Just as Benatia was about to walk to the locker room, he was stopped by Gao Shen at the door of the coach's office.
Seeing Gao Shen waving to him, Benatia immediately ran over quickly.
"Boss." Benatia called politely.
He is new here, but he was appointed by Gao Shen to join the team. To a certain extent, it was Gao Shen who asked him to play football. Otherwise, he still doesn't know where he would end up.
Therefore, his heart has always been full of gratitude to Gao Shen.
After coming to the team, he felt Gao Shen's lofty status in the Naples team.
When everyone mentioned Gao Shen behind his back, they didn't even say a single bad word. They were all words of praise and admiration, which shows that Gao Shen's influence in Naples is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Benatia, who has played in many teams, this is the first time he has seen a head coach who is so respected by the players.
…
It's evening now and the training is over.
Gao Shen carried two chairs and sat down at the door of the coach's office, facing the setting sun in the distance.
"It's been almost two months since I came to Italy. Are you still used to it?" Gao Shen asked with a smile.
Benatia has been learning Italian for three months. He has been learning it since he signed for Naples, and now there is no problem with some basic oral communication.
It is not difficult to see from this that he is a very smart player.
Gao Shen has always felt that people who are good at reading are usually smart.
Therefore, for someone like Zidane, who has to take such a long time to get a coaching certificate, Gao Shen really has some doubts about whether his baldness is fake?
"Very good," Benatia replied.
"Are you still used to life?"
"Ah, very good."
"Where's the accommodation?"
“Very good too.”
"Is there anything bad?"
"Nothing bad, everything is good."
At the end of the sentence, Benatia wanted to smile slightly.
After Gao Shen coached Naples, he attached great importance to player placement.
Firstly, it is because Naples has mostly young players, and everyone knows that young people who are young but have a lot of money often face a lot of temptations, and Gao Shen must always urge them to stay vigilant.
On the other hand, these young people often don't know how to take care of themselves, so they need someone to help them.
Captain Montevino played this role, and Gao Shen directly handed over Benatia to Montevino to take care of him.
After some small talk, Gao Shen gradually shifted the topic to training and competition.
One of the important reasons why Gao Shen feels that Benatia is a smart player is that he humbly accepts the analysis report given by Naples after every game and every training session and resolutely improves it.
From joining the team to now, he has really benefited a lot from these analysis reports and has made obvious progress.
The only shortcoming is as Pioli said, he plays too politely.
But it doesn't matter. Gao Shen has already told Cannavaro to teach him more and teach him more "experience" in playing in Serie A.
"What do you think of the next Italian Super Cup?" Gao Shen asked seemingly casually.
Benatia was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and said, "I believe we can win!"
"That's for sure." Gao Shen laughed. Although he knew that this sentence contained more flattering elements, he still liked to hear it, "What I want to ask is, what do you think?"
"I..." Benatia hesitated.
He is just an unknown person who has just arrived, and he is an unknown person who has not played a formal game for a year. What can he think?
"If, I mean if, you were asked to defend Ibrahimovic, do you think you can do it?"
Benatia was shocked by Gao Shen's sudden words.
"Me?" the Moroccan central defender was a little stupid, "How is this possible?"
"Why is it impossible?" Gao Shen asked with a smile.
Benatia hesitated for a while, really not knowing what to say.
He wanted to remind Gao Shen that he was just a rookie who had never had any experience in the top league. He had not played any official games for a year and had a severely torn knee ligament.
But what about Ibrahimovic?
This is the number one center in world football today. Not only is he stronger than Cavani and others, but even Drogba, Torres and others are not as powerful as Ibrahimovic.
Let him mark Ibrahimovic?
Are you sure you're not kidding?
"Boss, are you kidding me?" Benatia asked awkwardly.
But Gao Shen just looked at him with a smile, shook his head slightly, and said nothing.
Saying nothing was more powerful than saying anything, and made Benatia believe that Gao Shen was not joking.
But very, very seriously!
The Moroccan central defender stretched out his tongue nervously and licked his dry lips. He felt a little bitter.
"I know that you may not be ready to tell you this all of a sudden, but it doesn't matter. There are still three days. You can think about it carefully and give me the answer when you think about it." Gao Shen said with a faint smile.
Benatia was a little confused, but after thinking about it, he asked: "Boss, why?"
"Um?"
"Why do you think I can guard a superstar like Ibrahimovic?"
