"I'll go first~~ We'll see you in the afternoon~~~"

After the morning's training, Zhang Shu changed his clothes as quickly as he could, and couldn't wait to leave the locker room. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"What's wrong with Zhang?" Tony asked a puzzled question. Not only him, but the rest of Brescia's players have found that Zhang Shu has become more and more homely recently.

Although Zhang Shu was an otaku in addition to training and going home before, it was only because he rarely went out to play. And now his home seems to have some huge attraction, and he runs home as soon as the training is over every day.

In the past, after training in the morning, Zhang Shu would settle his lunch at the club and then go back to the players' dormitory to rest, but now he will go home for lunch at noon.

"Zhang can't have a girlfriend, right?" Matuzarun guessed that such speculation made many people smile knowingly

"Zhang seems to have hired a Chinese nanny to help him cook." "I'm still a little unaccustomed to the club's diet, right? ”

"Oh~~~~ The charm of Chinese food!" A group of people let out a sudden exclamation.

Thinking of the nutritious meals that have not changed for 10,000 years in the club restaurant, many people immediately understood Zhang Shu's behavior of going home to eat every day.

Since the beginning of the new century, the diet of players has become more and more important to clubs. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger once said: "Food is like fuel, if you fill your car with the wrong fuel, it won't move." ”

The same applies to the human body. In order for players to perform at their best, they must be given the right and necessary nutrients.

Since athletes need to launch high-intensity sprints at all times throughout the race, their energy requirements are at a high level throughout the race.

In a race, players need to make 150 to 200 sprints, covering a distance of about 5 to 15 kilometers in 90 minutes, including an average of around 600 meters of all-out sprints, and more than 2.4 kilometers of high-intensity running. For most of the game, the players' heart rate was maintained at 85 beats per minute, while their oxygen requirements reached 70% of their maximum oxygen uptake. A 75kg player needs an average of 1,800 calories per game, and all of that energy comes from the food they eat before the game.

The choice of food during training is different from before and after the game. The high consumption during the game makes players need to store a lot of carbohydrates, which are essential "fuel" for athletes, and the human body also needs this "building material" to keep the body running at an optimal level. However, when there is no competition, athletes also need to consume a certain amount of protein in order to ensure the development of body tissues and muscles, and at the same time, they also need to consume a certain amount of fat in order to ensure energy, maintain the integrity of cell membranes and transport fat-soluble vitamins. In addition, small amounts of vitamins, minerals and trace elements are also very important.

By doing all of this, the players will naturally be in better physical condition, recover faster, and reduce the risk of injury in training while maintaining good physical condition

And these theories have not always been available.

Before the '90s, a plate of schnitzel and fries was a good source of energy in the Premier League, and it was not uncommon for players to drink a pint of beer after a match. From today's point of view, this is simply an intolerable mistake in the sense of nutrition.

When nutritious meals first became popular, not much attention was paid to the appearance and taste of food. So much so that at that time, when it came to nutritious meals, many people would think of lumps of liquid disgusting food, which also made many players with poor self-control shy away from nutritious meals.

In the new millennium, with the development of sports nutrition, the taste of nutritious meals has improved a lot, for example, the restaurant of the Brescia club will provide pasta and risotto prepared in a healthy way to replenish the energy of the players. There is also cod, polenta and vegetable soup with shredded potatoes.

The taste of these foods is actually good, and the fact that Zhang Shu ate five nutritious meals alone when he came to the trial is the best proof.

But no matter how delicious the food is, you will get tired of eating it every day. Therefore, many players who live in urban areas are reluctant to eat at the club at noon, let alone Zhang Shu, who has someone in the family who can cook Chinese food.

Brescia's players could not have imagined that Zhang Shu's purpose of going home was not for Chinese food. In addition to inviting Viviano and Turio to a Chinese meal on the first day, Zhang Shu handed over the recipe given to him by the physical trainer Merricini to Aunt Han.

If you want to be the best player in the world, you can't just rely on the system. Zhang Shu has thought about this matter clearly since the match with Roma. He is still training for Mericini, and making sure that his diet meets the standards of a professional footballer is also an important part of his training.

Therefore, Chinese food can only be used as an occasional reward for oneself, and must not become a regular choice.

Of course, in fact, Chinese food can also meet the standard of becoming a sports nutrition meal through healthy cooking methods, but Merricini will not study Chinese food, and Aunt Han knows nothing about sports nutrition, so Zhang Shu can only choose the menu given by Mericini.

Rather than satisfying his appetite, Zhang Shu's purpose of going home was more to chat with Aunt Han.

"Auntie, I feel that your daughter seemed to be a little dissatisfied with me yesterday, did I delay you coming home yesterday?" Zhang Shu forked up a piece of chicken breast and pretended to unintentionally shift the topic to Han Yu.

"It's okay, it's okay, Xiaoyu's girl doesn't like me to work too late, she's angry at you." Aunt Han waved her hand. The daughter understands that she feels sorry for her mother's hard work, which makes her feel relieved, but Aunt Han is still very embarrassed that her daughter transfers her resentment to her employer.

"Why don't you help me make dinner in the future, so that you can get off work early?" Zhang Shu asked earnestly.

But Aunt Han seemed to have misunderstood what he meant. "Xiao Zhang, is it that the food I cook is not to your taste? You tell me I'll improve it later. ”

"No, no, no, aunt, you see, I can only eat these things usually, and Chinese food can only be eaten during the New Year's holidays, so don't bother with that." Zhang Shu hurriedly explained.

"Oh, Xiao Zhang, what kind of work unit do you have, you even have to take care of eating. You see what you eat, there's no oil at all. Aunt Han's attention was quickly diverted, and she began to complain about Zhang Shu's company's harshness on employees.

