Although he did not play well at the beginning, he Obviously, Jiang Shenglong can learn in the game, and he has been the main player since then. However, Caen has always been a mid-range team in Ligue [-]. It is also this summer window that a French Ligue [-] team is interested in him. However, Jiang Shenglong did not choose to leave.

Dai Weijun plays for the Guimarães team in the Portuguese Super League and is currently a substitute player. He has played for a complete season and this season. Now he is a versatile player in the Guimarães team. He can not only play as a central midfielder but also as a winger. He can play as a wing-back, so although he is a substitute, he has played a lot. If you can play multiple positions, you will naturally have more opportunities to play. This is also the way of survival for many players.

Wei Shihao, who plays for The Hague in the Eredivisie, is a master who studied abroad. Although he said that he returned to China because he couldn't play in the Portuguese Super League and had no chance, in fact, he can still play for The Hague now. The player in the game is the team's first substitute at the winger position.

Then there is Gao Tianyi who plays for Aberdeen in the Scottish Premier League. Like Dai Weijun in Aberdeen, he can play in multiple positions, wing-back, center back, defensive midfielder, central midfielder, attacking midfielder, and even forward. I have played. In short, if you want to have a chance to play, you must be able to play a little bit of everything. Although you may not be good at anything, for Gao Tianyi, the chance to play is definitely the most important thing.

Finally, there is Liu Shao Ziyang, who plays for Sturm Graz in the Austrian Super League. In fact, strictly speaking, Liu Shao Ziyang is still a Bayern Munich player. However, he was rented out as soon as he joined Bayern Munich, and the goalkeeper position What's special is that there is basically no possibility of rotation. The main player is basically the main player all the time, and the substitutes may appear in some cup matches. In a small team, you may not play a few games a season. Liu Shao Ziyang is relatively lucky. The goalkeeper of Sturm Graz in the Austrian Super League was seriously injured during the winter window. At this time, Sturm Graz was limited by financial constraints and had no money to sign players. Originally, they The idea was to directly use the goalkeeper of the second team to play, but the goalkeeper of the second team was also injured after playing two games. At this time, Bayern Munich took the initiative to find Sturm Graz and was willing to loan Liu Shao Ziyang to Sturm Graz. Then Liu Shao Ziyang became the main force in Sturm Graz. Although a month later, the goalkeeper of Sturm Graz's second team had recovered from his injury, but in the goalkeeper position, Liu Shao Ziyang had already been with the team in this month. The integration was almost complete, and the head coach of Sturm Graz decided to continue to use Liu Shao Ziyang. After Sturm Graz played as the main force for half a season, Bayern Munich decided to continue to rent Liu Shao Ziyang to Storm Graz.

Among the current overseas players, there are only four who are absolutely the main players, namely Lin Kedi, Zhu Chenjie, Jiang Shenglong and Liu Shao Ziyang.

However, in Lippi's vision, all overseas players will start as much as possible. After all, these overseas players are more than one level higher than players who play domestically.

After all, Zhang Xizhe only went to Wolfsburg for training for one season. After coming back, he showed a superior level of strength for half a season in the Chinese Super League. He was much stronger in confrontation and everything. But after half a season, he was unable to compete with Shouqi. Basketball football will only get worse and worse, and the level will also get worse. However, Zhang Xizhe's brilliant half-season still left a deep impression on fans, especially Zhang Xizhe later said in an interview that the intensity of training in the Bundesliga is several times stronger than that in China.

According to Witsel, the training intensity in Europe is 10 times that of the Chinese Super League.

According to what Lin Kedi saw and heard, there must be 7 or 8 times.

Moreover, the training intensity in Europe is very generally balanced. Not to mention some special coaches, generally speaking, the training intensity in top leagues is at the same level.

So as long as you stay abroad, even if you don't play a game and just train with the team, the level of Chinese players will definitely improve. This is the simplest question.

Lin Kedi had a phone call with Lippi after Manchester United's first Champions League group match.

Of course, there were some pleasantries before, and then Lippi told Lin Kedi his tactical arrangements.

“The three most commonly used tactics we have used in the past two years are 4231, 343 and 433. Of course, 433 is unlikely to be used in the World Cup. By then, 4231 and 343 will be used more in the World Cup. "When Lippi said this, he also wanted to hear Lin Kedi's thoughts.

"I think whether it is 4231 or 343, Wu Shaocong, Jiang Shenglong and Zhu Chenjie are the best starters. After all, Jiang Shenglong and Zhu Chenjie are the few main players among our overseas players, and Wu Shaocong is also a player who can play rotation in the Turkish Super League." Lin Kedi has a very high status in the national team, so he can directly say who is the best starter. Of course, Lin Kedi dares to say this because Lippi supports him.

