boyutpedia Chapter 259
Chapter 259
The Chinese team has been in the limelight for a long time.
Chapter 259 Winning the championship with all the victories! New coach selection!
Time: July 1, 2015
Location: Prague, Eden Stadium.
The stadium was packed.
The fans in the stands welcomed the upcoming European Under-21 Championship final with the warmest cheers and applause.
The two teams that made it to the final were England U21 and Portugal U21!
In the semi-finals, England beat Denmark 3-0, while Portugal beat Germany 4-0.
In this way, the two teams in the same group met again in the final after the first round of the group stage!
This is the first time that England U21 has reached the final of the European Youth Championship six years after 2009.
Before the game, the support rate of the two teams was almost one-sided.
Almost everyone believed that England would defeat Portugal and win the European Youth Championship.
Because, half a month ago, in the first match between the two sides, England led by Ling Feng easily defeated Portugal.
“Let’s welcome the players from both sides to enter the stadium!”
Under the passionate introduction of the stadium DJ, England in white and Portugal in red, led the ball boys and walked into the stadium.
Leading the way in the front of the England team is naturally the most expensive and most famous player in this European Youth Championship, England No. 7 and team captain – Ling Feng!
According to the updated value of the German transfer market, Ling Feng’s value has skyrocketed again.
From 50 million pounds, it has risen to 65 million pounds!
Such a high value makes him continue to rank first in the England player value list and become the most expensive player under the world U21!
The direction of the game was just as predicted by the media and football experts before the game, without any suspense!
With Ling Feng, who was unique in strength, commanding on the field, England firmly controlled the situation on the field and pressed Portugal in the half court until the last second of the game.
In the end, with Ling Feng’s pass and shot, and Kane’s icing on the cake, England crushed Portugal, which had B 席, Guerrero and other young demons, with absolute strength in the final.
England won the European Youth Championship again after 31 years!
The next second after the game whistle sounded, Ling Feng did not feel too excited or excited, but just raised his arms and showed a calm smile of the winner.
In his opinion, the gap between the strengths of the two sides was a crushing game.
It was cool, but there was no excitement or blood boiling at all.
However, other teammates did not think so.
Even if the gold content is not too high, it also represents the top of the European U21 national team, and it is also a heavy championship!
The whole process of winning the championship was a little too easy. However, this was also the perfect result of their unremitting running on the field.
Therefore, whether it was Kane, who was always introverted and shy, or Lingard, who was always cheerful and humorous, they hugged each other at the first time, and then swarmed up to surround Ling Feng who was standing there.
“Ling, we won the championship!”
“Yes!”
“Yes! We did it!”
“We are the champions!!!”
At the same time, the coaching staff and substitute players on the bench rushed into the stadium together, formed a circle, and jumped up and down.
The English people who were celebrating wildly in the stadium and the Portuguese people who were slumped on the ground with a look of dejection formed a sharp contrast.
Sports competition, that’s it!
Head coach Southgate, who stepped into the stadium, hugged and greeted his disciples one by one.
Until he came to Ling Feng, the smile on his face suddenly became as brilliant as a blooming daisy.
“Ling, well done!”
Southgate knew very well that the black-haired young man in front of him was definitely his great benefactor.
If it weren’t for Ling Feng, they would never have been able to sweep all opponents with such a strong attitude and achieve the final championship!
Thinking of this, he felt very fortunate for his decision to invite Ling Feng to join the team.
After the celebration, the award ceremony was held.
Ling Feng, who scored three goals and made six assists in five games, was elected as the MVP of the European Youth Championship!
This also made him the third English player in history to win the European Youth Championship MVP after Mark Hartley in 1984.
You know, many football superstars have performed well in the European Youth Championship and won the MVP award, such as Davor Suker, Figo, Cannavaro, Pirlo and so on.
Now, Ling Feng’s name is also on par with these football superstars!
After the MVP award ceremony, Ling Feng, the team captain, took the championship trophy from the match official, and then came to the center of the queue amid the cheers of his teammates, and then suddenly raised the championship trophy in his hand:
Kane, Lingard, Maguire and others behind him also burst into the loudest cheers:
“Oh~~~Oh!”
