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Chapter 232 To Sophie, Happy Birthday(1/3)

Since Li Yongle did not explain further, Adriano still didn't know why Zhang Jun scored three goals in the next round of the league, and what he didn't understand was why Li Yongle was like a wizard who predicted the future, so sure that Zhang Jun would complete the hat trick.

Li Yongle thought this was an agreement between Zhang Jun and Sophie, and there was no need to involve Ade. Zhang Jun is not something that Adriano can have.

But Ade doesn't seem to appreciate it.

In Meacha's locker room, Adriano was determined to tell everyone that he would score twice today to catch up with Zhang Jun. The other teammates were cheering him up, but his best friend Li Yongle didn't say a word, which was a bit abnormal. Adriano remembered the cold water that Li Yongle threw on him a few days ago, and didn't care. He thought that I would defeat Zhang Jun anyway, and let you regret it after I defeated Zhang Jun.

It’s no wonder Adriano is so conceited. As the main striker of Brazil’s national team and Inter Milan, he is in great shape since the beginning of this season. Naturally, he will think that now is a great time to surpass Zhang Jun and become the best forward in Serie A.

But Li Yongle just looked at his friend silently from the side without saying a word. Although Inter Milan and Fiorentina's opponents are not strong, and their opponents are a little weaker than Zhang Jun's opponents, he knew that even himself would not want to be one-on-one with Zhang Jun at this time.

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Zhang Jun checked again that the words written on the T-shirt in his jersey did not fade, and then put the jersey down again. Everyone in the team knew what he was going to do, so he didn't ask much.

Sabato suddenly wanted to laugh as he looked at Zhang Jun's careful preparation. He persuaded his opponent for the first time: "Hey, Zhang Jun, although this is our home court, you should save some face for Sampdoria..."

Zhang Jun looked up at Sabato in surprise: "Boss, the game is the game, why should I save face for them?"

Sabato was asked by Zhang Jun’s rebellious question so he didn’t know how to answer, so he had to cough twice: “That’s true, that’s true. It’s great for young people to be motivated…”

He heard the boo from Xiang Tao.

Hearing Xiang Tao's booing, Sabato's face clearly showed "displeasure". He looked at the players who seemed to be nothing, and then suddenly shouted: "Damn it! I said everything I should say just now. Now I will tell you the last time: This is our home court, and Sampdoria is just a mid-range team! They can't pose any threat to us at all! Defeat them! A big victory over them! Let all the teams in Serie A who want to pull us off from the first position - this is the strength of Fiorentina!!"

Everyone howled like wild animals, causing Dilivio next to him to frown. No matter how they looked at these people, they didn't look like serious professional players, but like a group of bandits.

Among these wild beast-like players, only Zhang Jun and Cru remained normal. Even the gentle Morientes was a little emotional. A fearless and domineering aura that is beyond me is something that all Fiorentine players can feel now.

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Even Li Yongle had to admit that Ade was like holding back his energy today and was in great condition. After seven minutes of the game, Inter Milan took the lead, and the goal was Adriano. He shot a heavy gun outside the penalty area and his signature goal.

Adriano was also very excited after scoring the goal. He looked at Li Yongle in protest, but Li Yongle was glancing at Maya to check the LCD screen on the stage, which was broadcasting the scores of other stadiums.

Adriano looked up and he was soon surprised to find the following message: Florence 1:0 Sampdoria, Zhang Jun 6 minutes.

It's actually one minute faster than him!

He looked at the display with his mouth wide open and raised his head, and the pleasure of scoring the goal just swept away from Adriano.

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In another arena, Zhang Jun just put down the jersey he lifted up after scoring the goal, and the T-shirt inside said: "Thank you for your company over the past eleven years, happy birthday!"

He knew that Sophie would definitely watch the game in the hotel, so he would definitely see this sentence.

Sophie did see that when she saw Zhang Jun score the goal, she jumped up and raised her hand to cheer for her lover as usual, but when she saw Zhang Jun's deliberately prepared "birthday gift" that she didn't expect, she still covered her mouth in surprise and looked at the Chinese characters in the TV camera.

This birthday, even if the two of them are not around each other, it will be an unforgettable birthday for her life.

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Li Yongle moved his gaze from the display screen, and then happened to see Adriano looking at him.

"You must know something, right?" Adriano asked.

