During the period when the Serie A league was in full swing, it coincided with the East Asian Games held in Guangzhou, and Sun Wei, the acting head coach of the Chinese Olympic team, wanted to call Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Zhao Wenkang and Ma Junqiang back to China. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info but the head coach of the national team, Gao Hongbo, spoke: The national team has international competitions to play, and he wants these four people.

Sun Wei has no choice, the national team is one level higher than the national Olympic team, the East Asian Association and the national team's international match date are too close, Gao Hongbo pointed out that he wanted these four people, Sun Wei had no choice but to give up the idea of recruiting Zhang Shujie and others into the National Olympic team.

However, he also made up for it in other ways, he called Vidis's Yan Tao and Villarreal's Xu Ziyi into the national Olympic team, which was also the first time that the two wore national jerseys.

In the end, the national Olympic team's result in the East Asian Games was to stop in the quarterfinals, and the team that defeated them was their old enemy South Korea. Xu Ziyi scored two goals in this East Asian Games, Yan Tao also scored a goal, the performance of the two teenagers is remarkable, and there is even media speculation that the two have been selected by Gao Hongbo and may be selected for the national team squad for next year's Asian Cup.

But no one knows whether these words are true or false, at least Gao Hongbo did not say such things on any occasion.

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"The boss was very unhappy and scolded the coach for losing too badly in the last round, and now he is in a bad mood. Zhang Shujie was lying on the bed and talking on the phone with Wang Shihan. After the morning training, he also found time to call his little girlfriend, which is what he does every week.

"Then did he lose his temper with you?" Wang Shihan was worried that Marino would take the resentment he got from Giraldi out on Zhang Shujie.

Zhang Shujie smiled: "No, he won't scold me, and he won't scold papaya." It's too late for him to like us. ”

"Yo, I'm on the main force, and I'm quite confident in speaking. ”

"Haha, it's okay. In fact, this is the same as those students in school, and the teachers of students with good grades will naturally be more relaxed. Players too, who have a greater role in the team, will naturally be preferred by the manager. ”

"Well, I understand that. Don't sit on the ball for this reason, it's not good. ”

Zhang Shujie couldn't help but laugh and said: "What about returning the ball, you think too much, don't you know me?"

Wang Shihan also smiled: "Aren't I worried about you? Okay, let's not talk about it for now, I'm going to eat, and I haven't eaten dinner yet." ”

"Okay, go ahead, eat more. ”

"Why do you eat so much, what should I do if I gain weight?"

"It's okay, I'll want you to get fat too. ”

"Poor mouth, I'm going to eat, when are you going to train?"

"It's a little while. ”

"Then I'll go first, my roommates are all urging outside the door. ”

"Okay, bye-bye. ”

"Bye-bye. ”

The two hung up one after another.

Zhang Shujie put his mobile phone away, and when he turned around, he suddenly saw Li Mu standing at the door of his bedroom, which startled him.

"I said papaya, don't stand behind me unnoticed, okay? Zhang Shujie blamed.

Li Mu gouged out his ears and half-squinted: "Jie Zai, have you noticed that Rodney has been a little wrong recently?"

Zhang Shujie was stunned. He has seen Strassel very rarely in recent months, except during his time at the training ground. After the end of training, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu had to practice free kicks again, and Strassell always left first. So even if they live in the same room, sometimes they don't see each other. Even when he went to the training base in the morning, Strassel left first and did not go with Zhang Shujie and them.

However, Zhang Shujie hasn't found anything strange yet, Strassel has a car, and it's easy to go anywhere. Zhang Shujie and Li Mu borrowed a car from Feng Kai to familiarize themselves with the skills of driving first, so for various reasons, Zhang Shujie was not surprised to see this black young man very often.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with him," Mr. Zhang said, "and you don't have to be too sensitive." ”

Li Mu shook his head: "When you called, he just came back from outside and saw me. I wanted to say hello to him, but he went straight into the bedroom, as if he didn't see me. ”

"Really?"

"Really. It stands to reason that we have always had a good relationship with him, why is he ...... now?"

Zhang Shujie pondered: "Did you offend him somewhere?"

"I don't see him a few times a week, even if I want to offend him. ”

"What's going on?"

"I heard a piece of news, but I don't know if it's true or not. ”

"What's the news?"

"The manager wanted to sell Rodney during the winter break. ”

"What?" Zhang Shujie exclaimed in a low voice, "Where did you hear that?"

"It was Mr. Manzo who told me. ”

Zhang Shujie frowned and asked, "Does Rodney know?"

"I don't know, but he's not stupid, he understands his situation. So far this season, he has only played two games, both as a substitute, accumulating less than 30 minutes. If this situation continues, even if you don't leave during the winter break, you will leave the team next summer. ”

Li Mu is right. Last season, the young Strassell scored two goals in 25 appearances for Parma, a statistic that is not bad for a fledgling lad, considering that Li Mu has only scored four goals.

This season, Strassell thought he could get more opportunities to play, just like Zhang Shujie and Li Mu. After Marino took office, there was no place for Strassell in the tactics set for the team. Manzo admired Zhang Shujie and Li Mu a lot, and said a lot of good things in front of Marino. But for Strassell, Manzo didn't say a word.

Without him in the formation and without him in the tactical plan, Strassell was forced to leave the team in the long run. Unless you change a coach and admire him very much, but Strassell, as a professional player, obviously can't put his hope on the road of "changing coaches".

After thirteen league games, Strassell only played a measly twenty minutes of playing time, scoring no goals and providing no assists.

As Li Mu said, Strassell, who was out of the team's tactical system, has been abandoned by Marino, and he knows very well that he may not be able to stay in Parma for long.

