Chapter 148
Chapter 0148 – National Team Match Day, Facing Albania!!!
Lin Xu was still there looking at the text message and was stunned.
Then.
Randall, who was sitting next to him, took off his headphones, glanced at him, and saw that he was looking at his mobile phone in a daze, so he tilted his body by the way and looked at Lin Xu’s illuminated mobile phone page.
Just a glance.
He accurately captured the key points in Ronaldo’s text messages.
“Boom!”
Million!
He exclaimed, and everyone in the car turned their gazes.
“What’s wrong?”
Knight, who was sitting in front, looked back at Randall.
Randall mouthed at Lin Xu’s mobile phone, “Advertising fee!” ”
He did not expose how much advertising fees Lin Xu received, that was Lin Xu’s personal privacy, Randall just saw Lin Xu in a daze before looking at his mobile phone, for the captain’s personal privacy, he still respects it.
However, after Randall’s words, everyone in Petersburg unfastened their seat belts and rushed to the back of the bus they were sitting in.
Even coach Darren stuck his head out of the front seat curiously.
Glanced at Lin Xu.
They didn’t see the incoming text message.
However, Ronaldo’s message has clearly stated that the amount transferred is two million.
Pounds! The whole team was shocked!
“Boom!”
“Captain, two million!”
“Let me do the math, this is how many seasons I have paid!”
“Just take off your clothes and show your panties.” You can ask Ronaldo, does he still need advertising space. We can also undress together after the race! ”
Knight’s remark was echoed by the entire team.
“Yes, yes, yes! Isn’t it just a pants off, we can too! You don’t need to give two million so much, well, just give one hundred and twenty thousand! ”
“That’s right! We can take off every show! ”
Lin Xu: “…”
He couldn’t help but imagine that picture.
After the game, the whole team went to the sidelines and took off their pants en masse.
At the spectators in the stands, the CR7 underwear was confidently exposed.
This picture.
It’s a bit obscene.
No.
This is no longer ordinary obscenity.
This is very obscene!
You can directly be reported for the kind of obscenity of the knight! He didn’t want to lose this person…
“Snap!”
Lin Xu turned off his mobile phone, waved his hand decisively, and took out the authority of his captain, “Go and go, sit back in your seat, take off!” I said I wasn’t advertising! ”
But Luo is always generous.
Much more generous than their team director.
A wave of your hand is two million.
After everyone dispersed, Lin Xu silently opened his mobile phone and gave Ronaldo a thumbs up.
He was still happy to accept the money.
But surely there won’t be a next time! He swore to God!……
After two days at the club, Lin Xu went to the St. George’s Park training base to report to the national team.
Before the World Cup, England’s last two rounds of World Qualifiers were on November 13 and November 16.
England, currently at the top of the group, will face Albania and San Marino in the final two rounds of the World Qualifiers.
Albania are currently five wins and three defeats in eight games, temporarily third in the group and Poland, which is second in front, just one point away.
The two teams bite the points tightly.
San Marino, along with Andorra, was in the bottom of the group and lost hope of qualifying early.
So the match against San Marino basically does not have to worry, San Marino, which has no hope of qualifying, will not fight too fiercely, but Albania may not be
In order to compete with Poland for a chance of qualifying.
Albania, who finished third in the group, will surely do their best to win the last two matches.
The allocation of places for the 2022 World Cup is different on all continents, with 4.5 in Asia, 5 in Africa, 4.5 in South America, 3.5 in Central and North America and the Caribbean, 0.5 in Oceania, and Europe with the most places with 13.
Finally, Qatar, as the host of this World Cup, directly got a place in the main event.
The World Qualifiers in the European zone are divided into group stages and play-offs.
The European zone was divided into 10 groups.
The first place in each group, like England in Group I, can directly qualify for next year’s World Cup.
The second place in the group is to draw the play-offs with the two teams that reached the UEFA Nations League final, for a total of twelve teams.
Of the twelve teams in the play-offs, only three were able to secure a place in the final World Cup main stage.
Although the play-offs may be tougher than the group stage, the good guys also keep a hope of qualifying.
Like England’s Group I, Hungary are fourth in the group and could have competed for second place if they had won the remaining matches, but after losing the last match against England, Hungary had largely secured a play-off place.
And the current situation in Group I.
England have finished eight rounds with seven wins and one draw, and have secured the World Cup main draw place for the top of the group in advance.
For them, the remaining two World Qualifiers, in fact, win or lose, has nothing to do with the big picture.
The biggest effect of these two games for England is to hone the squad and let Southgate experiment with different styles of play or tactics while the World Cup has not yet begun
However, it is different for Albania, which is in third place.
They are only one point away from Poland.
Both teams want to compete for a play-off qualification.
Even if there is little hope of qualifying for the play-offs, it is much better than going straight out.
But both rounds of meetings between Poland and England are over.
Their final two rounds were against Andorra and Hungary.
These two teams have no chance of making the cut, and they will not fight as hard as before.
Albania’s opponents in the last two rounds were England and Andorra.
On strength.
England is certainly much stronger than Hungary.
This can also be seen from the match between them in the previous round.
The score of 4:1 can be called a big victory.
And Hungary is also completely out, a Hungary and Poland that do not need to qualify, Poland still has a winning face.
But they Albania.
Even if England have confirmed to qualify as the first place in the group, this is England’s home stadium, and the Three Lions will not be willing to take the initiative to release water for them to easily get a win at Wembley Stadium.
So for now.
Albania, in third place, is significantly worse off than Poland.
