Chapter 52 Individuals and Collectives

Under the rule of "Brutal Simon", Barcelona seemed to have become an invincible demon, and made rapid progress in various competitions such as La Liga, Champions League, and Shaq seemed to have been extremely winding up, scoring goals one after another like a volcano eruption, heading towards the 1,000 goal mark...

On October 19, Barcelona defeated Malaga 5:1 away, and Shaq staged a "big four-game".

On October 22, Barcelona defeated Juventus 3:1 with Shaq's "hat trick" at the Camp Nou Stadium.

On October 27, Barcelona swept Girona 7:0 away, and Shaq scored twice in the game.

On October 30, in the first leg of the fourth round of the Copa RE, Barcelona defeated Almeria, a second away game with a 3-0 victory over the second team in the second round.

In the six games of Barcelona in October, although Shaq did not score in the game against Lyon on October 1, he scored a total of 16 goals in the next five games, and the goal efficiency was still as high as 2.67. Now no one dares to say that Shaq's goal efficiency has decreased. God knows whether Shaq will continue to explode like this.

After all, Shaq has scored 36 goals in 15 games this season, and he achieved a milestone in his 100-game appearance for England in his 4-1 victory over Northern Ireland on October 16, and a double score also brought his national team's goals to 176, and his total career goals reached 937.

With Shaq's goal promotion, Barcelona is currently leading the La Liga standings with 8 wins and 8 points in the league this season. They even have 2 points more than Atletico Madrid, which has played one more game. They really have gained an advantage from the starting line.

As time goes by November, Barcelona is still unstoppable...

He defeated Hercules 4:1 at home. He defeated Juventus 5:2 away, Levante 4:2 away, Almeria 6:0 at home, Atletico Madrid 3:0 at home, and Copenhagen 4:0 at home. He defeated Espanyol 3:0 away and won the same derby battle in the same city.

Throughout November, Barcelona won seven more games in a crazily way, and has won 22 consecutive victories so far this season!

In this process, Shaq made great contributions as the captain of the team. He scored 53 goals in 22 games this season. Barcelona fans can no longer remember how many times Shaq has been a key gentleman. They only know that when their team needs Shaq to score, the "King of Football" will contribute to the goal, and victory will naturally follow.

Simon Grayson will rotate thoroughly this season. Except for Shaq and goalkeeper Mark, all of the 23 players in the team have experience in playing games. Even Raphael, who has always been in poor form, has obtained two opportunities to play. Simon Grayson just wanted to see if this Brazilian star is still useful, but the result... was very disappointed.

However, Du Xiaoguang and Chen Jinlong gave Simon Grayson a great surprise. The two young players won 5 starts and 1 substitute and 4 starts and 4 starts and performed very well.

Du Xiaoguang scored 7.38 points in his 6 games, with a pass success rate of 86%, and averaging 1.71 steals per game. Considering his age, this performance can only be described as "genius".

Although Chen Jinlong only played 4 games, his performance was better than his good brother Du Xiaoguang. His score was as high as 7.78 points, and his average steals per game, and his pass success rate reached an astonishing 91%.

The outstanding performance of the two young players attracted the attention of the coach of the Spanish U19 National Youth Team, Melandes. The old coach even came to Ganbo Sports City to visit the set at the end of November and had a conversation with the two boys Du Xiaoguang and Chen Jinlong, and then... Shaq was in trouble.

After Melandes left, Du Xiaoguang and Chen Jinlong came to Shaq, who was practicing free kicks hard.

"Boss, I have something to ask you for trouble." Du Xiaoguang, who was calm, looked serious and handed over a towel.

"Brother Shaq, please rest!" Chen Jinlong, who had a jumpy personality, seemed more casual.

Shaq smiled, looked at the two boys, took the towel and wiped it on his forehead: "What's the matter? Tell me!"

"Boss, that old man Melandes... wants to find us to join the Spanish U19 National Youth Team."

"Uh. Melanders is...who?"

Shaq is busy training hard on the training ground every day this season, and he rarely pays attention to other things. Not to mention that he doesn't know who Melanders is, even if he knows him, he doesn't have time to pay attention to him. In order to prevent his attributes from decreasing too quickly, Shaq is just as busy in training every day. At present, even the matters in the locker room are hosted by Fabregas. If Shaq hadn't really played the role of a captain on the court and led the team forward with his goals, perhaps Barcelona's locker room would not be so calm.