Lippi also agreed with Lin Kedi's statement: "The competition depends on defense, especially our tactics. Especially after we have you, our defense needs to be more stable. The more stable our defense is, the more it will highlight your value." ! I had an idea, of course the three central defenders will play directly at the central defender."

Lippi continued: "If we want to play 4 defenders, I prefer to let Jiang Shenglong and Zhu Chenjie play as a central defender combination. Wu Shaocong's mobility is better than Jiang Zhu, so I will choose to let Wu Shaocong play as a midfielder. Of course, the other position will be Gao Tianyi. When he was in the Scottish Super League, he often played as a defensive midfielder. He prefers organization and control, which is just right. Wu Shaocong prefers interception and defense. What the two lack is cooperation. The point is more difficult. After all, we only have 2 or 3 games before the World Cup for us to run in."

"So we have to hurry up. I believe the two of them can work well together. So, sir, are you ready to use Dai Weijun in the front midfielder position?"

"Yes, in the 4231 system, the attacking midfielder is Dai Weijun, the left winger Wu Lei, the right winger Wei Shihao, and the center forward is naturally you."

"What about the goalkeeper? Sir, have you thought about it? Is it the former main goalkeeper Yan Junling or Liu Shao Ziyang?" "Actually, this is a difficult place, because in terms of strength, Liu Shao Ziyang is undoubtedly stronger than Yan Jun. It's cool. After all, Liu Shao Ziyang is the main goalkeeper in the Austrian top league, but the position of goalkeeper is very special, and familiarity with the defense is also very important. In this regard, Yan Junling is better. Lin, my captain, Who do you think is better?" Lippi asked this question to Lin Kedi.

Link's enemy is very biased on this issue.

"Now we have a total of 9 overseas players. Except for Zhang Yuning, who is a substitute because of his position, the other players are the main starters in your system, sir. So, I think since it is the World Cup, since we have to do A brand-new national football team, then let’s send out a starting set of overseas players! At that time, we will one day have 11 starting players all of whom are overseas players, and I believe that day will not be too far away." Lin Kedi said decisively .

After hearing Lin Kedi's affirmative answer, Lippi also agreed.

Afterwards, Lin Kedi asked Lippi some more questions.

"Sir, I read some gossip in the newspaper before, saying that you will resign as the national team coach after the World Cup? Is this true?"

"it is true?"

"gentlemen--"

"Lin, I am 74 years old. In fact, at my age, I have already retired, and my energy is indeed beyond my capacity. So after the World Cup, I will take the initiative to resign." Lippi's attitude made Lin Ke The enemy knew that he had made up his mind.

There was no way, Lin Kedi could only continue to ask: "Sir, who do you think is better to take over the national team after you retire?"

Lippi chuckled: "That's your business. I don't know what happened at that time."

Lin Kedi and Lippi then chatted about some trivial matters.

In the days that followed, time passed quickly. The closer it was to the World Cup in November, Lin Kedi felt that time passed faster.

In club games, Lin Kedi is increasingly aware of the impact of the arrival of the World Cup. Many international players are timid when playing. This is inevitable.

Just like in the Manchester derby on October 10, the two sides fought to a 3-2 draw. In the following time, neither side had the intention to continue fighting. However, Lin Kedi himself hit a long shot before the end of the game to help Manchester United win the game.

On October 10, when Manchester United faced Tottenham Hotspur, many of Manchester United's international players were obviously not very good at doing some confrontational actions. After all, Tottenham are well-known for rough fouls. If before the World Cup, It's not worth it if you get injured. It happens once every four years. How long do you have to wait if you miss one?

This emotion also inevitably affected Lin Kedi.

In the last few rounds of the league before the World Cup, Lin Kedi did not rush around to press for the ball like before. Instead, he did his duty as a center. This also caused some media discussions, but because Lin Kedi The enemy scores goals in every game and the number of goals has not declined, so naturally they will not be criticized.

Finally, on November 11th, the last league game before the World Cup came.

However, Lin Kedi had already left the team as early as November 11th.

Because of the league match on November 11, Pochettino had already prepared for players who did not have World Cup obligations to play. Pochettino gave players who had World Cup obligations a holiday in advance.

This move certainly received strong praise from the national football players.

Lin Kedi also had a few words with the French player Chuameni in the team. He is now France's main defensive midfielder. The Chinese team's first group match opponent is the French team.

After that, Lin Kedi ended the club's game on November 11. On the same day, he flew to Qatar with Janesa and his son Lin Changsheng. (End of chapter)