Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 2 Arnold Catalano

Arnold Catalano.

This name is very unfamiliar to Li Shou, but it is well-known to the entire French football, because the legendary French striker Thierry Henry was discovered by this old man and brought to Monaco.

This is undoubtedly a brilliant stroke of Arnold Catalano's scouting career, but it is not all. He was also involved in the subsequent transfer of Trezeguet. During his more than 20 years of playing for Monaco, he brought one talented player after another to the team.

Scouts can discover the talent of a player, but if a player wants to really grow and become an outstanding player, he needs his own efforts.

Li Shou has never heard of Arnold Catalano, but he must know that Monaco, located in the south of France, is one of the four principalities in Europe and the second smallest country in the world today, with a total area of ​​only 1.98 square kilometers.

Although Monaco is small, it has amazing wealth. It is the richest country in the world today, one of the four major casinos in the world, and it can be called the most extravagant country in the world.

But for Li Shou, what attracted him was not this rich country, let alone the so-called casino city, but the football team named after this country, Monaco Football Club.

"It's my honor," Li Shou stretched out his hand and said after reacting.

Although Monaco is independent from France, the Monaco team has always been a team in the French League, and it still has this pivotal position in Ligue [-].

However, this team, which has a pivotal position in Ligue 10, has had a bad time in the past two years. At the end of the 11-33 season, Monaco disappeared from Ligue [-] and was relegated to the second division. This is the first time Monaco has been relegated after [-] years.

Although the Monaco royal family has money, in fact the royal family will not pay for the club, which is the reason for the tragedy of Monaco.

It is a very embarrassing thing for a strong team to sink, but Monaco's suffering is not over yet. In the 11-12 season, Monaco, which tried to return to Ligue [-], failed to complete the redemption.

The inability to return to Ligue [-] also frustrated the owner of the club, Prince Albert of the Royal Family of Monaco. At this time, a Russian businessman approached Prince Albert.

Finally, on the first day after the end of the season, Monaco ushered in a new life. Russian businessman Dimitry Rybolovlev officially entered the team and became the new boss of Monaco.

This is another typical Russian oligarch. With Abramovich's success, Russian oligarchs have entered the sports ranks one after another.

And the Russian oligarch brought a new head coach to the team on the first day of his stay in Monaco, Italian "tinker" Claudio Ranieri.

This also allowed Monaco fans to see the determination of the Russian oligarch to lead Monaco to rise again, because in terms of the current situation in Monaco, Ranieri is undoubtedly the most suitable head coach.

This can be seen from Ranieri's title. Although this title is full of irony, it is not an affirmation of Ranieri's ability on the other hand.

The Russian oligarchs have money, but given the current situation in Monaco, even if the Russian oligarchs wield this "ruble", they cannot buy outstanding players.

Not to mention that this Russian oligarch is not willing to be taken advantage of. He is willing to invest money, but there is a premise that this player is worth his money.

Ligue [-] ranks among the five major leagues, but it ranks at the end of the five major leagues. Its impact cannot be compared with the previous leagues. What's more, Monaco is still in Ligue [-], so Monaco's signings are not smooth.

Perhaps, when Monaco returns to Ligue [-], the "ruble" in the hands of the Russian oligarchs can bring a group of outstanding players, but now, Monaco can only rely on Ranieri as the head coach.

But this is good news for some players, such as Li Shou, Catalano came to Paris to inspect Paris Saint-Germain's elimination and young players, but he saw Li Shou.

One day later, with the blessings of the boss and bar guests, Li Shou followed Arnold Catalano on the train to Monaco.

The most common way to travel in Europe is by car, then by train, and finally by plane.It takes more than ten hours from Paris and Monaco, which is a relatively long time for the average person.

Lying on the train, Li Shou took out the magical pair of broken gloves again. The reason why he impulsively came to Europe was because of these gloves. Whether he can succeed this time depends on these gloves.

After research over the past few years, Li Shou has a very clear understanding of gloves. The first function of gloves is to concentrate. When he wears these gloves, he can always concentrate on the court.

This is very important for a player, especially the goalkeeper. A shot is only a moment in the game, and the goalkeeper's distraction is a fatal blow, because the goalkeeper not only has to deal with the opponent's shot, but also takes into account the mistakes of his teammates.

So if you want to be a good goalkeeper, you have to keep your focus at all times and be alert to everything that can happen in the game.

The second function is the action standard for saving. Li Shou played wild football without professional training. At most, he played with a few friends who also love football. This is why Li Shou's statistics are in a mess.

And when Li Shou puts on the gloves, his saving actions will become more standardized. After getting the gloves for nearly a year, his saving actions have become more and more standardized with the help of the gloves.

Before he got the gloves, Li Shou was not a qualified goalkeeper. After he got the gloves, Li Shou gradually became a real goalkeeper. One of the reasons why Catalano invited Li Shou was that Li Shou's saving actions were very standardized.

For this reason, Catalano also asked Li Shou, and Catalano was surprised when he got the answer, because Li Shou told the old scout that he had not received formal training.

This old scout not only has a pair of eyes to see the talents of players clearly, but also is a friendly old man. After getting on the train, he talked a lot about the trial training and comforted Li Shou, saying that if Li Shou can perform at the level of the previous game, he will definitely get a good result.

The third function of the glove is to change the physique. After receiving it for nearly a year, Li Shou found that his physical fitness has undergone great changes.

The most obvious change is the height. The 19-year-old Li Shou is only 180 tall, but after getting these gloves, he has grown a full 7 centimeters to 187 in just one year.

Although this is not high among goalkeepers, it has reached the height of a real goalkeeper. What's more, the change of gloves is not only the height, but also the physical fitness of the whole person.

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