Chapter 257

“goooooal！！！” Frank blushed and yelled, even a little broken. But no one would blame him, and many even jumped up with him, yelling and crying and laughing.

"264 days!! Postiga returned to the pitch after 264 days off the pitch and scored a fantastic goal as soon as he came on!! Welcome back Postiga!! ”

Almost as soon as he yelled, the players from Deportivo La Coruna had already swarmed up and surrounded Postiga, his eyes moistened, but instead of immediately celebrating with his teammates, he turned around and ran in the direction of his coach's box.

The players knew who he was going to hug and ran behind them with the same excitement, and they seemed to run more excitedly than on the pitch......

Juan watched Postiga lead his players rushing here, and his eyelids jumped to stop them, but as soon as he stretched out his arm forward, he was grabbed by Postiga, and then came up with a big hug.

Juan was pinned down by his whole person, unable to do anything, and watched his players pounce en masse.

Andrew's eyes widened as he watched this scene, his eyes were moist, of course he knew what this scene meant, and he also knew that this hug was a little late for Postiga......

However, before he could be moved, he saw the players of Deportivo pounce on them one by one.

One or two Juan can still hold on, but ten or eight, the iron man will be knocked down by them!

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...... On the first day of the season, Deportivo La Coruna's little manager was heaped with a mountain! Frank, who had just finished yelling, saw this scene and smiled with interest, "Feel it, Juan Dias, this is how much the players love you!" ”

…… Juan said that he didn't want to feel such love at all, and the air in his lungs was going to be squeezed out!!

However, the miraculous thing is that when everyone got up and dispersed, the little coach of Deportivo also got up, his face was very unpleasant, but his body was not messy at all, which made many people amazed.

…… Does the young manager of Deportivo have some superpower to keep his clothes neat and tidy all the time?

Of course, Frank and Dean will ponder this, and at this time, everyone is patronizing and laughing at Juan, who has no time to care if Juan's clothes are messy?

Anyway, the little coach of Deportivo never gives benefits! Everyone is used to it!

If Juan is the one who is pressed at the bottom, then Postiga will not be much better, probably the pentoest......

However, his eyes were still red when he got up, Juan sighed when he saw him like this, and rubbed his head: "Okay boy, don't do this, play football well." ”

Postiga nodded, but before he could say anything, his team-mates gathered around again, because the referee and linesman were always on the lookout to remind them that the celebration should end as soon as possible, so when they finally made up for the hugs this time, they were very brief.

Originally, Postiga could endure it, but as he listened, his eyes began to unconsciously become sour, and when Figo patted him on the head at the end, he even couldn't cry a little, and could only rely on his own national team captain.

Figo hugged his young man and pretended to be helpless and sighed: "Hey, I always thought that Cristiano was already a little crying bag, but I didn't expect you to be too." ”

Postiga raised his already red eyes and glared at him, let go of his hand and ran away, for this lethal glance, Figo of course didn't care, laughed and watched him run away.

When he returned to the pitch, Postiga rubbed his eyes, took a deep breath and stared at Atletico Madrid opposite, the light in his eyes was unprecedentedly high.

He only felt that there was no moment in the future that was as clear as it is now!!

The game continued to start, and the opposite Atletico players did not look very good.

Simeone was careful this time, he even learned from the experience of the last time he was left in the Deportivo half by Capdevilla, and did not rush into the opponent's half, but distributed the ball to Torres.

Torres gestured at Petrov, and the two men immediately rushed into Deportivo LaCoruna's half with the ball.

"Wow, Atletico's little prince is obviously in a position now! I don't know if he will make any achievements at this time...... Oh well. ”

Frank felt that he had spoken too much: "Torres has slowed down at this moment, and he is entangled by Gago, who clearly has no intention of letting him pass...... However, at this time, the football is at Petrov's feet.

Many people felt a little strange, but they continued to look at the situation on the court, Torres also felt a little inexplicable, glaring at the person in front of him: "Hey, why don't you stop Petrov?" ”

Gago smiled at him, shook his head and didn't speak.

"......" Torres narrowed his eyes, "Juan made it again?" ”

"Yes." This time, Gago replied crisply.

Torres took a deep breath and suddenly felt a little tempted to pick up someone's tie on the sidelines and shake it for life.

