green shooter

Chapter 4 Siena
Siena is a beautiful small city with a long history, located in the Tuscany region in central Italy, very close to Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance.

The Siena Mushan Bank with a history of more than 540 years is the oldest surviving bank in the world. The University of Siena, founded in 1240, is also one of the oldest universities in the world. They were born in this small city with a population of just [-].

"Here we are." Looking out through the car window, this is the first time Zhu Hantao has come to the city of Siena in his two lives. There are similarities and differences with Turin where he has lived for more than ten years.

Turin is the industrial center of northern Italy, the third largest city in Italy, and the largest automobile production center in Europe, so it has a more modern atmosphere in comparison.

But at the same time, Turin also retains a large number of places of interest. Walking on the streets, the squares, courtyards, castles or churches that can be seen everywhere may have a history of hundreds of thousands of years, and they are still in normal use. Some live in people, some open shops, and some are only for visiting.

Not far to the west of Turin is France, so influenced by France, Turin is world-famous for its Baroque, Rococo and neoclassical French architecture, while Siena, which was once popular in Gothic style, often unconsciously gives people an illusion as if it is still a medieval city.

"By the way, how is the strength of the Siena youth team? Do you know?" Zhu Hantao suddenly thought of something serious.

"Not so good, isn't their first team just a relegation team, maybe one day they will be relegated to Serie B again." Daniel is not very clear.

Looking at Luka, Luka also shook his head to show that he didn't know either.

"Haven't you played against them before?" Zhu Hantao looked confused, you didn't know, "What else is a relegation team, isn't our team just a relegation team?"

"No way, we've just become the main force in the team, okay? We're definitely better than Siena!" Daniel replied, and Luca also nodded wildly in front of him in agreement.

"Damn, I really can't stand the two of you." Zhu Hantao sighed helplessly again.

"Zhu, don't worry too much. If you can play, both of us will pass the ball to you." Daniel promised, patted his chest.

"Okay, this is what you said yourself," Zhu Hantao hugged Daniel, "If you can give me an assist, I will invite you to my house for a week."

Daniel narrowed his eyes with a smile when he heard the words, "You keep what you say, don't go back on your word! You can't miss a day in a week!"

"Don't act like you can do it easily," Luka turned to Zhu Hantao and said, "Zhu, if I give you an assist, will you also treat me to dinner?"

"Yeah, of course, whoever assists me, I will invite him to dinner, and I will take care of it!"

"Hahahahaha!" The three of them said happily again.

"Okay, okay, be quiet, listen to me, we are here, everyone will get off in an orderly manner," the coach Piggino who was sitting at the front of the bus stood up and said loudly, and the car gradually became quiet, "Be careful to bring your own things, don't find out that you forgot your sneakers and jerseys in the car when you arrive at the stadium."

"understood!"

"Don't worry, coach, we are not children anymore, we won't be so stupid."

The players answered in a hurry below.

"It's best not to have a situation. This is the first official game of this season. I hope you can take it seriously."

After the bus stopped, Coach Pigino said, "I'll take you to dinner first. After eating, we will take a short rest and go to the training ground next to us for some simple training. You can only enter the stadium an hour before the game."

"Okay! I'm starving to death!"

"What's for lunch, I want to eat pizza, how about you?"

"I want to eat meat sauce noodles."

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"Ah, why isn't it the Frankie Stadium? It's so broken. Look at the turf. Tsk tsk, Siena is a small team. Be careful not to fall into the pit during the game." Daniel walked into the stadium with a look of disgust.

"Hey, we are here to play for the youth team. How can we go to the Frankie Stadium? It's the first team's home stadium, isn't it? Daniel, what do you think, besides, our stadium is slightly better than this." Zhu Hantao looked at his friend with a black line on his head.

"Oh, is that so?" Daniel smirked, "Hey, don't worry about these details with senior."

"Come on, you're still a senior, what are you thinking about all day long!" Zhu Hantao suppressed his complaints.

"Okay, okay, stop chatting, the coach is going to announce the starting lineup soon." Luca saw the youth team coaches coming with coach Pigino not far away, holding a small notebook, and the other youth team coaches followed behind him.

"Everyone, come here. I'll announce the list of starting players for tonight's game." As soon as the coach spoke, the chattering players gathered around and fell silent.

"Goalkeeper, Gianlucamioni, right back, Luca Avanzi..." Coach Pigino personally reported the names of the players one by one. There was no surprise. The selected and unselected players all looked calm. "The last one, the starting forward is..."

Although he knew it was impossible, Zhu Hantao was still a little uneasy, whether he would let me start in the first game, he was looking forward to it so much.

"Loreto!" After the last name was announced, Zhu Hantao let out a sigh of relief, it's okay, he was mentally prepared, calmed down, and was ready to come off the bench at any time.

At the end of the coach's registration list, he took a special look at Zhu Hantao. Seeing his expression, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up. This kid, do you want to give him a chance today?Let's talk about the situation of the game.

