Chapter 118 ‘Friendly’ Discussion with Guardiola

Although Lin Quan became famous because of the Puskas Award, tonight's stage belongs to the two unparalleled talents.

After presenting the award to Miss World Football, former World Cup champion, Golden Globe winner and World Footballer Cannavaro served as the presenting guest and walked onto the podium with a smile.

He will announce the final winner of the most important award at today's awards ceremony - the FIFA Ballon d'Or!

Cannavaro knows that the focus of the audience is on himself, but he is even more aware that the focus of these people's attention is the unopened list of winners in his hand.

So, when Cannavaro took the stage, he peeked at the list of winners in his hand, which caused bursts of laughter from the audience.

The camera then showed Iniesta, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, who were selected as the final three candidates for the Ballon d'Or, and gave them a side-by-side shot of the same frame.

The expressions of the three of them all looked a little unnatural, and they all looked a little nervous.

Although Iniesta knew that he was running with him, he still couldn't help but feel some luck in his heart at this time:

What if?

I have been running with him for several years. If the judges realize the importance of the midfielder and vote for me, then I might also have a chance to win the Golden Globe Award.

As for Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, outside analysis shows that the two have similar chances of winning the championship, with Messi having a certain lead.

Ronaldo couldn't help but glance at Messi. The opponent has won three Ballon d'Ors in a row. His performance in the past few years has not been bad. Every loss is equivalent to paving the way for him to win the award.

After three years of continuous preparation, it’s finally time to reap the rewards, right?

Messi is a little uneasy. He has no honors in 2012, the national team is lackluster, and the club has lost the Champions League and league championships.

But his personal goal tally reached a new high and even broke the world record, which is a huge plus point for him.

Cannavaro did not deliberately delay, he quickly opened the list of winners:

"The player who won the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or is - Leo Messi!"

The live footage showed Messi and Ronaldo sitting in the front.

Ronaldo pursed his lips and felt a little complicated, but he still applauded Messi.

He is 27 years old this year and has only one Ballon d'Or, while Messi is only 25 years old but has already won four Ballon d'Or trophies.

Can I still catch up with him?

Looking at Messi's back on stage to accept the award, Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't help but think in his heart.

Lin Quan, Xavi, Cesc Fabregas and others applauded the award-winning Messi. While applauding, he glanced at Ronaldo's stubborn back.

The world calls them the ultimate twins, but now Messi has won the Ballon d'Or for four consecutive years, far surpassing Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who has always wanted to be strong, must feel uncomfortable.

With his character, in order to prove that he is not defeated by Messi, he will definitely play harder in the next game!

…

After the award ceremony, Lin Quan did not go with Xiaofa and the others to congratulate Messi.

In fact, the two of them don't know each other very well, and he doesn't plan to return to Barcelona to play football, so he won't join in the fun.

Taking advantage of the opportunity for Guardiola and Bosque to chat, Lin Quan found Bosque.

"Coach, congratulations on winning the best coach award!"

"Haha, you're just lucky. I'm very happy to see you've made progress during this time!"

Bosque had just won the award and was in a very happy mood. After seeing Lin Quan, he gave him a warm hug.

Seeing a Lin Quan who has improved in strength, is alive and well, and is not injured is the best news for Del Bosque.

There is only half a year left in the Confederations Cup. During this period, the core players of the team must not be injured, especially not seriously.

Otherwise, they may not be able to play in the Confederations Cup.

Other positions in the Spanish lineup are not bad. The bench in the midfield and backfield is strong. Even if one or two players are occasionally injured, the impact will not be great.

But in the frontcourt, especially Lin Quan, there is no alternative at all.

This made Del Bosque very nervous every time Lin Quan played. He wanted to sit in front of the TV for two hours until he was sure he was not injured before he could breathe a sigh of relief.

In the past, when there was no Lin Quan in the team, the coach had never been so tired.

But tiredness also pays off, and Lin Quan's progress is visible to the naked eye.

And as he got older, Del Bosque noticed improvements in all aspects of his physical abilities.

Just like the recent match between Werder Bremen and Bayern, Lin Quan was still able to have such physical fitness in the overtime period, which really surprised the coach.

Seeing that Bosque was in a good mood, Lin Quan took the opportunity to mention to him that he wanted to play more games.

"For the national team, there are World Cup qualifying and Confederations Cup games to be played next year. The Confederations Cup has always been a preview of the World Cup, and the opponents are also very strong, so we need to go all out. This time in the Confederations Cup, I I will take you with me and play as the main force."

Bosque thought Lin Quan was worried about his main position, so he made a promise to him:

As long as he is not injured, Spain will take him with him in important games.

"But the national team has not had many games in the past few months. You know, Werder Bremen has very few games. I was thinking about whether I could go to the national youth team to play football. They are not playing European youth games. Race?"

Bosque glanced at him in surprise: "Isn't that bad? It's pointless for you to play in the youth team. That level of competition is not difficult for you, and it won't provide any training for you."

