Chapter 43 Scouts from Chelsea
The team's main goalkeeper, Sebastian Milic, is practicing penalty tactics with the cooperation of his teammates. The Telecom Cup matches often drag on to penalty shootouts.
Therefore, they need to practice taking and defending penalties in advance to avoid being rushed into the battle when the time comes.
There always felt like something was missing when taking a free kick facing an empty goal, so Lin Quan went to ask the team's backup goalkeeper Wolf to help guard the goal.
Although Wolf is a second goalkeeper, he can serve as a substitute for the Bundesliga team, so his strength is naturally strong.
Facing the free throws from De Bruyne and Lin Quan, he dived high and blocked low, almost confiscating all the shots from them.
"Kevin, your ball is not fast enough and the trajectory is too easy to judge. If the goalkeeper is not concentrating, it will be difficult to pose a threat to the goal!"
Wolf saw that De Bruyne wanted to practice the elevator ball, so he reminded him:
"You have to add some variety to the ball!"
De Bruyne put his hands on his hips, stared at the ball on the ground and started thinking.
How to add some variety to the ball?
The elevator ball requires controlled rotation and a very fast speed, so it is difficult to kick this kind of ball.
He felt that it was a bit impossible to add some more changes.
"Let me try?"
Lin Quan practiced the outside of his foot for a long time, but he still felt that it was not as good as Quaresma's outside of his foot, so he became interested in the elevator ball that De Bruyne practiced.
He didn't know if Messi had such a trick in his arsenal. It seemed that Messi always liked to kick curved free kicks when taking free kicks. He had never seen an elevator ball.
De Bruyne nodded and gave up his position.
Lin Quan stood at the penalty spot, took a deep breath, and thought about the kicking movements of several elevator ball masters.
C Ronaldo, Pirlo, Juninho…
He took a few steps back, took a quick run, and after finding the right spot, he kicked it.
Wolf stood in front of the goal without moving, and of course there was no football in the goal.
So, where did the football go?
At this time, a young man who was almost knocked unconscious by the football on the sidelines said, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't hurt you!"
Lin Quan quickly ran to the sidelines and apologized to the other party.
The angle of the ball was not controlled well and it went straight up into the air. The football flew more than fifty meters before falling down.
The other person rubbed his dizzy head and looked up at the perpetrator, as if trying to remember which bastard had kicked him.
Seeing Lin's green uniform with the number 10 printed on it, the other party seemed to have thought of something.
"Are you the winger from Werder Bremen?"
Lin Quan was a little surprised. He had just played an official game, and a passerby actually recognized him? Wait, could this guy be a spy sent by Dortmund to spy on intelligence? Perhaps only competitors would focus on their opponents' players, Lin Quan thought.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is George Evans. I'm a scout from Chelsea. I've seen the video of your game yesterday. You performed great!"
"Thank you, Chelsea scout. Are you here to follow Kevin's performance?"
When Lin Quan heard the other party introduce himself, he suddenly understood.
Teammate De Bruyne is a Chelsea player. Chelsea spent 8 million pounds to introduce him, so they will definitely be concerned about his loan situation.
It is normal to send a scout to follow and observe, but the scout in front of him is too young, and looks to be in his early twenties.
At this age, it is obvious that he is a newcomer among the scouts and has little say in the club.
The fact that Chelsea sent such a person to observe De Bruyne shows that they don't take De Bruyne very seriously.
"Well, I guess so. However, the forwards of the team are performing abnormally, so I am also responsible for observing the forwards of other teams from outside!"
"Who are you investigating now?"
After hearing this, Lin Quan asked casually.
It is no secret in the football world that Chelsea's forward force is weak.
When they spent a high price of 50 million pounds to take Liverpool's star striker Torres away, they fantasized that the Holy Infant would be able to wreak havoc at Stamford Bridge and score goals like crazy.
Unexpectedly, he spent 50 million pounds to buy a "fake player". Due to injuries and tactical discomfort, Torres struggled playing for Chelsea.
Two seasons later, he played 60 games on behalf of the team and only scored 10 goals for the team. His goal efficiency is shockingly low!
Although Chelsea won the Champions League last season, their victory was based on defense rather than offense.
If the team's offensive problems are not resolved, their performance this season will surely plummet.
So, this summer, Chelsea waved checks and looked for strikers all over the world.
They first spent 35 million euros to take Hazard from Lille, and then spent 8 million euros to buy Marco Marin from Werder Bremen.
Then they spent 32 million euros to buy Oscar, the attacking midfielder of Internacional…
Chelsea has spent hundreds of millions of euros this summer and doesn't seem to be stopping.
The wealthy Abramovich said he is not short of money and he wants to find a big name for Chelsea, preferably the top striker in football.
So there was a rumor that Chelsea made an offer to Barcelona to buy Messi.
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Of course, this matter is mostly groundless. After all, Manchester City was willing to pay 250 million pounds to buy Messi last year, but Barcelona did not let him go. Given the grudge between Chelsea and Barcelona, it is even more unlikely that Barcelona will let him go.
George glanced at Lin Quan and asked, "Why are you asking about this?"
The team must not casually talk about the purchase of players. If such news is leaked in advance, it will easily cause other teams to scramble for the players or raise the price.
"I'm afraid you'll come and poach our team's forwards again!"
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to say more, Lin Quan just said something perfunctorily.
"No, your team has too few stars. We have already bought Marco Marin. Which of the remaining players is worth poaching by Chelsea?"
Well……
This is true, even though it sounds unpleasant.
These players of Werder Bremen have low potential and future achievements. There is not even one star. They are just a group of cheap and useful engineers.
Therefore, the people he came to observe could only be players from Dortmund.
Considering Dortmund's performance last season and the influence of Manchester United buying Shinji Kagawa from Dortmund, it is normal for Chelsea to poach players from Dortmund.
I just don't know who they are looking at: the future top center forward Lewandowski or Dortmund's midfield core Gotze?
Considering Chelsea's reserves of forwards and midfielders, it is more likely that they want to buy Lewandowski.
None of this has anything to do with him. Chelsea won't pay to buy him anyway. Even if they do pay, he doesn't want to play for Chelsea.
The intense physical confrontation in the Premier League is too unfriendly to young players.
Before I acquire the talent of immunity to injuries, it is better for me to stay in the Bundesliga, a place suitable for me to level up.
Holding the football, Lin Quan returned to the court and continued to discuss the tricks of the elevator ball with De Bruyne.
Lin Quan has rich theoretical knowledge, but is slightly lacking in strength.
While De Bruyne has enough strength, he lacks theoretical knowledge.
It is easy to learn theoretical knowledge, but it is not so easy to improve your strength.
So Lin Quan told De Bruyne his understanding of the theoretical knowledge of the elevator ball and guided him in practicing the elevator ball.
If De Bruyne can master this skill, the team will have one more option for free kicks in the future.
…
The morning training lasted only an hour and a half. After lunch, the team began tactical drills.
At 5:30 in the afternoon, the players took a bus to Dortmund's home stadium, Westfalenstadion, to adapt to the venue in advance and warm up before the game.
At the same time, Dortmund's players also set off on the bus, and the two teams met unexpectedly at the entrance of the stadium.
The Telecom Cup final is about to begin! (End of this chapter)