Chapter 8

As a middle-aged man, Iván Alcarez stood abruptly next to a group of youthful and energetic little girls, and at first he was a little embarrassed when he accompanied his daughter, but now he didn't care at all, he was completely shocked by the dominant watch on the No. 27 field that his daughter liked.

When this boy first came out, he had to admit that his daughter's aesthetics were still very good, and this kid was very rich. Compared with the vague impression half a year ago, his appearance is more eye-catching, with bright blonde hair, a clean and refreshing smile, and the vigorous vitality on his body really makes people feel good, but it is limited to that.

This No. 27 is not outstanding, and it is a question whether he can recover his original form after a serious injury, just like in this game, can he really play?

As a result, reality slapped him in the face, the other party not only started the game, but also turned this half of the youth match into an exhibition match for him alone, the screaming and cheering of a group of little girls around him almost never stopped, and his daughter shouted "Raphael I love you" throughout the whole process He also forgot to stop it.

He's completely forgotten what he thought before he came here - to teach his daughter to tell what a high-level player is - if three goals and two assists in the half are not good, then what is there?

"Is he really the little player I remember?" a question flashed through Ivan's mind, and when Rafael was substituted, he applauded with his daughter, and at the same time regretted that the opponent had only played half the game and was substituted. But he has a hunch that he might soon see him in the first team.

Also thinking about him is head coach Gordillo. He looked at his old friend with a slight smugness, from the disdain at the beginning, to the focus and fanaticism later, you must know that he was not much different from his current appearance when he trained in the first team training.

"Hector, Yun still has a youth contract, I think you need to give him a more secure contract again. "Now Rafael's comeback is still short, this is his first appearance, but those scouts hidden among the fans are not blind, if the domestic club they are still quite competitive, but who knows if there are scouts from the European Portuguese Super League, La Liga, Serie A and the like?

Don't make a wedding dress for others when the bamboo basket is empty.

Hector Osvaldo Pitash is now the assistant coach of River Plate's first team, and at the same time temporarily serves as the director of the academy, and he manages most of the youth player signings, so he also understands these things, Lamela was almost taken away by Barcelona back then, for which River Plate sued Barcelona to FIFA before leaving people, and then in order to avoid this kind of thing, they had to increase their financial investment, and selected many very talented children in the youth team to sign. Like the current team of six Lanzini is one of them.

Raphael Yun is not one of them.

Argentina has never lacked short and fast strikers who are short and agile in stature, and judging from Rafael Yun's previous talent, they can barely keep up with the pace, which is a pity and tasteless to abandon. In fact, River Plate is known as the star production line, and the most produced is the traditional "10" player, that is, the front waist, so River Plate youth training is also known as River Plate's "10" processing plant, and the youth academy begins to select good technology and awareness from the smallest echelon to play in the front midfield, followed by changing to play forward, and the striker Crespo is eliminated from the front waist group.

So often youth coaches also pay more attention to the No. 10 type of player, unless the talent is outstanding, so Rafael appeared on the field as a striker, Hector thought, even if he is really a genius as Gordillo said, at most a striker who needs to be fed by others, but when Rafael broke the ball in the middle of the field, he only found out when he broke through with the ball from the side to the outside of the forbidden area...... The opponent doesn't seem to be a typical point-grabbing striker.

His dribbling breakthrough skills are quite good, and even give him a sense of leisurely strolling, and the opponent's defense from the beginning of one person intercepting, to two people closing the door, and then to the last three people who see him holding the ball as if they were facing the encirclement of a big enemy, he seems to be at ease.

The second is the sense of smell in front of goal, and the third goal comes entirely from his instinct for the ball, he has already judged the landing point of the ball the moment the goalkeeper saves the ball, and scrambles to shoot the ball into the goal before the opposing defender clears the ball.

There is also the fact that he has always been very calm, whether it is a breakthrough or a shot, so he will seem so calm, and then the opposing defender kept making small movements when defending, and he was not annoyed, and even lost the ball because of this, his first reaction was to quickly return the grab, rather than raising his hand to signal a foul. It's not at all like the psychogenic zhì of a player who is less than 16 years old.

But his pace is too fast and completely out of touch with his teammates, which makes him seem very alone, whether it is stealing the ball, dribbling the ball or shooting, he does not seek the cooperation of his teammates, which makes Hector regret his overall awareness, despite the privilege of genius. Who knew that after the opponent scored a goal, he didn't need to be reminded by the coach, Rafael reacted himself, and the table surprised Hector again.

The first is his insight into the situation, he rarely looks at the ball with the ball, which allows him to be aware of what is happening on the pitch all the time. At the beginning, the pass was too fast for his teammates to receive it, and then he obviously reduced his speed. And when the ball is passed, his movement is also eye-catching.

All in all, in just forty-five minutes, Hector has seen in him all the makings of a player who becomes a superstar. The only fly in the ointment is that he is still thin, and the last medical examination showed that he is now injury-free, but not physically fit enough to play the whole game in a high-intensity match. He could see that after the first half, although Rafael was in good spirits, he was physically tired.

