Chapter 8 Atletico II Team

Dick naturally didn't know that the Hill father and son had already talked about their future, last night he walked around the training base, and finally found a small supermarket a little outside the base, in order to save a little convenience, Dick just bought two packs of instant noodles to fill his stomach, and then prepared for the next day's training session.

Atletico Madrid's second team training place is also in their academy, otherwise the old Hill would not have arranged Dick to live here - now the environment of Atletico Madrid's academy is still good, in addition to the place to live, there is also a place to provide breakfast and lunch, but not dinner, so Dick looked around yesterday afternoon but did not find a place to eat.

Early the next morning, before eight o'clock, there was a knock on the door of Dick's apartment, fortunately Dick went to bed relatively early yesterday, got up at seven o'clock, and was brushing his teeth and washing his face, when he heard someone knocking on the door, Dick went to open the door with a toothbrush full of foam, and then saw little Hill standing in front of his door......

"I'm sorry, little Mr. Ciel."

After saying hello to little Hill vaguely, Dick ran back to the bathroom and rinsed his toothpaste, and then Dick walked out: "Little Mr. Hill, is there anything wrong so early?" ”

Hill Jr. shrugged his shoulders: "I'm here to familiarize you with the Academy and introduce you to your colleagues and players...... It's a La Liga game in two days' time, and we're all looking forward to seeing what you can do. ”

"Two days later? So fast? Dick was a little stupid, but he didn't show it on his face, but nodded calmly: "Thank you, little Mr. Ciel...... I'll follow you right away. ”

Quickly dressed in his outfit, Dick looked at himself, that is, he was dressed very ordinary, but it was still clean—he washed his clothes before going to bed yesterday, but fortunately the weather in Madrid in October was still very hot, and it was good to dry it all night.

"Just call me Miguel." Little Hill nodded to him, and then began to show him around the training base: "This is the cafeteria, breakfast and lunch can be eaten here......"

He was halfway through his sentence when little Ciel saw Dick run into the cafeteria like a whirlwind, and the next moment he came out with a sandwich in one hand, nibbling on it—the two packets of instant noodles yesterday did not fill his stomach, and Dick felt that he could swallow a horse in the morning.

Little Hill looked at Dick who was reincarnated like a starving ghost in amazement, and then saw the aunt in charge of the cafeteria running out with a fat belly, shouting as she ran: "Where did this homeless man come from?" Actually came here to grab a sandwich and eat ......"

To put it mildly, Hill Jr. told Aunt Teresa that this was not a homeless person, but the new head coach of the second team......

In the meantime, Dick had eaten both sandwiches and had a loud burp.

"Aunt Teresa, do you have anything to drink?" Dick asked casually.

The next moment, Dick sucked on a box of yogurt and continued to walk around behind little Ciel.

Little Hill was quite speechless and continued to introduce the environment of the academy to Dick, but in Dick's opinion, this academy is really not good, in addition to having a place to live and a place to eat, there is not even a person who is responsible for washing clothes, Dick knows that the youth camps of Barcelona and Real Madrid, in the youth team over 17 years old, there are special people responsible for managing the jerseys and shoes of young players, so that children only need to train, do not need to be distracted from other things.

But now there are only a few teams that can do this.

After walking around, Hill Jr. took Dick to the second team's training ground, where several people were already waiting.

"Let me introduce you to Ke Di, the new head coach of the second team, and he will become everyone's colleague in the future."

Hill Jr. first introduced Dick to several of the second-team assistant coaches, and then began to introduce Dick to his next colleagues one by one.

"This is Julio Ortega, the goalkeeper coach of the second team." Ortega is an older assistant coach with frost-white temples and a kind smile on his face.

"This is Juan Cabello, the strength and conditioning coach of the second team." Cabello is much younger than Ortega, tall and athletic, but he also seems to be very kind to Dick - this is also for a reason, for goalkeeper coaches and physical coaches, they can't be head coaches, whoever will be the head coach is the same, the second team is different from the first team, some famous coaches will bring their own teams, such as goalkeeper coaches and physical coaches, after coming, the original goalkeeper coach and physical coach will be kicked away, but the second team will not have such a problem.

And the next one will not be so kind.

"This is Robert Simon Marriner, the assistant coach in charge of training in the second team, and will be your assistant."

Perhaps it was Dick's delusion, but Hill Jr. emphasized the word "training" when introducing his future assistant......

"Hello, Mr. Marriner." When Dick shook hands with the assistant coach in his early forties, who was of average stature and appearance, he immediately felt different.

