Chapter 3: Hot State

The fact that Lekai served as the captain has caused different degrees of discussion in the outside world.

Of course, many people still gave positive comments.

Wang Yi is a milestone figure in Chinese football, but his personality is really not suitable for being the captain. The Chinese team needs a more domineering and proactive captain, and Lekai, who serves as the captain of the giant Arsenal, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

But from Lekai's performance in Arsenal, he is a very good choice to serve as the captain.

Wang Yi also sent a message to congratulate Lekai on his position as captain that night after the news was announced, and also stated that he was not suitable for the captain's conditions, etc.

In fact, after removing the responsibility of captain, Wang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, when he was the captain, he always had to bear a lot of pressure on his shoulders. Now that he has stepped down, he may be able to bring some improvement in his state.

Lekai and Chen Man were the last batch of reports, so after the two reported, the Chinese team had assembled and was about to start preparing for the World Cup.

Lippi also used his own connections to help the Chinese team meet with several teams.

They are Spain, Japan and Croatia.

The Chinese team will play three warm-up matches before the World Cup and then go to Russia.

As for Spain and Croatia, they will also come to China first, and then go to Russia after completing the warm-up matches.

There are still three days before the first warm-up match.

The players of the Chinese team are also training intensively at the training base.

After Lekai and Chen Man joined, Lippi's training method has changed a bit.

In the past, the Chinese team basically had to train for 2-3 hours.

But since Lekai and Chen Man joined, the training time has been changed to one and a half hours, that is, 90 minutes.

However, the training time has been reduced, but the training intensity has increased geometrically.

Considering that Lekai and Chen Man have just experienced a season, the training volume of the two has been slightly reduced.

This is also a special treatment for thigh-level players.

Others follow the standard.

After an hour of training, the players of the Chinese team are basically breathing heavily and sweating profusely.

This training mode seems easy, but it is extremely difficult.

After layers of training projects, it is basically no less than a formal game.

Lippi used this method to let the players feel the intensity of the game and also allowed them to quickly enter the game state.

Chen Man sat in the shade on the sidelines, while Le Kai stood on the sidelines.

After the training, the two did not leave, but observed the performance of their teammates.

In the team training match, Ouyang Fei and Liu Kairui performed the best.

Liu Kairui, needless to say, is now Atletico's main iron guard and has extremely rich experience in the position of central defender.

It's just that the occasional Tianjin accent and Northeastern dialect make people feel a little helpless.

Ouyang Fei has also grown a lot after studying abroad.

Although he can't compare with the growth trajectory of Le Kai and Chen Man, Ouyang Fei, who plays in the Turkish Super League, has a very stable ball holding ability in the midfield.

Finally, it's Wang Yi.

Wang Yi's performance is really hard to describe.

Compared with four years ago, Wang Yi's state is visibly depressed.

Whether it is the start after dribbling the ball or the ability to make a final shot, there are different degrees of shrinkage.

Even his ability to stop the ball and adjust, which he was best at before, became unconfident due to the lack of goals he had tried, and eventually became timid in front of the goal.

This is also the reason why Wang Yi gradually began to fade out of the mainstream league.

Compared with the young generation such as Lekai and Chen Man who are in full swing, Wang Yi has some intention of retreating at the peak of his career.

In addition to these few, there are two players from XJ, Mutari and Quini who performed very well.

The frequency of these two players' feet is very fast. Due to their youth, they are also very active in the fight on the field. However, sometimes they run around more randomly, which leads to some confusion in the overall offense and their strength cannot be brought into play.

To put it bluntly, the midfield does not provide them with enough support.

After a training match, Lippi shouted: "Continue to play with the original lineup in the second half, Kai goes to the blue team!"

The blue team is the team of Mutari and Quini.

They played very frustrated before, and their faces were not particularly good for this.

For this reason, seeing Lekai walking towards them, they all tried their best to perform in the second half.

