Chapter 118 A 'friendly' discussion with Guardiola

Although Lin Quan became a little famous because of the Puskas Award, the stage tonight belongs to the two most outstanding talents.

After presenting the award to the FIFA World Player of the Year, former World Cup champion, Ballon d'Or winner and FIFA World Player of the Year Cannavaro walked up to the podium with a smile as the award presenter.

He will announce the winner of the most important award of today's ceremony - the FIFA Ballon d'Or! Cannavaro knew that the focus of the audience was on him, but he was more aware that the focus of these people was on the unopened list of winners in his hand.

So, when he went on stage, Cannavaro made a gesture of peeking at the list of awards in his hand, which caused laughter from the audience.

The camera then turned to Iniesta, Ronaldo and Messi, the final three candidates for the Ballon d'Or, and gave them a shot side by side in the same frame.

The expressions of the three of them looked a little unnatural and a little nervous.

Although Iniesta knew that he was a runner-up, he couldn't help but feel a little lucky at this time: What if? He had been a runner-up for several years. What if the judges realized the importance of midfield and voted for him, then he might have a chance to win the Golden Ball.

As for Ronaldo and Messi, outside analysis shows that the chances of the two winning the championship are not much different, and Messi has a certain lead.

C Ronaldo couldn't help but look at Messi. The other party has won three consecutive Golden Ball Awards. His performance in recent years has not been bad. Every loss is equivalent to paving the way for himself to win the award.

After three years of preparation, it's time to reap the rewards, right? Messi is a little nervous. He didn't win any honors in 2012. His performance with the national team was lackluster, and he lost the Champions League and league titles with his club team.

But his personal goal tally hit a new high and even broke the world record, which is a huge plus for him.

Cannavaro did not delay time intentionally, he quickly opened the list of winners: "The player who won the 2012 FIFA Golden Ball Award is - Leo Messi!"

The camera on the scene was focused on Messi and Ronaldo who were sitting in the front row.

Ronaldo pursed his lips, feeling a little complicated, but still applauded Messi.

He is 27 years old and has only one Ballon d'Or, while Messi is only 25 years old and has already won four Ballon d'Or trophies.

Can I still catch up with him?

Looking at Messi's back as he went on stage to receive the award, Ronaldo couldn't help but think in his heart.

Lin Quan, along with Xavi, Fabregas and others, applauded the award-winning Messi. While applauding, he glanced at Ronaldo's stubborn back.

People call them the two most talented players of all time, but now Messi has won the Ballon d'Or for four consecutive years, far surpassing Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has always been strong, must feel bad.

With his personality, in order to prove that he is not inferior to Messi, he will definitely play even harder in the next game! …

After the award ceremony, Lin Quan did not go with Fabregas and others to congratulate Messi.

The two of them are not actually very familiar with each other, and he has no plans to return to Barcelona to play football, so he will not join in the fun.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Guardiola and Bosque were chatting, Lin Quan found Bosque.

"Coach, congratulations on winning the Best Coach Award!"

"Haha, I'm just lucky. I'm also pleased to see that you've made progress during this period of time!"

Bosque had just won the award and was in a very happy mood. When he saw Lin Quan, he gave him a warm hug.

Seeing Lin Quan, who has improved in strength, is full of energy and not injured, is the best news for Bosque.

There is only half a year left in the Confederations Cup. During this period, the core players of the team must not get injured, especially seriously injured.

Otherwise, when the Confederations Cup comes, they may not be able to play.

The situation in other positions of the Spanish lineup is fine. The bench in the midfield and backcourt is strong, and even if one or two players are injured occasionally, the impact will not be great.

But in the frontcourt, especially at the point of Lin Quan, there is absolutely no other alternative.

This resulted in Bosque being very nervous every time Lin Quan played, and he wanted to watch in front of the TV for two hours until he was sure that he was not injured.

Before Lin Quan was in the team, the old coach had never been so tired.

But hard work pays off, and Lin Quan's progress is visible to the naked eye.

And as he got older, Bosque noticed that all aspects of his physical abilities were improving.

Just like the match between Werder Bremen and Bayern not long ago, Lin Quan was still able to maintain such physical strength during the overtime period, which really surprised the old coach.

Seeing that Bosque was in a good mood, Lin Quan took the opportunity to mention to him that he wanted to play more games.

"As for the national team, we will have World Cup qualifiers and Confederations Cup next year. The Confederations Cup has always been a preview of the World Cup, and our opponents are very strong, so we need to go all out. I will take you with me to this Confederations Cup, and you will play as a main player."

Bosque thought Lin Quan was worried about his position as a starter, so he made a promise to him:

As long as he is not injured, he will be included in Spain's important matches.

"But the national team hasn't had many games in the past few months. You know, Werder Bremen doesn't have many games. I was thinking, can I go play for the national youth team? Aren't they playing in the European Youth Championship?"