What the hell is this?! Can he say that his friends over the years have really not done it in vain?!!

Juan was very calm on the sidelines to accept the eye knife fired by Torres, and he had already said before the start of the game that Atletico Madrid's current lineup is mainly responsible for stopping two people - one is called Simeone and the other is called Torres.

If these two people are stopped, Atletico can scrap at least half of them.

One is the core of Atletico Madrid's midfield, and the other is Atletico's little prince, the current attacking core, both sides are dumb, Atletico Madrid is not the only one left with a bad backline?

However, Atletico Madrid's play is still relatively good, so Juan did not mess around, but carefully chose the method of coming one by one, so Simeone watched Torres being stopped.

Both Torres and Simeone understand that Petrov's move is actually a wingman, and the real means of attack is Torres, so football has two roles at Petrov's feet for the most part - one is to share the attention of the Deportivo players so that Torres can play a space, and the other is to surprise.

However, Juan knows Torres too well, and he knows Atletico too well, and he knows almost everything about his former rival in the same city, and it is no problem to stand up and pretend to be an Atletico Madrid fan.

So as soon as Torres came, Gago stepped forward to stop him.

But everyone didn't just let their guard down, after all, one Torres was stopped, and Petrov!

Petrov is obviously not a vegetarian either, and he also knows how terrible Deportivo was last season, both in attack and defense and in interception, but he also knows that most of these are because of one person, and now that person has retired, most of Deportivo LaCoruna's abilities have been abolished!

So Petrov, while cautious in his advance, was also bold in another way - after all, he was in the middle.

Deportivo used to be the strongest in the middle, and that's something everyone knows.

Originally, he thought that he would be violently intercepted in the middle, but no one stopped him, and he was almost a little stunned, but when he looked left and right in surprise and was about to go to the small penalty area, his heart was cold.

Not for any other reason.

Capdevilla was smiling in one corner, and Thiago Silva was also very careful to stand on the other side, with a man standing in front of him.

Pablo Ibanez.

He has also heard of this person, originally this person would have been his teammate, but Deportivo cut off his beard, so he went to Deportivo La Coruna, and it was precisely because of this incident that Deportivo La Coruna and Atletico Madrid got married.

Deportivo doesn't care much here, only Atletico Madrid has been calculating so far, and even now that this situation is comparable to a mortal enemy, in fact, it is not very cost-effective.

But there is no turning back, and the relationship between Atletico Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna will obviously continue to deteriorate like this, and both sides will actually not take it seriously - in football, who doesn't have an opponent?

These were almost fleeting in his mind, and Petrov concentrated his attention on the oncoming Ibanez, who was very cautious and did not pounce immediately, but frowned and blocked his passing route.

Petrov took a deep breath and stared at the three people in front of him, but with such a glance, his eyes lit up again.

God forbid!!

He actually saw a glimmer of vitality in the encirclement of three people, and saw a gap!! Straight to the goal! Isn't God helping him!!

Sure enough, the three-on-one of defenders and attackers is different!! His teammates were surrounded by three strikers and couldn't do anything, but he was able to find his way to score!

That's where it's different!

Petrov took a deep breath, did not delay, and kicked it out with a kick, and in the exclamation of everyone, the football flew across a beautiful arc and broke through the encirclement of three people!

Suddenly there was an exclamation on the field, no one expected that these three people didn't move at all, and just let the football fly out!!

A Coruña is trying to do what?

However, before the doubts of these people were over, they all understood, and slowly opened their mouths, and then cheers erupted.

"Diego López!! Our Deportivo goalkeeper saved the ball with ease! The football flies high and we look in the direction in which it falls...... Ah, the football is David Silva! ”

Who doesn't understand at this time? It's clear that Deportivo is suspicious of Petrov's shot, and then they can use it to transfer the ball to their own feet!

David Silva, who received the football, was unhurried, he was the youngest on the whole pitch, and his childish face almost told others that he was a good bully, but was it really like that?

David Silva has been used to playing against all kinds of people when he was in the club, especially last season, when he had a lot of one-on-one games with Redondo, compared to Atletico's midfield interception...... Too bad!

David Silva took a deep breath and slowed down two steps, then squinted at the person in front of him, took a deep breath and sped up.

