In just the second game of his national team career, he started for the first time and scored two assists.

Three assists in two games!

Such an outstanding performance not only made Ling Feng the target of British media touting, but also allowed him to once again complete the achievement of [national team assists and scored two goals] and was rewarded with a little free attribute point.

As the first superstar to be selected for the national team's World Cup squad before playing in the Premier League, and scored a brace in the second game, Ling Feng's popularity and fame have grown explosively under the publicity of the media.

Many fans compared him to Owen and Rooney, who were born out of nowhere.

It's just that Owen and Rooney are remembered by the world for their goals;

And what Ling Feng is remembered for his incomparably accurate and imaginative assists!

The last supernova who was so highly expected was Wilshere, who singled out "Habaibu" in the Champions League.

It's a pity that Wilshere has been affected by injuries in the past two years, his form has been up and down, and his development has not been as expected.

Even so, Wilshere is only twenty-two years old and still has time to continue to deliver on his talent

The domestic media blows about their own players, which is the basic operation of football.

However, other countries are not as slippery as the British media.

Owen, Woodgate, Rooney, Wilshere, and now Ling Feng.

In the early days of the debut of a British star, the British media will spare no effort to praise them, eager to blow them to the sky and eat the benefits brought by traffic.

If they fail in their career development or suffer setbacks, they will also fall mercilessly!

As for the players' thoughts, these traffic-eating media can't control so much.

In this regard, Ling Feng has long been accustomed to it.

However, with the hype of the media, Ling Feng, the "new Beckham", finally attracted the attention of the deity.

David Beckham, a "heartthrob" who has been retiring for a year and is focusing on developing his personal brand and investment, tweeted on his personal social media account and sent out the sports cover of The Times.

Then, the accompanying text said:

"Hey, great game, it's a pity I wasn't there. Look at this young man, what a perfect arc of crosses! ”

After tweeting, Xiaobei didn't forget to @ Lingfeng.

And when he learned that his first love in football and his idol had mentioned him, Ling Feng was ecstatic, and he didn't forget to tweet "show love" as soon as possible

He posted a photo of David Beckham's celebration after providing an assist to his teammate at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and then @Beckham, saying:

"Thank you, David! That's why I fell in love with football! ”

This sentence is Ling Feng's heartfelt words.

If it weren't for David Beckham, he probably wouldn't have fallen in love with football at all.

The small interaction between the "new Beckham" and the "real Beckham" on social media made many fans feel a little young

They began to miss David Beckham on the pitch.

Beckham's fans have posted things related to Beckham on social media, launching a wave of memorial meetings:

For example, the jersey with Beckham's autograph, the World Cup match tickets for England, the underwear endorsed by Beckham, and so on.

Then they all unified Ling Feng's sentence - "This is the reason why I fell in love with football!" ”

You know, David Beckham is one of the most recognizable footballers in the world.

His social media fans have reached tens of millions, second only to the "peerless double pride" Ronaldo and Messi!

Therefore, after this small interaction between the two, Ling Feng suddenly gained hundreds of thousands of fans.

Coupled with his performance in the warm-up match in England, his social media followers finally exceeded one million!

Then, this wave of memorial conference was captured by the media of all parties and immediately reported.

Then, go straight out of the circle!

This memorial meeting suddenly became out of control.

Not only Beckham fans, but also fans of other stars have spontaneously posted on their social media accounts the reasons and reasons why they fall in love with football.

For example, Messi's fans posted a video of Messi copying Maradona's one-five goal;

Ronaldo's fans posted a video of a free kick against Portsmouth that year;

Zidane's fans showed off the flying immortals in the Champions League that year.

Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Pirlo, Kaka, Xavi.

Every football fan's first love or idol is different.

Taking this opportunity, fans around the world have used social media platforms to "show love" to their first love or idol in football

And in the show of love, all fans will borrow Ling Feng's sentence - "This is the reason why I fall in love with football!" ”

With this, many fans who didn't know Ling Feng before began to search for who said such sensational words, and thus began to understand Ling Feng.

