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Chapter 466 Pre-season training camp

Chapter 466 Pre-season training camp

After Captain Taylor (Newcastle's current players, Taylor has stayed the longest, and he is also a star trained by Newcastle himself, so the captain's armband is worn on his arm) After introducing two new players to the players, Newcastle's pre-season training for the new season began.

Since it was the first day, and the purpose of the pre-season training camp was to allow the players to accumulate physical fitness and recover, the amount was not very large. Long Bisheng completed it with ease, and it could even be said to be very easy. His basic skills are now very good, and physical fitness is his strength. Therefore, before other players have come out of the summer vacation, he has already shown a good physical condition.

"This guy's physical fitness is really good. No wonder he can perform well in the Bundesliga just by his physical fitness." Mourinho thought in his heart.

It is no secret that he has always wanted a center forward, and Drogba is the only standard center forward in the team. Other forwards such as Messi, Walcott, and the 21-year-old young player Jose Baxter dug from Everton belong to the kind of second forward, not the center forward at the top. This can be seen from their height. Messi and Walcott are only a little over 1.7 meters, lacking impact. Not weak, but he is not the kind of center who can top the front.

It didn't matter when Drogba was not old before, but after Drogba turned 31, Mourinho was looking for such a center. After Dzeko's attention failed, Mourinho once set his mind on the young England rookie Nathan Delfonso.

The introduction of Long Bisheng was not only because of Pei Wei's recommendation, Mourinho has been paying attention to this big man since last season. Before that, he had heard Pei Wei mention the name several times, but after paying attention to Long Bisheng's performance, Mourinho discovered that this center may be a special case in world football!

His skills are not very good, he has excellent jumping ability, strong header ability, and strong body - judging from these adjectives, Long Bisheng is the kind of center forward who used to grab a lot in England's lower leagues, but if you add other things, then you will find that he is really a rare center forward!

He works hard on the field, runs without hesitation, has excellent physical fitness, excellent explosive power, and has a huge deterrent power in the penalty area. At the same time, as a center forward, his ability to hold the ball with his back, play the ball for teammates, and help teammates open the gap is also quite good. Combining these things together, he becomes an extremely dominant super center forward!

Moreover, such a center can quickly integrate into the team after coming to a new environment, because the things he has to do on the field are relatively simple, and when he gradually gets familiar with the team, his contribution in the team will also become greater and greater!

The thing to do now is how to make the new center play his role in the lineup!

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Of course, Newcastle’s pre-season training will not be in Newcastle. In the past, they often went to China for training and then played one or two commercial games. However, after two seasons with nothing, Pei Wei no longer wants the team to consume physical energy flying around.

So this season, Newcastle's training camp is in Mallorca, Spain, a place with beautiful scenery and pleasant climate. Mallorca has a professional team, which is the Real Mallorca team in La Liga.

In the half-month training camp, Long Bisheng worked very hard. He didn't want to become a substitute after transferring to a new place, but he had to fight for it by himself if he wanted to be the main player.

Newcastle is a wealthy club, so playing in a wealthy club is naturally a matter of face, but playing in a wealthy club also means huge competition and pressure to survive!Except for a few players with particularly outstanding abilities who can guarantee the main position, whether everyone else can play or not has to be won by themselves!

Cech, one of the best goalkeepers in Europe; Maicon, the best right back in the world who is still in good shape despite being 33 years old; England international defenders Michael Dawson and Steven Taylor; Wales international, left-footed free-kick genius Gareth Bale; African Buffalo Essien; England's main international player Carrick; Drogba...these are the main players of Newcastle last season, but in the new season, they will still face fierce competition!

Irish old goalkeeper Shay Given, Croatian all-rounder Srna, former England Olympic team main player Huntington, England international player Martok, England super rookie Bostock, Newcastle veteran Janus, "New Rooney" Baxter, little tiger Walcott... None of these people are famous players in the world, but they can't guarantee the main force, so they are eyeing the main players in the same position as themselves.

Now there is another European Golden Boot, and the Chinese international will win!

Even in training, Newcastle players work hard on the training ground and never dare to be lazy!If you are lazy, you may lose your main position!For a player, losing his main position may mean losing his high salary and high reputation!

But on the training ground, no one would secretly attack competitors, not because of their high morals, but because they would receive the most severe punishment if they were discovered!

Mourinho's purpose is, I don't care what the relationship between you is off the court, but on the training ground and on the court, the interests of the team should come first!

So in the Newcastle team, there may be a situation where two players do not speak off the court, but there will never be a situation where two players do not pass each other on the court!

This kind of atmosphere is exactly what Long Bisheng likes. In Leeds and Hoffenheim, the atmosphere in the team is quite harmonious. Leeds is because they are in the lower leagues and there are no stars, and Hoffenheim is because the players basically have been together for a long time and have a good relationship.

After training with the team for half a month, apart from Messi and Huntington, the low-key and gentle Long Bisheng has already made several good friends in the team.

The first one was Walcott, who had met in the World Youth Championship. Although England was defeated by the Chinese team in the World Youth Championship, the two sides played sparks in that game, but it could not stop the friendship between the two young people.

To make friends with Walcott, Walcott's best friend Bell is naturally indispensable. Both of them made their debut in the West Ham youth team. On the eve of the 04-05 season, they were poached by Newcastle's owner Pei Wei and came to Newcastle at the same time.The friendship between Bell and Long Bisheng came from the fact that Long Bisheng stayed to practice free kicks after a training session. Bell happened to see him. This enthusiastic young man nicknamed "Little Monkey" chatted with Long Bisheng about how to take free kicks. The two soon became friends.

During this period of time, Newcastle played several games. Except for the two La Liga teams, Mallorca and Espanyol, the other warm-up opponents were local second-tier teams or even amateur teams. Of course, this kind of game is of little significance. The only function is to let the players slowly get used to the rhythm of the game.

In these few games, Long Bisheng has scored goals. He and Drogba take turns to play, and the chance of playing is even more than Drogba. After all, he is a new member of the team. For him, the most important thing now is to get familiar with his teammates and let them get to know him.

Of course, this can't be done in a day or two. It will take time to slowly form a tacit understanding between him and his teammates.

Fortunately, Long Bisheng has never been a player who likes to play alone. Since he really started playing football, he has been serving his teammates. He is very familiar with these things.

He is willing to run and do dirty work on the field. He never waits in the penalty area for his teammates to pass the ball to him. He helps his teammates to share the defensive pressure and competes for positions with the opposing defenders.

Old players like Janus and Shay began to recall the scene when Drogba first came to Newcastle!

Didn't Drogba appear in the Newcastle team as a center forward who was willing to do dirty work back then!

However, Drogba was 26 years old when he came to Newcastle, and Long Bisheng was 24 years old when he came to Newcastle; Drogba is 1.8 meters tall, and Long Bisheng is [-] meters tall;

Perhaps, it can only be verified by time.

At least, after seeing Long Bisheng's performance, his teammates had begun to vaguely feel that this big man who always had a kind smile on his face might really be able to take over Drogba's class.

(End of this chapter)