The Green Superstar

Xianghe National Football Training Base.

Tang Hong had been here before, more than a year ago when he was preparing for the Asian Junior Games.

The mood for revisiting the old place more than a year later was completely different.

After he arrived here, he slept for nearly 18 hours. Adjusting the jet lag and the mental fatigue during the flight did make him need plenty of rest to recover.

On the national team training day, other international footballers gathered together during breakfast in the morning. They didn't see Tang Hong and thought that the superstar hadn't arrived yet.

In the past month, domestic football media reports about Tang Hong’s news is showing an intensifying trend. This Chinese player who shines in Portugal will not become an idol in the hearts of national team players. On the contrary, it will only bring They are stressed.

Just like everyone in a class generally has average or poor grades, when a top student suddenly comes, will other people rush to express their admiration or admiration?

Obviously not.

When they came to the training ground, they unexpectedly saw a figure already training on the training ground, and countless footballs were scattered outside the stadium.

Everyone looked at each other, as if the scene before them made them very uncomfortable.

The current Chinese national team coach Camacho brought his team and interpreters to the training ground. A smile appeared on his face when he saw Tang Hong had begun training, and he seemed very satisfied with the consciousness of the young player.

Seeing that his teammates and coach were all coming, Tang Hong went to pick up the footballs scattered around the stadium and put them in the bag.

When a teammate came to help, Tang Hong smiled and nodded to the others.

"Hello, this is Huang Bowen."

"My name is Sun Xiang."

When Tang Hong was about to introduce himself, Huang Baiwen smiled and said, "You are Tang Hong. We all know that you are the hottest player recently. Is there any secret?"

Tang Hong shook his head and said: "No, 12 hours of practice every day, 4,000 hours a year, 40,000 hours in ten years, there is a book called "Ten Thousand Hours of Genius Theory", which my friend recommended to me. You can take a look if you are interested."

Sun Xiang and Huang Bowen looked at each other, and looked at this talented new star who had already been blown up by the Chinese media.

Tang Hong didn't come here to make friends. Even if he didn't refuse anyone, his main mind was still playing football.

At the beginning of training, Camacho cherished words as the coach, and his words had to be explained in detail by translation before the players could understand.

The training content is not only relaxed, but also relatively monotonous. The so-called tactical exercise is more like putting more effort into basic skills.

As a new face of the national team, Tang Hong did not show how unique in training.

Because the training intensity is not high, there must be a huge gap between the training intensity of the national team and the club. The main task of players coming to the national team is to play the game and leave after the game. Therefore, before the game, it is to recharge, adjust the state, and run the team. , But not immersed in training and really expect the players to improve in a short period of time, it is absolutely unrealistic.

The physical stamina and energy that Tang Hong saved was naturally reserved for the competition.

As for the Chinese team from time to time, there will be reports of where the team goes for training, closed training, etc. This is a very alternative approach to the world football. It is very hard in form but amateur in nature.

Tang Hong would chat with Huang Bowen and Sun Xiang during the break for dinner. The other teammates were just nodding acquaintances. As the youngest member of the team, Tang Hong was not a maverick, but he lost a bit of respect and enthusiasm for his seniors.

After nearly a week of running-in, the team set off for Shenzhen.

Two rounds have been played in the third stage of the 2014 World Preliminary Asian Division. There are four teams in a group, and there are only 6 group matches, and the top two advance to the top ten.

The Chinese team won Singapore at home and lost to Jordan at home in September.

Now we have to face another team in the same group, Iraq.

Fighting Iraq back to back in the third and fourth rounds is the key battle to qualify!

The day before the game, Tang Hong was taken to the pre-match press conference by Camacho.

Tang Hong also didn't know why he attended the press conference with the head coach, but after he came to the scene and sat on the stage, he understood something.

The reporters in the audience frequently took pictures of him. At the same time, whether they were asking Camacho or Tang Hong, the focus was almost only one: Tang Hong!