"Wait...... Wait, wait, wait!! David Silva's extraordinary? No, he's just passing!! "Frank jumped up and was a big surprise to him!" Football has arrived at Kaka's feet! It seems that Kaka played a big role in this game! ”

Kaka smiled slightly after receiving the football, but he didn't break through immediately in a hurry, but watched the situation in front of him.

In Atletico's half, Deportivo La Coruna had a total of four players.

In addition to the front three, Juan Bellerón was also on the edge of Atletico's half, and was looking back at him at this time, and after making eye contact with him, the Deportivo captain smiled and nodded at him.

Of course, Kaka knew what this nod meant, so he immediately became energetic, shifted his gaze, and directly focused on the side road he was going to take.

Everyone knows that the Brazilian rising star Kaka has a trick, and now, this person takes a deep breath with the football, and the next second is galloping-

Long Distance!!

The aqua-blue No. 22 strode with the ball, and in the blink of an eye, it had gone from one end of the pitch to the other, the brown hair was floating in the air, the Brazilian's eyes were big and bright, and he had no distractions when he looked at this road, as if there were no Atletico Madrid players in front of him, and there were no other obstacles, and there was only a smooth road!

Juan narrowed his eyes at Kaka's assault and sighed in his heart.

This is a speed-oriented way of running...... To be honest, even now, he has no way to restrain himself, and when you think about it, it's great that he didn't face AC Milan's Kaka in the last Champions League.

After all, last season, Deportivo had one of the most obvious and most acknowledged weaknesses in the lineup.

If one of the opposing players had skyrocketed their speed, Deportivo would have been almost defenseless here.

Of course, under Deportivo La Coruna's tactics, there are none of the players who can soar their speed, at least last season, including Real Madrid's Owen, aliens Ronaldo and Raul, and Barcelona's Ronaldinho.

But this season, Deportivo La Coruna's own speed has also improved, and he is not afraid of crushing himself with speed on the other side, especially after he has a Kaka in his own house, Juan is not even worried at all.

In terms of Kaka's speed now, there are not many people who can stop him one-on-one.

McConn counts as one, Redondo counts as one, and Makelle counts as one.

However, obviously, now these three people can't save Atletico Madrid in front of them, facing Atletico Madrid's defense, Kaka easily penetrated the past almost instantly, and Atletico Madrid's players are looking at his back a little sluggishly, and it is difficult to catch up.

Juan watched Kaka rush into the opposite half, not at all worried about what would happen next. No one can stop Kaka! Don't look at him with such a handsome and even beautiful face, in fact, this is a small tank in human shape!!

It's still the accelerated version!

Kaka rumbled his position to about five meters in front of Atletico Madrid's small penalty area, and subconsciously wanted to start looking for his teammates, but Portillo and Postiga were a little far away, while Morientes, who was nearby, waved his hand again and again, and even had a rare expression on his face.

Raul, who sat in front of the TV, laughed at the scene — honestly, it was the second time he'd seen Morientes look like that in years.

Sophisticated, appreciative, and even a little bit ...... Afraid!

The first time he saw such emotions in Morientes' eyes was the first time they played together on the pitch! That was more than a decade ago, and Moreau was a kid at the time.

Raul certainly knew what Morientes was horrified, and in fact he was horrified at that moment when he saw Kaka's speed.

He has experienced the peak horror of Big and Small, and it can be said that these two Brazilians feel powerless when they stand there, and the little boy standing opposite Morientes actually has such speed and strength.

The main thing is that everyone can see that this person has not actually grown to his peak!!

Seeing that there are more and more perverts around him, Morientes is also a little broken when he thinks about it.

He now seems to finally understand what it's like for Raul to be surrounded by those superstar teammates......

Juan didn't think there was anything wrong with this, after all, he also knew what kind of player Kaka would be in the future, and he also knew how far this man could go, and the long-distance run in front of him was just a piece of cake for him.

It's just that this person doesn't seem to have much idea about scoring goals, although he is indeed a striker, but after playing in the midfield for so long, he has learned to think more from the midfield position.

It's also amazing when you think about it, Kaka, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo all started their first steps in the middle of the top club, and then slowly pushed up the front.

Could this prove that there is a superstar in the midfield?

Why does he still have the leisure to think about the east and the west at this time?

Of course, it's because he doesn't need to care about it before.