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

Few of the players on the blue team were familiar with Lekai, and some young players didn't even dare to talk to him.

Lekai walked to the side of the crowd, put on a blue vest, and said, "After the second half of the game, the overall rhythm should be slowed down. Our task is to cooperate, not to rush forward blindly!"

After that, Lekai said to Mutari and Quini, "You two should pull back appropriately, and I will pass the ball to you. If there is no chance in front, don't force it, pass it back to me and reorganize!"

The two also nodded heavily.

Young people have high aspirations, and it is natural for them to be arrogant.

But when this arrogance faces Lekai, it disappears.

Not to mention the honors of Lekai, the intensity shown by Lekai during training alone is enough to convince them.

"Xiaokai went over there!"

Wang Yi grinned at the situation of the blue team, "It's not easy for us to play!"

Ouyang Fei also nodded and said, "Brother Kai is too capable in the midfield, I may have to be suppressed."

"We will retreat more to protect!"

Liu Kairui took charge and said: "Leave the defense to us!"

Soon, the second half of the game began.

Lucky led everyone to the arena.

This is an eight-versus-eight small-field training match. The main focus is on coordination and making full use of the space in the small field.

After the blue team kicked off, Mutali passed the ball back to Lucky.

After Lucky continued to pass the ball back, he ran towards the right side where Queenie was.

Seeing that Lucky had already run into the neutral space, blue team defender Jiang Peng also passed the ball to Lucky.

During this period, Wang Yi tried to intercept, but the ball was still an inch short.

After Lucai stopped the ball, he was immediately pressed by Ouyang Fei.

Lucky turned his back and swayed his feet from side to side above the ball, finally knocking Ouyang Fei's center of gravity away and completing his escape.

The overall feeling gives people a relaxed and freehand feeling.

Ouyang Fei also wanted to quickly counterattack, but Lucky had already passed the ball to Queenie.

Queenie held the ball on the wing and was immediately blocked by Liu Kairui.

"Come on! Get past me!"

Kairui Liu is provoking, but Queenie is not fooled.

He knew that if he got in at this time, the only possibility would be to intercept the ball.

For this reason, he pulled the ball and turned around. At the moment he was about to pass the ball, his shoulder was suddenly hit.

This impact also caused the grounder to become a half-lob.

The ball was not passed well.

Oops!

Queenie was anxious and even made a gesture of retreating to counterattack.

Wang Yi and Ouyang Fei were beside Lucai. With the two of them guarding the ball, the quality of the pass was very poor and there was almost no possibility of protecting the ball.

But at this moment, Lucai suddenly ran forward. When he was approaching the ball, his whole body suddenly stopped. Then he lowered his shoulders and twisted his waist. He used the power of the twist to make the ball hit his right shoulder blade, completing the game. Transfer work.

The most exaggerated thing is that the ball just landed at the feet of the winger on the other side.

When facing a bad return pass, Lucky handled it extremely calmly and full of imagination.

Queenie couldn't help but open her mouth slightly when she saw this scene.

He was obviously greatly shaken.

After Lucky completed the transfer, he lowered his arms toward everyone and said, "Slow down! I'm playing too fast. Stop the ball and observe. Make sure there won't be interference before releasing the ball. Try to pass some safe balls!"

Listening to Lucky's voice, everyone's agitated hearts gradually calmed down.

Then, with Lucky's connection, the blue team's offensive began to become orderly.

Lucky stands in the midfield position and is completely an offensive command tower.

The pass passed from his feet may seem ordinary, but after a few series, it can immediately pose a threat to the goal.

On the other hand, Ouyang Fei was suppressed a bit too hard by Lucai. Not only was his rhythm suppressed, but it was also difficult to maintain possession of the ball.

Chen Man, who was on the sidelines, looked at this scene and couldn't help but grinned and shook his head:

"This guy's ability in the midfield is still so abnormal. I have suffered enough before. Fortunately, I am on the same team with him now."