Chapter 387 National Team Call-up

"..."

There is an LCD monitor in the locker room, and every word of Rangnick's words was heard by Chelsea players and coaches. Mourinho, who had just returned to the locker room, even stood directly in front of the monitor. Brown next to him probably didn't know what to say.

"Well, he must be upset because of losing the game."

Brown waved his hand, then signaled Jiang Yuan to turn off the display screen. However, the display screen in the locker room was suspended, and turning it off required the help of a remote control. Jiang Yuan and Terry searched for a long time but still couldn't find the remote control.

"So Ralph, how long do you think it will take for Manchester United to rebuild..."

The interview was still going on and the players in the locker room were so embarrassed that Hazard finally found the stadium's cleaning staff and successfully got the remote control.

“it’s okay it’s okay”

Mourinho stopped Hazard who was about to turn off the screen: "Just let him speak, it's better to turn up the volume a little bit"

Despite what Mourinho said, there was no way Hazard would turn up the volume.

Mourinho shook his body in front of the screen, and finally sat on the bench as if nothing had happened. After the massive increase in the value of players, Mourinho has also become the object of ridicule by major clubs.

The reason is that Chelsea's starting lineup, which costs nearly 6 million euros, cannot even beat some teams worth less than 2 million euros.

But Mourinho himself has an indifferent attitude towards these comments from the outside world. After all, William's injury is a fact in front of him.

“I think Ralph is right.”

Pogba, who had just been sitting and watching TikTok, saw an opportunity to mock Mourinho, so he transformed into a Red Devil and joined Rangnick's camp.

"So what did you say to me?"

Mourinho jumped up from his chair and took a few steps forward to shorten the distance between him and Pogba so that his voice could be clearly heard by the stupid Pogba.

"You use William as an excuse after losing the game. Come on, why don't you look for problems in tactics? Ralph also said that even if William was still in the starting lineup, we still couldn't get into the top three in the league!"

what! ?
Mourinho's eye sockets were twisted into many lines: "If you support Ralph so much, why don't you go to Manchester United?"

"Nonono, you misunderstood me. It's not that I support Ralph, it's just that what he said is true!"

Pogba was furious. Jiang Yuan reached out to pull Pogba's hand, trying to pull the Frenchman back to the bench. However, Pogba suddenly took two steps forward. At this time, Jiang Yuan had to stand up if he wanted to bring Pogba back.

In this situation, standing up is a very embarrassing thing.

Without waiting for Mourinho to reply, Pogba directly said: "You think it's William's problem, but is it really his problem?"

"jesus"

The atmosphere in the room was a bit weird. Moses and Zuma were talking in a low voice, but then they realized that they were talking a little too loudly and had to shut up quickly.

"So you think I'm not good enough, Paul, is that right?"

Mourinho stared at Pogba's eyes. The height difference between the two was quite big, so Mourinho had to look up to meet Pogba's eyes.

"Jose, you're old!"

Pogba waved his hand disdainfully. After seeing the weird expressions of the players around him, Pogba added: "Well... personal opinion"

"out"

Ok?
Mourinho took a few steps back and opened the door to the locker room. He held the door handle with one hand and put the other hand in his pocket: "Out, now!"

"what are you talking about?"

Pogba was unmoved: "Why not you go out? I don't think it's my problem either."

"Fuck!"

Jiang Yuan, who was closest to Pogba, jumped out from his stool and came directly in front of Pogba at an incredible speed. Then he pushed him back onto the stool and said, "What are you fucking doing? Can you clear your mind? What are you talking about?"

Jiang Yuan set this precedent, and the players in the locker room stood up one after another. Some tried to persuade Pogba, and some tried to persuade Mourinho.

Seeing Jiang Yuan push Pogba down, Mourinho ran over and wanted to drag Pogba out of the locker room, but was stopped by Terry halfway: "It's okay, calm down, calm down, there's no need, Paul may be in a bad mood today"

"Fuck!"

