As the days passed, many players began to grasp the essence of running in the YOYO test under the personal guidance of Ou Chuliang. Some of the players who were close to passing in the first place also passed smoothly in the end.

Although Ou Chuliang is still the only one who can clear customs without barriers, "tough guys" like Li Tie and Wu Chengying have also begun to wander on the edge of customs clearance.

On January 29, the national football team played the first leg of the Jianlibao Cup Sino-US football match with the U.S. national team at Kunming Tuodong Stadium.

Not only did the audience reach 40,000 people, but the CCTV Sports Channel and Guangdong Cable Sports Channel also broadcast it live.

In preparation for the World Cup qualifiers that start in March, the U.S. team has called in a number of new players for training, while the main players who have no need to be tested have been benched or absent. The national football team sent Li Tie and Zhang Xiaorui in the starter, showing the trust of head coach Ladd in their ability.

Affected by altitude sickness and the absence of the main team, the strength of the American team has been greatly reduced.

In the 11th minute, Su Maozhen got the ball in the penalty area and passed it back to Sun Jihai who inserted the assist for the first time. The latter crossed with a big foot, and the two central defenders of the United States team made a mistake in cooperating, and Qu Shengqing successfully broke the ball, and shot before the opponent's goalkeeper attacked, opening the scoring for the Chinese team.

In the 30th minute, the national football team instigated a counterattack in the backfield, Wu Chengying stopped on his chest after winning the ball on the left side of the midfield, and turned around to send a precise pass to the feet of Qu Shengqing in front. Qu Shengqing saw the opportunity to cross, Li Tie ball arrived, pushed a high ball to wipe the bottom edge of the crossbar into the net, 2-0.

After scoring the goal, Li Tie opened his arms and ran all the way back to his own penalty area and hugged Ou Chuliang. This is the first goal scored by Jianlibao players in the national team, and it is indeed memorable.

The U.S. team only had one long-range shot from outside the box in halftime that hit the lintel and popped up, and the national football team returned to the locker room with a two-goal advantage.

In the second half, the U.S. team changed the three main players of Laras, Jones and Saneh in one go, and the performance improved.

But the Chinese team that continued to attack still had the advantage, and in the 52nd minute, Zhang Xiaorui turned around and cut into the volley after a one-two with his teammates at the edge of the penalty area, but unfortunately the referee Lu Jun ruled this beautiful goal as offside.

In the 59th minute, Ladd also began to mobilize manpower, Jin Guangzhu, Wu Bing, and Wang Tao came on the field one after another, especially the high school striker Wang Tao, whose header unanimously overwhelmed the American team.

Ou Chuliang played normally, and the American team couldn't attack for a long time and gradually gave up the game.

At the end of the game, Ladd replaced Zhang Xiaorui, who had performed well, with negotiation. Zhang Xiaorui, who passed the "preliminary examination", was overjoyed, and the fans applauded him.

In the end, the Chinese team defeated the United States team with a score of 2-0, and some unknown fans were once again blinded by this commercial friendly training match, threatening that the Chinese team defeated the United States team in the round of 16 of the last World Cup, and the Chinese team could easily enter the World Cup this time.

However, they have no idea that the host country of the last World Cup is the United States.

At the post-match press conference, when a reporter asked Ladd whether he would consider letting Jianlibao's players play the main force in the future, Ladd replied rationally: "Jianlibao players' ability to receive the ball and hold the ball are very good, and their physical fitness is also excellent, but their ability to seize opportunities is not good, but they have a lot of room for improvement." ”

"As for the main team, it depends on their own performance next. For Jianlibao, which Chinese fans have high hopes for, as long as there is a main player who can take over the old-timers, it is a good thing. If there are two or even more than two, it is enough to be happy. If all of them become talents, it will be a bumper harvest! ”

Ladd's Chinese-style answer made Eye very satisfied, and he couldn't understand why a coach with hair, eyes and beard who looked like a gringo, had a Chinese taste as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, he also had to admire his "predecessors" because of this, and he could find such a "Chinese-style foreign coach" to be in charge of the national football team.

Two days after the international returned to Haigeng from Kunming, he had to fly to Guangzhou to play the second leg against the United States. In these two short days, Rad did not arrange any training, so everyone practiced freely in the base, just be on standby.

On this day, Ou Chu got up early again, washed up as usual, and went to the cafeteria to eat. After eating, I returned to my dormitory and walked towards the auditorium with a notebook and an oil pen.

"Brother Ou!"