Then be captivated by his wonderful deeds!

At just 18 years old, he is the Championship assist leader and the best player of the season.

As the heart of the midfield, he led Leicester City to the Championship title, breaking a number of Championship records and winning the FA Cup for the first time in 130 years

The first superstar to be named in the World Cup squad without playing in the Premier League and to score a brace in the second game.

They were surprised to find that this young man, known as the "new Beckham", not only looks like Beckham, but also has excellent football skills.

Under the publicity of the media and fans, Ling Feng's popularity and fame have grown explosively.

And after learning about it, many fans of other stars are fans of this super star.

has just exceeded one million social media fans, and it is like riding a rocket, and it is going up!

And Ling Feng, who was training at the base of St. George's Park, held his mobile phone, looking at the number of fans that was rising every moment, and the corners of his mouth rose wildly and irrepressibly.

Fortunately, you can only send private messages if you are close to each other.

Otherwise, his private message backstage will be directly bombarded into scum by thousands of fans!

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June 8, 2014, Ling Feng's nineteenth birthday, was also the day the Three Lions set out.

The halls of Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest airports in Europe, are already crowded with fans wearing Three Lions shirts.

They were carrying slogans and jerseys to bid farewell to the Three Lions players and hope they can do well in Brazil.

Unable to resist the enthusiasm of the fans, Hodgson gave the players the opportunity to interact with the fans

Among them, the most popular among fans are naturally Rooney, Gerrard, and Frank Lampard, who have been famous for a long time.

Of course, there are also a lot of fans in Ling Feng.

It is worth mentioning that most of his fan base are female fans.

Out of 10 fans, there are three female fans!

It's also in keeping with his nickname "The New Beckham".

No way, if you want to talk about appearance, Ling Feng is definitely the most handsome one among the Three Lions Legion!

William and Bob of the "Fox Society" also came to the airport to bid farewell to Leicester's "heroes" Ling Feng and Vardy.

And Ling Feng also discovered these two Leicester City diehards, and in addition to leaving signatures on their jerseys, he also took a group photo with the two.

"Ling, show your talent on the stage of the World Cup!"

In the face of Great William's congratulations, Ling Feng only smiled slightly, and then responded very seriously:

"I will!"

Finally, with the blessings of thousands of fans, all the members of the Three Lions finally got on the special plane and embarked on the journey of the World Cup in Brazil!

However, their first stop was not Brazil, but Miami!

Due to the unreliable domestic security in Brazil, England and Honduras made an appointment for a warm-up match in Miami.

This game is also the last warm-up match on the eve of the World Cup in Brazil.

The weather in Miami is similar to that in Brazil, and it is on the hot side.

In this warm-up game, Ling Feng, who had the best performance in the last game, did not continue to start, but came on as a substitute in the 60th minute of the game.

This time, however, he returned to midfield to form a new midfield partnership with James Milner.

In all three warm-up games, Hodgson used three different midfield partners.

Clearly, he's still experimenting with which midfield pair will strike the balance between attack and defence.

Perhaps because of the hot weather, the Three Lions failed to penetrate the opponent's goal in the first half, even against Honduras, who are ranked lower in the world and have a relatively good strength.

There was no way around it, and it was only in the 60th minute that Hodgson brought on a trio of Lingfeng, Vardy and Frank Lampard.

It seems that in the eyes of the old coach, the young but creative Ling Feng has become the change of the Three Lions

After coming on as a substitute, Ling Feng went through a period of about ten minutes of adaptation, and he did not disappoint Hodgson on the sidelines.

In the 72nd minute, Raheem Sterling created a set-piece on the right.

Ling Feng takes a free-kick in front of the goal, then passes the ball into the box and Lampard heads it over!

And this was the only goal of the game.

In addition to helping the Three Lions win three consecutive warm-up matches, Ling Feng also set a new national team record:

He became the first player in the history of the Three Lions to provide an assist in the first three games for his country!

