Wen did not attend the morning session, and Ranieri arranged for assistant coach Walsh and strength and conditioning coach Cohen to conduct his first physical test and individual acclimatisation training. Ranieri was very pleased with the result.

Especially when Cohen fed back Wen Zhihao's fitness data, Ranieri's eyes widened, thinking that he was hallucinating.

A young man under the age of 16 is physically close to the average of the Premier League!

Ranieri couldn't help but take a second look at Wen Zhihao, who was stretching in the distance. He admits that he is really interested in Mr. Wen. Originally, because of Wen Zhihao's "hukou", Ranieri still had a lot of prejudices in his heart, and even yesterday he wanted to directly send Wen Zhihao to the reserves, but now he is very interested in tapping Wen Zhihao's potential.

The Premier League is different from the other four major leagues in Europe, in addition to the league, there are two cups in a season, the FA Cup and the League Cup, and the schedule is more dense. So there is no winter break, and Leicester City will face Tottenham in three days for an FA Cup third-round rematch. Claudio Ranieri has been training three times a day at a high intensity of late, in an effort to take the league lead.

Wen Zhihao couldn't bear it when he participated in the team's first joint practice. His physical strength is barely enough to cope with the intensity of the team's training, but his physical condition is the biggest injury. The Premier League emphasizes physical confrontation in high-speed attack and defense, and Wen Zhihao found that he had just run out of the open space, and his teammates' balls had not yet reached his feet, and the defenders had already quickly pasted up. And don't fight the technique at all, just fight the physical strength. Throughout the training, Wen Zhihao was miserable, he was completely caught in a muscular struggle, and the advantages of good technique and fast frequency at his feet were not reflected at all. The most common action is to fall to the ground, get up, fall to the ground again, and get up again......

Ranieri looked at the training ground on the sidelines and exchanged words with assistant coach Benetti: "Paul, you see that new Chinese, even the intensity of training is so difficult. ”

Benetti nodded his head in agreement, also expressing understanding: "Indeed. After all, the age is too young, and the intensity of the Asian league is only equivalent to the level of League One at best. Old man, do you expect him to play in the Premier League right away? It's really whimsical. ”

"I've been watching him for the past two days, and there are some bright spots. I'm going to find William, a young man worth cultivating, but he still needs to be crafted. ”

Three days later, when his teammates played a rematch against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup, Wen Zhihao received a notice from the AFC and moved to New Delhi, the capital of India, to attend the 2015 AFC Awards Ceremony.

The shortlist for the Asian Footballer of the Year was released earlier. Wen Zhihao, who played a dominant performance in the AFC Champions League last year, was naturally nominated and became the favorite to win the bid. His other two rivals are "Gulf Messi" Omar and AFC Champions League final opponent Khalil.

The domestic media climaxed again. They are looking forward to Wen Zhihao, as an outstanding representative of the young generation of local players, who can win the AFC Champions League Golden Boot and win the highest individual honor in Asian football. It will be a historic moment for football.

CCTV reporters who were involved in covering the award ceremony found Wen Zhihao at the airport and offered to do a brief interview. Wen Zhihao gave a confident response: only successful people deserve attention and applause.

Obviously, Wen Zhihao has quite a bottom in his heart, but it is not yet time to celebrate.

Dressed in formal attire for the first time to attend such an occasion, Wen Zhihao was still quite nervous, and the people sitting in the audience were all senior officials of the AFC and big names who made a name for themselves in Asian football. When an underage child sits in the middle of these people, it feels a sense of disobedience.

However, just like many "firsts" I have experienced before, there is always an inexplicable excitement at the same time as nervousness. Wen Zhihao looked at the stage, and various thoughts kept popping up in his mind: If I really won the Asian Footballer of the Year, how would this group of foreigners in the audience react? I'm probably the youngest player to win the award in history, right? How crazy should the domestic media be? How can I celebrate after I win?

The awards in the first half of the ceremony did not receive much attention. Guangzhou Evergrande reached the top for the second time and won the best club of the year; Goulart was voted the best foreign player; The best men's and women's coaches were awarded to Australian national team coach Postecoglou and Japan U19 women's team head coach Asako Takakura. In addition, Aya Miyama, the core of the Japanese women's football team, won the Miss Asian Football Award for her outstanding performance in the Women's World Cup in Canada.

Entering the final stage, the most important award finale appeared. Officials from the AFC's Competition Department took the stage to announce the final winner of this year's Asian Footballer of the Year.

The atmosphere of the audience suddenly became tense, and Wen Zhihao, who was originally half-leaning on the seat, straightened up all of a sudden, closed his eyes and kept chanting: It's me! It had to be me!

"The player who won the 2015 Asian Footballer of the Year is—"

"China Guangzhou Evergrande Club, Wen Zhihao!"

There was a warm applause at the scene, but Wen Zhihao calmed down at this time and came to the stage to accept the award very gracefully.

Human emotions are so complex. When you get something that you crave so much, you will be extremely nervous and expectant, and even suffer from gains and losses. But when you actually have it, you suddenly feel that everything is taken for granted, and it falls into place.

Omar, who was sitting in the audience, watched Wen Zhihao enjoy all the applause and spotlights, and was very unconvinced. In terms of seniority, he once shocked discerning British fans at Wembley Stadium at the London Olympics, and he is also the absolute leader of the UAE national team; In terms of the performance of various competitions this year, whether it is the AFC Champions League, the Asian Cup or the World Cup qualifiers, the performance is amazing. Why would they lose to Chinese who are a generation younger than themselves! Where the hell is he better than me!

Omar finally left the scene in a reluctant rage. Before leaving, he deeply remembered Wen Zhihao's appearance.

Hum! Have the ability to speak on the field! I'll let you know who the real king of Asia is!

However, professional football has always been a winner, and flowers and applause have always belonged only to the winners. Wen Zhihao became the third Chinese player to win the Asian Footballer of the Year award after Fan Zhiyi and Zheng Zhi, and the youngest winner of the award since its inception.

Wen Zhihao has long been a popular figure in Asia's mainstream sports media, and now he has the highest honor, and media from all over the world are vying to send him an exclusive interview invitation. However, Wen Zhihao turned down all the interviews, and didn't even wait for the award ceremony to end before he took a flight back to England.

Sacchi had just been informed by Leicester City that Wen's labour licence application had been rejected, and Ranieri took the opportunity to suggest that Wen was not yet able to establish himself in the first team and suggested that he be loaned out to a lower league.

After receiving the news from Sachi, Wen Zhihao rushed back to England non-stop, and there were only ten days left before the closure of the Europa League winter transfer window.

PS: Since ancient times, heroes have suffered a lot, and today's ups and downs are to meet the glory of tomorrow.