Chapter 16 The first meeting with De Bruyne
Time flies quickly, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
At the end of June, the day for team training is getting closer.
Werder Bremen's training camp for the new season will begin on July 3. Before that, players have to rush to the team from all over the country to gather.
The first one to arrive must be Lin Quan himself. After all, he has been training alone in the base for more than a month.
Through this period of training, he has fully adapted to the various abilities of peak Messi.
In the future, using Boss Mei's various stunts will not be so awkward.
Not only that, his height increased by one centimeter to 173 centimeters.
The weight also increased from the previous 65 kilograms to 67 kilograms.
The increase in height and weight made his originally thin body become stronger.
The ability of physical confrontation has also improved, and the ability to hold the ball has become stronger.
Uh-huh!
There was a crisp sound, and the football drew a wonderful arc, high over the wall, then fell rapidly, and entered the goal from the upper left corner of the goal.
On this day, he arrived at the training ground early, but found that someone had arrived earlier than him.
This is a young player with a height of about 1.8 meters and blond hair.
The opponent didn't notice Lin Quan's arrival and was still shooting.
Lin Quan took a look on the sidelines and found that the opponent was practicing a free kick.
However, rather than saying that he was practicing, it would be better to say that he was venting his anger.
That kick was as if football had a grudge against him.
However, by kicking the ball with such great force, the ball can accurately fly into the goal frame from the blind corner of the goal.
I have to say, this guy's footwork is outstanding.
Seeing this, he had already guessed the identity of this person.
This should be the player on loan from Chelsea-Kevin De Bruyne.
Bang bang bang!
Lin Quan applauded the opponent's wonderful footwork.
Hearing the applause, De Bruyne stopped and looked back at him.
Seeing that the other party was wearing the same team uniform as himself, he nodded to Lin Quan as a greeting.
After saying hello, he continued to immerse himself in training and had no intention of greeting Lin Quan.
Lin Quan knew that De Bruyne was a taciturn and introverted player, so he didn't pay much attention to his behavior.
If he sees himself and comes to greet him enthusiastically, then he will wonder if something is wrong with De Bruyne!
He had no intention of disturbing De Bruyne's training, so he went to the equipment room and took out the training equipment. After choosing a new venue and setting up the training facilities, he started practicing alone.
After practicing for about half an hour, Lin Quan noticed that someone seemed to be watching him.
So I glanced towards the sidelines and found that De Bruyne had stopped training at some point and was standing on the sidelines watching him practice.
Seeing Lin Quan looking at him, De Bruyne blushed and quickly turned his head away.
He felt like he had been caught doing something bad, and he was actually a little embarrassed.
"Is something wrong?"
Lin Quan couldn't help laughing when he saw this guy blushing.
I've always heard people say that Ding Ding is shy, but I didn't expect him to be so shy.
"Ahem, no, nothing happened!"
De Bruyne said a little embarrassedly, as if he had mustered up a lot of courage to say this, which was very difficult.
It's really not easy to get him to say eight words!
Seeing that the other party had nothing to say, Lin Quan simply ignored him and continued training.
However, when he continued to train, De Bruyne still stood on the sidelines and did not leave.
Therefore, Lin Quan had to stop again and repeated the question just now:
"Are you sure you're okay?"
De Bruyne shouldn't say it's okay anymore. After all, if it was really okay, he wouldn't stand here and not leave.
"Hello, my name is Kevin De Bruyne. Nice to meet you. Are you practicing breakthroughs?"
Lin Quan walked over, stretched out his hand, and gave De Bruyne a friendly shake.
"Hello, my name is Lin Quan. As you can see, I am indeed practicing breakthrough techniques. How about it? Are you interested in practicing together?"
De Bruyne plays in the frontcourt. This position requires certain dribbling and passing skills. This is very helpful for them to get rid of defensive players and find more suitable routes for the ball.
The 21-year-old De Bruyne is not as technically delicate and skilled as he will be in the future. His style of play is free and unrestrained, and his technique is a bit rough. These are not in line with Chelsea's requirements.
So, unable to find a place at Chelsea, he was forced to leave the team on loan and came to the Bundesliga to train.
The marketing of Bundesliga teams, especially ordinary teams, is not very good, and the club's income is not high.
Although it has the top football market in Europe, it is far inferior to the Premier League and La Liga in terms of commercial development.
In order to control costs, the salary expenditures of the middle and lower Bundesliga teams are generally not high, and the signings are also relatively conservative.
This gives young players the opportunity to find their own stage here.
For De Bruyne, being able to play in the Bundesliga is definitely better than sitting on the bench at Chelsea.
After experiencing the pain of joining and being exiled from a wealthy club, De Bruyne became increasingly dissatisfied with his own strength.
He urgently hopes to improve his strength as soon as possible and prove his ability on the field as soon as possible.
So that those bastards at Chelsea can see that it's not that he's not capable, it's that Chelsea didn't give him a chance.
Therefore, he readily accepted Lin Quan's invitation.
Lin Quan didn't know what De Bruyne was thinking. He invited him to train together just because he wanted to find a partner so that he could become more familiar with Messi's various breakthrough skills in actual confrontations.
As a result, the two hit it off and started sparring enthusiastically.
"You come first or me first?"
Lin Quan held the ball, looked at De Bruyne with a smile, and said to him.
De Bruyne saw the football at Lin Quan's feet, so he lowered his center of gravity slightly, blocked the core area at the top of the penalty area, and assumed a defensive posture.
De Bruyne's defensive ability is not particularly outstanding, but he still knows the basic skills of defense.
However, when defensive players face offensive players one-on-one, they are in a passive position, and the offensive side has at least two breakthrough routes to choose from.
Therefore, they can only choose to block the route with the greatest threat and force the opponent to go to the other side.
De Bruyne chose to block the inside and gave up the outside, that is, the wing to Lin Quan. This is the choice of most defenders when facing breakthroughs from the wing.
De Bruyne's idea was to give Lin Quan a chance to overtake on the wing, but when the opponent broke through vertically, the ball passed him, using physical confrontation to disrupt his rhythm and pace, causing him to lose the ball.
There is no problem with this strategy, but the problem is that Lin Quan will not cooperate with him obediently.
I saw him moving vertically with the ball and observing De Bruyne's footsteps.
De Bruyne's focus has been on the back foot, turning sideways to prepare for the pursuit.
Suddenly, Lin Quan leaned forward and made a move to step forward for the ball. Seeing that the opponent's center of gravity had changed, De Bruyne immediately took a step back without doubting that he was there.
As a result, Lin Quan suddenly pulled the ball to the right and completed the breakthrough against De Bruyne with a simple swing of his body.
De Bruyne froze on the spot. This way of passing was too simple, as simple as eating and drinking.
But the problem is, with such a simple method, why did he end up being passed over like a wooden stake?
