Chapter 73 The Golden Generation (5)
Lin Sen knew very well what the flow of colors meant. Because of similar things, Lin Sen had seen them too many times in his coaching career.
Lewandowski, Reus, Di Maria, Bale... no one knows it, but it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. The names that fans are already familiar with now have similar transformations under Lin Sen's noses. It is precisely because of this that Lin Sen was so surprised when he discovered that a young man was undergoing similar transformations.
Who is that person?
Bonaire's two surprises, is he one of them?
Lin Sen suppressed the curiosity in his heart and forced his eyes to leave the young man and turn to other team members. However, although he was aroused by the young man with a hint of unrealistic expectations, in the end, except for Xiao Zhixing, he still failed to find the team member who could make his eyes shine again.
At this time, the two teams on the court had already set their positions.
After all, the training match is not a formal competition, and there are not so many procedures to go. Bonaire himself acted as the referee of the game. With his whistle, the first game began.
The first game was played between Team A and Team B. I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional. When the group was divided, Bonaire included Stam, Francis and Xiao Zhixing, who had just entered temporarily, into three teams, which formed the situation where two players who were the focus of the coaching team were in a duel in each game.
After the game started, there was almost no suspense. Lin Sen's eyes were quickly attracted by the key players of both sides. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Lin Sen was preconceived, but one thing that must be admitted is that the two players on both sides performed a little too conspicuously. The one in Team A was probably Stam's big man and Xiao Zhixing from Team B.
In other words, except for the young man who just aroused Lin Sen's interest, who was arranged to be in the C team, the first game was a showdown between two "friends" who had just met.
The game was very open and intense.
The reason for opening up is that the two teams that don’t have much tacit understanding will naturally not have too many exquisite cooperation. Therefore, when there is room for choice, basically most players choose to show their abilities as much as possible, hoping to attract the attention of the coaching staff, especially the person sitting on the sidelines at this time.
The reason for the intense is even simpler. No matter who wants to attract the attention of the coaching staff, it must be based on others as stepping stones.
So, this is a training match, but for the players on the court, it is actually a knockout match. And in this knockout match, the ones that are most relaxed are Stam and Xiao Zhixing.
The former basically did not participate in the offense, but was very "staid" in his half. However, almost no members of the B team could cross his barrier head-on, while the latter seemed to have not yet entered the role. He was playing in the midfield and he tasted almost every time he touched the ball. At first, it was easy for people to mistake it for guilt. But as the game progressed, he rarely made mistakes. Moreover, in the view of Lin Sen off the court, every pass by Xiao Zhixing was actually extremely reasonable.
Due to the location, Stam and Xiao Zhixing have few chances to meet. In the few encounters, there were no Mars hitting the Earth, but almost every time they were "just farewell".
After more than twenty minutes of the thirty-minute game, both sides played to zero to zero.
Just when many people thought the game would end at zero to zero, the storm suddenly changed.
First, Team A won a corner kick, and Stam, who almost defended the second half, appeared in the opponent's half for the first time, and then smashed the corner kick he took into the opponent's goal in a nearly striking way, surpassing Team A's score. Then, before he could wait for Team A to be happy for Team A, relying on a free kick won by Team B in the frontcourt, Xiao Zhixing, who actually got the free kick to take the penalty kick, used an arc that stunned the whole game to help Team B equalize the score.
The first game ended one-to-one, and then, after only five minutes of rest, the second game continued. This time, it was Team A vs. Team C.
Stam met the young man who was suspected to be Francis.
Less than a minute after the game went on, Lin Sen completely removed the "suspected" because he was very sure that the young man who attracted his interest was Francis mentioned by Bonaire. Because, just a breakthrough, Francis had fully demonstrated his "weirdness".
People often use the ball as if it is stuck to the feet to describe a person's excellent dribbling skills, and a more outstanding description is probably that the ball seems to be a part of his body. Now, it is not an exaggeration to put such praise on Francis in front of him, although Francis' combination of human-ball makes people look so weird.
