"I'll go, the enthusiasm of Japanese fans is really terrifying."
The sky is clear, and the cries of seagulls are swept into the Yokohama International Stadium along with the winter sea breeze.
Sitting on the bus outside the bustling stadium, Bell listened to the song and looked out the window at the crowd, his eyes full of excitement.
On the other side of him, Chen Mo, who was helping Yue Chi Xun review the manuscript with his hands folded on his tablet computer, raised his head slightly when he heard this, and looked at the crowd of people outside the transparent glass through the half-covered window with curtains.
There is no doubt that although the final has nothing to do with the Japanese team, it is the final after all. As the match day arrives, the entire stadium is busy and overcrowded.
And what's interesting is that those fans who were wearing blue Japan jerseys a few days ago have changed into red and white Arsenal jerseys today. They are all red and look very festive.
"The old man is really welcome here."
Among the enthusiastic crowd, most were wearing Arsenal uniforms, but some were wearing Nagoya Grampus uniforms.
Seeing this scene, Chen Mo had a smile on his lips.
Arsenal can have such a big influence in Japan, except because Arsenal has been really strong in European competitions in recent years, besides Chen Mo’s strength and good looks, and Yuechi Kaoru is a Japanese girl who helps here every year In addition to promoting the high school football league.
Another point is that Wenger once coached Nagoya Grampus in the J-League.
Japan is a nation full of contradictions.
They were bold enough to attack Pearl Harbor, but at the same time they were humble enough to regard the German Detmar Kramer, who had been a great help to their football career, as the father of football.
Although Wenger's contribution to Japanese football is not as good as that of Detmar Kramer, Japan does admire and love these talented people very much.
Under this situation, many Japanese fans have long regarded Arsenal as their home team.
However, even if this is the case, it still should not reach the current situation of empty streets.
According to the reminder from the local police before traveling, nearly one million fans came to the stadium today!
Not only was the stadium completely full, but also the bars, restaurants, izakayas outside the stadium, and all the places where you could watch the game together were overcrowded!
The whole of Tokyo is looking forward to this game!
Of course, this kind of carnival-level atmosphere cannot be achieved by Arsenal itself. This is mainly due to the promotion and promotion of Japanese football.
Obviously, the Japanese Football Association has made great efforts to host the Club World Cup, which is not very valuable and will even lose money based on the input-to-production ratio. The purpose is not just to play these games, collect tickets and sell peripherals.
They are not the kind of Indian capitalists who [don’t spend money and don’t even give you a face].
Their real purpose in making these seemingly short-term losses is to use the influence of the Club World Cup to promote the development of Japanese football!
Of course, there are no saints in this world.
Whether it is the Japanese Football Association or the Indian Football Association, whether it is politicians or capitalists, the ultimate goal is to cut leeks.
It's just that the Japan Football Association knows that it has to make the plate bigger and give part of the benefits to ordinary people so that it can continue to flow smoothly and have endless descendants. Otherwise, what awaits them will be the rot of an industry that will eventually be stink for thousands of years.
In short, this Club World Cup final, promoted by the Japan Football Association, has completely stirred up a football craze in Tokyo. Not to mention the fans who came to the scene or watched the game outside the stadium, even many companies and companies gave it a half-day break. Let the employees of the fake organization drink beer and watch the game together.
Such a large-scale carnival naturally involves celebrities from all walks of life in Japan.
The bus had just arrived at the back entrance of the stadium, and as soon as Chen Mo got off the bus with the boss's small purse under his arm, talking and laughing with Bell, he heard beautiful singing coming from the stadium.
The Japanese female voice was mixed with the cheers of many viewers. It was hard to hear clearly and it felt a bit noisy. However, Chen Mo, who knew the process today, was not too surprised.
For this game, the Japan Football Association invited Japan's popular female singer Ayumi Hamasaki to perform the opening show.
