Chapter 138 Patriotism Is the National Spirit in Our Bones
Liverpool beat Everton 3:1 at home, which means that they are only 5 points behind Chelsea, the leader, after one round of games. If they continue to win the make-up game against Burnley at home, the difference between them will be only two points!
Of course, these two points are based on Chelsea's defeat to Crystal Palace at home.
Chelsea is the top of the league, and Crystal Palace ranks 16th in the league, only four points ahead of the relegation zone, which means that the possibility of Crystal Palace defeating Chelsea away is very small.
However, many Liverpool fans began to pray, hoping that Crystal Palace, which is under pressure to avoid relegation, will burst out with 200% combat effectiveness.
One of the biggest highlights of the Premier League is that weak teams often burst out with unexpected combat effectiveness in desperate situations, thus defeating the giants. This kind of game will be staged in every season of the Premier League, so Liverpool fans have become Crystal Palace fans, supporting Crystal Palace to upset away.
Chelsea fans sneered and disdained.
The team they support has only lost two of the last 18 league games against Crystal Palace. The two sides have played against each other in the Premier League for 15 times in the past, with Chelsea having an absolute advantage with 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses.
Chelsea took the lead in the 5th minute of the game, but in the next 6 minutes, former Liverpool player Benteke scored with a pass and helped Crystal Palace overtake Chelsea 2:1.
Chelsea, who are in a good situation in the league, will naturally not give up easily and increase their offensive, but the score has not changed in the remaining 70 minutes. In the end... Crystal Palace beat the top team Chelsea away.
Liverpool coach Klopp and the players who watched the live broadcast on TV were very excited. With Chelsea's loss, the team is only five points behind Chelsea with one game less. If they beat Burnley in the make-up game, the difference between them will only be two points!
Chelsea's remaining eight league opponents include the Manchester City duo, Southampton and Everton. On the other hand, Liverpool, including Burnley, has eight weak opponents left. Liverpool, which only has one FA Cup task left, is fully likely to win a wave of consecutive victories...
Chelsea will face Manchester City at home in the next round, and challenge Manchester United away in the 33rd. As long as they lose points in one of the two games, then... Liverpool will have a chance to overtake the points!
Liverpool's local media and fans are very excited. They seem to see the first league championship since the establishment of the Premier League waving to them!
Klopp, who is in a good mood, gave the team two days off so that the players can welcome the remaining league with a better mental outlook.
Li Qing was in class at the Blue Coat Middle School in the morning and was going to Melwood for extra training in the afternoon. After lunch, he unexpectedly received a call from his agent Mendes.
The reason why it is unexpected is that the reason for the call is hard to guess.
According to Mendes, there is a person who claims to be Cheng Yong, deputy director of the Football Association Office, who wants to meet somewhere to discuss naturalization.
The reason why he couldn't figure it out was that the Football Association had held a press conference at the headquarters in the capital during the international match day, saying that it had no intention of naturalizing foreign players with bloodlines?
Why did the deputy director of the Football Association Office come to him on his own initiative?
Is he a liar?
Thinking of this, he used Baidu to search for the deputy director of the Football Association Office, and it turned out that there was indeed a deputy director named Chen Yong, but he was ranked relatively low.
Later, Li Qing sent a photo of Chen Yong to Mendes for confirmation, and Mendes replied that it was this person.
After a brief thought, he decided to meet the deputy director of the office.
Participating in the World Cup is important, but being a human being is more important.
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Qing saw Mendes, Chen Yong, deputy director of the Football Association Office, and two young people he didn't know at Starbucks in the center of Liverpool.
Mendes has a high emotional intelligence. After Li Qing came, he took the initiative to leave, leaving time for Li Qing, Chen Yong and the two secretaries.
Chen Yong looks like a standard official, about 40 years old, wearing glasses, with his hair parted in half, and a big belly. Sitting there, he gives people a sense of authority without anger, and it can be seen that he is used to being a leader.
Mendes had already ordered coffee for several people. Li Qing sat opposite and looked at Chen Yong indifferently.
Chen Yong raised his eyebrows slightly. Logically speaking, shouldn’t the young man sitting opposite him flatter the leader?
He felt relieved when he thought that the other party was a 16-year-old young man without parents. He winked at the two staff members, and the two stood up and walked out tacitly.
Li Qing raised his eyebrows and felt that what the other party said was a bit secretive.
Chen Yong smiled in a self-righteous and amiable way and said, "Little Li, right? I am Chen Yong, deputy director of the Football Association Office. Don't be so nervous. Don't call me Director Chen or anything like that in private. You can just call me Uncle Chen."
Li Qing's mouth twitched slightly, and he said in his heart, "I never thought of calling you, you are so self-righteous!"
But he said it in another sentence: "Uncle Chen, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Chen Yong looked at Li Qing with a half-smile, still with that smiling tiger smile, and said straight to the point: "The Football Association has no intention of naturalizing Chinese players at present."
"Then why did you... come to Liverpool to find me?"
"I'm the deputy director of the office. If you're willing, I can apply to my superiors."
Chen Yong said lightly, rubbing his right thumb and index finger twice as if nothing had happened.
How could Li Qing not see what the other party meant?
This... is for benefits!
But he is now a 16-year-old boy, and he shouldn't know so much about the ways of the world. He asked puzzledly: "Uncle Chen, didn't you say that there is no intention of naturalizing Chinese players in the Football Association? Then what are you applying to your superiors for?"
Chen Yong smiled and said: "The solution is thought up by people. If... I say if you can contribute 50% of your income to the Football Association every year to train youth training talents like Yao Ming did back then, I think there is no reason for the top leaders of the Football Association to reject a high-level Chinese player who cares about the motherland."
Hearing this, Li Qing already knew what the other party was thinking?
He smiled but said nothing. Chen Yong continued, "By the way... this 40% belongs to the Football Association, and the remaining 10% should be my hard work fee as Uncle Chen. It should be reasonable, right?"
Li Qing's pupils shrank. He no longer had the interest to listen to him and refused directly, "This is impossible."
"Xiao Li, nationality is the most difficult nationality on this planet. If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it forever. You have to think it through."
The smile on Chen Yong's face faded a lot, and there was a hint of threat in his words.
Whether before or after the time travel, he hated threats the most. He said coldly, "I want to complete naturalization and represent the men's football team because I care about my motherland. If you have to use this dirty way to restore nationality, I would rather not!"
"Then you will never get nationality!"
Chen Yong no longer pretended, crossed his arms, and looked like he was sure of victory.
Li Qing stood up, propped his hands on the table, and looked down at the other person: "My parents are human beings, and I am also a human being. Patriotism is the national spirit in my bones. In this case, I will love my country in my own way."
After that, he no longer paid attention to the other person and walked out directly.