Chapter 1044 The Watcher in the Villa
Qin Lin stood on the small terrace on the second floor of his house and looked towards the backyard of the villa diagonally in front of him.
There is a small football field surrounded by a net wall.
The once bustling football stadium is now quiet.
But Qin Lin still stood there and watched without looking away.
Not long after, he saw a figure walking out of the basement of the villa, dragging a Decathlon handmade trailer filled with various training equipment.
The man pulled the trailer to the small court and began to unload all the items from the car one after another and place them in the middle of the court.
Since he was alone, it took him a while to set up the training scene.
There are pyramids, rope ladders, vertical poles, and sign discs, etc. The placement is exactly the same as normal training.
After doing all this, the figure began to warm up on the court.
Even though there was only one person, he still didn't slack off. Every warm-up session was done very seriously and to a standard.
"You're here, I've been looking for you down there..." The voice of his wife Wang Yuan came from behind Qin Lin. She also walked onto the terrace, and then she saw the figure warming up on the court.
She knew why her husband was here.
So she stood with her husband in the cold wind at the end of December and looked over.
After watching for a while, she murmured: "Hey...Old Qin, do you know what I thought of when I saw this?"
"What?"
"The plot in a TV series: Xu Sanduo guards the barracks of the 7th Steel Company alone, and insists on cleaning. When he goes to the cafeteria to eat, he has to sing first before entering..."
Qin Lin didn't let his wife finish what she said, and suddenly shouted in the direction of the court: "Junpei Morikawa!!"
The figure who was warming up on the court shook for a moment, then turned to look at Qin Lin and stood at attention.
"Go open the door for me!" Qin Lin waved his hand and pointed in the direction of the front door of the villa.
Morikawa Junpei quickly turned around and ran to the front door.
Qin Lin also turned around and walked down.
"Hey, why are you going?" my wife asked from behind.
"Give him a helping hand, he can do it all by himself."
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Junpei Morikawa performed a snake-like maneuver in the gap between the four vertical poles, twisted around the poles, and then ran to the right.
After running to a place where a red sign disk is located, stop suddenly and lean over to flip the sign disk up with your hands, then turn back and sprint to the other side.
At the same time, Qin Lin passed the football he was stepping on.
Junpei Morikawa caught the ball with his left foot, moved the football to his right foot, and shot.
The football was kicked towards the small goal not far away.
Qin Lin lowered his head and glanced at the stopwatch in his hand: "The speed is obviously slower than before. You are tired. Take a rest."
Morikawa Junpei gasped and said nothing, just nodded.
Qin Lin put the coat that Morikawa Junpei had taken off on him, and the two of them sat on the folding chairs on the sidelines to rest.
"I wanted to ask you when we were eating yesterday...the team hasn't started training yet, why are you back so early?"
Junpei Morikawa took a sip of water before saying: "I think... I want to come back early to train in advance and adjust my physical condition."
"Where are your parents?"
"They farmed in the countryside."
"No, I mean are they willing to let you go?"
"They know that this is what professional players are like. I told them that the club asked me to go back, and they agreed."
"Hey kid, the club didn't ask you to come back so early!"
Morikawa Junpei smiled and said nothing more.
The chat stopped abruptly.
After a moment of silence, Morikawa Junpei stood up from the chair and threw off his coat: "Brother Lin, shall we continue?"
Qin Lin stood up and suddenly asked "carelessly": "Do you hate the club now?"
Morikawa Junpei was stunned for a moment, then turned to Qin Lin and grinned: "No, Brother Lin. The conditions offered by the other party at that time were indeed not very good..."
Although Junpei Morikawa was not the main midfielder of the Japanese team in the World Cup, his performance as a substitute was very good, which also attracted the attention of Europe.
But Flash Star Club rejected all bids for Morikawa Junpei.
From the perspective of the Shining Star Club, this is understandable. After all, Shining Star had already lost three main players at that time. Wang Guangwei, Xia Xiaoyu and Zhang Qinghuan all left the team that summer. If Junpei Morikawa was allowed to leave again, half of Shining Star would be gone. .
For the Flash Stars who need to avoid relegation, defense is very important. Therefore, midfielder Junpei Morikawa must not leave the team.
That time, Dong Wenzhen retained Morikawa Junpei despite "international pressure".
"I heard that Motegi Hiroto was very dissatisfied with you at first, so why didn't he recruit you to the national team to participate in the Asian Cup this time?"
Qin Lin was talking about a "rumor".
Japanese national team coach Motegi Hiroto is very optimistic about Junpei Morikawa and made him appear as a substitute four consecutive times in the World Cup. Although they all came on the bench, it can be said that they got a stable chance to play. After all, the Japanese team is full of talents, and it is not easy to be able to come on the bench stably.
In addition, Motegi Hiroto also praised him in public, thinking that he would shine in Europe like his predecessors.
This is not a rumor, this is something everyone knows.
But after Morikawa Junpei failed to play in Europe, Motegi's attitude towards him changed 180 degrees - he did not express his dissatisfaction with Morikawa Junpei on any occasion, but since the World Cup, Morikawa Junpei has never been selected for the Japanese national team again, and Junpei Morikawa was not injured, so he was inexplicably not selected for the national team. Perhaps it proves that the rumors about the tense relationship between the generals are not unfounded.
