Chapter Twenty-Three: The Lightning Kid
In order to better adapt Zhang Yuan to life and work here, the club decided to recruit a temporary translator to follow Zhang Yuan's training in the morning and teach Zhang Yuan Italian in the afternoon, so that Zhang Yuan can master Italian as soon as possible and adapt to local life faster, which will have many benefits for Zhang Yuan's development.
But now the translator has not been recruited, Moreau can only follow Zhang Yuan as a translator, of course he has long wanted to leave, the goods stranded in his hands finally got rid of it, he also breathed a sigh of relief, this time the intermediary fee and signing fee, he still made a profit, but he swore never to do this kind of thing again, after this incident, he understood that the football agent is not so easy to be, the vision is not accurate, the player in his hand is to lose money, he used to think that he knew football very well, and he really participated in it only to find that he was not a fart, or stay honestly, as for Zhang Yuan's future development, he does not have any hope, so many clubs can't look down on only Rimini who is willing to provide an opportunity, it can't be that so many clubs are blind, so well, he has made a fortune now, and his next plan is to go back to Brescia and enjoy life!
The following days were extremely dull, training every morning, Zhang Yuan had nothing to do in the afternoon, Moreau took him around to get acquainted with Rimini's environment, he had never seen the sea in China before, but this time he saw the sea in Italy, which made him very satisfied with his current state.
A few days later, the club recruited a translator, a Chinese named Mai Xuewen, who turned out to be a translator for a foreign trade company in Rimini, who had recently closed down and was unemployed, so he came to apply for the job and was successfully selected. With a special translator, Moreau threw his hand and left, he made up that he had other business and said goodbye to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan did not doubt him, anyway, there was no need for Moreau to live here or anything, it didn't matter. Mai Xuewen is a thin and tall young man, at most twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, he looks polite, he doesn't like football, but to be a good translator, he has to know some football knowledge, and strive to accurately express the meaning of the coach when translating for Zhang Yuan.
With Mai Xuewen, Zhang Yuan began to formulate a detailed life schedule for himself, in view of his physical condition is not very good, he gets up at half past 6 every morning, not far from the seaside, he goes for a morning run on the beach, sometimes he will bring a football to run with the ball, sometimes it is a simple run, every day he insists on running for forty or fifty minutes, running back he makes his own breakfast, of course, he will also make one for his three roommates by the way, fried eggs, sandwiches or toast slices, Hot milk, he wants to change to some Chinese breakfast, but unfortunately everyone may not be willing to eat, hard-working people are always easy to win the recognition of others, although breakfast is a very simple thing, but the three roommates have greatly improved their impression of Zhang Yuan, and they have given him a thumbs up! After eating breakfast Zhang Yuan went to the training base, generally training at 9 o'clock before starting, Zhang Yuan will practice first when he arrives in advance, sometimes for training with balls, sometimes to go to the gym, because the coaching staff thought that his body was not strong enough a few days ago, Strength training should be strengthened. After the morning training, an hour break at noon, in the afternoon, Mai Xuewen taught Zhang Yuan Italian and English, Mai Xuewen is proficient in Italian, English, and German, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to ask Mai Xuewen to teach him English as well, which is not difficult for Mai Xuewen, anyway, his translation work is to do this. After studying in the afternoon, Zhang Yuan would go out for a walk by himself, he was not loitering, he mainly wanted to contact the spoken Italian, and it was often said that progress would be fast, so he ran almost all over Rimini. At the end of his stroll, he would go to the training base for dinner, and after dinner, he would go to the Internet or watch TV with his three other roommates.
In life, Zhang Yuan slowly adapted to life in a foreign country, and gradually got on the right track in playing football, Selicchini did not let Zhang Yuan play at the beginning, through long-term observation, he found that Zhang Yuan belongs to the kind of ball-controlled player, the ball is more threatening at his feet, like running without the ball Zhang Yuan actually needs a lot of improvement, this can not be changed overnight, because Zhang Yuan's style has long been a player who likes to control the ball, and suddenly it takes a transition period for him to work hard to learn to run without the ball, but in terms of the current situation of the youth team, it is very feasible to establish a tactical system with Zhang Yuan as the coreSelicchini believes that the youth team might as well hand over the ball to Zhang Yuan's feet, and Zhang Yuan will be the offensive core of the frontcourt. During this period of time, he worked hard to establish the position of Zhang Yuan's frontcourt core in training, fortunately, through daily training, the youth team players have fully recognized Zhang Yuan's strength, and have no objection to this, but are willing to establish an offensive system with Zhang Yuan as the offensive core, but this is not without shortcomings, Zhang Yuan is the offensive core in the frontcourt, so he has always retreated deeply, but Zhang Yuan's personal physical confrontation ability and physical fitness are still insufficient, which is why Selicini has not used Zhang Yuan in the youth league for a long time.