"With his current strength, there is no need to stay in the sixth-tier team, he needs to play at a higher level. Gordillo continued, "You can let him try in the fourth line first." ”

River Plate does not have a second-tier team or a third-tier team, the first-team substitutes are reserves, and below are the fourth-tier teams.

Hector shook his head.

"Why? You're worried about his body? This can be improved slowly, with his skill and awareness it's too wasteful to put on the sixth-line team. ”

After two months of getting along, Gordillo has an almost blind admiration for Raphael, he regrets how he let the other party return half a month ago, he is like an incomparable treasure, every observation makes him make new discoveries, he believes that one day he will be famous for discovering the other party.

"No," Hector still disagreed, but a smile appeared on his face: "It's not that I can't see his talent, but if he's always been so bright, why not let him get into the first team?"

Gordillo was stunned, he didn't expect Hector to think more crazy than him, he only watched half of Raphael's game.

"Then I think you should recommend him to Estrada. And," Gordillo reacted and continued, "he can definitely be your capital." ”

Estrada is now the manager of River Plate's first team.

Gordillo understood his friend's thoughts.

Originally, the manager of their River Plate's academy team was Brazilian Delham. Since 1980, he has been responsible for discovering and developing young players, and he has done a very good job, successively training Ortega, Gallardo, Crespo, Higuain, Mascherano, Saviola, Aimar and many other outstanding players, but in 2001 he somehow offended the then president Aguilar and was dismissed.

After that, Aguilar appointed Rossi, who valued defense, as the head coach of the youth team, but the latter had no work because of a few years, so that in August 2005, Aguilar had to fire Rossi and temporarily let Hector put out the fire, which was also the first time he took over the job, but unfortunately he did not turn regular, because at the beginning of 06, Aguilar signed back the youth team coach Gabriel Rodriguez of San Lorenzo, Rodriguez worked in the River Plate academy in the 80s of the last century, like Crespo, Ortega, Astralda, Gallardo, Almeida, etc。

But in December last year, after Daniel Alberto Passarella replaced Aguilar as the new chairman of River Plate, he did not choose to renew his contract with Rodriguez, so after the other party's contract expired at the end of the year, Hector took over again, and this time, Hector did not want to be a transition, but he must have a good score to prove himself.

And Raphael is a very good choice. Because it was after he took office that his appearance began to shine so brightly.

Hector looked at Rafael who was joking with the substitutes on the sidelines and shook his head: "It's just not a good time, how long do you think Estrada can do after he lost the super derby?"

Passarella is not a patient chairman.

Instead of pushing the cloud to the boss who can't protect himself now, let him continue to train here.

At half-time, the coach had told Rafael that he would be replaced, and Rafael complied with the arrangement and had no objections. After the excitement of participating in the official competition for the first time after the crossing cooled down, this kind of game that was not much different from the difficulty of the intra-team competition made him a little uninterested, and in the later stage he was more observing his teammates and adapting to their rhythm, so there was not much difference on and off the field.

After watching the game on the bench, Manuel threw himself at Rafael in a stinky sweat, and Rafael quickly avoided it, walking towards the fans who were still reluctant to leave and shouting his name, and they waved at him when they saw him coming.

"Thank you for coming to the game. Raphael smiled and thanked them, a pair of peach blossom eyes shining with anticipation, and the girls who were facing him instantly blushed.

Unexpectedly, Rafael would come out of his way to thank them, and the excited fans hurriedly "confessed" to him.

"Raphael, your table today is really great, and I will come to your games in the future. ”

"I was originally forced to bring in, but from now on I'm your fan!"

"Can you sign me?"

"Keep up the good work in the future!"

As soon as Raphael took a pen, a heavy object rushed over his back, and the perfect smile on his face almost broke the effort.

"It seems that Raphael is just like eating spinach today, it's all thanks to you!" Ignoring Rafael's angry gaze, Manuel said with a grin, "But the coach is looking for you, you have to hurry up." ”

Rafael looked back, and sure enough, the manager was looking at him.

After signing his name with a pen on the autograph book in his hand, Raphael ran away after expressing his apologies, leaving Manuel alone to enjoy the treatment of being surrounded by little beauties.

Oriel was the only lucky one who got Raphael's autograph, and when she went back, she relied on her father's cover to finally keep the autograph, and she was very proud in the face of the envious and jealous eyes of her classmates, and only opened the autograph book happily when she got home.

"Huh?"

"What's wrong?" asked Ivan.

Oriel read it again, and finally gave up and handed the book to her father: "What did Raphael sign?

Ivan took it and took a look, two mysterious symbols appeared in front of his eyes, although he didn't know it, but it looked very beautiful, and the strokes were extremely charming, and the cheesy one was a feeling of incomprehension.

After all, Ivan has an amazing memory, and after looking at it for a while, he suddenly remembered: "This is a bit like a Chinese character, right?" He remembered that the 08 Olympic Games were held in this country, when Messi also led the national Olympic team to win the gold medal in that football event, and the unique words at that time gave him a deep impression.

But Raphael's writing didn't seem to be quite the same as the kind of square words he had seen before.

Yes, Rafael, who was in a hurry, signed the line of grass that he was used to in his previous life......