Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 304: Be an ordinary person who occasionally achieves some achievements, or become immortal? (asking for monthly ticket)

After Chen Yufeng came off the field, he sat on the bench and watched the performance of his teammates.

Mahrez and Kante were subsequently replaced and sat next to him.

"Easy game."

Kanter had a smile on his face. Even though he was sweating on his forehead, he didn't actually feel tired physically or mentally stressed.

"I just did what I should do and followed the team smoothly. As a result, we took a big lead and won quickly."

In a daze, Kanter remembered when he was still playing in France. At that time, it was difficult to win a game. He tried his best many times but could not get a point.

Having reached this point today, Kanter has no regrets in his heart.

The world always says that outstanding players should go to better teams and seek better development, but what is a better team?

A richer team? A wealthy team with more foundation? Or a stronger team?

Well, there are many kinds.

No one can cover everything. Even Chelsea, the team he was closest to at the end of last season, has obvious weaknesses, such as foundation and team atmosphere.

It was an impetuous team, with personnel and coaching changes happening every three days. Everyone might not have a very comfortable life there. All that was left in life was games, only competition for honors, and countless pressures followed.

For some people, this might be a good place to go.

But Kanter has followed the team all the way this season and no longer feels that it is a good place to go.

At least, choosing to stay this season and compete with these brothers for another season is a very good choice.

What's wrong with Leicester City now?

Yes, they are indeed a team with no money and no foundation, a grassroots team.

However, there is no doubt about the strength of the team. Kanter has been here and has a very deep feeling.

Is the honor that can be competed for at Chelsea really impossible at Leicester City?

Does the low probability mean it's not worth trying?

no!

If you want to become a legend in football, a true immortal, you should try to achieve a very ambitious goal.

Just like what Mr. Wenger told the players during the legendary chapter of the undefeated season when they won the championship.

"Okay kids, now we have won the Premier League championship in advance, but we are still some distance away from the final undefeated victory. There are still many challenges ahead of us."

"Touch your heart and ask yourselves whether you want to be an ordinary person who has achieved some achievements by chance, or whether you want to become immortal. It all depends on you."

The inspirational value and commemorative significance that miracles bring to people are completely different.

He truly makes you an iconic figure in football and part of an iconic team.

This is a point that you will tell your grandchildren and descendants with a smile a few years later. This is an eternal high-spirited moment.

"It only makes sense to be a champion here." Kanter murmured without letting the people around him hear.

He is a shy person, but being shy does not mean that there are no waves in his heart. This is just his character, not his personality. He still has very distant and grand dreams.

Kanter also knew that Chen Yufeng and Mahrez beside him were the same as him, as were Ranieri not far away and Mr. Walsh who took good care of him.

Even every player on the pitch, every staff member at the club, every fan around the world, it's the same.

Everyone is still unwilling to say that goal, and they are unwilling to believe that they can really achieve it.

But if you really have the ability to read minds, you will see that in the turbulent world in the hearts of every player and fan wearing a Fox City jersey, there is a trophy vaguely placed.

The trophy was far away and blurry, but as game after game passed, it gradually became clear.

It's like a great painter, using his favorite brush to add bricks and tiles to his most proud painting.

Kanter didn’t know who the painter was, what the name of this painting was, or even what brand of paintbrush it was.

He only knew that the most colorful stroke in this scroll would be Chen Yufeng.

Turning his gaze towards Chen Yufeng, Kanter had a smile on his face. He stretched out his hand towards the captain he respected most, "Mr. Captain, please lead us to continue winning."

"of course."

Chen Yufeng on the side shrugged, not paying too much attention, and just high-fived Kanter.

He didn't know Kanter's psychological activities, but he saw some points from the depth of Kanter's eyes.

Some gratitude and desire?

Are they grateful to him for persuading them to stay, or are they grateful to him for leading them to victory?

Chen Yufeng didn't know, but he would at least know that the desire was for the championship.

…………

"Beep! Beep! Beep--!"

In this game, the final whistle was blown in the second minute of stoppage time in the second half.

After successively replacing Chen Yufeng, Kante, Mahrez and others, Leicester City's strength has been affected to a certain extent.

Copenhagen finally scored a goal in the 57th minute of the second half, changing the score to 3-1.

Fortunately, Vardy's poke in the corner kick allowed Leicester City to maintain a three-goal advantage in the remaining time.

