February 13, the day before Valentine's Day. The next day, Santos will host Ituano at home, and as usual, Curry has announced the 18-man squad for tomorrow's appearance. Lu Feng was once again selected for the squad.

Although Santos is not bad at the front, Padu and Gil have been injured one after another. Kleibel has only just returned from injury and his form is not guaranteed. As a last resort, Curry had to prepare to start the Lu Feng, who was an important contributor to the victory in the last game.

In fact, Curry didn't want to give Lu Feng a chance to play so soon, mainly because Lu Feng was too young. Young players, you should grow slowly. Starting from the youth team, to the bench, to the rotation, to the main team. Starting directly is not a care for young players, but a hazard.

Don't forget the policy of Zidanega Pavon in the second phase of the Galaxy Battleship, which ruined a talented defender like Pavon. After staying in Brazil for so many years, Curry has a lot of experience in how to develop young players.

Lu Feng was also called into the head coach's office by Curry after Curry read out the roster.

This is also the first time Lu Feng has come to Santos' head coach's office, and it doesn't look any different. Compared with the domestic Shuntian team manager's office, it looks even shabby.

"Sit." Curry sat down first and gestured to the stool next to him.

Lu Feng sat down silently, very apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't know what the head coach was calling him for. After all, he wouldn't have expected Curry to start him tomorrow.

Even Curry has had a lot of controversy when discussing with the coaching staff. Seeing Lu Feng's slightly cramped appearance, Curry smiled.

"Lu Feng, don't be nervous, I heard that you have been learning free kicks with Fernandos recently?"

"Yes, Coach." Lu Feng didn't know what Curry meant, so he had to nod and answer.

Curry saw that Lu Feng was still nervous, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Lu Feng was still too young.

"Well, I'll get straight to the point. Tomorrow's game, you play the starter, give me a better performance. ”

"Really?" Lu Feng couldn't believe his ears, the head coach let him start, was he dreaming. Pinched his face, Si, pain, not dreaming.

'You're starting tomorrow, but if you don't play well, you can stay in the youth team for me and don't expect to play in the first team.' Curry warned Lu Feng with a serious expression.

"Rest assured coach." Lu Feng patted his chest hard. 'I'm going to do well tomorrow and try to score goals.'

Curry couldn't help laughing, this kid, I really don't know how thick the sky is, and he still wants to score, do you really think that scoring goals is a simple thing, and those top forwards don't dare to say that they score goals in every game. Curry waved his hand, signaling for Lu Feng to leave.

"Well, go ahead, remember, if you disappoint me, you can keep me in the youth team."

"Understand the coach, don't worry." When Lu Feng heard the good news that he could start, he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, he couldn't hide the smile on his face, and jumped out of the head coach's office.

Curry shook his head, Lu Feng has talent and diligence, but he is still too young to control his emotions.

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The next day, at the Santos Caldella Stadium, Santos hosts Ituano. Compared with the previous round of the league, Santos only made two changes to the starting lineup, one was that Land Wind replaced the injured Gil, and the other was that Sami was suspended and replaced by Unamno.

"This is the Caldera Stadium, Santos is at home to Ituano, and the super substitute in the last game, the 16-year-old Lu Feng, will start this game. In the last round, Lu Feng scored two crucial goals to help Santos get out of the Campinas Stadium and get three points. I don't know if Lu Feng can continue his excellent performance in the last round in this game.

However, Curry's favorite player, Sammy, was unable to play due to injury, replacing his 31-year-old veteran Unamno. However, it was reported that Sammy was suspended by head coach Curry for being late in training at nightclubs, a claim that Curry denied in his pre-game press conference.

Santos's strength is obviously higher than that of his opponents, so Ituano, who is playing away, has three back midfielders, which seems to be very afraid of Santos's attack. And Santos is still the familiar 442 formation, and Curry has not made any changes. ”

In addition to the familiarity of the pitch, the support and shouts of the fans will undoubtedly increase the morale of the home team players compared to the away game, and on the contrary, the away team players will suffer a huge boo interference. Therefore, it is not for nothing that the fans are called the 12th man of the team.

Lu Feng, who started for the first time, was very excited when he heard the cheers and applause of the fans when he followed his teammates on the field. Even if Lu Feng knew in his heart that there were not many cheers and applause that belonged to him, after all, for the fans of his teammate Santos, Lu Feng was just a young player with a good performance.

Many young players rose to fame in a game and then fell quickly, and no one knows if Lu Feng is one of them. Therefore, for Lu Feng, many Santos fans recognized his performance in the last game, and they still maintained a wait-and-see attitude towards Lu Feng's future in the team.

With the whistle of Argentine referee Parisi, the game officially began. Ituano won the kick-off, and after a tentative attack after kick-off, they surrendered possession to Santos. The formation of the Santos team, which looks like 442, is actually 4411, and Lu Feng's position is behind another striker, Lewells.

Due to Lu Feng's fantastic performance in the last game, in this game, Ituano did not relax his defense against Lu Feng, and by Lu Feng's side, Ituano's defender Robent has been following Lu Feng's side for close defense. Midfielder Silva Kawasi and another striker, Livers Lewells, were treated in the same way.

In the first ten minutes of the game, even though Santos had nearly 80% possession, they never found too good attacking opportunities. Most of the attacks were destroyed as soon as they reached the 30-metre area, and all of the five shots on goal were long-range shots, and there was almost no real threat of attack.

In the 16th minute, Silva combined with Lewells and Benjamin in a small area and successfully sent the ball into the penalty area. Lu Feng did not take credit after winning the ball and passed the ball to the unmarked Luis. The latter, in the face of an almost empty goal, actually hit the ball straight away.

Lu Feng was so angry in his heart, he didn't enter the empty door, he knew that it was better to come by himself. Next time, if you have this kind of opportunity, you must come by yourself.

In the 21st minute, after a series of inverted feet on the edge of the Santos penalty area, Lewells suddenly intervened, and Benjamin's just right pass avoided Lewells' offside. Facing the complementary defense of the opposing defensive teammate, Lewells flicked the ball and dialed it to Lu Feng, who was outflanked at the back point.

When Lu Feng saw the football flying, he didn't stop the ball, and his left foot met the ball and directly volleyed.