“Yes!”
“We are the champions!!!”
The next second, the salute streamers on both sides splashed out, and the stadium also played the melodious song “We are the champions”
. . .
After the award ceremony, back in the locker room, the young lions were still in high spirits.
Looking at Kane, whose face was flushed, holding a bottle of champagne and arguing with Lingard and others, Ling Feng suddenly thought of the unlucky attribute of this “uncrowned king” and felt a little scared:
“Fortunately, fortunately, it should not be his problem that he has no championship in his career.”
This is Kane’s first championship in the true sense.
As for whether it is the last one, it depends on his luck.
However, after the Three Lions of this world have me, the probability of winning the championship will definitely be much greater!
While the young lions of England were celebrating in the locker room, at the same time, England was already in jubilation.
You know, this European Youth Championship is the first championship of the England national team since 1984!
For England, which has not touched the championship trophy for many years and has shouted “football goes home” for decades, this is definitely a happy event worth celebrating.
Therefore, keywords such as “European Youth Championship”, “win the championship” and “England champion” quickly topped the hot search rankings of major search engines.
For a while, the whole of England was talking about this championship.
Many people think that although this England team is not luxurious.
However, because of Ling Feng’s presence, the team won all five games, scored 15 goals, and conceded only three goals!
Ling Feng won the MVP and assists of the tournament, Kane won the Golden Boot, and as many as six people were selected for the best lineup of the tournament.
Just from the results and scenes, this England is definitely the most dominant team in the history of the European Youth Championship!
No one else!
And the young lions in the team have performed brilliantly.
For example, Kane scored six goals in five games, Lingard scored two goals and one assist in five games, and Maguire, who is firmly in the starting lineup.
In the eyes of the media and fans, these young lions are the future of the Three Lions!
As long as these young lions grow up, the Three Lions will only be more powerful.
In the eyes of all media and football experts, the biggest contributor to the victory of this European Youth Championship is naturally Ling Feng, who carried it from beginning to end!
Football is a team sport, which is the consensus of everyone.
However, in this European Youth Championship, Ling Feng has brought his personal ability to the fullest.
He single-handedly brought England, which was not optimistic at first, to another level, defeated all opponents and finally won the championship.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that “the Czech European Youth Championship is the European Youth Championship that belongs to Ling Feng alone”!
And for Ling Feng, his mission in this England U21 team has also come to a short and perfect end.
Lead Kane to win the championship? Done!
Brush up some favorability in front of Southgate? Done!
Brush up some attribute points? Done!
In this European Youth Championship, he completed four achievements in one fell swoop: [European Youth Championship Champion], [European Youth Championship MVP], [European Youth Championship Assist King], and [European Youth Championship Best Team].
Except for the champion achievement reward of two free attribute points, the other three only rewarded one free attribute point.
However, as the saying goes, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat!
. . .
After the celebration, everyone took out their phones and took turns holding the trophy to take selfies and tweet.
As the captain of the team and the main contributor to the championship, Ling Feng became the “mascot” for his teammates to take photos.
Just after shooting a short video with Lingard, Kane came up and put his arm around his shoulders, then handed the phone to Maguire beside him:
“Ling, let’s take a picture! Harry, help take a picture.”
“No problem!”
Unconsciously, these young lions who were once dissatisfied in their hearts were all impressed by Ling Feng’s performance in this European Youth Championship.
Not only his strength, but also his personality off the court is impeccable.
Although he is relatively young, he has a very calm personality, no star airs at all, and is approachable.
Kane, who put his arm around Ling Feng’s shoulders and won the Golden Boot of this European Youth Championship, also made up his mind in his heart:
No matter what, he must hold Ling Feng’s thigh tightly.
The cake he fed was so delicious and comfortable!
After taking selfies with his teammates one by one and taking a group photo with the whole team, Ling Feng finally had time to check a lot of unread text messages on his phone.