"Hey, hey, hey." Zhang Shu laughed dryly, and continued to ask Aunt Zhang about her daughter.

Brescia's players have finally confirmed that Zhang has really not been normal lately.

For example, when I meet everyone from the locker room every day, I am always smiling when I train, and even when I run laps, I will suddenly laugh out loud for no reason. After his teammates made a mistake, he also smiled and clapped his hands, and he made a mistake. Well, when Zhang usually has almost no mistakes in training...

"I feel like I smell the sour smell of love." Talay commented.

Mazzoni doesn't care what good things happened to Zhang Shu, even if Zhang is really in love, as long as it doesn't affect the state, it's Zhang's own business. Brescia are in very good form at the moment, and with the victory against Bologna in the last round, Brescia has now squeezed out Udinese, who lost in the previous round, and has moved to 6th place in the league standings.

If they maintain this position until the end of the season, they will qualify for the League Cup for the first time in the club's history.

Lazio, who finished fourth in the league, came to an abrupt halt after the winter break saw the resignation of the president and the club's turmoil in bank custody.

At the moment, Lazio are only four points ahead of Brescia with 40 points. Before the winter break, they are strong contenders for the league title.

With nine rounds of the league remaining, the four-point gap is not an insurmountable barrier. Veteran coach Mazzoni has every reason to expect the team to go further.

With such ambitions, the morale-boosting Brescia challenged second-to-bottom Como away in the 24th round of the league. Toni opened the scoring for Brescia early in the second half with a cross, and Baggio doubled for Brescia 10 minutes later. Brescia has been firmly in control of the situation ever since. It wasn't until near the end of the game that Como pulled a goal back through midfielder Pezia.

In the end, the score of 2:1 remained until the end. Brescia once again bagged the three points.

The day before, Lazio drew 1-1 with Roma in the derby, so Brescia closed the gap with Lazio again. Now there is only two points between them.

As the league draws to a close, the battle for places in the standings has become fierce, with Juventus topping the Serie A standings with 16 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats and 54 points. The Old Lady remains as consistent as ever, and Juventus' dominance in Serie A this season has been almost unassailable. However, one of their only two defeats this season has come from Brescia.

Behind Juventus is Inter Milan with 51 points, followed by AC Milan with 47 points. These three traditional giants of Serie A firmly occupy the top three of the standings.

The first group in contention for the title is followed by the second group aiming for the Champions League. Lazio and Chievo are in fourth and fifth place with 41 points, while Brescia is in sixth place with 39 points.

Although Parma and Udinese are still eyeing up with 36 points, Brescia have already set their sights on the Champions League in fourth place.

With the rise of Brescia, Zhang Shu's fame has also risen.

He is now a sought-after star in Serie A, and after every weekend of matches, he can occupy a section of Italy's major sports newspapers. In the Chinese media, his news is the focus of fans' attention, and even many comprehensive newspapers will put Zhang's news in the most prominent position.

Even Aunt Han, who never cared about football, took out a newspaper when she came to help Zhang Shu clean up one day.

"Ouch! Xiao Zhang! Isn't this person you? She pointed to the front page of the daily newspaper Brescia. "Brescia is pointing to the Champions League, and China's new stars are shining in Serie A. 》

Aunt Han in the Italian of the title doesn't know what she said, but she can still understand the following photo of Zhang Shu and Tony Baggio hugging together to celebrate the goal.

"Ah, it's me." Zhang Shu was a little shy at first, before he told Aunt Han that he was doing manual labor, and he never found a chance to tell the truth after that. So he simply admitted it generously.

"It turns out that you are an athlete, no wonder you have to be controlled when you eat." Aunt Han seems to have finally solved a mystery. "I was still thinking about it, why did you come to work abroad when you were only a teenager, and it looked like the salary was still very high."

Zhang Shu could only laugh embarrassedly.

Aunt Han quickly put this matter aside, she was not interested in football, so she did not have any admiration for Zhang Shu. After getting along for a period of time, she and Zhang Shu are already very familiar. For her, seeing Zhang Shu in the newspaper felt like the son of Lao Zhou, who she often met downstairs, was on the news of the city one day. When chatting with others, I occasionally say a few words as a talking point, but it's not a big thing to get too excited about.

Zhang Shu is also reluctant to put a star in front of Aunt Han, out of a certain psychology, he hopes that Aunt Han will treat him as an ordinary teenager like before.

He sat on the sofa and chatted with Aunt Han without a match.

"Ouch, Xiao Zhang, you're fine, you're already working, and that girl in my family still needs 6 years of study to graduate." Aunt Han said.

Like all parents, she always turned to her own children without a few words.

And this is exactly what Zhang Shu likes, isn't the purpose of his chat with Aunt Han just for this?

"The price of goods in Italy is high, she doesn't have to spend money to study, living expenses, tuition fees, rent, she doesn't like me to come to Italy to accompany her, and she doesn't like me to come out to work, but I don't work just rely on her father's salary in China." Aunt Han chattered while tidying up the living room. "Renting a room, plus utilities and taxes, costs at least 400 euros a month, and she can't work more than 20 hours a week on her student visa...

Zhang Shu listened quietly, this is a Chinese-style parent, a little tight, and I can't wait to accompany my children for a lifetime. Children may sometimes feel that they are not free enough, but for Zhang Shu, who has lost his parents, he is full of yearning for this kind of unfreedom.

Listening to Aunt Han's chattering complaints about her daughter, Zhang Shu felt very warm.

If his mother was still there, he would like to be complained about by his mother every day.

It's a pity that now, although I don't have to worry about money, I still feel lonely when I live alone in such a big house.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning crossed his mind, and an idea popped into his mind.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible he felt, so he couldn't wait to say it.

"Aunt Han, I still have a spare room here, why don't you move here?"