After all, he is a star who has been shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or. Are you embarrassed to go play football with a group of kids in their early 20s?

Well, this little guy doesn't seem to be 17 years old yet, and he's younger than those little kids. .

Bosque suddenly became speechless.

Lin Quan sighed in his heart: Why is it useless? If you win a youth team game, you can get a point!

This kind of game where he can easily win is simply his dream game, right?

The only drawback is that you need to travel back and forth between the club and the national team, which is a bit frustrating, and the points awarded are too few, only 1 point per game.

If there are 2 points in a game, then he is determined to play in the youth team game, the kind that can't be driven away!

Bosque saw that Lin Quan's mood seemed a little low, and he didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm too much, so he asked:

"What, you really want to play?"

"Yes, I want to communicate with more opponents, accumulate experience in the game, and achieve better growth!"

"Well, the idea is very good and very enterprising, but let's forget about the youth team games. Abuse of food will not make you improve. If you want to communicate, just communicate with the top teams!"

When Lin Quan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He had been waiting for your words after saying so much!

“We are going to Brazil to play in the Confederations Cup this year, and the participating teams are all champion teams from all continents, and they are all very strong.

Therefore, we need to communicate more with some strong opponents, especially playing friendly matches with teams with similar styles to the participating teams, so as to adapt to the opponent's rhythm.

In this case, you won’t feel uncomfortable when you get to the Confederations Cup! "

Several participating teams in the 2013 Confederations Cup have basically been determined, namely:

Host nation Brazil, European and World Cup champion Spain, Asian champion Japan, America's Cup champion Uruguay, Central American champion Mexico, Oceania champion Tahiti and European Cup runner-up Italy.

The African Cup of Nations has not yet been played, and the opponents who will advance have not yet been determined.

Among these eight teams, the strongest ones are Brazil, Uruguay, Italy and Mexico.

They are typical representatives of European football and American football.

So if Spain wants to choose opponents for the warm-up match, they will choose teams that are geographically close to them and have similar styles.

Del Bosque immediately thought of several suitable lists, but whether he can be contacted depends on the communication and negotiation between the Spanish Football Association and the opponent's football association.

After attending the FIFA awards ceremony, Lin Quan disappeared again.

During his disappearance, Guardiola showed up once.

On January 16, Guardiola appeared in Munich and officially signed with Bayern Munich.

The two parties signed a three-year contract, and the contract expiration date is 2016.

Guardiola's signing with Bayern disappointed those teams who tried to pursue him.

Especially at Chelsea, it is said that Abramovich threw something in his office in anger.

After he calmed down, he thought of Mourinho, who is as famous as Guardiola.

"Call Mendes and tell him I want to invite him to watch the game at Stamford Bridge!"

If Guardiola can't be invited, then Mourinho can only be invited.

Chelsea's league record this season is terrible. After the 22nd round, they were 13 points behind Manchester United at the top of the list and basically had no hope of winning the league championship.

Not only that, their Champions League spot is not very stable either.

Chelsea, currently ranked third, has several pursuers eyeing them.

Among them, especially Arsenal, the crazy team that guarantees the fourth place, makes them a little restless.

Arsenal are currently fifth, five points behind Chelsea.

Although the points difference is huge, every time the top four monsters reach the end of the season, they can always explode with incredible fighting power and miraculously retain their Champions League seat.

This makes Chelsea's lead look unsafe!

The poor record and the shaky Champions League seat have made Abramovich's patience with Amateo reach its limit.

Although the other party helped the team win the Champions League trophy last year, he fulfilled his Champions League dream.

But he couldn't tolerate the other party for a lifetime just because of a Champions League trophy. Giving him one year was already the end of his kindness.

Now is the time to break up with each other!

Mourinho's life at Real Madrid was not easy either. He only played half of La Liga and Real Madrid trailed Barcelona by a full 18 points in the standings!

This point difference basically announced that Real Madrid was out of the game and would not be able to defend the title.

Fortunately, they have not yet been eliminated from the Champions League and still have a chance to win the trophy.

But if they are also eliminated in the Champions League, Mourinho will definitely be fired.

He knew this very well, so Mourinho did not refuse Chelsea's hint.

If he hadn't suffered setbacks at Real Madrid and with his temper, he would not have coached Chelsea for the second time.

…

The undercurrent in football has nothing to do with Lin Quan. During this period, he has been training hard to prepare for the second half of the season.

In addition to daily training, these days he has been studying Guardiola's collection of video tapes.

From time to time, I also discuss football tactics and other things with Guardiola.

Guardiola's understanding of football is very avant-garde, and the tricks he does in the game are his understanding of football.

However, these understandings are not necessarily correct. At least in his whole life, most of them failed.

"Generally speaking, modern football, especially European football, which represents the development direction of football, is increasingly emphasizing the whole and weakening the role attributes of players in a certain position, such as the attacking midfielder. The classical attacking midfielder is now basically extinct."

