"Mr. Gerald!"

Hearing this unfamiliar title, Gerald was slightly stunned.

In his daily life, most of his friends and teammates call him either by his first name or by his last name.

Very few people would call him "Mr. Gerald"

Following the prestige, he saw Ling Feng standing next to the sofa, signaling to raise his hand.

The somewhat familiar black-haired young man in front of him made Gerald react immediately.

I saw him show a polite smile, and took the initiative to step forward and stretch out his right hand:

"Ling, it's a pleasure to see you here!"

As soon as Gerrard spoke, a thick Liverpool accent came to his face.

However, judging from Gerald's attitude, the other party seems to know him.

Of course Gerald knows Ling Feng!

It can be said that Ling Feng is now the hottest young star in the whole of England, and there is no one!

Although I haven't seen Ling Feng's game with my own eyes.

However, in the past few months, he had more or less heard of Ling Feng's name and deeds.

Especially after Leicester City won the title early, broke Championship records and beat Arsenal a few days ago, the media was touting the 18-year-old England midfielder.

Reaching out to shake Gerald's hand, Ling Feng replied with a smile:

"I'm glad to meet you, too, Mr. Gerald."

This sentence came from the heart.

Because, his first love in football was David Beckham.

At that time, it was the 06 World Cup, and because of Beckham, he knew many stars in England.

Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Wayne Rooney and many more.

Among them, in addition to Beckham, his favorite English player is the "soul of Liverpool" Steven Gerrard!

As the saying goes, it starts with football skills and ends with character.

His commitment, his leadership, his loyalty.

These are all very rare excellent qualities in this increasingly impetuous football world!

Feeling Ling Feng's respect for him, Gerald smiled indifferently, then raised his hand and patted the little brother's shoulder, and said in an old-fashioned manner:

"We're teammates now, just call me Steven. Mr. Gerald is a little weird. ”

"Okay, Steven."

Handing the bag containing a few pairs of his sneakers to the Gear Administrator, Gerald continued:

"You're here early, have you already met the coach?"

"Yes."

"Very well, wait for me here. I'll put the luggage away first, and then I'll show you around, and by the way, I'll show you all the guys. ”

As the captain of both Liverpool and the national team, Steven Gerrard has become accustomed to reaching out to young players.

Of course, Ling Feng accepted this.

Gerrard had just left on the front foot, and Frank Lampard, another of the 'Doubles', also arrived at the base with the back foot.

This made Ling Feng complain in his heart:

Did you two make an appointment?

Do you have to come back and forth?

Or is this a competition in the bones, let you all pinch it over?

It is worthy of being an incompatible double virtue!

Compared with Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, who has faced Ling Feng in the FA Cup and exchanged shirts, is a little more enthusiastic.

As soon as he came up, he gave Ling Feng a hug.

"Ling, congratulations on your first selection!"

'Thank you, Mr Lampard.'

Lampard was also stunned by Ling Feng's title.

However, instead of correcting it, he enjoyed the title.

This made him feel Ling Feng's respect for him.

"You're a first-time inductor, and you're definitely new to St. George's Park. Do you want me to show you around? ”

In the face of Lampard's unsolicited invitation, Ling Feng couldn't help but hesitate.

"Oh, I'd love to. But just now Steven said he would take me for a walk later, and get to know the other guys by the way. So."

Hearing this, the smile on Lampard's face froze, and then retracted a little.

"Oh, that's good. Since someone has already taken you on a tour, then I won't get involved."

With that one sentence, Lampard turned and walked away.

Only Ling Feng, who was a little confused, was left.

What's the situation?

Frank Lampard angry?

Standing still and thinking for a moment, Ling Feng thought of several possibilities for Lampard to suddenly get angry.

Either because Ling Feng accepted Gerald's invitation and didn't accept his own invitation, he felt angry;

Either that, Lampard was upset to hear Gerrard preemptively wooing Ling Feng.

As a Beckham and a senior fan of England, Ling Feng also knows a lot about the Three Lions.

In his opinion, the reason why the Three Lions have a strong strength on paper, but their poor performance in major competitions is largely due to factions.

The reason why the duo is incompatible in the national team is that on the one hand, the functions of the two players overlap somewhat, and on the other hand, the two come from different clubs.

One is the "soul of the Red Army" and the other is the "Blue Bridge Magic Lamp", and the two are in competition with each other in the club.

