Chapter 211: The Netherlands and Croatia
Yes, the perception is good, the body is also good, and the technique is solid.
This is the fundamental reason why Andric recruited Zhanyang into the 30-man squad for the World Cup.
From the time of the group stage results of the World Cup, Andrik began to "audition" the 30-man list of the national football team, and with the help of his assistants, he selected many Chinese players who played in leagues other than the Chinese Super League, and watched the games in which they participated one by one.
For players over the age of 25 who have already made a name for themselves, Andric values their steady performance. For a young player like Zhanyang, Andric will pay more attention to the progress they have made in the last two seasons.
That is, when he inspected Zhanyang, he found that this twenty-year-old midfielder was very thoughtful about playing football, and compared to many players who played purely with their bodies, Zhanyang played more in his own mind. He has a great sense of the ball and is also able to do as well as possible with the limited strength given to him by the coach.
This alone was enough for Andrik to pay close attention to Zhanyang. But considering the position Zhanyang plays and his age of 20, the Brazilian coach of the Chinese team has been thinking about whether to recruit Zhanyang for a long time.
But now that Zhanyang and Lei Yi are trained in groups on the same team, they unexpectedly find that Zhan Yang and Lei Yi cooperate well! There's a play! Andric, who found out about this, even his eyes lit up! He calls it telepathy between talented young players!!
Zhanyang wouldn't know that it was because of this half-day team practice that he was excluded from the list of three people who needed to be subtracted from the 30-man squad to the 27-man squad.
And just after the players finished the half-day training that started at 4 p.m. and took a cold shower, the national team teammates who have been together for a year can finally have time to talk to Lei Yi and talk about the three group stage opponents they will soon face in this World Cup.
"Of our three opponents in the group stage, who do you pay the most attention to, Lei Xiaoyi?"
On the way from the dormitory to the restaurant, Wu Jian, who plays for Real Betis in La Liga, asked on Lei Yi's shoulder. Lei Yi said without thinking about this:
"Holland. I don't know the other two teams well. β
Hearing this, even Yelti laughed and said a person's name: "Skotic." β
The two cards after the exchange of bites between Lei Yi and Skotic and the Italian show that stared at them afterwards were really impressive, not to mention that the show was popular in China for several months. So when Lei Yi said the Dutch team, the first thing that came to mind for his national team teammates was Ray Yi's Lazio city derby team Roma, and the main defender of the Roma team, Skotic.
Speaking of which, Skotic's selection for the national team can be described as a twist and turn.
First of all, this is a player with dual Croatian and Dutch nationality. Secondly, Croatia and the Netherlands have also reached the finals of this World Cup.
In fact, Skotic was called up by Croatia's Under-21 squad at the age of nineteen, when the talented Dutch team did not call Skotic. By the time of the European Championships two years ago, at the age of 21, Scottic had grown into the best defender in the Eredivisie. The Netherlands then snatched the powerful defender from Croatia as they tried to move him from youth to senior Croatia.
Unfortunately, Skotic missed the European Championships with a metatarsal injury, and his ownership has become a mystery.
According to FIFA regulations, a player can only play in international A-level tournaments for one national team in his lifetime. The so-called international A-level tournament is an official competition between senior national teams organized by FIFA. This includes the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, and major continental championships.
But such a big defender has only played for Croatia's Under-21s. So, in theory alone, he could play for Croatia and the Netherlands after entering the senior squad.
It is precisely because of this that before this World Cup, Croatia and the Netherlands fought over the question of Scottic's belonging.
Eventually, Skotic decided to switch shirts and join the Dutch team.
For more than a year, although Lei Yi is still in trouble with Scottic on the court, in fact, the relationship between the two of them has eased a lot in private. Scottic even texted Ray Wing about his decision to play for the Dutch team before he finally announced his decision.
At that time, Lei Yi only thought about it for a while, and then replied: [You played in the Dutch First Division at the earliest, you are familiar with the Dutch style of play, and now you have decided to play for the Dutch team, I wish you success. γ
The reason why Lei Yi can remember his reply so clearly with his terrible memory is because Skotic at that time gave him a smiley symbol after he gave this reply! It's terrifying!
Lei Yi, who was not familiar with the Netherlands and Croatia, did not care too much about the follow-up of this matter. Now, his international team-mates are suing him, and Skotic is in big trouble because of his choice.
"Skotic has already played for Croatia's U21, and now he directly switched to the Dutch team, but he has to be scolded to death by the people of his hometown!" Xie Qian patted Lei Yi's head and said with a look of "Why are you so stupid".
