Full-level pass, please call me the speaker of the Three Lions

Chapter 108 Three major factions, counter-injury cards [[-]-word chapter]

Compared with the Premier League stars, the coaches of the Three Lions were even more surprised by Ling Feng's volley pass.

Because they had studied Ling Feng's game videos and highlights many times before, but he had never shown this move!
Assistant coach Livington, who was standing next to Hodgson, had eyes full of shock:

"His judgment on the placement of high-altitude balls is simply terrifying, and his accuracy in volley passing is also amazing!"

"I have never seen any young player who can control the weight and accuracy of a long pass so accurately without stopping the ball. Perhaps only Ronaldinho or Zidane are masters of ball control. That’s how it can be done, right?!”

"His talent is astonishingly high!"

Hodgson on the side just stared at Ling Feng closely, frowning slightly.

The more outstanding this young man is, the more he will fall into a happy trouble.

The tactical formation used by the England national team is the most popular 4231 formation in today's football.

In this formation, there are only three starting positions in the midfield.

One midfielder position and two central midfielder positions.

The attacking midfielder position belongs to Rooney, and captain Gerrard has also locked in a starting position as a central midfielder.

In other words, the six midfielders Ling Feng, Lampard, Henderson, Lallana, Wilshere and Milner will compete for a starting central midfielder position!
Should we give a vote of confidence to Milner, Henderson and other stalwarts who have participated in the 12 European Cup, or should we boldly use the supernova Ling Feng, who was selected for the first time?

This is a question that requires careful consideration.

While Hodgson was considering Ling Feng's playing time, Livington on the side continued to talk to himself:

"However, since he can complete such high passing skills so easily in training, then even if he does not do it often in games, he will occasionally use it once or twice."

"But why has he never tried passing the ball like this in previous games?"

At this time, the physical fitness coach on the side couldn't help but express his opinion:
"Perhaps he has been practicing this move in private just to amaze everyone today?"

Hearing this, Livington suddenly opened his eyes wide and exclaimed:
"So, he has been deliberately hiding his strength?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Livington felt that his guess was reasonable.

Judging from Leicester City's dominant performance in the English Championship, the opponents in the English Championship are too weak and there is no need for Ling Feng to use tricks like volley passes.

Maybe when the Premier League starts next season, or on the stage of the World Cup, he can see Ling Feng use this trick
. . .

Taking advantage of the break in training, after showing off a wave of "volley passes", Ling Feng and Vardy continued to devote themselves to the team's training.

In the following three-person offensive and defensive, tactical drills and other training events, Ling Feng performed well.

Since it is the first training day after the end of the league, most of the international players' physical fitness is in the recovery period.

Therefore, the team did not conduct too much confrontation training, but simply warmed up and explained the essentials of tactics to the players.

Two hours passed in a flash.

After the first training session of the national team that Ling Feng participated in, other national team teammates no longer had any doubts or doubts about his strength.

Although this young man does not look very strong.

However, he plays football very smartly!
He constantly runs into open spaces to catch the ball, and the ball is delivered cleanly and never sloppily.

Especially in the skill of passing, Ling Feng is definitely the strongest player in the entire team!

Who doesn't like teammates who don't occupy the ball and like to run into open spaces? !
Like Ling Feng, Vardy also used his positive attitude and excellent core strength to gain recognition from his teammates.

The strength shown by the two in training also made the Premier League stars of the national team finally understand why Leicester City was able to defeat the invincible opponents in the British Championship and break many British Championship records.

The frontcourt combination of Ling Feng and Vardy alone is enough to defeat the defense of any team in the English Championship!
After the training session, everyone left the training ground and took a break.

After going back to the room, taking a shower and changing clothes, Ling Feng, whose stomach was growling, was ready to go to the restaurant to have something to eat.

However, the moment he walked into the restaurant, he felt an unusual atmosphere.

Compared to the Leicester City locker room, where all members are united and move forward for the honor and interests of the club, the England national team locker room is full of factions and undercurrents.

According to Ling Feng's observation and understanding, the England national team's factions are mainly divided into three major factions, namely Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea!

The Liverpool faction is headed by Liverpool and national team captain Gerrard and includes five people including Sturridge, Sterling, Henderson and Glen Johnson.

