As Christmas approaches, the major leagues have started their winter break.

Many football stars have started posting photos of themselves on vacation with their families and girlfriends on the Internet.

However, on the Premier League side, not only do you not have a holiday, but you also have to prepare for the intensive schedule of the Christmas break.

The veteran players are used to this, but some of the foreign players who have just arrived in the team seem to be a little uncomfortable.

"Brother Lin, will the coach give everyone a holiday today?"

During training on the morning of December 24, Sun Xingmin approached Lin Quan and asked him for information.

The other teammates who were training heard Sun Xingmin's words and pricked up their ears, obviously curious.

"What? You're going out on a date with a girl, huh? ”

Lin Quan glanced at Sun Xingmin.

This kid is very serious about training on weekdays, but this day he has been absent-minded since the morning, and he has something on his mind when he looks at it.

"Ahem, tomorrow isn't Christmas, this holiday seems to be quite important for Westerners......"

Sun Xingmin's old face was red when Lin Quan asked, and he was a little embarrassed.

As soon as Lin Quan saw the other party's appearance, he immediately understood.

"It's important, but we have a game on the 26th, and we only have two days left before the game, and normally, the coach doesn't usually take a day off two days before the game."

"Huh? So? ”

Lin Quan's answer made Sun Xingmin look disappointed, since Lin Quan said so, the eight achievements are not fake.

"Well, I'm just talking about the general situation, considering that our next opponent is Sunderland, so it's still possible to have a half-day off!"

Sunderland is not strong, basically there is no way to pose a threat to Manchester City, plus Manchester City is playing at home, saving the bumps and consumption of away travel, so it is not certain that Guardiola will open the net.

"I hope so, thank you, Brother Lin!"

Lin Quan's answer made Sun Xingmin have a trace of expectation in his heart, and he frequently peeked at head coach Pep Guardiola during training, as if he wanted to see if Gua Bald would really give them a half-day off.

Pep Guardiola was on the sidelines talking to a couple of assistant coaches about his appearances between Christmas and New Year's Day.

Rotation is definitely needed, and it could be a massive rotation as they have three games to play in those six days, including a clash with Leicester City at the top of the table.

It's a very important game, so Pep Guardiola has to make sure the whole squad is in the best shape when they travel to Leicester City.

Therefore, in the game against Sunderland the day after tomorrow, he is likely to make early substitutions according to the situation of the game to ensure that the main players are in good physical condition.

It also means that City's substitutes and rotations need to step up.

"These guys, why do you feel that they are all absent-minded?"

Pep Guardiola soon noticed the oddity of the players, many of whom were on the training pitch but whose hearts had long since flown somewhere.

"There is no winter break, and the players, especially the newcomers, are very resistant to playing during the holidays without a winter break, and what they want to do now is to go home to their loved ones and even go on holiday to the islands of the Mediterranean, like the players in other leagues."

An assistant coach from the UK said that he had seen this phenomenon a lot in the Premier League for so many years.

"Is that so?"

Pep Guardiola has only been at Manchester City for a relatively short time, not noticing the problem last year, but this year he really realized the huge impact that the absence of a winter break has on the team and the players.

"Forget it, give them half a day off, it's just a waste of time to see them like this!"

Pep Guardiola shook his head, walked to the training ground, clapped his hands, gathered the players together, and announced the decision to take a half-day off.

"Remember, tomorrow morning at half past ten, the training ground will be assembled, and I don't want to see anyone late."

After Pep Guardiola's announcement, the players burst into cheers.

"Long live the coach!"

"Coach I love you!"

Even if it is only half a day, it is already very precious for them to return to their hearts.

"Brother Lin, you are really a god!"

Sun Xingmin was also very excited, and after giving Lin Quan a thumbs up, he hurriedly ran to the locker room to change clothes.

Looking at this kid's anxious appearance, he must be dating his girlfriend.

Not long ago, he also saw a report in the Sun that Sun Xingmin was caught by the paparazzi driving and dating his girlfriend during the national team competition.

