Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

However, what he didn't expect was that when he arrived at the training ground, the good brothers from last night were not there. For a moment, Li Lei felt a little panicked.

When Li Lei arrived at the training base, he found that the atmosphere was a little wrong. The locker room, which was usually noisy, was surprisingly quiet at this moment.

"Hey, Kevin, why are you the only one here?" Li Lei asked in confusion, pretending not to understand.

"Man, you've got to see something interesting happen."

Kevin said mysteriously,"All the main players from last night were called to the coach's office."

"What?!"

After hearing this, Li Lei's face turned pale instantly. Yesterday's incident was exposed.

It turned out that the head coach Mourinho had seen the report about the players staying overnight in the bar in the tabloids.

With a sullen face, he immediately decided to hold these players accountable.

"It's a pity that you didn't go with them, otherwise we could discuss countermeasures now." Kevin said jokingly

"I went there!"

"What?"

"Last night at the bar! I went!"

"Li! You are not good enough���"I thought! Why didn't you call me for such a fun thing! Ah!!!"

After hearing this despairing news, De Bruyne stared at his friend with a face full of resentment.

Li Lei felt embarrassed when he looked at him.

The incident ended with a serious criticism from the head coach.

Although the main players were very unwilling, they could only accept the punishment and return to the boring training. They were waiting for the next holiday and didn't know when it would be! However, the gossip about Li Lei was spread back to China.

It's true that good news doesn't go out, but embarrassing news spreads a thousand miles.

"Haha, Li Lei is so excited, this is the life of European players!"

"Our brother Lei has become internationalized. He used to be so low-key! Such an honest child has also become a bad boy."

"Chelsea nightclub party, Chinese players also got involved, it's awkward no matter how you look at it"

"That is, pay attention to your image when you go out, don't embarrass the Chinese people"

"You guys are so wicked. They have been winning the league, it's normal for them to be happy! Besides, this is their private life!"

"You can be happy, but you must also be careful and know your responsibilities."

"This wave of events does require Brother Lei to apologize, but don't be too demanding. Young people are just playing around with their brothers, and that's understandable."

"Well, it's hard to grasp the scale, but I believe Li Lei can handle it well. He has always been mature and steady."

"Support Li Lei! Just correct your mistakes, come on!"

As time passed, their story was soon covered by other entertainment news. In London, an international metropolis, nothing will stay popular for a long time. People are used to the entertainment news flying all over the newspapers.

In this way, time came to the afternoon of October 18th. At this time, the head coach Mourinho was announcing the players who would play against Cardiff City tomorrow.

"Okay, listen up, I'll read out the starting lineup for tomorrow's game against Arsenal. Mourinho held the tactical board, cleared his throat and said

"Li Lei!""Hazard!""Kevin De Bruyne!"

When De Bruyne heard his name, he excitedly whispered to Li Lei:"Hey! Li, I'm on the starting roster.""

"Shush - be quiet Kevin, the coach heard it." Li Lei stopped him softly. He knew his friend's mood very well. After all, he had been through the same thing a few days ago.

De Bruyne quickly covered his mouth, but his face was still filled with a happy smile.

Mourinho quickly read out the 18-man roster and finally said,"Okay, let's disband and go back to have a good rest.!"

"Great, brother, I finally got the chance to start!" As soon as the meeting was over, De Bruyne couldn't help but share his joy with Li Lei.

"Congratulations, Kevin!"

Li Lei was also happy for him and said,"This shows that the coach has seen your hard work in training."

"Yes, I will definitely try my best and perform well."

De Bruyne clenched his fist and said,"Give me a chance, I can do it!"

The time came to the next day, October 19, the 8th round of the Premier League Chelsea played against Cardiff City at home at Stamford Bridge.

At this moment, the audience was full of Blues fans. It has become a blue ocean. They cheered the loudest for the home team players.

During the warm-up before the game, De Bruyne looked a little nervous. He trotted to Li Lei and asked,"Li Lei, aren't you nervous? This is my first league game as a starter.!"

"Your game, I'm not nervous at all!"

Li Lei smiled and patted De Bruyne's shoulder and said:"It's good to be a little nervous, but don't let nervousness defeat you."

"When I started for the first time, my heart almost jumped out of my chest."

Li Lei continued to encourage,"But as long as you enter the court and focus on the game, you will find that everything works as usual."

"That's right, believe in yourself, you can do it, we are all behind you to support you"

"OK, thank you Li Lei!"

Not long after, De Bruyne sat in the locker room, watching Mourinho start to read out the starting lineup, feeling nervous and expectant.

However, his name was not called, and De Bruyne's heart sank.

Looking at Li Lei next to him, who was meticulously preparing to play, his face revealed a firm expression.

De Bruyne couldn't help but envy Li Lei's chance to start, but at the same time, he was happy for his friend.

"Come on, Li Lei! You must play well and strive to score goals!" De Bruyne encouraged.

"Just wait and see!"

Chelsea has attached great importance to this match, but the degree of attention is also limited.

As a newly promoted team in the new season, Cardiff City has performed well in the start of the new season, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, and 8 points ranking in the middle.

Considering that the opponent's strength should not be underestimated, Mourinho sent out two-thirds of the team's main lineup to fight.

It can also be seen from here that Mourinho also intends to practice a new lineup.

This time he gave up the usual 4231 and adopted a brand new 442 formation.

Forwards: Eto'o, Hazard

Midfielders: Ramires, Lampard, Li Lei, Mata

Defenders: Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry, Ryan Beltran

Goalkeeper: Cech

From the players who played, it can also be seen that Mourinho intends to train new players.

But Cardiff City took the lead just 10 minutes into the game.

Perhaps it was because Chelsea started too many new players today, and the players from all walks of life had not yet fully run-in, so there were flaws in the defense at this time.

Cardiff City midfielder Moussi seized this opportunity and successfully broke through to Chelsea's hinterland in a quick counterattack, and even more successfully broke through the gate guarded by Cech.

0 to 1!

The score at this time was a bit embarrassing for the Chelsea players who were playing at home.

The Chelsea fans in the stadium looked at the Cardiff City players celebrating the goal in front of them with a confused look on their faces, which made them very embarrassed.