Chapter Thirteen What did you say?
A teammate came with a high ball. Gao Zheng turned his back to the offensive direction, blocked the defender behind him, then raised his chest and gently removed the ball. The football hit him on his chest and fell downwards.
Gao Zheng's right foot immediately followed and hooked the falling football backwards! His movements were not very large, and he mainly relied on the strength of his ankle to complete the hook.
The football flew over his shoulder.
At the same time, he turned around to the defender who was defending him, about to wipe the defensive player.
Next, as long as he just needs to stretch his feet, he can hold the falling football again.
But he failed to complete this move of turning around. When he was halfway through, the defender leaned over all his weight and fought with his shoulders. He lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.
The ball possession is naturally lost.
The defensive player who knocked him down had his arms clamped and signaled to the referee that he had a reasonable collision.
The referee did not call a foul either.
The defensive player immediately turned around, bent down and yelled at Gao Zheng, "Put your three-legged kung fu in front of me, don't play with flowers! Otherwise, I will think you are a provocation, boy!"
Regardless of whether you can understand it or not, just relying on his grinning expression and the gushing spit, you know that it must be nothing good...
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Paro Mandelli, head coach and youth training manager of Sassuolo reserve team, shook his head: "This physical confrontation is completely impossible..."
"I noticed that on his resume, after leaving AC Milan, there was a year of blank period and nothing was left," said Luciano Carlino, the first team assistant coach next to him.
"The U16 best player is now nineteen years old." Mandelli sighed a little emotion. As a coach in charge of youth training, he certainly knew the Chinese genius who once made a big splash in AC Milan youth training camp, which is also the reason why Sassuolo is willing to give Gao Zheng a chance to try.
But to be honest, Gao Zheng's performance after the start of the game disappointed Mandelli.
Although I don’t know why AC Milan gave up on him, it seems that there must be unknown reasons behind every incredible decision. If possible, AC Milan is not happy to let their genius star go.
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Guo Wei was dedicated to both sides - while observing Gao Zheng's performance on the court, while watching the coaches' reactions on the court.
He is an old fan, but this "old fan" refers to an older fan, not a fan who has been watching the football for many years. He watched the football when he was young, but later he gradually stopped watching it. Especially after starting a business, he was busy with work and had no time to take a break, so his youthful hobby was naturally put aside.
Because he hasn't watched the football for a long time, he doesn't know much about football now, but based on the common sense of a fan, he can still see that Gao Zheng's performance on the court is not very good.
Seeing the coach shake his head also confirm his concern.
When he woke up this morning, he saw Gao Zheng with dark circles, yawning constantly, and even eating breakfast with his eyes closed, so he began to worry about the young man - how can he participate in the trial competition in this state?
Seeing his worries come true little by little, Guo Wei was anxious.
He still remembers what Yang Wenlong said when he decided to help Gao Zheng pay all the expenses this time: "That boy, his talent is really high. He can't do anything except playing football. If he doesn't continue playing football, he will be useless. Now there is such an opportunity that only requires tens of thousands of yuan to buy a chance to gain a future. If he loses this opportunity because of his lack of money, I'm afraid I will regret it."
Lao Yang, I'm afraid you will be disappointed...
Guo Wei sighed in his heart.
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"Put your three-legged cat in front of me, don't play with flowers! Otherwise, I will treat you as a provocation, boy!"
Gao Zheng, who was knocked to the ground, heard what the black and hard defensive player said to him.
He remembered his last game in China, where his opponent claimed to be the runner-up in the municipal amateur competition, and the defender was a former professional player who had played in the China League One season.
Compared to the black and hard in front of me, Brother Qing was simply soft... No wonder he felt bored at the beginning.
This gap...
He laughed.
I gave up the life of scrambling in China and chose to come to Italy. Isn’t it just for such confrontation and competition? If he can’t even cope with the reserve level confrontation, how can he succeed?
At this moment, someone stretched out his hand to Gao Zheng, not knocking down his opponent, but a teammate who was on the same team as him and a forward. But he was not the one who tried with Gao Zheng, but a player who was already in the Sassuolo reserve team.
His face looked a little immature, not like a person of Gao Zheng's age.
"Are you okay? Don't care, Marios is this temper..."
"Hey, Berardi, which team do you belong to?!" Marios Conat, the black and hard defensive player, said dissatisfied after hearing what the baby face said.
Berardi grimaced at him: "We are opponents now." He also pulled the blue training vest on his body.
Then he went to pull Gao Zheng, but when he pulled Gao Zheng up, he found that the other person had a smile on his face!
This surprised him. He thought Gao Zheng would be very angry after hearing Marios Connat's words.
"Thank you." Gao Zheng thanked this temporary teammate in Italian.
Berardi was startled: "You speak Italian?"
"Aren't you talking to me in Italian just now?" Gao Zheng asked back strangely.
"Uh..." Berardi then realized, but it was obviously better for the other party to communicate in Italian. "I see you laughing?"
"Of course, can't you laugh?"
"Not...I just thought you would be angry..."
"What's so angry about this?" Gao Zheng waved his hand, looking indifferent.
"I didn't expect you to have such a good temper..." Berardi admired this person who came to try out. He may not know Conate, but as a teammate, he knew very well. Marios Conate always likes to talk trash and constantly seeks people to challenge him on the court. Not everyone likes him.
Gao Zheng smiled when he heard the other party’s praise and said something more.
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Not long after the game continued, Gao Zheng looked around and found the black and hard among the opponent's players. Then he slowly came up and came to the black and hard defense zone.
Then he raised his hand and asked for the ball.
The football was quickly passed, still a high ball.
But this time, Gao Zheng was not facing the direction of the attack. He pulled the ball along the flight path of the football, as if he wanted to shake off the defensive player. Of course, Konath would not let him do what he wanted and quickly followed.
He thought that he just needed to stick it on and if he had a little interference, it would be difficult for this kid to control the ball.
Gao Zheng didn't even want to stop the football. He raised his right foot while running at high speed and gently picked up the flying football!
The football flew over Connat's head!
The black and hard Konath faced Gao Zheng's hidden and close-kick, without any response. The inertia made him continue to rush over. Gao Zheng, who was prepared, slowed down when he picked the ball, then changed direction and dodged the opponent, and caught the football he picked up in the inside!
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"Oh! This ball!" Paro Mandelli widened his eyes on the sidelines. He never expected that Gao Zheng would use such a lightweight way to get rid of the defense.
"So beautiful!" First-team assistant coach Carlino couldn't help but slap him.
He was able to make such an extraordinary move in high-speed running, which had extremely high requirements for ball control and sense of ball. They were all professional football coaches, so they naturally understood how difficult the ball was, and they were definitely not as easy and freehand as Gao Zheng showed.
The two looked at each other and were sure that they had vaguely seen the shadow of the AC Milan genius.
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Because of the previous confrontation between Gao Zheng and Connate, this time seeing Connate follow Gao Zheng, the other Sassuolo reserve players did not expect Connate to be passed by Gao Zheng.
Therefore, when Connat was pulled out by Gao Zheng, his original position became a vacant.
Gao Zheng, who easily passed Conat, dribbled the ball and came for this opportunity.
Connat, who had been passed, felt a surge of blood surged on his head. He chased back and rushed towards the figure regardless of the matter.
But just before he caught up, Gao Zheng had already completed the shot!
After the football flew out, it fell to the ground and rebounded in the near corner. The goalkeeper failed to snatch it in time. The football got into the goal from his armpit!
This is what Conner saw when he caught up with Gao Zheng.
Chapter completed!