Chapter 284 Manchester City's championship celebration! The World Cup is coming!
On the night of the championship, Lin Quan, like many other Manchester City players, was obviously very tired.
But I was still too excited and couldn't fall asleep in bed.
The sounds of teammates playing games or even singing karaoke came from the next room, which made Lin Quan couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
These guys will probably have panda eyes when they wake up tomorrow.
Since he couldn't sleep anyway, he turned on his mobile phone and planned to surf the Internet.
As soon as he turned on his phone, he saw a congratulatory message from Lily Collins.
I glanced at the time and realized that the other party should have sent the message immediately after the game ended.
Since Lily Collins has been studying in the United States during this period, Lin Quan reduced contact with her to avoid interfering with her studies.
I glanced at the time and it was already half past ten in the evening.
Lisbon time is about 5 hours ahead of US time. Calculating the time, it should be afternoon in the US now.
Thinking of this, Lin Quan sent a message to Lily Collins:
"available?"
Just seconds after the message was sent, Lily Collins called.
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The day after winning the championship, the entire Manchester City team did not squeeze into a commercial airliner, but took Mansour's connecting flight back to Manchester.
As soon as the players got off the plane, they were met with a warm welcome from tens of thousands of fans outside the airport.
At this moment, Manchester City players are the heroes of the city.
Inside and outside the airport, countless fans held various slogans and banners to welcome their heroes back home in triumph!
The Manchester City players were obviously also surprised. They had guessed that there would be fans coming to pick them up when they were on the plane.
But they didn't expect so many people to come! After seeing so many fans coming to the scene, they discussed it, took out the Big Ear Cup, held it high, and showed it to the fans on the scene.
After seeing the Big Ear Cup, the fans who arrived at the airport became even more excited.
They shouted the slogan "Champions", waved their arms, sang the team song excitedly, and celebrated with singing and dancing.
Although Manchester City players celebrated several times at the Stadium of Light and in the hotel.
But at this moment, after feeling the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene, their enthusiasm was also aroused and they started to celebrate together.
Since all the games this season have ended, the team will give the players a holiday after the parade, so most of the players have plenty of time.
As a result, many people began to meet the requests of the fans at the scene, taking photos with them, or helping them sign autographs.
Among them, there was no doubt that the largest number of fans came to Lin Quan for autographs and photos.
Soon, Lin Quan was surrounded by a large circle of fans wearing sky blue No. 10 jerseys.
Since transferring to Manchester City last year, Lin Quan's No. 10 jersey sales have been far ahead of others.
And now, as he led the team to win the first Champions League trophy in the team's history, his status in the hearts of Manchester City fans has risen to a height that others can hardly reach.
The security staff on site tried hard to maintain order, but there were too many people. The fans at the back were worried about not getting autographs from their idols, so they squeezed forward eagerly. The fans at the front naturally refused to leave because they hadn't gotten autographs yet.
With everyone pushing and shoving each other, the situation became a little out of control.
Seeing this scene, Lin Quan realized that things were a little dangerous.
With so many people, if a stampede occurs, there will inevitably be heavy casualties.
Although signing autographs for fans is done with good intentions, in the end one might end up doing something worse with good intentions!
Thinking of this, he quickly asked the airport staff for a loudspeaker and shouted to the fans, asking them to line up one by one, and promised to meet their requests for autographs and photos one by one.
Of course, in order to avoid scalpers selling autographs, he limited each person to a maximum of 2 autographs.
After Lin Quan's shouting, the fans calmed down.
The reason they were anxious was that they were worried that they would not be able to get the signed jersey.
Now with Lin Quan's assurance, they calmed down and started queuing.
"Lin, do you really want to sign autographs for these people?"
At this time, the teammates had basically met the fans' requests for autographs. After hearing Lin Quan's words, they were all very surprised.
It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 fans at the scene. Even if these people are not fans of Lin Quan, they probably will not miss such an opportunity.
If I really sign them one by one, it would probably take at least four or five hours!
If you sign your name for four or five hours at a time, your hands will probably break, right?
"Well, that's what I planned!"
Lin Quan nodded. Words spoken were like water spilled, and there was no way to take them back.
He applied to the airport staff, paid for a few autographs and photos, and got an office table and chair from them, then sat down and started signing.
Seeing that Lin Quan was really fulfilling his promise, the fans all cooperated very well.
They line up, walk up in an orderly manner holding the jerseys or souvenirs they want signed, say a few words to their idols, and ask for an autograph.
After the fans restored order, the work pressure of the security personnel on the scene was immediately greatly reduced.
They all breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time they had some admiration for the 18-year-old young player.
Just one sentence can calm the fans' restless emotions and make them calm down. It is hard to imagine that such a young player can have such influence and appeal.
As for Lin Quan's quality of keeping his word and fulfilling his promises seriously, it adds a lot of points to him, making some people who were not his fans originally want to know more about him.
There were many fans at the scene. Some of them took a photo of the scene while waiting in line for autographs and posted it online, with the caption: " Waiting for Lin Quan's autograph!" There were quite a few fans who did this, and some even live-broadcasted the scene online, like frontline reporters, reporting the situation on the scene in real time for countless fans online.
So, what was originally just a small matter involving Manchester City fans picking up each other at the airport soon became a hot topic on the Internet.
"I really want Lin Huang's autograph, but unfortunately I'm not in Manchester!"
"Is there anyone in Manchester who can help me get an autograph from Emperor Lin? I can reimburse your travel expenses!"
"I'm in London. Is it too late to take a bus to Manchester now?"
"It's more than 300 kilometers. If we drive, it will take about three hours at the fastest. There are probably more than 10,000 people on site. It will take at least four or five hours for Emperor Lin to sign everyone's signatures. We should be able to make it in time!"
