Chapter Seventy-Five: Trials for the National Olympic Games

"What? Flatfoot? ”

After hearing this word, Gu Ming Chang stopped squeaking.

After Xiao Liu came back from a lap, he immediately called him to his side.

"You, take off your shoes."

"Coach Gu, I'm sweaty..."

"It doesn't matter if you sweat your feet or not, hurry up and take off your shoes."

"Oh." Although he didn't know what was going on, Xiao Liu still sat down and untied his shoelaces.

"Socks, socks off!"

Under the deterrence of Gu Mingchang, Xiao Liu had no choice but to take off his socks tremblingly, revealing a pair of shy feet stained with autumn mud.

"Lift my feet up!"

Xiao Liu Qiao's face flushed, and she twisted her neck to the side as if resigned to her fate, revealing the soles of her left and right feet.

Gu Ming Chang immediately stepped forward, pinched his nose and took out the tape measure in his hand to measure.

Good guys, as flat as TM bluestone slabs!

"This..."The Ancient Commander had nothing to say.

When the Eighth Road recruited soldiers, I knew not to have flat feet, and flat feet could not walk much. There is no war now, but there is no need for an athlete on the football field who can't run after half the game.

Gu Mingchang had nothing to say now, so he could only helplessly kick his socks to Xiao Liu's side: "Xiao Liu, it's not that Uncle Gu won't help you." If you want to blame, blame your father and mother for not giving you a good pair of feet! ”

"Uncle Gu, I, my feet don't stink! I shot the right shot! ”

"Xiao Liu, don't say it. Even if you wash it every day, these feet will eventually become stinky. ”

Xiao Liu is still young, so he naturally doesn't understand the meaning of the ancient life's long words. I could only wipe away my tears, get dressed and salute, and walk towards the field.

Maybe Ladd's decision can ruin Xiao Liu's entire football career, but the selection of the national team is so cruel. To be responsible for the state and the collective, one must not have a little selfishness.

In this regard, as a foreign coach from Yugoslavia, he naturally did better than anyone else.

"Coach Gu, hello Mr. Ladd, I'm Ou Chuliang from Jianlibao, and I'm here to report on the National Olympics."

"Well, Xiao Ou is a talent!" Gu Mingchang glanced Ou Chuliang up and down, and patted him on the shoulder, "Since ancient times, heroes have come out of youth, and Xiao Ou Nu has worked hard, and it is no problem to become the main goalkeeper of the national team in the future." ”

"Thank you, Coach Gu, for the compliment." Ou Chuliang was polite, and then in front of the two, he began to take off his shoes.

Before he could untie his shoelaces, Ladd walked over and stopped Ou Chuliang.

"You don't have to take it off, I've seen your game."

"Then Mr. Ladd, what do you need me to do?"

Ou Chuliang's fluent foreign language made Ladd very happy, he already knew the news of Ou Chuliang's internal decision, and he had also watched Ou Chuliang's game and training videos.

What he is most eager to know now is whether Ou Chuliang's strength is really as good as in the video.

"See the number 7 over there? Try kicking the ball to him. ”

Ou Chuliang raised his eyes and saw that Xie Hui, who was wearing No. 7, was practicing short passes with No. 9 Shensi. And he is about thirty meters away from Xie Hui, needless to say, this is Ladd's long pass to see himself.

Ou Chuliang put down his backpack, left enough distance and began to run.

There was a muffled thud, and the fiery red leather foot lifted a wisp of grass clippings, but the black and white leather ball had long disappeared in place.

Ou Chuliang played the regular goalkeeper's big foot, and the inside of the arch of his foot pushed the ball into the middle and back. It seems that the thigh swing is very large, but in fact, it is the calf force. The ball is high, far, straight and spins backwards.

Xie Hui is practicing with Shen Si at this time, both of them are from Shanghai Shenhua, a midfielder and a striker, and the connection between them is very important.

Facing Shen Si's short pass, Xie Hui suddenly felt a pain in the back of his head after making a return pass, and a round football just fell from the top of his head.

"! Who is it! ”

Xie Hui turned his head and just happened to see Gu Ming Chang waving at him. Seeing that it was the coach, Xie Hui could only accept his fate.

After kicking the ball back towards Gu Mingchang, he continued to practice with Shen Si.

However, before he could kick a few feet, there was another muffled sound in the back of his head. This time, the ball that fell from the sky almost didn't knock him down.

