Chapter 208 Over thirty(2/3)
"...Fiorentina won this game, which did not alleviate the chaos in the final stage of Serie A, but instead made the situation even more chaotic. Although Inter Milan had the possibility of winning the championship in theory, it was still possible and they would not give up easily. AC Milan and Juventus were still very close after winning success. After successfully entering the top four, Fiorentina could not relax in the face of Sampdoria's press. In addition to winning the game in the future, they also had a task to ensure Zhang Jun's place in the league's best scorer..." Li Yan tapped the round review on his laptop.
He remembered the last sentence from Sabato's press conference again.
This hooligan is really confident in his team.
Judging from Fiorentina's current state, it should be less of a problem to hold the fourth place in the league, and there should be less of a suspense about Zhang Jun winning the best scorer. Chinese football has finally come out with a top scorer in the foreign league.
The season is coming to an end, and Zhang Jun has been selected for the National Olympic Team as an overage player and is preparing to play in the Beijing Olympics... I just hope he won't be too tired.
Thinking of the best scorer, Li Yan decided to call Zhang Jun.
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Zhang Jun was watching movies with Sophie at home, a home theater, and surround sound, making them immersive. While watching in a tense place, Li Yan's phone call made Zhang Jun and Sophie feel that they were being brought back to reality. This gap in the environment made Zhang Jun very unhappy. He didn't go to see who called, answered the phone, and said in an ignorant way: "Who? What's the matter?"
"Haha, it's me, Zhang Jun."
Zhang Jun heard that it was Li Yan's voice and signaled Sophie to turn the sound of the TV down a little. Sophie pressed the pause directly.
"Ah, what's the matter?"
"Well, I'm writing a manuscript. I have a question and want to interview you temporarily."
"I'm saying so seriously... If you have any questions, I refuse to answer sensitive topics."
"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want to ask you... Are you determined to win the best scorer this season?"
"That's natural." Zhang Jun remembered the moment he shook hands with Adriano. He felt that football became more interesting because of these opponents. "Not only do I have to win the best scorer, I also have to win the best scorer with more than thirty goals!"
Li Yan was stunned.
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This is really a very, very distant era. Since Inter Milan's Angelino became the best scorer in the Italian Football League with 33 goals in the 58/59 season, there has been no scorer in Serie A who can score more than 30 goals in a season in half a century.
Li Yan really wanted to ask Zhang Jun at that time whether he knew the history of Serie A and whether he knew what he said meant to Serie A. If he really realized what he said, then he would break the curse of the Serie A top scorer who had been in 49 years that scored more than thirty goals. If he really did, then some people said that Zhang Jun was not strong enough, and Li Yan was the first to go up and suck that girl's mouth.
Li Yan paused for a long time when he put down the phone and continued to write the article, just thinking about whether to write Zhang Jun's "big words".
He knew that his manuscript was not only visible in China, but also used by some Italian media as references, because he was the closest reporter to Zhang Jun - except Sophie. If this was disclosed, what impact would it have in Italian football? He thought he could roughly guess it.
The final result of considering this passage was written on it. He believed in Zhang Jun, and he wanted to make the Italians amazed for a Chinese striker.
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"Not only do I have to win the top scorer, I also have to win the top scorer with more than thirty goals."
When Andrei Kagliani saw this sentence, she almost coughed up the breakfast in her mouth. This was the manuscript sent to him by Li Yan. There was an agreement between them, and Kagliani gave him some exclusive information about Italian and asked him to send it back to China. Li Yan gave him priority to provide him with various information about Chinese players such as Zhang Jun, so that he could enjoy exclusive treatment.
He put the bread in his hand on the table and began to search for historical information about Serie A and historical information about the best scorer. After searching for a long time, he found nothing. He turned to ask the oldest editor in the club.
"Fereno, do you know which Serie A top scorer scored the most goals?"
The wrinkled old editor heard Kagliani asking him, then put down his work and then lowered his head to meditate. "In the 49/50 season, AC Milan's Nodar, thirty-five goals."
Someone next to him was exclaiming: "It's worthy of being a living data library in the society! These things can be remembered just by lowering their heads!"
Kagliani had no time to praise him, and he continued to ask: "So who is the person who won the league's top scorer with more than thirty goals in the past?"