As for why Motegi Hiroto was very dissatisfied with Junpei Morikawa, whom he was originally optimistic about, and was so dissatisfied that he was unwilling to recruit him into the national team, there is such a rumor:
Motegi Hiroto believed that at the critical moment when Junpei Morikawa had the opportunity to transfer to play in Europe, he did not stand up to put pressure on Anton Shine, and did not resolutely express his intention to leave the Chinese Super League and play in Europe... This behavior is very A sign of cowardice and lack of progress.
He feels that since Junpei Morikawa is content to stay in a low-level competition like the Chinese Super League and is unwilling to go to Europe, it will be useless no matter how talented he is. Our national team does not need such weak and incompetent people.
In this way, after Junpei Morikawa made four substitute appearances in the World Cup, he said "sayonara" to the Japanese national team (Note 1).
Of course, the above contents are all rumors. Neither Morikawa Junpei nor Motegi Hiroto, the two parties involved, have come forward to respond to these rumors.
Motegi Hiroto has explained why he did not recruit Morikawa Junpei, but he only said that Morikawa Junpei still cannot meet the requirements of the national team.
What about Junpei Morikawa himself? When faced with questions from Japanese reporters, he also said, "I will work hard to improve and strive to meet the requirements as soon as possible."
There doesn't seem to be any conflict between the two, it's just "technical reasons."
However, when three European clubs were looking for Morikawa Junpei, Morikawa Junpei did seem very quiet. He even deliberately refused to accept interviews, not only from Chinese media, but also from Japanese media.
Junpei Morikawa does not openly express his desire to move to Europe in the media, nor does he reveal his inner thoughts through any channels - Junpei Morikawa does not have many friends in Japan. If I must say, Tatsuya Sugiyama can barely count as one. The Japanese media went to Sugiyama Tatsuya to find out what Junpei Morikawa was thinking. Tatsuya Sugiyama said that Junpei Morikawa had not told him about the transfer...
Therefore, Junpei Morikawa did not put pressure on Anton Shining Star Club regarding the transfer.
This ambiguous attitude made rumors like wildfire on the prairie, quickly accepted and believed by most people.
Faced with Qin Lin’s inquiry this time, Morikawa Junpei nodded to this rumor for the first time: “Supervisor Motegi thinks that I should go to Europe in the summer... But he does not look down on the level of the Chinese Super League, but thinks that I will continue to stay in the Chinese Super League. Playing football can no longer improve.”
Qin Lin asked again: "Then why didn't you fight for it at that time? I heard Lao Zhao say that you never communicated with the club about this matter... Whether you go to Europe or not is one thing. But why didn't you take a stand? , I didn’t understand it.”
Junpei Morikawa picked up the coat that he had just thrown off from the ground and put it on himself again: "Flashing Star treats me very well, and I live a good life in Flashing Star. I don't want her to really be demoted. So I did There is some hesitation.”
Qin Lin's eyes widened, and he didn't expect that Morikawa Junpei would do it for such a simple reason.
"Hu Lai, do they have any requirements for you?"
"No." Junpei Morikawa shook his head, "It's my own idea. I really want to help Shining Star avoid relegation."
After Morikawa Junpei confirmed again, Qin Lin was silent at first, and soon he said: "I'm sorry, Morikawa..."
Junpei Morikawa was surprised: "Brother Lin, why do you have to say sorry to me?"
"In terms of treatment for studying abroad, the club treats you and Chinese players differently..." Qin Lin explained.
Whether it is Hu Lai, Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan, or Xia Xiaoyu, when a European team comes to make an offer, no matter how much the Stars ask, they at least maintain an attitude of being willing to listen to the offer. That is to say, they do not refuse to send players out, and are even willing to send them out.
But when the same thing happened to the Japanese player Junpei Morikawa, the club simply and rudely rejected all offers for him without even discussing it with the player himself. Not giving European teams a chance to bargain at all.
This is indeed an obvious difference in treatment, which shows that Flash Star Club does not regard Morikawa Junpei and Hu Lai as the same players.
Under such circumstances, Junpei Morikawa chose to stay and help the team avoid relegation out of his love for the club...
He did what he said. Flash Star's success in staying in the Super League this season has a lot to do with Junpei Morikawa's outstanding performance.
That's why Qin Lin felt guilty about Morikawa Junpei.
After listening to Qin Lin's explanation, Morikawa Junpei retorted seriously: "This is not treated differently, Brother Lin. Because Hu Sang and I are different. I know Hu Sang, Lao Wang, Brother Huan, Xiao It means a lot to Chinese football that Yu and others play in Europe, so it is normal for Hu Sang and others to receive special preferential treatment from the club. In my case, the club behaved normally, and there is nothing to say that I am sorry. Which team is willing to let go of important players casually? ”
At this point, he confirmed to Qin Lin: "I am an important player in the team, right, Brother Lin?"
Qin Lin nodded: "Of course it counts, absolutely."
After receiving a positive answer, Morikawa Junpei had a smile on his face: "Brother Lin, let's continue..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the cell phone placed on the chair suddenly rang with a man's hoarse chant:
"だから真っ正ぐ真っ正ぐもっと真っ正ぐ生きてえ..." (Note 2)
Qin Lin was stunned for a moment before he realized that this was a cell phone ringtone. Junpei Morikawa did not answer the phone immediately, but looked straight at the caller's name displayed on the screen:
Mr. Mitsui
His agent.
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Note 1: The pronunciation of "さようなら" in Japanese means goodbye.
Note 2: The song is from "Myself" written by Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi. The meaning of this lyric is "So, live frankly, frankly, frankly."
It has now been added to the playlist of "Fox in the Forbidden Zone" on QQ Music. (End of chapter)