Time soon entered November, through the coaching staff and Zhang Yuan's own efforts, Zhang Yuan has made great progress in all aspects, Selicini began to use Zhang Yuan in the youth league, from 10 minutes, At the beginning of the 20th minute, slowly let Zhang Yuan play the game, Zhang Yuan played as a striker after playing, but more like a free man in the front court, his teammates handed the ball to him, he chose whether to pass or pass, after a few games, although Zhang Yuan did not score, but has contributed 2 assists, with the increase of time on the field, his performance is more and more satisfactory to Celicini, especially his fast speed with the ball, so that Celicini said casually: "This kid is like lightning on the field!"
As a result, everyone passed ten, ten passed hundred, and Zhang Yuan got the nickname of "Lightning Boy", and when it came to the next game, some parents actually held up the "Lightning Boy" sign on the sidelines to cheer for him, which made Zhang Yuan a little flattered. In the end, the senior team knew that there was a "lightning kid" from China in the youth team, so that every time Zhang Yuan came home, the three roommates would joke "Oh, look, the lightning boy is back!", and after saying that, they discussed as if this kid is really fast, eats fast, walks fast, and even goes to the toilet fast, and is really natural.
It's just a nickname, everyone has become accustomed to it after a long time, Zhang Yuan has also adapted to this title, and the three big male roommates no longer make fun of it as they did at the beginning. By the end of the first half, he had scored 4 goals and 5 assists, and it only took 8 games to make it a game, and Selicini was very happy about it, because he saw the hope of entering the playoffs, as long as Zhang Yuan could continue to play like this in the second half, it would not be a problem to enter the playoffs!
On December 23rd, Rimini's home game against Spezia began the winter break, the team began to take a holiday, the youth team also had a holiday, there was a break of about half a month, the next day, Zhang Yuan's three roommates were already planning to go home for Christmas, Matri was going home, Handanovic was going home, Digan was going to Milan, to his brother Kaka, his brother was Kaka This was Zhang Yuan slowly learned later, after he heard that Degan's brother was Kaka, he repeatedly asked if it was true? Is it true? Degan told him with certainty that it was true, and after answering it three times before he believed that Kaka was a legendary figure to him before, the dream lover of thousands of girls. I didn't expect to live with Kaka's younger brother, I really can't imagine, in the past two years, Kaka has been in the ascendant in Serie A, the superstar in front of the ranking, since Degan is going to Milan's brother's house, Zhang Yuan naturally took out his jersey and asked Degan to bring a Kaka's signature back, of course I am also chasing stars, it's nothing to take this opportunity to get some light! Degan took his jersey and said seriously: "Actually, the name I signed is similar to Kaka, Kaka is still called out by me!"
"Man, forget it!" Zhang Yuan made a gesture to snatch back the jersey, Digan held the jersey high, he was more than 1.9 meters tall, Zhang Yuan was only more than 1.7 meters, he couldn't reach it!
"Haha, lie to you kid, I'll let Kaka sign his name seriously, and use special marks, it's definitely unique to you, okay?" said Deegan with a smile.
"That's pretty much it, it's not in vain that I make you breakfast every day!" Zhang Yuan said proudly.
"Haha, are you interested in coming with me? You're alone anyway, aren't you?" asked Handanovic again. In fact, the three roommates Gu Nian Zhang Yuan is a Chinese, a person here is young and young, he has long invited him to go to Christmas together, but this kid just doesn't want to, saying that he doesn't want to run around, and wants to rest well while on vacation!
"Then forget it, don't worry, I can cope with everything alone, and besides, I'm really not used to being a Chinese team for Christmas or something!" Zhang Yuan coped.
The three roommates were helpless, and after hugging Zhang Yuan, they set out on their way home, Zhang Yuan stood at the door alone and watched them go away, and did not return home until they were out of sight. It's not that he doesn't want to go, but he feels that it's causing trouble to others, so why bother! Sitting on the sofa in the living room, holding the remote control in his hand and constantly changing the channel, he remembered two people, Moreau and Mai Xuewen, Moreau has never contacted him since he left, he almost forgot that he still has such an agent as Moreau, make a call, forget it, he has his own home, he will go back to his home for Christmas, and wait for Christmas tomorrow to call and say hello!
As for Mai Xuewen left after training yesterday morning, I don't know where to go, he doesn't live on Zhang Yuan's side, Mai Xuewen is also Chinese, from Fujian, like Zhang Yuan, there are no relatives here, Zhang Yuan knows, but Mai Xuewen has a girlfriend he doesn't know, but from usual it seems that there is no it! So Zhang Yuan decided to call Mai Xuewen, he still didn't want to spend the holiday alone, just as he picked up the phone and was about to dial, the doorbell rang, Zhang Yuan had to put down the phone and go to see who it was!
When I opened the door, it was Mai Xuewen, holding a pile of things outside the station door, and when I saw Zhang Yuan, Mai Xuewen said with a smile: "I looked everywhere and found that I was really unaccompanied, and I could only spend Christmas with you, do you welcome me as an uninvited guest?"
"Haha, I can't ask for it, Brother Mai, I'm worried that no one will accompany me for Christmas!" Zhang Yuan said happily.