Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 199 Chen’s summary has officially arrived, his thirty-first birthday (pure daily life, with Taylor)
  "Why are you all here?"

Chen Yufeng smiled, looked at Vardy, and joked: "Weren't you eliminated a long time ago? Didn't you get a ticket to return to the UK?"

"What words? What words?" Vardy suddenly pretended to be unhappy, "If I had known, I wouldn't have come."

"Hahaha."

Chen Yufeng smiled and turned to Shinji Okazaki, saying the same thing, "Why are you here too?"

"We are good brothers from Leicester City. Last season we scored [-] goals plus and [-] assists plus. I will definitely get it." Shinji Okazaki patted his chest and looked like a stinker. .

His answer made the entire conference room laugh, and everyone couldn't help laughing.

Then, everyone sat on their seats and began to cut and distribute the cake excitedly.

"I'm usually very self-disciplined, and I have to consider my skin, so I don't eat desserts."

Lukaku experienced a small setback not long ago, and now he seems to attach great importance to his appearance. "But who wants Yu Feng to celebrate his birthday today? Let's make an exception."

"Let's just die." Hazard smiled and patted Lukaku's head, as if he couldn't stand it anymore, "You have a shitty skin."

"How are you? Are you touched? My brother." Mahrez walked to Chen Yufeng's side and asked righteously: "This was all my idea, it was the Belgian team I contacted."

"I'm so touched." Chen Yufeng replied with a smile, but his heart was still warm.

Next, everyone started to sit together and divide the cake, and in the end everyone had a small piece in their hands.

"Okay, don't rush to grab the cake. Let's light candles for this old guy."

As the only woman in the audience, and as a world-renowned actress, Taylor Swift's appeal is still very useful.

After she finished shouting, Vardi and others lit candles for Chen Yufeng.

They left a piece of cake uncut just for the final wish-making part.

"There don't seem to be enough candles. This guy is too old. He needs thirty-one candles." Mahrez smiled while lighting candles.

"Because we are so dedicated, we will help the team score more penalties next season." Vardy shook his head beside him.

"Yes, give me a few more assists so that I can experience the feeling of scoring in double figures." Shinji Okazaki showed his big white teeth.

Not long after, everyone ordered the cakes and stood in a circle around Chen Yufeng, waiting for Chen Yufeng to make a wish.

Chen Yufeng came to the cake with a smile, his face full of happiness, and then he held his hands and closed his eyes.

Although I think this is a bit childish, it won't happen if a bunch of grown men are gathered around and working on this matter together.

A man is a teenager until he dies.

The applause and happy birthday song sounded again. Chen Yufeng took a deep breath and officially entered the wish-making session.

He didn't make a wish immediately, but thought of his last birthday.

If I remember correctly, I spent my thirtieth birthday in Tottenham's head coach's office.

At that time, he happened to receive a call from Pochettino, asking him to go to the office to discuss the matter, and was told that the contract would not be renewed.

At that time, Chen Yufeng's heart was gloomy. He knew that his football career might never continue.

However, looking back from the beginning to now this year, I have really come a long way.

Whether it’s the shocking lob in the debut, or the sense of accomplishment when scoring double figures and assists, or winning the League Cup, the Premier League, and now reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup...

He came here step by step, and he couldn't even remember some of the details.

This is actually something that many top players have been experiencing since they were children. He only experienced it for the first time when he was thirty years old. Everything was new.

It sounds a bit ridiculous and generous, but it gives Chen Yufeng a different feeling. This only inspires him to pursue higher goals.

This is just the first year, the first year, and we have already achieved this.

What about the future?

What else will he achieve?
  Chen Yufeng probably knew that he would retire with a dazzling array of trophies and souvenirs.

If he were to choose, he hoped that among these trophies would be the Champions League, World Cup, and European Cup that players covet, including the best player in each event, etc.

"Most people make one wish, but I am different, so I will make three wishes."

Chen Yufeng closed his eyes, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and murmured in a voice that only he could hear: "My first wish is that my father and I will not encounter any accidents and finish the journey well."

"As for the second wish, I hope we can win this tournament and become the king of Europe."

"The third……"

Chen Yufeng's expression became firm and he expressed what he had been thinking all along: "I hope I can win all the awards."

He hoped that when someone introduced him in the future, he would say that very pretentious and very fulfilling introduction.

Introducing this player, it's very simple, he has won all the awards.

