Chapter 104: Prelude
"I didn't play in the last round, so I don't know if I'll be able to sit for 90 minutes in the next game. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½foβ
At noon the next day, Zhang Shujie called Wang Shihan in his room after eating. Before the training time came, he also took the time to chat with Wang Shihan.
Due to the time difference, he usually talks to Wang Shihan on the phone during this time, of course, not every day, and he must make a long-distance call on the second day after the end of the game. For so long, Wang Shihan has also developed a habit of keeping his mobile phone on at any time after six o'clock in the afternoon, even if Zhang Shujie did not call on this day.
Wang Shihan called him less often, mainly for fear of disturbing his rest and training. Originally, he was still just a substitute for the team, and if Zhang Shujie's normal training and rest were delayed, Wang Shihan would feel that he was guilty.
"It doesn't matter if you don't play, don't be discouraged, I'm watching you at any time in China. Wang Shihan smiled after speaking.
Zhang Shujie said: "It is precisely because you look at me that I am not happy to be a bench for myself." β
"Why?"
"It's so shameless! A big beauty pays attention to me, but I can only sit on the bench, embarrassed. β
Wang Shihan burst out laughing: "What's this? How long have you been playing in the league? How old are you? Why are you so anxious? Really." β
Zhang Shujie sniffed: "I know this, but I ......"
"Okay, okay, you have to hold your breath, you are only eighteen years old, and the road ahead is still very long, so you must not rush now. If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, you know?"
Wang Shihan's gentle voice sounded in Zhang Shujie's ears, full of concern. He laughed twice: "Hehe, so as long as I don't worry, I can eat tofu?"
Wang Shihan didn't hear the extraneous voice, and responded: "That's right." So if you want to eat hot tofu, don't worry. β
What she meant meant was that if you were in a hurry, you would lose more than you gained. We must pay attention to methods and strategies to do everything, and we must do it according to the procedural steps, otherwise nothing will be accomplished. But Zhang Shujie wanted to be crooked when he heard the word "tofu", especially since the person talking to him was still a big beauty, which made him think about it even more.
"I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry, haha. Zhang Shujie continued to laugh: "In order to eat tofu, I really can't be in a hurry, are you right?" He thought of Wang Shihan's beautiful and charming figure in his mind, and his thoughts drifted farther and farther.
Wang Shihan finally heard something else, and was stunned: "You...... I...... You're thinking nonsense again. β
Zhang Shujie laughed even more unscrupulously, and Li Mu and Strassel, who were outside the living room, heard his laughter.
"Li, what are you laughing at?" Strassel couldn't understand the Chinese in Zhang Shujie's mouth, so he had to ask Li Mu.
Li Mu replied casually: "He's convulsing." β
"Convulsions?"
"Yes, didn't you notice that the day after every game, he would have a jerking off at this time?"
Strassel looked dumbfounded, recalled for a moment, and muttered, "It seems to be ...... Yes. β
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The tenth round of Serie A takes place on Wednesday, October 28. The league was postponed for a week during the international break, and the rest of the time had to be made up, and the players were tired during the week, playing three league games in a week.
This round of Parma is playing at home, against Bari, a veritable underdog. Guidolin saw that the team has been in surprisingly good form recently, and wants to score another three points on Barry while the iron is hot and win four in a row.
A football game is not a movie, but sometimes the plot is more twisted than the movie. Parma, playing at home, failed to get all three points from Bari, and the final result was 2:2, and Barry left the Taldini Arena with a point satisfied.
Zhang Shujie came on in the 75th minute, he took full control of Palowski, played for the leading goalscorer, and tried two shots on goal himself, both of which were somewhat threatening, but could not score.
However, Palowski scored his fourth league goal of the season in this game, and it was Zhang Shujie who passed the ball to him. After the game, Guidolin affirmed Zhang Shujie's performance, believing that Zhang Shujie brought a point to the team, and if it was not for him, the team would probably lose at home.
Chen Hui published in the "Sports Weekly" that Guidolin gave Zhang Shujie too little time, otherwise the Chinese striker would not be without the possibility of scoring.
Li Mu was barely mentioned in this game because he did not play. After two rounds of matches, he and Zhang Shujie swapped places.
In the next two rounds, Parma's opponents were AC Milan and Chievo, and the surprise was that Parma drew with AC Milan away from home!
In the last few games, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu have taken turns to play and have not appeared at the same time in the same game. The Chinese media believe that this is an intentional act by Guidolin, but the significance is impossible to guess.
As of the twelfth round, Parma has accumulated 16 points from four wins, four draws and four losses, ranking 16th and temporarily out of the relegation zone. Zhang Shujie played four games, scoring one goal and providing one assist, while Li Mu also made four appearances and provided one assist, creating a penalty but not scoring.
Next Saturday, the major leagues will make way for the national team with a one-round truce. At that time, the Chinese team will usher in a very important game, the qualifiers for the Asian Cup.
At the beginning of this year, the Chinese team has played two qualifiers, with one win and one loss, ranking second. In this round, the Chinese team will go to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, to challenge Lebanon away.
Before the start of the game, all the Chinese foreign players did not return to China, Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Ma Junqiang and Zhao Wenkang are still looking forward to wearing the national jersey, even if they are substitutes in the national team. However, head coach Gao Hongbo only selects people in domestic clubs, and his statement is: Lebanon's strength is not strong, and the level of domestic players is sufficient.
