Chapter 315: Escape
“Incredibile OU! (Terrific Ou)"
After a narrow 1-0 penalty win over Sampdoria, Napoli picked up a valuable victory.
The next day, the southern Italian media, dominated by the newspaper Napoli Sport, once again trumpeted Ouchulian's record.
The big guys also saw it, whether it was Ouchulian who helped teammate Bardini clear the siege, it was he who shook off Serie A's hot striker Montella with the ball, or whether he sent a brilliant pass when everyone didn't react, allowing Bellucci to create a penalty in the box.
Maybe every goalkeeper will have such a highlight moment in their career, but obviously they have to go through countless games and accumulate countless game experience to develop such confidence, courage, and on-the-spot reflexes.
“... I was honoured to be selected by our country's Football Association at a young age and sent to Brazil for a training camp. ”
"There, we had a game almost every three days. There are even times when there is one game a day. ”
'The games were exhausting at the time, but looking back now, I think it was a valuable asset.
"So... Belch... Well... Oh, Porco Dio! ”
"Uh... That's all, because of those experiences, so... Uh, you know! ”
Seeing Ou Chuliang's embarrassed appearance after suddenly getting stuck after a series of smooth speeches, the reporters in the audience all laughed in unison.
Especially when he saw that Ou Chuliang suddenly didn't know what to say at the end, he subconsciously stretched out his hand and kept gesturing, and then casually spit out a classic Italian scolding, the reporters liked this guy more and more.
In Italian, "porco" means God and "dio" means pig, and the two words are joined together, literally meaning to scold God, and to associate it with yourself on a deeper level.
A guy who can so casually scold God in Italian when he is embarrassed, he must be an Italian!
At the very least, these reporters have already treated Ou Chulian as half Italian.
Young, with potential, from the distant and mysterious East.
Handsome, low-key, simple three-point-and-one life. (Stadium-Home-Restaurant)
Ou Chuliang's character has touched many Italian girls, especially those men's clothing advertisements he shot, and even some Italian girls simply think that Ou Chuliang is the prince of an Oriental country, and playing football is just his sideline.
Although Ouchulian is still far from reaching the point where all the people in Italy are known and happy, at least in the area south of Rome, none of the clubs and fans led by Napoli have said anything bad about Ouchulian.
These media and clubs are also very good at packaging, although Serie A is known as the small World Cup, but none of the seven sisters of Serie A is a southern team.
The cultural differences between the north and the south of Italy are very large, and the confrontation is fierce.
Napoli, the leader of the southern club, has not made a name for themselves in Serie A for a long time.
So since the overall strength of the club can't keep up, at least we have to have a star who can do it, right?
When the time comes, this person will be sold, and wherever he goes, he will be branded with the mark of Naples.
"Look, this star is so good, he is from Napoli!"
It's a self-consoling phrase, but at least you can get a good price when you sell a player!
Fans naturally hope that Ou Chuliang will not leave, and such a talent is better to live in the club for the rest of his life.
But first of all, Napoli FC itself has no intention of keeping Ou Chuliang, let alone whether Ou Chuliang himself is willing to stay here.
In the past few days, Parker has often come to harass Acculia, urging him to re-sign his contract with the club, asking him what he thinks and moves for next season.
With Ferdinando's experience, Ocullia was tight-lipped about his thoughts and didn't reveal a word to Parker.
But Parker's job as a big bald head is to make progress here in Ochulian, not once and twice, twice and three times. Serie A is coming to an end and he needs to reconcile Ouchuliang's will with the club as soon as possible.
Parker's repeated "harassment" made Ou Chuliang tired of it, but there was no good way to refuse others.
The house was arranged by the club and the car was provided by the club. Although the salary is relatively small, the club also withholds the salary of most players for three months due to financial reasons. But Parker is visiting on behalf of the club, and as long as Ou Chuliang does not give a progressive answer, it is impossible for the other party to stop.
After the win against Sampdoria, Napoli added three more points. Counting the draws in the first two games, after 30 rounds of the league, Napoli has 7 wins, 7 draws, 16 losses and 28 points. Piacenza, who was previously ranked fourth from the bottom, only won one draw and two losses, and was finally overtaken by Napoli with 4 wins, 15 draws and 11 losses and 27 points.
Early the next morning, Ou Chuliang turned on his computer while washing up and saw an unread email.
