green knight

Chapter 21: Conversation
"Then you won't study anymore?" Susan continued to ask.

Li Zihan curled his lips: "Who wants to go back to study after playing football? What are you doing now? Why don't you graduate and find a good job with a higher salary? But I already have such a good job now." Why are you still looking for the bottom line?"

Susan nodded but said in her mouth: "It's better to learn more things, it's good for yourself."

Li Zihan smiled: "I'm learning from you, my God, five languages!"

In this way, in a good atmosphere, Li Zihan's children's shoes had their first "date" in life, um. He thought it should be a date, right?

After lunch, Li Zihan originally planned to send Susan to school, but Susan dismissed him with one sentence: "I don't want the police uncle to call me later and tell me to go to the police station to pick up the lost child. "

After Li Zihan watched Susan get on the bus, he returned to the dormitory the same way.No way, he doesn't know much about other ways.

On the second day, Conte's training formation was still 352, but now he puts more emphasis on the midfielder's ability to control the ball.Through the last round of the league, he found a loophole in his team, that is, the midfield is too weak.

Fortunately, this is not a big problem, because they have very good midfielders Vidal, Marchisio and AC Milan veteran Pirlo.

Overall, there is no big change. Li Zihan Children's Shoes will also do extra physical training after training every day, but now no one assigns him tasks, but he consciously goes to extra training.

The days are so fulfilling, he didn't go to nightclubs or bars to relax after training like other players, because there is a big beauty waiting for him at home.Every day, Li Zihan's life is the dormitory and the training ground. In fact, Li Zihan also goes out to play. After all, he belongs to the age of youthful vitality.

But considering his half-baked Italian, he still chose to give up. Turin is not an international metropolis.The automobile industry is developed here, and the people who live here are generally local residents. They can only speak native Italian, and occasionally a few can speak a little English.

So Li Zihan is now learning Italian with all his heart, working hard for that "great and arduous" task.But if the beautiful woman Susan knows what he thinks, maybe she will just drop the pick and quit.

Once Li Zihan held Conte privately and asked him why he arranged for him to learn so many languages.Conte told him with a serious face: "Li, there are not just people from one country in a team. You need to exchange views with your teammates in different languages ​​and implement the tactical arrangements of the head coach. This will make you and The team works together better and you don't just play in Italy all your life."

In fact, he understood what Conte meant, and Conte was paving the way for his future career path.Li Zihan was very moved, he didn't expect Conte to think so far for him.

After another ten days, Li Zihan felt that his ability was getting better and better. This was a feeling. He could keenly observe the bouncing trend of the ball. In terms of professional football, he had a very good sense of smell for the ball. good.

Moreover, his physical coordination and technique have also improved rapidly. Although there is a very good system, Li Zihan still has no professional football training after all, so he is still very "immature" compared to other players.

And Conte is also lamenting that as long as Li Zihan plays in the top league for three to five years, he will definitely become a generation of football superstars.He just lacks professional training and experience now.

All in all, in the 20 days since he came to Juventus in late August, Li Zihan's training has improved significantly, which also reflects his great potential. The only problem is that he still lacks stamina and has no physical strength Played all nine and 10 minutes of the game.If it was a fast-paced physical confrontation similar to that of the Premier League, Li Zihan estimated that he would not even last for 45 minutes in the half.

But this problem is not big, he is only now.Moreover, the rhythm of Italian football is not fast, but the defense is relatively tight. If they play as a cavalry substitute, it will also have a surprise effect.

His body looks thin, but surprisingly strong.After two rounds of league and normal confrontation, Conte discovered that this thin body is like a leopard.With high explosive speed and fast speed, he is not afraid of collision with copper head and iron arm, and there is no need to worry about him turning into a "glass man".

It’s just that being strong doesn’t mean physical strength. If you let a leopard race a horse, the leopard will definitely win if the finish line is 50 meters or 100 meters.

And the running distance of a player in a game is definitely not just one kilometer, except for the goalkeeper of course.

Despite this, Li Zihan's potential is still quite huge, and now Conte is thinking about whether to sign a long-term professional contract to keep this little guy in check first, so as not to be spotted by other teams and make wedding dresses for others.With Li Zihan's two games, the number of scouts outside the training base has increased.

