Chapter 148: A journey of 0 miles begins with a single step

"Hi, Matt. Why haven't you seen you play "The Godfather of Champions" recently?" Hammond Castle coach Tony Clark greeted Matt Dawn after seeing him.
"I have fully verified the content of that post, why continue to play? I will die young if I stay up late every day, boss."
"No, you won't die young, Matt. Only your hair will."
Matt reached out and grabbed the messy hair: "It's okay, okay..."
"You should not focus on the top of your head, but on your hairline, they are getting higher and higher."
"That has nothing to do with me staying up late to play "The Godfather of Champions". Boss, my dad's hairline is almost back to the back of his head, but there was no "Godfather of Champions" when he was young." Matt retorted.
Clark grinned and grinned, then changed the subject: "How is your Chinese boy?"
"The league was suspended because of the Asian Cup. He scored two more goals before the timeout, and now he has nine goals in the league." Matt said of LaiHu's tone very proudly, as if it was really his own. Like a promising player.
"Oh, did his outstanding performance make him selected for the national team to play in the Asian Cup?" Tony Clark asked.
"Of course not. After all, it's only the second-level league in China. It's like a striker who scores 30 goals in the English Championship can't be selected for the England team." Matt Dawn said.
"Then what happened to his previous national team game?"
"I checked it later. In fact, it was only the Olympic team, but they participated in the competition in the name of the national team..."
Clark curled his lips: "God, you really have a heart. And you haven't even seen him, watched his game... Can you see China's second-tier league in the UK?"
Matt laughed at this question from the boss: "Of course I can't see it."
After fully understanding LaiHu's scoring data in reality, he became more and more interested in this young Chinese player, so he was naturally not satisfied with just getting to know this person through the game or the "transfer window". He wants to really see LaiHu's performance in the actual game.
As a result, there is no media on the British side that broadcasts the second level of China's league, let alone the second level. Even the Chinese Super League, China's top league, does not broadcast it on TV.
Clark didn't expect Matt to react like this: "Are you happy not to see him playing?"
"Indeed, it's impossible to see China's second-tier league matches in the UK." Matt smiled and nodded. "But I can go online to find his match video, although I still haven't found the Chinese Premier League online. But I found the East Asian Cup."
As he spoke, he took out his phone and found his saved video in the album.
"One is the highlights of the game between the Chinese team and the South Korean team, and the other is the highlights of the game between the Chinese team and the Japanese team. Although they are all highlights and the picture quality is quite average, they can still show me a lot of things. Wanna see?"
Tony Clark shook his head: "No, just tell me what you see. I believe your eyes."
"First of all, the data of "The Godfather of Champions" can be considered to reflect LaiHu's football style in general. That is, he is not the kind of player with the ball. He is not good at dribbling and is not fast. If the ball is under his feet, If he is not in the opponent's penalty area, his role can be almost ignored. But on the other hand, his off-ball ability is very prominent." Matt Dawn talked freely.
"I carefully observed his performance in scoring and several offenses that did not score. He is very good at finding open spaces near the penalty area and using them..."
"So he runs well without the ball?" Clark asked.
"It's very good, boss." Matt said, "I even have the opinion that I don't think there is anyone on our team that can match him without the ball."
"This is too exaggerated, Matt. We are the team in the English Championship..."
"But it is also true that our forwards are not very high, otherwise why would we only be relegated in the league this season?"
"Let's stop discussing this topic..." Tony Clark was a little embarrassed. "Team performance is not determined solely by forward performance."
The team's performance is not good and his position is unstable. Fortunately, near the end of the league, Hammond Castle succeeded in relegation ahead of schedule, otherwise the current Tony Clark might not have the mind to chat with his video analyst here.
"Sorry, boss, I didn't mean to expose your wound..." Matt Dawn also apologized quickly.
Clark waved his hand and motioned him to stop saying: "Apart from running without the ball, does he have any advantages?"
