The two were indeed late. Sabato was punished to run four laps before participating in training. Zhang Jun did not argue and accepted the punishment calmly under the gaze of everyone. This made Donadal feel dissatisfied. Zhang Jun waved his hand and signaled him not to speak out. The punishment was just warm-up. From another perspective, it was no big deal.

The morning training mainly focuses on the offensive routine drills for opponent Udinese in the next round. Sabato asked Zhang Jun and Tony to switch positions and cross left and right. Cru's pass should be faster, minimize dribbling, and play more on the wing. Fiorentina has two good wing forwards, and it is a waste not to play.

Zhang Jun acted normally.

During the training interval, Sabato held Cru and explained to him the changes and precautions needed to be made in the Serie A arena. Zhang Jun was called by Dilivio.

"Is there anything wrong, captain?" Although he has retired, Zhang Jun still habitually calls him captain.

Dilivio smiled: "Don't make a mistake, Zhang, you are the captain now." He wanted to test Zhang Jun's reaction.

Zhang Jun scratched his head embarrassedly: "I'm used to it."

Dilivio was a little surprised - he was not disgusted or showed unnaturalness. At this point, Dilivio didn't know how to say to Zhang Jun. He thought Zhang Jun would definitely show some degree of impatientness with the sentence just now.

"Is there anything wrong, Angelo?" Zhang Jun changed his words immediately.

"Uh... nothing big. I want to ask you how you feel after being a captain for more than a month. This is the first time you are a captain."

Zhang Jun didn't realize that it was Dilivio's words, so he told the truth: "It's very tiring. I used to be careful about my own when I was playing football. Now I still have to care about others and deal with the media. After training, I have to chat with others. I feel a little bit like I am not myself."

He was indeed complaining, which further showed that he actually didn't want to be the captain. So what should I do? Should I persuade him to give up for the time being, or encourage him to persevere? Dilivio was thinking quickly in his heart.

"But... from another perspective, this is not bad." Zhang Jun smiled, "Angelo, do you know? I was late for training just now because I was chatting with Marco in the locker room."

Seeing that Zhang Jun suddenly changed his attitude, Dilivio had not reacted for a while.

"He felt uncomfortable because he felt abandoned by Milan. He was not in high spirits recently because of this."

Dilivio nodded thoughtfully: "So that's it, he told you all?"

"Well, I complained a lot. As the captain of AC Milan Youth Team, I had to choose to leave Milan in the end, and their family was a determined Milan fan. He was under a lot of pressure. But it should be much better if I wanted to say it. This made me feel a sense of accomplishment, really, Angelo. When he said that it was because I was the captain, I was very moved. Unexpectedly, someone as the captain admitted that I always thought I had done a very failed job."

Dilivio laughed: "You have done a good job. Don't be so unconfident in yourself. Zhang Jun, you are always used to underestimating yourself and overestimating others. Is this your China's 'modestness'?"

Zhang Jun smiled embarrassedly and didn't say anything.

"It seems that you're doing a good job, so continue like this. It's tiring to be tired, but is it also a pleasure to enjoy that sense of accomplishment?" At some point, Dilivio had already thrown aside what he had just been thinking about in his heart and changed his words to encourage Zhang Jun.

In fact, even he was surprised by Zhang Jun's sudden change. He didn't think he could perform like this just by talking to Donadale. He was a little curious, but he couldn't ask.

Zhang Jun took the initiative to speak: "Haha, I'm so sorry. I was a little resistant to you asking me to be the captain before. But Sophie talked to me a lot last night, and I also thought this was a good opportunity. I believe I can do it well."

"Sophie? Your girlfriend?"

"Well, she always supports me, and what she says always makes sense." Zhang Jun nodded, "Being a captain does put a lot of pressure on me, but who is less pressure on me as a professional player? Donadale is also pressured not to be a captain. I think, if I propose not to be a captain now, what will they think of me?" Zhang Jun looked at his teammates on the court, "then I would be a real coward. The forwards originally need to get the position of trust from others. If I give up the captain, how can I get their trust? Angelo, don't you?"

Dilivio looked at Zhang Jun and nodded: "You are more and more surprised, Zhang Jun. The decision I made to give you the captain's armband was indeed nothing wrong."