Kaka was already on the edge of the penalty area at this time, and since none of the three people in front of him wanted to shoot, Kaka knew what he should do at this time.

Just as he passed the football to Postiga before they met, Juan had a surprise in store for him, and that surprise was about to be revealed now.

Kaka narrowed his eyes.

He used to be a little short-sighted, so sometimes he would subconsciously show such an expression, which represented his high concentration and seriousness, seeing him show such an expression, Juan knew that everything was safe.

Kaka is the only one among so many young generations who doesn't need him to worry too much, after all, this person's teachers are also very good, unlike other people who don't have anyone who can learn from him at all, and the only one who can fight with him in terms of teacher inheritance may be only Messi.

- By the way, Messi's mentorship should be Ronaldinho, that is, Ronaldo.

And Kaka has learned from the evil players of AC Milan, and he has also been treated by Redondo for a period of time before, coupled with his own talent level, it can be said that if he can't reach the top of football, God will not allow him.

In fact, Juan's own mentorship is also very cool, in addition to Redondo, he has also followed several teachers since he was a child, but he no longer plays football, so he doesn't take it out for comparison.

Therefore, when Kaka sent the football into the opponent's goal very easily, the fans cheered, and he just applauded calmly.

When Andrew sat on the bench and cheered, he happened to see Juan's movements, and he thought that Juan was just holding back his inner excitement and calming down, but when Juan sat back in the coach's seat and began to open his snack bag at the same time, Andrew realized.

It's clear that I'm not nervous at all!

"Why doesn't he ...... at all" Andrew gently touched Alan beside him, he and Alan were almost hugging each other when celebrating just now, and the two of them jumped up and down very happily.

"Ah, you said Juan." Glancing over there, Alan spread his hands indifferently, "Don't you know?" Juan has always been like this at this time, as long as he leads by two goals, Deportivo can beat the opposite side to the point where he is defenseless. ”

In fact, this is almost equivalent to common sense in the Deportivo team, but Andrew was stunned when he heard it, and he couldn't say a word when he looked at Juan Shiran's back.

Juan obviously felt the gaze behind him, originally he thought that his own kid was unstable, and he wanted to play when he saw that the situation on the field was good, but when he looked back, he faced a very honest big man face.

Juan was embarrassed for a moment, looked left and right, subconsciously lowered his head, and then stretched out his arm: "Do you want to have some?" ”

"......," Andrew took the snack bag with a complicated expression, "Thank you." ”

It was very relaxed off the pitch, and the atmosphere on the pitch was very happy, Kaka scored a goal and raised his hands high, raising his neck like a swan and running to the edge of the pitch.

This kid is handsome when he first came!

Kaka smiled and narrowed his bright eyes, his soft brown hair had been rubbed all over the place, if it weren't for the wheezing that caused his chest and abdomen to fall together, it would look like he had just woken up, but he didn't realize this at all, just smiled and hugged his teammates, looking like an ordinary five-good young man.

Andrew unconsciously sighed: "Kaka people are so nice." ”

Juan and Allen gave him a complicated look at the same time, seeing that both of them seemed to have a little desire to speak, Andrew blinked: "What, am I not right?" ”

"I can't say it's wrong...... Alan sighed softly for a while, "You know that we Deportivo La Coruna usually have some activities or something, so let's liven up the atmosphere, after all, it's too tiring to train all the time." ”

Andrew nodded knowingly.

And then ...... Most of the pranks, and a lot of trick games, were brought up by Kaka. Alan sighed softly, then patted him heavily on the shoulder. Do you know what that means? ”

"Uh...... What do you mean? Andrew asked in a daze.

That means...... Most of the people in Deportivo have been directly or indirectly rectified by him! Alan even beat his chest a little when he said this, "Isn't it that everyone bullied him a little when he first came, and he actually straightened everyone up one by one!" You say this kid is a good guy? He's got a bad stomach, okay!! ”

"......" Andrew subconsciously turned his head to look at the court, Kaka had finished his celebration and was slowly running to his position, how to look innocent with that serious expression, how to look at how innocent, how to look at how pure, how easy to arouse the wolf nature in the hearts of female friends......

And it turned out that he was such a person?

