147. Chapter 147 China Cup

Author: Bei Guoxia

Chapter 147 Cup of China

On the Friday before leaving the Netherlands and returning to China, the draw ceremony for the Champions League quarter-finals was being held.

Lin Kedi watched the lottery ceremony at home.

I watched the broadcast on Sky Sports.

The commentator is the famous football commentator Martin Taylor.

“This season’s top eight teams in the Champions League have all been released! They are Porto from the Portuguese Super League, Barcelona from La Liga, Ajax from the Eredivisie, Juventus from Serie A, and four teams from the Premier League.

Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur."

"It can be seen that the Premier League teams are very strong this season, and all four teams have entered the top eight of the Champions League."

"If we follow UEFA's practice, there will definitely be a civil war between two Premier League teams."

Martin Taylor is a veteran and famous commentator, and he dares to say such things.

Soon, the drawing ceremony began.

Since there were only 8 teams, the draw went very quickly.

"Porto vs Liverpool."

"Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur."

"Juventus vs Ajax."

"Barcelona vs Manchester United."

After Lin Kedi saw this lottery group, he immediately opened the Ajax group.

Sent one.

"The opponent is a defensive team! It looks like we are going to have a tough battle!"

Soon, Dericht replied.

"They have Cristiano, so I guess they can still attack."

"You haven't watched their games this season. So what if Cristiano is there? Their midfielder can't pass the ball."

"Frankie, do you still watch Serie A?"

Soon, the building tilted.

Early the next morning, Lin Kedi took a flight to Guilin and returned home.

Here, Guilin, will host the third China Cup.

Here is an encyclopedia. The China Cup International Football Championship is the only FIFA A-level event named "China Cup" hosted by the Chinese Football Association, Wanda Group, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Sports Bureau and NN Municipal Government. The participating national teams can win international

Official points from the Football Association.

There are official points, and if you win, it will also be good for the national football team's points and rankings.

The four teams in this year's China Cup are China, Thailand, Uzbekistan and Uruguay.

Except for one Uruguayan team, which is a strong team, the other two are Asian teams.

Although Uzbekistan is actually ranked higher than the Chinese team, with Lin Kedi in the national football team now, no one will think that the Chinese team is worse than the Uzbekistan team.

This team lineup is indeed far different from the first and second China Cup.

The participating teams in the first China Cup include Iceland, Chile, and Croatia.

The second edition includes teams from Wales, Uruguay and the Czech Republic.

In the past, there were European teams and South American teams.

As a result, there is only one South American team in this session.

It can only be said that if Lin Kedi had not been selected for the national football team, the attention of this China Cup might not have been as high.

After Lin Kedi arrived in Guilin, he rested for a day and participated in training the next day.

The opponent of the Chinese team in the first game is the Thai team, which is an opponent ranked lower than the Chinese team.

However, without Lin Kedi, the national football team might actually lose to them. (In reality, they lost 0-1)

Both games were held at the Guangxi Sports Center in Nanning, Guangxi.

The opponent in the first game, the Thai team, was not very strong.

Therefore, head coach Lippi arranged a lineup that is not considered the main force.

Neither of the two overseas players started the game, sitting on the bench.

The starting list looks like this.

The goalkeeper is Yan Junling.

The defense line from left to right is Li Lei, Zhang Linpeng, Zhu Chenjie and Li Ang.

The three midfielders are Wu Xi, Hao Junmin and Wang Yongpo.

The three forwards are Wei Shihao, Tan Long and Huang Zichang.

Lin Kedi and Wu Lei were sitting on the bench, thinking that there should be no problem in this game.

What the two did not expect was that although the Chinese team soon took advantage of the field, at the end of the first half, the Chinese team failed to break Thailand's goal.

Overall, in the first half of the game, Wei Shihao had 4 shots within the goal frame, but they were all saved by the goalkeeper.

The other two players on the front line also each had one shot that hit the target.

In the first half, the Chinese team had 8 shots, and 6 of them hit the target. In fact, this offensive efficiency is good, especially for the national football team without Lin Ke, but they did not score.

And don’t think that the Thai team has no offense. In the 31st minute of the first half, the Thai team almost scored a goal with a counterattack. Fortunately, Zhu Chenjie made up for it in time. Yan Junling abandoned the goal and failed to save. Zhu Chenjie was in the goal

Destroy the ball online.

Otherwise, the Thai team would probably have scored.

This made Lippi very dissatisfied.

There was a roar within the team during halftime.

Then he looked directly at Lin Kedi.

"Lin, I want to replace you at the beginning of the second half, is that okay?"

"Yes Coach!"

So, the second half of the game began.

Tan Long was replaced and Lin Kedi came on.

After taking the field, Hao Junmin, the original captain of this game, came over and gave the captain's armband to Lin Kedi.

Lin Kedi looked confused.

"Brother Hao, aren't you the captain? What are you doing for me?"

Hao Junmin was also confused.

"Didn't I say that you are the second captain? Now that Brother Zheng has not been selected for this national football team, if you play, you will be the captain."

"Who said that?"

"That's what the coach said."

As soon as Lin Kedi heard what the coach said, he took over the captain's armband, thinking that Lippi had told the players during training when he was not here.

As everyone knows, Lippi was standing on the sidelines with a confused look on his face, and Hao Junmin also mistook the incident and mistook the media reports and Lippi's words.

Of course, this matter was clarified after the game.

But back to the game, when Lin Kedi, who was wearing the captain's armband, received the ball in the second half, he was originally going to cooperate with Wei Shihao on the left.

But as soon as they got the ball, they found that the Thai players did not take the initiative to press themselves. Instead, they retreated and kept their distance.

This made Lin Kedi feel like he was coming.

So he dribbled the ball towards the Thai team's midfielder.

I saw that the Thai team's midfielder did not dare to approach him.

Instead, retreat to ensure distance.

Lin Kedi understood that this was because the Thai team's defensive midfielder was afraid that he would get passed him as soon as he got close to him.

After all, Lin Kedi's extraordinary skills are also at the top level on the Champions League stage.

After Lin Kedi discovered this, he began to dribble the ball in the middle to break through unscrupulously.

Because you are afraid that the other party will pass you, and if you retreat, then if the other party breaks through you and you are unable to retreat, you will really be passed.

This is the case with the Thai team's defensive midfielder.

He finally retreated to the back line.

He was still defeated by Link.

Facing the Thai team's defense, Lin Kedi did not continue to choose to dribble. Instead, he reached the top of the arc and took a kick.

The ball drew a wonderful arc and flew into the net.

"As soon as I came on the field! After my first touch of the ball, I kept dribbling the ball all the way to the penalty area, shot it, and scored directly! The Chinese team led 1-0!"

"Dear fans and friends, this is Lin Kedi, this is his strength!"
Chapter completed!