I saw Farias use an excellent continuous pull to turn the ball into an offensive opportunity, and pass the football to Vukovic.
The eyes of Jesus Valentin, the first assistant coach on the sidelines, lit up.
His expression also showed obvious signs of improvement.
But when he next saw Farias reaching for the ball, after receiving the pass from Vukovich, he did not pass the ball to Hu Lai, but chose to shoot it himself, and shot the ball outside the goal frame.
…
His brows furrowed again, and he sighed heavily: "This kid! He's still going the same old way!"
Parotti next to him laughed: "Look at the positive things, Jesus. At least after he passed Tonini beautifully, he did not continue to dribble forward, but gave the ball to Milos. Then
Running into space without the ball.”
After hearing what Parotti said, Valentin nodded: "That's right. If it were him before, he would have taken the ball directly to the penalty area. He would never pass the ball unless there was no way to break through. Now it's obvious
There was still room for breakthrough, but he took the initiative to pass the ball... So is your experiment a success?"
In order to convince his colleagues on the coaching staff to agree with his treatment of Farias, Parotti told them that it was just an experiment. Their results would not be worse anyway, because they had already decided on what to do after the season.
Collective resignation.
You have to leave anyway, so what else can’t be let go?
Let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
Do an experiment and treat Farias in a different way. Since the previous high pressure, punishment, criticism and preaching have not worked, then do the opposite, listen to Parotti and turn to Farias."
Be gentle." Even if he performs poorly in training and competition, don't criticize him.
There were still people who objected at the beginning - doesn't this mean that he can make mistakes without restraint? Because even if he makes a mistake, no one will criticize him, but will praise him. Wouldn't he be ignorant of good and evil and go on the wrong road?
Farther?
In response to such doubts and objections, Parotti responded:
have no idea.
Let’s try again.
It was so simple and crude, and everyone was stunned when they heard it - they thought their boss would be moved to understand it with emotion, come up with a lot of data as endorsement, and then use various scientific methods to convince them.
Who would have thought that it would be like child's play to "try and then tell".
If it weren't for the fact that their fate this season had already been decided, these people would have to have a good fight with Parotti.
Of course, Parotti also explained to them why it was "try it before we talk".
It's because Parotti himself really doesn't know what he's doing and doesn't know if it's the right thing to do.
But since one direction doesn't work, why not change the direction?
Although I don’t know if this direction will work, at least we won’t go in the wrong direction before.
Now it seems that although it is not obvious and imperfect, Farias does show a positive side.
Facing Valentin's question, Parotti still gave the same answer as before. He shook his head and said: "I don't know... Young people can't change so easily. Sometimes he makes you see hope, but you
Wishful thinking, maybe tomorrow he will go back to the past...but it doesn't matter."
Seeing that Valentin was about to speak, Parotti quickly stopped him and continued:
"Growth is like this. It is not a straight line straight upward, nor does it oscillate up and down like an electrocardiogram, but a spiral curve: sometimes good and sometimes bad, sometimes progress, sometimes regression... This is all normal. The key is to
Seeing the positive things while growing up.”
Because Farias did show a positive side in training, Jesus Valentin's current mood did not refute Parotti's words.
But at this moment, there was a sudden exclamation on the training ground.
Valentin's attention was drawn and he saw Juan Ramirez sitting on the ground.
※※※
While Farias was taking a shower, captain Juan Ramirez also walked in naked.
The shower room behind the locker room at the training base is not big enough to allow all the first-team players to bathe at the same time, but it is not so small that it only has three or four shower heads.
At this time, Farias was the only one in the shower room, but after Ramirez came in and saw this scene, he went straight to the shower head where Farias was.
Then she chose to take a shower next to him.
Farias didn't notice this at first, his eyes fell on Ramirez's right thigh.
During this afternoon's training, that was the culprit that caused Ramirez to suddenly sit down on the ground and interrupt the training.
Thigh muscle strain.
After knowing the result, Farias couldn't help but think of Ramirez passing a ball to him during training.
It turned out that at that time, he already had muscle problems.
Let me just say...
Farias thought to himself that with captain Ramirez's character, he would not let himself wear such small shoes in training.