"Little devil character?" Andrew muttered, and Alan shook his head when he heard it: "Wrong! Kaka, this can only be called naughty and mischievous, and there is another person in the real little devil! ”

That's the real devil!! A smile is a doubling of special training, a frown is a deduction of wages, and a wave of the hand can make many people wail and enjoy the "happiness" of stepping on their backs......

If you count it, that person is a real little devil!!

Andrew thought for a while, carefully stretched out a finger, pointed at Juan's back, and asked silently, "? ”

Alan nodded!

Andrew breathed a sigh of relief and smiled; "In that case, you can call Kaka a little devil and Juan a demon king!"

"Wrong again!" Eren shook his head again, "The real demon king is someone else!" ”

“？” Andrew is almost confused, who else can there be??

"The real Demon King...... I'm going away to study, so I might be back next year. The staff member who was listening to the two of them touched his head and coughed lightly, so Andrew understood in an instant.

…… If you think about it this way, Deportivo is still quite hierarchical inside!

Kaka didn't know if someone was arranging him off the field, he scored a goal at this time, and he was also excited, looking at the time, there was still a little time in the first half, Deportivo had already scored two goals, and he was immediately uplifted, and he wanted to work hard again.

However, when he returned to his original position, he passed by a person, who covered his mouth and shouted, "Kaka." ”

Kaka was stunned and looked back: "What's the matter?" ”

The other party hesitated for a while, and then slowly gritted his teeth and said, "Can I trouble you, don't score a goal later?" ”

“？？？” Kaka tilted his head. "What did you say, Torres?"

Yes, it was Torres who stopped him, and Torres also felt very aggrieved at this moment, but he still gritted his teeth and continued: "I said, can you stop scoring goals?" You Deportivo are already six goals ahead of us, and the Super Cup is definitely yours, leaving a little bit of a way for Atletico to live...... We will also give you an account of the order of Murcia. ”

He hinted at this, and then stared at the person in front of him tightly, wanting to get an answer from him, Kaka's eyes flashed, his expression was a little dazed, and he even said a little sorry: "I'm sorry, I'm not very fluent in Spanish...... You can talk to our captain. ”

"Belleron has agreed!" Torres said quickly, the two of them spoke for a bit longer, and although the camera couldn't see anything, Torres was still a little panicked, gritted his teeth and continued: "He said he would ask Juan Díaz at halftime. ”

Kaka blinked.

He knew that if his captain really had anything, he would quickly communicate with his manager, even if he didn't stand on the sidelines of the pitch at this time, he would ask Juan for some simple orders through gestures - the captain of Deportivo La Coruna has a heartfelt belief in his young manager, and it has been like this since the beginning of last season, and no one knows why.

Obviously, this is a pretext, and Belleron himself will probably not say anything more even if he relays it to Juan in the midfield.

Since he already knew what his captain's attitude was, Kaka naturally didn't say anything, and laughed lightly: "Since that's the case, I know." ”

Just knowing it, he didn't agree, Torres didn't tell the difference, just nodded at him with a sigh of relief, and left without saying a word, obviously saying such a thing was also a little reluctant for him.

Kaka watched him leave, and continued to run to his place.

The person who came to talk to Torres?

Torres and Bellerón speak?

To be honest, if it is really the opinion of the whole Atletico Madrid team, it will not be Torres' turn to talk to Belleron at this time.

If it is really the intention of the whole Atletico Madrid team, it should be their captain Simeone to speak to Laco captain Belleron, and it is estimated that it is precisely because of this that Belleron did not immediately agree.

Juan sat there and of course noticed these two conversations, although he couldn't see what these two people said, but he could probably guess from their expressions, and after sighing lightly, Juan looked at the coach's bench opposite.

Murcia obviously didn't know what Torres was saying, and there with a gloomy face swearing, how to look like she was going to talk about Torres after the game.

Whether Murcia will find himself being targeted by his own players is a matter for him.

For these things, Juan doesn't care at all, after all, Deportivo is definitely winning now, to be honest, if it weren't for the first leg that Atletico Madrid had gone too far, it is estimated that Deportivo would have taken the rhythm at this time, and both sides entered an offensive and defensive look very good-looking and exciting, but there was no goal on both sides in the beautiful rhythm.

At that time, whether it is the situation of the stadium or the face of the teams on both sides, there will be a good guarantee, isn't it the best of both worlds?

It's just that Murcia broke the rules and wanted to ruin the Deportivo players, which is basically a life-and-death feud at the level of the team, no wonder Deportivo doesn't save a little face.