This time, Ferenno did not ponder and answered directly: "In the 58/59 season, Inter Milan's Angelino, thirty-three goals."
“…has it been forty-nine years?”
Ferenno nodded and asked, "What are you asking about this? These materials are covered in dust, and no one will remember them anymore. Serie A is increasingly emphasizing defense, and it is impossible to score thirty goals in a season." He laughed.
Kagliani waved the manuscript in his hand and said to him: "I have one person in my hand now, and he plans to win the top scorer of the season with more than thirty goals."
"Wow! Who?" someone asked loudly in the office.
"Florence's Zhang Jun has scored 26 goals at present."
The office was silent, and Ferenno's mouth grinned, and his smile was very strange.
Finally, when Kagliani was going to hand over the written manuscript to his editor-in-charge for review, the editor didn't believe that a Chinese striker could say such words.
"Andre, you have to know that the Chinese are very shy. They are all very modest and will not say such big words casually. You must have made something wrong."
Kagliani called Li Yan and handed the phone to his editor-in-chief. Li Yan swears on the other end of the phone that he heard Zhang Jun say this with his own ears, and there will be no falsehood.
Since there have been many cooperations between them, the editor cannot suspect that Li Yan would lie and fabricate fake news. Although this news does have a sensational effect, there is no need to fabricate fake news for this sensational effect and ruin his reputation.
So the editor-in-chief took the manuscript to find the editor-in-chief. The editor-in-chief read the manuscript five times, and finally waved his pen: Go!
Kagliani called Li Yan and said that the manuscript had been approved and would be published tomorrow.
Li Yan smiled tactfully: "Andre, I'll tell you, just wait for a good show starting tomorrow."
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Li Yan's words were quickly confirmed.
When "Milan Sports" and "Sports Weekly" were released in Italy and China respectively, many people were in a mess.
Those who are familiar with Serie A history will know very well what Zhang Jun’s words mean. Those who don’t understand will also understand roughly after listening to the reporters’ tireless explanations.
In short, if Zhang Jun really did it, he would have accomplished a point that no one could have done for nearly half a century. No one could have done it, whether it was a local Italian star or a foreign emperor superstar.
And this honor will belong to the Chinese.
China's domestic reaction is closer to patriotism and national honor. Italy is analyzing the possibility of Zhang Jun's successful implementation and what kind of achievements will be if it succeeds.
Zhang Jun has scored twenty-six goals so far, which is an amazing result. Since the 58/59 season, the highest number of goals for the league's top scorer is twenty-seven. There are four rounds left in the league. In theory, it is not difficult to achieve more than thirty goals, but that is only theoretically not difficult. You should know that football games are full of variables, and no one dares to say that they will definitely score goals in the next game. Four goals may be achieved in one game, and maybe one goal may not be scored in half a season. The striker is a very special position and is very dependent on state. If the state comes, even Yaxin may not be able to stop him from scoring, but if the state is not, even the empty goal will be thrown away.
Look at Florence's last four rounds of opponents.
The 35th round vs. Empoli, the 36th round vs. Palermo, the 37th round vs. Regina, and the 38th round vs. Chivo.
The opponents are not strong, but there are two relegation teams: Palermo and Regina.
In the final stage of the league, teams fighting for relegation are often more difficult to deal with than those teams who are qualifying for the league championship or for the Champions League. Fiorentina should know this better than anyone else because they were still fighting for relegation last season.
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Just when the outside world was amazed and speculated by Zhang Jun's bold words, the parties involved were very calm. Looking at the increasing number of reporters on the training ground every day, Zhang Jun was very calm in the face of the various questions they raised about the total number of goals.
"Yes, I said this, and I will do it for you to see." Zhang Jun said in an interview with Sky TV outside the training ground.
"So, do you know that no one in Serie A has been able to score more than thirty goals in a season since the 58/59 season?" asked the beautiful reporter and host.
Zhang Jun smiled and said, "I only found out about this later, but I think I have scored twenty-six goals and four rounds. I am in good shape now, so it shouldn't be a problem. In short, no matter how much you ask, I can't tell you. I'd better wait until the league is over."