When breaking through, Francis' body seems to be tilted. Of course, the center of gravity of the player will shift when breaking through, and the tilt of the body is inevitable, but the blame is that Francis' center of gravity has never been right at all. He seems to be in a tilted state. Such a state will make the defensive players very uncomfortable, because you can't judge the direction of his breakthrough by judging his center of gravity.
Plus, this guy is really fast!
To the viewer, the defensive player of Team A was like a wooden stake that could not move even when he was in front of him, and almost easily made him break through.
There is such a strange breakthrough. Although the players of Team C did not deliberately help Francis, this still cannot change the trend of this game becoming his personal show. After 30 minutes of the game, Team A lost 0-2, and both goals came from Francis' assists. Of course, it is worth mentioning that Francis was not invincible. In this short game, his breakthrough was blocked twice.
Both times came from Stam.
Once, Stam stuck his position, and the other time, Stam used a physical collision between a foul and a non-foul.
The next one is the third game.
If the first two games can be considered as a contest between spears and shields, then the third game will undoubtedly become a striking match between the tip of the needle and the wheat.
Team A has a Stam who can slightly hinder Francis, but team B has no one to stop him, except for fouls. The same principle can also be used against Team C against Xiao Zhixing. Although Xiao Zhixing does not have a weird and sharp breakthrough like Francis, his midfield scheduling can maximize the attack power of his team.
After half an hour of the game, the two sides played three to four.
Francis also dominated almost all the offensives of Team C with one goal and two assists. Although Xiao Zhixing failed to reappear the previous free kick, he sent three assists, which almost made Team B's victory.
After three games, Bonaire, who was the referee, immediately let the players rest on the spot, and then couldn't wait to quickly walk towards Lin Sen on the sidelines.
"I have nothing to say." Before Lin Sen came, Bonaire had raised his hands, but his face was filled with excitement.
Nothing can excite a coach who devotes his career to youth training than finding a genius on the court. Bonaire thought Stam and Francis were enough to make him proud, but he did not expect that a young man Linson brought "at randomly" could also surprise him like this.
When I just saw Xiao Zhixing, Bonaire almost didn't hide his intentions of not being good at all. This is not because he discriminated against Orientals. The Premier League does not lack players from the far east. Park Ji-sung from South Korea, Sun Ji-hai from China and Shinji Kagawa from Japan have proved that they have the ability to gain a foothold in the top league, but this is just an example after all.
Xiao Zhixing looks very modest, which is an advantage, but on the football field, modesty is not a quality required by football. So, how many abilities can a student who has never received systematic training?
However, in two games and one hour, Xiao Zhixing used his actions to prove what Lin Sen said to him.
Xiao Zhixing, who seems to have nothing to do with his body and his skills, has completely become the core figure of this temporary team, and he fully plays the meaning of the word core. In the three games, Stam and Francis led both lost one game, and only the team led by Xiao Zhixing, won one win and one lose, and was unbeaten.
The purpose of the training match is to examine the players. As for the results, it is not important, which is a fact. However, if a player can prove his value through the victory or defeat of the game, it is undoubtedly a more convincing way of proof.
Lin Sen smiled and didn't respond to Bonaire's words. If Xiao Zhixing couldn't even impress Bonaire, then why could he let Lin Sen take all his energy to bring it here? It's impossible that it really depends on that Chinese face.
"That young man, is the Francis you call?"
Although he was almost certain that he was Francis, Linson asked.
Bonaire nodded, "How is it? Is it a surprise?"
"Of course." Lin Sen nodded, and then asked, "But, is there something wrong with his legs?"
"Yes." Bonaire was obviously not surprised by Lin Sen's problem. "It was born with a genius, and his left foot was inwardly oriented. To be honest, it was a bit deformed. Normally, with his conditions, not to mention playing football, it may be more difficult to walk, but God knows, you also saw that he is a genius. Don't you think he looks like a person?"
Lin Sen nodded, more than just like him! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!