Not only did the stars have an opening show, Wolji Kaoru and Henry, who was unable to play in this game due to injury, went to the interview room on the third floor of the stadium. Later, the two of them and a Japanese commentator will explain the game.
Well, Henry went too.
There was nothing he could do. After winning two Champions Leagues and divorcing his wife, and due to his style of play, Henry, who was now suffering from more and more frequent injuries, completely let himself go.
Now football is no longer the focus of his life. After training every day, he goes to the bar to pick up girls, and then he stays at home and plays World of Warcraft on his days off.
However, due to the divorce from his wife, a lot of property was divided, and seeing that his career has entered an advanced stage, it is difficult to make big money. Henry, who is preparing for a rainy day, is also actively looking for a job after retirement.
Generally speaking, the first choice for football players after retiring is to become a coach. Players such as Guardiola, Pirlo, and Lampard all became coaches after retirement. However, most of these players who turned to coaches were midfielders. .
Not only because midfielders have better tactical reading skills, but also because midfielders generally have a stronger desire for control. They like to engage in "control" work.
Henry is a forward, and now that he has tasted the sweetness of "freedom", he does not want to work hard as a coach.
Ever since, he found another direction for himself after retirement - football commentator.
This time today can be regarded as Henry’s first test of the waters in his commentary career~
Of course, Chen Mo didn't care about Henry's commentary career. They were all big men and pretentious. He just specifically asked Henry to help take care of Yuechi Xun.
To be honest, Yue Chixun has been through a lot of storms and waves with Chen Mo over the years. Being a commentator is not a problem, but after all, she is pregnant now, and Chen Mo will be confused if he cares about it, so he is still a little worried about getting pregnant. What a strange mistake.
With Henry's nod of agreement and the staff's constant bows and promises, Chen Mo finally relaxed and focused all his attention on the game in front of him.
After changing clothes in the locker room, Chen Mo walked towards the player tunnel while thinking about today's opponent.
The opponent in today’s game is River Plate Athletic Football Club.
River Plate is the strongest and one of the oldest teams in the A-League.
The first time the Argentine national team participated in an international competition was in 1901, and River Plate was founded in 1901. It can almost be said that it has witnessed the entire history of Argentine football.
With such a long history, this club has naturally produced many football stars.
Caniggia, Crespo, Aimar, Batistuta, Higuain and Di Stefano, who led Real Madrid to five consecutive Champions League titles from 1956 to 1960, all came from this club. .
It's a pity that football is impossible to play without money.
Many Longguo fans criticize Jinyuan Football, but in fact the injection of capital is the key factor for football to develop into the number one sport.
Long Guo failed to develop Jinyuan Football, mainly because they wanted to overtake in a corner and be far ahead. They had no idea that Jinyuan Football also needed to be paired with a mature and complete youth training system and an excellent football atmosphere, otherwise everything would be a castle in the air.
Of course, they may know all this, after all, there are not many real fools in the world, but they don’t want to be like the predecessors who planted trees for others to enjoy, and just want to make a profit and run away.
Argentinian football and Dragon Country football are completely opposite. Argentina's youth training system and football atmosphere are very good, but due to the economic recession, the salaries of major clubs cannot retain top stars at all, and they eventually become a petri dish for stars.
The strength of this River Plate team this year is considered good in South America, but it is only good.
There are basically few stars in the team that he can name. The only one Chen Mo is familiar with is Wu Lei.
"Brother Mo!"
While thinking about it, he went down the stairs. As soon as he reached the players' tunnel, he heard a somewhat excited Long Guohua voice coming from the side.
Looking sideways, he saw that Cao Cao had arrived, and it was Wu Lei who greeted him.
At this time, Wu Lei was no longer the kid with plateau red face who stood outside Fengtian Wulihe Stadium asking for his autograph six years ago, but a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old.
He has grown to almost 1.7 meters tall, and his physique is stronger than last year during the Chinese New Year. However, the biggest change for Chen Mo is that the uneasy expression on Wu Lei's face has disappeared. When Chen Mo saw him, his face became even brighter. A lot of excitement!