"From my point of view, although his shooting skills still have room for improvement, they are already very good among his peers. We all know that most players his age are keen on dribbling, breakthroughs, and relying on instinct to kick. With the ball, few people can calm down and sharpen their shooting skills. But I think LaiHu should have specialized in shooting. From this point of view, I don’t agree with the shooting value given to him in the "Godfather of Champions". He The shot should be above 13, not just 9..."
"Well, you can run well without the ball, and have superb shooting skills... it sounds like a shooter. What else?" Clark's questioning tone was more serious.
"Nothing." Matt spread his hands.
"Nothing?" Clark was a little surprised. "You can see these two points after watching for a long time?"
"Because it is a collection, it is not complete, and I can't see any more advantages. There are a lot of disadvantages, such as poor physical confrontation ability, average ball control, average speed... etc. Oh, I feel like he is just The shooter, you want him to complete some tactical tasks, I am afraid it is not realistic."
"A partial college student?"
"A player with outstanding advantages and disadvantages needs suitable tactics to use him well. I have also tried in the game. As long as the midfielder can be equipped with one or two passers who are good at passing the ball, he The number of goals will explode."
Clark frowned and thought.
Matt laughed when he saw him like this: "No, boss? Did you seriously consider introducing him? Now he can't get a labor license. I rent him out in the game. It’s not good for all seasons. In the end, he got a British citizenship with a modifier to successfully obtain a labor license..."
Clark was reminded by him, and he recovered from his thoughts, and then laughed dumbfounded: "Occupational disease...well, anyway, it is just someone who has nothing to do with us. Why do you keep paying attention to him? , Matt?"
"Because the game met him, and then found that his performance in reality is almost the same as the game, I naturally paid attention to it, wanting to see how he will grow in the future." Matt explained.
"What do you expect from him? How far do you want him to grow?"
"I think..." Matt thought about it seriously, "He has been selected for the Olympic team. With his performance, I think it shouldn't be a big problem to enter the real national team in the future. I hope...I hope I can see him in the World Cup one day. I heard that the Chinese team has never participated in the World Cup. If I can see him in the World Cup, I think it must be a very, very interesting thing."
Tony Clark watched Matt say this and laughed: "You have become a fan of the Chinese team, Matt. It's because of a young Chinese player who has never met."
"It's pretty cool to hear you say that. Maybe I should buy a jersey for the Chinese team?" Matt also smiled.
Tony Clark imagined Matt standing in front of him wearing a Chinese team jersey, and grinned: "Then I must take a photo with you, hahaha!"
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Although Matt Dawn is far away in the UK, with a well-developed network and the "transfer window" updated in time for league data around the world, he can still keep abreast of LaiHu's current situation.
But he can only understand this part of the recent situation. He can know that LaiHu has scored consecutive goals in the game, nothing more.
He is completely unaware of many things outside the football field.
For example, he didn't know what LaiHu was doing now, and he didn't know that LaiHu was not selected for the Chinese national team, which caused a small disturbance in public opinion before the start of the Asian Cup training. Not as a matter of course as he thought.
In fact, Hu Lai’s performance in the East Asian Cup is still fresh in many people's memories. Since then, the call for Hu Lai to enter the national team has been there. Although it is not too high, it cannot be ignored.
The Asian Cup that followed was an excellent opportunity. Fans all want to see whether Hu Lai, who killed all sides in the East Asian Cup, can help the Chinese team make a breakthrough in the Asian Cup.
But after the suspension of the league, Hu Lai was not named in the training list released by the Chinese team.
Even the name of Guo Junfu, who was inferior to Hu Lai in the East Asian Cup, was included, but Hu Lai was not named.
This surprised everyone and was...angry.
What does the Football Association eat? I always say that we have no talents in Chinese football, but now that talents appear, they turn a blind eye!
Is that how you treat our geniuses!
The desire of Chinese fans for talented players and the expectation of the Chinese football team to achieve good results in the Asian Cup are superimposed, and this is a big deal.