Zhang Jun, who returned to the court, quickly joined the training, and Dilivio also returned to Sabato.

"How is it? What did you say?" Sabato asked impatiently, he cared about Zhang Jun's attitude.

Dilivio did not answer his question positively, but said to him: "Antonio, let's try to train Zhang Jun as the core. He is such a trustworthy young man."

※※※

As soon as Zhang Jun came home, Sophie prepared supper and waited for him. He did not throw himself on the sofa like yesterday and didn't want to move. Instead, he hugged Sophie who came to greet him with a little excitement.

Although they are "old husband and wife", it is rare to see such people who are enthusiastic about hugging without warning when they enter the door. Zhang Jun has been in the West for so many years, but he still cannot fully accept the hug and kiss his face when they meet.

So Sophie was surprised. She touched Zhang Jun's forehead and then touched her: "Didn't it burn?"

Zhang Jun rolled his eyes, hugged Sophie and sat down in the living room.

"I'm happy. Do you know, Sophie. Someone talked to me today! He treated me as the captain and complained a lot. I didn't say anything, just listened. But I felt very accomplished. I felt really like a captain! Haha!" Zhang Jun preached excitedly.

Sophie looked at him with a smile: "Look at your happiness..." She looked like a big red flower elementary school student.

"When I heard him say 'Thank you, captain', I almost couldn't believe my ears. I used to say this to others, but the first time I heard others say this to me. Being a captain, haha, it's really interesting. Later, Angelo came to me and I told him that I don't want to give up this armband. He looked very happy, and he must have been worried about me before."

Zhang Jun was very happy today, and Sophie was also happy for him. Zhang Jun did not show it a few days ago, but Sophie could see that Zhang Jun was under great pressure for a captain. He didn't want to be a captain, and he was afraid that he would let Dilivio down, and he was afraid that others would point at him and call him a coward, and that people would be afraid of people's words. But in the moment, it was awkward and wronged. Now he could figure it out, it was really great.

Sophie clapped her hands: "Well, to celebrate your first time being called captain, I'll give you an extra glass of wine today."

"I'm so pitiful..."

"It's really pitiful. I got a big red flower for the first time. Be good--" Sophie touched Zhang Jun's head, just like a kindergarten aunt treating a child.

Zhang Jun was not polite, the poster Sophie's waist and face pressed against her abdomen: "So much reward, just give it to readers..."

Sophie's hand on Zhang Jun's head turned into a knock: "Pervert, what are you thinking about?"

"It hurts so much!" Zhang Jun covered his head with his hands, "No... You heard it wrong. I think the reward for a glass of wine is too little. Come on, hurry up the steak..."

"Hmph! Who cares about you! You will wash the dishes after dinner!"

※※※

After dinner, Zhang Jun was indeed washing dishes in the kitchen, while Sophie was helping him - in fact, it was just putting the clean dishes back into the disinfection cabinet.

"Sophie, it will be your birthday in two weeks." Zhang Jun said.

Sophie thought about it and it happened to be Sunday on October 20th. "Yes, you are playing that day."

Zhang Jun stopped his work, "I don't know if you don't say it, how about it? Do you want me to give you a hat trick?" He looked back at Sophie with a smile.

"...Florence played away that day, and his opponent was AC Milan..." Sophie did not show a happy smile.

"...How could this happen?" Zhang Jun was a little surprised and frowned. He was not stupid, nor was he impulsive to face AC Milan. The last hat trick was really a Jedi counterattack that could not be retreated.

He wiped the last plate clean and handed it to Sophie, then dried his hands, put his hands in his pockets and leaned against the cabinet: "Sophie, you've been in Florence for two months? I haven't officially introduced your teammates to you yet. Do you want to know them?"

"Ha, I've known each other long ago."

"When?" Zhang Jun was surprised.

"Didn't you see them all when I went to your training ground for an interview?" Sophie smiled.

"Ah...that doesn't count, I mean the formal introduction. I want to put your birthday together and our birthday together, hold a small party in our yard, and invite all my teammates, of course, Yang Pan and the others. Let's play with you, which can be considered to increase the relationship between teammates, right?"

