Chapter 109: Learning from the Scriptures
"Hey, Santi, want to go relax?"
In the club's parking lot, when the exhausted Santhiago was about to drive away, Gaitan, who was in charge of the midfielder, suddenly came over and offered to invite Santiago.
"Uh, Muñoz and I will go to Vita to relax after a simple cleanup, do you want to come together, it's the kind that drinks a little, it won't be too much." Met Saint-Tiago's puzzled gaze, Gaitan was slightly stunned, and quickly explained.
Fabian Gaitan is one of Boca's contemporary youth elites, belonging to a group of talents who emerged after Santiago and others traveled to Europe one after another, and is definitely the darling of Boca Juniors. This group of talented players has always been relatively unique in the team, because the composition of Boca's first team is now mainly composed of returnees and prime-age factions, so since Boca's senior management has to ensure results and competitiveness at the same time, it is also necessary to take into account the cultivation of young players, which is obviously not an easy thing to do.
As a result, there are very few young players in the current first team who can stabilize the main team, and when Santhiago returns, there is one less place, which makes the relationship between Santi and this new group of youth elites in the team not very harmonious. In addition, Saint had already quit drinking, so in the face of Gaitan's invitation at this time, he wanted to refuse, but when he heard Gaitan's explanation and sincere eyes, he couldn't help but hesitate in his heart.
The impact of the national team incident on Santy is very great, which makes him pay more attention to the relationship and friendship between his teammates, a fence three piles, a hero three gangs, in the club everyone is to take the salary to play performance, to the results of the speech, everyone in the usual relationship will subtly produce a tacit understanding. But in the national team is different, except for Di Maria and Riquelme, the relationship between Santi and the rest of his teammates is very dull, which also makes him often face the embarrassing situation of not having the ball in the game.
Thinking of this, Saint-Tiago hesitated a little and opened his mouth to agree, he knew that it would definitely be good for him to get along with this group of new generation of talented players, besides, the olive branch that others took the initiative to throw, you rejected it the first time, what does it mean.
"Well, pretty good suggestion, is that bar in the Vita Retiro district? I'll go home and pack up and go! ”
The Retiro district is one of Buenos Aires' most famous and unique districts, and despite its small size, its reputation is extremely resounding, and the reason is obvious! Vita's bar, San Tiago, had also been to before, and it was not a mixed place, but a more upscale one, which also reassured him, so he thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
Hearing Saint-Tiago's nod in agreement, Gaitan laughed happily, made an appointment with Saint-Tiago, and then turned to leave. And Santiago also drove home after that, cleaned up and saw that it was getting late, and called the personal strength and conditioning coach before going out again.
In Buenos Aires, the Retiro district and the Boca district are almost opposite two points, the distance is relatively far, plus the reason for going out late, when Santiago arrived, almost all the people of Gaitan had arrived, and they were chatting enthusiastically. Seeing Santhiago arriving, Gaitan immediately got up and gave up a place for Santi, while Muñoz and Vidal also leaned to the side, only Benavides remained motionless.
Seeing this, Santiago sat down and couldn't help but show a look of doubt in his eyes, it is said that Gaitan's small circle should have come together after discussion, and it would not be someone's private decision, what the hell is Benavides showing such an expression in such a situation?
For the four Gaitans, Santilgo also knows a little about them, they are all around 18 years old, and they are also the leaders of Boca's younger generation, and of course, they can also be said to be the best in Argentina. Anyone at their young age can't help but be a little arrogant in their strength, but what is the situation? Santhiago was a little dissatisfied.
Fortunately, Gaitan, as the direct inviter of Santiago, immediately began to play a round with sophistication when he saw this, and the other two Muñoz also quickly joined the chat and began to discuss, suppressing the small unhappiness just now.
Santiago, who had been drinking for some time, had been drinking a sparkling drink that was extremely popular in South America, and the people of Gaitan did not say anything when they saw this, because in their words Santigo quickly learned the real reason why they had come to him.
To put it simply, they are troubled by the fact that these little bunnies are more or less favored by European clubs, and their agents give different opinions. On the one hand, they are familiar with their own personal characteristics, but they cannot sit firmly in the first line, and on the other hand, they are the highest level in the minds of South American players and even world players, and the temptation of the European League, they are difficult to make a choice for a while.
After all, in the context of the large-scale landing of South American players in Europe, no one can say that they do not want to go to Europe, especially for the Gaitans who have accepted the initiative of European clubs. At this time, most South American players either use their parents and brothers as agents, or they are signed by large companies, and their advice for profit-seeking agencies and immediate family members who know little about this aspect cannot reassure Gaitan.
After thinking about it, they naturally thought of the big brothers in the team who had traveled to Europe, and in the end, they regarded Santiago as a person to learn from themselves and others.
Hearing this, Santiago completely understood the thoughts of several people, to say that the Gaitan people really only asked himself, he was not sure, but for the reason why the Gaitan people came to ask him, Santi knew in his heart.
Compared with the older generation of Riquelme and others, he does not have the sense of coercion of his predecessors, he is close to their age, and he has the experience of succeeding and then failing in playing for top clubs, and more importantly, he is not a few years older than them. The same goal is to make them more aware of their own ideas.
