Chapter 408: Encountering Asuka Saito, the future King of Camp Nou?

After the match against the Japanese team, the Spanish players got a day off.

In 2015, Japan had a relatively rich supply of electronic products, especially those related to games, and the exchange rate of the Japanese yen was very low at this time.

Therefore, many players took advantage of this day's holiday to start the buying and selling mode.

Lin Quan originally wanted to stay quietly in the hotel and listen to music, but he couldn't stand the insistence of Morata and others, so he had to follow them to Akihabara.

Akihabara is a famous electronics street in Japan. It is full of well-known shops selling a variety of electronic products.

Morata and others obviously did their homework in advance. After arriving in Akihabara by car, they went straight to their destination.

Sure enough, it’s a straight man’s shopping style. If you take one more step, I lose!

Naturally, these guys didn't know how to bargain for the things they liked, so they just took out their bank cards and bought them all!

Players often play games to relax after games.

The best players need the best equipment. This is what Morata gained after playing live games in the hotel and losing to Lin Quan many times.

Looking at the valuable gaming equipment purchased by Morata, Lin Quan curled his lips.

Food is food, and no excuse can change the reality of food.

Besides, Morata likes to use himself in live football, while Lin Quan often uses Messi and Ronaldo, and occasionally himself.

There is a clear gap in the quality of the players on both sides. If Morata were not so narcissistic and used players of the same level as Lin Quan, he would not have lost so miserably.

The two were playing the latest version, Pro Evolution Soccer 2015, which the game's developers released last November.

In this live football game, Lin Quan, who just led his team to win the World Cup, was ranked at the same level as Messi and Ronaldo by the game developers. The three players' values ​​were all 95 points.

As for Morata, Lin Quan remembers that his value seems to be only 82, which is still due to Spain's excellent record.

Otherwise, with his current strength and age, it is estimated that the value will be difficult to exceed 80.

Infected by Morata and others, Lin Quan also bought things, some for his own use, and some to take back as gifts for his younger siblings and friends.

After several people bought their things, they were satisfied and ready to leave.

"Hey, there seems to be some activity over there?"

"There are so many people, why don't we go and have a look too?"

Everyone is curious to watch the excitement, and even the Spanish international is not exempt from this.

A few people took a closer look and found that there were some young and beautiful girls wearing maid outfits, performing an event.

"What are you doing?"

"It seems like some sort of maid café or something?"

"The nearby coffee shops will hire some beautiful young girls to put on maid outfits to attract customers for them!"

"Oh I got it!"

"Hey, that's not right. You are a Spaniard. How do you know so clearly?"

Everyone stared at Isco curiously. This guy was usually a quiet guy, but unexpectedly he turned out to be a homebody.

"Ahem, I know it from watching Japanese anime!"

Isko blushed and explained. These days, it seems to be an unspeakable thing for an otaku to like anime or something.

"Maid coffee shop? Hey, brothers, I'm suddenly thirsty. You must be thirsty too. Let's go, let's buy you some coffee!"

After saying that, he rushed towards the most beautiful maid. Morata's sudden appearance obviously startled the other maid, and she quickly communicated with him in Japanese.

However, Morata didn't know any Japanese. The other party's words made him confused as a monk, and he couldn't understand what the other party was talking about.

"By the way, Isco, do you understand Japanese? I don't quite understand what this young lady is saying!"

Isco shook his head, Japanese?

Of course he doesn't understand. He's just watching a cartoon. How can he learn Japanese?

It's amazing that I only learned a few words, such as Gangzhe, Yazhidie, Sbarasi and so on.

At this time, the other party also realized that Morata and others did not understand his words.

So I immediately repeated it in English.

The second language of Europeans is basically English, so they understand what the other person says.

The maid told them that if they wanted to go into the store to drink coffee, they should queue up first.

Damn, do we still have to queue? Don't you want to line up? "

Morata complained and immediately negotiated with the other party in English.

