Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 263 The first show of the Champions League is coming, against the old club Bruges! (Ask for monthly ticket)

Leicester need a win, even a big one.

It's uncomfortable to taste defeat again after a long time, but they are not numb to losing.

At any time, such negative emotions can be brought back by a big victory.

This is how a football player should solve problems.

At this point in the Champions League schedule, all Leicester City fans are full of expectations for the upcoming game and hope that their team can win and adjust to a good state.

On September 9, the day before the Champions League match was about to come, countless media began to exaggerate a point.

That is a brand new fairy tale. Will Leicester City reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season and make club history?

On the same day, in the latest BBC program, Lineker invited a new guest, King of Guns Henry.

Henry, who has retired for more than two years, is currently transitioning into coaching and hopes to become the head coach of a team in the five major leagues in the future.

"Okay, I believe he doesn't need any more introduction from me. Any football fan will remember his wonderful one-stop goal against Real Madrid."

Lineker chose a good way to start, smiling in front of the camera: "Let's talk directly about where Leicester City will go in the Champions League this season."

"How many goals will Chen Yufeng, who just won the UEFA Player of the Year award, score in his first season in the Champions League?"

After saying this, Lineker turned his attention to Henry next to him.

Henry shrugged, leaned back slightly, thought for a while and then said: "Their grouping is the envy of countless wealthy teams. At least from the perspective of qualifying from the group, the situation is still good."

"I don't think last season's Premier League champions have the quality to beat Copenhagen, Club Brugge and Porto."

"Well, Porto is in suspense, but the other two teams, Leicester City, have an absolute advantage."

"As for Chen Yufeng..."

After finishing the first question, Henry began to think about Chen Yufeng's recent performance and his prediction of goals in the Champions League. "His performance in the new season has been very good."

"He didn't score in the last game, but that's not a problem."

"Even a shooter like Messi and Ronaldo will fall into a goal drought for many rounds. For Chen Yufeng, who is only playing his second season this season, this situation is very normal."

"No one can score goals or assists in every game. If there is such a person, it is not a player, it is God."

There was a bit of disdain in Henry's expression, "I have seen the media frantically targeting him in the past two days, saying that he will stop at this moment and his condition will begin to decline."

"I feel disgusted by this kind of remarks, but the media always looks for some high-profile players to make news, and it's normal for them to say anything."

After first expressing his views on Chen Yufeng, Henry began to turn the topic to his final prediction, "He is undoubtedly one of the best forwards in today's football, and he has the ability to win more."

"So, my prediction for his Champions League goals this season is five."

Henry had a smile on his face, "Of course, if Leicester City can create another miracle and reach the top eight, then I think he can score 8 goals."

In fact, we cannot underestimate the 5 goals and 8 goals in the Champions League. This is actually the level of a top striker in a normal season.

Only these two abnormal players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, often hit double figures in the Champions League.

For other forwards, 8 goals is already an unreachable number.

Henry's evaluation was still very high, and he gave Chen Yufeng a lot of trust.

"Tell me what you think, Lineker." Henry looked at Lineker.

"I watched the news yesterday, and it said a very interesting point."

Lineker did not answer the question directly, but instead said: "If God has a pen in his hand and he wants to write a more exciting miracle story, the best choice is undoubtedly Leicester City to win the final Champions League championship. "

"Hahaha, don't laugh yet, don't you think this is really funny?"

"It also said that for the story to be more exciting and legitimate, Leicester City needed one more player in the squad to break Ronaldo's 17-goal record."

"The best choice for this player is Chen Yufeng."

"A veteran teamed up with a grassroots team, and after performing miracles in the Premier League, he established a blue dynasty in the Champions League. What a brilliant story this is?"

Lineker waved his hand and said with a smile; "So I choose to believe that God has a pen in his hand. I am optimistic that my old club will win the championship. Chen Yufeng scores 18 goals."

"Hahaha."

His answer was quite humorous, and it immediately made Henry laugh so hard, "Haha, brother, you are more accomplished in dreaming."

"but……"

After laughing, Henry raised his eyebrows and said: "If Chen Yufeng can really score more than 10 Champions League goals, I will definitely ask him for an autograph, I swear."

The two laughed out loud again, and the atmosphere of the show was still relatively cheerful.

This may be men's favorite football variety show. Although no current players are invited, Lineker and Henry are the players who have brought countless wonderful moments to the fans.

Especially the latter, there are so many people who like him.

"Okay, serious predictions, Leicester City will reach at least the top 6, and Chen Yufeng will be able to score at least Champions League goals."

Lineker finally gave his own comment, "This is my more optimistic idea, and I hope it can be realized in the end."

At the end, the two waved to the camera together to encourage Leicester City, "Come on, Leicester City! Come on, Chen Yufeng!"

