The first-round win over rivals Vasto was a thrill to the top of Prato, but the euphoria didn't last long. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Perhaps the first game ran out of luck, with Prato being held to a 0-0 draw at Corriciana on 30 August and at home to San Giovanni on 6 September. It wasn't until September 10 in the first qualifying round of the Coppa Italia, against Cañaves, who are also in League C2, that a penalty lock was used to break the deadlock.

There was a heavy and oppressive atmosphere throughout the Prato Club. Anyone can see that at the beginning of the season, hundreds of thousands of pounds were invested in reinforcements, and it was both China and South America, so Chen Lin, who was looking for someone from afar, was by no means a soy sauce player in the second league, and ambition was not enough to describe his ambition. In fact, Prato was originally a strong team in the C2 League, plus the introduced players, everyone can see that the technical and tactical level of Prato's main players is much higher than that of other teams in the C2 League, otherwise Vasto, who has just been relegated from the C1 League, will not be beaten to the point of helplessness.

The real problem is the team's offensive ability, and when you look at a team's offensive ability, the first thing you look at is the scoring ability of the team's forwards. In this way, Yang Chen's pressure suddenly increased, four rounds of league games plus the previous three friendly matches, seven consecutive games without scoring a goal, this is not a satisfactory answer for a striker in any way, and the club looks at him with a taste of scrutiny.

Chen Lin recently found that in addition to having a few words to talk to himself and the translator, he is usually more reticent.

In fact, Chen Lin was mentally prepared for the team's poor record at the beginning of the season. The main lineup has just changed more than half of the players, and there are two foreigners who don't understand the language in the middle, so it's hell that they can form a tacit understanding all of a sudden. The reason for maintaining an unbeaten record is that Toldo, Pexoto, Gianni Keda and others are too outstanding in their individual strength, and their strength is like a chicken compared to most players in the second league. And this season, Prato's reinforcements are mainly focused on the backline, which is also one of the reasons for the disadvantage of the attack.

However, Chen Lin believes that Yang Chen's seven games have not been scored, in addition to certain technical defects, it is more caused by psychological pressure. After all, the level of the C2 League is the same thing, most of the players' CA ability value is below 80, and those who can go to 90 are the leading players of each team, with Yang Chen's physical fitness, as long as he adapts to the rhythm of the game in Italy, even if he does not overcome his own technical shortcomings, it is enough to complete most of the defenders in the C2 League. What's more, under Chen Lin's instructions, Cuoko also deliberately arranged for him to act as the offensive core of Prato, giving full play to his expertise in running without the ball.

After all, he is only eighteen years old, and there are several young people who can withstand such heavy pressure at such an age, Chen Lin has a vague regret in his heart at this time, will he ruin such a promising young Chinese player because of his own seedlings.

However, no one can help with the pressure in his heart, maybe Chen Lin can talk to Yang Chen and relax his heart, but that will probably make him more pressure, in fact, part of Yang Chen's pressure also comes from the fact that he and Chen Lin belong to the same country and race.

However, this pressure reached a peak after the 0-1 defeat to San Marino in the qualification match of the C Cup on September 17, and the Prato team was also scoreless in this game, Yang Chen ran like a fly throughout the field, and even retreated to the midfield to help defend, it can be seen that he is working very hard, but he does not seem to have shooting boots, and several chances are shot away due to deformation. At the last moment, the San Marino team successfully took away the victory with a sneak attack, and also ruined Prato's road to the third division this season.

The day after this game, in the group confrontation training, Yang Chen wore the green training uniform representing the substitute lineup for the first time since joining the club.

After learning the news at noon that day, Chen Lin silently did not make a sound, but asked the team's head coach Cuoko to have dinner together.

In a western restaurant in the west of Prato, Chen Lin and Tsoko enjoyed a brief dinner, then picked up refreshments and chatted slowly.

"Mr. Tsoko, I know that I can be described as an amateur in football relative to you, and I also know that the team's victory should come first...... I don't mean to challenge your managerial authority, we've been working together well, haven't we? I'm in charge of spending money on people, you're in charge of leading the team, and about Yang, I support your final decision, but before that, I want you to look at something......"

The noncommittal Cuoke followed Chen Lin out of the western restaurant, and the two drove straight to the Vantino training base. By this time it was completely dark.

When you come to the Ventino base, it is also completely dark, and even teams from other sports rarely come here at night. And in this darkness, only a solitary light was still lit on a football field in the distance. A young and tall figure is taking the balls out of the basket one by one, then placing them on the ground, and then shooting vigorously with his feet to the four corners of the goal, and then looking at the goal, each of the four dead corners of the goal has a ring slightly larger than the football, and it seems that only by shooting the ball into these four circles can it be counted. The young figure kept repeating the action, and the distant goal network was already full of balls.

"I gave him the key, and he practiced here until 10 o'clock every night except before the competition." The huge stadium was full of only one player, who had to shoot and pick up the ball, sweating profusely, and the Mediterranean climate in August was hot, even at night, and the young players on the field were only left with a pair of shorts.

Of course, Cuoko could see that it was a shooting training specially designed for Yang Chen, and such training also included ball stopping training and header training. The reason why it is not a technical training such as dribbling or breakthrough is because in his opinion, with Yang Chen's speed, if you need to pass someone, just one acceleration is enough, and the striker does not have much space for dribbling most of the time. Therefore, for a striker, the technique of stopping the ball is far more important than the technique of breaking through with the ball.

Looking at the sweaty Yang Chen, Cuoko did not speak, he thought that his weekday training was not easy, especially after the team signed a professional contract this season, the training time of the day increased, and many veteran players were struggling to persevere.

"Mr. Cuoko, I may not know much about football, but we have an ancient Chinese saying called 'God rewards diligence', which means: for those who are really diligent and hardworking, God will give them opportunities. If we delay a young man who is working so hard, even if we win for a while, where is the future of the club? How can we trust our young players in the future? ”

In the team's confrontation training game the next day, the players of the club were surprised to find that after a day, Yang Chen actually wore the training uniform on behalf of the main force again.

At this time, Chen Lin was horrified to find that the computer he had always relied on showed that Yang Chen, PA: 145 points, a little more than before.

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