Chapter 264: Captain Candidate
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He had to admit that he had miscalculated, and in the first half he saw that Juventus were not in good form, so he fantasized about taking all three points against the leaders, but after the start of the second half, he realized that he was naΓ―ve.
For the first forty-five minutes, Juventus just took a nap.
There are five minutes left, plus stoppage time, for a total of seven minutes. Siena had a shot on goal that was easily saved by Buffon. Juventus had two shots on goal and no more goals. But it doesn't matter, the 3-2 result has already been able to get the three points in hand, and the Bianconeri are still at the top of the table with a goal difference advantage after this game.
After the game, Conte praised the performance of his players, and also singled out Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, saying that it was the outstanding performances of the two young players that helped Juventus continue to lead the table.
In the next day's "Torino Sports Newspaper" rating, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu both scored 7 points, in the game Zhang Shujie scored an equalizing goal, and also made a penalty kick by Li Mu;
Coincidentally, in the just-concluded sixth round of Ligue 1, substitute Chen Zihua scored the winning goal in the 88th minute to help Ajaccio win 2-1 away from Nice. But unlike Zhang Shujie and Li Mu's shining half, Chen Zihua's goal was completely lucky, and his teammate's shot in the penalty area hit the opponent's defender, and all the players stopped for a moment and looked at the referee. The ball also happened to fall next to Chen Zihua, he stood still and didn't move, only raised his foot, and the ball went in.
It was the first goal of his career. I didn't expect it to be scored in this way.
The Chinese media doesn't care so much, anyway, the Chinese players should write a lot about them when they score. The media frantically put all kinds of praise on the three teenagers, for fear that other media magazines would steal the headlines of the week if they didn't praise a few words.
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An Rong flipped through the newspaper and looked at the report on it with a smile, as long as the new issue of the sports magazine is related to football, most of them are written by Zhang Shujie, Li Mu and Chen Zihua, especially Chen Zihua, who scored a goal in his third appearance for Ajaccio. In other words, this is only his third professional league game.
As several foreign teenagers gradually got better, An Rong no longer struggled with whether to recall Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, and he finally did what he said to Guo Fan a few months ago, not using these two in the qualifiers, so that they would have more time to compete for the main force at Juventus. Although Chen Zihua scored in the last round, judging from the whole game, he is unlikely to get more chances. A guy who has just turned professional, the manager doesn't put the load on his shoulders just because he scored a goal.
In three days, the National Olympic team will welcome Saudi Arabia at home, and An Rong called Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi and Ma Junqiang to the team, and the rest will not be used for the time being. Even if An Rong calls, the club may not release people, the competition of the National Olympic team is not an A-level event, and the club has the right to keep people.
The trio were able to recruit them because they couldn't play too many games in the team, and Ma Junqiang hadn't even played for Chelsea yet. An Rong didn't want his form to slip, so he recruited him back to the team and relied on the game to maintain his condition.
An Rong looked at the time, the three of them had been summoned yesterday, and they should be able to rush back this afternoon.
He is coaching the training of the team, and Song Weifeng is very responsible as his assistant. Now he has a main lineup for this batch of national Olympic teams, and now he is waiting for the arrival of those three people.
At present, he is the captain of the team that Huang Yu has acted as the captain for the time being, as for Wang Xiaolei, the captain of the last National Olympic team, I'm sorry, that was the last one, and An Rong doesn't want to pay attention to it.
Huang Yu is not the best captain in his mind, although the young left wing-back was single-handedly picked up by him, but he also has to admit that Huang Yu is not suitable to be the captain. Judging from those warm-up games, Huang Yu lacks this temperament, the captain is a very special existence in the team, he may not be the strongest one in the team, but he must be the one who can make people have no objections. It's like the strongest man in Barcelona is Messi, but the captain is not him.
There are five captains in An Rong's heart, namely Zhang Shujie, Li Mu, Ma Junqiang, Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi. Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi are only nineteen years old, which is still too young, and An Rong prefers Ma Junqiang.