In addition, there is Wilshere, the only gunner who has high hopes.

Due to Liverpool's outstanding performance in the Premier League this season and the largest number of people in the locker room, it is also the faction with the most say in the entire national team locker room.

As for the Chelsea faction, Lampard is the core. In addition to club teammate Cahill, there are also Everton's two defense generals Baines and Jagielka.

Due to the relationship with Liverpool who are mortal enemies on Merseyside.

So Everton's Baines and Jagielka chose to join the Chelsea faction.

Finally, there is the Manchester United faction headed by Rooney.

Members of the faction include three Manchester United players: Smalling, Jones and Welbeck.

The remaining small factions, such as Manchester City's Joe Hart and Milner, Southampton's Lambert and Luke Shaw, and the backup goalkeeper duo, are in separate groups.

In the restaurant, all factions were sitting at separate tables.

Everyone chatted about their own topics without disturbing each other.

At this time, seeing Ling Feng holding a dinner plate as if he didn't know where to sit, Gerald waved to him first:

"Ling, come and sit with us!"

When taking Ling Feng and Vardy to visit the base in the morning, Gerrard learned from the chat that Ling Feng was also a loyal fan of "The Sopranos".

This made him immediately feel good about this young man.

You know, young people nowadays like to watch youth dramas for boys and girls such as "Skin" and "Fei Rui's Crazy Diary", and rarely watch such old TV series.

Yes, this guy has the same taste as me!

With this idea in mind, Gerald thought about taking more care of this little brother who had just arrived.

However, just after Gerrard spoke, Lampard, who was sitting at another table, also waved and invited:

"Ling, there's a place here too!"

Facing the warm invitations from the two big guys in the locker room, Ling Feng suddenly felt very embarrassed.

Mudd, being too good is not a good thing.

Just when Ling Feng was riding a tiger and was in trouble, it was club teammate Vardy who came to save him:

"Ling, the scenery here is nice!"

Looking around, he saw Vardy sitting alone on the table by the window not far away, waving to him.

Seeing this, Ling Feng was immediately relieved.

Second brother, thank you so much!

He first smiled awkwardly at both Gerrard and Lampard, then held the dinner plate and went straight to the table where Vardy was sitting and sat down.

Gerald didn't think anything of it.

After all, Ling Feng and Vardy are club teammates, so it is normal to sit together.However, some people don't think so.

Both Lampard and Rooney, who was secretly observing, looked relieved when they saw that Ling Feng did not sit on Gerrard's table.

As soon as he sat down, Ling Feng put his hand on Vardy's shoulder and said with gratitude:
"Jamie, it's a good thing I have you. Otherwise, I would definitely offend a lot of people today."

"It's okay. When you get back to Leicester, you can just invite me to eat at Jufulou again!"

"no problem!"

After finishing lunch, the two planned to return to their respective rooms to take a rest.

The team has no training scheduled for the afternoon.

However, most people on the team consciously go to the gym to lift irons, or go to the physical therapy room to find a masseur to relax their muscles.

After all, the World Cup starts in less than a month. They must reserve a certain amount of physical fitness as soon as possible, and then perform to the fullest on a stage like the World Cup!
Ling Feng also came to the gym with Vardy, riding bicycles and performing recovery training.

It is worth mentioning that after achieving the achievement of [FA Cup Champion], Ling Feng received a [Prop Treasure Box] as a reward.

And he came up with a very interesting prop:

[Item name: Anti-injury card]

[Effectiveness of the prop: When suffering from a malicious shovel, the damage can be reflected back to the opponent! 】

[Number of times props can be used: 3/3]

You know, injuries are the biggest enemy of professional players.

And with this [Reverse Injury Card], he has three chances to avoid serious injuries!

Whether it is in the upcoming World Cup or in the fierce competition in the Premier League, he does not have to be afraid of malicious fouls from some bad guys who kick people but don't play football!

This card is simply tailor-made for players like him who have poor fighting ability!

In the afternoon, I soaked in the gym for a while, then went for a massage, and finally went to the video room to watch the previous national team game videos.

It was not until [-] o'clock in the evening that Ling Feng and Vardy returned to their respective rooms.