This made Thunder Wing feel confused: "But Skotic, he is indeed a player with dual nationality of Croatia and the Netherlands. And FIFA has stipulated that as long as you haven't participated in international A-level events, it doesn't matter, you can change teams, right? β
So another of Lei Yi's national team teammates said: "Although the words are so, you can't be like this." You think, Skotic is Croatian with three-quarters of his blood. Only a quarter of that part belongs to the Netherlands. And he was born and raised in Croatia. Later, I went to the Netherlands to learn how to play football. His parents, and his sister still live in Croatia. He did this, what did his fellow think? And the Dutch team is now ranked a lot higher in the world than the Croatian team, you can't say that his character is bad, but his approach is too inauthentic. β
Hearing this, Lei Yizhi frowned, but he didn't refute anything with his national team teammates face to face, but asked, "What about the people from his hometown...... Is it bad to scold him now? β
"It's not just a miserable, it's just a bloody dog. You've been preparing for the Champions League this month, and you're probably not paying attention. I read a report a while ago that his sister is now afraid to go to school. It is said that now his social media accounts are now visited by Croatians who come up to scold him every day. β
Hearing this, Lei Yi somehow felt that he was not even in the mood to finish the meal, so he took two bites and two more bites, and then took out his mobile phone, but he didn't know whether he should send a text message to Skotic, or ask his Croatian club teammate Ngojic first, about this matter, what is the current situation in Croatia.
In the end, he chose to send Ngoivic a text message first.
The evening in China is exactly the noon in Europe. Ngojvic, who was on his lunch break, didn't let Thunder Wing wait too long before giving a reply:
[I haven't been in Croatia's youth team, so I don't know Skotic well. But his move to the Netherlands made our national team manager angry, very angry. And all of Skotic's endorsements and advertisements were spontaneously taken down by brick-and-mortar stores across Croatia. Probably now there are no posters and photos of Scottich in the whole country. γ
Seeing this news, Lei Yi didn't even pick up the meal, so he said sorry to his national team teammates who had dinner together, and then left the restaurant and went back to his room, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally made up his mind to send a communication request to Skotic's communication number. However, the prompt given by the communication software told SΓΉ Lei Yi that the other end of the communication number was on the phone.
So Lei Yi scratched his head and wanted to write a text message to the other party, but he wrote it several times and felt that it was not good to write it like this, so he deleted it.
At the national team training camp in the Netherlands, Skotic was talking to his sister in the dormitory during his lunch break.
"I'm relieved that you'll be able to go to your grandfather's for the summer, Eva. But you have to be careful these days, you know? β
The little girl on the other end of the line nodded and answered timidly.
So Scottic said: "No matter who knocks on the door, no matter what reason they knock on the door, you can't open the door, even when you get to the Netherlands, you know?" β
The little blonde girl nodded with tears in her eyes, and then said in a choked voice, "Brother, I miss you very much." I also don't want to hide at home all day. Can I get Daddy to bring me to you? β
Hearing this, Skotic was silent for a long time, and finally said, "I'm sorry, Eva. β
So the little blonde girl, who had just been strong, finally couldn't hold back her tears, and she cried and said, "Don't be sad brother, really. I'm just a little scared. In a few days, you won't be afraid. β
Ten minutes later, Skotic, who was not good at words, finally ended the call with his sister, but he couldn't calm down for a long time, and he couldn't sleep even if he lay back in bed.
At the time of that decision, Skotic had no idea that his change of shirt would affect his family in Croatia.
And now......
The abrupt silence was broken by the text message chime from Scottic's mobile phone. Scottic was surprised when he got up and picked up his phone and clicked on the message. The player, who ultimately chose to play for the Netherlands at the World Cup, did not expect that his club's arch-rival leading goalscorer would send him a text message at this time.
[You debuted from the Eredivisie at the earliest time. From the time you were 11 to the age of 22, you played at Ajax for 11 whole years. You know the Eredivisie, you know the Dutch players who came out of the Eredivisie. I know you're playing well and I'm sure you're going to play better in the Netherlands than in Croatia. γ
It wasn't until half an hour later that Thunder Wing, who had been feeling all kinds of apprehensions in his heart after sending out that clueless text message, finally waited for Scottich's reply.
It's still the smiley face symbol that is so simple that it can't be done.
And this time, Lei Yi, who got the other party's reply, still laughed and scolded: "This idiot! Idiot big idiot! β
The author has something to say: Hey, I struggled until three o'clock in the middle of the night, and I finally got the update out! Some readers said that Little Wings and Scottic are very cp, but I didn't realize it before......