Chapter 20 Trials

At the beginning of September, the new semester began, and the biggest news in Taixing Middle School in the past few days was that Zhang Yuan, the first in the third grade of high school, that is, the first in the second grade of the previous school year, was suspended from school! Why is this a major news, because Zhang Yuan has two identities, studying as a top student and the captain of the school football team. All kinds of rumors are flying, don't think that only adults gossip, in fact, our Chinese tradition of gossip is also caught from small dolls. Some classmates said that Zhang Yuan took a leave of absence because of illness, some said that Zhang Yuan temporarily suspended school because his family had no money, some said that Zhang Yuan was actually suspended from school because it was a vacation, and it was true that he completely stopped studying and went out to earn money, and some said that Zhang Yuan went abroad to play football after listening to the grapevine. The last statement is the weakest voice, everyone understands that this is completely unreliable, and the penultimate statement is the most recognized by everyone, but no one knows the standard answer. Zhang Yuan's closest friend Gu Linsan was silent, and as soon as everyone asked, he innocently said: "I don't know, I really don't know, he hasn't contacted me during the summer vacation!"

Of course Gu Lin knew, but he hadn't received news from Zhang Yuan for more than half a month, so he just left a QQ message to him after Zhang Yuan arrived in Italy to report his safety. QQ is the only way to communicate between them, and leaving a message is also the only way to communicate, because Gu Lin can only use the Internet café on the street after school to surf the Internet, and today Gu Lin is going to go to the Internet café on the street to see if there is any latest news!

After school, he didn't care about dinner, so he rushed out of the school gate, plunged into the Internet café, and logged in to QQ.

"Gu Lin, hello! I haven't left you a message for a long time, I remember the last time I left you a message when I just arrived in Italy, how are you doing now?

Gu Lin smiled slightly, everything is fine now, he is in his third year of high school, he no longer plays football as often as before, and his energy is focused on studying!

"To be honest, this period of time has been very depressing, I gradually feel the gap between the ideal and the reality, I think I play football very well, but when I get here, I realize how difficult it is! During this time, my agent, Mr. Morrow, took me to run around, one club after another to tryouts, I have been to AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, I have also been to Rome two clubs, and I have also been to Atalanta, but unfortunately none of them passed, I am almost dying! No club wants me! I am really that unbearable?! ”

Gu Lin silently said in his heart: "My good brother, you are absolutely powerful, you will definitely succeed!"

"I don't believe it, so I'll continue to work hard, and I hope it will bring you good news next time!"

The message ended, Gu Lin finished reading it, thought about it, and tapped the keyboard.

"Zhang Yuan, I'm fine, I don't play football much now, after all, my studies are more important in the third year of high school, I want to go to a key medical university, you know, so now my energy is spent on studying, but occasionally I will play football, Sheringham They all asked you about it, I didn't tell them about you!"

"I always believe in you, you have the strength, your dribbling, your speed, your spirit of not admitting defeat are your advantages, gold will always shine, I believe you will definitely meet the club that appreciates you!

"Finally, I wish you all the best and be able to realize your dreams soon!"

Sending it over, Gu Lin let out a sigh of relief, and secretly prayed to God, just open your eyes and help Zhang Yuan!

In Bologna, Italy, Moreau took Zhang Yuan to just finish the trial in the Bologna club, unfortunately, people still didn't fancy Zhang Yuan, Bologna, this is a Serie B team, but they didn't even look at Zhang Yuan, Moreau was very, very depressed! During this time, he has run a lot of teams with Zhang Yuan, of course, his first choice is the Serie A team, but unfortunately the reality has hit him a bit hard, and he is almost dead set on refusing one by one, and now he just wants to sell Zhang Yuan as soon as possible, hundreds of thousands of signing fees, forget it, he is now satisfied with tens of thousands!

Morrow is a pseudo-football agent, he naturally doesn't understand the doorway of this business, and he just loves football, and he doesn't know anything about the specific affairs of football, thinking it's very simple, but it's not as simple as he imagined. For example, in the trial, he didn't know how to contact the club at all, thinking that as long as he brought Zhang Yuan over and let the family arrange it! In the face of a large group of young people who were actively participating in the trial, the vast majority of clubs arranged a trial match, and then observed and selected the players, which was basically a coping attitude! He also thought that the trial training was like this, Zhang Yuan just kicked one game at a time, and only then began to try out in the top three in the north, he was a little nervous, shrunk his hands, plus the language barrier, teammates from all over the world, who will pass the ball to him, his characteristic is that he has a strong ability to hold the ball, no ball at his feet, his advantages can not be shown, and naturally he can't get into the eyes of others. Zhang Yuan is not stupid, and gradually found out the problem, few people are willing to pass the ball, he began to grab the ball by himself, try to show his advantages, but unfortunately what about the overpower, most clubs choose players who prefer players with high ball quotient and team spirit, rather than players like Zhang Yuan who are good but seem to have a low ball quotient and lack of team spirit, if they understand Zhang Yuan's experience during this time, they may change their views, but unfortunately they don't know! As Zhang Yuan's agent, Moro did not communicate effectively with the coaches of any club, but only praised how good his players were, and when Zhang Yuan performed on the field, it caused the coaches to be disgusted, but that's it!

