Chapter 159 The Hungry Lion(2/2)
Zhang Jun, who successfully passed the adaptation period, also began his honeymoon period with Fiorentina. Mondonico helped Zhang Jun to the core of the offensive tactics little by little. Teammates who had been prejudiced against him changed their attitude when they saw his goal.
Because this long-haired Chinese always keeps scoring goals.
Even because of his slightly curly long hair, some fans called him the "New God of War". Zhang Jun was afraid of arousing Rigano's disgust, and he always expressed his position in front of the media: he liked and respected Batistuta very much, but Batistuta is Batistuta and Zhang Jun is Zhang Jun. Since his debut in the Netherlands, he has been regarded by countless people as the successor of Marco Van Basten, but he and Milan parted ways. Now in Fiorentina, he doesn't want to be regarded as a replacement for anyone, which is actually not interesting.
Although Batistuta is an official of the Florence club, he has been discovering rookies for the club in Argentina for a long time and has not come back in the past few months. In fact, Zhang Jun really wants to meet this legendary superstar.
Because of his love for Brazilian football, Zhang Jun does not like Argentine football. Even the king of football Maradona, he doesn't like it very much. But there is still a player in Argentina who deserves his respect and is liked by him, that is Gabriel Batistuta.
He respects him because of his loyalty, and likes him because of his masculinity. Zhang Jun believes that a man can be like Barty, which is really perfect.
He has a long way to go.
Sophie was also going well in Beijing, and the two of them were still on the phone as before.
The bad luck at the end of 2005 finally left Zhang Jun, and in 2006 he made a good start in Florence.
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Pierro was surprised by Yang Pan's excitement during the warm-up, and Kaka pointed at him at the VIP seat in the San Siro stand: "The head coach of the Chinese national team is sitting there!"
Kaka knows Yang Pan, and he will definitely be particularly motivated because of the national team head coach's gaze, because he wants to show Qiu Suhui: Although I am still just a substitute in Milan, my strength has not declined, but is improving.
In this game, Ancelotti also gave Yang Pan a great opportunity. He asked Yang Pan to start and play the right forward, while Gattuso sat on the bench. Of course, this was not because Ancelotti gave Qiu Suhui a far away, but because AC Milan's opponent was too weak in this game, and Milan did not need to pay attention to defense. They only needed to attack, attack, and then attack, not only to get three points from their opponents, but also to grab as many goals as possible.
Although Milan is the first place now, Juventus behind them is only one point away from them. No one knows whether it will be at the end of the game that it will need to win the goal to decide the championship.
The small ball that has been promoted in the first two seasons will be able to relegate last season, but this season is still a favorite to relegate due to financial restrictions.
The home team is the favorite to win the championship, while the away team is the favorite to relegate. There is basically no suspense in this game.
What interested Chinese media was that Yang Pan's starter and Qiu Suhui came to Milan. Zhang Jun gradually got on the right track in Florence, and rejected most media interviews, putting himself in a relatively closed space.
The media couldn't dig out the news from Zhang Jun, so they had to make a fuss about others. This time, Yang Pan and Qiu Suhui came to Italy at the same time. If they did it well, there would be another series of news.
Qiu Suhui is not here to meet his old friends when he comes to Europe this time. His destination is not just Italy. Milan, Italy is just the first stop. Next, he will go to Fiorentina, Germany, Dortmund, Munich, Anderlecht, Belgium, and Manchester, England. It is not difficult to see from the above destinations that Qiu Suhui's purpose of this trip is actually those Chinese players who play overseas. The World Cup is about to be approached, and the team's warm-up preparation is also imminent. Qiu Suhui's trip is to examine their status. A month and a half later, the Chinese domestic league has not yet begun. He will lead the team to Europe for a half-month training camp. At that time, there will be three very important warm-up matches. The opponents are all teams with good strength. Qiu Suhui naturally hopes to use China's strongest lineup to play, so as to truly reflect how much difference is between the Chinese team and the world level.
He will meet every player who plays in Europe to get first-hand information.
The two goals of the first stop are Yang Pan who plays for AC Milan and Li Yongle of Inter Milan. He has met with the two first, and both of them have told him that no matter whether they are physical or in good condition, there will be no problems when the training camp warm-up is warmed up.
Qiu Suhui knew about Yang Pan's situation a little, but he didn't know much about Li Yongle. After being transferred to the first team by Mancini this season, he only played two games in total for twelve minutes. Most of the time, he only trained with the team, entered the substitute lineup five times, and participated in eight reserve team games. Qiu Suhui was a little worried about whether Li Yongle could still maintain its shape under such circumstances.
The result made Qiu Suhui very satisfied. Li Yongle was stronger than when he was in the National Olympic Team. His skin was sunburned into bronze and his short hair made him feel healthy and energetic. Moreover, all the skills were improved, and the headers that had always made him dissatisfied were much better. In Italy, which emphasizes tactical literacy, his tactical understanding and execution ability have made great progress.
Qiu Suhui lamented the gap between abroad and China. The same group of national Olympic team members have faded out of his vision at home. Unless they are geniuses among geniuses, they can make such obvious and gratifying progress. The people he has selected now are the best among domestic players, but they are still far behind many players in the world.