“Incredibile OU! Congratulazioni! (Amazing Ou, congratulations)"
Looking at the payment again, the remarks are written with 6 letters of "bufeng".
Although the order of the six letters has no practical meaning in Italy, Ou Chulian still designed it to be familiar to him, so that he could recognize the other party at a glance.
The exchange of MSN and email friends with Buffon came after the match with Parma, and the two exchanged contact details and a jersey.
Although many people compare Ou Chuliang with Buffon, in fact, Buffon is a year younger than Ou Chuliang, but he became famous in Serie A earlier.
The two are about the same age, and Buffon is not the kind of person who is proud and arrogant at the slightest achievement. As soon as the two chatted for a while, it was natural for them to become friends.
In this way, two players who are often compared by the media have developed into very good friends in private.
Seeing Buffon's blessing, Ou Chuliang chuckled and shook his head helplessly. Tapping on the keyboard, he quickly replied to an email.
"In a race, the person who overtakes second does not become first."
In other words, going past the bottom four would only make Napoli fourth from bottom and would not change the status quo where the team is still in the relegation zone.
As a matter of urgency, Napoli need more points.
......
After everything was cleaned up, Ou Chulian drove the gray and white car to the Naples training base again. For Ou Chuliang, it was business as usual.
But when Ou Chulian walked into the court, he noticed something unusual.
In front of his usual goal, there are already people training.
"Oh my God, who is that?" Ou Chuliang didn't mind that his club's equipment was occupied by other players, but when he saw the goalkeeper's face clearly, Ou Chuliang was still startled.
"Ferdinando? Why are you here?"
Ferdinando, who was in front of the goal, also looked back at Ou Chuliang after practicing a round of physical fitness with obstacles.
But there was no sunlight in his eyes, and he even hid his gaze to the side the moment he saw Ou Chuliang.
Although the two were still far apart, Ou Chuliang could clearly see that Ferdinando's two eye sockets had been deeply lowered, causing both cheekbones to protrude.
"Ferdinando, how did you get this ghostly look?"
Ou Chulian wiped his eyes in disbelief, and after a few quick steps forward, he shouted: "Hey, Ferdinando, why don't you talk to me when you go back to Naples?" ”
However, as if he hadn't heard Ou Chuliang's shout, the former sunny boy ran towards the edge of the court as fast as he could.
He made a big circle to avoid Ou Chuliang, and when he was parallel to Ou Chuliang, he even stumbled a few steps from continuous strides.
But that didn't stop Ferdinando from continuing to flee the place until he disappeared into the training ground under Ochulian's surprised gaze.
"Did I see a ghost?" Ou Chuliang shook his head, "It seems that I don't want to train hard today." ”
Back in the car and changing into civilian clothes, Ou Chuliang drove the car towards the house of Ferdinando's girlfriend in his memory.
When he was in Naples, Ferdinando lived with him, and the place he went to the most, apart from the blower hall, was the cabin he rented with his girlfriend.
Gisela is a petite and lovely girl, and from all angles, Ou Chuliang feels that the two are a pair of golden boys and girls.
Although I don't know if the two are still a couple, without knowing Ferdinando's hometown, Ou Chuliang always feels that he has to try his luck.
"Ding-dong?"
"Who?"
Ou Chuliang heard a familiar female voice outside the door.
Really!
They're back.
"Hello, I am..."
Before Ou Chuliang could finish speaking, a crack was opened in the door, revealing a tired right eye.
"Oh?"
After the other party saw the person coming clearly, Gisela was also surprised.
"You... How did you come here? The little girl was visibly surprised.
'Gisela, I saw Bora on the training pitch today and he doesn't look very good. I don't know you..."Ou Chuliang didn't know how to continue, he shrugged his shoulders and motioned to return the topic to the other party.
"Well, Ou, you read that right." Gisela let out a long sigh and pulled the deadbolt from the door, "Let's go in first." ”
The cottage was very clean and looked like it was cleaned up a lot.
And from Ou Chuliang's eyes, this house does not look like it has been abandoned for a long time. That said, the two of them have been living in for a while.
"Oh, please drink water."
"Thank you." Ou Chuliang took Gisela's glass of water and took a sip of it.
"Gisela, what the hell is going on? Didn't you go to Fenerbahce? After Ou Chuliang drank the water, he went straight to the point.