"Oh my god! Big brother, you don't even know who Melandes is? He is the current head coach of the Spanish U19 national team! You don't know. We two are quite popular recently. That old man came to us personally to talk about joining the team."

"oh!"

Shaq grinned: "This is a good thing! Go to U19 first, then U20 and U21. You will join the Spanish national team in the future. Isn't this good?"

"Boss!"

Du Xiaoguang shouted, not used to Shaq's relaxed tone: "Boss, you are not Chinese, so you don't understand the current situation of Chinese football. Because China does not recognize dual nationality, so... if we enter the Spanish U19, we will not be able to play for the Chinese team in the future."

Well!

Shaq glared and immediately understood what these two kids were struggling with. How could he forget this?

Once upon a time, Shaq also secretly thought about what would happen if he became a Chinese nationality and helped the Chinese men's football team play. As a result... He was not very optimistic after thinking about it. Football is a collective sport after all, and it is impossible to achieve anything with him alone, not to mention that he is still an absolute British person at the moment.

"This... Yes. It's really a bit troublesome! But have you two ever thought about whether you want personal honors or collective honors? Yes, or... have you ever thought about what achievements you can really achieve even if you play football for the Chinese team?"

In recent years, Shaq will return to China to stay for a few days during holidays. He is also familiar with the current situation of Chinese football. In recent years, Chinese football is still an A Dou who cannot afford it. It would be fine if the World Cup qualifiers cannot appear. Now he even plays the Asian Cup qualifiers, not to mention what results he wants to achieve. Even the East Asian Cup, which was derived from the East Asian Final Four, has never been involved in it for many years.

It can be said that to this day, Chinese football still sees no hope!

Du Xiaoguang and Chen Jinlong were silent. Of course, they knew how bad the current situation of Chinese football was. Now Chinese players are equated with "refunded products". In the past, many players went abroad to play football through personal efforts, but now... no one wants Chinese players.

"Boss. Then what do you mean..."

"What do I mean? Haha..." Shaq smiled helplessly: "Xiaoguang, Xiaolong, don't blame me for saying discouraged words. Chinese football is completely on the wrong path, it is broken from the root. If you want to get better... that is a fantasy! It cannot be denied that you two have a good start in Barcelona. Maybe you can become the main players of Barcelona in a few years. But even with you two, will Chinese football really rise? I think you two still have to seize this opportunity so that you can achieve honors and achievements in the future!"

The Spanish team is no longer an era of unifying the country. Nowadays, European football and world football are under the rule of the England team where Shaq is located. The "Three Lions" have won the European Cup, Federation Cup and World Cup in succession, and have become the well-deserved world number one at this stage. Before Shaq, Jonny Hausen, Ben Parker, Jack Rodwell and other players grow old, other teams will find it difficult to compete with them.

But the Spanish team is still a strong team. It is currently ranked ninth in the world and is definitely a team with the strength to win the European Championship and World Cup championships.

Shaq thinks that if Du Xiaoguang and Chen Jinlong can become Spanish nationality, they will become the backbone of the Spanish team's defense in the future, and if they have the opportunity to play for the Spanish team, it is indeed a good choice.

Shaq's suggestion did not allow Du Xiaoguang and Chen Jinlong to make a decision immediately. This kind of nationality change is a major event in life after all. They are only sixteen years old, and many things still need to be decided with the help of their parents.

During training the next morning, when Shaq met the two kids again, he found that they had dark circles. It seemed that they had not had a good rest all night, but the two of them looked very energetic and obviously had made a decision.

"Boss, Xiaolong and I have decided that we are ready to change our nationality and become Spanish."

"Yes, Brother Shaq, my dad told me that it is not an era of sacrificing personal interests for the sake of collective sacrifice. We have to cultivate our personal abilities first to bring more honors to the collective. So... hehe, I also decided to become a Spanish citizen first, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I will change my nationality."

Shaq nodded with a smile. Naturally, he would not tell the two kids about FIFA's regulations on changing nationality, which was simply to hit the enthusiasm of the two little guys.

And no matter how you look at it, it is still beneficial for Du Xiaoguang and Chen Jinlong to join Spanish nationality. They are still very young now. By the time they grow up in a few years, the Spanish will have long been able to accept their identities. After all, Spain itself is a multi-ethnic country, such as Catalonia, the Basque Country, etc.
Chapter completed!