Football: start copying peak Messi attributes

Chapter 185

After defeating Hull City lightly, Manchester City has won all three games and topped the Premier League standings with nine points.

Considering that they have a goal difference of 10, even if teams such as Liverpool and Tottenham beat their opponents and achieve three consecutive victories, they will not be able to shake their position.

After this game, the Premier League teams finally began to pay attention to Manchester City.

Before the game, all parties felt that Manchester City signed too much in the summer, and it would take some time for these players to integrate into the team, so Manchester City's results at the beginning of the season may not be very good.

But no one expected that they started with a three-game winning streak and sat at the top of the standings.

This made the teams dare not underestimate them, and put them, together with the other big giants, in the championship group's camp.

The opponent's emphasis is a recognition of Manchester City's strength, but this emphasis will cause them to encounter greater resistance in the next game.

The focus of this round of the Premier League is the last two games: Manchester United will challenge Liverpool away, and Arsenal will face Tottenham at home.

After forcing back the powerful Chelsea, Moyes' Manchester United still fell at Anfield.

In the double-red matchup, when Liverpool faced the Red Devils at home, they always played at a super level.

Although in recent years, the Red Army's record in both the league and the Champions League is far inferior to Manchester United, but Manchester United just can't take advantage of Anfield.

In the past six seasons when Manchester United played as a guest at Anfield, their record was - wins - draws and four losses.

This record can be said to be one-sided!

And this season, Moyes has just taken over and has not yet fully grasped the team. In this case, he came to Liverpool's home court, and the result can be imagined.

Only 4 minutes into the game, Liverpool captain Gerrard assisted teammate Sturridge to complete the goal.

This was the only goal of the game, but even if there was only one goal, it was enough for the Red Devils to return home in a feather.

The loss of this game is very unfavorable for Moyes.

After the first three rounds of confrontation with the two opponents in BIG4, Manchester United's record is one draw and one loss.

This record can be said to be very unsatisfactory!
Manchester United, which only won one game in the first three games, has dropped to No.7 in the current standings and fell directly out of the championship zone.

Considering that in the fifth round of the league, they will face the fiery Manchester City. Once Manchester United loses again in the same city derby, the ranking of the Red Devils will definitely continue to decline. The Premier League champions of this season may have to say goodbye to them !
Some people are happy, some people are sad, Moyes is frustrated at Anfield, Arsenal's Arsene Wenger beat north London rivals Tottenham by the same score at the Emirates Stadium, and stopped it with two consecutive victories after a surprise loss in the first game decline.

At present, Arsenal has won two consecutive victories and temporarily ranks fourth in the standings. Although they are 4 points behind Manchester City and Liverpool, the point difference is not too big. As long as their opponents make mistakes, they can definitely catch up.

With his crazy performance in the first three rounds of the Premier League, Lin Quan was selected as the best player of the month in the Premier League.

This is the first award he has won after joining the Premier League, and he is also the youngest foreign player to receive this honor.

The popularity of the Premier League is indeed much greater than that of the Bundesliga. After joining the Premier League, the number of Lin Quan's Twitter followers soared rapidly.

Originally, after playing the Confederations Cup, the number of fans rose to about 280 million and then stagnated. As a result, after joining Manchester City and played only three games, his number of fans increased by more than 100 million. Now the total number of followers has approached 400 million.

Affected by this, Lin Quan's commercial value has also increased.

There was almost a long queue of sponsors who came to him for endorsement, and the large number of Perrets was almost overwhelmed.

In line with the idea of ​​preferring to lack, Lin Quan asked Perret to reject most of the commercial endorsements.

"Coca-Cola and Pepsi have approached me, and they want to work with you."

According to Lin Quan's request, Perret retained some big international brands with relatively high prices and high sincerity.

"What are the asking prices of the two companies?"

Lin Quan doesn't drink much carbonated drinks, which are harmful to professional players.

But ordinary people don't care. As a fat house happy water, Coke has a huge sales volume all over the world, and its popularity is extremely high.

Commercial cooperation with them will also help to expand Lin Quan's own influence and popularity.

This kind of mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation is what he yearns for.