Unexpectedly, his English proficiency was very poor and his accent was very strong, while the other person's Japanese English also had a strong accent. Both of them spoke the same language. Although they were all speaking English, neither of them understood what the other person was saying.

Lin Quan stretched out his hand to cover his face, he was really a genius...

Eventually, the group made too much noise and alerted the store manager.

The store manager recognized that the person who came was the Spanish international, so he invited them in enthusiastically and asked many maids to entertain them.

One of the girls, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, caught Lin Quan's attention.

This person seems familiar, but I can't remember who it is.

The girl noticed Lin Quan's gaze and smiled at him.

Lin Quan still didn't recognize who the other person was, and he didn't intend to take the initiative to say hello, so he responded with a smile and drank his coffee with peace of mind.

Boss, bring over the most expensive coffee. It’s Morata’s treat anyway. If you don’t drink it, it’s free!

This coffee meal cost more than 5,000 euros, which converted into 700,000 yen.

The price is indeed ridiculously expensive, but Morata said that it is expensive for its own sake. If there is a chance in the future, he will come again.

However, Lin Quan felt very surprised. Although the maid shops in Akihabara were very expensive, they were not that expensive.

Sure enough, the identity of these maids is unusual. They are probably some Japanese girl group or celebrity, right?

…

Before leaving, Lin Quan and Iniesta attended an event held by their sponsors that evening.

At this event, Lin Quan once again met the girl he had seen in the maid coffee shop during the day.

At this moment, Lin Quan finally remembered who the other party was - Saito Asuka, a member of Nogizaka48.

The reason why I can’t remember clearly is because Lin Quan paid very little attention to Japanese girl groups in his previous life.

Saito Asuka had only heard the name and seen the photos, but the impression in his mind was not as profound as the free-spirited Hashimoto Kanna.

"Hello, senior, I am Saito Asuka, please give me your advice!"

Saito Asuka also saw Lin Quan, and at the instigation of his teammates, he blushed and came forward to say hello to him.

"Well, hello, I'm Lin Quan, nice to meet you!"

Lin Quan glanced at the other party with interest. Saito Asuka's face was flushed because of shyness, and she looked a little cute.

Such a cute girl will cry for a long time if she is punched!

For some reason, he remembered a joke from later generations, and he felt a little bad in his heart.

Saito Asuka is not good at words, and the two of them have little contact in their professions. After chatting for a while, they ran out of topics.

The sponsor happened to see the two chatting, so he put them in the C position for a group photo.

In response, the two could only smile awkwardly but politely.

After the event, the two exchanged gifts. Lin Quan gave each other a signed jersey, and Saito Asuka gave Lin Quan an album of their girl group.

…

On June 17, the entire Japanese team left Tokyo by plane and set off back to their home country to prepare for the upcoming European Cup qualifiers.

Speaking of which, this level of competition is something that Spain can easily grasp. After all, the opponents in their group are not strong. The only one that can pose a threat to them is probably Slovakia.

But even Slovakia, their strength is far inferior to Spain.

There is no need for such a big battle on the Spanish side.

However, in Del Bosque's view, as more and more veteran players leave the team, Spain's lineup and tactical play need some fine-tuning.

Especially in the midfield, after Xavi and Alonso retired from the national team, Del Bosque could not find a perfect replacement for the two in Spain.

These two people are not only powerful, but also have very outstanding personal characteristics.

There is no one among the young generation in Spain who can reach their level of strength.

Of course, this is not that Spanish football is declining, but that world-class midfielders like Xiaobai and Xavi are not so easy to appear.

Even looking at the entire football world, there are still only a handful of midfielders who can reach the level of Xavi and Xiaobai.

Therefore, when players of this level retire from the national team, the vacancies left by them cannot be solved by replacement.

Rather, it is necessary to adjust the team's tactics in a targeted manner and transform the team's techniques and tactics based on the technical characteristics of the substitute players.

To this end, he must gather the main players of the team, rotate the players he thinks can take on big responsibilities in every game, and see how these players react chemically with other players after they come on the field.

If that doesn't work, then pick some of the original midfield backups who were squeezed out and join them.