Failed again and again, Zhang Yuan didn't know that he had gone astray, and Moro couldn't give the right advice, so the two could only keep hitting a wall.

Another failure, Zhang Yuan and Moreau were in a bad mood, packed up their things and left the trial venue of the Bologna club, where to go next, even Moreau himself didn't know, had a simple meal in the pizza restaurant, the two of them sat in the position relatively speechless, Zhang Yuan was depressed, not dead, Moro was depressed and depressed. Just as Mo Luo was about to tell Zhang Yuan that you should go back to China like this, and we were considered to have failed, a strange man's words sounded: "I'm sorry, can I talk to you?"

Mo Luo didn't know this person, Zhang Yuan naturally couldn't know this person, the Chinese said that he didn't hit the smiling man, facing the smiling strange man, Mo Luo asked: "I don't know what can be done for you, this gentleman!"

The strange man sat down in his chair and said, "Well, my name is Emilio Lazzarini, I'm from Rimini, what's your last name?"

"I'm Thomas Cleo Moreau from Brescia, and this is Zhang Yuan from China! It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Lazzarini!" Moreau held out his hand, and Lazzarini reached out and shook Moreau's hand lightly, then shook hands with Zhang Yuan, and said a greeting. Zhang Yuan didn't know anything about Italian, but he still learned simple greetings in the past few days.

Lazzarini sat down again and said straight to the point: "Mr. Morrow, Mr. Zhang, here's the thing, I am a scout of Rimini Football Club, I watched Mr. Zhang's performance just now, and I hope Mr. Zhang can participate in our trial!"

There was actually a team to invite Zhang Yuan to participate in the trial, and Moro rekindled hope, although he knew that Rimini was also a Serie B club, which was much inferior to Bologna, but now there is finally hope, no, he still has a chance to get a sum of money!

"Of course, Mr. Lazzarini!" replied Moreau.

"How about we agree to nine o'clock tomorrow morning?" Lazzarini asked.

"No problem, we'll be there on time!" Bologna is not far from Rimini, about an hour away, and tomorrow there is no problem for a tryout.

"Then I won't bother the two of you, it's nice to meet you!" Lazzarini shook hands with Moro and Zhang Yuan and said goodbye, leaving his contact number and club address.

Zhang Yuan didn't know Italian, so naturally he didn't know what they were talking about, and after Lazzarini left, Zhang Yuan looked at Moreau's happy expression and asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Moreau?"

"Haha, it's a good thing, Zhang Yuan, that person was a scout of Rimini Football Club just now, and he invited us to Rimini Football Club for a trial!" Moro said excitedly.

"Ah, that's great!" Zhang Yuan was also very happy.

"Zhang Yuan, let's leave for Rimini, stay there tonight, and attend their trial at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. But this time, if not, we'll have to go home!" Morrow smiled bitterly.

Zhang Yuan didn't speak, this is the last chance, if it doesn't work again, look at this posture, it is estimated that he can only return to China!

Rimini is a seaside city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, the city is very small, with a population of more than 100,000 people, Rimini Football Club is also a small club, founded in 1912, has long been mixed in the Italian lower leagues, has never played in the top league, and can not come up with a well-known football figure in the long team history. There are many such small football clubs in Italy, and almost every city has its own team, which is more like a part of local life.

Small clubs are limited by financial problems and naturally have their own way of survival, Rimini Football Club does not invest much in transfers, and relies more on loan players who cannot play in Serie A teams for the time being to play, to put it bluntly, it is to be a training institution, and the two sides take what they need!

lackluster history, There is not enough money to make Rimini Club compared with other big clubs, they do not have any advantage in competing for young player resources, so the players in their youth training system are basically based in the region, and there are few players from other regions or abroad, Lazzarini, the club's only part-time scout, can only follow behind some big clubs to pick up leaks, which is not to blame him, the club has no money, it is impossible to inspect players around the world, and it is impossible for him to go around all day to inspect players, these all need money, the club can't afford it, so it is not a good way to pick up leaks, this time he picked up Zhang Yuan, a young man from China.

Lazzarini first met Zhang Yuan in Atalanta, to be honest, he thought like everyone else that Zhang Yuan did not show superior football intelligence, his performance on the pitch was mediocre, and he did not touch the ball much, but he found that Zhang Yuan was very fast and had strong dribbling ability! Big teams may not look down on it, but a small club like Rimini can consider signing Zhang Yuan, and there may not be no room for development.

Then he followed Moro and Zhang Yuan to Bologna, this time he found that as a striker, in fact, Zhang Yuan is still good in the running position, in general, he summarized Zhang Yuan's characteristics, fast speed, outstanding dribbling ability, flexible running, as for the rest of the time has not found anything, mainly Zhang Yuan's touch in the two games is not much, and there are too few things to judge based on. However, he still decided to give Zhang Yuan a chance to try, it is a real trial opportunity, maybe there will be surprises!