Because to be honest, from the perspective of choosing a starting forward, Zhu Hantao is indeed not as good as Loreto Loposco, who got the starting qualification tonight. His shooting skills are not as good as his, and his speed is not as fast. These are the most intuitive comparisons.

Apart from technical and physical aspects, the so-called mental attributes, such as willpower and composure, most people can't tell. The experienced old coach Pigino can see the shining points in Zhu Hantao, which doesn't mean that others can too.

Moreover, the requirements of the Juventus youth team were indeed different from other general teams, and were much higher. At that time, Zhu Hantao stopped for a long time due to system reasons, so it was not surprising that he was kicked out.

The starting players warmed up earnestly, waiting for the start of the game, while the substitute players who failed to qualify for the starting lineup were mostly absent-minded. Only Zhu Hantao was serious about warming up.

"Look at that Chinese boy, what's his name? Do you really think you can play? The warm-up is as real as it is."

"That's right, grandstanding, trying to attract the coach's attention, I despise this kind of person the most."

"Why bring him and not Dominic or Mateo." Dominic Malonga and Mateo Ferraris are two other good forwards in the team. This time, the coach of Siena only brought Zhu Hantao as a substitute forward.

Substitute center back Stefano Procida and backup full back David Cristino hid aside and talked about Zhu Hantao. Zhu Hantao, who was concentrating on warming up, didn't notice it. Of course, even if he heard it, he would definitely not care about it like a kid.

As the start time of the game approached, spectators entered the field one after another. Most of them were senior fans of the local Siena club who were concerned about the youth training, as well as the families of the young players of the Siena youth team, sitting sparsely in the stands.

"Hey! Luka! Do well tonight!" There was actually a voice cheering for Luka from the stands.

"Auntie! Uncle!" Luca greeted them excitedly after hearing this. It turned out that it was the relatives in Siena whom he had mentioned to Zhu Hantao and his family before.

Seeing that there were people cheering for Luca in Siena, the teammates of the Torino team were a little surprised, as were the Siena players who had already entered the field to warm up. It was strange that the audience in the stands heard it from close. When did Siena come to a player named Luca?I do not know how.

"Luka! That means those two are your cousins!" Daniel glanced at the family in the stands who had just greeted Luca, and his face changed. "Why didn't you tell me that you have such a beautiful sister! You don't have enough friends. Brothers, let me introduce you after the game. I have one, and Zhu has one, just right!"

Luka and Zhu Hantao:? ? ?
It's too unreliable for anyone like you to introduce my sister to you.

"Daniel, I think it's better for you not to think so much. Play football well first. If you have any wonderful performance in the game, maybe the little girl will fall in love with you." Zhu Hantao thought for a while and said.

"That's right! Daniel, if you can score or assist, I'll introduce you. Otherwise, I'm ashamed to say that you are my friend of Luca." Luca also hurriedly responded.

"Okay! It's a deal!" Daniel is always so confident, which is great.

There are not so many complicated procedures in the youth team game. The coaches and players of both sides entered the field, shook hands with the referee team and the match staff, the captains of the two sides exchanged team flags, and then the referee organized coin guessing to choose the side. Siena youth team captain Francisco Cosimi guessed the coin.

The starting players each find their own position. With the whistle of the referee, on August 2007, 8, the first round of the Italian youth team league match between Turin and Siena officially began.

The Turin team took the lead, and Daniel kicked the ball to forward Loreto Lobosco. Loreto immediately returned the ball to Daniel. Daniel saw that there was no other player coming up to press, so he took the ball to the left.

Siena Youth right back Lorenzo Cecchi tackled the ball out of the touchline.

Torino left-back Rafael Mazza came up to serve a throw-in and threw it vigorously into the penalty area to find Lobosco in front, but was confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper Ivanov.

The Siena goalkeeper kicked the ball forward with a big kick, and it went straight out of the touchline, and Torino sent the ball out of bounds again.

This time it was Luka's side. Luka ran out of the sideline and prepared to serve. This was his first touch of the ball this time.Seeing midfielder Capelupo reach out for the ball, Luka threw it without thinking.

Unexpectedly, Siena's forward Sani was so fast that he predicted the route where Luca threw the football, intercepted the ball, and then rushed into the penalty area from the gap between the full back and the central defender.

It was too late for Luca to return to the defense when he saw the ball was intercepted. His speed was actually very fast, but the opponent had already accelerated and left him behind.

Sani faced Mioni, the goalkeeper of the Turin youth team, and there was no one around him to press him. He adjusted calmly and hit the goal directly!

"Oops! It's dangerous! Luka was too careless!" Zhu Hantao stood up nervously, "Don't go in!"

The football flew towards the goal, and Mioni leaped high and struggled to hold the ball out of the baseline.

Sani held his head in his hands in frustration. The Siena supporters on the scene were just about to celebrate their goal, but they could only put down their half-raised hands in annoyance.

Zhu Hantao sat back in his seat, and Coach Piggino breathed a sigh of relief.

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