"Hello."

De Bruyne and Eden Hazard were the first to walk up, greet Chen Yufeng and extend their right hand.

Chen Yufeng nodded and shook hands with them.

Then came Lukaku, Fellaini and others, and Chen Yufeng also saw a figure from this, Mignolet.

Yes, the Liverpool goalkeeper, who just lost to them in the Carabao Cup, Mignolet is also a member of the Belgian national team.

However, for some countries in Europe, the national sentiment injected into football by players is not strong, and they do not talk about nationality when they play.

For example, the Netherlands, Belgium, must be such teams.

This is also one of the important reasons why they are prone to infighting in the national team, and the leading stars from various clubs are only considered to be a big family fighting for honor.

At this point, if they feel that this team can't bring anything to them, it's easy to turn their anger on the other players and managers.

There are of course other reasons for the geography of the language, but it is definitely not the most important one.

If there really is a deep contradiction between the different linguistic regions of Belgium that can directly affect the country's football team, then why can't we see a strong sense of division in the French-speaking region from them?

Wake up, they can't compare to Catalonia and Scotland on this issue.

If Belgium had done very well in the European Championships and the World Cup, and had won the honours and kept winning, they would have been much less likely to have infighting.

In a sense, this is also a team that is more suitable for Chen Yufeng.

Everyone thinks of this as a football team, for the honor of the football world, for the team and for themselves.

This offset a lot of his worries and discomforts.

"It's been a great season, what's next season?"

De Bruyne came to Chen Yufeng's side and patted Chen Yufeng on the shoulder, with some admiration in his expression.

As fellow Premier League players, it's normal for them to be part of a camp in the Belgian squad.

"Not sure yet." Chen Yufeng did not reply to this kind of question in detail, but just prevaricated.

'It looks like we're going to have a strong boost on the right side again.'

The happy boy Lukaku laughed loudly, deliberately loud: "Come on, let's do well in the European Championship together." ”

On the one hand, he played in the Premier League with Chen Yufeng and played against him, and he knows how dazzling Chen Yufeng's 17 goals and 12 assists are.

On the other hand, it was meant to tell Mertens, who was not far behind him, to let him know that he should not be complacent day by day, and that his biggest competitor was coming.

"Work together."

Chen Yufeng replied simply, and Yu Guang also saw Mertens walking straight towards the room in the distance.

Obviously, the latter did not want to come up and greet him.

During this period, Mertens's career peak has not yet arrived, and there is a big gap between the club's data in all aspects and the current Chen Yufeng.

He must know that after Chen Yufeng's arrival, his main position will become unstable.

didn't stay here for long, after Chen Yufeng put down his luggage, he formed a team to go to the canteen with De Bruyne and a few people to eat.

After a brief break, they began to prepare for the afternoon training.

…………

In the afternoon, Chen Yufeng, who started training with the team, met Wilmots for the first time.

For the football coaching industry, Wilmots's name is not particularly loud, and it is not even as good as Ranieri, who has the blessing of the title of tinker.

But for the Belgian national team, this is their former spiritual leader, their all-time top scorer.

"Will you get tired from the journey, I think Leicester City has been very busy lately."

After Wilmots came up, he smiled at Chen Yufeng in a friendly manner, "I hope you have a good time here." ”

"I also hope that I can do something and win the championship and honor together."

Chen Yufeng also smiled and shook Wilmots' hand.

The conversation between the two was just a simple sentence, and then Wilmots went to communicate with the rest of the team.

The national team's competition is different from that of the club, and the time for training is very small, and everyone is separated for a long time.

After a brief greeting, they began their first training session.

The training session is not complicated, and the things that are practiced in most clubs are mainly to maintain the state and adapt to some basic technical and tactical play.

Chen Yufeng integrated well into it, although he was not the part of the players who performed well in daily training.

Mertens also often made some sneering noises at this time, as if he wanted to prove something.

Including Wilmots, when he was observing on the sidelines, he actually didn't find any bright spots and advantages of Chen Yufeng.

His confrontation is not strong, short passes can only be said to be acceptable, and his shots in basic situations are relatively average, and the error rate is relatively high.

It's only when you cross from the wings and when you volley that you look stronger.

This doesn't really mean much, most players are able to complete these two technical moves in non-confrontation training.

The gap is only visible in fast-paced, high-confrontation games.

However, there is one point, Chen Yufeng's fancy over-the-top movements and the backfoot that are basically indistinguishable gave Wilmots a great shock.

He suddenly felt that Chen Yufeng was even more strange.