Ma Junqiang's friend Zhang Shujie once said: "Ma Dashuai's head is missing a string." But that's only off the pitch and only for friends, with Ma Junqiang on the pitch definitely leading the backline. He was wise and resolute, almost never making mistakes, and he was unusually calm every time he commanded his team's defence. What's more, as long as a defender makes a mistake that he shouldn't have made, he doesn't care if you are a veteran player or not, and he will bring up the mistake on the spot and blame him.
Sometimes, An Rong thinks that Ma Junqiang is very much like a comic book character, and this character is the famous goalkeeper in "Soccer Player": Wakabayashi Genzo.
Wakabayashi Genzo is a talented goalkeeper, and Ma Junqiang is also a talented goalkeeper. He is only 22 years old, which is really very young for a goalkeeper! An Rong believes that as long as Ma Junqiang sticks to his own path, he will definitely become the best goalkeeper in the world one day!
After four o'clock in the afternoon, shortly after the end of training, Chen Zihua was the first to report to the team, An Rong heard the team leader Cao Dong say that Chen Zihua had arrived, so he asked Cao Dong to call him to the office. When Chen Zihua saw his mentor, his eyes were a little blurry, and he strode up and hugged An Rong.
Coach An Rong ...... Oh no, Ann guides. Chen Zihua realized that the title was incorrect, and immediately changed his words.
An Rong smiled: "It doesn't matter, you can shout as much as you want." β
He glanced at Chen Zihua carefully a few times before saying, "It's stronger than before, and it's a lot taller." It's 1.85 meters, right?"
"No, one meter eighty-four. Chen Zihua smiled.
An Rong also smiled and said, "Now that you have also embarked on this road, I am also relieved." You started your career late, so it's not easy to get to the game, so you have to practice a lot. β
"Well, it's thanks to Uncle Tian helping me, he often guides me in private. β
"With him, I can worry less about snacks. Don't look at that old guy now as if he has nothing to do, his level of teaching is not low, you have to learn a little more by his side. β
"I see, Ann Finger. β
"Okay, I'm tired after sitting on the plane for so long, let's rest early. Team Leader Cao will arrange it for you, just go find him. β
"Then I'll go down first. β
"Go ahead. β
Three hours later, Xu Ziyi also arrived. An Rong also saw him, and after saying a few words, he told him to go down and rest. Ma Junqiang hadn't arrived at this time, and An Rong thought that he might not come until tomorrow. But I didn't expect that at ten o'clock in the evening, this guy actually took a taxi and rushed over. If the other players were so late, they would have come back the next day.
This Ma Junqiang has a more correct attitude towards the ball game than he imagined. An Rong was even more determined to let him be the captain of this year's National Olympic team.
Ma Junqiang was sitting in An Rong's office, and he didn't even go to take a break, so he came to see An Rong. An Rong smiled and asked, "Are you tired?"
"It's fine. The goalkeeper doesn't have to expend much energy on the field, so it's not too tiring. β
An Rong nodded, and suddenly asked, "Why did you choose to be a goalkeeper in the first place?"
Ma Junqiang didn't expect An Rong to ask him this question, and he was stunned for a moment before he said, "It's an accident." When I was in elementary school, I had a goalkeeper to play football at school, and no one wanted to go to goal, and they all wanted to score, so they dragged me up. β
"Why did you want to go?"
"Because I didn't know how to play at all. They just told me to go up and make up the numbers. β
This time it was An Rong's turn to be stunned, he thought that Ma Junqiang would say something "bold words", but he didn't expect it to be such a funny answer.
Ma Junqiang said: "It was the first time I played football, I didn't understand anything, I still remember whether I lost fifteen or sixteen balls, I can't remember clearly, I only remember being scolded half to death by my teammates." I later learned that a lot of the goals conceded weren't entirely my responsibility. β
"How?"
'Everybody wants to play as a striker, they want to score goals, nobody plays at the back. I had no one in front of me to protect me, so it would be weird not to concede a dozen goals. β
"So now that the defenders make mistakes, you don't hesitate to blame them?"