Four to one!

This is the final score!

Leicester City won the fourth round of the Champions League group stage, bringing their points to 9 points!

Qualification has almost been guaranteed, and the next step is to strive for first place in the group!

In front of the players' tunnel, Solbakken came to Ranieri's side, held Ranieri's right hand with one hand, and placed one hand on Ranieri's right shoulder.

As I said before, despite his rough appearance, Solbakken is not a coach with a bad temper. He still has some self-cultivation engraved in his bones and can accept his own failures.

"Fantastic Champions League performance, Mr. Ranieri."

Solbakken did not hesitate to praise him and said with a smile: "No one could have imagined that Leicester City would score 9 points in the first four games of the Champions League."

"In fact, if there were no accidents in the Porto game, you would most likely have qualified for the group stage with 12 points."

"That's another miracle, isn't it?"

"It's too early to say miracles now, let's see where we can go in the future." Ranieri expressed his thoughts with a smile.

"I'm looking forward to it." Solbakken nodded with a smile, and then revealed the real reason why he was in a good mood. "Porto tied with Bruges 2-2. They only have one point more than us."

"Moreover, Porto lost this game badly. Their goalkeeper was suspended due to a red card, and Andre, the main attacker, was also injured."

"Maybe, and I mean maybe, as long as we get points from them, it will be our two teams that come out together."

After listening to Solbakken's words, Ranieri's expression became wonderful, and he also understood the purpose of Solbakken's words to him.

Since he has a good relationship with Copenhagen, Ranieri would not choose to be a mean person. He immediately patted Solbakken on the shoulder and said: "If the opportunity is right, we will try to inject more Porto to make them lose. It’s a goal difference advantage.”

"Pleasant to work with."

"Happy cooperation." Solbakken reached out his hand excitedly, feeling hopeful about life again.

For Copenhagen under his leadership, qualifying for the Champions League is already a very big achievement.

Now, they have to play well in the next games against Bruges and Porto, and fight hard!

Then, entrust your destiny to Ranieri and the players of Leicester City!

"If that day comes, I will definitely call to thank you, and also thank the players who scored the goals." Solbakken shouted towards Ranieri who turned around and walked away.

Ranieri turned around and smiled, pointing in the direction of Chen Yufeng, "I believe he will be on the list of thanks."

"I think so too."

Solbakken smiled slightly, feeling a little envious in his heart. Let me ask, which coach doesn’t want to coach a player of Melo’s level?

In the past, this was actually a point that ordinary coaches could not imagine, because Ronaldo debuted in the Premier League giant Manchester United and soon transferred to Real Madrid for a sky-high price.

Messi is a talent trained by La Masia and is a talented player attracted by Barcelona's profound heritage. He may end his career in Barcelona.

But after Chen Yufeng was born, coaching players of this level seemed to be possible again.

Thinking of this, Solbakken had to turn his attention to the players on his team, and he finally locked his sights on one person.

It was Zanka. At this time, Zanka was exiting the stage with his head lowered and his neck hunched, looking like he was badly hit.

His age is actually relatively close to Chen Yufeng. His early career was not impressive, and he is not well-known in the entire European football world...

What if Zanka also had a sudden enlightenment at the age of thirty?

Even if he is a defender, it would be good to have another player like Maldini, Nesta, or Ramos.

"Zanka!"

Solba hoped that Zanka would become a dragon. After walking to Zanka, he pinched his neck and said, "Starting from tomorrow, you need a special training plan."

"what?"

Zanka's clear eyes were filled with a sense of stupidity and a bit of confusion. He pointed a finger at himself, "Me?"

Zanka thinks Solbakken is crazy.

…………

After the game, the routine interview came.

Chen Yufeng, who broke a record today, stood in front of the interview board and accepted the award for the best player of the game while accepting interviews from reporters.

"2 minutes and 31 seconds, a new record was born, Mr. Chen Yufeng."

A reporter smiled and pointed the microphone at Chen Yufeng and congratulated: "This is an incredible achievement. Will you strive to achieve some records in the future?"

"Most definitely."

Chen Yufeng nodded and said sincerely: "No one doesn't like the feeling of breaking records, and everyone likes to leave their name on the record."

"I will try to strive for more, but the football game changes rapidly and it often requires good luck to accomplish some miraculous feats."

"But I will be prepared and in fighting shape every day so that when the opportunity comes, I can seize it."