And they also unknowingly brought this subconscious competition to the national team.

This unknown inside story was revealed by Ling Feng himself when he watched Ferdinand, Lampard and Gerrard participate in an interview.

Secretly compete with each other, and no one obeys anyone.

In addition, both of them like to attack forward on the field, and they are unwilling to do dirty work in the midfield, which is the fundamental reason why the "double morality" is incompatible and the midfield is unbalanced!

Before, when Beckham was the leader, the dressing room was stable.

During Beckham's years as the leader of the national team, the national team's results were not very good, but they were decent.

After David Beckham faded out of the national team, the national team established John Terry as the team's new captain.

However, due to the off-field factors of "Friends Wife's Gate", Terry was once deprived of the captain's armband.

Although later, through his outstanding performance, he re-became the main player of the national team and wore the captain's armband again.

However, he did not leave much of an impact on the national team and withdrew from the national team altogether last year.

In the end, the captain's armband of the Three Lions was handed over to Gerrard.

This is undoubtedly a very unpleasant thing for Lampard, who is two years older than Gerrard and has more goals and trophies than Gerrard.

In his opinion, the older and better version of himself is the best leader to lead the Three Lions forward!

Thinking of this, Ling Feng also understood why Lampard was a little unhappy all of a sudden.

He may well have made himself a member of the Gerald faction!

This is the first time that Ling Feng has personally felt the undercurrent of dressing room relations in the England national team.

Of course, he didn't intend to get involved in the factional struggle.

Ling Feng knows very well that after the end of this World Cup, both Germans will withdraw from the national team.

These competitive relationships will disappear with the departure of the two.

Besides, if he really wants to hug his thighs, he might as well hug Rooney's thighs.

With Shuangde leaving the national team, Rooney, the oldest player, will definitely become the only big man in the national team.

Just as Ling Feng made up his mind to ignore any factional struggle, a familiar voice suddenly sounded in his ears, calling him back to reality:

"Hey, Ling!"

Following the prestige, I saw my club teammate Vardy walking in from the main entrance with an excited face.

"Hey, buddy!"

After a big hug with Vardy, Ling Feng immediately said:

"By the way, Gerald is going to take me around the base later, do you want to come along?"

"Of course!"

"Then you put your luggage first, we'll wait for you here."

"Okay, I'll be right back."

After a while, Gerald returned

After Ling Feng explained the situation to him, Gerald was also very willing to take two newcomers to visit the base at one time.

While waiting for Vardy together, the rest of the national team's teammates also arrived.

When they saw Ling Feng and Gerald talking and laughing in the hall, they were all a little surprised and surprised.

didn't think that Ling Feng was selected for the first time, and he had a good relationship with the big guy in the team, Gerrard.

In everyone's heart, a thought couldn't help but pop up:

This kid is not simple!

And Gerald also introduced Ling Feng by the way.

"This is Ling Feng, this is Leiden... Baines, the team's left-back"

"This is Johnson."

After a while, Vardy finally arrived in the hall.

Under Gerrard's guidance, Ling Feng and Vardy, who had just joined the national team, took a cursory tour of the main areas and venues of the St. George's Park base.

For example, gyms, tactics rooms, physiotherapy rooms, indoor soccer fields, and so on.

Among them, the jacuzzi and heated swimming pool, which are no different from the supporting facilities of five-star hotels, opened the eyes of the two.

Finally, the final stop of the trio was the team's locker room.

Compared to the interior of the whole hotel, the decoration of the dressing room is not too luxurious, but quite large and spacious enough.

Perhaps, this is also the football idea that the FA wants to convey to the players:

Simple, effective!

"Ling, that's your place. Jamie, your spot is right next door."

In this World Cup in Brazil, Ling Feng is the second youngest player after Luke Shaw.

As a first-time national team player, as at the club, his dressing room is in the far corner.

And the number of the national team jersey he received was 15.

Next to him belongs to his club team-mate, Vardy, who is also a first-time national team member.

As the training day approached, the players began to arrive in the locker room.

When everyone was in the dressing room, Gerrard applauded and focused everyone's attention:

"Guys, let's welcome Ling and Vardy with a round of applause."

As soon as the words ended, the other players in the dressing room applauded Gerrard while looking at the two newcomers with scrutinizing eyes.