Zhang Shujie sighed, he couldn't do anything about this situation. This is professional football, full of utilitarianism and fame here, but behind this glory, there is an invisible cruelty.

Li Mu patted him on the shoulder: "Don't think too much, we can't do anything, we can only wish him good luck." ”

Zhang Shujie does not deny it, but people are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless? After living under the same roof with Strassel for so long, everyone is already friends.

"Papaya, I remember, I owe him a meal. ”

"You scored the first goal of your career and promised him, right?"

Zhang Shujie nodded: "Yes." ”

Li Mu asked again: "You also promised him that you would bring your girlfriend to Italy to play." ”

"Let's talk about it when we have a chance. You see, he hasn't even mentioned it to me now. ”

"How could he be in that mood. Li Mu put his hand on Zhang Shujie's shoulder: "Forget it, don't discuss this." Let's go to the training base first. ”

"It's still early, it's more than two hours before the training starts. ”

"Drive slowly. It's time for you to drive, you're driving so slowly, it's no different from a snail, it's better to go early. ”

Zhang Shujie grabbed the clothes on the bed: "It seems that you are driving fast." ”

Li Mu smiled: "I think my skills are a little better than yours." ”

"Half a pound and eight taels. Let's go!"

"Do you think we're going to call Rodney?"

"He's not going to go so early, let's go. ”

"That's good. Li Mu said as he walked to the door of Strassell's bedroom, knocked on the door, and told him that he and Zhang Shujie were going to the training base. Strassel really didn't want to go so early, so he answered, and stopped talking.

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu have already gone out.

Marino wasn't in a good mood. Anyone who is scolded by their immediate boss for an hour is in a very bad mood.

This bad mood affected him for several days, of course, it was not all because he was scolded, there was another important reason, and that was that he was worried about his next opponent.

This Sunday, Parma will travel to the Meazza Stadium, and if Marino is not so worried, the key is that the 0-5 in the last round has caused him a lot of pressure, and Giraldi is also putting pressure on him, making him feel like he is about to go to hell.

He has focused on defending in training over the past few days, and he is not very worried about the attacking line, even when the three key figures against Lazio did not score. He knows that no striker can guarantee a high level of performance in every game, let alone a goal. He just hopes that Zhang Shujie and the three of them will play normally in the next game.

The back line is different, if Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, and Qiao Wenke can already form an offensive if they play normally, then the defenders can only play beyond the norm to completely suppress the opponent's attack, especially at the Meazza Stadium, if you make a slight mistake, the city gate will be lost.

There are plenty of defenders in the squad, but Marino's confirmed four main defenders are still Patsi, Antonelli, A. Lucarelli and Zaccardo. As it stands, Zaccardo is the best performer, playing all thirteen games and providing two assists, while the other three have two points at a time, but the overall performance can only be described as mediocre.

Marino has been using a man-to-man defence in the previous game, but it has not been very successful, and Marino intends to make a change in the following games, he will use a zone defense.

The so-called man-to-man defense, as the name suggests, is man-to-man. This style of defending is a mixed bag, and the defenders are both individually capable and physically demanding. Just like the Parma vs. Cesena game, Cesena's Japanese Yuto Nagatomo is marking defense against Zhang Shujie, as soon as Zhang Shujie gets the ball, Yuto Nagatomo will force up. However, due to ability problems, Nagatomo Yudu's defense against Zhang Shujie was not very successful, and he was shaken twice.

Parma's defenders are also difficult to be qualified for man-to-man defense due to ability problems, so Marino chose to defend in the zone, of course, he did not completely give up the man-to-man tactics, as for whether to use it again, it has to be judged according to the game situation.

Compared with the man-to-man defense that values individual ability, the zone joint defense is "ball defense", which is a kind of inhibition of tactics, which is more collective, but it lacks some pertinence, and it also has obvious weaknesses like man-to-man tactics. Due to the limitation of regional division of labor, it is inevitable that there will be areas with weak defense, and once these areas are used by the other side, it is easy to form a situation in which more is fought less.

However, there is no such thing as perfection in this world, and now this Parma team is still more suitable for regional defense, at least Marino thinks so. If you want to defend against man, it's better to use it as a secondary tactic.

"Andrea. Marino shouted to Manzo beside him.

"What's wrong?" Manzo looked back at him.

Marino frowned, glanced at Strassell, and asked, "Rodney was also promoted from the second-tier team with Zhang and Li, right?"

Manzo nodded: "Last summer, Christian [Guidolin] brought the three of them to the first team. ”

"I didn't find anything special about Rodney. ”

Manzo laughed: "He was promoted because he did well in the second team, and he was okay last season. ”

Marino asked meaningfully, "Do you think that I didn't use him well?"

"No, I say he's qualified because he's a substitute and can't ask for too much. Also, you have three midfielders in the lineup, and whoever these three are, Rodney can't shake their position. Besides......"

"And what?"

"He doesn't really have a lot of potential. Even if you make him the main player, his performance will still be the same as last season, and he won't improve much. Speaking of this, Manzo smiled: "His positioning can only be a substitute." ”

Marino nodded with satisfaction: "Whether it is offensive or defensive, Rodney has no bright spots, very mediocre. Compared with Zhang and Li, he is too far behind. ”

'Now it's hard for him to even guarantee a replacement. You're not going to put him on the eighteen-man roster this Sunday, are you?"

"Do you think he can play at the Meazza Stadium?"

Manzo stopped talking.

Strassell sat on the bench for 90 minutes against Cesena, not to mention in Meazza, Manzo was a bit of a pity for the kid, and if there wasn't Giovinco, maybe he would have played more minutes and could be a super sub. But now, Marino can't even rotate the black player.

Strassell's ending in Parma, Marino has already set it for him, and it is very likely that he will not survive this winter break.

Good luck, Rodney.