"Brother Ou!"

Hearing someone shouting to himself, Ou Chuliang turned around, and it turned out to be a discussion with Li Weifeng.

"Xiao Yi, big head, you two haven't rested?"

"Brother Ou, you are too thief, you actually went to class by yourself!" The discussion pouted, a look of dissatisfaction.

"What thief am I? Didn't the coach announce in front of the whole team yesterday that there was a foreign teacher in class today? I'm not the only one who knows about this news, and I didn't inform you! ”

"I don't care, you didn't call us in the morning anyway!" The discussion was still unpleasant.

Of the 12 A-A teams, there are 12 head coaches. Xu Hebao, who led Shanghai Shenhua in the 96 season, was going to leave the team at the end of the season to coach in League B, so the head coach of Shenhua who led the team to Haigeng this time was replaced by Stoikov, who had just taken office, which was a foreign coach from Bulgaria.

During the spring training in Haigeng, the Football Association arranged for the head coaches of each team to give big lessons to the players. But the level of coaches is also high and low, and those coaches who shout that "the tactic is to kick the ball into the opponent's door" naturally have no chance to show off their eloquence.

After lectures by Chi Shangbin of Dalian Wanda, Jin Zhiyang of Beijing Guoan, Liu Guojiang of Bayi (who had been transferred to Qingdao Manatee in the 97 season) and Yin Tiesheng of Jinan Taishan, it was finally Stoikov's turn to attend class today.

Since Stoikov is the only foreign coach in this batch of A-A coaches, Ou Chuliang naturally will not miss the opponent's big lesson.

But taking this kind of class is also voluntary, so bachelors like Li Jinyu, Li Tie, and Wu Chengying watch TV or read books in the dormitory, while Sui Dongliang takes Zou Xiaoling to go to the West Mountain next to him to climb the mountain and play.

"My class is divided into three parts, and if I don't have enough time today, it will be automatically postponed to the next class."

As soon as Stoikov opened his mouth, he announced that his class could not be as funny and lively as the previous coaches.

"Coach Stojkov's lecture was divided into three parts: first, the statistics of high-level matches, second, the game strategy, and third, the observation of the game and the players from the perspective of optimizing the team's efficiency."

Through the mouth of the translator, more than 20 players who came to listen to the lecture recorded three big titles in their notebooks.

“... So, from 152 high-level matches played in the 1988 European Championships, Ligue 1 1990 and the 1990 World Cup, we can conclude that the relationship between the distance traveled, the distribution of physical strength and the number of pulses, and blood lactate is shown in the table below..."

Under the translation stumbling translation, the projector projects a chart.

Looking at this table full of "heavenly books" and listening to the boring translation of the translation, everyone's brains were groggy and about to fall asleep.

“1075、1076、1077、1078！ Yes! Ryoko, we're finally up on it! ”

"yes, yes, Suzu, you're amazing!"

"Of course! I even won the second prize in the 800m race at our university's athletic day! Zou Xiaoling looked happy.

After stepping through 1,078 steps, the two finally came to the "Dragon Gate" of Xishan. I found a tourist to help take a photo, and continued to walk towards the depths of the West Mountain.

“... How athletes allocate their physical strength is an eternal topic. You can find a sport that works better for you, but it doesn't always work for all players. ”

“... From the data, we know that in a race, 64% of the players are aerobic and run a distance of roughly 2000 to 3000 meters. ”

“... In a game, 75% of the passes are short, 15% are medium and only 10% are long. The advantage of short passing is that the error rate is low, but the threat is small; Long passes have a high turnover rate, but can create more attacking opportunities. The choice of passing will also affect the team's tactics, and the tactical setting will determine the proportion of long and short passes..."

Hearing this, a slight snoring sound came from Ou Chuliang's side. Looking at the deliberations that had fallen asleep on the table, Ou Chuliang took his notebook, wiped the saliva clean, and closed it gently.

Li Weifeng, who was on the side, tried to open his eyes and sweated profusely. It can be seen that he is also on the verge of "collapse". Although the two eyelids kept fighting, they still gritted their teeth and wrote down the translated words in their notebook.

Ou Chuliang glanced at it, although Li Datou was very good-looking, his handwriting was very delicate. Coupled with the fact that he is well segmented, he feels extremely comfortable just by looking at it.

"Big head, you're writing this well."