"Hey, you kid is doing well now. You can even play as a substitute in River Plate."
He was an old acquaintance with Wu Lei, so Chen Mo didn't pretend to be aloof. He bumped into each other with a smile and looked at the other person with a smile on his face.
Feeling Chen Mo's gaze, Wu Lei rolled his head in embarrassment and said with a smile: "That's all thanks to Uncle Chen Fei's help. If it weren't for him sending me out or his encouragement, I wouldn't be where I am today. "
"Okay, okay. He has nothing to do to fight back, but you, at the age of sixteen, can play as a substitute in River Plate with your own efforts. Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's really not easy."
Chen Mo smiled and shook his head, looking at Wu Lei with more appreciation in his eyes. He smiled and nodded to the River Plate player who was not familiar with him but took the initiative to show his goodwill, while chatting with Wu Lei.
Three years ago, Chen Fei sent Wu Lei, a young player from the Dragon Kingdom who was only thirteen years old at the time but had already shown considerable talent, to River Plate's youth training.
Although Wu Lei has not yet entered the starting lineup, you must know that he has just turned 16, and Ajia is actually very exclusive.
It is not easy for Wu Lei to enter the competition list at this age.
Moreover, although Chen Mo has almost no personal contact with Wu Lei and doesn't pay much attention to him,...
During the Chinese New Year dinner last year, Chen Mo heard Chen Fei and Li Zhiqiang say that Wu Lei was the most troubled among the players who went abroad.
There is no way, Wu Lei, who comes from an ordinary family and received all kinds of messy training in China, was... when he first went to River Plate.
A player with some deformed traits.
A deformed monster!
His strong point is that he has good awareness of running positions and grabbing points. His shortcomings are his poor ability to combine people with the ball and his lack of confidence in shooting skills.
This is a very awkward combination of traits.
The awareness of running positions and grabbing points is more innate. This trait is rare and very useful.
The most suitable area for this trait is the second forward, which is the position where Ronaldo played in the later period. However, the domestic coaches at the time did not focus on developing his shooting ability.
His shooting skills are not strong enough, and not many teams dare to use him as a second forward shooter.
In addition to the second forward, the position that is more suitable for this characteristic is the winger who plays defensive and counter-attack tactics, relying on flexible movement to find the space behind him, but Wu Lei's ability to combine man and ball is not good.
Wingers under defensive counterattack tactics often get the opportunity to run long distances, and long-distance running is a great test of the combination of man and ball.
If you don't have the ability to combine people with the ball, you won't have the ability to change direction during a long-distance attack, and you can only go straight to the end.
The big center is not physically fit enough, the second forward is not good at shooting, and the winger is not strong enough in combining man and ball.
Every location is a little different.
This is the most abnormal thing about Wu Lei.
But this is not actually Wu Lei’s fault.
Wu Lei's problem is mainly caused by the lack of domestic football youth training capabilities.
Just like Chen Mo, although he has been playing from the defensive midfielder position to the attacking midfielder during his years at La Masia.
It seems that he has changed a lot of positions, but from the day he entered La Masia, the club's general positioning of him has not changed - midfield commander.
When La Masia signed him, they were interested in Chen Mo's football intelligence and leadership skills that far exceeded those of his peers. Therefore, whether Chen Mo was in the defensive midfielder position or the attacking midfielder position, his growth position was always in the midfield. commander.
It is also because of this that all his training courses and directions of advancement are aimed at cultivating in this direction.
The forward and backward movement of the position is only due to changes in physical factors. The club is constantly looking for the most suitable activity area for him.
Except for the fact that the forwards need to fill up the firepower this season, Chen Mo's style of play and daily training courses have not changed much since he was exposed to professional football at the age of 13.
Stable and single!
Chen Mo has never even had any professional defense training!
This is one of the reasons why Chen Mo is only 20 years old this year and the outside world has already called him the number one midfielder in the world.
