Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 292 BBC Commentary, Rooney: I hope he wins everything (4k)

"Calm down, calm down, calm down."

In the new BBC program, Lineker put his hands down after coming up and said "calm down" as his opening remarks.

After successively working on the Champions League journey for teams such as Real Madrid and Arsenal, in this episode, the theme of the program returns to Leicester City.

There is no doubt that Leicester City has been a very controversial team recently, and it is also the team that is often mentioned by everyone.

They encountered some troubles and were thrown into turmoil they had never encountered before.

So Lineker wants calmness.

Both the Leicester City team, their fans and the outside media need to calm down.

"I am very happy to meet you all in the new episode of the show. Sitting next to me is this episode's special guest, Rooney."

Lineker pointed his finger to the side, and Rooney's face appeared in front of the audience, smiling and saying hello.

"As the title of this episode goes, we will still focus on Leicester City today."

Lineker pointed his finger upward, knowing that the program director would reveal the theme of this program - Leicester City and Chen Yufeng's road to the Champions League.

Today, Chen Yufeng, who has won UEFA's best player and has an advantage in the Ballon d'Or at the end of the year, is undoubtedly inseparable from Leicester City.

He represented Leicester City and Leicester City represented him.

"You may be wondering why an active Manchester United player was invited to the program with Leicester City."

Lineker pointed his finger to the side, smiled and said: "Rooney, come and explain to everyone."

"Ok."

Rooney nodded and took over, spreading his hands and saying: "Although the recent confrontations between Manchester United and Leicester City cannot be said to be harmonious, the relationship between Chen Yufeng and I is very good."

"When we first met, I scored a wonderful overhead kick. He also left a deep impression on me with his strong psychological quality and ability to seize opportunities."

“We had a little chat after the game and developed a good relationship at that point.”

Recalling that time, Rooney had a sigh on his face, "At that time, I also said that I would always pay attention to his important moments. If he has a chance to get honors, I will watch."

"I didn't expect that after winning the League Cup with his miracle, he became incredible."

"The Premier League, European Cup, UEFA Best, Community Shield, looking back, he has come a long way."

"And I have fulfilled my promise. Unless it is a match day, I have watched every final of his. I will stand up and applaud him in front of the TV every time."

Rooney said this with a wry smile on his face, "What's more special is the Community Shield. He won the championship next to me."

"Hahaha... This is really funny. I don't remember if I applauded him that day, maybe I did."

Lineker laughed. He knew this and asked Rooney to say it just to deepen the impression on the audience in front of the TV.

"There are three topics today. One is Leicester City's Champions League qualifying situation, the second is Chen Yufeng's recent status, and the third is a combination of the two people's chats."

He later also explained the framework of the program to the audience, "I know we have mentioned the first two points before."

"But that's the way football is. Every once in a while you go see someone and a team and it feels different."

"Now when I talk about Leicester City, my mood is undoubtedly very special."

Lineker first served as the speaker of the topic and expressed his views for everyone, "This is my home team. When he went to the Champions League, I had two moods at the beginning, which was expectation and worry. .”

"During the program for Leicester City, Gary Neville and I made our predictions for them, which was that they would have a high probability of qualifying from the group stage."

"And when Leicester City ended the first round of the group stage and beat Club Brugge 5-0, and then led Porto 2-0 early in the second round, I think my mood began to change."

"At that time, I was thinking, will Leicester City qualify first in the group with an absolute advantage? And have the possibility of entering the quarterfinals?"

"After all, if we encounter some teams that are not from the top five leagues, Leicester City still has a chance. Although the King Power Stadium does not have many seats, it can be regarded as a little devil's home stadium, and the fans give full support."

"Any team second in the group cannot have an 80-90% chance of winning against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium."

Lineker spread his hands with a look of helplessness on his face, "But when special circumstances occurred in Porto and Leicester City lost 0-3, I was not optimistic again."

"I don't know if everyone understands? You don't have any thoughts about this team entering the quarterfinals, but the team suddenly gives you this hope, and then crushes this hope."

"After two rounds of games, Leicester City, with one win and one loss and three points, is now in third place in the group standings."

"Copenhagen defeated Club Brugge 4-4 at home and moved into first place with a goal difference of - points. Porto also ranked second with points."

"If there is another loss or draw in the next game, Leicester City will not only lose the hope of qualifying first in the group, but will even lose the qualification directly."

Fans in front of the TV can actually understand what Lineker said.

When the strongest team in a group reaches third place after two rounds, the battle in this group will become more exciting.

If nothing else, Copenhagen must desperately score, trying to get stuck in either Leicester City or Porto, and miraculously qualify.

He started to exert force, and Porto followed suit. Leicester City would face at least two wild beasts competing for each other.

"What does Rooney think?"

After hearing Lineker's voice, Rooney raised his eyebrows, thought for a while, and then said: "As you said, this group was not originally a death group."

"But after the second round, due to some reasons, it gradually moved towards the death group, and everything became uncertain."

"The schedule of the Champions League is actually like this. It is said that a weak team has no competitiveness, but there will be situations where it will win unexpectedly."

"For example, Copenhagen, who could have imagined that they could beat Club Brugge 4-0 at home? Or Leicester City, who could have imagined that they would lose after leading?"

"It's all unpredictable, it can happen to every team, you can be very ruthless and say, this is football, and this is indeed part of football."

"But Leicester City are really the unlucky ones."

"What do you think Leicester City's final result will be? Will they defeat Porto away from home and regain first place in the group with a winning streak?" Lineker said a more fantasy ending.

Rooney's expression became more exciting, and after raising his eyebrows again, he said: "That's really difficult, but... I believe in Chen Yufeng."