Mourinho shook off Terry's hand and kept his eyes on Pogba. Hazard noticed this and ran over and blocked Pogba with his body to prevent the two from looking at each other again.

Terry handed Mourinho to Brown, then ran towards Pogba. Within a few seconds, Jiang Yuan, Azpilicueta, Hazard, and Terry surrounded Pogba.

"Don't you think what I said makes sense?"

Pogba leaned his upper body against the cabinet. At this moment, he had no idea what he had done wrong.

As soon as he finished speaking, Pogba was about to stand up, but Terry took a step forward, blocking the space in front of Pogba, causing Pogba to fail to stand up successfully.

"Paul, we are good friends, but you shouldn't say these things to the coach, you need to apologize to him"

"Why? Apologize? Why do I have to apologize again?"

Pogba was trapped by so many people and was in a bad mood. It's like this for everyone. When you are in a bad mood, your brain circuit will have problems.

Pogba's thinking is a little different from that of normal people. He doesn't think he has done anything wrong.

Isn’t Mourinho’s level just not good enough? What kind of ability is it to blame William’s injury when he loses the game?
"You must apologize"

Hazard had a serious expression, with Jiang Yuan, Terry and Azpilicueta standing beside him. The four of them had an exaggerated aura together.

Ibrahimovic was willing to say a few words for Mourinho, but because Mourinho replaced him early today, Ibrahimovic was angry and sat on the bench by himself.

"Go up and help..."

Kante pushed Zouma. When players of this level got into an argument, Kante, the newcomer, didn't dare to speak. This was the time for an old bird like Zouma to exercise control over the locker room.

"Forehead……"

Zouma touched his nose, patted his thigh, and finally looked at Kante: "They should be done soon, they shouldn't need my help"

"Look, listen to me, there is definitely something wrong with Chelsea's current lineup. We definitely can't play in a 4231--- format..."

Pogba spoke eloquently, his voice was not loud, but Mourinho still heard it.

"What did you just say?"

Mourinho rushed out, Brown quickly grabbed him back, and the angry Mourinho cursed at the door of the locker room: "You dickless thing!"

“I still think you should go up and apologize.”

Terry pointed his thumb at Mourinho at the door. To be honest, if it was other players other than Pogba who confronted Mourinho, the captain might have already taken action.

But Pogba is a big name after all, and Terry, as the captain, is not the number one person in the locker room in the full sense, so he certainly does not want to have a direct conflict with Pogba.

Fortunately, Terry has a good relationship with Jiang Yuan and Hazard. If these three people stand together, it should not be a problem to persuade Pogba.

"Apologize, you must ask me to apologize, right? OK OK!"

Pogba slapped the stool with both hands at the same time, stood up with an indifferent look on his face, and then staggered towards Mourinho.

Jiang Yuan and Hazard looked at each other and felt something was wrong, so Jiang Yuan reached out and grabbed Pogba to stop him from getting close to Mourinho: "You must apologize, and apologize during training. Jose may not want to talk to you now."

Pogba shrugged and looked at Terry: "Is that so?"

Jiang Yuan suddenly grabbed Pogba, and Terry reacted and said, "Er...yeah, you should apologize next time. You can apologize to him in person when you are eating in the cafeteria."

"Remember, you must apologize, we will monitor you"

Just as Terry finished speaking, there was a bang at the locker room door. When he looked over, he found that the head coach was no longer in the locker room.

Pogba has a bad temper, and Mourinho also has a bad temper. Brown knows very well that he must not let the two get close to each other now, otherwise there is 200% chance that something will happen.

“To be honest, I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Pogba threw the towel over his shoulders and sat back in his seat, preparing to change his socks and put on slippers. Jiang Yuan took two bottles of Gatorade and sat down next to Pogba, which was his seat: "Orange or blueberry, which one do you want?"