Of course, football is not like the film and television industry or other circles, which only have a simple set of awards bodies.

There are too many influential leagues here, and various cup competitions are endless. It is impossible for a player to win them all.

What Chen Yufeng said is actually very simple, it is what has always been said to be possessed by football Grand Slam winners.

Champions League, World Cup, league championship, cup championship, annual Ballon d'Or, annual best team and so on.

It's everything, but it's not really everything.

"Huh..."   Soon, after making his wish, Chen Yufeng blew out the candles in one breath, and then Wilmots turned on the lights at the right time, and everyone sat around and ate the birthday cake.

Birthdays are always like this.

For athletes like them, celebrating their birthdays by drinking heavily with friends is not an option.

But they can imitate children and have a childish yet impressive cake party.

"What wish did you make?"

Taylor Swift walked up and asked with a smile.

"Of course I can't say that." Chen Yufeng said with a smile while eating the cake.

It's his birthday today, so let's make an exception and have dessert.

"I guess there must be a European Cup championship." Taylor Swift raised an eyebrow, then smiled: "But I can pretend not to know and wish you success."

"Hahaha……"

Chen Yufeng laughed and felt that this famous singer was quite cute in private sometimes.

"If you really win the championship, you must invite me on the day of celebration. I can even sing for you any song you want to hear." Taylor smiled again, picked up the cake in his hand and ate it.

The two of them exchanged contact information since that day, and have actually been in contact these past few days, but Chen Yufeng didn't expect her to come here.

"If that day comes, I will." Chen Yufeng nodded.

At this time, Mr. Wilmots walked over from the front and said with a smile: "I really want to sing a song for everyone, but with Miss Taylor here, I feel a little strangely embarrassed."

"It's like playing snooker in front of O'Sullivan, fighting with others in front of Conor, and showing off your driving skills in front of Marquez, hahaha." Wilmots was very humorous and gave three examples in a row.

"Of course it doesn't matter. Who doesn't shout a few words at home? I won't always have that tone." Taylor Swift quickly put down the cake and said with a look of anticipation.

Chen Yufeng also gave Wilmots a thumbs up to express encouragement.

Soon, a sound that was difficult to describe sounded in the conference room.

How do I put this? If you listen very carefully, you can barely tell that he seems to be singing...

In other words, he was actually singing?
  "Hahahahahaha..."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone clapped their hands and looked at Wilmots.

Later in the filming, Wilmots became more and more confident, and even began to twist his body and dance again.

"Hei! Hei! Hei!"

This brought more people to join in. Lukaku, Benteke and others all joined the ranks and began to sing and dance.

"Mr. Ranieri, come too!" Vardy encouraged from the side.

Ranieri originally wanted to maintain his cool persona, but seeing that everyone seemed happy, he hesitated for a while and joined in.

The Leicester City players are now integrating well with the Belgian players.

They met because of Chen Yufeng, and now they dance together because of Chen Yufeng.

A grand cake party started here, and from time to time there would be a "squeaking" sound, and someone would slap the cake into other people's faces.

"what!"

A scream sounded soon after, and everyone looked back and saw a piece of cake being smashed on Lukaku's face, "My face!"

"Still beautiful, hahaha, I can't even use the words!"

"Wake up Lukaku!"

There was a burst of laughter, and everyone seemed happy.

"It would be nice if Morgan were here."

Chen Yufeng looked at the crowd and couldn't help but sigh: "He will definitely become a good dance partner with Lukaku."

"Do you want to dance?" Taylor Swift looked at Chen Yufeng, tilted her head and asked, "Maybe the two of us can be good dance partners."

"Not today."

Chen Yufeng shook his head and smiled, and then said: "If possible, I would like to save this opportunity for the championship celebration."

"So confident?"

Taylor Swift smiled, squeezed her nose and said, "Then I hope you can really win that trophy. I'll wait."

"Okay." Chen Yufeng answered with raised eyebrows, adding a small agreement between the two of them.

"Can I make an exception for a drink that day?" Taylor asked with a smile.

"Of course, it's not a poison, but it's a good way to vent your emotions." Chen Yufeng agreed.

"There are other ways to vent your emotions."

"Let's talk about nothing else."

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ps: Chen is here in one year. How about everyone using monthly tickets to wish him a happy birthday (bad smile). There will be a small special edition of this book in the next two or three years. The book is not popular, but it is just a starting point. We have been here!

(End of this chapter)