"Not really. Some mistakes can be remedied, but some are not. For those low-level mistakes that shouldn't have been made, I'd definitely blame the defenders for not defending well. β
An Rong said softly: "Go on." β
"Since then, I've been playing for real and I've chosen the goalkeeper position. Because I already understand that the goalkeeper is very special, as long as the goalkeeper doesn't concede goals, the team can't lose!"
Speaking of this, Ma Junqiang looked at An Rong, and An Rong signaled: "Go on." β
Ma Junqiang said: "In the process of guarding the door in my past few years, I also encountered a lot of setbacks, and I almost couldn't hold on. Until one time, I read a comic. β
"What comics?"
"Soccer Player". β
"Is it Genzo Wakabayashi?"
"Yes, Anzhi, it's Wakabayashi Genzo. Although this is just a cartoon character, I will continue to stand in front of the goal and guard the goal behind me without regret because of him. β
An Rong laughed, got up from the sofa, and said: "It is really worthy of being Japan's national comic, which not only promotes the development of Japanese football, but also deeply affects the youth in China." It's a pity that it can't affect that group of national team players. β
Ma Junqiang asked, "An Zhi, please allow me to ask a question." β
You ask. β
"Why are you asking me about the past, and does it have anything to do with my entry into the Olympic team?"
"Of course it does. Ma Junqiang, among the players of your generation, Zhang Shujie, Chen Zihua, and Yan Tao used to be my disciples in the school team, Li Mu was the most direct opponent, Xu Ziyi and Zhao Wenkang also met my team in the finals of the high school league, only you, I didn't meet you before wearing the national jersey, and my understanding of you is very limited. β
Ma Junqiang smiled bitterly: "There are many ways to understand a person, and the method of Anzhi is quite special. β
"Let me tell you something in advance, our new Olympic team does not have a real captain yet, and I want to discuss it with you. β
Ma Junqiang heard a little hint, but he couldn't ask directly, just said: "Since An Zhi wants to discuss with me, I can recommend it to you." β
"Don't talk about Zhang Shujie and Li Mu, I didn't plan to recruit them in the qualifiers. There are only three returnees, except for you, Chen Zihua and Xu Ziyi. β
"I think both of them are a good fit. In the past, in the junior league league, I had the opportunity to face Chen Zihua, but he played for a few minutes and got injured. However, I also know that his playing style is similar to Xu Ziyi, he can attack and defend, and he has a big picture. He also scored in Ligue 1 in the last round, he only became a professional player this summer, and he can score so quickly, which shows that his strength is average. β
"What about Xu Ziyi?"
"It's about the same as Chen Zihua, half a catty and eight taels. Do you want to make one of them the captain and the other the vice-captain?"
This method is good, but An Rong doesn't think it's very good.
"Do you have any other candidates besides these two?"
"This ......" Ma Junqiang couldn't think of. Almost all of the people in this year's Olympic team are newcomers, and most of them don't know him and don't know who to recommend.
An Rong said: "I have a candidate, and I think it's very good. β
"That'...... Who is it?"
"You. β
Ma Junqiang swallowed his saliva and said, "I'm the captain of the National Olympic team?"
"Yes. From the conversation I just had with you, I think you're a good fit. And you used to be the captain of the varsity team, and you know what the captain's responsibilities are on the court. β
"That being said, An, I haven't been in the Olympic team for a long time. β
"The team members are basically newcomers, only Wu Lei and Wang Xiaolei are not. Wu Lei definitely can't, do you want Wang Xiaolei to be the captain? Don't forget that he and you are both goalkeepers. β
Ma Junqiang was dumbfounded, if Wang Xiaolei is really allowed to continue to be the captain of this National Olympic team, it means that Ma Junqiang will sit on the bench.
An Rong looked at him and said with a smile: "Okay, it's decided, tomorrow I will inform the team and let the acting captain Huang Yu hand over the armband to you." Go down and rest. β
"Okay, I'll go first, Ann Finger. β
"Hmm. Looking at Ma Junqiang's departing figure, An Rong laughed out loud for no reason. Of course, he could see that when Ma Junqiang learned that he would become the captain, he was not too surprised. After talking for so long, Ma Junqiang still can't hear the slightest meaning from An Rong's mouth, then An Rong will be blind.