52. Rise to fourth

Sampdoria is naturally defending and counter-attacking at the Barbera Stadium, and there are some more experienced veterans in the Sampdoria team, and Fabio is on the front line. Bazzani, Bazzani has performed well in the last two seasons, scoring 7 goals in 13 games before the winter break, and also attracted the attention of Milan, of course, Milan's attention brought Bazzani trouble.

Like Pizarro, the outstanding Bazzani also wants to get a lucrative contract, but the negotiations with Sampdoria did not go well, which affected Bazzani's form, this guy is still the main force after the winter break, but the goal efficiency has decreased a lot, and the so-called Milan call has become a thing of the past, not counting the game against Trapani, Bazzani has not scored in 6 consecutive games.

The game began, Bazzani was very active and hard-working, but Sampdoria's strategy was not based on a risky team, he received less support as always, and Trapani's side was much more stable after adjusting his mentality, and soon grasped the absolute initiative, and the aging Sampdoria midfielder could not be based on defense.

Soon Trapani scored, the goal was scored by Hugo's trusted Mascala, in fact, Sampdoria's defensive system is really well established, Trapani is indeed difficult to create absolute opportunities in the penalty area, Toni is also very dead, but at the critical moment Mapara went crazy, received Miku's ball outside the penalty area, and suddenly made an unreasonable long shot, allowing Trapani to take the lead.

Novelino, who was behind, did not change, still insisting on a defence-oriented strategy, considering the change was a matter for him in the second half, after all, he did not believe that Trapani could maintain the intensity of the first half in the second half.

After the goal, Hugo did not want to fall into the trap of Novellino, and began to let his team control the ball and not rush to attack, and went around in circles with Sampdoria.

The first half passed uneventfully, there were no good chances for either side, the second half was still the same, Hugo made up his mind that you don't move, I won't move, Novelino didn't make substitutions until more than 60 minutes later, and began to increase the attacking manpower to impact Trapani's forward line.

Hugo waited for this time, to play against the attack, he thought that the team would not be afraid of Sampdoria, and it is true, Sampdoria has rarely turned the tables this season when it is behind, especially against strong teams, although Trapani is not a strong team, but Trapani's personnel structure is characterized by a slightly stronger offensive attribute, and as a result, Novellino's dare not take risks too early, but it became a failure.

Bazzani still failed to score, but Trapani got a penalty opportunity in the back, and Miku rewrote the score to 2:0, and won the crucial battle smoothly, sweeping away the decline of two consecutive defeats.

Trapani deserved to win, Novelino had nothing to say, Hugo only began to sing praises to Sampdoria and Novellino after the game, speaking of which in the coaching world alone, Hugo is definitely not a strange figure, but the boss is quite a strange figure.

Won Sampdoria, the whole team was relieved, Hugo used his spare time to go to the academy to inspect, I have to say that Shafir is indeed a talent, with Hugo's big investment in the academy, Shafir on the one hand is to collect the top seedlings, on the other hand, focus on Sicily roots, this season they actually ranked first in the youth league, even those old strong teams are not Trapani's opponents.

Hugo was full of praise for the results of the youth team, but Shafael disagreed, "That result is not important, we cultivate their sense of honor is one thing, but we can't correct it in the past, pay too much attention to honor, limit their growth!" Of course, it's time for an honors education at their age! ”

Shafair's gist is not to put too much emphasis on results, these children are still young after all, many teams are sending U20 players to participate in the youth league, and the Trapani academy due to the time relationship in the selection of materials, there are fewer players over the age of 19, and this season also sent Viviano out on loan, Zabaleta was promoted to the first team to train with the team.

"Denis, Denis! I know, I know, you can't rush it! I still remember my purpose, it is to cultivate the soil, I will not pursue results excessively, you take your time, we will definitely produce results! Hugo said as if understanding.

"Hugo, I'll give you a suggestion! Don't let Leao follow the youth team next season! He's a real talent, he should have been exposed to first-team football earlier, he couldn't play in the main team, at least he should have been given some chances, it's a waste to stay here! "The man Shafair mentioned is Messi.

Hugo was not surprised by Shafair's words, and Trapani's youth team did well and probably gave some credit to the talent.

'Next season I'll put him in the first team and follow the first team! By the way, do you think it would be better to go out on loan, after all, in the first team I am afraid it is difficult for him to get a lot of opportunities, he still needs to adapt to Serie A, maybe a loan to Serie B is a good choice! Hugo asked.

"I'd suggest it's best not to let him go to other teams, now that there are scouts in our academy all day long, don't you want him to stay here with peace of mind?! Send it out, it's far away from us, maybe the heart will be far away! Shafair had an important message.

Hugo patted his head, he was busy with the first team during this time, and he did ignore a lot of problems, he also didn't go to the academy for a long time, and he didn't meet Messi's father, and he still didn't give enough care.

"Don't worry, you haven't seen them, I've seen them! I don't think they're going to leave here! On the way back, Lu Fan said to Hugo, "Leo is very grateful to you!" I don't think anyone can take him away easily! ”

Hugo was a little relieved, he had lost Ronaldo before this season, it was really a loss, if it weren't for the fact that he knew that Ronaldo was a world-class superstar, he might have taken an extreme way to force him to stay, but because he knew how bright Ronaldo's future was, Hugo was reluctant to let this genius go to waste.

Lu Fan's relief didn't take long for Hugo to let Fabio. Costa inquired about a very definite piece of news, La Liga giant Barcelona actually extended its tentacles to Messi, Messi's father Jorge. Messi also confirmed that Barcelona's scouts had indeed been in contact with him.

Time flies quickly, and at the beginning of May, Trapani completed 3 more league rounds, 2 wins and 1 draw, and the points reached 51 points, still in seventh place, still with a small difference with the previous European zone.

In such a critical period, Trapani's side also issued a warning, asking Barcelona not to contact Messi privately, but as a result, Barcelona shamelessly wanted to ask for Messi directly, and continued to talk to Jorge in private. Messi.

Before the away game against Parma, Trapani's general manager Giorgio scolded Barcelona for seducing Trapani's players in private and threatened to sue Barcelona to UEFA.

In the pre-match press conference, Hugo refused to answer questions about Messi, who is not well-known in Europe, but is a little famous in Italy, and has performed well in the youth league for two consecutive seasons, and it is a little difficult not to be famous.

After the 4:2 victory over Parma, Trapani squeezed out Inter Milan, Lazio, and Parma at once, and rose directly to the fourth place, Hugo only spoke after the game, he was in the same tone as Giorgio, reprimanding Barcelona for its shamelessness, saying that Messi would never leave Trapani.

The Italian media at this time unanimously began to denounce Barcelona's actions, and Barcelona was really afraid that Trapani would really sue them to UEFA, which is not fun, and if the evidence is conclusive, they are likely to be banned from transferring.

Laporta personally called Hugo, expressing his innocence, saying that this was all a private move of the transfer department, and he had absolutely no intention of digging into the wall, and accepted Laporta's apology on the surface, but Hugo privately decided to give Barcelona a little color.