Sophie had no objection to Zhang Jun’s arrangement. “Will you invite the chef to come? We will prepare a few days ago… There are not so many water cups at home, and there are not enough kitchen utensils…” She opened the cabinet and searched, as if someone was about to come.

Zhang Jun hugged her from behind and said, "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. It's still early. As for the chef, I have someone selected. Do you still remember who I lived in when I first arrived in the Netherlands?"

Sophie looked up at him: "Uncle Wang?"

"Yes. His food is the most authentic. He told me in person that even the peppers and peppers are shipped from China regularly. I want my teammates to try authentic Chinese food, but I can't use the 'mutated variety' that you can eat on the street to fool others."

"That's great. I haven't seen Uncle Wang in a long time."

"Haha, I want that party to be lively. We haven't celebrated our birthday together for a long time." Zhang Jun lowered his head and placed his chin on Sophie's shoulder, and said softly.

Sophie leaned back against Zhang Jun's solid chest, hugged her hands behind her back and hugged Zhang Jun's neck, looked out the window, and murmured: "Yes, it's been five years..."

※※※

"This is Jorgensen's Revenge!"

"Mr. Vegetable Price Returns to His Hometown."

...

The locker room was messy, Sabato went out, everyone was chatting, of course, the center of the conversation was the right forward in the team - Martin Jorgensen.

"Hey, Martin, you've thrown your gloves out for you (the etiquette of the duel of medieval European knights can be considered a challenge book). Don't let them down!" Gasbalone shouted.

"Go! That was made up by the reporters themselves, and I didn't think about revenge. I'm a professional player, this is just an ordinary game..." Jorgensen said seriously.

"You kid is talking nonsense again! I saw you read the articles in the newspaper several times yesterday!" Xiang Tao shouted in his Italian language that was not grammatically compatible and pronounced inaccurately.

"Haha!" Everyone laughed, even Jorgensen was no exception. This was not a ridicule.

Zhang Jun saw Jorgensen's expression in his eyes. He looked at Krue who was silent while still speaking. Since Krue still can't speak Italian now, although he can understand, he always acts inconsistency.

His eyes rolled and suddenly shouted in the noisy environment: "Martin, Cruy just told me that you will definitely score a goal today because he will assist you."

Everyone looked at Krue, and Jorgensen was also surprised. Krue was not sociable and had never seen him take the initiative to show his kindness to anyone. In the team, he said he wanted to assist someone and help him score goals, and that was what a good relationship did.

But it would be hard to believe that Crue did this.

When Kru saw Zhang Jun mentioning him, he looked at Zhang Jun with a little surprise: "Hey, when did I say this?" He used Chinese.

Zhang Jun smiled and said, "It's just now." Then he turned to everyone and said, "Cru said again, it should be a lesson for the ungrateful Udinese!"

Because Kru can't speak Italian, if he wants to express any opinions, Zhang Jun will be his translator. His captain's identity makes people not doubt whether he is lying, so the eyes of Kru's eyes changed.

Xiang Tao, who knew the truth, was so happy that Zhang Jun was afraid that he would leak the secret, so he quickly glanced at him. Xiang Tao shouted loudly: "That's right! That's right! Kru said he wanted to assist Jorgensen. This kid usually hides so deeply that I can't even see it!"

Everyone immediately believed that Cruy wanted to assist Jorgensen to score.

Kru said helplessly to Zhang Jun: "Do you bully me and can't speak Italian?"

Zhang Jun didn't say anything, just laughed, but the meaning was already very obvious.

Sabato pushed the door open, he looked at his watch, and said to everyone: "Okay! Boys, I have said everything I should say and practice everything I should practice. Although Udinese is at home, we must win! Give Udinese an unforgettable game! Let us play!!"

※※※

"The game has been going on for twenty minutes so far, and neither side has made any achievements! Fiorentina is the mainstay of the away game, and now it is almost overwhelming Udinese, but their luck is really bad. Zhang Jun missed the goal with both shots."

Zhang Jun waved helplessly to Kru who passed the ball to him. He seemed to have no chance of scoring a goal today.

Boos kept ringing when Friuli Stadium was besieging Udinese in Fiorentina, and they thought the visiting team Florence was too arrogant.
To be continued...