"Yes, we did go to a strange place." Gisela stroked her loose hair, and her gaze suddenly became far away, as if she had seen something long ago.
"About a month ago, Bora and Fenerbahce were released from their contracts and we have been back for more than two weeks. Gisela said, glancing at the closed bedroom door, intentionally or unintentionally.
"Termination of the contract? What's going on? How so? Did something happen? Ou Chuliang was shocked.
Terminating a contract is not a trivial matter, and if it is not a special circumstance, a player would rather be on the bench while receiving a salary while looking for a next home, rather than choose to terminate his contract with the team.
"It all started when he first came to Turkey." As he spoke, Gisela put her elbows on her knees and leaned forward unconsciously, "Oh, you must know that Bora is not as strong as he seems, right?" ”
"Yes, I know that."
Ferdinando's sunshine is all faked, and Ou Chulian knows this better than anyone else.
It's just that when he is young, he can only disguise and protect himself in such a way, and what he experiences and feels can only be slowly dissolved in the depths of his heart.
"He doesn't want to go to Turkey at all!" Gisela shook his head and said, "He forced himself to go, and before he went he thought he would win the championship and qualify for Europe. ”
"Fenerbahce does have that qualification." Ou Chuliang nodded, "It's just a little less likely." ”
"But it doesn't matter, what matters is that he overestimates his own capacity." Gisela said sadly.
"The night he came to Istanbul, he had the same old problem."
"He became extremely impatient and impatient at all."
"Always muttering how it is in Naples and how it is here."
"However, he obviously hasn't even been to the training ground, and his anxiety is getting more and more out of control."
Gisela said that Ouchulian knew everything, but what Ouchulian did not expect was that "Borage" would follow Ferdinando to Turkey.
Hearing Gisela's description, Ou Chuliang suddenly didn't see this "sunshine boy" clearly.
Everything Ferdinando said before he left is still vivid, and Ou Chuliang can't help but feel a cool breeze on his back when he recalls it now.
How many words of this young man, who is one year younger than himself, are true, and how many words that are "sunny" in the eyes of outsiders in the eyes of outsiders in the face of his conscience?
"The next day, we visited one of Fenerbahce's assistant coaches, who is also Italian. Gisela continued, "But Doyle is just an ordinary coach, and he can't help Bora much. ”
"After spending more than a month at Samandira's training camp, I realized that there was hardly any communication between him and the team."
"Doyle is a very disciplined coach, and Bora would go back to the hotel almost every night as if she were running away, and then bury herself under the covers and shivering."
"Every day of training is an ordeal for him!"
"He often told me that although he didn't see much hope in Naples, he was always scolded by the fans. But he still has a familiar circle there, and he can also have a good time. ”
"But now, he doesn't want to go back to Italy and escape this strange place."
Hearing Gisela say this, Ou Chuliang's heart felt very heavy.
Gisela is right, it takes courage to go overseas alone.
Because you don't know what you're going to encounter here, and a lot of things happen and you can't solve them. But rushed time and games will always come, and there is no way to give you any respite.
In Turkey, for example, Ferdinando's Italian was completely useless. If he hadn't studied English with Ochulian for a few days, Ferdinando wouldn't have known how to communicate with others while training.
He doesn't talk much, though.
In addition to language, Ferdinando does not have roommates like himself, and he usually trains and sees no hope of being reused, and there is no place to vent after training, so he naturally becomes more and more autistic.
Although he was sent to Brazil by the Football Association since he was a child, he was surrounded by a large group of peers.
After getting used to the outside life, I came to Italy alone, and although it was difficult to integrate at first, I have adapted to such a life of displacement.
But what about Ferdinando?
In Ou Chuliang's eyes, he was just a child who had just come of age.
When he was frustrated, he was forced to hypnotize himself to a strange place that he didn't want to go, and no matter how strong his nerves were, they would inevitably collapse.
All it takes is a small external force.
'It wasn't until a month ago that the manager sent him to start for the first time.
Hearing this, Ou Chuliang knew the ending.
"Lost?" Ou Chuliang asked softly.
"That's right." Gisela looked frustrated.
"He had invited me to visit the site when Istanbul Sport, the opponent of the day, had almost gone bankrupt the other day and had been relegated in the last round of the season last season. So the coach sent him to start, and it seemed that he didn't need the main force to deal with such a relegation team. ”
"But Bora, he screwed up anyway."
