Chapter Ninety-Three: Waiting in Silence

At the beginning, in order to obtain the qualification of FIFA agent, Feng Kai handed over the restaurant at home to his wife to take care of, and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the study of FIFA agent. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Two years later, he finally got his qualification certificate, and at the same time became Zhang Shujie and Li Mu's agent, and took full charge of their future careers. This includes business activities such as transfers, signings, and advertising.

Today's Feng Kai is a real FIFA agent, no longer a full-time translator for the two teenagers. In two years, the two children from China have been able to communicate with the Italians without hindrance.

Even they themselves couldn't believe it! In middle school, Li Mu never failed the English test, and Zhang Shujie even had the "feat" of scoring a zero score. But once I came to Italy, it only took twenty-four months to learn a foreign Chinese language.

Don't ask them about Italian grammar, they don't understand it at all, they just speak it. To put it bluntly, they only speak verbally.

"I said 'Dashuai', you haven't contacted us for so long, why did you think of calling us today?"

Zhang Shujie "questioned" Ma Junqiang on the phone, the young St. Truiden goalkeeper had indeed not contacted him and Li Mu for a long time, and after careful calculation, it had been almost two years. In the past two years, it was only when they first came to Italy that they had a phone call with Ma Junqiang.

"Hey, don't mention it, it's a long story. ”

"It's okay, now I have time with Papaya. Zhang Shujie pressed the speakerphone, so that Li Mu next to him could also hear it.

Ma Junqiang said with a wry smile: "I have been on loan to Sint-Truiden for two seasons, the first season was spent as a semi-main and semi-substitute, I thought that I would get more opportunities to play in the second season, but the coach has made a rotation system for the domestic cup competition, and I am still swinging between the main team and the substitute." I've been practicing hard for the past two years, so I'll be able to call you. It's just a matter of what happens to me this season. ”

Zhang Shujie smiled after hearing this: "I thought it was a big deal, it's nothing! You are still very young, only twenty years old." Besides, you are a goalkeeper, and most goalkeepers are late maturing. If you look at Kahn, he only became the world's top goalkeeper in his thirties. ”

"Then why don't you talk about Casillas and Buffon, who became famous before they were twenty years old. ”

"Don't compare with them, our Chinese players have to sweat more than others in Europe, and you don't know it. ”

Ma Junqiang sighed silently, helpless.

Li Mu comforted him: "Don't sigh, you still have more than a dozen appearances in your first season in Europe, and Jie Zai and I have just entered the first team, and we don't know how many times we can play." ”

"So, Brother Ma, I'm much luckier than you two?"

Two years ago, an eighteen-year-old Chinese goalkeeper made 14 appearances for Sint-Truiden in all competitions, which is unique in China, and you are not satisfied?"

"This ......" Ma Junqiang was thinking about how to overturn Li Mu's remarks. After a few seconds, he said: "I haven't been to the national team and the Olympic team yet. ”

Zhang Shujie said with a smile: "Don't think about that first, in the past year or so, the national team has not had any other important events except for the Asian Cup qualifiers, in fact, there are not a few games, don't care too much." The Olympic team's goal is the London Olympics, and the qualifiers will not start until two years later. Next year's World Cup in South Africa has nothing to do with China, so we have to take a long-term view and look at 2014 and 2018!"

2014 - Brazil World Cup, 2018 - Russia World Cup! Ma Junqiang was a little excited. Zhang Shujie is right, take a long-term view, he is only twenty years old, and as a goalkeeper, he is really very, very young.

"Hey, Ma Dashuai, what's wrong with you, why don't you speak?" Zhang Shujie shouted.

"Oh no, I'm thinking about it. ”

Li Mu quipped: "Which girl are you thinking about?"

"I miss you! Let's not talk about it, I have something to do, hang up first! If there is nothing too important in the future, let's contact us on the Internet. Did you two buy a computer?"

Li Mu snorted: "I had it last year." You damn guy hasn't been contacting us. ”

"Didn't you say you're busy?

"Your old man is so busy, how dare we disturb you!" Li Mu said with a hippie smile.

Ma Junqiang couldn't say anything, so he retreated: "I won't tell you, I'm busy." I'm sending you my msn, remember to add me. Bye-bye!"

"Bye-bye. ”

Zhang Shujie hung up the phone and said to Li Mu: "That kid is also worried about competing for the main force." ”

'That's natural, the sooner you get the main team, the sooner you can get into the national team, the sooner you can get your labour certificate and return to Chelsea. ”

"We're both going to have to work hard. ”

'In two days, the team will be in the Coppa Italia. Do you think we can play?"

"Don't be stupid, I'm happy if the manager can put us on the bench!"

The Coppa Italia actually started the first round on August 2, but since Parma were promoted to the first division, they will skip the first and second rounds and go straight to the third round. The third round is scheduled for August 15.

On the day of the game, Parma played against Novara at home, and Guidolin did not select Zhang Shujie and Li Mu in the 18-man squad, leaving them in the "base camp".

Parma sent an attack-oriented 4-3-3 formation in this game, and the starting goalkeeper was none other than Mirante, who transferred from Sampdoria this season, and the veteran Panucci was deservedly given a position as a main defender. In midfield, newcomer Gallopa was also able to start. The three strikers are Palowski and Bodinov and Biabiani, who have only arrived this season.

Guidolin had high hopes for several new signings, but only Mirante and Panucci were acceptable, and of the other three, Gallopa was decent and unsuccessful, with Bodinov and Biabiani disappointing. The pair each missed a must-score, but it was only thanks to Palowski's header just before the end of the game that Parma advanced to the next round. According to the schedule, the fourth round will start in November.