Due to the bold words mentioned above, Fiorentina's home game against Empoli has attracted much attention in the 35th round of the league. Many people want to see if Zhang Jun can score in this game. If they can't score, they will suspect that Zhang Jun is talking nonsense.
As a result, Zhang Jun did not score in that game. Fiorentina defeated Empoli 1-0 at home, and the goal was the midfielder Kreu, who scored his fifth goal in his individual league this season.
After the game, many comments believed that Zhang Jun scored more than 30 goals was an impossible task. Zhang Jun did not express any opinion. In the face of interviews from the news media, he still answered as if he could complete it.
In the next 36th round, Florence encountered a difficult opponent, Palermo, who fought for relegation.
Zhang Jun still started in this game. In the final stage, he started every game and played for 90 minutes. Even Sabato was providing the possibility of realizing his "big promises".
And all the teammates are like this.
Assist Zhang Jun as much as possible, ensure he becomes the best scorer and ensure he becomes the best scorer in Serie A in half a century.
Since Zhang Jun did not score in the last round, he was already tightened by Adriano, who was so excited, and he was shortened: 26 to 24.
At the beginning of this game, Palermo relied on his home advantage to launch a fierce attack on Fiorentina. Fiorentina also continued the defensive counterattack tactics starting from Inter Milan, first trying to stabilize the situation and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.
At the beginning of the game, Fiorentina was in danger in front of the goal and almost scored several times. If it weren't for the better luck, Frey performed well and Fiorentina would have fallen behind three goals.
The key moment needs Mr. Key. Zhang Jun played this role again. A goal in the 39th minute broke the situation on the court and changed the direction of the game.
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!" The commentator of Sky TV dragged his voice and shouted. When the sound became smaller and smaller, he suddenly burst out with a loud roar, "Twenty-seven! Twenty-seven! Zhang Jun's 27 goals! After the last game, everyone was wondering whether he could achieve what he said. Now Zhang Jun proved his confidence with practical actions. He has three goals left to thirty!"
The big screen played the scene of Zhang Jun scoring the goal just now. He received a cross from Jorgensen and then stabbed the football into the near corner of the goal with his toes. The goalkeeper blocked the goal angle and could only watch the football roll into the goal.
In order to compete with the defender for this ball, Zhang Jun paid the price that his inner thigh was cut by the defender's shoe nails.
But Zhang Jun was very excited after scoring the goal, ignoring the injury on his leg, and still leaving blood. Until the referee ran to him, he would not be able to continue the game like this, unless he was treated for hemostatic treatment after the game.
Only then did Zhang Jun notice that his thigh was bleeding, so he quickly ran off the field and waved his hand to the team doctor to come up to stop the bleeding.
Feng Qing ran over slowly with his box, then skillfully but quickly treated Zhang Jun's wound. Then he patted Zhang Jun on the shoulder: "Tell the referee that it's OK, you have no health problems now. Go up and score a few more goals!"
Zhang Jun stood up and jumped, not feeling any strange feeling on his thigh injury. Then he raised his hand to the referee on the field to signal.
The referee saw Zhang Jun's gesture, then waved his hand inward and asked him to come up quickly.
"Zhang Jun re-entered the game! It seems that his injury is not a problem."
Fiorentina led Palermo 1-0, which made Palermo, who was fighting for relegation, feel uneasy. They attacked desperately in the second half, hoping to score a goal and retain hope for the team.
Zhang Jun can understand the feelings of his opponents. After all, it is very uncomfortable to watch the team he plays for is transferred to Class II. He also experienced such a journey last season, but now is not the time to sympathize with his opponents. He must realize what he said.
"Ah! Cru's breakthrough successfully allowed Palermo's defenders to foul in front of his penalty area! This is Fiorentina's free kick. Zhang Jun stood in front of the ball, and he would definitely shoot in person! For the goal of thirty goals, he would never miss this opportunity!"
Zhang Jun stood in front of the ball, and he looked at the wall of people nervously lined up. Everyone's face was either anxious or anxious. How similar was this to their expression last season?
But... I'm sorry, although you need victory to relegate, we also need victory.
Zhang Jun let out a breath, then started running, swinging his legs, and kicking the ball.
The football went around the upper part of the man's wall and began to fall. When it reached the goal, it was already very low. The goalkeeper couldn't save it, allowing the football to sweep over him.
To be continued...