Compared to the Premier League stars, the coaches of the Three Lions were even more surprised by Ling Feng's volley pass.

Because, they had studied Ling Feng's game videos and highlights many times before, but he had never revealed this trick!

Assistant coach Levinton, who stood next to Hodgson, had a look of shock in his eyes:

"His judgment of where the ball landed is simply terrible, and the accuracy of his volley pass is amazing!"

"I've never seen a young player who can control the weight and accuracy of a long pass so precisely without stopping the ball, maybe only a master of possession like Ronaldinho or Zinedine Zidane can do that, right?!"

"His talent is amazing!"

Hodgson, on the side, just stared at Ling Feng tightly, his brows furrowed slightly.

The more brilliant this eighteen-year-old boy is, the more he falls into a kind of blissful trouble.

The tactical formation adopted by the England national team is the most popular 4231 formation in football today.

In this formation, there are only three starting positions in the midfield.

One midfielder and two centre-backs.

The midfield position is Rooney's, and captain Steven Gerrard has also locked in a starting position in central midfield.

In other words, Ling Feng, Frank Lampard, Jordan Henderson, Lallana, Wilshere and Milner will compete for a starting midfielder position!

Will it vote of confidence for Milner, Jordan Henderson and other stalwarts who have participated in the Euro Championship in 12 years, or will he boldly use the first-time supernova Ling Feng?

This is a question that requires careful consideration.

Just as Hodgson was thinking about Ling Feng's playing time, Livington on the side continued to say to himself:

"However, he was able to do such a high level of passing skills so easily in training. Well, even if he doesn't do it often during the game, he will use it once or twice once in a while. ”

"But why hasn't he ever tried to pass like this in a previous game?"

At this time, the physical trainer on the side couldn't help but express his opinion:

"Maybe he's been practicing this trick in private, just to surprise everyone today?"

Hearing this, Livington's eyes widened and he exclaimed:

"So, he's been deliberately hiding his strength?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Livington felt that his guess was reasonable.

Judging from Leicester City's dominant performance in the Championship, the opponents in the Championship are too weak to use Ling Feng's tricks such as volleying passes.

Maybe when the Premier League opens next season, or on the stage of the World Cup, he can see Ling Feng use this trick

。。。

After showing off a wave of "volley passes" between trainings, Ling Feng and Vardy continued to devote themselves to the team's training.

In the next three-person offensive and defensive, tactical drills and other training projects, Ling Feng performed well.

As it was the first training day after the league ended, most of the international players were in a recovery period.

Therefore, the team did not do much confrontation training, but simply warmed up and explained the essentials of tactics to the players.

Two hours, in the blink of an eye.

After the first training session of the national team that Ling Feng participated in, his teammates from other national teams no longer had the slightest doubt or doubt about his strength.

Although the young man did not look very strong.

However, he is very smart in his game!

Constantly running open to catch the ball on the field, and the ball is clean and clean, never dragging mud and water.

Especially in terms of passing skills, Ling Feng is definitely the strongest existence in the whole team!

Who doesn't like teammates who don't possess the ball and like to run open spaces?!

Like Ling Feng, Vardy has also been recognized by his teammates with his positive attitude and excellent core strength.

And the strength shown by the two in training also made the Premier League stars of the national team finally understand why Leicester City was able to beat the invincible opponents in the Championship and break many Championship records.

The front-court combination of Ling Feng and Vardy alone is enough to blow up the backline of any team in the Championship!

After the training session, everyone left the training ground for a while.

After going back to the room to take a shower and change clothes, Ling Feng, whose stomach was rumbling, was ready to go to the restaurant and eat something.

However, the moment he walked into the restaurant, he felt an unusual atmosphere.

Compared with the Leicester City dressing room, where all the players are united and moving forward for the honor and interests of the club, the England national team dressing room is full of factions and undercurrents.

According to Ling Feng's observation and understanding, the factions of the England national team are mainly divided into three major factions, namely Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea!

The Liverpool faction is led by Liverpool and national team captain Steven Gerrard, including Sturridge, Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson, Glen Johnson and a five.

In addition, there is Wilshere, the gunner who has high hopes.

Due to Liverpool's outstanding performance in the Premier League this season and the largest number of people in the dressing room, it is also the most influential faction in the entire national team dressing room.

The Chelsea faction is centered on Frank Lampard, with club team-mate Cahill and Everton's two defenders, Bynes and Jagielka.

Due to the relationship with Liverpool that is a sworn enemy of Merseyside.

That's why Everton's Burns and Jagielka opted to join the Chelsea faction.

Finally, there is the Manchester United faction led by Wayne Rooney.

The faction includes three Manchester United players: Smalling, Jones and Welbeck.

The remaining minor factions, such as Manchester City's Joe Hart and James Milner, Southampton's Lambert and Luke Shaw, and the back-up goalkeeper duo, are in their own leagues.

In the cafeteria, each faction sits at a separate table.

They chatted about their own topics and didn't bother each other.

At this time, seeing Ling Feng holding the plate, as if he didn't know where to sit, Gerald took the lead and beckoned to him:

"Ling, come and sit together!"

While taking Ling Feng and Vardy on a tour of the base in the morning, Gerrard learned from the chat that Ling Feng was also a big fan of The Sopranos.

This made him feel good about the young man at once.

You must know that young people now like to watch teenage and girl youth dramas such as "Skin" and "Fat Rui's Crazy Diary", and rarely watch such old TV series.

Yes, this kid has the same taste as I do!

With this in mind, Gerald thought about taking more care of this newcomer.

However, just as Gerrard spoke, Frank Lampard, who was sitting at another table, also beckoned and invited:

"Ling, there is also a place here!"

Facing the warm invitation of the two bigwigs in the locker room, Ling Feng suddenly felt very embarrassed.

Made, it's not a good thing to be too good.

Just when Ling Feng was riding a tiger, it was club teammate Vardy who rescued him:

"Ling, the scenery here is good!"

Following the prestige, I saw Vardy, who was sitting alone at the window table not far away, waving to him.

Seeing this, Ling Feng was immediately relieved.

Second brother, thank you for stepping on the horse!

He smiled awkwardly at both Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, then grabbed his plate and went straight to Vardy's table to sit down.

Gerald didn't think anything of it.

After all, Ling Feng and Vardy are club teammates, so it's normal to sit together.

However, some people don't think so.

Whether it was Frank Lampard or Rooney, who was secretly observing, their faces were a little soothed when they saw that Ling Feng was not sitting at Gerrard's table.

As soon as he sat down, Ling Feng put his hand on Vardy's shoulder and said with a grateful expression:

"Jamie, it's good to have you. Otherwise, I would have offended a lot of people today."

"It's okay, when I go back to Leicester, you can invite me to eat Jufu Mansion again!"

"No problem!"

After lunch, the two of them planned to return to their respective rooms to get some rest.

There was no training scheduled for the afternoon.

However, most of the team consciously went to the gym to or to the physiotherapy room to find a masseur to relax their muscles.

After all, the World Cup is less than a month away, and they must reserve a certain amount of physical fitness as soon as possible, and then play to their heart's content on a stage like the World Cup!

And Ling Feng also came to the gym with Vardy, pedaling the bicycle and doing recovery training.

It is worth mentioning that after achieving the achievement of [FA Cup Champion], Ling Feng was rewarded with a [Item Chest].

And he opened a very interesting prop:

[Item Name: Anti-Damage Card]

[Item Effect: When suffering from a malicious flying shovel, it can bounce the damage back to the opponent's body!] 】

[Number of times items can be used: 3/3]

You know, injuries are the biggest enemy of professional footballers.

And with this [Anti-Injury Card], he has three chances to avoid serious injury!

Whether it is in the upcoming World Cup or in the fierce competition in the Premier League, he does not have to be afraid of some villains who kick people but do not play football!

This card is simply tailor-made for players like him who have poor confrontation ability!

In the afternoon, I soaked in the gym for a while, then went for a massage, and finally went to the video room to see the footage of the previous national team games.

It wasn't until eight o'clock in the evening that Ling Feng and Vardy returned to their respective rooms.

Back in the room, Luke Shaw is sitting in front of the TV, playing FIFA on his PS4.