When Chen Yufeng talked about the state of combat, a funny video he had seen in his previous life could not help but come to mind. It seemed to be about Changsha Peng Yuyan or something.

Sometimes this kind of fragment that comes to mind can still bring back some memories from the past, and many times it will make people smile.

"Did you know? You are now the top scorer in the Champions League."

A reporter laughed again: "How do you feel after achieving this goal?"

"I got it now."

Chen Yufeng raised his eyebrows and smiled. After thinking for a while, he replied: "In terms of feelings, I can't talk about it now. The game has just passed four rounds. There are so many outstanding shooters in the world, and they will all attack here."

"If I can get the Golden Boot in the end, then maybe we can talk about feelings."

"However, this can be regarded as a response to the doubts that have always been raised."

Chen Yufeng did not forget to praise himself. He shook his hand and said, "You know, I can always make such a beautiful comeback."

"Hahahaha..." There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and all the reporters were amused by Chen Yufeng's words.

But thinking about it carefully, what Chen Yufeng said was indeed right.

He can always make a comeback.

"Then if I ask Mr. Chen Yufeng now, when will you choose to retire? Will you then make a beautiful turnaround in the following seasons?"

One reporter joked: "It proves that my sword is not old and I still have a lot of impact."

"You can try."

Chen Yufeng smiled and said that he felt that the reporters today were relatively friendly, and most of their words were meant to be joking.

Maybe it's because he completed a very legendary record today.

This will make those who want to question him temporarily shut up.

This industry is always like this. If you don’t win, you have nothing, just zero.

But as you win more and more, they want you to fail more completely. Reporters are always waiting.

Everybody has to take the long view because you have to know that if you have a bad game, you're going to get flak from all over the world.

They are the ones waiting for you to fail.

They like the feeling of squeezing the moment of failure from a successful person, and they also like the pleasure of questioning an individual who is stronger than them.

Chen Yufeng accepts everything, but he will also persuade these reporters in his heart that it is best not to mess with him. Everyone is very happy when they make jokes like today.

Instead of making the relationship very tense, let your goals mostly have a sense of catharsis.

Just half enjoyment and half catharsis.

If you vent too much, you will have problems in your heart.

"Have you received any news? Some media said that you will be invited to the charity match held at Wembley Stadium recently."

A reporter suppressed laughter and said: "This is a charity match organized by the Football Association for disabled children. It is of great significance. If you agree, it can be regarded as a contribution to charity around the world."

"This is a good thing. If I have time, I will agree."

Chen Yufeng nodded in response, then waved his hand to signal the end of the interview, turned and walked towards the dressing room.

He didn't care about the smile on the reporter's expression. He always felt that this kind of thing shouldn't be a bad thing, right?

Will he be tricked?

This should be very unlikely.

After returning to the locker room, Chen Yufeng held a simple celebration ceremony with the players, then got on the stadium bus and headed to the airport, planning his return trip.

Next, after the two Premier League games that follow, there is the Champions League game against Club Brugge.

After Bruges, there are two more Premier League games.

Then they will face the opponent who wants revenge, Porto.

It will not be an easy game, but everyone is holding back their energy and they will definitely not be afraid of the home fans at Dragon Stadium.

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"Messi scored the 7th goal in the Champions League with a wonderful goal! Barcelona defeated Manchester City - in an away game! Guardiola had the last laugh against his old club!" - Spain's Marca

"Scored 7 goals in four rounds! But missed the top scorer list. What kind of strong opponents has Messi encountered this season?" - The Guardian

"Real Madrid drew with Legia Warsaw 7- in an away game! Cristiano Ronaldo did not score! The scorer ranking has dropped to th place!" - British BBC

"Chen Yufeng broke the record for the fastest hat trick in football history. In the game against Copenhagen, Chen Yufeng completed the hat trick in just 2 minutes and 31 seconds. This record broke the fastest record completed by Mane last year!"—— Bordeaux newspaper

"The Champions League is expected to usher in a new top scorer? Chen Yu is unstoppable and is heading towards the final Golden Boot award. Leicester City is also expected to qualify first in the group!" ——Knowball Emperor

After the fourth round of the Champions League, countless reports were issued.

Maybe at this time, these reports are just for people to discuss for fun, but when people dig them out a few months later, they will see what they mean.

This is a page from a dazzling book.

(End of this chapter)