In recent years, Spain has faced a serious shortage of personnel on the front line, but it has always been full of talents in the midfield.

Players such as Cazorla and Mata are often unable to enter the national team's roster due to limited numbers.

Especially in last year's World Cup, due to the restriction of the 23-man roster, Cazorla regretted not being selected. For this reason, he even shed tears when being interviewed by reporters, which was so sad that he cried.

But there is no way, who said that there are too many players in the Spanish midfielder?

"Although we have won two consecutive games in friendly matches in Asia and scored more than 20 goals, it was only a friendly match and the opponent was not strong, so don't feel complacent and bring this emotion to Go to the next game!”

Before the game started, Del Bosque gathered the players seriously and lectured them.

During this training session, he recruited a lot of young players into the team.

Spain's record in the past few years has been very brilliant, so Del Bosque is worried that these young players will pick up some bad habits and develop arrogance and arrogance.

Therefore, necessary beating is still indispensable.

He plans to continue training for the next game against Belarus.

He will give these young players the opportunity to play and examine them one by one.

After beating them, if they can realize that the team's honor and glory have nothing to do with themselves, calm down and train hard, strive to improve their own strength, and perform to his satisfaction in the game.

Then these people will have their own place in the Spanish national team in the future.

The 2016 European Cup is regarded by Del Bosque as a warm-up for the 2018 World Cup. Only by defeating all the powerful players in the European arena can they be qualified to win the World Cup.

European football is undergoing drastic changes. Spain has been strong for so many years. Countries regard them as a target and are constantly studying ways to target them.

As for Spain itself, if these young players cannot quickly integrate into the team and keep Spain's combat effectiveness at its peak.

Then facing increasingly stronger challengers, sooner or later they will be pulled down!

This is not Bosque's unfounded worries, because there has never been an eternal king in football.

As strong as Brazil, didn't it also go through a long trough period after Pele retired?

Fortunately, Lin Quan is on the team, which makes Del Bosque worry a lot.

This guy has a high reputation among young players, and he is very self-disciplined and trains very hard.

Under the leadership of Lin Quan, these young players trained meticulously and seriously without daring to relax.

After all, players who are better than you work harder than you, how can they dare to relax?

…

June 22, Barcelona, ​​Camp Nou.

After several days of training, Spain finally ushered in a real match.

The players' swords were already thirsty, but their opponents, the players of the Belarus team, felt a little trembling.

The opponent is the World Cup champion, and they played an exaggerated 13:0 in two friendly matches last week, one of which was against the Japanese team.

Although from the Spanish team's perspective, the Japanese team's strength is just that, nothing remarkable.

But for Belarus, they feel that they are not as good as the Japanese team. At least the Japanese team can steadily enter the World Cup and occasionally reach the top 16.

Not only has Belarus never entered the World Cup, it has never even played in the main matches of the European Cup.

Even the Japanese team, which is much better than them, was beaten so miserably by Spain. If it were them, wouldn't they be massacred?

Belarus, currently ranked fifth in the group, is still far from qualifying for the European Cup.

With their current points, there is no hope at all.

So Belarus gave up its illusions and came to the Camp Nou with the mentality of winning if it loses less.

For this game, Spanish football chose Camp Nou. On the one hand, it is because Camp Nou has very good qualifications and is one of the five-star stadiums.

On the other hand, it is also for political reasons.

After all, Catalonia's separatist forces are strong, and they hope to use the national team's game at Camp Nou to deepen Catalonia's identification with Spain and curb the trend of secession.

Although I don’t know whether their plan will succeed, judging from the number of spectators watching the game, the Catalans are still very supportive.

Although the opponent was very weak, more than 80,000 fans came to the Camp Nou for this game.

Among them, many fans come here for Lin Quan's name.

After Laporta was successfully elected as club president, the outside world expected him to fulfill his promise and bring Lin Quan back to Camp Nou.

Therefore, many Barcelona fans come with the mentality of appreciating the future King of Nou Camp in advance!