"Just like the forward-less formation created by Barcelona and the Spanish national team, everyone has the ability to attack, and everyone can assume the responsibility of organizing the offense. The position is not fixed, so it is harder to defend!"

Lin Quan retorted: "Barcelona's passing and controlling tactics are strong, isn't it because of Messi? With almost the same lineup, the Spanish national team's striker-less formation is not very effective!"

Before he joined the Spanish national team, the Spanish forward was so weak that even the goals of the weak teams were difficult to break!

Although everyone can attack, no one can break the goal, and their shooting skills are not as good as those of professional forwards.

Guardiola was speechless for a moment. Spain's forward-less play was indeed a bit ugly, but at least they won several major championships and the results were still good.

Guardiola has his own understanding of the development trends of football.

He insists that pass-and-control football is the future development direction, but Lin Quan feels that high-pressing tactics similar to those of Atletico Madrid and Dortmund and using players to run a lot to cover the space on the field will have a place in football in the future. It might even become mainstream.

Dortmund and Atletico Madrid rely on less financial resources and inferior player teams to the top giants. The fact that they can create such a record represents the superiority of this style of play.

Perhaps for the wealthy clubs, this tactic is not attractive enough, and they will not lower themselves to play this kind of football.

But for teams in the middle and lower reaches, this tactic is very useful.

Pass control can only be a luxury privilege for the top wealthy families. If the configuration is slightly worse, it will not be able to play.

But small teams can learn from the tactics of Simeone and Klopp.

The number of giants in the league is limited, but the number of ordinary teams is large, so the pass-and-control style may not be as popular as the high-pressing style.

The two had different opinions and a debate broke out. However, neither of them were stubborn people. After the debate, both of them had some changes in their views.

Especially Guardiola, he seems to have thought of a new living plan and can't wait to try it.

If he hadn't been coaching a team now, he would have definitely used his team as a test subject as soon as possible and went to the field to verify it.

Seeing Guardiola's eager expression, Lin Quan felt a little uneasy:

I don’t know if what Guardiola thought of will work. If it doesn’t work, I’m afraid he will suffer the same consequences at Bayern in the future!

The winter break is coming to an end soon.

After a month of training, Lin Quan's weight increased by 1 kilogram, reaching 74 kilograms, and his physical fitness has also improved significantly.

With the help of secondary physical talent, he now has no problem playing the entire game.

Even if he encounters an opponent's close marking, he has the ability to get rid of the opponent through active running.

In addition, during sparring with Guardiola in his free time, Guantu also imparted some defensive experience he summed up.

Guardiola was born as a defensive midfielder. He is La Masia's traditional No. 4 position. He has to assume both offensive and defensive responsibilities.

His physical fitness is not very good, but his defensive awareness is first-rate and he has made a great contribution on the defensive end.

This method of using experience and awareness rather than relying on the body to defend is very suitable for Lin Quan, who is somewhat thin in stature.

After studying with Guardiola for a month, Lin Quan, whose defensive ability was originally comparable to the fifth scum, has now probably evolved to the level of the tenth scum?

Although it is still not too strong, it will not be easily passed by others like in the first half of the season.

After packing his things and saying goodbye to his family one by one, Lin Quan took a plane back to Germany.

When he returned to the club, many teammates had already arrived early.

Lin Quan himself paid great attention to maintaining his figure during the winter break. His weight only increased by one kilogram, and what he gained was muscle.

But his teammates, especially those who didn't pay much attention to their diet, were noticeably heavier.

This guy Peterson has gained weight after just a month without seeing him.

Lin Quan almost didn't recognize him when he saw him.

"Uh, Nils, are you swollen?"

"Hmph, this kid didn't pay attention to controlling his diet at home and gained a full 8 kilograms of weight! It only took a month. If he was given a year, he would be so fat that he couldn't walk!"

Head coach Scharf was blowing his beard and glaring at the side, and said with hatred.

This kid is gaining weight like he is blowing up a balloon. The pigs in the pig farm are not growing as fast as him!

"It's unfair. I've actually been very careful about controlling my weight. I only eat a few hundred things per meal!"

"How much is a little?"

"Just a few burgers, some French fries, a few sandwiches, and a bottle of Feizhai happy water..."

"How dare you drink carbonated drinks!"

Shaf was completely angry:

"Go and run 20 laps for me along the court. From now on, before training every day, you will run 20 laps for me before training!"

Peterson looked at Lin Quan with a sad face, as if he wanted to ask Lin Quan for mercy.

Lin Quan pretended not to see his plea and turned to chat with De Bruyne and others.

Boss, you can't abandon me!

Peterson's call for help was in vain. Under the threat of Schaaf's murderous eyes, he could only run in circles.

After three days of resuming training, the second half of the Bundesliga season resumed.

Werder Bremen will face Borussia Dortmund at home.

Encountering a strong enemy right from the start, this game is not going to be easy!