Li Datou was stunned for a moment, subconsciously covered his notebook and blushed and said, "Practice makes perfect, practice makes perfect." When I was in Brazil, I wrote the notes of Brother Yi, Dayu, and Tiezi, and I wrote a lot of them, so I was handy. ”

"Oh? They all bully you like that? ”

"No, no, no, I took the initiative to ask for it!" Li Weifeng hurriedly shook his big head.

"You asked for it?" Ou Chuliang looked puzzled.

"Don't hide it from Brother Ou, I'm stupid and not smart." Li Weifeng said shyly, "Although I wrote everything the coach said in my notebook, I can't remember it many times." I couldn't help it, I thought that a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, so I helped them write it a few more times, and by the way, I helped them write..."

"I see." Ou Chuliang nodded thoughtfully.

Li Datou is the second batch of players selected for Jianlibao. This kind of transfer student who joins later, even if he plays the ball well, it is difficult to integrate into the group that has been formed.

In order to "survive" and better integrate into the collective, Li Datou had to show the appearance of a Jianghu society. But because of this, while others accepted him, they also ignored his essence as an extremely hard-working, seriously trained person.

This is also the fundamental reason why he joined Jianlibao later, but was recommended by Zhu Guanghu in the first call of the national football team.

Glancing at Li Datou's already pinched thighs, Ou Chuliang couldn't help but sigh lightly: "If you have to suffer hard, you will become a master!" ”

"Ryoko, come and make a wish, may the Bodhisattva bless you to start the next game!" In front of the Bodhisattva statue, Zou Xiaoling held three incense sticks and respectfully inserted them in the incense burner.

"When I passed by the Bodhisattva in front of me, I had already made a wish." Sui Dongliang said proudly. "Little Suzu, have you ever heard a French proverb? It's called, 'Only one week for worship!' If you make too many wishes, it won't work! ”

The translation stumbled, and few of those present persevered. But Ou Chuliang is familiar with English, so he can understand the original meaning of the foreign teacher without translation.

Among all the players present, only Ou Chuliang was the only one who listened with relish.

After another long time, Stoikov looked down at the time and announced the end of the big lesson. And the content of his lecture has only passed a third of the time.

While everyone was stretching and yawning, Ou Chuliang stepped forward quickly with a notebook, and asked politely while Stoikov was packing up the lesson plan: "Mr. Stoikov, I am a player from Jianlibao, my name is Ou Chuliang, and I am currently training in the Chinese team." I didn't understand a few of the questions you just talked about, can you delay some time and ask for advice? ”

Hearing the coherent English, Stoikov raised his eyebrows and said with a little joy: "Ou? Are you the goalkeeper of the Chinese team? ”

"It's me, Mr. Stojkov."

"I've heard your name for a long time, especially after the Asian Cup! In Europe, there are also quite a few club scouts and coaches talking about you. Tell me, what do you want to know, I know everything. ”

"Thank you! What I want to ask is..."

"Ryoko, are you sure you can make it?"

In the Xishan Scenic Area, there is a large tank filled with water, and there are several faucets with open mouths around the large tank.

It has been said that as long as you can throw a coin into it, good luck will happen.

Zou Xiaoling didn't even throw a few yuan accurately, so he naturally didn't believe Sui Dongliang's words.

"Little Suzu, did you forget the entrance of the cave just now?" Sui Dongliang proudly picked up a 1995 steel hammer from Zou Xiaoling's palm, and began to aim at the dragon's head's big mouth.

The entrance of the cave in Sui Dongliang's mouth is also a scenic spot, and the "effect" is the same as the faucet of this vat, which is that throwing coins into it will bring good luck.

There are so many tourists in Xishan, and almost everyone who comes to these two places will spend a few yuan. It is not known if they have any good luck, but the staff who clean the park every night make a lot of money.

Sui Dongliang closed one eye, and after aiming at it for a few seconds, he flipped his wrist, and a coin flew into the dragon's head accurately.

Zou Xiaoling, who was on the side, stared at the boss, and in the next second, he hugged Sui Dongliang's neck, ignoring the eyes of the people around him, and smacked him in the face.

Sui Dongliang put his arms around his girlfriend's waist, looked at the sunny day, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a beautiful day!" ”

"Oh, here's my business card, and it has my address on the back. If you still have any questions, you can come to my dormitory, I am always ready to welcome you. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Stoikov, I'll look for an opportunity to visit."

As soon as Ochulian left, the reporters surrounded him with a cheer, chasing Stoikov and his interpreter for an interview.

Looking at the business card in his hand, the corners of Ou Chuliang's mouth grinned, and he also sighed: "What a beautiful day!" ”