This gap is not just technical, but the bigger gap lies in the ideological gap. The gap at the technical level can be made up through training, while the gap in thought can only allow them to go out more, broaden their horizons, and fight with world-class teams to change.
As for Li Yongle's condition, Qiu Suhui had nothing to worry about after watching their game against Juventus Reserve.
It was just a reserve team game without spectators, but Li Yongle was serious about a Serie A game with Juventus. As a result, he not only made the opponent's rookie Gasbaroni defend without any actions in the midfield, but also passed the long pass to assist the player in scoring a goal.
Qiu Suhui learned from his friends that Mancini is actually very optimistic about Li Yongle. Because Inter Milan's waist has always been the most criticized problem, Li Yongle is definitely a strong "waist". Now he is asked to play as a substitute for him. Moreover, Inter Milan has a good record and is third in the league. He is tightly clenched by Juventus and AC Milan in front. Mancini can't think of a reason to change the lineup, so he can only let him go step by step.
Qiu Suhui felt relieved if Mancini had this idea.
In today's Serie A game, Li Yongle did not enter Inter Milan's bench, and Qiu Suhui specifically looked at Yang Pan's performance.
Yang Pan did not disappoint him, and performed very actively on the right. Messina's left-back could not keep up with his speed at all. San Siro's fans seemed to be watching a huge gap in strength. They waved their arms excitedly and shouted: "Sprint! Sprint! Sprint!!"
Qiu Suhui carefully observed Yang Pan's performance through TV broadcast in the VIP box. In his opinion, although Yang Pan mainly serves as a substitute in Milan, and his position on the court must be changed at any time according to the game situation, which is not conducive to his performance. But on the other hand, his overall view and spirit of sacrifice have become more and more obvious. Whether on the court or in life, he is always a person who is willing to sacrifice his own interests for others. Such a person is born to be the captain's material.
As for Yang Pan's skills... Qiu Suhui is not worried at all. The person who can be favored by the wealthy AC Milan will not be an incompetent person.
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Yang Pan consciously leaned towards the middle from the right, Kaka naturally understood what he meant, and other Milan players also understood, and the 80,000 fans of San Siro even more understood.
How could Messina, as an opponent, not understand?
Because Yang Pan has a very loud nickname: Heavy Cannon!
"Don't let him shoot!" Messina's goalkeeper Erete Gropolos shouted loudly. As a goalkeeper, he didn't want to face a shot that could reach a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.
Suddenly, two defenders forced Yang Pan to dribble the ball.
Yang Pan swung his right leg before the opponent could push him up. Just when the defender and goalkeeper were nervous and the fans were excited, he moved the ball to the left.
Seidorf stopped the ball with his thigh near the sideline, and everyone's attention was also diverted to Milan's left with the long pass.
Sidorf did not get the ball down, but instead tweaked his right foot and cut inward. On Milan's left, Sidorf was also a good player to score from a long shot, and Messina goalkeeper was nervous again: "Don't let him shoot!"
Two Messina players rushed to defend, one stepped forward and the other protected, waiting for an opportunity to move.
Seeing that there was no chance, Seedov stopped coming to force himself. He passed the ball to the center in front of the penalty area with his left foot, and he was stuck there, and he organized the attack to find opportunities.
Kaka ran towards the ball, as if he was planning to get the ball before the opponent's defender cleared. If he was not good, he could fall down and get an extremely threatening free kick.
The team did not buy any forward players during the winter break, and Bozinov just hoped to be bigger. Judging from the first twenty-five minutes of this game, the forwards couldn't find any feeling and could not catch Messina's goal for a long time. Perhaps Zhang Jun's departure made them less pressure to urge them to rise up.
However, it is not only the striker who can score in the game. Now there is a person behind me who is eager to score a goal waiting, and he is a little impatient...
"Kaka!"
Kaka crossed his legs, as if he wanted to stop the ball into the penalty area, but he did nothing and allowed the football to pass through his legs quickly!
This is a tacit understanding of dawn! Kaka smiled proudly in her heart.
Just as many TV viewers were speculating on who the ball would be revealed, Yang Pan suddenly appeared in the camera!
Yang Pan suddenly appeared at the front of the penalty area. Many people did not expect that the Messina defender, who was closest to him, came to ban gambling, but he was not as fast as Yang Pan.
"Yang Pan shot directly! The football penetrated into the far corner of the goal! The ball entered! The ball entered!! The goalkeeper of Messina did not respond at all! AC Milan led Messina 1:0!!"
After scoring the goal, Yang Pan ran to the sidelines and rushed to the sidelines before the players caught up to celebrate, he raised his hand to make a US Marine salute to the stands box - he raised his right hand to his temple and waved it down hard.
He was using this method to assure Qiu Suhui there: he is in good condition, in good health, in the national team, and in the World Cup!
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Qiu Suhui saw this scene on TV in the private room. He smiled and shook his head gently: "This kid..." He felt relieved.
After laughing, he thought of Zhang Jun who had been by Yang Pan before. There was a game in the second division the day after tomorrow. Florence's home court was Modena, who ranked fourth.
Chapter completed!