"Coca-Cola has a little more influence, so their price is more conservative, giving a three-year contract of 3 million euros.

Pepsi's influence is slightly smaller, so it pays more in promotion fees. The contract they offered is 4 million euros for 1400 years! "

Calculated, Coca-Cola is 300 million euros a year, and Pepsi is 350 million euros.

However, Lin Quan prefers Sprite in Coca-Cola. Drinking a bottle of iced Sprite in summer does not feel too sour, but if you drink too much before meals, you will feel overwhelmed and hungry...

So he said to Pere: "You can sign a contract with Coca-Cola, but you have to ask them, I only endorse Sprite, see if they are willing?"

"Well, I'll negotiate with them!"

"In addition, Nike and Adidas couldn't sit still anymore, and contacted me one after another, planning to offer you a new price."

"There's no rush for this, talk to them after the Champions League starts, talk slowly!"

A few months ago, Lin Quan rejected the offers from Nike and Adidas. At that time, he had not yet determined his next home. In addition, his popularity was limited to the Bundesliga, and he did not have much fan base around the world.

So the two major sports brands just regarded him as a potential new star, and did not give too high a price.

But it's different now, even though it's only been one summer.

But after winning the Confederations Cup and joining Manchester City with a sky-high signing fee, his influence in football has greatly increased.

At this time, neither Nike nor Adidas can treat him as a young player anymore.

Although he is indeed very young, his current influence is not lost to those top stars, or even surpassed.

Therefore, they have to show their sincerity again.

But Lin Quan is not in a hurry about this kind of thing, because he knows that his influence has not yet expanded to the extreme.

As long as he continues his current outstanding performance in the two most watched competitions, the Champions League and the World Cup, then his influence will be further expanded by then, and he will truly become a superstar comparable to Melo.

In addition to the business endorsement, Lin Quan is still thinking about how to spend his money.

His salary was not high last season, so he didn't think much about investment.

But after joining Manchester City this season, Lin Quan received a sky-high signing fee of 1 million pounds.

This is not a small sum of money!
Considering that the price of the pound will continue to depreciate, if you don’t spend it early at this time, you will lose a lot if the exchange rate plummets all the way after Brexit in a few years.

But what to invest in?
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After the end of the third round of the Premier League, FIFA match day came.

Lin Quan left the club and rushed back to Spain to report for the national team.

Spain have not assembled for more than a month after wrapping up their Confederations Cup campaign.

There was originally a friendly match with Ecuador in the middle, but Bosque didn't recruit any of the main players. A group of young players were directly promoted from the youth team and handed over to assistant coach Tony to lead the team.

Tony led this group of young players to beat Ecuador 3:0 like cutting melons and vegetables, which made Bosque very satisfied.

The score is not very important, what is important is that the coach has already started to look for candidates for the next generation of Spain's main frame.

In Spain's current lineup, there are a large number of players born around 85.

After playing next year's World Cup, there is a high probability that they will not be able to participate in the 2018 World Cup.

Therefore, Spain needs to start planning for a rainy day now.

However, with Lin Quan here, the reconstruction work will be very simple. After all, the core of the team does not need to worry.

"Tsk tsk, our big star is here!"

Lin Quan arrived at the training base of the national team and just met Ramos and Casillas and others.

After seeing Lin Quan, Morata ran over, first punched him in the chest, and then gave him a bear hug.

"How about it, is the Premier League fun?"

"It's okay, you also want to come to the Premier League?"

"How is it possible? I am devoted to Real Madrid. My favorite club is Real Madrid. In this life, I will not go anywhere except Real Madrid!"

Morata's words were convincing, as if I was a loyal dog of Real Madrid.

Lin Quan glanced at him, not believing a word of Morata's words.

This guy is a 'dreamer' in football. When he left Real Madrid to join Juventus, he said that his childhood dream was to join Juventus.

When he left Juventus and was repurchased by Real Madrid, he also said that he had dreamed of being a child since he was a child, and he dreamed of being able to succeed in Real Madrid.

When he left Real Madrid and went to Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, he said this again.