Seeing Ling Feng, Luke Shaw was stunned for a moment, and then took the initiative to ask:

"Ling, do you want to play together?"

Facing Luke Shaw's invitation, Ling Feng didn't think much about it, and nodded directly:

"Okay!"

The two met through Eden Hazard at the PFA awards ceremony.

Now, being arranged to be roommates of the national team, the two of the same age quickly got acquainted.

While playing games, Ling Feng chatted with his roommate about family life.

For example, do you have siblings at home, who your football idol is, and what style of music you like to listen to.

After contact, Ling Feng found that Luke Shaw was a relatively honest and good child.

Thinking of the Three Lions' future "Dance King" Lingard, "Shaker" Grealish and other conspicuous bags, Ling Feng suddenly felt that Luke Shaw could be called a good baby

。。。

For the next few days, the national team trains in the morning.

In the afternoon, free and easy.

Once the players were familiar with each other, the Three Lions played a closed intra-squad match.

In this match, Ling Feng and Vardy were both placed in the all-substitute B team.

Both teams in AB use a tactical formation of 4231.

Ling Feng is partnered with Lallana, the core of Southampton's midfield, and Wilshere up front.

It is worth mentioning that this is also the first time in his career that he has played in a central midfielder position.

Clearly, Hodgson wants to see if Ling Feng can perform well in a central midfield position that needs to contribute on both ends of the pitch.

And in this match, Ling Feng showed his strengths and weaknesses as a central midfielder.

First of all, the cons:

Lack of physical confrontation and lack of defensive toughness.

When defending in midfield, he is hardly able to put too much pressure on the player with the ball.

But he covers a good area with his movements, is very good in defensive awareness and positioning, and always shows up early for the best passing routes of the opposition to intercept.

The number of interceptions in the whole field is up to four!

This is an interception stat that can only be achieved by an orthodox defender!

And in the midfield, he did a particularly good job.

Under his passing, Team B's offense was very fluid,

According to the statistics after the game, Ling Feng's pass success rate was the highest in the team, reaching an astonishing 97%!

Seventy feet were passed, and only two feet were lost!

In addition to his solid passes, he also made two threatening passes!

After the match, the players went to take a shower and rest, while the coaches went to the tactics room for a post-match review.

So, if we put Ling in the central midfield position, we lose some of the defensive intensity in the middle, but the overall rhythm will be more fluid."

"It's not that he can't fight. But I think his best position is in the midfield. Only in the midfield position can he play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses and maximise his ability to pass the ball."

Hodgson, who was sitting on the top seat and listened to the tactical coach, immediately asked:

"By the way, what's going on in Ecuador and Honduras?"

"Ecuador has accepted our invitation to play warm-ups. The game is scheduled for next Wednesday. ”

"The Honduran Football Federation is also discussing and should have an answer soon"

In this World Cup in Brazil, England was placed in Group D, known as the "Group of Death".

The opponents in the same group are South American powerhouse Uruguay, Italy who won the last World Cup and Costa Rica, the "Pirates of the Caribbean", and the situation in the group is not optimistic.

The first match is scheduled for June 15.

The time left for England to prepare for the game was less than a month.

How to glue these Premier League stars from different clubs together in less than a month and play a certain tactic is Hodgson's top priority.

Therefore, in order to allow the players to adapt to the skills and tactics of South American football in advance, the FA specially selected three opponents from South America for warm-up matches.

And on the 30th of this month, that is, the day after tomorrow, the Three Lions will play their first warm-up match against the Peruvian national team at Wembley Stadium, the home of the national team.

And with the team's continuous run-in and tactical drills, time is also like a white horse.

Soon, the time came on May 30th.

After a short run-in period, the Three Lions ushered in the first warm-up match on the eve of the World Cup!

And Ling Feng and Vardy are both on standby.

Sitting back on the bench again, Ling Feng suddenly had a feeling that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

Looking at the starters who lined up to take pictures, Ling Feng had only one thought in his mind:

Will he make his international debut today?

Today, my head is still dizzy, and I can barely finish writing 4,000 words

(End of chapter)