Thinking of this, Saint-Tiago couldn't help but smile wryly, good guy! It turns out that I have taken a fancy to this! He said that no one advised him to drink sparkling water, because he wanted to be a life coach! It seems that his bumpy career is a unique good teaching material in the eyes of Gaitan and others
However, after saying it thoroughly, Saint-Tiago's somewhat apprehensive eyes in the face of Gaitan and the others did not hide it, but generously analyzed it for them, after all, first, it did not harm his own interests, and second, he also came to deepen the friendship between his teammates.
First Gaitan, looking the 1.70-meter young man up and down again, Saint-Tiago muttered for a moment before speaking.
"Fabian, although your physical confrontation ability is good in China, it is actually very different from the major European leagues, plus your height is not too tall, in the Premier League, Serie A and other leagues are actually very disadvantaged, so if my guess is right, it should be La Liga or the Portuguese Super League, the Eredivisie!"
The 20-year-old Gaitan represented Boca Juniors in the World Club Championship Youth Cup in Malaysia last year, and won the attention of many European clubs with his outstanding talent, distinctive characteristics and extraordinary leadership temperament, and even shocked the Nerazzurri's head of transfer department, Blanca, who watched the match between Inter Milan and Boca Juniors, and praised Boca's little number ten after the game.
It was also during last year's Boca tour of the United States that Gaitan, who was not yet 20 years old, officially represented Boca's first team for the first time in a series of warm-up matches against local teams. However, although Blanca praised Gaitan, and Zanetti and other seniors also have excellent resumes at Inter, Santi does not recommend the Premier League and Serie A as the first choice for Argentine players to land.
The Argentine, who is known for his skills and creativity, is actually more suitable for sharpening himself in the Portuguese Super League, the Eredivisie and other leagues, adapting to the skills and tactics of the European League, and playing his own characteristics and reputation in the offensive league is the most important thing, Di Maria is a very good example, and the current Gaitan is actually not very different from Di Maria's physique.
Hearing this, Gaitan was startled at first, and after glancing at Santiago suspiciously, a light of surprise erupted in his eyes, he knew that he had asked the right person! Then he listened to Santiago's eloquent talk about himself and the major leagues, and he finally nodded convincingly and said excitedly: "Then, I'll choose Ben."
"Hey! Fabian, don't worry! I just gave a suggestion, you don't have to rush to conclusions! What's more, if you do make a decision, you don't need to tell me first, you should understand! ”
Saint Tiago knew it was not good when he saw Gaitan's excited expression, this kid didn't talk nonsense, he immediately stopped and shook his head with a wry smile, how could he have the feeling of helping other clubs dig up the wall! However, soon this feeling disappeared without a trace, because whether it was Muñoz or Vidal, Santi suggested that they could continue to play in the team after careful analysis, after all, they are still lacking in hard strength requirements, and it is some middle and lower level clubs that throw olive branches to them, not only can they not broaden their tactical horizons, but also cannot get any opportunities.
Moreover, Boca can't always rely on returnees and prime-age factions to fight the country, which is not feasible for South American clubs, and eventually it will return to the cultivation of young people, and Boca has never fallen behind in this regard!
After helping the three of them to make an analysis one by one, several people couldn't help but turn their eyes back to Benavides, the midfielder who rushed to San Tiago at the beginning, although he regretted seeing San Tiago's analysis in his heart, but he still didn't want to pull down his face and ask, so he could only meet the eyes of several people and keep pouring wine one after another next to him.
In this regard, Santhiago naturally will not use a hot face to stick a cold ass, although he is now back in Boca, but in terms of strength, he is still beyond the reach of this group of rising stars, seeing that Benavides is reluctant to speak, he is also happy to drink a glass of sparkling water on the side, looking at the beauties around him.
Seeing this, the three Gaitans, who were already convinced, didn't know what to say, they wanted to play a round but after all, this was Benavides' problem, and the others didn't say anything for the first time, you don't have a good face now, where is this a consultation? So the three of them thought about it, and they could only slowly chat about some embarrassing things, wanting to revitalize the atmosphere.
It's a pity that after waiting for about half an hour, seeing that Benavides still didn't react, Saintie smiled lightly, stood up, and said in the puzzled eyes of the three Gaitans: "Oh, I remember, I'll go to Romy's house later!" Alright, boys, have fun, I'm one step now! “
After saying that, Santhiago strode out of the bar under the gaze of several people, seeing that Gaitan did not have any excuse to stay, what else could they say, should Riquelme wait at home?
So he could only turn around and say angrily to Benavides: "Yell, what's wrong with you? Don't you really want to know what kind of invitation to you was made by Verona FC? Santi is a player who has played for Milan and should know a lot about an Italian club like Verona! “
Ezeziel Benavides is arguably the most talented of the four and the most beloved by Boca fans, and he has inherited the spirit and many characteristics of Boca FC on the pitch, and once became Boca's well-deserved youth first.
However, his position overlapped with that of Santiago in many ways, and he was quickly dwarfed by the equally young, but successful Santiago. Seeing that Santi had reconquered the Candy Box in just a few games, Benavides was naturally very dissatisfied, and he was bound to compete with Santhiago when Riquelme firmly occupied a start, and it was conceivable that he fell into the disadvantage.
Originally, all this was not a problem in the eyes of Boca's senior management, because in the early contact, Santi had already said intentionally or unintentionally that he would not re-serve in Boca for too long, and Boca also expressed his understanding of this. After all, other people's strength and age are there, so what's wrong with returning to a high-level player with a fan base for free for two seasons?
Every season on two fronts, Saint will not start every game, Benavides will naturally not lack opportunities!! What's wrong with a year of precipitation at his age of 18?