But they won’t just give up.
Before the match day on 13 November, the Albanian team arrived in London early to train at Wembley Stadium.
This side of England.
The atmosphere in the team is relaxed.
They are not worried that Albania will fight them fiercely because they want to rush second.
None of the players showed any nervousness at the training base.
These teammates of the national team also saw the photo of Lin Xu wearing underwear on Twitter hits.
During training, Foden was still teasing Lin Xu, “You are whiter than I thought, well.” ”
Lin Xu rolled his eyes.
Can’t this go away!
However, it is clear that his national team teammates will not miss such a rare opportunity to tease their new captain.
Even Harry Kane, an honest man, followed suit and teased.
Lin Xu: “…”
He did inherit more of Lin Jianye’s dragon country genes in terms of appearance.
In terms of looks alone, he is completely Asian.
However, he actually inherited a lot of genes from his mother, Laura.
For example, like many Europeans, fair skin.
Except for his face, which was tanned by the sun due to the long training on the court, all parts of his body were white.
After all, Petersburg does not have such a luxurious indoor training ground as St. George’s Park training base for them to use, and they often train outside to watch the scorching sun.
Of course.
His hair must not have been inherited from Laura’s share of England.
This is what Lin Xu is most grateful for.
England’s balding genes are too strong, and strong as David Beckham also needs hair transplants to keep his head from being exposed to the Mediterranean
surface, thus affecting the appearance.
So when Lin Xu’s hair has grown a little, he has been busy recently and has no time to get a haircut.
Many players in the English team looked at the thick black hair on Lin Xu’s head with envy.
“It’s nice that you’re not bald.”
Harry Kane touched his receding hairline and shook his head.
Lin Xu: “… Captain, I seem to see regret in your eyes?? ”
Do you regret that I have not inherited the baldness gene from the English, Mr. Harry Kane?
Honest Kane shrugged, “Don’t talk nonsense, I don’t have it, you must be mistaken.” Well, that’s it. But don’t forget, you’re the captain now. ”
Lin Xu: “Forgot to forget.” ”
After Southgate officially announced that Lin Xu became the new captain of the national team, he also re-ranked the captain order within the Three Lions.
Lin Xu is naturally the first captain.
As long as he is on the field, the captain’s armband must be on his arm.
Down in order.
The second captain is Harry Kane, and Southgate still appreciates the conscientious and selfless former captain.
The third captain gave Henderson.
The fourth captain is Trippier.
The fifth captain was given to the main goalkeeper Pickford.
Of course, although Southgate gave Kane a vice-captain position, everyone knows that after Lin Xu was confirmed as the captain of the England team, the team’s main center forward has been changed.
Harry Kane can only be Lin Xu’s replacement.
Even if he is the only active player in England’s all-time top 10 goalscorers.
Or, it may also be transferred to another position, such as playing in the front back, depending on the manager’s tactical arrangement each game.
Therefore.
Harry Kane’s second captaincy is more like a consolation.
Like Petersburg.
Darren also gave former captain Beevers a second captain order.
But in Peterborough’s last few league games, Beavers has hardly been given a chance to play.
Petersburg’s captain’s armband is worn either on Lin Xu’s arm or on the arm of third captain Hamilton, and Beavers has become a mascot of Petersburg.
But Harry Kane himself thought very thoroughly.
Southgate and assistant coach Holland didn’t put much effort into educating him, and Kane had consciously accepted the role of substitute.
He and Lin Xu also got along well in the training base.
Sometimes he will take the initiative to take the task of helping Lin Xu exercise his basic skills
There was no infighting in the team because of the change of captain, which was already the ideal situation in Southgate’s mind.
After Lin Xu became the captain, the players became more active on the training ground.
However, this is also inseparable from the training some time ago.
Last time, Foden and Grealish and others took Lin Xu to the bar to play, although they won the game because of the big score, even if the reporters took photos of them going in and out of the bar collectively, the English domestic media and fans did not condemn the entertainment of these international players too much.
But Southgate privately criticized the likes of Grealish and Foden, who took the lead.
Just forget about them going to play on their own! Also with Lin Xu!
Lin Xu is now the hope of all England.
Also Southgate’s hope.
Lin Xu is young and young, and he has repeatedly let the group of nightclub princes in the team indulge in nightclubs together, addicted to bubble girls and cannons, and let his talent be squandered by an undisciplined life, Southgate really has no place to cry.
Who knows how many more teenagers will be needed to make England produce another Lin Xu! If he indulges in nightclubs, his talent will disappear.
Who is responsible!
Foden and Grealish immediately said that they were wrong, and they would definitely call Lin Xu less in this kind of activity in the future, no, they would not call Lin Xu.
It’s not that I’m afraid of being scolded.
Mainly.
Call Lin Xu, the target is too big!
When they go to play by themselves, there are not so many media reporters running to secretly photograph them.
At most, the Sun’s kind of newspaper that loves gossip will report it.
Call Lin Xu… Boy!
The next day, twenty or thirty media outlets simultaneously published pictures of them entering and leaving the bar.
They really just went for a drink that day!
I’m afraid, I’m afraid.
Foden and the others, who were educated by Southgate, happily admitted their mistake, and then promised that they would never take their captain to bars and nightclubs in the future, and only then were Southgate let them go.
Lin Xu didn’t know that he had been excluded from the nightclub team.
But he wasn’t very keen on going to that kind of occasion himself.
After a video with Talia, he put away his phone and put on the captain’s armband.
Wembley Stadium.
They are about to face Albania…