His last words were very moving, as if he himself thought so.

The England fans in front of the TV also made their own comments on this point.

They themselves are also angry these days, especially some fans of teams that had no grievances with Leicester City before, and they continue to support Leicester City.

"This time, I also believe in Chen Yufeng!"         "Come on! Leicester City! Defeat them, I am optimistic that you will qualify first in the group!"

"We are all from England. This time, let's unite and cheer for Leicester City!"

"It is an English team, and we are also fans of England, but have you ever considered one point, if I am a fan of Southampton, how can I get out of the pain just now and support Leicester City?"

"You wait for two days, and we will provide support first."

"Apart from the league, I also scolded Leicester City in the league. I was very annoyed with this team because they always made us lose points inexplicably, but the Champions League is different."

"If you don't put aside the league... Leicester City is a bit scary. They have actually stabilized their results."

"Yes, although it is not first, it is already very good. Third is also an unimaginable position."

"Kill those gangsters in Porto! Make them pay the price!"

"..."

After Rooney finished speaking, this topic was officially over. This was a conversation about Leicester City's journey from the perspective of a bystander.

Next, they will also talk about Chen Yufeng from the perspective of bystanders.

"Well..."

Lineker knew he was going to change the topic. Before talking about Chen Yufeng, he couldn't help but make some resisting movements, as if the next words were a bit hot.

His meaning is actually very clear. Chen Yufeng's performance during this period has amazed and shocked him. This player has been constantly impacting his psychological defense.

"Let's set our sights on Chen Yufeng, who has scored 3 goals and 1 assist after the second round of the Champions League."

"If you include Porto, he has 4 goals and 2 assists."

"We are very close to the goal we mentioned before, five goals and six goals."

"I believe that fans who have watched Leicester City's Champions League game will no longer have any doubts, and all previous arguments and doubts will disappear."

"Now, people should not talk about how many goals Chen Yufeng can score, but how far Leicester City will go, will Chen Yufeng score double figures in the Champions League?"

Lineker had an exclamation smile on his face, "Does anyone still doubt that he is not accustomed to playing against foreign teams? No more, right?"

An expression of approval and exclamation immediately rolled over the barrage. England fans can still be rational as long as they talk about foreign wars.

"One of the doubts that Chen Yufeng shattered when he entered the Champions League was the doubts that outsiders had about the Premier League. Someone once said before that a thirty-year-old veteran scored more than 20 goals in a season in the Premier League and had ten goals. Multi-foot assists, now look at those dogs and see if they are still barking?"

"Even if we put aside the Porto game completely and look at the data alone, we have three goals, one assist and four goals in the past two rounds. What else is there to say?"

"This player has attracted too much attention. The controversy surrounding him will also affect other Premier League teams and even the entire league. Anyway, I hope he scores more goals in the Champions League."

"..."

Lineker ignored these comments and continued: "Rooney, it's your time again."

He has already made a lot of evaluations and predictions about Chen Yufeng, and he does not want to make any new predictions and evaluations.

In other words, Lineker doesn’t want to slap himself in the face anymore.

Every time he tried his best to put it in the best possible light, but in the end he found that what he thought was still too simple.

"Chen Yufeng is just a Satan, but a Satan that people like." This is what Lineker wants to say to Chen Yufeng the most.

"After Gary Neville, you want to trick me again, right?"

Rooney smiled and pointed at Lineker, tilting his head and blinking, as if he had seen through everything.

For him, he is still on active duty and is not a media person, so he can say a lot of things without thinking about ruining his job.

"I won't be like you. I will make bold predictions. In my opinion, as long as Leicester City gets out of the group and completes the top 16, Chen Yufeng will definitely score in double figures."

Rooney made a bold guess and then expressed his opinion, "Before coming to this episode, I made some preparations and looked through Chen Yufeng's data."

"Last season, Chen Yufeng scored 21 goals and 16 assists in the Premier League, 7 goals in the EFL Cup, 11 goals and 8 assists in the European Cup, and 3 goals and 3 assists in international friendly matches."

"In total, that's 42 goals and 27 assists."

"The average is more than one goal per game, and the goal data and assist data are relatively balanced."

"This represents his high ability and efficiency."

Rooney held out a finger, as if to make the point, "But one thing has changed a lot this season."

"After all teams focused on defending his base and passing, he gradually began to develop into a positive forward player."

"He is no longer demanding the number of assists he has, but believes in himself more and allows himself to be the one who knocks on the opponent's goal with the final blow."

"So far this season, he has scored 13 Premier League goals and 3 goals in the Champions League, which is close to 20+ goals."

"So, I have reason to believe that in six rounds of the group stage and two top-10 games, he will be able to score + goals in the Champions League."

Speaking of the last sentence, Rooney also explained a point for everyone. This is from his own perspective, "As a player, I have experienced the suppression and oppression brought by Chen Yufeng."

"I can tell you clearly that Chen Yufeng scored 11 goals in the European Cup not by accident, nor because his teammates were too strong and his opponents were too weak."

"He really has this quality, which we will see in the Champions League, and I am waiting for the day when he proves himself again."

Rooney said a lot this time, expressed his views from many aspects, and used explanations to make the fans understand.

For such a bad-tempered person, this is indeed rare.

Before this, people had always thought that Rooney would only have this kind of patience in front of some elderly people.

"Wayne, you've said so much, what do you want to say in your last chat?"

Lineker spread his hands and complained helplessly: "Now maybe everyone can calm down and step away and look forward."

"What else is there to say?"

Rooney imitated Lineker and spread his hands, facing the camera, "Yufeng, come on!"

This was his best blessing. He hoped that the Eastern face, whom he had met several times before, could achieve everything he wanted.

(End of this chapter)