Although Ramirez had come to persuade him before, he didn't listen. But in fact, Farias still respected the captain in his heart, so he gave the captain face on the surface.
Otherwise, he could completely ignore the captain.
There are not many people on this team who can win his heartfelt respect.
Before the Champions League semi-final against Vesuvius, the captain was injured, which is definitely not good news...
"What's wrong?"
Just as Farias was sizing up Ramirez secretly, he heard the captain's voice.
"Ah? Uh..." Farias didn't expect that his eyes would stay on the captain for too long unintentionally, which would inevitably attract attention and... misunderstanding.
He could only care about the captain's injury casually: "Your injury..."
"Oh, it's just a muscle strain, it's not a big problem." Ramirez grinned, "If it was really serious, you wouldn't see me here."
"Where should that be?" Farias was simply curious.
"On the TV news about my season cancellation." Ramirez made a not-so-funny joke.
Farias didn't know what expression or answer to use in response to this hellish joke.
Ramirez didn't care about this, he continued: "Hu also gave me an ointment specially used to treat strains. He said it was a secret ointment passed down from his hometown... I don't know if it's useful, so I'll just use it as a placebo.
, in fact, it wasn’t very serious in the first place…”
When Farias heard the captain say that the injury was not serious, he subconsciously asked: "What about the semifinals..."
He originally expected to see the captain say "no problem" to him in a very calm tone.
But what he actually heard was:
"I definitely won't be able to make it to the semifinals..."
"Ah?" Farias didn't expect the captain to say it so simply.
Seeing his confused look, Ramirez explained: "The injury is not serious, but I have to rest for almost two weeks, so I will definitely not be able to make it to the two-round semi-finals."
"But if you can't go to the semifinals..." Farias frowned.
The team's main defensive midfielder, captain, and "championship cornerstone" cannot play. If the Madrid Pirates want to pass the Vesuvius hurdle, I'm afraid...
"I believe in my teammates."
Hearing Ramirez's words, Farias looked at him again.
"I believe they can reach the finals." Ramirez repeated to Farias, and then seeing that the surprised expression on Farias's face did not disappear, he smiled and asked: "What is your reaction?
"
"Uh, I..." Farias didn't know how to answer.
"It's not the same as you imagined?"
Farias nodded: "I thought if the injury was not serious, you would insist on playing in the semi-finals..."
"Then I will turn a not-so-serious injury into a very serious injury. You know I also suffered a serious injury four years ago before the semifinals, right?"
Farias nodded.
In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals in the 2029-2030 season, the Madrid Pirates challenged Manchester United away. At the end of the game, Juan Ramirez sprained his knee due to a key defense. But at that time the Madrid Pirates
All the substitution quotas have been used up, Ramirez can only grit his teeth and persist, otherwise the team will have to play more with less, which will be very passive.
His persistence allowed the team to reach the Champions League semi-finals, but it also caused his injury to become very serious. Not only did he miss all the remaining games of the club that season, it also affected his performance in the World Cup, and even affected his performance in the World Cup.
New season…
It can be said that both Ramirez himself, the Madrid Pirates and the Spanish national team paid a very heavy price for this injury.
"At that time, I thought that as a captain, who was called the 'cornerstone of the championship,' I should take the initiative to take responsibility at critical moments. In any case, I could not show weakness when the team needed me..."
"Isn't it supposed to be like this?" Farias couldn't hold it back, interrupted the captain and asked.
This incident left a particularly deep impression on him. You must know that four years ago, he was only fifteen years old and still playing in Argentina’s domestic youth team?
Because this is Juan Ramirez's "glorious deeds": he persisted in playing for more than ten minutes despite a knee injury, helping the team withstand the attack of Manchester United and finally advance to the semi-finals.
How many people can achieve such perseverance?
Not to mention, without Ramirez, the Madrid Pirates almost overturned in the Champions League semi-finals, if it weren't for their misbehavior...
But without Hu Lai and without Ramirez, Spain really crashed out of the World Cup group stage.
These all prove how important "championship cornerstone" Juan Ramirez is to the team.
Whether it is the media or self-media, this matter has been said many times.
Anyone who mentions this incident will have nothing but deep admiration for the person involved, Ramirez.
But then, Ramirez said something that made Farias’ jaw almost drop:
