Chapter 174 Swapping Jerseys with Guardiola

“This brat!”

After seeing Aguero score a goal, Guardiola slapped his bald head in frustration!

He knew that Lin Quan and his teammates did not cooperate well, so he only needed to send people to restrict Lin Quan and Silva.

Lin Quan himself knows that he and his teammates do not have a good understanding of each other, and Silva will most likely be restricted.

Therefore, the countermeasure he discussed with Silva was to use Silva as a cover to attract Guardiola's attention, and then have Silva cover his teammates to complete the attack.

In this way, in addition to Lin Quan and Silva, a third person unexpected by Guardiola appeared.

Guardiola just missed this point! "This kid tricked me!"

After realizing this, Guardiola shook his head in self-mockery.

If he was teased like this by someone else, he might be a little angry, but when he thought that the other person was his son, Guardiola was no longer angry.

Not only am I not angry, but I also feel a sense of accomplishment:

You're growing up so fast, little brat! Even your father has been fooled by you!

He is worthy of being my son!

However, Guardiola was not prepared to let Lin Quan lead the team to a reversal. He made a substitution, replacing Ribery with Badstuber, adding a defensive midfielder to further strengthen the defense while keeping an eye on Manchester City's third point.

Moreover, changing players at this time can also serve the purpose of delaying time, which is killing two birds with one stone.

After Badstuber came on the pitch, Bayern's backcourt became very strong.

Manchester City's attack had difficulty breaking through their midfield, let alone threatening the penalty area.

Finally, the ninety-minute battle was over.

Bayern defeated Manchester City 3-2 at home and won the Audi Cup.

A very interesting scene occurred after the game. Lin Quan walked to the sidelines, hugged Guardiola, and asked him to exchange jerseys.

Guardiola was stunned for a moment and pointed to his suit:

"Brat, are you attracted by my suit?"

It is common for players to exchange jerseys with each other, but it is very rare for players to exchange jerseys with coaches.

A more famous incident happened in 2018, when Manchester City played against Bristol City in the second leg of the League Cup. The opposing defender Aden Flint half-jokingly asked Guardiola to exchange jerseys.

At that time, Guardiola rejected the other party's request, but after the game he still sent him a set of exactly the same clothes, which was considered to have fulfilled his wish.

It’s still several years since that incident, but Lin Quan got there first.

The camera on the scene captured this funny scene, which drew laughter from the audience.

The team won the game and Bayern fans were in a relaxed mood.

The audience near the coach's bench began to make a noise: "Mr. Guardiola, give him the 'jersey'!"

"Manchester City's number 10 jersey is not available on the market yet, it's a sure win!"

Lin Quan's No. 10 jersey is still being produced in the factory and has not been put on the market on a large scale.

Even if you want to buy it, you can't buy it at this time.

What's more, this is the jersey he wore, and it is a limited edition among limited editions.

However, the suit Guardiola is wearing costs tens of thousands of dollars, which is not cheap.

"Look at my body shape, can I wear your clothes?"

Lin Quan compared the heights of the two and said to Guardiola.

Guardiola laughed: "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you as a souvenir of our first match!"

The first match between father and son on the court was indeed memorable if you think about it carefully.

So Lin Quan took off his jersey and gave it to Guardiola, and Guardiola gave his suit to Lin Quan.

The two had a very strange jersey exchange.

…

After finishing the Audi Cup, Manchester City did not stay in Germany for long.

They flew back to England overnight.

In response to the problems the team encountered in the Audi Cup match, Pellegrini began to adjust the team's technical and tactical play.

He knew that Yaya Toure liked to attack forward, so he assigned him certain offensive tasks.

However, he made a request to Yaya Toure, asking him to ensure that the team's defense was secure before he could move forward to attack, otherwise he would not be allowed to move forward easily.

In order to address the problem of lack of coordination among several Manchester City frontcourt players, he tried to arrange more training matches within the team, allowing Lin Quan, Silva, Aguero and others to play in a fixed combination.

Something like tacit understanding can be cultivated. After playing together for a long time and becoming familiar with each other's playing habits, the tacit understanding will be improved.

After a week of intensive training, Pellegrini contacted several teams to play friendly matches in order to test the team's condition.

They first looked for Fulham, a team in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, and then for the relatively strong Arsenal.

Pellegrini plans to train his players against Fulham first, and then use the momentum of defeating the Cottagers to face Premier League giants Arsenal.

As long as the team can beat Arsenal, it will gain a certain amount of confidence and morale will be improved.

In this way, they will be able to adjust themselves to the best condition before the start of the Premier League.

Of the two teams, Fulham is happy to serve as a sparring partner for Manchester City, but they request to play the game at their home ground.

In this way, they can use Manchester City's fame to sell some tickets and make some extra money.

Manchester City is not short of money and does not care about ticket revenue.

The other party's request is irrelevant to them, it is enough that the other party is willing to play a friendly match with them.

Arsenal agreed, but the date was set later, on August 15th.

They have just finished their Asian tour and are currently recovering.

Although Wenger doesn't like commercial activities, Arsenal still carried out some commercial activities this summer in order to make money to support the team.

For Arsenal, Asia, where people are stupid and have a lot of money, is a good place to make money.

If the journey wasn't so far, the professor would have wanted to go there every day.

However, for top clubs, this kind of commercial activity will have some impact on their pre-match preparations to a greater or lesser extent.

Therefore, when conducting business activities, they will also weigh the pros and cons.

Some money can be earned, some money cannot be earned.

Professor Wenger was also well aware of this, so Arsenal's trip to Asia only lasted for half a month before ending the trip and returning to the UK.

In this way, their pre-match preparations will not be affected too much.

However, after playing a few games against those weak teams in Asia, he is worried that the team's form will decline.

So after returning to the UK, I started looking for suitable opponents to find my form, and try to get the team back to normal before the start of the Premier League.

Manchester City, which appears to be strong on paper but lacks the foundation of a wealthy family and whose actual combat effectiveness may be discounted, has become their best training opponent.

As a result, the two teams hit it off and Arsenal will challenge Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on August 15.

On August 10, Manchester City's away game against Fulham was the first to kick off.

The game attracted about 20,000 spectators.

The farmer's home field is relatively small, and even with some additional seats, the capacity is less than 30,000 people.

For a friendly match, there are 20,000 spectators, which is a very high attendance rate.

Among the fans who went to watch the game in person, many came for Lin Quan.

People are very interested in this man who claims to be on par with Messi and Ronaldo, and want to see with their own eyes whether he is really as strong as the rumors say.

Not only the fans are interested, but even Fulham players are also paying attention to Lin Quan.

While standing in the player tunnel, Lin Quan noticed that the opposing players' eyes were always on him, and they were whispering to each other from time to time, as if they were talking about him.

"Be careful, they are planning to use foul tactics against you!"

David Silva was in a relatively close position and paid close attention, so he heard some fragments of the other party's whispers. He then reminded Lin Quan with a serious expression.

"Yeah, I got it!"

Lin Quan nodded. It was not surprising that Fulham players had such thoughts.

After all, when he first came to the Premier League, the British media labeled him as "not good at physical confrontation."

Maybe the opposing players think so too?

During the handshake before the game, the opponent's left-back Richardson held Lin Quan's hand tightly and threatened Lin Quan fiercely:

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"Kid, watch out for your legs when you get on the court!"

Lin Quan increased the strength of his hands, pinching the other person's face until it turned the color of liver: "I'll say this to you as well, watch out for your own legs!"

He has always believed in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

If anyone is rude to him, he will retaliate rudely.

“Haha, you’re quite arrogant. This is the Premier League, and the game played here is a game that only real men can play…hiss, it hurts, it hurts, let go, you lunatic!”

Seeing that the other person was still mumbling non-stop, Lin Quan increased the strength of his hands, pinching the other person's face until the facial features were distorted.

“Try it!”

Lin Quan glanced at Richardson and walked towards his next opponent.

Fulham's defensive midfielder Sidwell saw his teammate's hand turned pale from being pinched, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with a grunt.

Can we not shake hands?

But Lin Quan's hand had already reached out.

Sidwell could only muster up the courage to extend his hand.

After touching Lin Quan's hand, he quickly pulled it back as if he had been electrocuted.

He was afraid that he would be caught by the other party and end up like Richardson.

Lin Quan was stunned by the other party's reaction. After he understood the reason, a smile appeared on his face.

It's not bad news for him to leave such an impression in the other person's mind.

…

The competition officially started at 19:30 in the afternoon.

Fulham seized the opportunity to attack Manchester City right from the start, showing no caution or care when facing a strong team.

It seems that they are planning to go head-to-head with Manchester City! Yes, it's just a friendly match, not a real match.

