Chapter 5 Not Favored Trials? (Medium)
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Jimmy pointed to the jersey, sneakers and socks neatly placed on the bench, and said to Li Lei: "Alex has given me your approximate physical data before, this is for you." Now you can change and soon your trial will start and I'll be waiting for you outside on the pitch. ”
With that, he walked out.
Li Lei was not verbose, changed into this white jersey very neatly, and walked towards the court outside the locker room. After a short corridor, the bright sunshine and the green court appeared in front of his eyes.
Li Lei has always been a person who does not fight unprepared battles, not to mention that today is still a major event related to his and his sister's future lives.
Before coming here, he had consulted and watched a lot of football materials. But looking at it, the freshness of coming to the court for the first time still made him rarely show the curiosity that he should have at his age.
On the field, there are more than 20 peers of the same age as him, some are jogging to warm up, some are being dragged with bungee ropes for explosive training, some are carrying the ball around the pile quickly, some are grabbing the ball in a circle, and some are wearing gloves and constantly falling down to catch the football brought by the coach......
Everyone was busy, with the laughter of the players on the pitch, the shouts of the coaches shouting or scolding, and the muffled thumping of the football in the ears from time to time........
All these healthy and positive things made Li Lei, who had lived in the cruel slums of society for a long time, a little unable to adapt to it, and he was both yearning and a little at a loss.
"Hey, kid, come here, hurry up and warm up. Otherwise, if I accidentally get injured in the tryout, I don't want to face an angry Alex. Before Li Lei came back to his senses, Jimmy, who was directing the audience, saw him and waved at him and shouted loudly.
"Oh, okay, I got it." Li Lei came back to his senses and immediately responded.
"Bang, bang, bang....."
He ran towards Jimmy, feeling his heart beat louder with each step. Soon, all he could do was the sound of his own pounding heartbeat in his ears.
I can. I can. I can .....
Li Lei was doing a simple warm-up exercise, and at the same time secretly said firmly to himself in his heart. At this time, he was inexplicably a little nervous, and he was comforting himself by doing so.
It was a new feeling for him, and he didn't know the last time he was so nervous. After a while, he felt his heart slowly calm down again.
Just then, a shrill whistle and Jimmy's shouting interrupted his warm-up.
"Toot! Honk! Honk! ......”
"Come here, come here, kids. Now we're going to have a 20-minute warm-up game in both halves, and this time a new companion will join one of your teams. You've played this kind of game many times, and I believe I don't need to introduce it anymore. Okay, now let's clean up the work on the field and the game starts in 5 minutes. Hurry up, everybody's moving. Jimmy said loudly, clapping vigorously.
Then, he walked up to Li Lei's side and asked, "Tell me, kid, what position are you going to play?" ”
"Striker." Li Lei said lightly. He had an answer to this question long before he came.
"Okay, before... What did you say? Hearing this answer, Jimmy didn't seem to care at all, and kept nodding his head while answering with his mouth, until he was halfway through the handwriting with the pen, he suddenly woke up, raised his head, looked at the cold Li Lei, his eyes widened, his mouth opened slightly, and his face was full of incredulity.
Faced with this answer, he couldn't believe his ears. A 19-year-old rookie on trial actually wanted to play as a striker, and he didn't know if it was his ear problem or Li Lei's madness.
In this way, he stared at Li Lei for a long time, looking at the other party still with a cold face, his eyes were firm, and he didn't mean to change at all, before he withdrew his gaze, continued to write with his head down, and said with a smile: "Okay, play the striker." Good luck, kid. ”
With that, he turned his head and left. As he walked, he shook his head.
Originally, he felt that his arrangement was too casual for Li Lei, and it was too aggrieved for such a young man. But now, he doesn't see it that way. Since it is doomed to failure, it is better to save some time for yourself, Alex and this young man.
It turned out that according to the prescribed trial training process, Li Lei should have conducted a series of physical tests first. However, considering Li Lei's special situation, Jimmy took it upon himself to save himself and other staff members by omitting this step.
In addition, generally speaking, given Lee's age and situation, Jimmy should have arranged for Manchester United's under-18 academy team to have a tryout. But in fact, the team that is about to participate in Li Lei's trial is Manchester United's reserve team.
It can be said that this made Li Leiben's trial success close to 0 completely reduced to 0.
However, Li Lei didn't know the doorway, he was working hard, just waiting for the trial to begin.
Actually, he knows it himself. With their own possibilities, it is almost impossible to pass this trial match in the position of a striker. Now, he still remembers the hellish look on Ferguson's old face when he said the decision.