Fans don't buy it, the Chinese team doesn't talk big words once or twice, every time there are bold words, but in the end they end up embarrassed. A small number of fans even speculated that Gao Hongbo looked down on Lebanon so much, but he was afraid that he would capsize in the gutter again.
On November 14, at 17:00 Beijing time, the match between the Chinese team and Lebanon started on time, and there were not many fans on the scene, according to statistics, there were only 2,000 people, and they were basically Lebanese fans.
No matter how small this Lebanon is, the stadium will not fit only 2,000 people. Many viewers in front of the TV set found that the stands were basically empty, and there were so few people watching the game, is it because the Lebanese people are not interested in football or have no confidence in their own country's team?
The final result of this game was a 0-2 defeat for Lebanon to China, with Yu Hai and Qu Bo scoring one goal each in the 45th minute of the first half and 73 minutes of the second half respectively to help the Chinese team win away.
In another match that took place at 7pm on the same day, Vietnam lost 1-0 away to Syria. Syria won all three games and ranked first, while China remained in second place, and Vietnam and Lebanon were in third and fourth place.
After the Chinese team won, the fans also became happy, praising Gao Hongbo for his good coaching and not relying on players who played in Europe. It's just that I don't know which people were full of pessimism when they first learned that Gao Hongbo would not recruit overseas players?
Fortunately, Gao Hongbo won the game, so that the fans temporarily forgot about those foreign players, if they lost, they were afraid that the voices of blame and criticism would be overwhelming. There are not a few "wallgrasses" among Chinese fans.
With an away victory, China will be able to take the initiative in the home game eight days later.
Zhang Shujie's group of teenagers who played football in Europe did not have time to pray for the Chinese team, most of their positions were unstable, only Ma Junqiang temporarily "picked up" a main force, and the domestic media should also follow the public opinion and report more on Ma Junqiang.
Chen Hui and Shen Hao have been anxious recently, most of the descriptions of Zhang Shujie and Li Mu in these two issues of "Sports Weekly" are the same, and they are a little dissatisfied, Chen Hui can't help it, the key is that the overall performance of the two teenagers is average, no merit or fault, how can this report be written?
He called Wang Junsong in Portugal: "Hey, Xiao Wang, I'm Chen Hui, how did you write Zhao Wenkang's manuscript......
Wang Junsong is not necessarily better than Chen Hui, and Zhao Wenkang is also vacillating between the main and substitute, he has made five appearances for SetΓΊbal, with two assists and zero goals. In the last round, Zhao Wenkang played half the game, which was decent, and he didn't have much time to appear in the camera.
Wang Junsong explained his situation on the phone, and he desperately hoped that Zhao Wenkang could show the momentum of the first two games, even if he didn't score, he would pass a few good balls. However, due to tactical reasons, Zhao Wenkang failed to play the right midfield he was familiar with in the next three games, and was once temporarily arranged to play left back, resulting in his performance being unsatisfactory.
"Lao Chen, it's not funny! I'm a little envious of Cao Weilin and Yuan Qing now, and their reports on Ma Junqiang have new tricks every day. Wang Junsong vomited bitter water in his stomach.
Chen Hui said: "The goalkeeper has a special position, a save and a goal conceded. Ma Junqiang temporarily dominates the main force again, and as long as he does not press the opponent in a 90-minute game, he has a time to be on camera. β
Wang Junsong replied silently: "It's the same in principle, let's watch the next round." I'm sure these lads are by no means short-lived. β
'Well, I also hope that they can play more minutes and perform better. β
The two said a few more words, and then hung up the phone, Chen Hui looked back at Shen Hao, both shaking his head and smiling bitterly.
Zhang Shujie and the others were also followed by Chinese reporters, while Yan Tao in Vidis, the Netherlands, and Xu Ziyi in Villarreal, Spain, were still training in the reserves, and the Chinese media paid little attention to them, almost reaching "zero attention". However, this is not a bad thing for them, at least they can "level up" with peace of mind. They are all eager to get to the first team and play in the official league as soon as possible.
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"Andrea, have you noticed that Zhang and Li have become more and more comfortable with the game recently. Guidolin looked at the players in training and said to Manzo, who was standing beside him.
"That's how well you've been trained. β
Guidolin smiled slightly: "Overall, the performance of the two of them is not outstanding, but in the tactics, they are two important chess pieces. β
"So what? What are you going to do?"
"Observe for a while and then think about anything else. β
"Aren't you afraid to continue to waste their organizational and offensive abilities?"
"Only by knowing how to serve the public can you become a real banner, and even Messi played Ronaldinho for a few years. β
Manzo smiled, "I see what you mean. β
Zhang Shujie was dribbling the ball, Panucci was in charge of defending, and Palowski was in the middle. Zhang Shujie shook it twice, didn't pass, and knocked it back to Strassell. Strassell got up and Palowski pushed the ball into the net with his left foot.
Zhang Shujie smiled and ran back. Guidolin nodded in approval: "That's it, the team is a whole. β
Manzo didn't know if he was talking to himself, so he didn't respond. Guidolin shouted at the field: "Zhang, run a little bigger, front!
Zhang Shujie nodded and walked around the front court. Guidolin shouted to Li Mu again: "Li, it's appropriate to plug in the attack! When it's time to shoot, don't think about passing!"
Li Mu also nodded, looking for a good opportunity to shoot.
Unconsciously, the two of them were quietly approaching the previous way of playing, but the two young men had not yet noticed it.