It is worth mentioning that in the two warm-up games against Ecuador and Honduras, Vardy, who played a total of 90 minutes, still did not score.

Although in the middle of the game there were shots on target.

But it was still a little bit short of his first goal for the national team.

Vardy is very open-minded about this.

Because Ling Feng had promised him that he would feed him the ball in the World Cup!

Scoring goals, it's just a matter of time

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After the final warm-up match on the eve of the World Cup, the Three Lions flew to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a special plane.

As the host, Brazil has done a lot of work for this World Cup.

Including fighting crime, cleaning up the streets, renovating the stadium, and more.

Thanks to the promotion and publicity of the Premier League around the world, coupled with the strong praise of the British media, in addition to the home team of their own country, the team that fans from all over the world are most familiar with is England.

In order to ensure the personal safety of the players of each team, the local police also arranged armed guards for each team to provide security services.

It can be said that it is very intimate.

Arriving at Rio de Janeiro International Airport, the Three Lions immediately arrived at the Pestana Atlantic Waterfront Hotel in a coach prepared by the organizers.

Two military buses escorted the bus all the way, one after the other.

Looking at this battle, Vardy, who was sitting in the seat next to Ling Feng, couldn't help but say to himself with some pity:

"In that case, we may not have a chance to go out."

Hearing this, the corners of Ling Feng's mouth twitched, and he reminded:

"Instead of going out, you might as well be in the room and think about how you can kick my pass into the goal during the game."

In this regard, Vardy only made a serious promise:

"Don't worry, I'll take advantage of the opportunity!"

Arrive at the hotel and be assigned a room.

Ling Feng was still in the same room as his national team roommate Luke Shaw.

And the first thing he did when he arrived at the hotel room was to take out his mobile phone and call his mother:

"Mom, I'm at the hotel, what about you?"

Every time the Three Lions play in the World Cup, they will bring a beautiful scenery to the World Cup.

That's the Mrs. England group!

However, due to the poor results in the past few tournaments, Hodgson banned the player's girlfriend or wife from traveling with the team in this Brazil World Cup.

As a member of the Three Lions, Ling Feng did not have a girlfriend or wife.

So, he didn't bother with the ban.

His parents also followed him to Brazil to witness his first World Cup journey and cheered him on throughout.

And the one who helped him solve the big and small problems of his parents' itinerary and accommodation was his super agent, Mendes!

After Ling Feng was named in England's World Cup squad and made consecutive appearances, Mendes became more and more interested in the English supernova.

While he felt that his vision was as vicious as ever, he did not forget to do a good job of logistics for Ling Feng.

In his opinion, as long as Ling Feng appears in the World Cup, he doesn't even have to perform too well, and his value will definitely skyrocket.

With this, there is the commercial endorsement of high-end brands, as well as considerable commissions!

When it comes to making money, Mendes is not sloppy.

It is also his attitude and purpose to provide all-round services to player customers!

That night, the team held a make-up birthday party in the hotel for Ling Feng, who had just celebrated his nineteenth birthday.

They all hope that Ling Feng's birthday will bring good luck to the team.

As the protagonist, Ling Feng was beaten up by his teammates with cakes.

However, when he returned to his room to take a shower, he felt that his relationship with his teammates was also closer.

Next.

The Three Lions travelled to the training base of Brazilian side Fluminense to prepare for the World Cup.

It is worth mentioning that in England's 23-man squad, Hodgson boldly used new forces, a quarter of the players did not make more than five appearances for the national team, and the average age of the 23-man squad is 26 years old.

In their previous 13 World Cup appearances, England have only won the tournament on home soil in 1966.

It was the only World Cup won by England so far.

In addition to this, England's best result at the World Cup was fourth place at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

In this World Cup, England are in Group D, with Uruguay, Italy and Costa Rica in the same group.

The first match is scheduled for June 15.

The opponent is the old rival who knocked them out on penalties in the European Championship two years ago - Italy!

(End of chapter)