However, he himself had a reason for this choice - money. After looking at the information about the salaries of football players, he found a clear pattern.
At the same level, both the player's salary and the transfer value are decreasing with the backward position.
Since he came to play football for money, Li Lei will naturally be most obsessed with the position of striker. Even though he knew that the chances of his success in this position were almost non-existent, he had to give himself and his sister a try. Otherwise, he would not be reconciled.
The trial match soon began, and Li Lei stood near the center circle in a yellow vest, at the forefront of his side. The soles of his feet kept jumping, although his face was still cold, but in fact, the blood in his body was boiling, and he almost couldn't suppress the excitement and trembling of his body.
He stared at the football at the feet of the opposing striker like a beast staring at his prey. Jimmy's whistle hadn't been thought of yet, but he couldn't wait.
What a terrible look. met Li Lei's eyes, the striker player named Baker, who had a football under his feet, couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.
In fact, when Jimmy personally appeared on the court with Li Lei, Li Lei became the focus of whispering among the reserve team players. Is this yet another Academy talent who has defected to Manchester United, they speculated and discussed.
Since Li Lei appeared under the personal leadership of Manchester United's youth director Jimmy, it is not difficult for them to make such a judgment. Then, it was based on this judgment that Li Lei, a new outsider, suddenly became a thorn in the side of all players in Manchester United's reserve team except for the goalkeeper.
The giants are not easy to mix, and the reserves of the giants are even more difficult to mix. This is especially true for young players.
Wealthy reserves, although this name sounds good, it doesn't mean anything at all. The reserves and the first team are only one step apart, but there is a world of difference.
Salary, playing opportunities, future prospects and so on, young players are only really qualified to talk about and dream about when they really play in the first team. Otherwise, no matter how well you play in the reserves, it's a void.
But how difficult it is!
To achieve this goal, strength, luck, and opportunity are indispensable. If you're better off on a civilian team, maybe you have more chances. These teams that lack deep pockets will be more willing to promote youngsters because it is more cost-effective than transfers.
But at the big clubs, it's different. First, they are simply not short of money. Second, they are under pressure to perform every year, and on the premise that if they don't win the championship, they will lose, so the team is naturally more inclined to spend a lot of money to bring in players who have proven themselves. This is the same no matter which big club it puts in, even in Manchester United, which has always liked to use young people.
In such a situation, God knows how many arrogant young players in the giants' youth academy have to leave aggrievedly because they can't play in the first team games. Among them, a few lucky ones may get the opportunity to play their worth and return to the giants in the future. But more bad luck can only be ignored.
Based on such huge pressure, it is no wonder that Li Lei, a "genius" outsider, can make Manchester United's reserve team players feel good about him. However, how did they know that Li Lei, who was tall and terrifying, turned out to be just a showman.
Based on such a wrong guess, coupled with Li Lei's ruthless eyes and temperament that he had experienced in the slums, it was no wonder that Baker trembled a little when he saw Li Lei in this state.
While Baker was still thinking about it, Jimmy's shrill whistle finally blew, breaking the silence and the game finally began!
Baker had just come back to his senses when he suddenly felt a strong gust of wind blowing in his face. When he looked up, he saw a blurred shadow with a bright head speeding towards him.
All of a sudden, he was shocked into a cold sweat. It's not who the new guy is, Baker didn't remember the name Jimmy said when he introduced it, but that flowery, colorful head was so eye-catching, so impressive, how could he not remember.
In a hurry, Baker didn't think anything else, turned around and drove the ball towards his goalkeeper with a big foot. However, he saw Li Lei directly bypass him and rush towards his goal without the slightest slowdown, like a bolt of lightning.
Hiss!
After completing the pass, before Baker could breathe a sigh of relief, he gasped. Just now, although Li Lei was very flexible and quickly bypassed him, he still rubbed with his calf. It was only at this point that a hot stinging pain suddenly came.
Good speed!
Even because of his lack of concentration, Li Lei's speed and explosiveness still made Baker's heart anxious, and he felt that the competitive pressure on his shoulders was heavier, and his speed was not so fast.
Hum! But that's the only way to go, I'm not afraid! Baker looked at Li Lei's figure, stared, gritted his teeth, and turned around and ran quickly towards the front. At this time, the goalkeeper has already kicked the football out again.
At this point, Baker, who was full of fighting spirit, could never have imagined what would happen in the next few minutes. Little did he know that in just a few minutes, he would run in front of Li Lei, who had his head bowed deeply, and let out a piercing smug laugh.
He didn't know how terrifying Li Lei's eyes would become with his head down.
That's a wolf!