"Mr. Di is really young and promising, it seems that we have to see how Mr. Di's level is." Marriner said in a very flat tone, leaving Dick unsure whether he was satirizing himself or complimenting himself......

"Well said, well said." Dick could only laugh haha.

Little Hill smiled slightly next to him, and then said: "The players are coming out later, Robert, you can introduce the current situation of the team to Di, the next round of the league is only a few days away, this game, but you can't lose it." ”

With that, Hill Jr. left, leaving Dick on the training ground, glaring at the three assistant coaches......

"Di, do you only speak English?" Cabello asked Dick, who nodded, "For the time being, I will only use English, but I already have a plan to learn Spanish, and when this time passes, I will go find a tutor in Spanish." ”

"Fortunately, the players in the second team basically know English, so there should be no problem in communication." Ortega said with a smile.

"Di, I'll give you a brief introduction to the situation of the second team." Marina said to Dick: "There are now 24 players in the second team, and we have played seven league games with one win, two draws and four defeats...... We are eighteenth in the points and we are one step away from the relegation zone, so it is very difficult for us now. Last season we finished second in La Liga, but this season it has dropped to like this, and now the pressure on the second team is also very high......

Marriner carefully told Dick about the current situation of the second team, it is obvious that although the assistant coach is not very friendly to Dick, he also explained to him very carefully, Dick also knows that this kind of thing is very important, yesterday he was too tired, so he went to bed early, and he didn't even have time to read the information of the second team players carefully, and now listening to Marriner's words is also a very necessary thing.

Then he heard a familiar name.

"Fernando Torres is our number one star, he did well in the youth team last season, but he seems to have fallen into a bottleneck after entering the second team this season, he has not scored a single goal in seven league games, he usually trains very hard, I don't know what is going on......"

Torres? Atletico Madrid's golden boy is still in the second team...... But come to think of it, Torres is only in his early sixteens now, and being in the second team is already a very talented performance.

Dick sighed in his heart, and then said casually: "Since it has nothing to do with training, it is a matter of tactics...... In my hands, he's going to play at his top level. ”

What Dick didn't notice was that after this sentence was said, Marriner's face changed - Dick was obviously saying that his predecessor would not use Torres, and his former head coach Yarrow was a very good friend of Marrina - they were all players of Atletico Madrid before, and played for Atletico Madrid for life, Marriner's results as a player were better, and there was a record of being selected for the Spanish national team, Yarrow was worse, but he was better in terms of coaching, Marriner was also willing to be Yarrow's assistant, but the poor results this season made Yarrow so stressed that he became ill - Marriner's previous grievances were not actually directed at Dick, but against the management's easy resignation of Yarrow, but now, Marriner's dissatisfaction is starting to target Dick......

Actually said that, Yarrow! Let me see what you stinky boy can do!

Dick naturally didn't know that he had offended his next assistant with a word, and he was still listening to Marriner's story, thinking about how to lead the team to victory next.

Dick is not familiar with the names of other Atletico Madrid second team players, which means that there are no outstanding players among them, but in Dick's opinion, with a future top striker like Torres, as long as the whole team revolves around him to play, then even if he can't achieve too good results, at least relegation is no problem, so what is there to worry about?

In Dick's view, Torres's performance in the second team this season is average, just because he is not yet suitable for the second team's game - you must know that the second team plays in La B, which is only one step away from the real professional top league, and naturally not only players who play in the youth team can adapt quickly, but Dick believes that Reis has the strength to perform well in La Liga, just let him quickly adapt to La B - as long as this problem can be solved, let this future Atletico Madrid golden boy play well, Dick didn't think it would be too difficult.

Marriner's introduction ended quickly, because by this time, the players of the second team had already walked into the training ground one after another, preparing for today's training.

Dick soon noticed Torres, surrounded by his teammates—a young, immature Torres with freckles on his face and a shy smile like a little girl......

"It's really a girl, no wonder in the picture of the football star being photoshopped as a girl in later generations, the most girl-like is still only Torres, such a delicate young man, tsk......"

Dick had a lewd smile on his face, looking at Torres in the crowd, and as for the other members of the second team of Atletico Madrid, they were directly ignored by Dick - just a group of passers-by, what is there to look at? Only Torres will be the guarantee of my next results!

At this time, the players of the second team also saw a young man in his early twenties standing with three assistant coaches, and many of them looked at Dick suspiciously, wondering what this Oriental man was here for......