In the end, Zhang Sheng set his sights on the last player and the most famous player, Pato.Ω
Pato can be said to have become famous at a young age. In 2007, when he was not yet 18 years old, he joined Serie A giant AC Milan with a transfer fee of 2.2 million euros. In his first season in AC Milan, he was called a future star by the media for his outstanding performance.
The superstar is rising. During the winter break at the end of 2008, Pato officially played for AC Milan for a full year. He played a total of 33 times in Serie A and European competitions, scoring 17 goals. "Gazzetta dello Sport"
Comments on this: "Pato in 2008 was the strongest 19-year-old forward in Serie A in the past 100 years. No one is better than him at this age." At the same time, he has also become the successor of superstar Kaká.
In the UEFA Champions League match between AC Milan and Real Madrid in 2009, Pato and Kaká became a direct competition between Milan's new generation of golden boys. He even scored twice at the Bernabeu to help the team beat the opponent 3-2.
Of course, Pato is most famous in European football for his 24-second lightning goal in the 2011 European Football Championship. The goal was against the all-powerful Barcelona team, and it was at Camp Nou, Barcelona's home stadium.
Pato's performance in the national team was average. In 2008, Pato was selected for the Brazilian Olympic team to participate in the Beijing Olympics, but he failed to become the team's main center. Brazil lost to Argentina in the semi-finals and eventually won the bronze medal.
In 2009, he helped Brazil win the Confederations Cup. In 2011, in the America's Cup, Pato, wearing the No. 9 shirt, performed unsatisfactorily. Brazil also lost to Paraguay on penalty kicks in the quarter-finals.
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In the 2o12 London Olympics, Pato participated as a substitute and finally won the silver medal. After that, Pato never was selected for the Brazilian national team again.
It should be said that Pato's career is declining step by step.
However, Pato's career decline was due to two factors, one was injuries and the other was being haunted by a witch.
Pato's own quality is still very good. His characteristics are very distinctive:
The first is speed. This is the first keyword in almost all webpages about Pato. Pato’s fastest 100-meter speed is 10.7 seconds. Looking at the world of football, I am afraid there are very few people with such absolute speed.
Past Pato, even Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi. Moreover, Pato dribbles the ball very quickly and can complete complex movements while dribbling the ball at a high speed. It is difficult for ordinary defenders to stop him. You can often see Pato like the wind.
It should be pointed out that Pato's speed characteristics also determine some of his characteristics in other aspects, such as stopping the ball and passing people. One of Pato's signature passing methods is to turn the ball to one side.
, and then rely on speed to eat the opponent alive.
Then there is his strong shooting ability. Some people say that Pato is a shooting machine, which makes sense. But what is emphasized here is the psychological characteristics. It should be said that every outstanding forward should have a strong shooting ability.
All qualities that should be possessed.
The second is his decisive actions on the field. His movements are concise and practical. From this point of view, he is not a typical Brazilian player. He has the ability to take off his feet in an instant. From catching the ball and dodging people to adjusting his posture to shoot, it is often done in one go.
It's sloppy. At the same time, his shooting movements include extremely fast leg swings, strong explosive power, and the ball is hard and accurate. In this regard, he is more like Ronaldo.
Also, his left and right feet are relatively balanced. Both Sheva and Kaka are representatives of balanced left and right feet. If a good forward can only shoot with one foot, then he is destined to miss many opportunities. Pato's several shots in the penalty area
The goal was hit with both left and right feet.
Finally, there is Pato, who is mature and confident. It is indeed the guarantee for Pato to complete a series of technical moves. For a boy who was only 18 years old at the time, carrying a worth of 22 million, facing 80,000 picky fans at San Siro, and
With the media's high attention, Pato's calmness and confidence on the court are commendable. This kind of maturity is also a guarantee for him to continue to grow, accept challenges, and even overcome possible troughs in the future.
The biggest troubles for such an excellent player are injuries and off-field factors. Starting from the second half of 2009, Pato was frequently troubled by knee injuries. 2011 was Pato's "high-yield" injury period.
It took nearly half a year to recover from injuries such as a dislocated left shoulder. As a result, he lost his main position in the national team. In the end, lingering injuries forced Pato to return to Brazil in January 2013.
What also troubles him is his entanglement with Barbara Berlusconi, the daughter of the owner of the AC Milan club. The emotional entanglement between Pato and Barbara has always been the focus of entertainment news in various Italian newspapers and media. Barbara
-Berlusconi, as the daughter of the former Italian Prime Minister, has always been the focus of media attention, and Barbara's own romantic affairs are also too numerous to mention. Pato often traveled around Europe with Barbara during the period of injury.