"blueberry"

Pogba raised his eyebrows and reached out to grab the bottle of blueberry Gatorade, but Jiang Yuan took back the arm that was holding the blueberry Gatorade and threw the orange Gatorade into Pogba's arms: "I want to drink the blueberry flavor."

"Come on! Then why are you asking me?"

“This will make me look more considerate.”

Pogba unscrewed the bottle cap and drank one-third of it in one gulp: "Go away, but... do you really think I need to apologize to Jose?"

"It's better to apologize, but only if you can stay calm"

Jiang Yuan unscrewed the bottle cap, drank the Gatorade as if it were beer, and raised it: "Believe me, blueberries taste better than oranges."

This season, Chelsea's players and coaches have all had problems. They can even quarrel after winning the game. Chelsea is unique in the Premier League.

Before leaving the stadium, Terry took Hazard to find Pogba and said that they did not want to see these things appear in the newspapers. Pogba said "of course".

However, Jiang Yuan felt that this was unnecessary. After winning 3:1, the players and the coach had a conflict. The matter was so outrageous that even if the newspapers reported it, the fans would not believe it.

……

That night, in order to celebrate the victory and help Pogba get out of his bad mood, Terry brought the Blues players to The Connaught again.

Jiang Yuan played from 8pm to 3:9am. When he woke up, it was already 7pm. The first thing he did was take a shower. After taking a shower, he turned on his phone and found that Li Yi had called him at almost pm last night. The call lasted for seconds and Li Yi hung up the phone.

Jiang Yuan's memo contained the schedule for club and national team matches. Li Yi called at this time, and Jiang Yuan knew the intention without even thinking about it.

In fact, as early as March 3, Li Yi @ed all the players on the roster except Jiang Yuan in the WeChat group, and stated that the latest reporting time was March 2.

The reason why Li Yi did not @ Jiang Yuan was because he knew that Jiang Yuan's Champions League and league games had not ended yet, so like last year, he gave Jiang Yuan the right to delay reporting. Yesterday, Jiang Yuan played in the FA Cup match, which showed that his current physical condition was able to accept high-frequency games. It was really appropriate to call him up at this time.

It’s just a shame to say that when Li Yi called last night, Jiang Yuan was still competing with Terry to see who could drink faster…

"That night I was drunk and held your hand"

"Talking nonsense"

"I only care about the suppressed thoughts in my heart..."

"beep!"

It is exactly 10 o'clock in China now. Li Yi must not have slept at this time, so he answered the phone quickly.

"Hey, Xiao Jiang!"

Li Yi's voice was filled with joy when he spoke, and he didn't ask why Jiang Yuan didn't answer the phone last night.

"Brother Tie, I have already communicated with the club about returning to China. I will give you a reply at this time tomorrow. I need to talk to the coach of the club first."

There are less than 10 days left before the match against South Korea, and Jiang Yuan and Chelsea have only two choices at this time.

First, do not participate in the match against Stoke City on the 18th and return home directly. This can prevent Jiang Yuan from getting injured due to excessive fatigue, but for Chelsea, which is in a critical period, this may not be appropriate. The FA Cup match against Manchester United has proved that if William and Jiang Yuan are both offline, Chelsea's offense will basically not work.

Second, the second option is to finish the game with Stoke City before leaving, but if he wants to play in the league with Stoke City, Jiang Yuan may not be able to return to China until the evening of the 20th.

Reporting on the evening of the 20th and directly playing in the World Cup qualifiers on the evening of the 23rd sounds a bit outrageous, but considering Jiang Yuan’s current situation, the possibility of this option is still relatively high.

"..."

Li Yi on the other end of the phone also fell silent.

Jiang Yuan said this, probably Chelsea doesn't want to let him go directly.

Damn, if Jiang Yuan really returns home on the night of the 20th having just finished a game, it would still be a question whether Li Yi would dare to put him on the court.

