Football: Shine in the AFC Champions League, sign Arsenal on the spot

From Baal's mouth, Chen Fan also learned about the current situation of the Jiangnan team and himself.

After Chen Fan joined Arsenal, the Jiangnan team lost its strongest forward breaking point, resulting in a greatly weakened attacking line.

However, the overall strength is still maintained in the AFC Champions League zone, and it is now ranked third in the league.

In the AFC Champions League, the Gangnam team, led by Baal, advanced to the knockout stage with a record of three wins, two draws and one loss.

They met Seoul again in the round of 16, and Baal shot from distance in the final minute of the match to advance to the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League with a score of 2:1.

Although the Jiangnan team reached the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League again, the outside world is not optimistic about their prospects.

Not only because of the lack of Chen Fan, but also for the fact that Baal will most likely transfer in the summer window.

The quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League will start in September, so the strength of the Jiangnan team will be sharply reduced by then.

The European summer window transfer period is July 1 to 8 and 31, and with the details disclosed by the current media, the progress of Baal's transfer is nearing the end and is waiting for the official announcement.

Baal also told Chen Fan about his transfer.

And according to his own account, Ligue 1 Lyon have sent scouts several times since their AFC Champions League triumph last season.

And now Lyon lacks players with excellent big-picture and technical skills like Baal, and if things go well, Baal's prospects in the new team are excellent.

Another point is that the next game is the last Chinese Super League game before the summer off-season, and the coach of Lyon, who has been on vacation, will attend the Yellow Dragon Stadium in person.

"Shhh!"

Hearing this last news, Chen Fan gasped, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Then the next home game against Jianye, you have to play well!"

"A must! Look at me capturing Gard with strength! Baal

, who has always been confident and cheerful, let out cruel words.

Soon the two walked to the familiar training base locker room, it was still early, so the dressing room was empty.

Chen Fan casually found an unmanned position, and then took out the Jiangnan team jersey he had carefully kept from his backpack, undressed and put it on.

As always, the duo were the first players to arrive at the training ground.

Chen Fan and Baal began to pass and catch each other, practicing some common tactics, as if they had returned to the past.

After practicing for more than twenty minutes, Coach Wu arrived.

Director Wu had just come to the training ground, saw the scene in the stadium, thought he was dazzled, rubbed his eyes and looked again, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Xiao Fan! What are you doing here!

Chen Fan, who had already noticed the arrival of Coach Wu, had already walked to the sidelines, and the two rushed in both directions, smiling and hugging together.

"It's good to grow taller and stronger."

After the two separated, Instructor Wu looked at the proud disciple who had not been seen for a long time before him, and he was very happy.

"I wanted to ask you to come to the Jiangnan team to have a look, but I was afraid to disturb your rest, but I didn't expect that now you came by yourself, haha."

Subsequently, Director Wu chatted with Chen Fan, and Baal interjected from time to time on the side.

Halfway through, Coach Wu made a request to Chen Fan.

"You, help me train those new cubs, those brats fantasize about becoming the next you."

Chen Fan learned from Coach Wu that today's Jiangnan team has become the most popular team for young players in China.

The reason is that there are excellent young players like Chen Fan and Baal, so that some talented players would rather give up part of their salaries and enter the Jiangnan team to experience.

As a result, the door of the Jiangnan team is now about to be trampled down, and young players are sent to the Jiangnan team in an endless stream.

However, with so many players, the team can only select a few of the most talented players to join the first team.

Other older players, the Jiangnan team is unlikely to let them go to the reserve team or youth training, this is humiliation, can only tearfully ask them to go elsewhere.

And the younger players are recruited into the academy, giving them a stable environment to play football and have a clear promotion path.

Chen Fan saw the plan of the Jiangnan team, that is, based on youth training, cultivate young players, and stabilize the operation step by step.

After all, the financial resources of the Jiangnan team are not strong, even after the miracle victory of the Asian Champions League, it still follows the original intention.

It can be seen that the Jiangnan team is very clear about its own positioning and does not flutter due to external praise.

Coach Wu's request Chen Fan naturally agreed, and they were all ready to train with the team, and it was just a show of hands to help the juniors.

A moment later, the players of the Jiangnan team arrived one after another.

When they first saw the figure on the court, everyone was surprised and delighted.

The old teammates all greeted Chen Fan with a smile on their faces and walked in to chat with him, such as big brother Wang Song, defender Zeng Yue, goalkeeper Jiang Bo and so on.

Some of the new players who have joined the team this season are a little restrained in front of Chen Fan, even if a few are slightly older than Chen Fan.

Most of them came to play here because of the outstanding performance of the Jiangnan team last season, and Chen Fan is naturally their role model and idol.

And Chen Fan suddenly appeared in their lives, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

Chen Fan naturally noticed the restraint of several new faces and took the initiative to step forward to talk to them.

In the communication with Chen Fan, the five new players gradually released their shackles and became enthusiastic around Chen Fan.

The five also introduced themselves to Chen Fan.

Forward: Tang Feng.

Midfielder: Song Mu.

Backfield: Genri, Akashi, Kiyoizumi.

Goalkeeper: Xiao Heiko.

These six are almost one of the best young players in Huaxia today, of course, to send Chen Fan and Baal, who have become famous.

Now these are at least serving as the main rotation of the Jiangnan team, and I believe it will not be long before they can sit on the main team.

After all, this Jiangnan team has entered the stage of upgrading, and some veterans of the first team are already a little weak.

In the next few days, Chen Fan would come to the Jiangnan team every day to train with the team.

Chen Fan's recent affairs in the Jiangnan team are also known to Huaxia fans, so recently the gate of the training base has been filled with fans who came to visit Chen Fan.

In this way, the Jiangnan team simply opened the training base, so that the admiring fans could see Chen Fan training with the first team outside the training ground.

Of course, these fans can't walk around indiscriminately, lest there be some accidents.

"Brother Fanzi, how can you teach me how to kick this heavy cannon?"

As the tall Tang Feng, who had just sat in the main center of the Jiangnan team, after seeing Chen Fan's heavy cannon shot, he humbly asked Chen Fan for advice.

"No problem, just ask me if you don't understand anything."

Chen Fan was happy to teach the juniors, although some were a year or two older than him.

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A week later, Jiangnan's home match against Jianye came in the Huaxia Super League.

Inside the Yellow Dragon Stadium, there were fans who came to cheer for their own team, some wearing the green jersey of the Jiangnan team, and some wearing the red jersey of Jianye who came from the expedition.

In addition to these two, there are fans who pass Arsenal's red and white shirts, and most of them have the number 11 printed on their backs.

These were specially worn by the fans who knew that Chen Fan would return to the Yellow Dragon to watch the game today.