In the next time, La Cruña did not score, Belleron was very careful in the midfield, he was not afraid of anything, he was worried that the opposite side was just a trick, in fact, he was waiting for them to relax, and then attacked aggressively, but Simeone was also calm, although he didn't know what was happening on the other side, but seeing the changes in Belleron, he thought for a while and slowed down.

The two sides were so peaceful until the end of the first half, at halftime, Juan heard Belleron say this, the two of them still said it alone, Juan was stunned, and then fell into deep thought.

"You say, that's what Torres said?" After hesitating for a moment, Juan frowned.

"Yes, I promise Simeone doesn't know, I already felt it at the time of the temptation." Belleron nodded, he could still distinguish Simeone's blank attitude, he even had a doubt in his pass, it was the induction between the midfielder and the midfielder, he was sure.

"That's right......," Juan nodded, "If that's the case, then we'll be a little more restrained in the second half and don't embarrass them too much." ”

"Okay." Bellerón didn't question much, just nodded and went back to the locker room, leaving Juan alone here to sigh.

"Friend......"

Obviously, it wasn't just Juan who knew Torres, Torres also knew Juan himself, and he knew that as long as he said it to Bellero, Bellerón would definitely convey his words to Juan.

I ...... As a friend, please Juan to show Atletico a merciful word.

Juan clearly understood, which is why he let out that sigh.

Of course, he knew what kind of character Torres was, and he also knew that this kid was very arrogant, and he would never ask for someone before - although he was indeed a master of flirting, he would never make a request in front of a woman or anyone, which was a shame for him.

Don't look at Torres's good looks, in fact, his own personality can be called hot, on par with Guti, and even for a while, Juan and Raul still wondered if they were beautiful and had a bad temper?

In the end, Juan himself denied this sentence - he is also considered good-looking, how can he admit that he has a bad temper?

However, since his friends who usually don't ask for people have said this, this is not a game that needs to be fought to the death, Juan thought about it for a while and decided that everyone should take advantage of the situation in the second half.

If the ball goes in, it goes in! No and no reluctance!

Juan suddenly gave such a loose target, everyone was still a little unaccustomed, and their eyes widened thinking that the head coach in front of them was stupid by their stacked mountains in the first half......

Juan coughed lightly: "Don't look at me like that, although Atletico Madrid was a little too much at the beginning, but then we also gave them a cruel lesson, and that is, we have to be forgiving and forgiving, we save some face for the players of Atletico Madrid, not for the head coach of Atletico Madrid, who knows how long their manager can stay......"

The players let out a chuckle, in fact, everyone knows that Atletico Madrid's head coach should not be able to change for a while, Atletico Madrid is not like their sworn enemies in the same city, and they can change the manager halfway.

If you want to change, you have to wait for the winter break when the season is over!

Seeing that the players were laughing, Juan coughed lightly: "But everyone should not relax themselves, in case Atletico Madrid wants to use this to counterattack at half-time, we all know what to do, right?" ”

"Fuck it!"

"Beat to death!"

"Fancy hanging!"

The players cried wolf one by one, Juan coughed lightly, and nodded to Kaka, who had not made a sound: "Kaka, you come." ”

Kaka looked up at the players around him, then at Juan, pursing his lips into a somewhat shy smile.

'It's good for everyone to have the opportunity to practice shooting.

Kaka said slowly, the players laughing and Juan looking helpless.

- To be honest, he would have liked to hear the words "friendship first, game second", but Kaka himself did not cooperate at all, and the players suddenly became even more uncontrollable.

"Okay, you can toss as much as you like in the second half, just don't be overturned." Juan waved his hand.

To tell the truth, if he is overturned at this time, it is estimated that he will not even want to go to the coaching summit, and it is a serious matter to stay in his own training camp with peace of mind and carefully train these little beasts in his own house!

Of course, everyone knew what he meant, and they all smiled and promised that they would definitely complete the task, Juan sighed lightly and looked at Belleron, and both of them saw the other's helplessness.

"Please, when you're on the pitch." Juan said heavily.

Belleron also nodded seriously, very serious: "I will do my best." ”

Alan coughed lightly: "Don't be so serious......"

Andrew was directly stunned. 166 Reading Network