Bosque looked at him in surprise and said, "Isn't this bad? There is no point in you playing for the youth team. That level of competition is not difficult for you and will not serve as any training."

After all, you are a player shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or. Do you have the nerve to play football with a bunch of kids in their early 20s?

Uh, this little guy seems to be less than 17 years old, younger than those little kids.

Bosque was suddenly speechless.

Lin Quan sighed in his heart: Why is it useless? At least the youth team can get one point if they win a game!

This kind of game where he could easily win was exactly what he had always dreamed of, right?

The only drawback is that you need to run back and forth between the club and the national team, which is a bit tiring, and the reward points are too few, only 1 point per game.

If there are 2 points in a game, then he will definitely play in the youth team's game, and he will be the kind that cannot be driven away!

Bosque saw that Lin Quan seemed to be in a low mood, and he didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, so he asked, "Why, do you really want to play?"

"Yes, I want to communicate with more opponents, accumulate experience in the game, and achieve better growth!"

"Well, it's a good idea, and you're very motivated, but forget about the youth team games. Bullying weak teams won't help you improve. If you want to communicate, communicate with the top teams!"

When Lin Quan heard this, his eyes lit up immediately. He had said so much just waiting for you to say this! "We are going to Brazil to play in the Confederations Cup this year. The teams participating are all champions from various continents, and they are all very strong.

Therefore, we need to communicate more with some strong opponents, especially play friendly matches with teams with similar styles to those participating teams, and adapt to the opponent's rhythm.

That way, I won’t feel uncomfortable at the Confederations Cup! ”

The participating teams for the 2013 Confederations Cup have been basically determined, namely: host Brazil, European and World Cup champions Spain, Asian champions Japan, America's Cup champions Uruguay, Central American champions Mexico, Oceania champions Tahiti and European Cup runner-up Italy.

The African Cup of Nations has not yet been completed and the opponents who will advance have not yet been determined.

Among these eight teams, the strongest are Brazil, Uruguay, Italy and Mexico.

They are typical representatives of European football and American football.

So if Spain wants to choose opponents for warm-up matches, they will choose teams that are geographically close to them and have similar styles.

Bosque immediately thought of several suitable names in his mind, but whether they could be contacted depended on the communication and negotiation between the Spanish Football Association and the other Football Association.

After attending the FIFA awards ceremony, Lin Quan disappeared again.

During his absence, Guardiola did show up once.

On January 16, Guardiola appeared in Munich and officially signed with Bayern Munich.

The two parties signed a three-year contract, which ends in 2016.

Guardiola's signing with Bayern has disappointed all the teams that tried to pursue him.

Especially Chelsea, it is said that Abramovich was so angry that he threw things in his office.

After he calmed down, he thought of Mourinho, who is as famous as Guardiola.

"Call Mendes and tell him I want him to come to Stamford Bridge to watch the game!"

If Guardiola can't be invited, then we can only invite Mourinho.

Chelsea's league record this season is poor. After the 22nd round, they are 13 points behind the top Manchester United and have basically no hope of winning the league title.

Not only that, their Champions League spot is not very stable.

Chelsea, currently ranked third, has several pursuers eyeing them.

Among them, Arsenal, who are obsessed with maintaining their top four, are particularly uneasy.

Arsenal are currently fifth, five points behind Chelsea.

Although the points gap is huge, this team fighting for the top four always bursts out with incredible fighting power at the end of the season and miraculously retains its place in the Champions League.

This makes Chelsea's lead seem unsafe!

The poor record and the shaky Champions League spot have pushed Abramovich's patience with Amateo to the limit.

Although the opponent helped the team win the Champions League trophy last year and fulfilled his Champions League dream.

But he couldn't tolerate the other party for a lifetime just for a Champions League trophy. Giving him a year was already the most he could do.

Now it's time to break up with each other! Mourinho's days at Real Madrid are not easy. Only half of the La Liga season has been played, and Real Madrid is 18 points behind Barcelona in the standings! This point difference basically means that Real Madrid is out and has no chance to defend the title.

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Fortunately, they have not been eliminated from the Champions League yet and still have a chance to win the trophy.

But if they are also eliminated in the Champions League, Mourinho will definitely be fired.

He was very clear about this in his heart, so Mourinho did not refuse Chelsea's suggestion.

If he had not suffered setbacks at Real Madrid, given his temper, he would not have returned to coach Chelsea for a second time.

…

The undercurrents in the football world have nothing to do with Lin Quan. During this period, he has been training hard to prepare for the second half of the season.

In addition to daily training, he has been studying Guardiola's collection of videotapes these days.

From time to time, I also discuss football tactics with Guardiola.

Guardiola's understanding of football is very avant-garde, and the things he does during the game reflect his understanding of football.

However, these understandings may not be all correct. At least most of his efforts failed.