After their program was released, it received a lot of attention, and many people began to leave messages below.

"Like last season, I look forward to seeing Leicester City achieve good results in the Champions League."

"What nonsense are Lineker talking about? Even if it's a joke, it shouldn't be so outrageous. If Leicester City's probability of winning the Premier League title before last season was one in 18, then there is no chance of the Champions League."       Chen Yufeng Breaking Cristiano Ronaldo's -goal record? This sentence is even more heavyweight, a bit outrageous, is it a crime?"

"No matter how much help Leicester City can provide him, or the difficulty of the Champions League, Chen Yufeng scoring more than 10 goals is a complete joke."

"They are both Premier League clubs. This is equivalent to a foreign war. I don't understand why some people are so hostile to Chen Yufeng and Leicester City at this time. If they go far, they will bring glory to British football and the league."

"Come on! I'm really looking forward to Leicester City going far. This is the new team in the Champions League. I find it boring to watch those teams play every year."

"I can't imagine how happy the Leicester fans must have been that day."

"..."

The game day has not yet come, but the popularity of this game is already relatively high.

After all, Leicester City has never entered the Champions League before. This is the Champions League debut for everyone except Huth and Klose.

People are beginning to look forward to what kind of performance Chen Yufeng can perform on this highest competitive stage, and can Vardy and Mahrez maintain their confidence?

And Kante, can he withstand the intensity of the Champions League, and will his defense still be effective?

With this expectation, the day when Leicester City faced Club Brugge finally came.

On this day, the entire streets around the King Power Stadium were filled with blue. Leicester City fans wearing blue came here early to create a fiery atmosphere for the game in advance.

Everyone was holding Leicester City flags, some white and some blue. It is conceivable that they would turn the entire stadium into a sea of ​​blue and white.

"Chi! Chi! Chi...!!"

Outside the stadium, some fans lit blue smoke bombs in advance, filling the entire sky with dark blue smoke, which made the place look extremely hot.

"Chen Yufeng! Chen Yufeng!! Chen Yufeng!!"

"Leicester city!! Leicester city!!!"

"Mr. Ranieri, take us a little further, we really want to experience what it's like to experience the Champions League knockout rounds!"

"Chen Yufeng, don't worry about the rumors outside! You will definitely be able to perform well in the Champions League!"

"Bruges, you are in the wrong place!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh...oh oh oh oh...!!"

The fans' war song played, and everyone walked towards the stadium with excitement.

At 1:30 in the afternoon, there was still an hour before the game started, and the stadium was gradually filled with people.

The visiting team Brugge's expeditionary force also arrived here early and lit fireworks in the visiting team's stand in the North Stand.

While they were hugging each other and jumping wildly to celebrate, they also lit up smoke bombs and neon bombs to carry out pre-game cheering activities.

"Chen Yufeng! We love you very much, you are the best, but today, please let my team go first!"

A huge banner was quickly pulled out by Bruges fans and spanned the entire front area of ​​the stands, which was very shocking.

As a Belgian team, their fans must also be Belgian.

Belgian fans will definitely not be so pedantic about the man who just won the European Cup for them, and they will not attack Chen Yufeng.

Not to mention, Chen Yufeng also played for this club in his early years and played several games in the Belgian League.

The Belgian First Division is the only top league that Chen Yufeng played in in the first half of his career. There must still be some feelings for each other.

"After seven years, seeing each other again is the best in UEFA! But please let Brugge take the first step!"

Soon, while the players from both sides were on the court to warm up, the Belgian fans in the North Stand pulled out a huge banner. They didn't know where they found a photo of Chen Yufeng wearing a Bruges jersey in his early years.

Under the court, Chen Yufeng, who had just walked out of the court, saw the banner and was slightly stunned.

The person in the banner is still very young, with no wrinkles on his face and longer hair.

As if remembering that time, Chen Yufeng raised his hands and clapped towards the visiting fans of Bruges.

"Ohhhhhh..." The other side quickly responded with warm cheers.

"Now that we have met in this arena, I will try my best to show my old club my growth over the years."

Chen Yufeng murmured in his heart and got ready.

Brugge was very kind to him from the beginning, giving him some opportunities and willing to let him experience the atmosphere of playing in the main game.

He needs to let the fans of his old club see that he is no longer the same person he was before.

Although this seems a bit unkind and may bring negative emotions to Bruges fans, Chen Yufeng still wants to prove himself...

This may also be because of the excitement of the Champions League debut of his career.

Not long after, the prepared Leicester City players returned to the locker room and made final preparations.

Chen Yufeng's Champions League debut is also coming soon.

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ps: It seems unrealistic before twelve o'clock, but don't worry, just give me time.

(End of this chapter)