Son Heung-min is now the number one man in the Premier League, and The Sun is very fond of covering these lace news, and this report has also attracted some attention on the British side.

After seeing the figure of Sun Xingmin's rumored girlfriend, the fans were all envious, jealous and hateful, and they all felt that Sun Xingmin was a winner in life!

Lin Quan was not interested in other people's privacy, and when his teammates left, he did not leave as soon as possible, but continued to train.

De Bruyne is really interesting enough, seeing that Lin Quan didn't leave, he also stayed to train with him.

However, when he went to the canteen to eat at noon, Lin Quan found that De Bruyne was gone.

"Hey, Kevin, where's the guy?"

"Of course it's home, didn't the coach already say that it was a holiday?"

De Bruyne on the other end of the phone was confused, the coach had announced a holiday, would I stay in the team if I didn't go home?

"Someone in your house?"

"No one!"

"Huh?"

"Did you say Caroline? I broke up with him! ”

"Oh!"

Lin Quan's heart lit a raging fire of gossip, he was not interested in other people's privacy, but he was full of interest in De Bruyne's affair with his girlfriend.

The reason is simple, De Bruyne's girlfriend is likely to have cuckolded him!

Poor De Bruyne, after all, still can't escape the fate of being green?

Thinking of this, Lin Quan didn't have the heart to train, and hurriedly drove to De Bruyne's house, intending to find out about the situation.

However, when he arrived, he was dumbfounded!

"I don't think I'm here at the right time?"

He is not the only one in De Bruyne's family, there is also a big beauty.

The two behaved intimately, as if they were already a couple.

"Ahem, Michelle just arrived, I say that, do you believe it?"

De Bruyne had a habit of looking down and touching his nose when lying.

"I believe it, of course I do, I just came here to give you Christmas presents!"

After Lin Quan finished speaking, he took out two gifts prepared in advance and stuffed them into De Bruyne's hands.

Since De Bruyne was accompanied, Lin Quan did not stay as a light bulb, and immediately drove away.

"Kevin, why don't you let your friends in and sit down?"

Michelle had just gone to make tea for Lin Quan and was about to entertain him, but by the time she brought the tea out, Lin Quan had already left.

"I forgot!"

De Bruyne scratched his head, he didn't know what was wrong just now, obviously the two were very familiar, but he felt nervous, as if he had been bumped into by someone doing something bad, and he actually forgot to invite the other party in to sit down, and he didn't give the other party a return gift.

De Bruyne's explanation made Michel a little speechless, but she has been with De Bruyne for a long time, and she also knows De Bruyne's character, so she didn't say much, just took out two gifts she carefully prepared, and asked De Bruyne to bring them to Coach Lin Quanhe when he went to the team tomorrow.

Back home, the huge villa was empty.

Serra returned to Spain early with a few younger siblings, and it looks like Pep Guardiola, a workaholic, is still working overtime at the club.

Lin Quan took off his coat, turned on the light in the living room, and sat on the sofa boredly turned on the TV and watched.

Highlights of the last round of Premier League matches were being shown on TV, and Lin Quan saw himself and Son Heung-min in it.

Hearing the embarrassment of the host and the narrator about him, he was a little speechless in his heart.

My last goal was not exciting at all, and this can be selected for the highlights, I'm afraid it's not because of the preferential treatment given by my fame, right?

Compared to these opponents in the Premier League, Lin Quan is more interested in opponents in other leagues.

So I took a look at the highlights of the past few weeks between Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, and Messi and Ronaldo have performed very well in the past month.

Cristiano Ronaldo, under Zidane, has shown the true colors of a top killer.

His goalscoring efficiency has become higher this season, and Zidane's attacking tactics for the team have allowed Ronaldo to shine in the front line, scoring goals like numbness, eating cakes and vomiting.

Although it failed to reach the semi-finals last year, this year, Real Madrid, which looks to be on a higher level, is definitely an opponent to be reckoned with.

As for Barcelona, after Messi returned from injury, his performance was also very good, and he even had the momentum to return to the top for a while.