"Okay, I'll take leave and go to Manchester City now!"
"Oh my god, brother, are you serious? Remember to get one for me!"
"Make one for me too!"
"A whole +1!"
Although there were a lot of people, Lin Quan was very relaxed at the moment. He patiently signed autographs for every fan who approached him.
But as he was signing, Lin Quan felt something was not right.
Why didn’t the number of people decrease, but instead increased?
What kind of situation is this? In the end, the signature that was originally planned to be completed in four or five hours ended up taking a full eight hours.
After signing the last signature, it was dark outside and my arms were so sore that they felt like they were no longer my own.
As for the teammates in the club, those guys had already run away.
Fortunately, the club arranged a special car to take him to the celebratory dinner held by the club.
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By the time Lin Quan arrived, most of his teammates had already arrived.
"Tsk, you're not going to sign until now, are you?"
Seeing Lin Quan coming, David Silva and others gathered around curiously.
"Congratulations, you guessed it right. You guys are so disloyal that you actually left me and ran away!"
Lin Quan was so angry that his teeth itched. He said angrily: "After you left, many of your fans came. They didn't see you, so they all came to ask me for autographs, which actually increased my burden!"
"Haha, I thank you on behalf of those fans, but we can't help much by staying here, and your fans don't recognize our signatures!"
The teammates started to make excuses, and what they said seemed to make sense.
They really can't help much by staying, but I still admire them very much.
I thought Lin Quan was just trying to please the fans, but who would have thought he would actually sit there and sign autographs for eight hours! Anyway, the other players thought they couldn't do it!
What Lin Quan didn't know was that because of his patience in signing autographs for fans at the airport today, his reputation among fans suddenly improved significantly.
A person who has good football skills, good character, does not dive, does not dive, is good to his own fans, and basically has no negative news, it is difficult for others to criticize him! Compared with him, players with outstanding personalities like Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic have many people who like their personalities, and of course, many people also hate their personalities.
But for a player like Lin Quan, even if you don't like him, it's hard to hate him.
After the celebration dinner, the next day, Manchester City ushered in the most important celebration part - the float parade! Manchester City players were divided into three floats, Lin Quan and De Bruyne were at the front, holding the big ear cup symbolizing the Champions League champion.
Head coach Pellegrini, Yaya Toure and others were on the second float, holding the trophy symbolizing the Premier League championship.
The last bus was carrying captain Kompany and other players, who made their final appearance holding the FA Cup and League Cup titles.
When the floats were parading, the sky in Manchester was clear for a rare occasion.
For Manchester, where it rains several times a day, this is a blessing from God.
The streets of Manchester were packed with reporters and fans.
Three floats passed by, colorful ribbons in the sky fluttered in the air, and countless fans held up their mobile phones, aimed at the players on the floats, cheering for their fame, and following the parade floats through the streets.
The whole of Manchester seemed to be occupied by the sky blue army, and this scene deeply hurt the hearts of Manchester United fans next door.
"Hmph, what a noisy bunch of neighbors, don't you think? Mr. Van Gaal!"
In the chairman's office of Manchester United, the famous Dutch coach glanced at the Manchester City players who were celebrating in the streets, with a faint smile on his face, and nodded in response: "Of course, Mr. Avram!"
"The sky in Manchester is always red!"
…
After a series of celebrations, Lin Quan rested for a day in Manchester and then flew back to Portugal.
After joining Guardiola and others, Lin Quan spent three relatively quiet days in Portugal.
On May 30, with the arrival of the Spanish national team's training day, Lin Quan had to bid farewell to his family temporarily and return to Spain one step ahead to participate in a new round of national team training.
In order to prepare for the World Cup, Spain will conduct closed training for half a month after the start of this training camp.
During this period, apart from friendly matches against a few better opponents, they will not appear in public in front of the media, and the players are not allowed to go home to avoid leaking any tactical information about the team.
These measures are unprecedented, and Bosque obviously felt the tremendous pressure brought by the World Cup.
This time, as the defending champion, Spain is under tremendous pressure to achieve good results and face the expectations of the people.
As the team with the best chance of defending the World Cup title in the past decade, they are undoubtedly the biggest favorite to win this World Cup.
And the identity of the top seed will put their every move under the spotlight and even under the magnifying glass.
Spain cannot afford to lose. Once they lose, voices of pessimism will surround them from all sides!
Unfortunately, this Champions League has proven that the Spanish team has serious aging problems.
Villa, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Puyol and others on the central axis have all passed their golden age.
Given their age, there is no doubt that this is their last World Cup.
It is difficult to find a perfect replacement for a player of this level once he retires.
Therefore, if they fail to seize the opportunity at the end of these players' careers to make another sprint for the World Cup championship, they may not have another chance four years later.
Even though Spain is full of talented people, it is not an easy task to reorganize the lineup and find the right players and the tactics that best suit them.
Argentina's strength on paper is no weaker than Spain, and the team also has top players like Messi. However, due to the imbalance in technical and tactical play and the team's lineup, their results have never been able to break through.
As for Portugal, which relies solely on Cristiano Ronaldo to lead the team, their strength may barely allow them to qualify for the group stage.
On the World Cup stage, top stars are useful, but not that useful.
Bosque cannot handle the next game with the idea that Spain can sit back and relax as Lin Quan is there.
After this World Cup, Spain's lineup needs to be re-established and its tactical play needs to be adjusted according to the technical characteristics of the new members.
The matador team that has been at the top of the world since it won the European Cup for the first time in 2008 will gradually fade out of people's sight and become history after this World Cup.
Therefore, this is their last big game together! Bosque hopes that they can finish with the best results without any regrets!
(End of this chapter)