Just mentioning this name made Benatia feel a little nervous.
That's Ibrahimovic!
Let me ask, among all the central defenders in the world, who is not afraid of him scoring three points?
"The reason is very simple, I think you can freeze him!" Gao Shen said seriously.
Benatia was a little moved, but he really felt that Gao Shen overestimated him?
Gao Shen knows that Benatia's confidence is somewhat lacking after being away from actual combat for a long time. More importantly, he has been playing in Ligue 2 and the youth team and has never really appeared on the big stage, so he is nervous and not confident.
understand.
But now, Gao Shen doesn't have time to slowly regain his confidence.
He also believes that as a player who was able to win the best central defender in Serie A in his previous life, perform so well and reach the level of the top central defenders in Europe at his peak, he must have a strong heart in his chest and an unwillingness to admit defeat flowing in his bones.
of tenacity.
An overburdened cartilage cannot reach that state!
"I know that you are not famous, but I believe that when you were at Clairefontaine, you must have been looking forward to the future. Maybe at that time, you imagined joining the French national team and becoming a player like Desailly and Boucher.
The world's top central defenders like Rank and Thuram."
Although Benatia is now a Moroccan player, he plays for France in the youth team, which shows his past ambitions.
"You told me that your best friend is Nasri. He is now a French international and has a bright future. You can even say that he will become one of the best players of the new generation in France. I believe you will not deny it.
at this point."
"And have you ever thought about it, you and he were once on the same starting line, and you are no inferior to him. Therefore, injuries and long-term absences will definitely have an impact on you, but it has been so long and you have prepared for so much.
After a long time, do you still feel that you are not good enough?"
Benatia felt a little ashamed after being spoken to by Gao Shen, but deep down in her heart she felt a sense of ambition that would not give in easily.
Even at the most desperate moment when his ligament was severely torn and he was almost judged unable to play football, he did not intend to admit defeat.
"Also, you should still remember the first phone call I made to you. You told me that you were strictly following the plan of the two physical coaches. You suffered a lot and suffered a lot. Why? Just because
At this moment, when facing Ibrahimovic, the game has not even started yet, and you are going to admit defeat?"
Gao Shen looked into Benatia's eyes, paying attention to the expression on his face, and further aroused his emotions.
"The whole world thinks that I signed you for free just to find a substitute for the fourth central defender who left the team, but I have always told you very clearly that in my mind, you have never been a substitute."
"Remember? When you walked into Fort Volturno and saw me for the first time, I told you very clearly that you are not a substitute. My position for you is that you have to compete with David Luiz.
, an important part of the competition between Bonucci and Cannavaro Jr., and the answer you gave me at that time was that you would do your best and will not live up to my expectations of you."
"So now, tell me, can you do what David Luiz and Bonucci can do?"
Benatia gritted her teeth, but remained silent.
"After you go back, think about it carefully and give me an answer after you think about it clearly. If you think you can do it, fine, I will give you this opportunity to face the whole world in front of the whole Italy, the whole Europe, and even the whole world.
Ibrahimovic, prove yourself!"
"If you think you can't do it yourself, that's okay. I will choose someone else who can."
…
Zidane stood silently at the window of the coach's office next door, listening to the conversation between Gao Shen and Benatia not far away.
He found that profound speeches are always full of inflammatory words.
Sometimes he even felt that Gao Shen didn't look like a head coach, but more like a pyramid scheme.
Once upon a time, weren't these Real Madrid players so inspired by a few words that they were like aggressive roosters, eager to kill their opponents in every game?
Facing Real Madrid's group of veterans and superstars, Gao Shen can handle it with ease, let alone face a young man now?
Zidane has never doubted his profound eloquence and ability to persuade.
What he is more worried about is whether Benatia can really do it?
If a player who joins the team on a free transfer can really freeze Ibrahimovic in the Italian Super Cup, what is the concept?
If nothing else, his net worth has soared by at least several million euros!
That profound vision of seeing people will once again be praised by the whole world.
Simply amazing!
But Zidane is not sure, Benatia can really do it?
"Would you like to take a gamble?" Carlo's voice came from beside him, with a chuckle.
Zidane turned his head and looked over with doubt on his face.
"I think Benatia can do it, because Gao Shen will always bring surprises and surprises to the people around him, and even to everyone. Sometimes even we don't know how he does it, but he can do it.
"
Zidane shook his head slightly, turned around and left.
