"Sorry, coach. I was not able to find out whether the Pirates will continue to start Farias in the next game..."
Before the training started, Wang Guangwei walked onto the training field, saw the team's head coach Tommaso Renzetti, and immediately walked up to him and apologized to him.
"No need to apologize, Wang. I just said that casually..." Renzetti shook his head and smiled, "We just prepare two plans. And the most important thing in this game is not how the opponent is, but our own
Performance. We still have to use the football we are most familiar with to deal with them."
Wang Guangwei nodded.
"Okay, let's get ready for training. Thank you for your efforts. Now just focus on the training and the game itself, and don't think about other things." Renzetti gestured.
Farewell to the head coach, Wang Guangwei returned to his teammates, who walked out of the locker room one after another, preparing to start the day's training.
Everyone was talking and laughing, with a smile on their face.
Leading the Turin Bulls by seven points in the league, there is no suspense about the league championship.
If we can still eliminate Madrid Pirates in the Champions League and reach the final, let alone whether we can win the championship, we will have created club history.
If I can still win the championship...
So the most glorious era in the 120 years since Vesuvius was founded was created by these people!
Thinking of such a future makes everyone full of fighting spirit, and their whole body seems to be radiating light.
Wang Guangwei, who returned to the team, heard his teammates chatting about the opponent Madrid Pirates:
"...I wonder if Farias will start..."
"I hope Farias can start, and preferably play the whole game. But he must not be substituted early like in the league..."
"You're such a dark boy!"
"Oh, actually, it doesn't have to be so troublesome. Even if he doesn't play, with his ability to cause trouble, it is estimated that the current pirates will not be able to live peacefully even during training..."
"Hahaha!"
Amid the laughter, someone approached Wang Guangwei and lowered his voice and said:
"I think they've all missed the point..."
Wang Guangwei turned around and found that the person talking to him was his partner, the young center back Giuseppe Giordano.
Giordano continued: "Everyone is paying attention to Farias, but the most threatening person from the Madrid Pirates is clearly Hu. No matter how Farias is, only by guarding against Hu can we guard against the Madrid Pirates.
attack. Now the focus is on Farias, and I'm worried that we will relax our defense against Hu..."
Wang Guangwei smiled: "Don't worry about this problem, Giuseppe. Our head coach also knows who is the most threatening person to the Madrid Pirates. When the time comes, he will definitely make defensive arrangements against Hu Lai."
"Will you let me stare at Hu?"
Wang Guangwei shook his head: "There shouldn't be a special person assigned to follow him. His range of activities is very large. There is no need to assign a special person to guard him. All of us can guard Hu."
"I want him to come to my zone!"
Seeing Giordano eager to try, Wang Guangwei was speechless: "You'd better not think so..."
Giordano is a talented central defender trained by the club through youth training. He has already played more than 20 times for the Italian national team at a young age.
Geniuses often have ideas that are different from ordinary people. Fortunately, Giordano is just a normal genius and does not stir up trouble within the team like Farias.
He is just more confident than the average person and looks forward to the showdown with Hu Lai.
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Farias looked at the yellow vest he was wearing.
Although the game hasn't started yet, he has been put into the starting lineup by head coach Parotti.
He raised his head again and looked at Cardoso Tonini, who was standing opposite him.
Farias has become very accustomed to seeing the Brazilian left midfielder and left winger on the opposite side of his side, although their original positions are not opposite.
At first, Farias speculated that the Brazilian was unwilling to give up the starting lineup and wanted to regain his place in training.
But now he doesn't think so anymore.
He also speculated why Tonini performed very well in the training before the game against Valentia and caused a lot of trouble for himself, and why he was the one who started the league in the end instead of Tonini who was in better shape during training.
In the past, he always considered problems from his own point of view, which was nothing more than personal grudges, or whoever was more capable would be promoted, whoever was in better condition would be promoted... I am faster than you, my skills are better than you, and my condition is better than you.
Then I should go. If I can't go, it must be the head coach's problem. You, the head coach, are nepotistic. You, the head coach, don't like me.
But after being complimented by Parotti that day, he realized that he could start instead of Toni because the team's current problems cannot be separated from him.
Farias was not complacent about this, because when the team couldn't do without him and it was supposed to be his time to show off his talents, his performance was not satisfactory - he was obviously so important, but his performance was not satisfactory.
Okay, what's there to be proud of?
He looks at the problem from the perspective of the entire team, and he understands why it is difficult for Toni to get a starting spot now.
In addition to the decline in personal abilities caused by Tonini's injury and increasing age, it is actually also the chain reaction caused by Insmail Kamara's injury...