In view of the fact that Morata dreamed of joining so many teams, the fans gave him the title of 'Dreamer'.

As for which team he really likes, no one knows except himself.

Seeing Lin Quan coming, Ramos and Casillas also stepped forward to greet him.

Ramos circled around Lin Quan, pinched his muscular muscles, and said tsk tsk:

"Not bad, not bad, a lot stronger, it seems that my previous worries were unnecessary, with your body, even if you are a Premier League defender, I'm afraid you can't do anything about it!"

Casillas warned: "Don't be careless. The defenders in the Premier League are rough and foul a lot. Don't fight with them, so as not to hurt yourself."

Speaking of this, several people thought of David Silva who was absent due to injury, and they couldn't help sighing.

Silva was injured in the Premier League game and will miss at least three months.

For a professional player, a three-month truce due to injury may mean that their main position is lost.

Before the injury, they may be the indispensable main force of the team, but after they return from injury, the main position may have been taken away.

Moreover, after many players are injured, they will leave a psychological shadow, and their physical functions will also be affected. The game state may plummet, and everyone will disappear from then on.

It is no exaggeration to say that injury is the worst enemy of a professional player.

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In this training camp, there are many newcomers in the team.

Real Madrid's Nacho and Manchester City's Garcia are both selected for the national team for the first time. Manchester City are also selected together with Negredo and Navas.

If you count the injured David Silva, Manchester City has five Spanish internationals.

"Busquets is injured and Javi Garcia is here to take his place!"

Bosco specially explained.

But this is only the obvious reason.

Spain has no shortage of midfielders at all. Xavi Garcia is 26 years old, and he is not a young player.

He recruited the opponent into the team, in addition to replacing Busquets who was absent due to injury, another important reason was to help Lin Quan.

Bosque has been paying attention to Lin Quan's games in the Premier League, but after watching three Manchester City games, he found that Manchester City's midfielder did not provide enough support for Lin Quan.

The core of Manchester City's midfield is Yaya Toure, but this guy is not a midfielder who likes to assist his teammates, but a midfielder who likes to attack with the ball.

He seldom passed the ball directly to Lin Quan, let alone assisting Lin Quan.

In these three games, most of the goals scored by Lin Quan came from his excellent individual combat ability, and the support and help provided by his teammates were relatively small.

It was not Manchester City's midfielder who assisted him the most, but the team's striker Aguero.

Originally, when David Silva was not injured, he could still provide some help to Lin Quan.

But now he's injured and can't help.

In view of this, Bosque decided to promote those Spanish players in the Manchester City team.

Give them more opportunities in the national team and let them cooperate with Lin Quan more.

In this way, after they return to the club, they will be able to provide greater support and help to Lin Quan.

Unbeknownst to the likes of Keylor Navas and Garcia, both are thrilled to have been called up to the national team.

The World Cup is getting closer and closer, and football players from all over the world are now desperately competing for the main position of the team.

Even if you can't get the main position, it is good to be able to successfully enter the 23-man squad.

Especially for the favorite Spanish national team to win the championship, if they can enter the national team squad.

Once the Spanish national team wins the World Cup next year, they will have a chance to win the Hercules Cup!

The thoughts of other players in the national team are similar. During the training in the team, they can clearly feel that their attitude is much more serious.

On the contrary, because the players were too serious, in the team's training match, there were even some players who almost broke out in conflicts with their teammates because they really tackled the ball.

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He is satisfied with the progress of the players, but he is also worried because the national team's squad is limited and it is impossible to bring all these outstanding players to the World Cup stage.

This time, many of the main players are absent due to injuries, but this does not mean that they have been absent.

Therefore, many players who were called this time may not appear here during the next national team training camp.

I don't know if they can accept this cruel reality.

After three days of training in Madrid, all members of the Spanish national team took a plane to Helsinki, the capital of Finland in Northern Europe, to prepare to face the opponents of the Finnish national team in the group stage.

This game is the penultimate game of Spain's group stage. As long as they can win against Finland, they will be able to qualify first in the group two rounds ahead of schedule and directly qualify for the 2014 World Cup.

(End of this chapter)