Chapter 42: The Man
Perrin, who had long hair but no beard, sat in the middle of a group of jubilant teammates, but they weren't wearing Genoa's red and black jerseys.
The manager was saying to them loudly, "...... It's a great blessing to have AC Milan's Under-16s play against you this time. I hope that when you play against the giant youth team, you can fully realize the gap between each other and learn from the strengths of others...... But don't have too much psychological burden, the most important thing is to enjoy the game and enjoy the feeling of playing against a strong team......"
Perrin's teammates roared excitedly and rushed out of the locker room, but Perrin was left alone by the coach.
When there were only the two of them left in the locker room, Perrin looked at the coach with some curiosity, but the coach's face did not have the excitement just now, but looked at him very seriously.
"Mattia, the match against AC Milan Juniors is a great opportunity for you.
Perrin was a little confused.
"If you can do well in the game, you can attract the attention of AC Milan and help you jump to the bigger stage......
"But...... Coach, I've just arrived in Pistoia. Perrin asked, confused.
"Don't worry about that, it's a great opportunity, for you personally. If you want to grow even more in the future, you have to take every opportunity you can, just like you hold on to the footballs that fly towards your goal, you know? ”
Perrin thought for a moment and was standing in front of the goal, directing a group of teammates wearing AC Milan jerseys...... It seems to be quite exciting.
So he nodded vigorously: "I understand, coach!" ”
The coach was very satisfied with the attitude shown by Perrin, and he patted Perrin on the shoulder: "Very good, that's it, go for it!" ”
As soon as he arrived on the court, Perrin saw a tall man in the opposing team, wearing a No. 10 red and black sword striped shirt. Perrin couldn't help but take a few more looks—a man taller than himself turned out to be a goalkeeper......
The tall man seemed to notice his gaze as well, and looked over.
His gaze was different from those of his peers, and Perrin's heartbeat was a little fast, and in a panic, he quickly lowered his head and avoided this kind of staring.
Still, Perrin seemed to hear the tall man snort.
When the game started, Perrin quickly made a good save.
This excited Coach Pistoia on the sidelines, who seemed to have seen the AC Milan coach pulling Perrin to talk after the game.
"Well done, Mattia! Just kick it like that! ”
But that's all there is to Palin's good performance......
The rest of the game turned into a nightmare for Perrin, especially after the first goal was scored by the tall number ten, whom he had looked at a little more before the game......
Again and again, he picked up the ball from the door.
At the beginning, he was able to encourage his team-mates after conceding the goal and try to be as mature as possible.
But as he picked up the ball in the goal, there was no confidence and composure on Perrin's face, replaced by panic and finally a dead numbness.
By the end of the first half, the Pistoia's talented goalkeeper had conceded seven goals, five of which had been conceded against the tall number 10 alone......
At half-time, he had to be replaced early by the manager.
He still remembers what his coach said.
"I'm sorry, Mattia...... Maybe I'm in too much of a hurry. I made a mistake and the blame is not on you, but I have to replace you. It's for your good, to protect you, and hopefully you understand, it's not good for you to concede more goals...... Forget AC Milan......"
He patted Perrin on the shoulder and said, while Perrin kept his head down and did not give any response, like a stone that had lost all perception.
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Lying on the artificial turf of the Riccardo Garrone Stadium, Perrin remembered that the last goal scored by the tall man in AC Milan's number 10 shirt before he was substituted was also a few men on the edge of the box.
His tall frame has an unexpectedly fine ball control, and no matter how hard Pistoia's players try, they can't get it from his feet.
In the end, he chose to abandon the door and decided to directly face off against the ten.
As a result, he was passed without any suspense, and could only lie on the ground, looking back in despair as the tall man easily shot the football into the goal......
This time, Perrin also turned his head to look at the tall man of Sampdoria, although he staggered a little when he scored, but the back of five years ago and the back of today still coincided.
Perrin was shocked - it was that person!?
That man...... Isn't it wearing an AC Milan jersey? How do you play in Sampdoria reserves now?
With that person's ability, can't even stay in the AC Milan first team?
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"What a ball! Handsome! ”
"Oh my God...... What do I see? ”
"One man beats the whole backline......
"That tall man's legs are nimble like he can have!"
"Who the hell is he? When did we have such a powerful character in our reserves?! ”
In the stands, Sampdoria fans exclaimed.
Clariane Moretti didn't do that, he stood in the stands, staring blankly at the stadium, in a state of distraction.
Someone noticed him without saying a word and joked with him: "Clariant, are you scared silly?" ”
Moretti glared at him: "Shut up, Sharby! ”
Everyone laughed happily again.
From being two goals behind to one goal ahead, every Sampdoria fan is in a good mood.
And in front of the Genoa coach's seat, there was a surprise question: "Who is that tall man!?" ”
No one has been able to give an answer.
Genoa manager Corradi could only watch the Sampdoria players celebrate with a dark face.
His carefully arranged dense defense actually broke one person like this......
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When Gao Zheng scored, Alberto Massie took the lead in running in front of Gao Zheng, and then knelt on one knee, raised his hands, and made a worship gesture with his body.
The other teammates who came with him also immediately followed suit and worshiped Gao Zheng with Marcy.
"The Demon King is on top!"
Gao Zheng was a little embarrassed by their appearance of the middle two, and he hurriedly went to help his teammates.
Everyone giggled and got up and hugged him.
"Don't blame me, Great Demon King!" Marcy said. "I can't think of any other action other than this celebration to express my inner feelings!"
Gao Zheng rubbed his hair vigorously and rubbed his hair messily: "Don't call me the Great Demon King!" ”
"Yes, Great Demon King!"
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"Luciano, you know what? Even though I've seen a lot of talented performances in training, he scared the hell out of me this time......" assistant coach Casirio said to Bruni.
"I'm scared too, Alfredo." Bruni smiled and shook his head. 'To be honest, I didn't know what was going to happen when I put him on the pitch, I lacked a clear idea. All of this was caused by Gao alone, and it has nothing to do with me. ”
Casirio sighed, "Maybe that's what a genius is capable of." They always do things that we wouldn't even think of......"
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