I changed football.

March 19th, the Europa League starts just two days later with the league match.

This is very unreasonable.

Generally, there are 3 to 4 days between the Champions League and the weekend league matches. However, the Europa League matches are usually played the day after the Champions League matches, so there are at most 3 days between them and the weekend league matches, and sometimes as few as 2 days.

This is the Europa League; compared to the Champions League, it's always treated like a junior.

Jardim rested his players again in this league match to protect their interests.

Li Yuan and Mbappe were rested again.

Li Yuan received the news on the afternoon of the 18th.

After the meeting, Li Yuan took the initiative to find Yaldin.

"Coach, I have something to tell you. I'm going back to my home country to play for the national team during this international break."

"I know that. The Chinese national team has already sent out call-up notices to the clubs."

"What I mean is, since I'm not on the roster for tomorrow, I hope to leave the club early and go back to my home country to train with the team as soon as possible."

Yaldin was taken aback by Li Yuan's words: "You can leave after the match tomorrow, is there any need to rush?"

"Of course I'm anxious. This is my first time joining the senior national team, and my national team really needs me right now. The competition starts on the 24th, and the sooner I get back, the sooner I can integrate with the team."

Yaldin did not refuse and agreed directly.

He could have followed the club's bylaws and allowed the players to leave after the match, but he could also have made an exception and allowed them to leave a day earlier.

Jardim has always had a very good impression of Li Yuan. He thinks highly of the player, so naturally his attitude towards him is also very good.

After receiving permission, Li Yuan was inexplicably excited.

He hurriedly opened his phone and booked the fastest flight back to China.

We'll depart at 20 PM and arrive in Wuhan by 6 AM the next morning.

This is still quite fast.

Li Yuan was determined to seize this opportunity. He didn't care about the long journey at all, because he had a recovery potion that could restore his physical strength. After a flight of more than ten hours, he could drink a bottle and be full of energy and ready to participate in training.

On the plane, Li Yuan quickly fell asleep to minimize his fatigue.

I woke up at 5 a.m. the next day, just a few tens of minutes before the plane landed.

"System, it would be great if you could digitize my physical condition. I don't even know how much energy I have left."

Li Yuan complained to the system, but the system completely ignored him.

Li Yuan didn't care; the system had been in a dormant state lately.

Fortunately, the system's items can still be used directly.

After we land.

Guo Qiao, the team leader of the national team, was already waiting for him at the airport.

"I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly. You've arrived even earlier than some of the national team players, some of whom won't arrive until this afternoon."

"It's always good to come early. This is my first time in the national team, so it's better to get to know each other better if I come early."

Guo Qiao nodded as he listened to Li Yuan's words, thinking to himself, "Look at others, such big stars, yet they're still so eager to join the national team."

Guo Qiao drove Li Yuan to the hotel where the national team would be staying for this training camp and competition.

"We've booked all four floors of this hotel, including a dedicated restaurant and a dedicated fitness area."

It must be said that the Chinese national team has always done a very good job in terms of logistical support.

Li Yuan arrived at his room.

"Since there are 23 people this time, it's an odd number, so you'll be sleeping alone in this room. You must be tired from your journey, so you can rest for a while."

"Team Leader Guo, when does the morning training session begin?"

"It will start at 10 o'clock."

"OK."

Li Yuan wasn't too hungry right now. He stretched in his room and then lay on the bed to relax.

I slept on the plane.

Although it was business class, it wasn't as comfortable as a bed. After resting for about an hour, Li Yuan felt that his physical strength had recovered to about 70-80%.

However, just to be on the safe side, Li Yuan still drank a bottle of [Recovery Potion].

Then Li Yuan arrived at the restaurant full of energy.

Eating breakfast at 9 a.m. is a reasonable time.

There were still quite a few players in the restaurant at that time.

When Li Yuan arrived, some greeted him, while others did not.

Li Yuan nodded and greeted them all.

Li Yuan understood what those people who didn't greet him were thinking. They probably thought he was a powerful newcomer and wanted to observe him first.

Li Yuan didn't care about any of this. He came only because this was the Chinese team, and it had nothing to do with anyone else.

After having breakfast, Li Yuan boarded the bus with the rest of the group.

On the bus, Feng Xiaoting, the captain of the national team for this period, took the initiative to greet Li Yuan.

"Ah, Li Yuan, we all thought you wouldn't be here until tomorrow. Didn't you have a match today?"

"Oh, I told the head coach that we just finished the Europa League match on the 17th, and I was originally going to be rotated out for the league match on the 19th. So I told the head coach to let me leave a day early so I could come back and get back into the national team sooner."

Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaoting couldn't help but exclaim, "Li Yuan, you really are—"

"Captain, you can call me Yuan or Xiao Li, it's fine."

"Little Lee looks like Naruto, haha."

Wang Dalei, who was standing to the side, said with a smile.

"Brother Lei, you've watched Naruto too?"

"You're making me sound too old. I was born in '89, I'm only 27. I've read all three of the most popular manga series."

"Da Lei, Xiao Li was born in '98, he's 9 years younger than you!"

"Hahaha!"

It was quite fun on the bus.

Li Yuan is clearly quite popular among the defensive players.

Perhaps these defensive players are more able to perceive how terrifying Li Yuan is.

"How long does it take to get to the training base?"

"Our training base is right next to the Wuhan team's training base, it's very close, only 30 minutes away."

Thirty minutes later, the bus arrived at the training base.

"Coach Gao arrived at the training base a while ago, which is why you didn't see him at the hotel. But I guess he'll be looking for you soon."

"Looking for me?"

"Yeah," Feng Xiaoting nodded and said, "You don't know? When they were giving us a meeting the other day to discuss tactics, they kept saying you were going to be the starting right winger—"

"Hmm—" Li Yuan looked at Feng Xiaoting, "And then?"

Seeing Li Yuan's reaction, Feng Xiaoting chuckled and said, "You are indeed quite confident. I thought you would be more modest."

"Humility won't get you a starting position on the field; if you want a place, you have to fight for it!"

A few minutes later, Li Yuan met Gao Hongbo in a room at the training base.

"Coach Gao."

"Come, have a seat. Oh, it's so good to see you."