He used his connections in Italy to make an appointment for a friendly match with Italy, who missed the World Cup.

The game kicks off at the San Siro on the 23rd, so Lippi has less than three days to fine-tun the makeshift squad, most of which is still unnamed. The only ones who are somewhat famous are Sun Xiang and Zhang Yuning, and others like U23 are basically promoted from the second team to cope with the new deal and can't play the game, let alone those below U23, it's good to know one or two.

However, it is worth mentioning that Sun Xiang saw a familiar figure in this young and unfamiliar national team.

"Zhang Le? Is that you? ”

Facing that familiar figure, Sun Xiang seemed to be a little incredulous.

Hearing someone call his name, Zhang Le subconsciously turned his head, and when he saw that the person who spoke was Sun Xiang, there seemed to be some "sure enough, it's you" in his eyes.

"Hey, why aren't you surprised to see me? I was amazed! Sun Xiang found that the person was indeed Zhang Le, so he walked straight forward.

"Surprised? Why? I knew it was you. Zhang Le shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Huh? How do you know it's me? ”

"Damn, are you pretending to be with me here or are you really stupid, I can't see the big words of the national football training list! Go and play, don't say we know each other! Fall! Zhang Le hid to the side with a disgusted face, as if Sun Xiang had a bad luck.

"The ..... of the squad" Sun Xiang remembered that he was only told by the team to report to the national team, and the time and place were all told to him by the team, and he didn't see the overall details at a glance.

No wonder everyone seems to know each other, and there is no one who is so surprised as themselves.

Then Sun Xiang and the team bus came to the hotel where he stayed in Italy, and when he allocated a room, Lippi adjusted it in his own way. For example, Sun Xiang, in order to allow Sun Xiang to connect with the offensive line, Lippi arranged Zhang Yuning to the room where Sun Xiang was. Zhang Le, who plays at left wing-back, lives with a left centre-back.

In this way, there is some unaccustomedness, after all, living with people you don't know can be a little restrained. Sun Xiang is okay, he and Zhang Yuning have also met in Germany, and the two of them are friends, so they don't need too much adaptation period. But Zhang Le is different, he is the kind who doesn't like to talk when he meets strangers.

So in the evening, when Sun Xiang and Zhang Le were eating together, he complained to Sun Xiang.

"Sun Xiang, have you already met Zhang Yuning in Germany before?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"It's all right, alas." Zhang Le sighed.

"No, what the hell is wrong with you? Could it be that your roommate is not very friendly? Sun Xiang saw Zhang Le sighing, and immediately thought that it might be his roommate's problem, he was really too familiar with his hair boy.

"It's really about roommates, but it's not that it's unfriendly, it's so friendly that I can't stand being friendly." Saying that, Zhang Le ate a big mouthful of rice.

Sun Xiang was a little puzzled, isn't it good to be friendly? In this way, it will be more convenient to communicate.

Without waiting for Sun Xiang to ask, Zhang Le spoke first:

"Do you know how well he can speak? Oh my God, that mouth is like a chatterbox, but it's also very enthusiastic, thinking about everything. One moment he asked me if I wanted this, and the other he asked me if I needed this. ”

"Wouldn't that be nice?" Sun Xiang took a sip of water.

"And the appearance of my brother-in-law, how I look like a monkey, the face is quite white, and the hair is yellow, but I can't tell that it is dyed, maybe I was born with this color, but I always feel like a killer Matt. Wait, I'll get a glass of water. ”

Zhang Le came back after receiving the water, and Sun Xiang teased: "We can't just say that about other people's appearance, I still think you look like a pig, don't you still run faster than a pig?" ”

Listening to Sun Xiang's words, Zhang Le almost choked to death without a mouthful of water. I coughed for a long time, and my face was red before I adjusted my breath.

"You want to kill me, you're a pig, you're not even a pig!" Zhang Le wiped his face with toilet paper, "It's not because of this, what I can't accept the most is that Ya is still playing songs in the house and amplifying Zhang Wei's songs!" I was about to fall jet lag on a long-distance flight, but suddenly a voice scared me so much that I almost flew up. ”

"And then?" Sun Xiang asked.

"Later? I asked him to put his headphones on. Then I fell asleep. ”

"Isn't that okay? Isn't that a step closer to your relationship? ”

"Further? I wanted to beat him up even further, and it almost didn't scare me to death. Zhang Le said.

Sun Xiang didn't pay attention to him anymore, Zhang Le has always been a person with a wrong mouth, and the words that came out of his mouth were reversed, which was what he thought in his heart.

And he's not someone who doesn't like to make friends.

Later, Sun Xiang learned about Zhang Le's promotion in the chat.

In recent years, Beijing's full-backs have been unavailable, and under Schmidt, this Beijing team is dominated by high pressure, so the German coach prefers speedy players in the selection of full-backs.

It was at this opportunity that 18-year-old Zhang Le was promoted from the second team, and this time he was lucky to enter the national team squad.

Most of the others came from the youth training of Luneng, Evergrande, Quanjian and other places, but only Sun Xiang and Zhang Yuning stayed in the United States.

"But it's not bad, this is the first time in recent years that the national team has two foreign participants, and you kid is still one of them!" Zhang Le said with a smile.

After dinner, Sun Xiang and Zhang Le went back to their respective rooms separately.

Zhang Yuning was lying on the bed playing with his mobile phone, and when he saw Sun Xiang coming back, he raised his eyes and said hello.

"By the way, Sun Xiang, have you seen the draw results of the German Cup?"

"See, if I'm not mistaken, we should have kicked you." Sun Xiang casually threw the room card on the table.

"It's true, the last time we met, we said that we wanted to compete as opponents, but I didn't expect it to arrive so soon." Then Zhang Yuning showed a look of loss, "I just don't know if I have a chance to play.... ”

“.... There will always be opportunities. Seeing Zhang Yuning's bitter face, Sun Xiang didn't know what to say, so he had to simply comfort him.

"By the way, did you just go to dinner, is Italian food acceptable?" In order to alleviate the embarrassment he had just created, Zhang Yuning changed the topic.

"It's not bad, I've eaten pasta, and I don't dare to eat more of other high-calorie ones, otherwise it will easily affect my body functions."

"It seems that your life in Wolfsburg is quite disciplined." Zhang Yuning said.

"That's it, usually the team lunch is provided by the nutritionist, and I can eat it in the evening." Sun Xiang paused. "Aren't you?"

"I'm pretty much the same, except that I spend a lot of time in the gym, so I don't follow the rules in terms of diet. Anyway, it seems that this hotel also has a gym, I saw it in the corridor, should we go over and have a look? Zhang Yuning proposed.

"Gym? Right now? ”

"yes, let's go! Anyway, just let me see if there is any difference between the way you practice strength and ours. Zhang Yuning got up and urged while packing his things.

was said by Zhang Yuning, Sun Xiang also wanted to go and see it, after all, he really hadn't been to many other places except for the power room in the team, and he was a little curious about the hotel's gym. So he got up and began to prepare his clothes.

Ten minutes later.

"Alright, let's go!" Zhang Yuning said.

"Wait, where's my keycard?"

"Didn't you throw it on the table when you entered the house?"

"Oh yes. Alright, let's go. Picking up the key card, the two of them left the room together.