Chapter 18 Newspaper Headlines, Famous Names Recognize [Ask for Follow-up!] Ask for a ticket! 】
The dominant performance in the away game against Leeds United made Ling Feng once again appear on the hot topic of online social media, newspapers and magazines.
Eighteen years old, handsome, outstanding ball skills...
He has labels on him that attract attention and become the center of attention!
The Championship is a secondary league in England though.
However, its intensity and excitement are among the top 10 in Europe.
The influence in England and even in European football should not be underestimated.
Therefore, after this game, Ling Feng once again appeared on the sports pages of many media magazines.
Whether in front of the TV or in the stadium, viewers and fans who have seen Ling Feng play will not deny a fact:
Ling Feng is a rising star in football!
When this young man was playing football, he was full of talent and spirituality, and he was already overflowing.
Moreover, he continued to come off the bench and provide assists to help the team win, which also fully demonstrated his immediacy ability.
Even though he hasn't started a game for Leicester yet, he's become one of Leicester's biggest stars!
Therefore, the day after the end of the game, Leicester's local newspaper "Leicester Mercury" chose the photo of Ling Feng opening his arms and receiving cheers and applause from the fans as the front page cover!
And the title of the cover is a word that is bigger, bold and black - "genius!" ”
For Ling Feng, a handsome little guy with Leicester blood, the Leicester people completely regarded him as their own child.
Parents will be proud of their children's outstanding performances and will want to show off to the world!
It is not surprising, then, that the Mercury devoted two pages to him.
In this report, the writer first described Ling Feng's short career as a substitute after Ling Feng's steady progress in the youth team, to the FA Cup, and then to his promotion to the first team.
Then he invited football commentators to analyze Ling Feng's style of play, and then analyzed all aspects of his abilities for readers.
Finally, the Mercury also held a prize fan poll at the end of the newspaper page.
The voting item is how many assists Ling Feng thinks will be fixed in this season.
Fans can go to the official website of the newspaper to vote, and then the fans who finally guess the number of assists of Ling Feng this season can get a free newspaper for one year!
In addition to the popular local newspapers, many football media and magazines have carried out a new round of praise (praise) and praise (killing) of Ling Feng's performance...
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Leicester, Belvoir base.
Team massage room.
Players such as Ling Feng and Mahrez, who had just completed physical training, were lying on the massage table, receiving the exclusive horse killing chicken from the team's physiotherapist.
Just as Ling Feng closed his eyes and enjoyed the sourness coming from his thigh muscles, Mahrez's voice sounded in his ears:
"Hey man, did you read yesterday's Mercury report? You're in the cover headlines! ”
Hearing this, Ling Feng's eyes didn't open, so he responded directly:
"I didn't read it, but my parents bought a newspaper in the morning and they called me to tell me."
Ling Feng's calm reaction made Mahrez stunned for a moment, and he muttered in his heart again:
Is he really only eighteen?
If it were him, he would definitely call his parents, siblings, and even friends to show them off.
Looking at Ling Feng, who closed his eyes tightly, Mahrez couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart:
"Why don't you seem to be excited at all?"
"It's just a headline, and it's not a big deal."
Although he said this, Ling Feng's heart was already happy.
This was the first time he made the headlines!
Unbeknownst to Mahrez, Ling Feng had already asked his mother to keep the newspaper that made his headlines for the first time as a souvenir.
Of course, in order to maintain his calm personality in front of his teammates, this kind of thing must not be told to anyone.
Even if it's the entire first team, Mahrez has the best relationship with him!
At this time, Mahrez seemed to think of something again, and then picked up the iPhone next to the bedside and asked Ling Feng again:
"By the way, Ling, how many Twitter followers do you have now?"
"I don't know, I don't have Twitter on my phone."
Hearing this, Mahrez showed a surprised expression:
"What? You don't even have Twitter?! ”
As a young man who loves football, Ling Feng has always focused on football and has no time to make friends, let alone play social media.
The function of the mobile phone, for him, is just to make phone calls, chat with the team, and listen to music.
"Then you don't know that the fans are going crazy on the club's official Twitter!"
"What's crazy?"
"Look!"
As soon as the words fell, Mahrez handed his mobile phone to Ling Feng.
After taking a look, Ling Feng saw that the official push of Leicester City Club had already been swiped by various comments from Leicester City fans:
"Ling Feng, it's the next midfield master!"
"Let him start, ball!"
"He deserves a start!"
"Coach, Ling starter, understand?"
Most Leicester fans' comments, in addition to praise, are calls for the club and the manager to give him more minutes or let him start directly.
Among them, what surprised Ling Feng was that the comment with the highest number of likes was actually from Lineker!
Gary Lineker, former England international.
During his career, he played for Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona and other clubs, and won the Premier League Golden Boot, English Footballer of the Year, World Golden Boot and other honors.
He is also the second-highest scorer in England's all-time national team, scoring 48 goals in 80 appearances, behind only Bobby Charlton.
After retiring from football, he focused on football commentary.
In 1999, he became the host of the BBC's football ace show "Match of the day", a position he has been working on ever since.
With the huge influence of "Match Day", Guinness's longest-lived football show, this old brother, nicknamed "Football Gentleman", has an undoubted status in English football.
He is a humorous and quick responder, and he has always been loved by the public because of his knowledge of football and his eloquence.
It is worth mentioning that his greatest influence is not how many stars or games he has commented on, nor the identity of the famous "Mei Fui", but a self-deprecating speech.
It was after Germany was eliminated from the final on penalties at the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1996 that Lineker uttered a famous quote that has been passed down in football to this day:
"What is football? Football is a sport invented by the British, and after 90 minutes of fierce fighting by 22 people on the field, the Germans finally won! ”
The grievances and hatreds between Britain and Germany at the level of football competition cannot be finished for ten days and ten nights.
Therefore, this speech has become an eternal pain in the hearts of many English...
As a well-known Leicester City diehard, Lineker also pays attention to Leicester City's games from time to time.
He occasionally posts comments under the Leicester City official tweet to brush up on his presence.
And this time, the comment is very surprising:
"Ling Feng is definitely the most creative midfielder Leicester have ever seen! From today onwards, I'm a fan of him..."
For the praise of this senior, Ling Feng was a little flattered.
You know, the last player he touted so much, but Messi!
And the celebrity effect is really not simple.
Lineker's comment has directly exceeded 50,000 likes!