It was as if he had walked into a dreamy wood, surrounded by towering trees.

Here, each tree may be different, but their roots are solid, and the branches and trunks are very harmonious.

But at this time, he suddenly saw a tree in the woods.

The tree grew tall, a little taller than the others, but it seemed to have no roots, and it hung in the sky.

The branches and trunks are also long and short, as if they grow as they want.

"Wonder Boy ......"

Wilmots muttered in his mouth and continued, "Then let's try it on the playing field." ”

The training did not last long, and for fear of affecting the players' state of play, Wilmots quickly stopped training and let the players go back to rest.

The next morning, it was still a recovery training, not too high-intensity.

After training, Wilmots summoned the players to the hotel conference room and began to arrange the warm-up match against Algeria the following day.

"Algeria are not underdogs, as you all know, most of their players play in the top five leagues or other leagues in Europe and America."

Wilmots called out the Algerian squad and circled Mahrez among them, saying: "This Leicester City big man is definitely their star and the main target for us tomorrow. ”

'You all know what a miracle he's accomplished this year at Leicester.'

When saying this, many people at the scene turned their eyes to Chen Yufeng in the back row and smiled slightly.

Head coach Wilmots also looked at him, revealing a helpless expression with raised eyebrows.

That's how it is in the national team's game, it's easy to run into club teammates on the opposite side.

"Our formation is closer to two-three-two-three, but note that the two-tiered three-sided players have more important defensive tasks."

Wilmots then began to set up a formation and a starting line-up for tomorrow.

This is a manager with a strong attacking style of football, and he often likes to play tricks in games.

For example, this two-three-two-three formation, in fact, according to common sense, is closer to 4141 when it falls on the playing field.

However, Wilmots' desire to control the central area and his desire to attack aggressively led to this less common formation.

Chen Yufeng did not enter the starting lineup, which is a part of his psychological preparation.

He also knew that Wilmots couldn't possibly not let him play.

As long as he has the opportunity to show himself, he has the confidence to do everything well.

Next, Wilmots ended the meeting with some details of the tactical arrangement.

Everyone went back to their hotels to rest and wait for tomorrow's warm-up match against Algeria.

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At 4 p.m. the next day, at the King Baudouin Stadium, the warm-up match between Belgium and Algeria officially began.

The game was not played in public, with no fans pouring in, just players and coaching staff from both sides.

Therefore, the shouts of every player on the pitch are heard very clearly.

"Pass! Pass the ball! ”

"Watch behind you! Here it comes! ”

"!! Over here!! Transfer! ”

There were constant shouts, and the warm-up game was in full swing.

Chen Yufeng sat on the bench and watched the field all the time, feeling the playing style and habits of his teammates.

He hopes to be able to play well with these guys when he comes on the pitch.

It has to be said that this Belgium team is still very strong, with the world's top talented players in every position.

At the back, Alderweireld and Vertonghen are in their prime.

The two full-backs, Vermaelen and Lombarts, were also in the playing years.

The more important thing is the midfield.

Nainggolan at the back, Witsel with De Bruyne in midfield, and Fellaini on the bench are all top-notch configurations.

Up front, Eden Hazard on the left, Romelu Lukaku in the centre, Mertens on the right.

It's also an impressive line-up, not to mention Carrasco, Shazli and others sitting on the bench.

There was almost no doubt that this formidable squad had kept Algeria at bay from the start, leaving them a little breathless at the back.

Mahrez, who usually has less defensive tasks at Leicester City, had to retreat to the vicinity of the midfield to help defend at this time.

"Bang!"

In the 11th minute of the game, De Bruyne's long-range shot successfully penetrated the hands of the Algerian goalkeeper and successfully blasted the ball into the goal.

Nainggolan, who provided him with an assist, ran over and smiled and high-fived him, looking relaxed.

Not long after, Hazard added another goal from a scuffle from a corner to extend the score to 2-0.

Seeing that there was no suspense in the game, Wilmots informed Chen Yufeng at halftime that he would get a half-time.

Forty-five minutes.

This is Wilmots' chance to show Chen Yufeng.

Whether or not you can win the main force of the European Championship mainly depends on these 45 minutes.

Chen Yufeng nodded slightly, then began to warm up, and stood on the field before the whistle in the second half.

Mertens looked very dissatisfied with this move, and walked straight off the field with his head down, without any words, not even high-fives with Chen Yufeng and Wilmots.

It can be expected that his paranoid possessiveness will definitely make Wilmots a little uncomfortable at this time.

If Chen Yufeng's performance is good, he will lose this position.

(End of chapter)