When he returned to the room, Luke Xiao happened to be sitting in front of the TV, playing FIFA on PS4.

Seeing Ling Feng, Luke Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then took the initiative to ask:
"Ling, do you want to play together?"

Facing Luke Xiao's invitation, Ling Feng nodded directly without thinking too much:
"Okay!"

The two met through Hazard at the PFA Awards.

Now, being arranged to be roommates in the national team, the two people, who are similar in age, quickly became familiar with each other.

While playing games, Ling Feng chatted with his roommate about daily life.

For example, do you have any brothers or sisters at home, who is your football idol, and what style of music do you like to listen to?

After getting in touch, Ling Feng found that Luke Xiao was a relatively honest and good boy.

When thinking about the future "Lord of the Dance" Lingard and "Shaker" Grealish of the Three Lions, Ling Feng suddenly felt that Luke Shaw could be considered a good boy.
. . .

In the next few days, the national team's training arrangements are all in the morning.

The afternoon is free for activities.

After the players were basically familiar with each other, the Three Lions conducted a closed intra-squad match.

In this match, both Ling Feng and Vardy were placed in the B team with all substitutes.

Both teams AB adopt the 4231 tactical formation.

Ling Feng and Southampton midfielder Lallana served as midfield partners, and Wilshere was the attacking midfielder.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time in his career that he has played the central midfielder position.

Obviously, Hodgson wants to see if Ling Feng can perform well in the central midfielder position, which requires contributions on both offense and defense.

In this match, Ling Feng showed his strengths and weaknesses as a central midfielder.

First the disadvantages:
Insufficient physical confrontation ability and insufficient defensive hardness.

When defending in the midfield, he is basically unable to put too much pressure on the opponent's ball-holding player.

However, his running coverage is good, his defensive awareness and positioning are excellent, and he will always appear on the opponent's best passing route in advance to intercept.

The number of interceptions in the game was as high as four!

This is an interception data that can only be achieved by an orthodox defensive midfielder!

In sorting out this area in the midfield, he did an especially good job.

Under his passing, Team B's offense was very smooth.

According to the statistics after the game, Ling Feng's passing success rate is the highest in the team, reaching an astonishing 90.00%!

Seventy passes were passed, but only two were missed!
In addition to stable passing, he also sent two threatening passes!
After the match, the players went to take a shower and rest, while the coaches came to the tactical room for post-match review.

".So, if Ling is placed in the central midfielder position, we will lose some defensive intensity in the middle, but the overall rhythm will be smoother."

"It's not that he can't play. But I think his best position is still in the attacking midfielder. Only in the attacking midfielder position can he exploit his strengths and avoid weaknesses and maximize his ability to pass threatening balls."

After listening to the tactical coach, Hodgson, who was sitting on top, immediately asked:
"By the way, what's going on in Ecuador and Honduras?"

"Ecuador has accepted our invitation to the warm-up match. The match is scheduled for next Wednesday."

"The Honduras Football Association is also discussing and should have a reply soon."

At this World Cup in Brazil, England was placed in Group D, known as the "Group of Death."

The opponents in the same group include South American powerhouse Uruguay, the last World Cup champion Italy and "Pirates of the Caribbean" Costa Rica. The situation in the group is not optimistic.

The first game is scheduled for June 6th.

After all the planning, England was left with less than a month to prepare for the war.

How to bring these Premier League stars from different clubs together in less than a month and play certain tactics is Hodgson's top priority.

Therefore, in order to allow the players to adapt to the techniques and tactics of South American football in advance, the Football Association specially selected three opponents, all from South America, to conduct warm-up matches.

On the 30th of this month, the day after tomorrow, the Three Lions will play their first warm-up match against the Peruvian national team at Wembley Stadium, the home stadium of the national team.

And as the team continues to adjust and practice tactics, time flies by like a white horse.

Soon, the time came to May 5th.

After a short running-in period, the Three Lions ushered in the first warm-up match on the eve of the World Cup!

Ling Feng and Vardy are both on standby.

Sitting back on the bench again, Ling Feng suddenly felt a feeling that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

Looking at the starting players lining up for photos, Ling Feng had only one thought in his mind:
Will he make his national team debut today?

　I'm still feeling dizzy today, and I barely managed to finish writing four thousand words.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)