They have to live up to the fans who paid for their tickets.

If Fulham retreats to their own half, the fans will probably curse them to death! Manchester City's current weakness is in the defense line, but the strength of the forward line is not weak at all.

Fulham is courting death by going head-on with them, which is naturally what Manchester City wants.

So, Manchester City sounded the horn of attack and launched a fierce attack on Fulham's penalty area.

This was Lin Quan's first time playing against a Premier League team, although it was just a warm-up match.

But both teams are serious Premier League teams, and even the referee is a Premier League referee.

Therefore, the intensity of this game is not much different from that of the Premier League.

Only after actually playing the game did you realize that the pace of Premier League games is indeed very fast.

But this kind of speed is different from the fast ground counterattacks of strong teams. The mid- and lower-level teams in the Premier League like to play high balls.

When the football is at the feet of Fulham players, they don't like to advance from the ground, but prefer to kick a high ball to their own forwards and let the forwards compete for the header.

After winning the ball, he passed it to his teammates and directly attacked Manchester City's penalty area by crossing the midfield.

If you fail to win the battle, retreat quickly to prevent being counterattacked by the opponent.

Isn't this an old-fashioned long pass tactic?

How come people still use this tactic in this era? Lin Quan was very surprised. This tactic has a very low offensive efficiency.

Manchester City has a lot of players in the backcourt, and it is not easy for the opponent's forwards to get the ball to land.

Even if you succeed in getting it, you may not be able to pass it to your teammates successfully.

Once they lose the ball, what awaits them will be a quick counterattack from Manchester City.

Sure enough, in the 13th minute of the first half, Manchester City seized the opponent's mistake, intercepted the ball in the backcourt, and quickly passed the ball to the wing.

The ball quickly came to Lin Quan's feet.

Lin Quan had long noticed that Fulham's defense was relatively empty. After receiving the ball, without saying a word, he ran with the ball and rushed towards Fulham's penalty area.

Fulham's left-back Richardson rushed towards Lin Quan aggressively, without even looking at the football, and rushed straight towards him.

The Fulham fans at the scene widened their eyes, each with an expectant expression on their face.

They were ready to enjoy their own defenders ravaging the No. 10 player! It is said that in order to invite this little Spanish player, Manchester City not only spent a huge signing fee, but also took out the highest annual salary in football, which can be said to be a huge expense.

When Fulham fans thought that the opponent's No. 10 player was about to be easily defeated by a very ordinary defender in the Premier League, they couldn't help but want to mock Manchester City for being stupid and having too much money!

Is it useful to have more money? Won't they still be bullied by Fulham? In addition to Fulham fans, there was also a mysterious spectator in the audience.

Arsenal head coach Wenger also came to the scene, wanting to inspect Manchester City, or to inspect Lin Quan's adaptation to the Premier League.

Fulham, like Arsenal, is a team located in London, so it is not a big deal for the professor to come to the farmer's place to watch a game.

He has always been very optimistic about Lin Quan and really wants to bring Lin Quan in.

Although he failed in the end, it did not affect the professor's love for Lin Quan at all.

However, Wenger is also well aware of how fierce the competition in the Premier League is.

He himself was not sure whether Lin Quan could adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League. At this time, seeing Fulham's defender rushing towards Lin Quan fiercely, Wenger's heart was lifted involuntarily.

Lin Quan is a genius, so don't get hurt! Bang! There was a loud crash.

Richardson and Lin Quan bumped into each other!

However, surprisingly, the person who was hit was not Lin Quan, but Richardson himself.

The latter bounced back on the spot as if he had hit a wall, and sat down on the ground with an expression of disbelief on his face: How is this possible?

How come this guy didn't get knocked down? Lin Quan glanced at Richardson on the ground with disdain: Ramos couldn't even knock me down, so who do you think you are?

After Richardson's defense failed, Lin Quan had a clear path ahead.

Fulham's defenders didn't seem to expect that their teammates' interception would fail, and they started to move at this time, but it was obviously too late.

Before the opponent's central defender could come to defend, Lin Quan dribbled the ball past Richardson into the penalty area, and facing the goalkeeper who came out, he scored the ball with a light lob.

The score was changed to 1:0. Lin Quan knocked down his own defender and scored the ball into his own goal.

The Fulham fans at the scene were silent:

Why is this script different from what I imagined?

(End of this chapter)