The departure of Neymar has made the burden on his shoulders heavier, but the huge pressure has also made Messi begin to metamorphose, he began to become more and more comprehensive, and his attacking and organizational skills have been greatly improved.

At a time when Suarez has not yet passed his prime, the combination of Messi and Suarez, whether in La Liga or the Champions League, is still a formidable attacking combination.

No team can afford to underestimate them when they face them.

Compared with these two teams in the Western Super League, although Atletico Madrid does not have any big stars, but under Simeone's tutelage, the whole team is twisted into a rope, like an army on the field, with orders and prohibitions, and strict discipline.

This team has faded from the dark horse and gradually become the third giant in La Liga, and even in the whole of Europe, the team that is sure to defeat them is no more than a palm!

The three La Liga giants look very strong, and if they meet them in the quarter-finals or semi-finals, it will be a really difficult game.

The most worrying thing is that if you are unlucky and encounter such hard bones along the way, then by the time Manchester City reaches the final, I am afraid it will have been consumed.

La Liga is on par with the Premier League, and even faintly overpowering the Premier League, so the outside world pins their hopes on the La Liga team.

However, in addition to the three heroes of La Liga, Bayern in the Bundesliga and Paris in the French league also seem to be strong and difficult to provoke this season.

After the introduction of Neymar, Grand Paris now wants people, money and money, and the difference is the championship.

In order to build momentum for the Qatar World Cup, the Qataris very much hope that Grand Paris can win the top of Europe once.

For this, they have already invested more than a billion euros and do not mind throwing so much money at it.

However, although the strength of Grand Paris has become much stronger this season, the hope of winning the Champions League is still not great.

In the group stage, they failed to beat Real Madrid, which shows that it is difficult for them to take advantage of the top European teams.

There are still three teams at the same level as Real Madrid, once they encounter these teams, it is difficult to say whether Grand Paris can survive it, and once it fails, it will have to fight again next year.

When watching the highlights of the Paris game, Lin Quan also paid special attention to another team in Ligue 1 - Monaco!

Although Monaco did not reach the main leg of the Champions League this year, they fell in the Champions League play-offs.

So it's obviously not this team that interests Lin Quan, but a young player in their team - Kylian Mbappe.

Under the influence of Lin Quan, Mbappe stepped onto the stage of Ligue 1 earlier than in history.

And thanks to Monaco's elimination from the Champions League play-offs by Valencia, plus the fact that Paris dominates Ligue 1.

Monaco has no hope of winning the championship, no worries about relegation, and the pressure of the game is still small, so there is plenty of time to develop new talents.

As a result, Mbappe's appearances and minutes in Ligue 1 have steadily increased.

He has made eight appearances for Monaco this season, including four in Ligue 1 and four in cups.

In these eight appearances, Mbappe has scored a total of two goals.

It doesn't seem like a goal scorer, but he's just a kid.

At only 17 years old this year, he has already broken the record to play, let alone score?

As a result, Mbappe, who broke the record of the youngest goal in Ligue 1, naturally attracted the attention of many teams.

The Ligue 1 side regarded him as the future hope of the French team, and even the coach of the French team, Didier Deschamps, went to Monaco to watch his game.

And after watching his game, Deschamps was full of praise for him.

Mbappe's outstanding performance not only shocked Deschamps, but also made the retired Henry praise him.

Mbappe's record for the youngest goal to be scored in Ligue 1 was set by Thierry Henry at Monaco.

So the outside world has linked these two people, the same winger, the same speed is good, the two have a lot of similarities, people see Mbappe as another Henry, it seems understandable.

Although Monaco is not French territory, Mbappe is a real Frenchman.

As long as he can continue to grow, it is a sure thing that he will become a France international one day.

And once Mbappe can really grow to the height of Henry, then the future French team will be terrible!

In recent years, there has been a blowout of talent in the French team on all fronts, with stars such as Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann rising rapidly, while Didier Deschamps' French team is dominated by young people.

Many people predict that the French team is likely to become the gravedigger of Spain in the future!

(End of chapter)