Chapter 82: Chapter 284 Manchester City’s championship celebration! The World Cup is coming!
On the night of winning the championship, Lin Quan, like many other Manchester City players, was obviously very tired.
But I was still too excited and couldn't fall asleep in bed.
The sounds of teammates playing games and even singing karaoke came from the next room, which made Lin Quan couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.
These guys will most likely have panda eyes when they wake up tomorrow.
He couldn't sleep anyway, so he turned on his phone and planned to surf the Internet.
As soon as he turned on his phone, he saw a congratulatory message from Lily Collins.
After looking at the time, the other party should have sent the message immediately after the game.
Since Lily Collins has been studying in the United States during this period, Lin Quan has reduced contact with her to avoid disturbing her study.
I looked at the time and saw that it was already half past ten in the evening.
Lisbon time is about 5 hours ahead of American time. Calculating the time, it should be afternoon in the United States now.
Thinking of this, Lin Quan sent a message to Lily Collins:
"available?"
Within seconds of sending the message, Lily Collins called.
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The day after winning the championship, the entire Manchester City team did not board a commercial airliner, but took Mansour's connecting flight back to Manchester.
As soon as the players got off the plane, they were greeted by tens of thousands of fans outside the airport.
At this moment, Manchester City's players are the heroes of the city.
Inside and outside the airport, countless fans held various slogans and banners to welcome their heroes back home with honours!
The Manchester City players were obviously surprised. They had expected fans to pick them up when they were on the plane.
But I didn't expect so many people to come!
After seeing so many fans at the scene, they discussed it, took out the big ear cup, raised it high, and showed it to the fans at the scene.
After seeing the Big Ears Cup, the fans who came to the airport became even more excited.
They shouted the slogan "Champion", waved their arms, sang the team song excitedly, and celebrated with singing and dancing.
Although at the Stadium of Light and in the hotel, Manchester City's players have celebrated several times.
But at this time, after feeling the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene, their enthusiasm was also driven and they celebrated together.
Since all games this season are over, the team will give the players a day off after the parade, so most players have plenty of time.
As a result, many people began to meet the fans' requests, taking photos with them or helping them sign autographs.
Among them, fans who come to Lin Quan for autographs and photos are undoubtedly the most numerous.
Soon, Lin Quan was surrounded by a large circle of fans wearing sky blue No. 10 jerseys.
Since his transfer to Manchester City last year, the sales of Lin Quan's No. 10 jersey have been outstanding, far ahead of others.
And now, as he led the team to win the first Champions League trophy in team history, his status in the hearts of Manchester City fans has been elevated to a height that is difficult for others to reach.
The security staff at the scene worked hard to maintain order, but there were too many people. The fans at the back were worried about not getting the idol's autograph, so they pushed forward eagerly. The fans in the front didn't get the autograph yet, so they naturally refused. Walk.
As you pushed me, the situation became a little out of control.
Seeing this scene, Lin Quan realized that things were dangerous.
With so many people, if a stampede occurs, there will inevitably be heavy casualties.
Although he signed autographs for fans with good intentions, in the end he may have done bad things with good intentions!
Thinking of this, he quickly asked for a loudspeaker from the airport staff and shouted to the fans, asking them to line up and come one by one, and promised to fulfill their requests for autographs and photos one by one.
Of course, in order to avoid scalpers selling autographs, he limited each person to a maximum of 2 signatures.
After Lin Quan shouted, the fans calmed down.
The reason why they are anxious is that they are worried about not getting a signed jersey.
Now with Lin Quan's guarantee, they became patient and started to line up.
"Lin, do you really want to sign autographs for these people?"
The teammates had basically satisfied the fans' autograph requirements at this time. After hearing Lin Quan's words, everyone was very surprised.
It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 fans who came to the scene. Even if these people are not Lin Quan fans, I am afraid they will not miss such an opportunity.
If we really sign them one by one, I'm afraid it won't be possible without four or five hours!
After four or five hours of signing names with your mouth, your hand will be broken, right?
"Well, that's what I planned!"
Lin Quan nodded. The words he said were like water thrown out, and it was definitely impossible to take them back.
He applied with the airport staff, paid for a few signatures and a few photos, got an office table and chair from them, sat down and started signing.
Fans saw that Lin Quan was really fulfilling his promise, and everyone was very cooperative.
They lined up, walked forward in an orderly manner with the jerseys or souvenirs they wanted to autograph, said a few words to their idols, and asked for an autograph.
After the fans restored order, the work pressure of the security personnel at the scene was suddenly relieved a lot.
They all breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time they also admired this eighteen-year-old young player.
One sentence can soothe the restless emotions of the fans and calm them down. It is hard to imagine that such a young player can have such influence and appeal.
As for Lin Quan's quality of being true to his word and conscientiously fulfilling his promises, he has gained a lot of points, making some people who were not his fans unable to help but want to know more about him.
There were many fans at the scene. While waiting in line for autographs, some of them took a photo of the scene and posted it online with the following text:
Waiting for Lin Quan's autograph!
There are not a few fans who do this, and some even start live broadcasts on the Internet, like frontline reporters, reporting the situation in real time for countless fans on the Internet.
So, what was originally just a small incident involving Manchester City fans being picked up at the airport soon became a hot topic on the Internet.
"I really want Lin Huang's autograph, but it's a pity that I'm not in Manchester!"
"Who is in Manchester? Can you help me get an autograph from Emperor Lin? I can reimburse the travel expenses!"
"I'm in London, is it still too late to take the bus to Manchester?"
"It's more than 300 kilometers. If you drive, it will take more than three hours. There are estimated to be tens of thousands of people on site. It will take at least four or five hours for Emperor Lin to sign everyone's signatures. It should be enough time!"
