For the next period of time, until the end of the winter break, Chen Long spent time in training, but the personal ability he showed in training was gradually recognized by his coach and teammates.

The first round of matches after the 2019-2020 Serie B winter break officially began on 17 January 2020, with Cesena, who were 15th in the table before the winter break, hosting 12th-placed Bari in the table.

Cesena home stadium, Dino ~ Manucci Stadium, before the start of the game, has been seated 20,000 fans, most of which are Cesena home fans.

It's not hard to see how popular football is in Italy, with so many fans coming to watch a small city of just 100,000 people like Cesena.

Before the start of this game, Cesena coach Gianpaolo announced the starting list in the locker room, unfortunately, Chen Long did not start, but was in the squad, that is, the substitute, which made many players of the team feel very puzzled, you know, during this period of training, Chen Long's table is very good, of course, the coach then gave a reason for doing so, the coach gave the explanation that for the Serie B field, the former has never been contacted, and the club is now in a very delicate situation, so to speak, If you are not careful, you may be demoted.

And in this game, the team's opponent, the Bari club, is slightly stronger than Cesena.

Therefore, what coach Gianpaolo meant was to wait until the team had a favorable situation on the field before waiting for the opportunity to let Chen Long play.

Chen Long has no doubts about the coach's arrangement, after all, the interests of the team are the most important, whether he is a starter or a substitute, as long as the team can win, that is the most important thing!

In the east stand of the stadium, Aunt Mary, that is, Chen Long's landlord, as well as Chen Long's place of residence, and nearby neighbors, also came to the scene at this moment.

Of course, they didn't say that they came here because of Chen Long, in fact, they watched every home game of Cesena, and they also watched some important away games to cheer for the team.

Although, over the past period of time, Long Chen and Aunt Mary, as well as some neighbors around them, have gradually become familiar with each other and get along very well.

However, they don't know about Chen Long's personal ability, they only know that Chen Long is a member of the team, and, in their opinion, at Chen Long's age, especially from China, a country with backward football in the impression, is in the team, that is, the role of playing soy sauce.

The game is about to begin, and the starting line-ups for both teams have been announced.

Cesena's starting lineup has not changed much compared with the previous dozen rounds of the league, except that striker Djuric, who has not played for a long time due to injury, recovered from his injury and made his debut.

The injury to the main striker Djuric had a big impact on Cesena, who won just one of the four games in which Djuric was absent and scored just two goals.

Therefore, Djuric's comeback made the head coach Gianpaolo feel much more at ease, and before the game, he set the goal for the players to get all three points.

Like Chen Long, Zou Zhaolong also sat on the bench.

Zou Zhaolong: Xiaolong, I think you should be able to start with your ability, and the coach is too cautious.

In Zou Zhaolong's view, Chen Long definitely has the strength to make his debut, and he has to know more about Chen Long, although the former is only 13 years old, but his performance on the court is not bad at all.

Regarding Zou Zhaolong's muttering, Chen Long just chose to smile slightly, you know, working against the coach, but there is no good fruit to eat.

A few minutes later, the players of both sides walked into the stadium one after another under the leadership of the referee, and the captain of Cesena, that is, the team's No. 14 central defender Volta, seemed to be lucky and got the right to kick off the game!

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

The narrator Mario was in charge of commenting the game, and when the game officially started, Mario also began to read the starting lists of the two teams.

Mario: Hello everyone, I'm Mario, welcome to the match between Cesena and Bari in the 16th round of Serie B, now that the game has officially begun, the starting line-ups for both teams are as follows:

Cesena: goalkeeper (No. 16 Ilio), defenders (No. 6 Luchini, No. 2 Niza, No. 14 Volta, No. 24 Perrico), midfielders (No. 10 Coppola, No. 24 Yakore, No. 23 De Feudis), forwards (No. 18 Djuric, No. 19 Susi, No. 9 Rodriguez)

After reading the starting 11 list, the commentator Mario's brow furrowed slightly, and his expression looked a little surprised.

Mario: Oh, it's really surprising, in Cesena's bench team, there are actually two players from China, one of them is Zou Zhaolong, who has already played before, and the other, it seems to be called, chenglong, damn it, you know, it's really hard to say Chinese, it's really a miracle, there are two players from China at the same time, about, chenglong, we don't know what his ability is? Perhaps, Paul Jam will give him a chance, let's keep watching!

Marie: Oh, Chen Long seems to be in the squad, this kid, it's really surprising, I look forward to him playing as soon as possible, I think, if this game, Cesena wins the game, I will make a big dinner to celebrate.

Mary was also a little surprised when she saw the starting lineups and substitute lists of the two teams played on the spot, she didn't expect Chen Long to enter the squad, it seems that she underestimated Chen Long.

Then she chatted with Bucco, who was her neighbor.

Mario went on to read the starting list for the match against the Bari club!

During the time Mario was on the list, the game had already started for 3 minutes, and from the beginning until now, the football had been accused at the feet of the Cesena players, but it was only in his own half and did not pose a threat to Barry's half.

Chen Long sat on the bench, observing the shape on the field very attentively, he needed to carefully observe the characteristics of the Serie B league, lest it would be embarrassing if the coach let him play, he was not prepared at all.

I have to admit that with and without Djuric, Cesena is completely two teams, in the 18th minute of the game, the striker Djuric, who recovered from injury in this game, took the lead in the team to score, and the score became 1:0!