On the third floor of the office building east of the Vinovo training base, Conte knocked on the door of Marotta's office.

Giuseppe Marotta is the team general manager of Juventus, responsible for the team's player signings, contract renewals, wages and sponsorship of partners and other commercial issues.As the head coach, Conte has no right to be responsible for the signing of professional players. He only has the right to make suggestions. He will tell the club's senior management the name of the player he needs, and the senior management will decide whether to introduce this player or other players.

The temporary contract that Li Zihan signed was Marotta who was sought by Conte. Since it was a temporary contract, Marotta was also willing to give face to the coach who had been working with him for a long time, and handed the contract directly to Conte without any discussion at the top. , Not every player can attract the attention of high-level players.Like Li Zihan's temporary contract, Marotta has the direct right to decide on contracts such as youth training and reserve teams.

However, in addition to the core and main players involved in the professional contract of the first team, some substitute or rotation players can be discussed by the head coach, the general manager of the club and the other two heads of the club's competitive affairs.

The head coach actually seems to have a lot of power, but in fact he can only decide a team's lineup, training, and tactical arrangements.As for other matters, it is basically decided by the top management of the club.

Of course, some clubs and coaches are privileged, such as Sir Alex Ferguson.

After a "please come in" came from inside, Conte opened the door and walked in.

"Damn it, if I knew it was you Antonio, I wouldn't let you in." Juventus Club General Manager Giuseppe Marotta looked annoyed.

"Come on, Marotta, I don't come to you more than three times a season." Conte, who closed the door behind his backhand, came to Marotta's desk and sat down face to face with him.

"But they came to me for money three times!!" Marotta jokingly put on a very "angry" expression.

Conte gave him a blank look: "If our chairman gives me the right to transfer and sign the contract like the Premier League club, I promise that I will never come to you for the rest of my life."

Marotta slapped the table and said loudly: "Damn Antonio, are you planning to steal my job?" Then his voice changed, "Tell me, which player do you like this time? You know, the season has just started. We have just finished signing, so the club will definitely not agree to your request, at least not in the near future."

"This time it's a small matter, you can just use your mouth. Do you know Li?" Conte asked casually.

"Li??" Marotta asked suspiciously, "Where is this player from? England? Or the United States? Well, it's an unfamiliar name, and his value should not be high."

As expected of the general manager of the club who has the power to transfer, the first thing he thinks about is the player's nationality and worth.

Conte shook his head: "It's in our team. It was our U-19 temporary youth training contract."

Marotta suddenly realized: "Oh, you mean the yellow boy you brought into the club some time ago?"

He was a little displeased with the yellow-skinned kid Conte called by Marotta. He frowned and said, "That Chinese kid, I've seen his great potential before. Recently I let him come off the bench for the first team and he performed very well. Not even worse than the main force of the first team, so I want you to give him a formal professional contract, preferably with a longer contract period, I am sure that the Juventus striker will be the absolute main force in the future."

Marotta said disdainfully: "I said Antonio, you should know that there are many 'shooting stars' in the European league. Some people shine in one game, some perform well in one season, and some perform in two seasons. Brilliant. But three years from now, five years from now? Where are they?"

Conte was in a hurry: "You have to trust me as a professional coach, I'm sure Li is definitely not a 'shooting star'."

Marotta waved his hand: "How many years have you been the head coach? I admit that you were very good as a player, and your performance as a head coach has also been dazzling in the past few years. As for the player's potential, that's the job of scouts." .”

Conte wanted to say something but was interrupted directly by Marotta: "Okay, okay, I already know the purpose of your visit today. Isn't it just to give him a professional contract, you go back and tell him, call He'll have his agent come to me sometime and I'll give him a professional contract."

"Salary, the salary of the first-team substitute team is almost the same." Marotta added a sentence and made a gesture of seeing off.

In almost all clubs except the Premier League, the relationship between the head coach and the general manager is not very good, because the general manager’s words on transfer matters are more effective than their head coaches. Often, many club head coaches want to sign this player, and then go to training. The field report is often another player.

This is probably the ghost of the general manager in the middle.