Chapter 57 The National Team’s Debut

Spain, in the office of national team coach Del Bosque.

Del Bosque, the meritorious coach who led Spain to win the World Cup and European Cup, was watching a video of a game with his assistant coach Tony.

The two did not care about the result of the game, but focused on the performance of the No. 10 player wearing the green jersey on the court.

After watching the video, assistant coach Tony's eyes lit up and he excitedly said to Bosque:

"Old man, this guy is tailor-made for our national team lineup. With him, our problem of insufficient offensive firepower in the frontcourt can be completely solved!"

Bosque smiled and raised his hand to tell his old partner not to be so excited.

Although he also admitted that Werder Bremen's No. 10 player is indeed very suitable for the current tactical system of the Spanish national team.

However, the other party is a bit too young!

I heard that he is not yet 17 years old. At this age, he is recruited to the national team to play the main role. Even if he is a championship coach, I am afraid he will be scolded by the media!

"That's good, but he's a bit too young. Recruiting him hastily may cause criticism. Don't you know how difficult those reporters in China are?"

Coach Tony saw the hesitation of his good partner, so he thought of a compromise:

"Okay, let's let him play in the national youth team first. If he can adapt to the national youth team's games and perform well, then we can put him in the national team's roster. It won't be that big of a deal. Criticism!"

Bosque nodded, this was a good idea, and handed the matter over to Tony to handle.

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After the game against Hamburg, the next round of the Bundesliga is in two weeks.

Lin Quan thought he would get a long vacation, but he didn't expect a call from the Spanish Football Association, informing him to report to the National Youth Team.

Lin Quan does not object to playing for the national team, but the other party has never called him up before, so his national team resume is still blank.

Although the other party only asked him to report to the National Youth Team, not to the national team.

But for his age, it is already good to play for the national youth team. What about the national team?

He hasn't thought about it yet. He feels that Del Bosque must look down on him. After all, the Spanish international team is too luxurious. Where are there so many stars? Why recruit an unknown newcomer like himself?

Moreover, it feels better to go to the National Youth Team to abuse others than to go to the national team and sit on the bench.

So he quickly packed up his things and rushed back to Spain to report for the National Youth Team.

There are many young players from La Liga giants in this Spanish National Youth Team, such as Real Madrid's Morata and Nacho.

Barcelona’s Thiago, Tello, Montoya, Barat, Muniesa, etc.

In addition, there are a large number of main players from small and medium-sized clubs such as Malaga's main player and this year's most powerful contender for the European Golden Boy Award, Isco.

Most of these players play in La Liga or La Liga. Some of them are the team's starters, some are the main core, and the rest are also important rotation players.

Because of their age, their popularity is not as great as that of the Spanish national team players, but their strength is not weak.

It is no exaggeration to say that among the youth teams of various European countries, they are second to none.

Like the national team, the central axis of the Spanish National Youth Team is mainly built with Barcelona players.

Lin Quan also came out of La Masia's youth training camp, so after he came to the team to report, he didn't have any discomfort and quickly integrated into the team's tactical system.

After several days of joint training, Lin Quan determined that although these teammates of the National Youth Team were young, they were actually stronger than their teammates from their own club.

Although they are not old, their skills have surpassed that of their club teammates, and they have better potential and talent.

All they lack is competition experience.

With stronger teammates, Lin Quan feels much more relaxed when playing the game.

As long as he runs into an open position, his teammates can always pass the ball to him immediately.

Barcelona's tactical system itself is tailor-made for Messi.

Lin Quan, who has copied Messi's attributes, feels like a fish in water in this system!

Therefore, with stronger support, he killed everyone in the team's group competition like a god coming down from the earth. He easily scored five goals by various means in only half of the game.

Not only that, because he was born as a defensive midfielder before, and Messi also has organizational skills.

Therefore, he occasionally plays a guest role in the frontcourt to organize the midfielder, connect the team's attacking group, and deliver cannonballs to other teammates.

After all, you can't let yourself stand out in the limelight alone.

Because he passed a few more assists to Morata, the latter immediately became friends with Lin Quan, not minding that their respective teams were mortal enemies in the league.

On the contrary, the Barcelona players had a lukewarm attitude towards Lin Quan, vaguely revealing a sense of rejection.

However, they did not bring this attitude to the field. When it was time to pass the ball to Lin Quan, they would still pass the ball decisively.

So Lin Quan didn't mind much. He speculated that these guys probably thought that he would return to Barcelona to take their positions.

But only Lin Quan knew that he would never return to Barcelona, ​​so he naturally laughed at the opponent's defensive mentality.