"Well..." Li Yongle pondered for a moment, "Maybe you won't believe it, because it sounds a bit absurd. But it is true. October 20th is Sophie's birthday. Sophie, you know, is Zhang Jun's fiancée. Zhang Jun has given Sophie a promise a long time ago: every year on his birthday, he will give Sophie a hat trick. Although this promise has not been realized every year, if there is a chance, I don't think Zhang Jun will let it go."

Adriano seemed to be listening to a fairy tale: "Lie... You mean that Zhang is going to take a professional team with great strength just for his fiancée. The hat trick can be completed just by wanting it?!"

Li Yongle shrugged: "Maybe he may not be able to do it normally, but today he has great hope of success."

Adriano's face changed: "Okay... Since he can, then I can do it too!"

Li Yongle looked at Adriano who was still full of confidence and couldn't bear to pour cold water from him anymore, so he nodded and said, "Okay, just shoot in the front, I will send the ball to your feet."

Adriano smiled, this is his friend.

But Li Yongle was not very clear in his heart whether he could help Adriano, surpassing Zhang Jun in the number of goals in today's game.

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Sampdoria is very depressed now. They don’t know the agreement between Zhang Jun and Sophie, so they are caught off guard by Zhang Jun’s goal so early. Conceding too early completely disrupts Sampdoria’s tactical arrangements. They originally wanted to keep a low profile and defend and counterattack on the road - the teams trained by traditional Italian head coaches are basically this tune.

But now he conceded the goal first, how can he defend and counterattack?

The fight was exactly what Sabato wanted. He wanted Sampdoria to give up the previous tactics and attack him.

Of course he knew what was going on with Zhang Jun so excited today, and it was definitely not because he took medicine. For him, Zhang Jun's outbreak was only good and no bad. Today he would take advantage of Zhang Jun's outbreak and make a good start in Italy.

When Florence saw that Sampdoria wanted to attack, he immediately retreated a little to lure the enemy. When Sampdoria counterattacked twice and found that she had no resistance and was ready to attack with all her strength, Florence suddenly exerted force, and a very threatening attack almost broke through Sampdoria's goal.

If Morientes' shot was not a little bit missed, Sampdoria would have fallen behind 0:2 now.

Li Yan watched the game with interest in the press conference seat. He already knew the situation in Inter Milan. With the interpersonal relationships he had accumulated over the years in Italy, he could still find out the internal news from Inter Milan.

That guy Adriano actually wanted to compete with Zhang Jun in this game for the number of goals. This is really interesting news. It seems that he wrote some of them after the game.

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Just as the first half was about to end, Inter Milan took the lead again, but this time it was not the goal scored by Adriano, but his partner Martins. Martins' speed is also very famous in Serie A. This time he relied on his own speed to grab the opportunity to pass the ball back before the opponent's goalkeeper.

Although this is related to the opponent's defender's cooperation mistake and goalkeeper's mistake, Martins' speed is the key to determining the outcome.

Adriano did not score a goal, but he was still happy for his partner. The most important thing was that he knew that Li Yongle would help him, so his confidence increased greatly.

Thinking of this, he looked at Li Yongle again, but to his surprise, Li Yongle was looking at the display screen on the stage. His heart beat, could it be...

I quickly followed and waited for a while. The score between Fiorentina and Sampdoria appeared, 1:0, fortunately, the score did not change.

Li Yongle always looked up at the scores of other games, just to care about Zhang Jun's situation. Adriano didn't know, and thought that every time Li Yongle looked up, the scores there changed.

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Xiang Tao, who returned to the locker room, was still cursing: "Damn it! We played so smoothly in the first half, why didn't we score a goal? We only scored a goal in 45 minutes!"

Gas Baroni next to him shook his head: "Don't complain, you're not lucky!" In the first half, Fiorentina got at least three chances of scoring. Except for one shot, the remaining two times were unexpectedly saved by the goalkeeper.

Zhang Jun was silent on the side. He had many opportunities in the first half, but he was not sure. Perhaps he wanted to complete the hat trick too much, which made him lose his calm judgment.

The team now has the advantage but cannot expand its lead. As the captain, he must reflect on himself.

"Well, we will change it a little in the second half. Sampdoria's defense in the middle is very strict, and we don't have many opportunities. In the second half, we put all the offensive forces on the side..." Sabato drew the team's offensive route on the tactical board, and the two black lines extended from his own half, along the side road to the opponent's penalty area. "Jaguin and Gas Baroni, give full play to your fast speed, but don't get too entangled on the side road, take the ball when you have the chance. We have Morientes and Zhang, so don't worry too much about heading. The key is to make their defenders not have time to stand, so the speed must be fast. If there is no chance, pass it back to Kreu in the middle and let him reorganize the attack."