Teammates from the club and colleagues in the industry all sent text messages to congratulate him on his victory.
Among them, there was also the club coach Pearson who had just been fired!
After a little thought, Ling Feng took his mobile phone and went to an empty corner of the stadium and called Pearson:
“Hello?”
“Hey, boss.”
“I’m not your boss anymore. You can call me Nigel.”
Hearing this, Ling Feng was silent for a moment and said, “In my heart, you are always my boss!”
“Kid, I’m grateful that you can say that.”
“Sorry, boss.”
“What do you have to be sorry about? This is not your fault. If you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences. This is a matter of course.”
“What are your plans next?”
“Take a break first. I haven’t had a holiday for a long time.”
After a brief chat and an appointment to have tea together when they are free, Pearson took the initiative to end the topic and hung up the phone.
In professional football, the change of coaching positions is a common thing.
Although the dismissal of the head coach is often a sad ending.
Especially this head coach, he has a very good relationship with himself, and he is both a teacher and a friend.
However, as a player, Ling Feng can only learn to accept and digest it.
Now, Pearson’s era is over.
What he has to think about is who will become the new coach of the Blue Foxes?
Will it be Ranieri, or someone else?
And will the new coach’s tactical style affect his performance? !
With the expectation of the unknown and a little trepidation, Ling Feng followed the team on a special plane and returned with honor!
When the young lions arrived at London Heathrow Airport, the English fans and media reporters who came to pick them up had already filled the waiting hall.
“Ling! I love you!”
“Jesse!”
“Harry! This way!”
Hearing someone calling their names, Kane and Maguire in the queue looked over at the same time.
When the two found each other’s sight, they couldn’t help but smile at each other.
Considering the order of the airport, the young lions did not stay at the airport for too long, but hurriedly left the waiting hall and took the team bus back to St. George’s Park.
Later that day, Ling Feng, the team captain, attended the press conference with head coach Southgate.
Also present was the European Under-21 Championship trophy!
The entire press conference was actually a wave of praise and compliments from the media, and then questions such as what this championship would bring to England and what this championship meant.
Among them, facing the question of whether Ling Feng would continue to be selected for the U21, Southgate gave a very clear answer:
“With Ling’s strength, the U21 age group competition is no longer of much significance. His future is to lead the adult national team to make progress!”
And in the face of the media’s performance as the team captain for the first time, Southgate gave a very high evaluation:
“In my opinion, he leads by example both on and off the court and is a natural leader!”
. . .
The half-month European Under-21 Championship journey ended with the championship.
Because of his participation in the European Under-21 Championship, the club granted Ling Feng a two-week vacation.
In other words, he can rest until July 15th before reporting back to the team.
However, even when he was resting at home, the progress of Leicester City’s coach selection was always on his mind.
According to media reports, Neil Lennon, the head coach of the Championship team Bolton, and Martin O’Neill, the head coach of the Irish national team, are the hot candidates for the new head coach of the Blue Foxes.
The former played for Leicester City when he was a player and can be regarded as a Leicester City team legend.
He once led the Scottish Premier League overlord Celtic to win the Scottish Premier League championship three times and the Scottish Cup twice.
The latter was more famous when he was a player and was one of the main members of Nottingham Forest’s Champions League in the 1980s.
After picking up the coaching baton, he also coached Leicester City and is one of the most prestigious coaches in Leicester City’s history.
In addition to these two candidates who have more or less connections with Leicester City, the media has also selected a lot of rumored targets for Leicester City.
As the fifth in the Premier League last season, coupled with the British star Ling Feng in the team, the head coach position of Leicester City can be said to be a very challenging and coveted position.
However, perhaps because they were afraid that Ling Feng would not renew his contract with the team, or in order to smoothly carry out the summer transfer plan, Leicester City’s coach selection speed was unexpectedly fast.
Just one week later
, Leicester City officially announced the new coach!
And this candidate was beyond everyone’s expectations.
It was not Neil Lennon, nor Martin O’Neill, but Claudio Ranieri, an Italian nicknamed “Tinker”!
(End of this chapter)