Because although he is only twenty years old, he has been deeply involved in the field of midfield commander for seven years, and he has been deeply cultivated for seven years with top masters such as Guardiola, Xavi Iniesta, Jr. Roviera and so on. !
And this does not include playing with Messi when he was very young. He was responsible for passing the ball to Messi from behind. After entering junior high school, he also played in the midfield for a total of six or seven years.
To put it more loosely, Chen Mo has actually played as a midfielder for more than ten years, and apart from playing around when he was too young, he has been the midfield commander since the junior high school team.
Every weapon in Chen Mo's body was developed for the position of midfield commander, but Wu Lei is different.
Perhaps those Long Country coaches themselves didn't figure out how to train Wu Lei, and in the end they developed a guy who seemed to be able to do everything, but was unable to do anything.
Forwards are most afraid of having no characteristics.
Therefore, Wu Lei had a very difficult time when he first arrived at the riverbed, but how can I put it?
As a player who was engaged in gold-dollar football in the Chinese Super League and chose to study abroad to try his luck overseas when he could make a lot of money just by staying at home and playing football, Wu Lei does have his own persistence in football.
He struggled for three years in River Plate's youth training, targeting the second striker.
It is said that he has not returned to China during the Chinese New Year for the past two years, but stayed in Argentina to continue training. Only then did he develop his shooting ability, gain the trust of the coach, and become the first substitute for the second forward.
Chen Mo also traveled across the ocean to La Masia. He understands how much mental pressure it is for children to go abroad, especially to a high-intensity competitive environment like a youth training camp.
Seeing that the little guy who asked for his autograph with a runny nose a few years ago was now able to stand alone, Chen Mo felt quite happy inside.
The chat with Wu Lei became more and more exciting, until Bell came to the stage with an expression on his face like "Dead ghost, still chatting" and said that he was about to enter the stage. Only then did he rejoin the team and set foot on the green with a group of big men.
"Si Guoyi! Come out! Si Guoyi~~~"
"Arsenal must win!!!"
"Look at me! Mo Jun!! Look at me!!!"
"Wow, is that Bale who overtook the ditch in the last game?! He looks like a monkey!"
"Ugly handsome, ugly and handsome~"
As soon as he walked out of the tunnel, warm cheers swept in from all directions.
At first, when he heard everyone cheering the names of Chen Mo and Arsenal, Bell, who was following Chen Mo, didn't feel anything. But suddenly he heard several girls calling his name. Although he couldn't understand what was being said in Japanese, he You can probably understand the homophony of the name.
Look back.
Well, a few Shibuya-style beauties with tanned skin.
When the beauty cheered her name, Bell suddenly became interested and quietly moved closer to Chen Mo: "Boss, what were these girls talking about just now? Are they talking about me?"
"ah?"
Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, and then he noticed the girl in the stands.
After listening for a while, I found that all I heard was [He must be the reincarnation of the hot spring monkey] [Hey, the fast guy doesn't sound so interested] [Compared to Bell, I still prefer Mo Jun. "Big man"] After saying this, Chen Mo had a look on his face, but seeing Bell's expectant face, he didn't want to say anything, so he could only show a gentle smile and nodded: "These girls say you are handsome, especially When sprinting, he looks super cool.”
"real?!"
Bell's eyes widened.
This expression really looked like those of those frightened monkeys. Chen Mo almost laughed out loud: "Why should I lie to you? I am an honest and reliable captain."
"Huh? What you said is wrong!"
Seeing Chen Mo's somewhat cramped expression, Bell quickly reacted and directly stretched out his hand to touch Chen Mo's waist. As a result, Chen Mo, who was very ticklish, bounced forward.
Under the watchful eyes of 80,000 people present, the two of them were playing around, how could they act appropriately? !
However, regarding this scene, Jirou and others behind him just smiled and shook their heads. They had long been accustomed to Chen Mo's character.
A team leader who is very strong during competition, but usually laughs and laughs more casually~