It was said to be very detrimental to Pato. In the end, Barbara also lost her passion for Pato, and Pato was dumped.
Pato returned to Corinthians of the Brazilian League at a high price of 1.5 million euros. In his first season with Corinthians, which was just the past 2o13 season, he represented the team 30 times and scored.
With 9 goals, he is the team's top scorer. Unfortunately, Corinthians only finished 9th in the Brazilian League last season. The team's poor performance naturally made the fans dissatisfied, especially with a transfer fee of 1.5 million euros.
Pato came. So the impulsive fans rushed into the Corinthians training ground to chase the players. Pato was the brunt of the conflict. This conflict made Pato decide to leave Corinthians.
Zhang Sheng began to formally purchase the star from Corinthians.
Because Zhang Sheng knew that after Pato returned to Brazil, after leaving Milan, Pato actually had a good physical condition and was no longer so prone to injuries. Historically, despite returning to Brazil for the past three seasons, Pato's progress
The ball efficiency is not as high as when he was in Milan, but the number of appearances he played in 3 seasons almost caught up with the number of appearances in 6 seasons in Milan. Pato has a healthy body and is still young. Whether it is others or himself,
, will rekindle hope for their future careers.
In the end, Zhang Sheng went to Brazil in person to talk to Pato. Pato felt a little incredible about the purchase from the Chinese team because he was very unfamiliar with China. Faced with Zhang Sheng's invitation, Pato first asked: "
Is it safe to play football and live in China?"
In desperation, Zhang Sheng had to educate him about the current situation in China. After all, the security environment in China is far better than that in Brazil.
Then Zhang Sheng said: "Actually, when I ask you to play in China, I don't think that you can't join the Brazilian national team, because you are still young and you still have a very bright future."
Pato said: "But the level of football in China is too low to guarantee that I will receive attention from the Brazilian national team."
Zhang Sheng smiled and said: "Although the level of the Chinese league is not high, it is not very low either. Loew, Aloisio, Montillo and Cuca, you should have heard of these names, right? Loew is you
Brazil's former national team forward; Aloisio should be more familiar to you, he is the leading forward of Sao Paulo; I won't mention Montillo, he has won the Silver Ball Award of the Brazilian League for two consecutive years and was shortlisted for the best team
, was recruited by the Argentine national team last year. Cuca is a well-known coach in Brazil. As for the international players from other countries, there are a lot of them playing in China, and this does not prevent them from continuing to be selected for their national teams."
After hearing Zhang Sheng's words, Pato was still a little disapproving.
Zhang Sheng did not continue to dwell on this issue, but said: "Can I analyze why your performance is not as good as before? You can see if what I said is right."
Pato was stunned this time and said: "Okay, I would be very grateful to have one more person to help me analyze it."
Zhang Sheng continued: "I think your biggest problem now is not your body, your attitude towards the game, or anything else. Your worst problem now is your self-confidence!"
Pato shook his head and said: "It's impossible. If I didn't have confidence, I wouldn't be able to continue scoring goals."
Zhang Sheng smiled and shook his head and said: "I said this for a reason, wait until I get something to show you." After saying that, Zhang Sheng took out his laptop from the backpack beside him.
Seeing Zhang Sheng's actions, Pato also felt strange, but Pato soon understood because Zhang Sheng called up a edited video after turning on the phone. The entire video was nearly an hour long.
Zhang Sheng opened the video and said: "First let's take a look at some of your goals and non-goals last season. This is your first goal. You see you received a through pass from your teammate.
You got the ball, and then broke into the penalty area and scored it. However, you have only scored one such goal this season. The other goals were not only goals in the penalty area but also from the back row. Do you think these goals were your previous goals?
Commonly used method?"
"Look at the opportunities you wasted on the court. These are the few opportunities you had in the game against Palmeiras last season. This is the 17th minute of the first half when your midfielder Augusto
Why did you stop running halfway through a pass during a counterattack, fearing that the opponent's defender would tackle you? This was in the 31st minute of the second half. Another long pass from the backcourt came to you. At this time, your team
Already 0:2 behind, but you stopped the ball very well, why don't you shoot directly and make adjustments?"
"Look at your actions when confronting the opponent. You always have to shrink back before rushing forward. Don't you feel that you have wasted a lot of opportunities?"
"There are also these few cooperations in front of the penalty area. There are obviously good shooting angles and spaces. Why do you still pass to your teammates?"