In the history of modern Chinese football, there has not been any player such as Tang Hong who can make a blockbuster in the Portuguese Super League!

Camacho said he would give Tang Hong playing time, and he also looked forward to Tang Hong's performance.

Tang Hong was a little helpless when facing the reporter's interview. The reporter's question made him a little speechless.

For example, ask him what goals he has for tomorrow's game.

Tang Hong can only say: "There is only one goal, win, win."

Another reporter asked him: "How does the strength of the national team compare to Braga?"

Tang Hong can only say frankly: "I don't know."

"Have you considered playing in the past five major leagues?"

"Not consider."

It's not that Tang Hong is cold, his tone is also very gentle, but it is concise, to make a long story short.

But the reporters are still very excited and look forward to Tang Hong's performance on the court tomorrow.

On the evening of the day of the match, more than 25,000 spectators poured into the Shenzhen home stadium.

The stands were rendered all red!

The cheer in the stands began before the game. The rhythmic gongs and drums drove the fans to shout for the Chinese team to cheer, and the scene was indeed a bit shocking.

At the same time, a small number of fans wore the Chinese team's No. 11 jersey. Tang Hong was assigned the same number as his number when he was in Braga.

The slogans they held high were a bit exaggerated.

The boy who chased the wind, the king returns!

There is even a hand-painted portrait of Tang Hong holding up the World Junior Championships trophy, which has definitely become an alternative landscape in the stands.

However, Tang Hong sat on the bench with the substitute players wearing a backup vest.

Sitting on the bench, Tang Hong had no distractions, with arms around his chest looking seriously waiting for the start of the game.

The training camp of the past week left him confused.

The team that Camacho coaches the Chinese team does not have a Chinese coach, and only an interpreter can convey the requirements of Camacho and the coaches to the players.

At the same time, Tang Hong had the illusion of being repeatedly taken to concept classes.

The coaching staff's requirements for them are often a general concept, and they have not implemented how to do it.

It’s true that football is not like basketball or rugby with frequent suspensions. The coach formulates specific offensive and defensive tactics, from the running position of the personnel, layered screens and coordination of the main attack, but football is not after the ball is thrown on the field and then the players Such a simple and even superficial tactical arrangement to say "Go on offense and play more on the wing".

Perhaps such a requirement is very effective for Spain, because Spanish players have a high foundation of their own abilities and tactical literacy.

But if Spanish coach Camacho thinks that the Chinese team can turn stones into gold with just two or three sentences, it is absolutely fantastic.

Camacho's requirements for the Chinese team are mainly in two aspects, one is to speed up the rhythm, and the other is to strengthen the frontcourt cooperation.

This is the general direction, but there are no small details.

Tang Hong didn't know exactly what to do. He only heard the coaches yelling to pass, pass, and pass in the training class.

This may maintain flexibility and freedom on the tactical level, instead of getting into rigidity and rigidity, but the problem is to let a kid who just knows how to walk over the mountains and let a person who just graduated from the driving school participate in the cross-country rally. Didn't figure out the situation.

Tang Hong didn't know if other teammates had such doubts, but he himself was a bit at a loss.

It only depends on how specific the players will play on the court.

The starting players of the two teams were on the stage, and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic, but some Chinese fans, no, to be exact, Tang Hong fans stopped doing it!

Seeing that Tang Hong didn't have a starter, they almost couldn't help but yell "Camacho, you are a big deal"!

The enthusiasm of these fans has temporarily faded, and it can only be seen how the game develops and when Tang Hong will debut.

In the stadium box, Lin Xingyu, Qian Yu and Tang Minghui watched the game here, and they were a little disappointed to see Tang Hong sitting on the bench.

Qian Yu sighed: "That's good, if he loses the game in the first serve, he might really become a man of the pot."

Tang Minghui sat quietly. He came only to see Tang Hong up close, but he didn't have high expectations for Tang Hong's performance.

Seeing him sitting on the bench in good condition made Tang Minghui more satisfied than anything else.