Lin Quan's perfect integration, as well as his excellent attacking and linking abilities in the midfield and frontcourt, directly improved the main team's offensive firepower.

This performance not only won him the respect and love of his teammates, but also surprised the head coach of the National Youth Team, Hulen Lotpage.

Because Lin Quan was younger than his teammates on the national youth team, he thought that the national team had thrown a burden on him and asked him to take Lin Quan, a young player, to level up.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a thigh, something like an elephant's thigh.

His appearance perfectly solved the team's lack of strong finishers in the frontcourt.

Although this guy is not old, his personal ability is so strong that he is simply a copy of Messi.

Everyone in the world knows how much the Spanish national team desires Messi!

Therefore, he did not hesitate to put Lin Quan into the starting lineup and arranged for him to play in the European Youth Championship qualifiers between Spain and Switzerland.

In this game, Spain's upgraded frontcourt attack group showed strong offensive firepower in the game.

The Swiss team, known for its defense, was allowed to score three goals by its opponents in just half-time.

The Swiss players were all stunned. The opponent's No. 10 was so damn perverted that no one could defend him one-on-one.

The key is that he can not only score goals, but also pass and assist.

He sent two people to double-team him, and he would immediately pass the ball into the Swiss defense's space.

The other members of the Spanish youth team are also very strong, and they can score goals if they are given space.

As a result, the Swiss team fell into an embarrassing situation where it was neither possible to defend nor to defend.

In this game, the players of the Spanish youth team played extremely comfortably, although the team only replaced a forward.

But it feels completely different from before, like a rusty machine that has been injected with lubricant and becomes smoother.

Many players even feel as if they have changed an entire team. The team feels stronger both offensively and defensively.

But their opponents, the Swiss Youth Team, felt terrible.

They saw the shadow of Cosmos Barcelona in this Spanish youth team. The opponent's passing and control system is exactly the same as Barcelona.

Even the opponent's No. 10 is almost exactly the same as Barcelona's Messi.

Faced with the terrifying ball control ability of the Spanish youth team, they could not touch the ball at all and could only chase the football and run around like headless flies.

The players of the Spanish youth team easily mobilized their defensive players through passing the ball, which caused many loopholes in their defense. As a result, the goals were conceded one after another.

Before the first half was over, the Spanish youth team had already scored 3 goals, and the ball possession rate reached a terrifying 79%.

Throughout the first half, the Swiss team barely touched the ball.

In the second half, the situation of the Swiss team still did not improve, although the Spanish National Youth Team lost face to the home team.

They had already intentionally let go and stopped playing. They only scored two goals in the second half, but Switzerland was still beaten without any power to fight back.

Finally, at the end of the game, Lin Quan made two passes and two shots, helping the team beat the opponent with a score of 5:0.

The poor Swiss team failed to score a single goal at their home court and was beaten miserably by the opponent.

But they are not the worst.

Four days later, Spain hosted Croatia at home.

In this game, Spain continued its terrifying firepower.

Although the Croatian national youth team is stronger than Switzerland, it still cannot escape the fate of being bloodbathed by Spain.

Lin Quan was on full fire in this game, scoring an astonishing four goals and sending two offenses.

At the end of the game, Spain defeated Croatia 7-0 and advanced to the European Youth Championship with an eighth consecutive victory.

And their terrifying offensive firepower has also attracted the attention of the entire European football world.

Fans in many countries have begun to lament that the Spanish national team has won the European Cup and World Cup, and now their youth team is so terrible.

Could it be said that in the next ten years, European and even world football will be dominated by the Bullfighting Legion?

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It seems there is no need to be so pessimistic...

At the same time, in the World Cup qualifiers.

Facing the weak Georgia, the Spanish national team was unable to score. They blasted dozens of shots around the opponent's goal throughout the game. Finally, Soldado scored a goal in the 86th minute of the game and won the victory with difficulty. .

After the game, the Spanish media was in a state of confusion.

They sang praises for their youth team's dominant performance in the European Youth Championship, but they were hardly satisfied with the performance of the adult team in the World Qualifiers.

Although they won the ball, the team's weak forward situation has not changed.

Even because of the aging of Xavi and others, the team's state has begun to decline, which makes the whole of Spain worried and worried about the upcoming Confederations Cup competition.

Just at this time, Lin Quan's outstanding performance in the youth team attracted media attention, so someone suggested:

Since the national team's forwards are not strong, why not recruit this talented forward from the youth team and give it a try?

This proposal caused great controversy.

There were many people in favor and against. For a time, whether to recruit Lin Quan to the national team became the focus of discussion throughout Spain.