In the end, Zhao Kangming came out to explain, and took all the responsibility on himself.
It is said that he and the national team coach Marcel Wilson passed the gap. This Asian Cup will not recruit Hu Lai. Let Hu Lai take a good rest. After all, there will be a dense league next, and just played at the beginning of the season. After the East Asian Cup, he basically started playing league without a break...
The reason for the explanation is actually the words he and Hu Lai said, but it is more euphemistic. After all, he can't directly say that the Chinese Football Association and its fans are eager for quick success and quick gain, which is not good for the growth of young players, right?
But even so, Zhao Kangming was still scolded by many fans and some media.
He scolded him for being private, focusing only on the interests of the club, not the national interest, and not focusing on the overall situation.
He accused him of restricting Hu Lai's development with his own selfishness.
There are also conspiracy theorists who believe that the Asian Cup is a bigger stage for Hu Lai. If he plays well here, he may be able to leave Shining Star and play in a more advanced league. This is obviously not in line with Shining The interests of Star Club also do not conform to the interests of head coach Zhao Kangming.
So in order to make Hu Lai obediently work for him, he did not hesitate to use his connections in Chinese football for many years to forcefully suppress Hu Lai...
Some people turn over the old accounts, saying that it was Zhao Kangming's red card that ruined the Chinese team's World Cup road, and now he is ruining the future of Chinese football.
But no matter how the outside world scolded him, Zhao Kangming did not say anything after making an explanation, did not accept interviews with reporters, and did not answer any questions about Hu Lai and the national team, but did not explain further, anyway, he just accepted it in silence.
Just like what Hu Lai once said to Shi Wuyin, in today's network information age, although all kinds of information are spreading fast, but the heat is getting down quickly... After his response of "dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water", After a week, everyone basically stopped discussing this matter. Perhaps it was because it was boring to scold someone who didn't return the mouth, or that it was a foregone conclusion and the scolding was useless.
Anyway, this wave of public opinion has passed.
During the whole process, Hu Lai never came out to say a word, and reporters could not even find Hu Lai.
So where did Hu Lai go and what is he doing?
In fact, he didn't go anywhere. After returning from Shanhai for a day, he joined the team's training normally.
At that time, both fans and reporters could see him.
When the public opinion fermented, he moved from the rental house to the dormitory of the team training base.
Also with him was roommate Wang Guangwei.
At this time, Zhao Kangming has also put a vacation for the first team for 20 days, so that the players of the first team will have a good rest. After 20 days, they will gather for training and prepare for the second half of the season starting on July 5.
But Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei were asked to stay and moved to the dormitory of the training base to avoid external interference and concentrate on training.
The trainee is Hu Lai, and Wang Guangwei is the training partner.
There is only one training content-catch the ball in the penalty area and get rid of the defensive shot.
When he heard about this training plan, Zhang Qinghuan also wanted to apply to stay to help Hu Lai. He could be the one who passed the ball to Hu Lai.
But it was rejected by Zhao Kangming.
The three people got together, and the ghost knew whether it was training or playing around. Zhao Kangming was very happy when he heard that Zhang Qinghuan had rented a house opposite Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei. He felt that someone was finally helping him to watch the "prodigal son". Up. As a result, he regrets a bit now, feeling that Zhang Qinghuan seems to be biased by Hu Lai...
As a result, the empty first-team training field only has Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei and assistant coach Chen Mo.
They were sitting under the shade of the trees on the side of the training field, taking a break and chatting casually.
"Those grandsons on the Internet scolded too hard, I almost couldn't hold back..." Hu Lai was talking about the storm that just ended.
"What if I can't hold back?" Chen Mo stared at him.
"Uh...register a trumpet and run to help guide Zhao to speak?" Hu Lai shrank his neck under the gaze of the former youth coach.
As the name suggests, Chen Mo has a dark complexion. Generally speaking, because of long-term outdoor activities, people who play in the wind and sun will have a darker complexion. However, the complexion on Chen Mo's face is extremely dark, so it feels like every moment. There is no good face.