"No, it's not him who messed up, it's his teammates!" Gisela's tone changed abruptly.
"The first ball was a random pass from his team-mate who didn't watch his position, and then the opposing striker stole the goal."
"There is nothing he can do about the second and third goals, and it has nothing to do with him if he is scored!"
After Gisela finished speaking, he seemed to want to confirm the credibility of his words, and gave an example: "After the game, goalkeeper coach Imel also said the same, and the media also reported it. ”
"The result?" Ou Chuliang asked softly.
The result was that he found the ball three times in a row from piles of waste paper and plastic bottles amid the overwhelming abuse from the fans, and then took it out of the goal.
"That's terrible!" Hearing Gisela's description, Ou Chulian also had a sense of being there.
Behind the goal, it was clear that there were fans on his side, but what he heard was abuse all over the mountains.
Not only do you have to pick the ball out of the goal after scoring a goal, but you also have to tear off the toilet paper wrapped around your shoes.
It's a feeling that a goalkeeper will never forget.
"After the game that day, he locked himself in a hotel room and didn't let anyone in."
It wasn't until the next day that he weakly told me that he felt that he could no longer continue, that he could not live up to the expectations that were expected of him. You have to get out of here, as soon as possible. ”
"Then, Pola, his agent, the goalkeeper coach and Doyle persuaded Pola for a long time, but he still just muttered the words 'fear' and 'leaving' over and over again."
In the end, Pola's agent had no choice but to agree to Pola's request, and then found a respected female psychiatrist, hoping that she would help Pola recover from her injuries.
"And what's the contract?" Ou Chuliang probably understood what was going on.
In a strange and foreign land, the first match, which had been a promising confidence buildup, once again sent Ferdinando into the hell of a loss. The fans' abuse and the manager's distrust and his own self-blame, combined with Napoli's experience in the past six months, broke down all the psychological defenses of the 20-year-old in an instant.
He collapsed!
"Mr. Hookel [Ferdinando's agent] wants Fenerbahce to terminate the contract in accordance with the terms of the contract and to help Ferdinando ask for a part of the termination money."
"But Fenerbahce's vice-chairman took out a pistol directly from under his desk."
"You know, in Turkey, these people are sometimes impulsive."
"The next day Bora told Hukr that he didn't want to make any more effort in the termination negotiations and just wanted to leave Istanbul as soon as possible."
"So we terminated the contract with Fenerbahce on the same day, and they paid for Pola for the accommodation and return ticket during this time, and they didn't give Pola any more children."
"Paula and I went back to Italy in despair."
"Fenerbahce released official media that the contract was contacted by mutual consent, and according to the reports of reporters, it was said that Pola was playing with an injury, although he gave Pola a step down, but put the responsibility for the loss on Pola Bolla."
Ou Chuliang nodded, when you have a hard time adapting to a new environment, you can't feel better and perform well. Rather than continuing here and waiting for things to get worse, it's better to end it early.
"Isn't there no ball to kick during this time?" Ou Chuliang asked subconsciously.
It will take another three months between Ferdinando's termination and the opening of the summer transfer window, and Ferdinando will indeed not be able to play in these three months.
"That's right, that's why he was able to meet you today." Gisela picked up the glass of water in front of him and took a sip, "Because Napoli loaned Pola out, but he didn't fulfill his contract for a year and a half. We came back to Napoli and had a lot of discussions with the club and finally signed an agreement. ”
Napoli agreed to allow Pola to train with several other players who had been discarded, but only on the condition that they would only train at the club and would not ask for any salary or other compensation. In addition to this, avoid the home team's training time. ”
Napoli did this partly to avoid being noticed by the players, but also to make Ferdinando understand that he would never want to return to the first team again.
"Bora got the wrong training time today, so—" said Gisela, looking up and explaining the real reason why Dionando was seeing Ferdinando at the training ground today.
"Okay, I got it." Ou Chuliang let out a long sigh: "No wonder you came back for so long and I didn't find out, so that's the case." ”
With that, Ou Chuliang stood up and walked around the room a few times, several times trying to knock on the closed door, but he held back.
In the end, Ou Chuliang came to Gisela and asked softly, "Did that psychiatrist play any role?" ”