When Camara was not injured, Tonini could still compete with Farias for the starting position. It was not because of Tonini's personal ability, but because of the offensive system at that time.
In other words, Tonini did not need to take on too many offensive tasks at that time because he had Kamara with super personal ability.
Moreover, there is a left back Yin Weng Martinez who is very capable of assisting in the left attack.
Instead, Tonini needs to focus more on defense. After Yin Weng assists, he retreats to wipe Yin Weng's butt.
But after Kamara was injured, the opponent could focus on containing and defending Yoon Martinez's offense on the left.
At this time, it is necessary to strengthen the side offensive power to make up for it.
Toni was a little unable to keep up with the request.
Tonini must have realized this, so he suggested that he should start...
If it was the former Farias, after thinking about this, he would curl his lips and sneer at Tonini's approach-it is obvious that he is not up to the ability, but he insists on pretending to say something for the benefit of the team...
But now Farias has no such idea.
Because he thought about it, if he put himself in Toni's position, he might not make the same decision. He will only continue to work hard to improve his personal performance, hoping to keep the starting position, at least with his opponents
Have a good fight...
Farias could not feel proud in front of this "loser in competition" because he had accomplished what he could not do.
He could beat Tonini in football, but in this case Farias felt he couldn't beat him.
Tonini noticed that Farias had been staring at him and snorted: "What are you looking at? Don't think that your starting position is really stable. If you can't do it, I won't be polite."
Farias, who already knew why he was starting, could easily detect Tonini's bluff.
But he didn't retort, but looked away.
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Juan Ramirez passed the football to the left wing and gave it to Farias who was pulling away to ask for the ball.
However, the force with which he passed the ball was a little light.
Farias, who was originally waiting on the sideline, had to start quickly and take two steps to catch the ball.
At the same time, Tonini, who was defending him, had already rushed up and mercilessly... tackled him with his feet!
For Farias, it's a knife-edge ball!
Ramirez, who was passing the ball, also realized that he had made a mistake, so he quickly shouted: "No!"
He wanted Tonini to stop his feet - if Farias was injured in the tackle during training, it would probably add fuel to the already tense atmosphere in the team.
He saw Farias rushing forward, taking out his left leg, and turning his back to Tonini at the same time, as if he wanted to protect the football.
Then he stepped on the football with his left foot and pulled it back. Then he followed up with his right foot and stepped on the pulled football behind him.
At the same time, the body turns and turns 180 degrees!
Change from facing away from the attack to facing the direction of the attack, and then throw the ball out!
He completed the entire process from receiving the ball to breaking through.
In the process, Toni did not touch the ball at all!
Farias, who passed Tonini, did not continue to dribble, but passed the football.
The voice of coach Parotti sounded in his mind:
"You can create more offensive opportunities through your own skills and dribbling... This is actually not our offensive opportunity, but you turned this into an offensive opportunity through your own personal ability... This kind of ball is
Just like a rebound in basketball, every time you create such an opportunity, the team will have one more possibility to attack..."
In fact, during that conversation, Parotti never once mentioned what he should do when he was in possession of the ball. He just praised him and his performance in every successful escape.
He didn't even tell him what he should do or what he shouldn't do.
In fact, Farias knows what to do and what not to do.
Doesn't he know he is alone?
Of course he knows.
He also knew that his independence could not bring benefits to the team.
But his solution is to work hard to improve his own strength, so that he can have stronger personal abilities, and build himself into an "ultimate weapon on the court who can not only break through with the ball like Melli, but also score goals like Hu Lai."
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But after he watched the video highlights that coach Parotti gave him countless times, in his thinking world, there was no longer only the opponent in front of him who needed to be broken through, but also the teammates hidden behind the opponent.
Originally, there was only one road at his feet, but now, starting from him, several roads branched out. At first, these roads led to different directions, and even went south and south of each other.
But when he goes further, he will find that the roads converge again, leading to the same destination.
He suddenly thought of the words the team's assistant coach Jesus Valentin said to him in a training session not long after he was promoted to the first team:
"Look at the people around you! Your opponents and teammates! You must integrate into the team's system to find a way to survive here! Otherwise, your skills and abilities will only be a stumbling block for you!"
He sneered at this statement in his mind and felt that if I could get tripped up, it meant that my skills were not good enough and my ability was not high enough.
As long as I do well enough and achieve the ultimate, there is no need to integrate into any system, but the system should cooperate with me!
The memories of the past were fleeting, and Farias felt as if he was separated from the court and was above the court, overlooking the penalty area.
As a result, he gained a better understanding of Parotti's offensive tactics.
He stretched out his arm and made a gesture to Vukovich, who was holding the ball, to pass the ball to his feet.
At the same time, he accelerated towards the space diagonally ahead.