"Ahem, that's it, Xiao Jiang, you can try your best to see if you can come back 1 or 2 days earlier. Even if you can return on the 19th, it will be much better."

“Well, I’ll take a look at it as much as I can.”

Jiang Yuan hung up the phone and threw it on the bed.

Jiang Yuan's psychology is very complicated now. On the one hand, he is aware of Chelsea's current situation and he would feel reluctant to leave directly. On the other hand, the national team also needs help now.

call--

He exhaled a long breath of hot air. It is true that there are many inconveniences for Asian players to play in European leagues!

At the Chinese Football Association Training Center in HEB Province, Li Yi called Gao Hongbo as soon as he finished talking to Jiang Yuan.

"Coach Gao, please ask the Football Association to send a call-up order to Jiang Yuan."

"Ah? Issuing a conscription order?"

Gao Hongbo was stunned when he heard Li Yi's words. Chelsea had arranged a professional physiotherapist for Jiang Yuan during the Olympics, and the relationship between the Chinese Football Association and Chelsea was quite good. But Li Yi suddenly did this and Gao Hongbo was completely confused.

The Asian qualifiers are a FIFA A-level event. According to the rules, the Chinese national team can force Jiang Yuan to return home now, but considering Chelsea, the Football Association did not choose to do so.

The same was true in the previous rounds of Asian qualifiers. Jiang Yuan returned very late. This was not because FIFA did not pave the way for the Asian qualifiers, but because the Chinese national team did not want to affect the good relationship between Jiang Yuan and Chelsea Club, so they did not call him up in advance.

There are conflicts between Asian national team competitions and European club leagues. Jiang Yuan's departure will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the club and fans. The Chinese Football Association has a good idea. Not calling him up will allow Chelsea to take the initiative to release him.

Last year, Chelsea had a busy schedule and released Jiang Yuan very late, which is understandable. However, Chelsea had relatively few games in March this year, so it was a bit unreasonable to keep Jiang Yuan at this time.

In this case, it is not unreasonable for the Chinese men's football team to call up Jiang Yuan.

"Coach Li, are you sure you want to do this? Our Football Association leaders had a video conference with Chelsea not long ago..."

"What's the point of having such a good relationship with Chelsea? We have a good relationship, but Chelsea has never released anyone early. Those old guys in the Football Association think they are great just to be able to have a video call with a bunch of foreigners, and they even bring an interpreter with them. What's the use of this? Chelsea has only one real winger, Jiang Yuan, and they won't release him early even if you donate to Chelsea."

"Just tell them that you want to issue a conscription order, and use my name."

Li Yi is actually a rather timid person, but now that he has reached the position of head coach of the national team, he cannot remain timid any longer.

In fact, what he said does not make sense. If club matches conflict with national team matches, then we have to use FIFA rules to get the players back.

"Coach Li, even if we tell them, the Football Association may not agree..."

Gao Hongbo hesitated and Li Yi had already prepared a plan: "If they disagree, just tell me. No matter what, Jiang Yuan must play in the game on the 23rd. If he comes back on the 20th, what if he gets injured during the game? Will I be cyberbullied by the fans?"

"Um……"

Gao Hongbo nodded on the other end of the phone. If Jiang Yuan was really injured in the match against South Korea as Li Yi said, then the fans would definitely blame the Football Association together.

It’s not that the fans are unhappy about the Football Association’s failure to issue a call-up order, it’s just that the Chinese Football Association has a bad impression in the minds of fans. No matter what happens in Chinese football, the Football Association will definitely be the first to be criticized.

……

"People's Daily Online" - On March 3, the coaching staff and management team of the Chinese national football team made a special trip to Haikou to report to Chen Shuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, on preparations for the 16 Asian qualifiers. The Chinese Football Association will initiate a call-up for star player Jiang Yuan to ensure that the player arrives at the national team training base in Xianghe, Hebei before March 2017.