It's good to win, and Guidolin can accept it, but he's not happy with the overall shape of the team and he still has time to redesign his tactics before the league starts.

On August 23, the 09/10 Serie A season kicked off, Parma faced Udinese in the first round, and Guidolin did not bring two Chinese teenagers. He sent out the same personnel and formation as he did in the Coppa Italia, except that the two strikers Bodinov and Biabiani were required to be more involved in the defense, leaving only Palowski in front.

The two players strictly followed the manager's tactics, but the results were mediocre. In this game, Biabiani scored his first goal of the season, but it was an own goal.

That's right, he was involved in defending and touching the ball into his own goal.

When Guidolin saw it on the sidelines, he shook his head repeatedly.

Parma were a goal down until stoppage time, and it was Palowski who stepped up at crucial moments and volleyed in the box to give Parma a valuable point on the road.

As a promoted side, it would not be a bad thing to hold a strong Udinese away from home, but Guidolin has other ideas. Speaking to the media in his hometown, he said: "I can accept the result, but we could have won the game, and from the situation on the pitch, the team is not at its best, so we need to adjust. ”

Guidolin's meaning couldn't be more obvious. Without Biabiani's own goal, Parma would have won and he would have had to change his team. In the second round of the league, he made a change in personnel, but the change was not much, except for Lanzafaim to replace Biabiani, who had two consecutive poor performances, as the starting striker. The formation remains the same, the same 4-3-3 style of play.

Zhang Shujie and Li Mu are still not in the squad.

Parma play at home and come to challenge Catania. Catania is only a little-known team in Serie A, fighting for relegation almost every year, and Parma is at home against a weak team, and if they can't win, Guidolin will not be able to make a difference.

Bodinov saw that Biabyani, who was also a new player with him, was put on the bench after only two games, and knew that the coach was not satisfied with his state, and if he didn't have to score to prove it, then he might have to sit on the bench before long.

People are motivated when they are under pressure. Nine minutes into the game, in the midst of the shouts of 20,000 spectators at the Tardini Stadium, Bodinov scored a goal from Gallopa's cross to give Parma a 1-0 lead. But Catania didn't delight the home fans for long, and just four minutes later, Catania capitalised on a mistake by a Parma defender to score the equaliser through striker Muscala.

After that, both sides had chances in the first half, but neither could take advantage of them, and the score lasted until the end of the first half.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the players of both teams fought fiercely. Catania need to stay in the first division, Parma are even more reluctant to play in the second division, and neither team won in the first round, so this one, they are in desperate need of a victory.

Panucci broke the ball at the back and played a long ball to the front, and Palowski successfully countered offside and easily scored his second league goal of the season.

In the seventieth minute of the match, Parma took the lead again.

The home fans were boiling, and Guidolin was a little relieved of his nervousness. But there were still twenty minutes left in the game, and a lead was not a victory.

Catania frantically launched a counterattack, this desperate madness, but it cost them.

In the 81st minute, Lanzafam crossed the penalty area, Bodinov and Palowski failed to grab the ball, and seeing that the ball was about to be wasted, Galopa, who was inserted in the midfield, poked the ball into the net.

The score became 3:1, which was also the final score of the game. Guidolin enjoyed the team's first win after promotion to the first division.

In the first three games of the new season (two league games and one Coppa Italia), Parma got off to a good start with two wins and one draw, and the club's hierarchy also gave praise to Guidolin's coaching ability, claiming that he was a great manager. Guidolin is humble and thinks he can do better.

But in the next four league games, Guidolin and his disciples had a nightmare.

In the third round, Parma challenged defending champions Inter Milan away and lost 0-4, and the Nerazzurri showed their strength at the Meazza (also known as San Siro) stadium, beating Parma to the point where they could not find the north.

Facing Palermo in the fourth round, Guidolin also wanted to take advantage of the home advantage to save the last round of the league defeat to Inter Milan, but the post and crossbar blocked Palowski's two shots, and finally relied on Lanzafame's goal to draw 1:1.

In the fifth and sixth rounds, Parma lost to Lazio and Cagliari in quick succession. Since then, after six games, Parma have only five points from one win, two draws and three losses, ranking second to last with a goal difference, and are a veritable "deputy squad leader".

In these six games, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu have never been in the squad, and Strassell has only played twice as a substitute, and there is nothing too brilliant.

With such a record, Giraldi couldn't hold his breath again.

Losing to Inter Milan and Lazio is fine, but why did they lose to Cagliari? Why can't they win Palermo at home? In Giraldi's eyes, the team should have scored six points in these two games, but in fact only one point was in hand.

Guidolin walked out of Giraldi's office with a blushing face, where he was questioned by the club president and given an ultimatum that if Parma, who had been winless for four games, did not win their next game, his position would change hands.

Guidolin couldn't help it. In fact, the overall performance of the team's back line is not bad, and it conceded more goals in the game against Inter Milan, which was because the veteran Panucci did not play due to injury.

The key is in the midfield, the midfielders lack creativity and the strikers are too poor in getting a kick. Palowski has not scored in four games, with Lanzafam and Bodinov both scoring just one. Forget it, he hasn't opened yet.

There are so many people in hand, and it's the same how you use it over and over again. Is it possible to change into a playmaker and a striker who can score goals out of thin air? and not a magician......

Wait! Midfielder, striker, Guidolin seems to have something in mind.