Lampard has maintained a good image for so many years, which has something to do with his good introspection. When he realized that he was a little drunk, he stopped drinking and focused on eating. Gradually, he sobered up.
"What about you? Frank? Didn't you go to New York?" Wang Ai asked with a smile.
"Then, I was loaned back." Lampard ate his steak, raised his head to look at Wang Ai, and tilted his head: "You understand, I can't hide it from you."
"I only found out after reading Wenger's comments."
Lampard looked at Wang Ai again: "Actually, if I went to Arsenal, he wouldn't say that."
"How long will you stay at Manchester City? Will you retire here?"
"I dare not think about it." Lampard shook his head: "Chelsea didn't even keep me, let alone Manchester City? In fact, the American Major League is a pretty good place, the culture has almost no taboos, there is a lot of money, and the attention is not low. Others.
The leagues include your Chinese Super League. Although there is more money, as long as those of us save a little when we are young, we don’t care much about money at this age. On the contrary, if we want to continue this industry after retirement, connections from the United States are also very important.
, these are things that other leagues cannot provide.”
Wang Ai nodded while listening: "One year?"
"Well, that's one year, at most. This winter, you and Yaya Toure will play in the Asian Cup and African Cup. No one in the midfield can do this. But after the winter, I will be useless, and this period
What do the newspapers say about me?" Lampard smiled bitterly: "I don't want to either."
Wang Ai looked at his somewhat forlorn friend across from him with understanding: "Actually, I may have to leave next summer too."
"Real Madrid? At your stage, there are actually not many places you can go. Inter Milan and Bayern are both first-class. Now if you go to Manchester United, Juventus and other first-class places, you will be stuck in the same place, so you can only go to the super first-class. Today's
The only top players are Real Madrid and Barcelona, and it seems that it is not as easy to combine you and Messi as you and Cristiano Ronaldo."
"Oh? What should I say?"
Lampard forked a large piece of salad and put it in his mouth: "It's very simple. You are first, Messi is second, and Ronaldo is third. You three are currently on the same level. It is difficult for the first and second to cooperate."
, and the first and third cooperation is relatively easy.”
Wang Ai looked at Leonie, who then asked: "Is there any more?"
"From a status perspective, although the three of you are both shooters, there is still a big difference. Messi's position is in the center, Ronaldo's position is on the left, and your position is the entire frontcourt, although it looks like both of them.
OK. But in fact, Ronaldo staying on the wing will leave you more space, while Messi can only leave you wide. If this happens for a long time, your characteristics will be weakened."
Seeing Lampard swallow a mouthful of green vegetables, but still didn't seem to finish speaking, Leonie asked again: "Anything else?"
"Yes, you are a good friend of mine. You were the biggest star in the Chelsea team back then. We all usually watch your games and listen to your news, so we have studied it very deeply." Lampard was a little proud.
: "Actually, in terms of talent, you and Messi are on the same level. Cristiano Ronaldo is not talented compared to you two. It's just that he works hard, so he is a long way ahead of everyone except you two. In this way, he can compete with
You two are considered one of the three super giants. But when you compare them together, he will not be able to do it. So what?"
Lampard spread his hands: "Your talent lies in the last shot, which is shooting. All your previous actions are for shooting. You don't care whether you run fast or not, and whether the pass is good or not, as long as you can bring the ball close to the goal. And that's it."
Messi is not, he pays more attention to the process."
Leonie glanced at Wang Ai and said with a smile: "That is to say, the doctor only looks good when he shoots, but Messi looks good as long as he plays?"
Lampard looked at the two of them with a smile, nodded, and laughed before saying anything: "That's it, we all think it is. So for a long time, your talent was not praised by others, people only praised your
Efficiency, but I really like watching Messi play. But in the end, you won."
Everyone laughed for a while, and then Lampard said: "Not only me, but everyone can actually understand this fact. In theory, you shoot and Messi dribbles is a perfect combination, but in fact it weakens the comprehensiveness of the two of you."
, weakening your previous ability and weakening Messi's ability to make the final blow, which neither of you will be willing to accept. On the contrary, you and Ronaldo are in the same team, and your space is complete."
Speaking of this, Lampard shook his head in embarrassment: "It's just that I don't understand how Ronaldo would accept you."
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Wang Ai sighed and nodded: "Yes, this is very difficult. In fact, Real Madrid has always wanted to invite me when we were in Munich, but the relationship between me and him has always been unsuccessful."
"Two superstars are in the same team, even Real Madrid is too crowded." Speaking of this, Lampard curled his lips and said: "Forget it, that is your superstar business, it has nothing to do with me, an old man.
I don’t care. Wow, this bread tastes really good.”
The dinner lasted for more than two hours. The food was removed in the second half and replaced with some desserts and tea. The topics ranged from football to business, from charity to family, from vacation to games.
Just like they did in the countryside at Cobham.
The long-awaited reunion dinner did not end until the moon was at the top of the sky. At the last moment, Lampard sobered up a lot and talked to Wang Ai about a technical topic that surprised him: "I watched the Community Shield in London.
, together with Terry, we also discovered that there seemed to be some changes in your playing style?"
"Really?" Wang Ai was confused: "No? I've always played like this."
Lampard shook his head: "Back then at Chelsea, you scored a record-breaking 35 goals and won the Golden Boot. But last season, how many goals was it? 61, right? It seems that you haven't completely failed in your efforts? The efficiency has almost doubled. How could it not be possible?
Change?”
"That's true." Wang Ai pondered, and suddenly became interested: "What's the change?"
"It feels like you are more concise. I remember that several of your shots in the Community Shield were impossible to complete under normal circumstances, but you completed them, omitting the very important links in the middle, which brought about a change in rhythm.
Fast, so that the opponent cannot adapt." Lampard recalled: "Did you train during the two years in Munich?"
Wang Ai shook his head: "I can't tell, I didn't do this on purpose."
Lampard sighed: "Two super giant wars, the whole world is holding its breath for you. Under that kind of pressure, I am afraid no one will notice other things and will only focus on increasing the number of goals."
Speaking of this, Lampard suddenly looked directly at Wang Ai: "Wang, my dear friend, although you have not noticed this change, it is very important and powerful. I don't know if you can really master it, but
I guarantee once you master it, you will shock the world again.”
This chapter has been completed!