Chapter 36: How Far Are the Dreams?
The two who arrived at the training ground then began to train every day, the coaches are now paying special attention to Liu Neng, and now Liu Neng is a key member of Chelsea's attention, although Liu Neng's strength is not small, but Liu Neng's body is not fully developed, and he still adds strength training to Liu Neng in training.
Segura is very envious of Jones, in his opinion, he is 25 years old, and there is not much chance of improvement, but Jones still has a lot of room for improvement, if he has this body at Liu Neng's age, it is not impossible to become a top striker.
Physically, Liu Neng's physical fitness is already a professional player, but in terms of thinking, he has to work hard to adapt to professional football, after all, he is just a half-ass, and he relies on the system.
In training, he is exercising his sense of speed and rhythm, minimizing the number of times he is cut off by the opponent, and starting to observe the rhythm of others' games.
Usually during training, Kodic will specially arrange three teammates to guard Liu Neng, everyone knows that their head coach Kodic attaches great importance to Jones, and even has some special care, just like his own children, and Liu Neng has always been very strict in training.
After the Champions League draw, the Chelsea players were discussing the Champions League and World Cup qualifiers, and captain Cahill said to Liu Neng Segura and the newcomers: "You all know who our opponents in the first group stage of the Champions League are, I know that several of you are playing in the Premier League for the first time, and it is the first time to experience the Champions League, now you can have a bigger stage to show you!" So do your best, newcomers. ”
Some of the people who didn't train hard laughed embarrassedly, and Cesc Fabregas continued: "The situation in this group is not particularly good for us, but it's not bad, our goal is to qualify from the group, team-mates, we have to work harder for that, I want to remind you that the Champions League is a completely different competition than the domestic league, so let's start training together." ”
Before training, Cahill called Liu Neng aside alone and said: "Jones, you are likely to be added to the World Cup qualifying squad, but don't be nervous, it's just possible, if you really go up and I'll follow you, you don't have to be nervous, just play a good game." ”
'I know, captain, thank you, I'll try to perform, I'm young, but if the country needs me, I'll play for my country at the World Cup.'
Cahill looked at the confident expression of this junior, and secretly nodded in relief, and also knew that Jones was one of the candidates for the England national team in the next 10 years.
After the Champions League draw to receive the ball, many media gathered outside the training ground, waiting to interview the players, Liu Neng, as the hottest striker in the team, was discovered by the British media as soon as he came out, and the reporters immediately surrounded him and said: "Jones heard that you have entered the national team squad, is it true." ”
Liu Neng said unhurriedly: "I don't know the news, I haven't received the news, but I will work hard and strive to join the national team to play." ”
Anyway, Liu Neng is now the No. 1 scorer in the Premier League, such self-confidence is a must, four goals and two assists in 3 league games, handing over surprising data, and only 18 years old, just the first time to play a Premier League game, Liu Neng went back after the interview, to prepare well, it is very likely to go to the World Cup, for Liu Neng, this is more incredible than getting the system.
Chelsea's August campaign came to an end after our game against Everton on 27 August, with the two fixtures coming into September being the first round of fixtures against Leicester City on 9 September and the first round of the Champions League against Qarabag on 13 September.
And about to play the Champions League, Kodic has been very busy, has been studying the Champions League game, this season is not only his first time playing in the Premier League, but also the first time to play the Champions League, of course he can't be unprepared, can't say thorough research, but at least can't be ignorant, a few days later is the international break, the club has a lot of international players have to return to their respective national teams, to participate in the national team games, Chelsea's injuries and bench thickness problems are very big, the opening 3 games are wonderful only temporarily suppressed, This puts Kodic under a lot of pressure right now.
Liu Neng, who couldn't sleep at night, came out for a walk, walked to the outside of Chelsea's stadium and stopped, looking at Chelsea's stadium in a daze.
"Why are you here, Jones?" Coach Kodic's voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Liu Neng turned around and saw his head coach walking towards him, "Head, I can't sleep now, I should have gone home to sleep after training, the Champions League game is coming soon, and I may go to the national team to play, I can't sleep at all, why are you here." Liu Neng asked.
"Well, it's about to start our first Champions League game and I can't sleep." Cutditch said.
"Jones, don't think too much, just show your strength and perform well, you are no worse than anyone now, you are still young, and you are still on the rise." Kodic continued.
"This is my first time leading the team to play in the Premier League, and it is also the first time to play in the Champions League, but I am just excited to play in the Premier League, after a few games it feels like nothing, but the Champions League is world-class, where is the testing ground for coaches, this time I am very nervous, the minimum goal has to be the Champions League quarterfinals, in fact I hope the team can go further, this is the first time for both of us to participate in the Champions League, how far we can go may determine how ambitious we are in this stage in the future."
Liu Neng said: "I hope that one day I can lift the championship trophy and all the trophies I can win, and become a legend of the times." That's what I'm aiming for. ”
Koudic looked at Jones with a smile on his face and said; "I knew you wouldn't just be satisfied with playing in the Premier League, your talent in football, and your hard work in training, I saw it in my eyes, I wasn't surprised when you said that, of course I also want to win the Champions League, but I'm the manager, think about being realistic, let alone the championship, now the team looks good, but there are a lot of problems."
As the two spoke, Liu Neng looked back at the court, and continued: "Coach, have you forgotten what we said in the reserve team, your dream of becoming a top coach is just around the corner, how can you not have confidence!" I have a lot of confidence in you and in myself, even if we fail, but at least we have tried, and we will win more championships in the future. ”
Chelsea FC has long wanted to renew Liu Neng's contract, but his agent Bauer always said that there was no time to come, during this time Liu Neng's performance continued to play steadily, and the club's senior management urged him for a long time to sign a new contract as soon as possible.
So the contract renewal negotiation was brought up in front of him again, in fact, Liu Nengzhen did not intend not to sign the contract, he did forget to explain this matter to Ball, and this world is so realistic, if you don't have the strength to perform in the game, then your team can't be in a hurry to find you to renew the contract.