"Okay, I'll take leave and go to Manchester City!"
"Holy shit, brother, are you serious? Remember to get one for me!"
"Give me one too!"
"The whole +1!"
Although there were a large number of people, Lin Quan was in a very relaxed mood at this time, and he patiently signed autographs for every fan who approached.
Just as he was signing, Lin Quan felt something was not right.
Why didn't the number of people decrease, but instead increased?
What is this situation?
In the end, the signature that was originally planned to take only four or five hours to complete ended up taking a full eight hours.
After signing the last signature, it was dark outside, my arms were sore, and I felt like I was no longer my own.
As for the teammates in the club, these guys have long since disappeared.
Fortunately, the club arranged a special car to take him to the celebration dinner held by the club.
By the time Lin Quan arrived, his teammates were almost there.
"Tsk, tsk, you don't know how to sign until now, do you?"
Seeing Lin Quan coming, David Silva and others gathered around curiously.
"Congratulations on your guess. You guys are so unloyal. You actually left me and ran away!"
Lin Quan was filled with hatred and said angrily: "After you left, many of your fans came. They didn't see you, so they all came to me to sign autographs, which in disguise increased my burden!"
"Haha, I thank you on behalf of those fans, but we can't help much by staying, and your fans don't recognize our signatures!"
The teammates started to quibble, but what they said made sense.
It's true that they can't help much by staying, but I really admire them.
I thought Lin Quan was just perfunctory with the fans, but who would have thought that he actually sat there signing autographs for eight hours!
The other players thought they couldn't do it anyway!
What Lin Quan didn't know was that because of his patient signing of autographs for fans at the airport today, his evaluation among fans suddenly improved a lot.
A person with good skills, good character, no diving, no flopping, good to his fans, and basically no negative news, it will be difficult for others to criticize him!
Compared with him, players with outstanding personalities like Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic have many people who like their personalities, and of course many people hate their personalities.
But for a player like Lin Quan, even if you don't like him, it's hard to hate him.
After the celebration dinner, the next day, Manchester City ushered in the most important celebration part-the float parade!
Manchester City players rode on three floats, with Lin Quan and De Bruyne at the front, holding the Big Ears Cup symbolizing the Champions League championship.
Head coach Pellegrini, Yaya Toure and others were on the second float, holding the trophy symbolizing the Premier League championship.
On the last bus sat captain Kompany and other players, who came to the finale with the FA Cup and League Cup champions in hand.
While the floats were parading through the streets, the sky in Manchester City rarely cleared up.
For Manchester, where it rains several times a day, this is simply a blessing from God.
The streets of Manchester were packed with reporters and fans.
Three floats passed by, with pink ribbons flying in the sky. Countless fans held up their mobile phones and pointed them at the players on the floats, cheering for their fame and following the parade floats through the streets.
The whole of Manchester seemed to be occupied by the sky-blue army. This scene deeply hurt the hearts of the Manchester United fans next door.
"Humph, what a bunch of noisy neighbors, aren't you right? Mr. Van Gaal!"
In the Manchester United chairman's office, the famous Dutch coach glanced at the Manchester City players celebrating in the street, with a calm smile on his face, nodded and responded:
"Of course, Mr. Avram!"
"The sky in Manchester is always red!"
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After a series of celebrations, Lin Quan rested for a day in Manchester and then flew back to Portugal again.
After joining Guardiola and others, Lin Quan spent three quiet days in Portugal.
On May 30, with the arrival of the Spanish national team training day, Lin Quan could only say goodbye to his family temporarily and return to Spain one step ahead of schedule to participate in the new national team training session.
In order to prepare for the World Cup, Spain will conduct a half-month closed training after the start of this training camp.
During this period, except for friendly matches against a few better opponents, they will not appear in public in front of the media, and the players are not allowed to go home to avoid leaking any tactical information about the team.
These measures are unprecedented. Del Bosque clearly felt the tremendous pressure brought by the World Cup in doing so.
This time, Spain, as the defending champion, is burdened with huge performance pressure and national expectations.
As the team with the best chance of defending the World Cup in the past decade, they are undoubtedly the favorites to win this World Cup.
And this status as the number one seed will put their every move under the spotlight or even a magnifying glass.
Spain cannot afford to lose. Once they lose, negative voices will surround them from all directions!
Unfortunately, through this Champions League match, it has been proven that there is a serious aging problem in the Spanish team.
Villa, Xavi, Xabi Alonso, Puyol and others on the central axis have all passed their prime years.
Judging by their ages, there is no doubt that this is their last World Cup.
It is difficult to find a perfect replacement for a player of this level once he retires.
Therefore, if these players cannot seize the opportunity at the end of their careers and try to win the World Cup, they may not have a chance four years later.
Even though Spain is full of talents, it is not easy to re-adjust the lineup and find the right players and the tactics that best suit them.
Argentina's paper strength is no weaker than Spain's, and they also have top players like Messi in the team. However, due to the unbalanced technical and tactical play and the team's lineup, their results have never been able to break through.
As for Portugal, which is led by Cristiano Ronaldo, their strength may not even qualify for the group stage.
On the World Cup stage, top stars are useful, but not that useful.
Del Bosque cannot deal with the next game with the idea that Spain can sit back and relax with Lin Quan here.
After this World Cup, Spain's lineup needs to be re-established, and tactics also need to be adjusted based on the technical characteristics of the new members.
The Matador team that won the European Cup for the first time in 2008 and began to strive for the top of the world will gradually fade out of people's sight after this World Cup and gradually become history.
So this is their last big competition together!
Del Bosque hopes they can leave no regrets and end with the best results!
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