懂球帝：对阵韩国国家队赛前1天，中国男足球员及教练组成员将会入住长沙君悦酒店的9层（距贺龙体育场车程25分钟），标间单晚售价1049元，目前该酒店在3月22日晚的房间已经售空。

Chelsea: Jiang confirmed that he will not participate in the Premier League match against Stoke City on March 3.

There is still about a week left before the game, but someone who knows the team well has already found out the hotel where the Chinese national football team is staying. Fortunately, the team now has 1 points in the group stage, otherwise they would have been scolded for staying in a 7-star hotel.

On the evening of March 3, Jiang Yuan's plane landed at the Capital International Airport, along with his parents and younger brother.

As soon as he walked out of the cabin door, Jiang Yuan saw the banners inside the terminal through the glass cover of the jet bridge.

【Jiang Yuan, welcome home! 】

[Dragon Team Fans Association welcomes Jiang Yuan home]

It is too expensive to go to the UK to watch football, but it won’t cost much if you come to BJ to pick Jiang Yuan up.

Jiang Yuan touched his head and turned to look at Jerome beside him: "What time is my high-speed train?"

"9:42 p.m., sir."

Ok……

Jiang Yuan looked down at the time on his phone. It was now 7:20 in the evening, and there were still two hours left, so Jiang Yuan asked another bodyguard to take his family to the high-speed rail station first, while he stayed in the airport terminal for a while.

There were a lot of people at the airport today, but the staff did not drive away the fans who came to pick up the passengers without tickets. This is because the Capital International Airport is relatively large, and a few tens of thousands of people cannot block the airport. Another reason is that the staff received the notice and they will even cooperate with the fans to pick up the passengers. With this operation, the Capital Airport not only did not lose money, but also received praise from netizens.

"Jiang Yuan, Jiang Yuan!"

“Fuck, awesome, here, ahhhhhhhh!!!”

The fans rushed forward and the airport security personnel immediately began to set up a defense line. Jiang Yuan took out a pen from Jerome's backpack and signed autographs while taking photos with him.

Of course, with so many people at the airport, only a few players could squeeze to the front and get Jiang Yuan's autograph. Some fans knew that they had no chance to enter Terminal T3, so they simply stayed in T2 and huddled together with the reporter from China Football News who also failed to squeeze in.

"You can see that standing behind me are the Chinese fans who came to greet us at the airport. Although I didn't squeeze in, our view is pretty good. The atmosphere on the scene is really shocking."

As the reporter said, now apart from the boarding announcements at the highest volume, there are various versions of the national football team's cheering songs.

"Hello, sir!"

The reporter bent down slightly and randomly interviewed a fan who also failed to squeeze in: "Sir, from my accent, you sound like you are from Hunan. It takes a long time to get from Hunan to BJ. Is it just for the airport pick-up?"

"I'm from Hunan and happened to go to college in BJ, so it's quite convenient, so I came here to support this."

“So that’s how it is”

The reporter nodded: "Everyone says this is the year when the Chinese national football team has the best chance of qualifying for the World Cup. As a fan, what do you think of this statement?"

"One hundred percent support!"

The fan being interviewed smiled and said: "We have two top scorers in the Super League. This is a luxurious lineup that no other Asian team has!"

what?
The reporter frowned. “Can you explain what ‘two top scorers in the Premier League’ means?”

The reporter was also puzzled. One Super League top scorer was understandable, but what the hell were those two?

The fan adjusted his hat and said slowly: "Jiang Yuan, the top scorer in the English Premier League; Wu Lei, the top scorer in the Chinese Super League!" (This season's Chinese Super League has just started, and Wu Lei has topped the scorer list with 2 goals)

"This this……"

The reporter stood there in a daze.

Although I felt something was wrong, I couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.

Yes, China is the only team in Asia and even in the world that can produce two Super League top scorers at the same time.

The young Premier League top scorer + the big Chinese Super League top scorer, isn’t this configuration invincible?
……

(End of this chapter)