Football's hand covers the sky

Chapter 8 The No. [-] Goalkeeper Controversy (recommendation ticket requested)

Li Shou never dreamed that a man who looked like an orangutan would strike up a conversation with him on the streets of Monaco, and the reason for the strikeup was so weird that he wanted to invite Li Yi to his company to be a celebrity.

And it wasn't the first time he saw this man who looked like an orangutan. Yesterday, when Li Shou felt the sunset and sea breeze in Monaco for the first time, Li Shou saw him, and he was even fed a mouthful of dog food.

Of course, Li Shou would not agree to this invitation. He didn't have the so-called dream of being a star, but he felt pretty good about being liked, which showed that his external conditions were very good.

Although it is a happy thing, it has no impact on Li Shou's life. After two days of relaxation, Monaco's training camp for this season officially started.

During this period, Monaco's personnel changed again. The only good news for Li Shou is that Monaco did not introduce a goalkeeper.

Not surprisingly, Monaco's goalkeepers this season are Li Shou, Subasic and Sulzak. Among them, Subasic is the team's main goalkeeper, and Li Shou and Sulzak compete for the second and third goalkeeper positions.

Goalkeeper No. [-] lasts a day. Because of the special nature of goalkeepers, as long as they don’t get injured, they can basically play for the entire season. So luckily, No. [-] goalkeeper may not have a chance to play in a season.

Speaking of the current situation in world football, the No. [-] goalkeeper is more just for peace of mind. It is like a decoration. Without unfavorable variables, there is no chance to get a chance to play, so the No. [-] position is particularly important.

To put it bluntly, the No. [-] goalkeeper may still have his day, but the No. [-] goalkeeper will never see his day.

Li Shou is ahead of Sulzak in the choice of the second goalkeeper. There is no head coach who doesn’t like hardworking players. Li Shou’s training during this period has earned him enough impression points in front of Ranieri.

In fact, Li Shou didn't know it. During Li Shou's rare relaxation, Pellizzaro approached Ranieri. As a confidant who followed Ranieri to Monaco, Pellizzaro's words still carry a lot of weight.

However, Pelizzaro is not fighting for the No. [-] goalkeeper position for Li Shou. On the contrary, he hopes that Ranieri will not give Li Shou a chance so early.

"No~~~ I have great confidence in Li. He is a child with outstanding talent and is willing to work hard, but he has never played a game before." Pellizzaro really likes Li Shou, otherwise he would not be so worried.

"So you want to let him feel the real professional game on the bench first." Ranieri looked at his cronies.

"Yes, I don't want to ruin him by appearing too early." Pellizzaro obviously didn't know that Li Shou's heart was far stronger than he imagined.

"George, it seems that you really appreciate that little guy." The two had worked together for many years, and it was the first time that Ranieri saw his old buddy value someone so cautiously.

"Li has the talent to become the top goalkeeper, and I even think that if Li can grow up smoothly, he will not be worse than Ji'an." Ji'an in Pelizzari's mouth is Ji'an Luigi Buffon.

"Old man, you're not joking." Ranieri looked at Pellizzari with a strange expression on his face.

Who is Buffon?The best goalkeeper in world football in the past 20 years, the best goalkeeper so far in the new century, is one of the prides of Italian football.

Italians are very proud of football. Even though the Serie A league is now in decline, this does not affect the pride of Italians. Ranieri has always looked down on Asian football, especially this player is from China.

"I believe in my own vision and judgment." In fact, Pellizzaro also had the same heart as Ranieri, but Li Shou's appearance changed him.

"Well, I will think about it. But there is a major premise, that is, he can win the competition with Martin." Seeing Pellizzaro's confidence, Ranieri couldn't help being curious about Li Shou.

With such curiosity, Ranieri met Li Shou again. Of course, Ranieri met not only Li Shou, but also other Monaco players.

Today is the first time Ranieri met with all the players. Prior to this, Ranieri has met with many players, including compatriot Gila, and German central defender Wolff who has chosen his captain for the new season.

Monaco left a group of people last season, and this season with Ranieri taking over another group. Now Monaco can be a brand new team, and most of the players are young, so Ranieri, the captain, is actually very good.

The character of the German is also suitable for being the captain. In addition to Wolff's experience and age, the 82-year-old German is the oldest player in Monaco.

30-year-old Wolff is the oldest and 18-year-old Ocampos is the youngest player. The Argentine genius joined Monaco after celebrating his 18th birthday in July.

Counting Argentine geniuses, Monaco has eight people aged 20 and under, nine people over 20 and under 25, and the rest are over 25.

"I'm Claudio Ranieri," Ranieri began to introduce himself.

After Ranieri's self-introduction ended, the players also began to introduce themselves, and Ranieri spoke again after everyone had introduced themselves.

"I only came here this summer, and many of you also came here this summer, so I won't have any preconceived opinions. In the new season, you need to fight for your playing time." Ranieri is not the kind of impassioned coach, or that is the case with Italian-born coaches.

Their consistent performance is calm, wise, never forgetting their demeanor, and they have profound tactical knowledge and theory, which can be said to be the best in the entire world of football.

After Ranieri finished speaking, everyone left with the team doctor. Usually the first thing the team gathers is a physical examination, so that the players can understand the situation after indulgence and prepare mentally for the next hell mode.

Players do earn more than the average person, even if it is a second-tier team, but no one can see the players' efforts. A season spans ten months. During these ten months, the players carry out boring training day after day in order to maintain their bodies and state.

In fact, from this, we can also understand why the players are so indulgent during the holidays, because if they don’t indulge in the holidays, they will start to restrain themselves for ten months after the holidays are over.

There is a price to pay for indulgence, which can be seen from the physical examination reports of the players, but not everyone is like this. For example, Li Shou has no physical problems. Compared with the physical examination of the trial training, Li Shou's current physical fitness has stepped up to a new level.

When Ranieri saw Li Shou's medical report, he couldn't help wondering if there was something wrong with his eyes.

(End of this chapter)