People often say that one has a white face and the other has a black face... Chen Mo doesn't need to be dressed, his face is just so black.
When Wang Guangwei heard Hu Lai's confession for a second, he couldn't help laughing.
Hu Lai glanced at him: "Why are you laughing at Pharaoh? Aren't you angry at the injustice suffered by Director Zhao!"
Of course, Wang Guangwei can't say "no", so he can only say sternly: "Of course I'm not happy..."
"Then why don't you stand up and speak for Zhao Gui? I can't speak because of my identity, but you can! Or you can sign up for a Weibo and verify your real name to increase your persuasiveness, and then I will use your Weibo to guide Zhao for us Make a sound?"
In front of the assistant coach, Wang Guangwei could not say "MMP", so he had to swear silently in his heart. After a while on the training ground, he must press Hu Lai on the ground and let him fully understand that taking the ball in the penalty area and getting rid of defense is one thing. What a difficult thing!
Seeing Hu Lai talk more and more outrageous, Chen Mo coughed: "Don't worry about Guiding Zhao, he is used to it."
"Can you get used to this?" Hu Lai was a little surprised.
"Why can't it?" Chen Mo said, "He was scolded for a year when he was scolded for a year in the top 40 of the World Cup. He was recognized when he went shopping on the street, and no one sold him anything..."
Oh yes, there is such a thing.
Hu Lai remembered.
In fact, most of the time, if no one mentions it, it is difficult for Hu Lai to associate the gentle director Zhao with the identity of the "criminal of Chinese football".
Because Director Zhao didn't show any depressed or painful emotions at all, he laughed all day long, worked hard, and treated the players generally with an approachable and easy-to-go attitude. Of course, when encountering problems, he will also show his serious side as the head coach.
In general, an ordinary head coach looks no different from the thousands of football coaches in this country.
It’s just that the personality seems to be gentler, but there must be a more gentle football coach than him.
Because of this, Hu Lai often ignores those things that Director Zhao is carrying.
In fact, in Hu Lai's view, the culprit for the Chinese team's failure to qualify for the World Cup was not at all the red card issued by Director Zhao in the 14th minute.
When the Chinese team needs to decide their own life and death in the final battle every time...this is the problem!
Hu Lai believes that even if Director Zhao does not have the red card and is not sent off, the Chinese team will definitely not be able to enter the World Cup~EbookFREE.me~ After all, even if they get through the top forty level by chance, they will still There are top ten tournaments... Can the Chinese team enter the World Cup finals by entering the top ten tournaments?
Director Zhao, unfortunately, in those dark years, he put a scapegoat on the hard-to-return Chinese football and became a catharsis for everyone's emotions.
He can defend himself, just like this time, because not everyone doesn't understand the above reasons.
But he didn't.
He was being scolded for a whole year in this silence, and until now, he was pulled out to whip the corpse every three to five.
"But it's not fair." Hu Lai said, "It is not Zhao's responsibility for the Chinese team to enter the World Cup. It may not even be his responsibility."
Chen Mo looked at him and laughed: "What's fair and unfair? All people in the Chinese football circle are responsible. This pot, everyone is the same. You are not because of the identity of the Chinese player, just Have you ever been scolded online?"
Hu Lai was silent, he thought of the experience of the Olympic team.
East Asian Cup, ×
Debt Repayment Cup, √
To put it bluntly, the old accounts accumulated in Chinese football over so many years have to be paid back, right?
If you don't return, I don't return it, football in this country will never get better.
Seeing that Hu Lai stopped talking, Chen Mo patted his and stood up: "Okay, enough rest, continue practicing!"
Wang Guangwei put down the water bottle and stood up.
Behind them, Hu Lai stood up last.
Forget it, I'll pay this debt...
Oh, who told me to hang up?
The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
Hu Lai shook his head, put his hands into the shorts to adjust the elasticity, followed behind them, and stepped onto the training ground swaying.
A thousand miles begins with a single step.