"In general, modern football, especially European football, which represents the direction of football development, increasingly emphasizes the overall performance and weakens the role attributes of players in a certain position, such as the attacking midfielder. The classic attacking midfielder is basically extinct now."

"Just like the strikerless formation created by Barcelona and the Spanish national team, everyone has the ability to attack, everyone can take responsibility for organizing the attack, and the position is not fixed, so it is more difficult to defend!"

Lin Quan retorted: "Barcelona's passing and controlling tactics are strong, isn't it because of Messi? With almost the same lineup, the Spanish national team's strikerless formation is not very effective!"

Before he joined the Spanish national team, the Spanish forwards were so weak that they could hardly break through the goals of the bottom teams!

Although everyone can attack, no one can score a goal because their shooting skills are no match for professional forwards.

Guardiola was speechless for a moment. Spain's strikerless formation did play a bit ugly, but at least they won several major championships, so the result was still good.

Guardiola has his own understanding of the development trend of football.

He insists that passing and controlling football is the future development direction, but Lin Quan feels that tactics similar to Atletico Madrid and Dortmund's high-pressure pressing and using a lot of players' running to cover the space on the field will have a place in the future football and may even become mainstream.

Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, with less financial resources and inferior player lineups to the top giants, can achieve such results, which represents the superiority of this style of play.

Perhaps for the giants, this tactic is not attractive enough, and they will not lower themselves to play this kind of football.

However, for mid- and lower-level teams, this tactic is very instructive.

Passing and controlling the ball is a luxury privilege only for the top clubs. If the configuration is slightly worse, it won’t work.

However, small teams can learn from Simeone and Klopp's tactical style.

There are a limited number of giants in the league, but a large number of ordinary teams, so the passing and controlling style of play may not be as popular as this high-pressure pressing style.

The two disagreed and an argument broke out, but neither of them was stubborn, and after the argument, both of their views changed a little.

Especially Guardiola, he seems to have come up with a new plan and can't wait to try it.

If he was not coaching a team now, he would definitely use his own team as a test subject and verify it on the field as soon as possible.

Seeing Guardiola's eager expression, Lin Quan felt a little nervous: He didn't know if what Guardiola thought of would work. If not, he would probably suffer in the future at Bayern!

The winter break is coming to an end soon.

After one month of training, Lin Quan's weight increased by 1 kg to 74 kg, and his physical fitness also improved significantly.

With the help of his secondary physical talent, he now has no problem playing the entire game.

Even if he encounters close defense from the opponent, he has the ability to get rid of the opponent through active running.

In addition, during his spare time and training with Guardiola, Guardiola also imparted some of his own defensive experience.

Guardiola started out as a defensive midfielder, and he plays the traditional No. 4 position in La Masia, responsible for both organizing the offense and defending.

His physical fitness is not outstanding, but his defensive awareness is first-class and he contributes a lot on the defensive end.

This method of defending by using experience and awareness rather than relying on the body is very suitable for Lin Quan, who has a thin physique.

After learning from Guardiola for a month, Lin Quan, who was originally a weak defensive player, has now evolved to the level of a weak player. Although he is still not too strong, at least he will not be easily passed by others like in the first half of the season.

After packing up his things and saying goodbye to his family one by one, Lin Quan flew back to Germany.

When he returned to the club, many of his teammates had already arrived.

Lin Quan paid great attention to maintaining his figure during the winter break. He only gained one kilogram, and the weight he gained was muscle.

But his teammates, especially those who didn't pay much attention to their diet, obviously gained a lot of weight.

This guy Peterson has gained weight in just one month.

When Lin Quan saw him, he almost didn't recognize him.

"Uh, Niels, are you swollen?"

"Humph, this kid didn't pay attention to controlling his diet at home, and he gained 8 kilograms! It only took a month. If he was given a year, he would be so fat that he couldn't walk!"

Head coach Schaff was so angry that he was puffing his beard and glaring, saying with regret that the team was not as good as he thought.

This kid is gaining weight like a balloon. Even the pigs in the pig farm are not growing as fast as him! "It's unfair. I've actually been very careful about controlling my weight. I only eat a little bit of food at every meal!"

“How much is a little?”

"Just a few burgers, some fries, a few sandwiches, and a bottle of fat otaku happy water..."

"How dare you drink carbonated drinks!"

Scharf was completely furious:

"Go run 20 laps along the court. From now on, before every training session, you must run 20 laps for me!"

Peterson looked at Lin Quan with a sad face, as if he wanted to plead with Lin Quan.

Lin Quan pretended not to notice his plea and turned to chat with De Bruyne and others.

Boss, you can't abandon me!

Peterson called for help in vain. Under the threat of Scharf's murderous gaze, he could only run laps obediently.

After three days of resuming training, the second half of the Bundesliga season started again.

Werder Bremen will host Dortmund at home.

We encountered a strong opponent right at the start. This match is not going to be easy! (End of this chapter)