The green devil

Holidays always go by so quickly.

Before the dumplings made on New Year's Eve were finished, it was time to say goodbye.

Before going to Spain, Zhao Yang wanted to go to Suzhou to confess to Gao Han, but Gao Han said that she went to Sanya for vacation.

Zhao Yang was disappointed, and his enthusiasm turned into a farewell greeting.

"Have fun, I'm going to Spain to play football, if you come to Spain, don't forget to find me."

Gao Han's answer was only two words, "OK".

The two did not contact each other after that.

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Jianguo and his wife drove Zhao Yang to Yanjing Airport.

Zhao Yang is an only child, and Li Yun is reluctant to part with his son, so he chose to go to college in this province or city, but unexpectedly went to a foreign country for work.

Seeing Zhao Yang dragging his suitcase into the airport, Zhao Jianguo was fine, but Li Yun was already in tears, leaning in her husband's arms.

Zhao Yang did not see his mother cry, but received a text message from Gao Han.

"Safe journey."

It is still the alpine style, cherishing words like gold.

However, in the cold wind in the north, it gave Zhao Yang a little warmth.

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Zhen Li had been waiting for half an hour.

She was entrusted by Wang Bin to pick up Zhao Yang.

She didn't know why Wang Bin valued Zhao Yang so much.

A semi-professional player who will play for a third-tier team.

It is enough to send a driver to pick up the plane.

Is it because Huaguo football is too bad?

Seeing Zhao Yang walking out of the airport dragging his suitcase, Zhen Li hurriedly waved, "Zhao Yang, Zhao Yang, here."

"Hello! Miss Truth, thank you for coming to pick me up."

Seeing Zhen Li, Zhao Yang wanted to laugh, because he always thought of a sentence in Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged", "The truth is always naked".

"You don't need to thank me, I'm entrusted by Uncle Wang. Let's go."

After getting in the car, Zhen Li skillfully drove her Volkswagen Golf out of the airport with three turns and two detours, headed for the city, and soon arrived at the place where Zhao Yang lived - a quaint three-story building.

"This is your future residence. The rent is 300 euros per month, and all the facilities are available. Uncle Wang will pay for it for you. You can just give it to him later."

"It's very close to the St. Andrew's Club. It takes about 20 minutes by bus. You can apply for a monthly card."

"There is a Spanish language training class near here. I have signed up for you. You can ask the landlord to take you there to pay the fee."

"There are a lot of fast food restaurants around here. If you want to save money, you can cook it yourself, or eat it with the landlord, just pay a fee."

Zhen Li spoke and acted simply, and brought Zhao Yang to the landlord, an old Spanish man with a rosacea, and drove away.

The Spaniard's English is terrible, Zhao Yang had an awkward chat with the landlord, got the key and went back to the room to rest.

As Zhen Li said, all the facilities are available, even the toothbrush and toothpaste are bought.

Zhao Yang was secretly grateful to Wang Bin. In a foreign country, it was very convenient to have such a fellow villager to help. Otherwise, he would not know where to buy it with the money.

When it was time to eat lunch, Wang Bin came.

"Xiaoyang, I'm sorry, I had something to do just now, so I couldn't pick you up in person."

Zhao Yang hurriedly said: "Uncle Wang, I don't know how to thank you for this, the arrangement is too thoughtful."

Wang Bin smiled and said: "These are trivial matters. You are not familiar with the place where you live. If I don't help you, whoever will help you. Let's go to lunch. I will call Lili. After dinner, let her take you to apply for a phone card, Bank card, bus card."

Zhao Yang said: "Uncle Wang, don't bother Miss Zhen Li, I'll take care of it myself."

Wang Bin said: "You don't understand the language and you don't know the place. What should you do? Don't be polite to her. She is my good brother's daughter. If you let her earn a few thousand euros in two days, you should do me a favor."

Wang Bin has been very busy recently. He left in a hurry after lunch with Zhao Yang. It was Zhen Li who helped Zhao Yang get all kinds of cards and paid the money for the training class.

Zhen Li seems a little unreasonable, but she is still very reliable in her work.

In the evening, Wang Bin didn't come over, so Zhao Yang ate something casually at the fast food restaurant outside, and took a rest.

On the second day, Zhao Yang was planning to take the bus to go to training, but St. Andrew Club was so considerate and asked the coach of the youth team, Jose, to take Zhao Yang to the stadium by detour.

I heard that there was a Chinese player coming today, and some fans came to the St. Andrew's Stadium.

Of course, mainly Chinese students.

It is not the first time for Zhao Yang to come to St. Andrew Stadium, but it is the first time to train with a professional team.

Zhao Yang was both excited and nervous.

The head coach of the St. Andrew's senior team is called Pablo. He used to coach the second-tier league West Division A. He is very capable but has a bad temper, so he was reduced to coaching in the West Division III.

Pablo was not satisfied with Chairman Carlos signing a Chinese player.

The professional players in Huaguo are not very good, let alone an amateur player.

Pablo knew that the chairman was out of commercial considerations, but for the head coach, only results were considered.

Pablo did not object to the signing. He has already coached West C. If he makes the boss unhappy again, he will probably have to stay at home and wait for work.

Pablo saw Zhao Yang's nervousness, and he didn't say anything to comfort him, but said lightly: "Zhao, I know you performed very well in the game against the Bastellana youth team, but you have to remember , There is a huge difference between an amateur player and a professional player, you have to go all out to keep up, understand?"

Zhao Yang knew he couldn't be cowardly at this time, and said loudly, "Understood."

Pablo nodded and said, "Okay, let's go warm up."

Although the St. Andrew's team is only a fourth-level team, it is very standardized, with teams at all levels, and the training is very professional.

First is warm-up and jogging, followed by juggling to familiarize yourself with the ball, passing and catching training, lap practice, ball and pressing training, and finally group confrontation practice.

Zhao Yang's ball skills are not good among amateur players, and compared with professional teams, there is a huge gap.

Teammates almost bounced the ball hundreds of times without landing, while Zhao Yang bounced the ball dozens of times and had to start over.

The gap between the passing and receiving of the professional team and the amateur team is even greater, the passing of the professional team is faster and stronger, and Zhao Yang can't catch it at all.

In the past, when the national football team stopped the ball for several meters, Zhao Yang always cursed at him. Only now did he know why it stopped like that.

Too much power, too much ball speed.

What broke Zhao Yang even more was the ring grabbing.

It turned out that the amateur team also practiced passing and robbing, but the circle was big, and now the circle is too small, and they all pass the ball with one or two kicks. Zhao Yang couldn't stop the ball and couldn't pass it in place. In the morning, he became the one who robbed the ball in the circle permanent representative.

But what made Zhao Yang unable to adapt the most was the rhythm of the team.

The pace of the professional team is too fast. At Zhao Yang's age, his physical strength is the best, but he can't keep up at all. After practicing the laps, his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and his whole body was weak. Yes, you will become a spectator later.

After obtaining the football sign-in system, Zhao Yang was full of confidence, thinking that he would reach the top and kill the Quartet from now on. Only now did he realize that he underestimated professional football. The system cannot solve all problems, and he must go all out.