Everyone nodded, indicating that they understood.

"Xiang Tao assists more frequently, Sampdoria has no extra strength to counterattack." When Xiang Tao heard that he could participate in the attack without any scruples, he immediately became energetic and patted his chest and replied loudly: "No problem! It's wrapped around me! If they dare to break through from me and want to hit me behind me, I will definitely tell them to be back and forth!"

Sabato glared at him: "Idiot! I asked you to assist, but I didn't ask you to foul!" Then he turned his head to Zhang Jun, who was silent since he entered the locker room. "Zhang, he performed well in the first half, and continue in the second half." He didn't have much to say about this captain, because he knew that Zhang Jun would figure it out by himself.

Zhang Jun nodded, then looked down at the bracelet on his wrist.

Happy birthday, Sophie.

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Adriano walked out of the passage and saw Li Yongle habitually glance at the display screen in the stands, and he wanted to laugh. During the halftime break, he asked Li Yongle, and Li Yongle also explained to him why he always glanced at the display screen. Now he must be caring about Zhang Jun again, and they are born opponents.

There were three games at the same time as Inter Milan. Although the kickoff time was the same, the second half was started due to different stoppage time, so the second half was started with first and then. Inter Milan made up for five minutes in the first half. Because there were fans causing trouble, the disappointed fans of the visiting team threw the fireworks into the field. Fortunately, the security personnel cleaned it up in time, otherwise the game would not be as simple as five minutes of stoppage time.

Therefore, other games have begun, and the players on both sides have just started.

Li Yongle stared at the horizontal LCD screen and looked for news about Florence on it.

Udinese 1:3 AC Milan, but he didn't expect that his opponent in the city could lead two goals so easily on the away game.

Lecce 2:2 Chiwo, the two mid-range teams were hard to solve, but the second half had just begun, and there were four goals, and the game must be very intense.

Florence 2:0 Sampdoria, Zhang Jun 46 minutes.

Zhang Jun 46 minutes!

Li Yongle's body trembled slightly. As soon as the second half began, he scored another goal! Hell! Sure enough... Li Yongle couldn't help but clenched his fists.

Adriano saw Li Yongle standing next to him with a serious expression and staring at the display screen. He also looked over. He didn't see the score in Fiorentina ahead, but he could see clearly the scorer and goal time afterwards.

Zhang Jun 46 minutes!

This kid!

Adriano also clenched his fists.

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Florence was full of a voice: "Long live! Zhang Jun! Long live! Florence!!" All the Fiorentine fans stood up and raised their arms high. The scene was quite spectacular.

This time, Zhang Jun did not lift the jersey excitedly. He just raised his right index finger and raised his right arm in the air. While running forward, he drew his arms in circles in the air. The purple bracelet on his wrist was particularly conspicuous under the close-up of the camera, and there was a group of excited Fiorentine players behind him. Of course, they would not be stupid enough to run behind Zhang Jun. They were going to catch up with Zhang Jun and then pounce on him.

When Zhang Jun ran to the corner flag area, the leader of the Huajin finally caught up with Zhang Jun, then radiated forward, rushed to Zhang Jun's back, and then pressed him to the ground, shouting loudly in his mouth in Spanish that Zhang Jun could not understand.

Then more players fell from the sky and pressed the two under them.

Zhang Jun, who had finally crawled out of the crowd of teammates, did not forget to send birthday wishes to Sophie. He ran to a camera near the corner flag area and kissed the bracelet at the camera.

He thought this was very clear, and Sophie in front of the TV would definitely be able to see it.

"Zhang Jun is as active as taking medicine - uh, of course, we're just kidding, not that he's really taking medicine - he's already scored two goals! On the other hand, Adriano has been silent since he scored a goal shortly after the opening game. Zhang Jun's form looks very good in this game, maybe he can complete a hat trick."

Sabato was very satisfied with Zhang Jun's performance because he had gradually recovered his calmness. The first five minutes after the first five minutes of the game were about to end, which was the time when the team was most likely to feel relaxed and was also an excellent time to score goals. Zhang Jun seized this opportunity and took advantage of the start of the second half and Sampdoria's players who had not yet fully entered the game, and easily scored the football into the goal through a beautiful goal-front encirclement.

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Adriano is unwilling to give up, and he is still trying hard to find opportunities to continue scoring goals. Li Yongle is also helping him wholeheartedly, but as their opponent, Bologna is not weak, at least not so weak that you can make Inter Milan score a few goals if you want.
To be continued...
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