"Coach Gu, you guys play football and look at it!" Xie Hui rubbed the back of his head and shouted at the Gu Ming Elder with a dissatisfied expression.

"Okay Xiao Xie, kick the ball back!"

Xie Hui pouted, grabbed the ball that Shen Si had picked up in his hand, and kicked it towards Gu Mingchang as if angry.

The big kick with anger was high, like an anti-aircraft gun.

Just as Xie Hui was about to turn back and continue training, a black-robed young man beside Gu Mingchang jumped up and directly took off the ball that fell on Ladd's head.

"Goalkeeper?" Xie Hui wondered.

"That should be Ou Chuliang." Shen Si nodded, "This kid has been in the limelight recently, and after returning from Brazil, he didn't follow Jianlibao to play a friendly match, but played a game with the national team." It is estimated that he has performed well above, and he has been transferred to the National Olympics again. ”

"Oh my God, how old is he? Just come to the National Olympics? ”

"Eighteen." Shensi shrugged.

Xie Hui snapped his fingers, when he was eighteen, he was still in the Shenhua reserve.

The big foot long pass of the left and right feet in a row kicked the back of Xie Hui's head impartially, saying that it was deliberate, even Rad didn't believe it. But it is undeniable that Ou Chuliang did kick at Xie Hui according to his instructions, and the ball landed just in the designated position.

Before Ou Chuliang, Ladd had also seen a few so-called young talents, and their big feet were miserable, either landing on the ground a few times in advance before they hit the ground, or they flew directly far away and did not know where to go. For someone like Ou Chuliang who can carry out a "targeted strike", he still foresees it for the first time.

After Ou Chuliang steadily picked the high ball, Ladd nodded, "Good hand." ”

In fact, it is true, Ou Chuliang basically jumped to the highest point just to catch the ball, and he held the ball firmly in his hand from receiving the ball to landing on the ground. Catching a ball with both hands may seem simple, but in fact, wearing goalkeeper gloves, it is difficult for an untrained average person to catch the ball with both hands at the highest point after jumping.

Ou Chuliang's basic skills made Ladd very happy, and Ou Chuliang can also speak fluent English, which makes Ladd even more satisfied.

"Oh, you and I." Without saying a word, Ladd walked towards the goal with Ouchulian behind his back.

Watching the "new foreign coach" walk towards the goal with a strange teenager, many players in training in the stadium stopped to watch.

Ou Chuliang looked a few years younger than them, and with Ou Chuliang's equipment and appearance, the National Olympic players could guess the origin of this person at a glance.

When this batch of "73 National Olympic Games" was formed, Ladd was the head coach, so he knew every player very well. After replacing Qi Zhuosheng and returning to coaching, he resolutely ignored the opposition of the Chinese coaching staff and continued to use several players he was optimistic about.

The old man's vision is indeed vicious, the Chinese coaching staff led by Qi Shusheng is optimistic about Zhuang Yi, Li Yuqi, Tan Ende, Peng Wei and others, while Ladd likes to use players such as Xie Hui, Yang Chen and Wu Chengying.

After the Football Association re-handed over the reins to the old Yugoslav man, the group of players he favored once again sat in the main position.

The first concession made by the Football Association to put Ladd back in the coaching position was that the Chinese coaching staff would not interfere with Ladd's selection.

"Ou, your fundamentals are good, now I'm going to see how you react to the goal."

Ladd said as he walked ahead, as if he were explaining to Occhulian. And the Yugoslav coach, who knew that the goal-line reaction was Ou Chuliang's strength, actually wanted to take this opportunity to let Ou Chuliang show his face in front of the whole team.

This old man who seems to be old-fashioned and rigorous and likes scientific training methods, and has a delicate heart that is good at discovering talents.

"Qu! You come and kick, give you ten chances! Ladd shouted at one of the players in the crowd wearing the number 17 jersey, and then winked at Ochurian, "Qu is the sharpest spear on the team, I hope you can stop at least four!" ”

Looking at the oncoming No. 17 in the crowd, Ou Chuliang opened his arms and hugged each other.

"Brother Qu, don't come unharmed!"

Qu Shengqing laughed, patted Ou Chuliang's shoulder vigorously and said, "Brother Ou, it's really time for you to come back!" Brother, I'm a celebrity in the team now, who dares to trouble you, you mention my name, you know? ”