What ball king, call me ball god

On July 7, after only one day of training in Manchester, the Manchester United team will go to the United States for a pre-season match.

This time it is the preseason of the International Champions Cup.

The International Champions Cup is a commercial event, once named the Guinness Cup, divided into North America and Europe, China, Australia, Singapore and other divisions. Like the Emirates Cup and Telecom Cup, it is one of the mainstream warm-up matches .Its predecessor was the World Football Challenge that started in 2009.

And Manchester United will participate in two divisions this summer, one is the North American division, and the other is of course the Chinese division.

Manchester United will participate in a total of three games in this International Champions Cup, including one in North America and two in China.

This was of course because of Lin Kedi.

The one in North America is in Los Angeles against Valencia.

Two in China, one at BJ's Workers Stadium, against Roma.

One was against Manchester City at the Hongkou Football Stadium in Shanghai.

Among these three games, the most eye-catching one is of course the one in Shanghai. Although the Manchester Derby is only a pre-season game, it is also enough to attract people's attention.Especially in the country again.

Tickets for the two games in China were sold out early.

Let's not mention the game in China for now.

After the Manchester United team flew directly to Los Angeles, there was a lot of crowds at the airport. Among the fans who picked up the plane, the fans holding the sign of Lin Kedi and the No. 7 jersey of Lin Kedi were the most. Not only Chinese faces, many whites and blacks are fans of Lin Kedi.

When Lin Kedi walked out of the passage, there was a huge sound at the scene.

"LIN"

"LIN"

"LIN"

De Jong on the side smiled and said, "Lin, you are so popular in America too."

"Of course, my looks can attract many fans, right?"

Lin Kedi and De Jong were joking.

De Gea behind him also chimed in: "Lin also has a lot of fans in Spain. Many Spanish fans think you will go to Barcelona or Real Madrid."

"Haha, the Premier League is the most intense league."

The Manchester United group walked out of the airport, got on the organizer's bus, and drove to the hotel where they would stay for three days in Los Angeles.

This hotel is located in the famous Beverly Hills area, 8 kilometers from the airport, in a quiet location.

The surrounding environment is also very good.

Manchester United also booked three floors of this hotel, one of which is the gym.

Of course, this kind of behavior will also cause some controversy, and some tourists who live here may complain or post it on the Internet.

But this hotel has two gyms, so the probability of such potentially controversial things happening is greatly reduced.

When we arrived at the hotel, it was already 6 o'clock in the evening.

After a brief meal at the hotel, De Jong greeted his teammates and asked if they wanted to go out for a walk.

Lin Kedi immediately understood that he wanted to go to the nightclub.

"Frankie, you go, I'm a little tired, go back to bed first."

"Okay, Lin. Then who is going!"

De Jong saw that many players followed suit.

Here De Jong took a group of people to find a nightclub.

Lin Kedi returned to his room and made a video call with Janissa.

"Lin, are you in Los Angeles now?"

"Yes. It's 7 o'clock in the evening on my side."

"You didn't go out for a walk? L.A. nights are colorful."

"How did you know?"

"Watching a Hollywood movie."

"Not interested, I'm in the hotel room now."

"Then you are very good."

"Are you still studying?"

"No, I'm at Sansa's. Look—"

Janissa circled the camera, and what appeared in the camera was a bedroom, which looked very cozy.

And this Sansa is a new friend Janissa met in Manchester.

Lin Kedi and Janissa seemed to have endless conversations, and they chatted for almost an hour before hanging up the video call.

Lin Kedi was now lying on the bed and turned on the TV.

At this time, there are TV dramas on the TV.

Lin Kedi flipped through it and found nothing interesting, so he turned off the TV.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, the whole team gathered for dinner and then went to the gym for strength training.

In the afternoon, I will go to the home court of the Los Angeles Galaxy for stepping training, and the game will start at 19:[-] in the evening.

To be honest, this time is really rushed.

Arrive the day before and play the game the next night.

However, considering that this is a commercial warm-up match, the requirements cannot be so high.

Lin Kedi had only practiced with the team for one day before.

Today is the second practice.

In the afternoon, the second joint practice will be held at the home court of the Los Angeles Galaxy.

On the other side of the field, the Valencia team is also training there.

After training, it was only 18:[-].

The two sides returned to the locker room.

start preparing.

Since today's game is the opening game of the International Champions Cup 2019.

So before the game officially starts, there will be performances.

Of course, according to the urgency of Americans, there will be performances during the intermission, and everything refers to the Super Bowl.

The organizers of the United States really attach great importance to today's game.

The show before the game was Taylor Swift.

Although Lin Kedi doesn't listen to many European and American songs, he also knows Taylor and knows that she is a big celebrity. Such a big celebrity must not be cheap to appear.

Taylor played 15 minutes and sang three songs.

Then Ariana Grande took the stage. I don't know Lin Kedi very well, and I don't know her Chinese name, but judging from the cheers from the fans after she came on stage, she must be a famous singer.

But Lin Kedi has turned his attention to the game.

In this game, Ten Hag did not let Lin Kedi start.

Ten Hag clearly told Lin Kedi before the game that he would play around 55 minutes in the second half.

In today's first half of the game, both sides sent half of the main players.

After the game started, both sides played aggressively.

Valencia played 442 here, with double centers Rodrigo and Gameiro in front.

Neither are speed players.

But these two were able to crush the central defender combination of Bailly and Rojo in terms of speed. That is to say, these two were too poor in finishing and their shots were very biased, which prevented Valencia from scoring first.

Lin Kedi watched anxiously from the sidelines.

The American fans at the scene were also anxious.

So starting from the 7th minute, the Manchester United fans at the scene began to shout the name of "Lin Kedi".

After Lin Kedi heard it, he could only stand up and wave to the stands.

If you don't wave your hand, you can do it. Once you wave your hand, the atmosphere at the scene will heat up even more.

After all, in the United States, Manchester United fans must be many, many times more than Valencia.

Like today's game, almost all the players were in red jerseys.

Most of them are Manchester United fans, and many are American students and local Chinese, who came to cheer in the red jersey of the Chinese team.

They all hope to see Lin Kedi play.

Especially in the 30th minute of the first half, Valencia's backcourt Kirkland made a long pass and directly found Gameiro in the frontcourt.

Gameiro's precise anti-offside was successful, and the ball was sent into the goal guarded by Romero.

After that, the voices shouting for Lin Kedi became louder.

So, during the intermission, Ten Hag directly told Lin Kedi.

After a while you go out to warm up 7 or 8 minutes early, and you will be replaced directly at the beginning of the second half.

In the 8th minute of the intermission, Lin Kedi walked out of the player channel first.

There was a huge cheer at the scene.

"LIN"

"LIN"

deafening. (end of this chapter)