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Chapter 51 The National Team of Those Years

This training camp lasted from March 3th to March 19th, and there will be a total of three friendly matches.

However, in Jiangcheng, there will only be two friendly matches, and one match will be played in San Jose, Costa Rica.

So this time the national football team is divided into two groups, one group is training in Jiangcheng and the other group is going to Costa Rica early to prepare for the game.

Zheng Zhi, Zhang Linpeng, and Gao Lin, whom Li Mo wanted to see, all went to Costa Rica, which made him very regretful.

However, an old player was also selected for the national team this time, which surprised Li Mo.

Li Weifeng has not appeared in the national team since 09. Unexpectedly, the coaching staff of the national team recruited this veteran for this training camp.

Li Mo didn't want to explore the complicated reasons, but he was very happy.

In his opinion, Li Weifeng, Zheng Zhi, Sun Xiang, Sun Jihai, these national football defensive veterans are still in good condition.

Even if you want to train newcomers, with the guidance of these veterans, the defense line of the national football team can have a smooth transition and avoid detours.

Of course, when the defense stabilizes, his goals in the frontcourt are also meaningful. Otherwise, what's the point of scoring one in the front and losing two in the back?

In addition to being happy, Li Mo arrived at the Zhuankou Yangtze River Hotel with Gao's guidance.

Last night, the players of the national team arrived one after another. Li Mo was the last to report because of the schedule.

Many players are not in the room at this time. They are doing some recovery training in the hotel gym or swimming pool under the arrangement of the coaching staff.

The Chinese Super League in the new season also made way for the training camp, and the start time was postponed to April, so that the Chinese Super League players would not have to bear the burden and go all out for training.

Li Mo first changed into sportswear in the room, and then walked to the hotel swimming pool with the staff.

Director Gao has already passed away, and he will be asked to introduce himself to everyone in the tactical meeting later, but Li Mo feels that he should greet his teammates first.

This is the most basic etiquette. A friendly and courteous person is welcome in any industry.

In the swimming pool, the big head Li Weifeng was sitting by the pool at the moment, chatting with Huang Bowen and Dewey beside him.

Although he is 32 years old, he still maintains a good figure. During the two years in Suwon Samsung, he conquered many Korean fans with his performance on the field.

It is very rare for a foreigner to play at the level of conquering the local fans in the position of central defender. He is also the highest-level central defender in the national team.

And Dewey next to him, who had become famous at a young age, had been hailed as the next General Fan, but after more than ten years, his defensive skills had hardly improved except for headers.

But before Feng Xiaoting has grown up, Zhang Linpeng has been more of a right back in the past few years, and Director Gao can only use Dewey as a partner with Li Weifeng.

Deng Zhuoxiang pulled Cui Peng, Dabao and the others were still playing around in the swimming pool, it seemed that the atmosphere was good.

Only Hao Junmin leaned aside without saying a word, and seemed to be listening to the conversation of Li Weifeng and the others, but he didn't speak, and there was always a look of sadness between his brows.

After Li Mo and the staff opened the door and came in, no matter they were joking, chatting, or doing other things, they all looked over.

The scene suddenly quieted down, but although Li Mo is not a social expert, he is not a social fear. Facing this group of "old seniors", he took the initiative to speak and broke the deadlock.

"Hi everyone, I'm Li Mo. Today is the first time to report to the national team. I'm very happy to join the big group of the national team. In the future, I would like to ask all the seniors to take care of me."

Li Mo smiled, relaxing the players who didn't know how to talk to him.

You know, now Li Mo is the number one scorer in the British Championship, no matter how proud a domestic player is, he can't be proud of this result.

On the football field, strength speaks volumes, not to mention old players, in fact, many young players admire Li Mo very much.

It's just that almost all of them play football in China. Li Mo has gone abroad since he was a child, and they are not in the same circle. They don't know how to start a conversation, which is a bit embarrassing.

But Li Mo is so kind. After breaking the deadlock, everyone had a very good first impression of him. Li Weifeng was the first to stand up. He greeted Li Mo with a smile and said, "Welcome, Li Mo, I am Li Weifeng. You can call me Brother Feng or Brother Big Head, since everyone arrived in Jiangcheng yesterday, they have been talking about you, and you are the top scorer in the English Championship, you are amazing!"

Li Weifeng gave Li Mo a thumbs up first, then he hugged Li Mo's arm affectionately and introduced the players present to him.

Li Mo did not expect that the rumored "ball bully" of the national team would be so kind to him, and this intimate gesture undoubtedly showed Li Weifeng's attitude.

He is very optimistic about Li Mo. With his qualifications in the national team, even Zheng Zhi has to call him a brother when he sees him. Who else dares not give him face.

Moreover, after Director Gao took office, many old players were cleared out of the national team. Now there are many young people in the national team, and there is actually no bad atmosphere.

Deng Zhuoxiang, Huang Bowen, Dabao, and Yu Hanchao are very interested in Li Mo.

After chatting with Li Mo for a few words, they asked him about his training and competition in Sheffield United.

Seeing this, Li Mo sat down by the pool and told them in detail about the schedule of the British Championship and the intensity of the competition.

Dabao had played in the Portuguese league before, and when he heard Li Mo talking about training in Europe, he couldn't help recalling that time, and he and Li Mo had something in common.

Huang Bowen listened very carefully, and his eyes showed envy from time to time.

Li Mo also observed the young players of these national teams.

In fact, in the past few years, going abroad is still the pursuit of many players. On the one hand, the salary of the Chinese Super League has not risen to the exaggerated level of later generations, and on the other hand, the players' spirits are still there.

Although the Asian Cup training ended in failure, the new national team under the guidance of Gao actually has a very good winning rate in the past two years of competition.

Don't underestimate the friendly matches. In the friendly matches, the national team has also encountered powerful enemies in the world, and there was a highlight moment when they won the French team 1:0.

The unity of tactical play also avoids the confusion of players' thinking. Generally speaking, the national team is still in the "promising" stage.

When Camacho takes office later, that is the beginning of losing hope. When the senior director takes office again to fight the fire, the national team will have to start from scratch in formulating tactics, which is equivalent to wasting several years in vain.

Generally speaking, the current national team has its own style, unified thinking and tactical play, the relationship between players is good, and there are no major internal problems.

What Li Mo has to do is to integrate well into the team, help the team play better statistics and results before the high-level coach is "forced to dismiss get out of class", and cooperate with his performance in the British Championship. At that time, what he said will be weighty.

(End of this chapter)