"Tell us a little bit about yourself!"

"Ling, you come first!"

Hearing this, Ling Feng took the lead in standing up and looked around.

Frank Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Joe Hart, Jordan Henderson

Perhaps the England squad is the worst ever.

However, when the Premier League stars who were once only seen on TV have now become their national team teammates, right in front of him, Ling Feng still couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart.

From the birth of the FA Cup, to the sweep of the Championship, to the FA Cup, and finally to the selection of England in the World Cup squad

In just six months, he has experienced many wonderful times that a professional player may not experience in his lifetime.

Maybe in the upcoming World Cup, he will sit on the bench;

Perhaps he will make his national team and World Cup debut in the closing stages of the game;

Or maybe he'll be amazing in a limited amount of time

None of that matters.

He only hopes that every step he takes, he will not regret it!

I only hope that I can go all out and live up to my rare opportunity to live again!

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Ling Feng didn't forget to open his mouth to introduce himself to his teammates:

"Hello guys. My name is Ling Feng, and I will be nineteen years old in half a month. My position on the pitch is midfielder."

After the two took turns introducing themselves, there was another round of applause in the dressing room.

In this way, Ling Feng can be regarded as completing his "joining ceremony" in the Three Lions Army.

Whether he can gain the trust and respect of his teammates depends on his performance in training and games.

In the world of sports, there is an iron rule that can be used everywhere:

Speak with strength!

。。。

Ten o'clock in the morning.

After changing into sneakers and putting on GPS black vests, everyone left the locker room one after another and went to the outdoor training ground.

The main training venue for the England national team is Sir Bobby Charlton Stadium.

Bobby Charlton is not only one of Manchester United's legends and one of the Divine Three, but also the greatest player in England.

Not one of them!

As the England national team's record scorer, the Queen awarded him the rank of Sir, in recognition of his contribution to English football.

When St. George's Park was built, the course was named after him.

The FA's idea is simple.

It is hoped that the England internationals who train on this lawn can follow in the footsteps of Bobby Charlton, a great senior, and make their own contributions to English football!

Today the weather is nice, the sun is shining and the temperature is very suitable for football.

Due to the advanced age of coach Roy Hodgson, the collective tactics and training guidance are carried out by the coaching staff themselves.

First, I followed the physical trainer for a wave of warm-up training.

Then, a simple passing and receiving exercise is carried out.

In this training, the coach and teammates focused on Ling Feng's performance.

Recently, the media has blown the young player who won the Championship assist title and two-time player of the year at the age of 18.

Especially his passing, which is comparable to Xavi and Beckham!

During training, Ling Feng also noticed the suspicious glances of his teammates from time to time.

He knows very well that as a newcomer to the national team selected for the first time, if he doesn't show off his hand, these self-regarded Premier League stars will definitely look down on him, and they are even reluctant to pass the ball to him on the field.

So, after the passing and receiving training, he specially pulled Vardy to prepare for a wave of "show off"

The two men stood on either side of the half near the touchline and practiced each other's long passes.

Vardy was the first to give Ling Feng a high ball that was not too fast.

In the face of Vardy's long pass, Ling Feng made an amazing move under the watchful eyes of the national team coach and teammates:

I saw that he didn't stop the ball at all, but just volleyed directly into the outside of his instep very lightly, and sent a precision-guided low flat ball!

For Ling Feng, whose [Volley] attribute reached ninety-seven, the accuracy of his volley pass was even higher than his ground pass!

It can be said that the volley pass is his exclusive stunt!

And seeing this scene, everyone thought it was blinded at first.

However, then, Ling Feng continued to volley directly without stopping the ball, and Vardy accurately passed back to Vardy with every kick.

More than a dozen feet, each of which was as accurate as if it had been measured with a measuring tape, landed exactly in front of Vardy!

And the other teammates who witnessed this scene all showed expressions of disbelief.

As professional players, they know all too well how difficult it is to volley long balls without stopping the ball.

What is needed is not only to accurately predict where the ball will land, but also to have good footwork and vision!

It is precisely because they understand how difficult it is to do so that they are shocked.

Looking at Ling Feng, who looked very relaxed on the field, there was only one thought in everyone's hearts;

This kid has something!

I got better with a cold today and should be able to resume normal updates tomorrow.

(End of chapter)