Chapter 23 Football is not the whole of life

A regrettable draw ended the winning streak for Pavia Juniors, but after a frantic second half of the season, they regained third place in the standings with an excellent record of 10 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses.

In front of them, Inter Milan with 15 wins and 2 draws and AC Milan with 12 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats, in addition to the two unexpected losses to Pavia Juniors, AC Milan was also beaten by Inter Milan at the Sbalbarro Road, missing an important game.

However, with 3 games remaining, it is impossible for the Pavia Junior Team to catch up with Inter Milan, even if it is AC Milan, it is unrealistic to expect them to lose 3 games in a row in the next game, so in fact, the third place is already the best result that the Pavia Junior Team can achieve.

All they have to do is keep up that good momentum in the upcoming games and keep them third in the league.

This ranking is also the best ever result for the Pavia Juniors, whose highest ranking in the past was seventh in the league.

We can also see that Pavia is not only an inconspicuous club in Italy's national league system, but even in the regional competitions, they have never been a powerhouse.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the monopoly of Serie A giants such as Milan on the seedlings of excellent young players, but Pavia's own weakness is also an undisputed reason.

Until they had Descartes, the "superstar".

These are some of the peculiarities of the junior game: a player's brilliance can often lead to a team's improvement, and when a team finds a tactic that works for them, they can even change their surname.

This special surname comes from the unstable surnames of the young players themselves, and also from the reason why the physiological functions of the young players are not much different before they begin to develop and grow.

How many meters can a ten-year-old Bolt pull away from a ten-year-old in the 100-meter race?

It's only ten meters above the sky, right?

Try it again now?

This is the reason that before the development of all children, the physical fitness of all children is not much different.

Therefore, the correct tactical discipline + the core of outstanding ability is the key to good results in the junior competition.

Of course, you may be tempted to complain when you see this: "Isn't this nonsense? Even in Chengren football, the key to victory is this set, is it good? ”

All I can say about this is that there are different reasons for losing games, but the reasons for winning are always the same.

The next three games didn't make it too difficult for the Pavia Juniors, who easily took down the next three opponents.

The only thing worth mentioning is that in the match against Brescia Juniors, Descartes saw a figure before the game that he could never have dreamed of.

Robert. Mr. Baggio!

In the 2000 season, Robert. Baggio moved from Milan to Brescia on a free transfer, becoming one of the biggest stars in the club's history. Despite the passing of his years, Baggio led Brescia to the best Serie A record in the club's history this season - seventh place in the league.

This is Baggio proving to the world: veterans are old, but veterans don't die!

And in this match, Baggio was the head coach of the Brescia Juniors, Dimi. Salvi invited him to his home stadium for the only reason Salvi invited him was because he was not dead set on Descartes - he wanted to use Baggio's appeal to recruit Descartes into his command.

So Mr. Salvi arranged a meeting between Descartes and Mr. Baggio before the game, and his intentions were undisguised.

Since this is not a formal professional league, Mr. Mankad has no intention of hindering his players from meeting with important personnel of the opposing club, not to mention that he also knows that Baggio has always been one of Descartes' favorite stars, and the opportunity to meet him is simply a dream for Descartes.

Descartes spoke with Mr. Baggio for a while with excitement, but although Baggio extended him an invitation at Mr. Salvi's behest, he politely declined, knowing in his heart that even if he did leave Pavia, Brescia would not be the best choice, and that Mr. Baggio could not spend years helping him train like Mr. Mancard, while the other players of Brescia ...... To be honest, he didn't look down on it yet.

Baggio also understands the little guy's thoughts, in fact, how could he not be like this, if it weren't for the pressure of time, how would he choose a small club like Brescia to spend the rest of his career? So he didn't force anything on Descartes, but gave him some empirical guidance, and then each blessed him a few words, and then they separated.

Perhaps to fight for his breath in front of Mr. Baggio, Descartes was in very hot form in this game, not only did he put in a quadruple but also assisted a goal each for Liverard and another team-mate to give Pavia Juniors a 6-2 victory on the road.

After watching the game, Baggio also sighed to the coach of the Brescia junior team, Mr. Salvi, who was next to him: "I now understand why you pulled me out. ”

Mr. Salvi could only smile wryly, he himself knew that Brescia wanted to compete for a talent like Descartes in the 17 giants of Serie A, and the probability was simply smaller than the chance of buying a lottery player, so he really couldn't cope with Baggio's ridicule.

The end of the match against Brescia Juniors also means that Pavia Juniors have finished the season in the regional football league, and they finished third in the league behind Inter Milan and Milan, adding a lot of joy to the small city of Pavia.

And after this season, Descartes has finally become a household name in Pavia and even the whole of Italy, and the competition for him has been crazy among the major giants of Serie A and Serie B.

On July 3, the last club in Serie A also surrendered to Descartes - Inter Milan officially sent a fax, inviting Descartes to go to Sbalbarro Road for a trial, saying that it was a trial, but in fact, as long as Descartes agreed to go, the result was known to everyone.

But Descartes again politely declined the invitation, he had already thought very clearly, his condition was not fully recovered, he still needed a quiet environment for treatment, and in Pavia, he was the core, and here he could give him the most room to display his talents, and in other strong teams, such as Milan or Inter, he could no longer get such a large tactical space, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

What if you move to other weak teams to continue to be the core? Since they are all weak teams, why did he bother from Pavia?

What's more, in his heart, Pavia gave him a second life in football, the people here love him, always cheer for him, are his loyal fans, everything is going well here, so he has no idea of leaving here at all.

At least not for the time being.

When the regional leagues end every year, it is almost the time for the summer holidays of the major Italian primary and secondary schools.

The league will probably end at the end of June, and schools in Italy, which are similar to those in China, have holidays in June and July, and each school is different.

Although Descartes has become a well-known "football star" in Italy, he is actually a schoolboy.

His life in Pavia wasn't all football, the team was made up of a group of amateur young players, who, like Descartes, were all students.

Therefore, their usual training time is usually after school and on weekends, and the schedule of regional leagues is also scheduled on weekends.

This is the real life of Descartes and his teammates.

This is the main reason why there is such a big gap between the junior teams in these regions and the youth teams such as Inter Milan and Milan: the young players of these two teams are equivalent to professional players, and they usually spend more time on training, and then the club arranges cultural time for them.

Amateur against professional, and can also double defeat Milan, I can't help but say that the lads of Pavia and Descartes did a very good job.

However, with the arrival of the holidays, in addition to more training time, leisure time has also increased exponentially.

So what should you do in your free time?

If you are in the Celestial Empire, the answer to this question is very simple: make up classes, do summer homework, and fight to the end against your eternal natural enemy, "someone else's child".

The students of the Celestial Empire will either win at the starting line or die at the starting line.

This is not the case with Italian primary school students, who are more focused on discovering their children's natural surnames in their early years, with homework but not much, and most of the make-up classes are voluntarily applied by the children - provided that they are interested in their own choices.

Descartes' greatest interest was to play football, so he really didn't have much else to do other than his daily training time, and sleeping was another of his hobbies.

But this morning, while Descartes was still in a beautiful dream, he suddenly felt a little itchy on his lips, and a warm breath that had been rippling between his nostrils, with a hint of refreshing fragrance.

Descartes' eyes widened helplessly, and then he saw Angeli lying on the bed playing a game of "kissing" with him.

This is the last time Ann Jieli bravely offered a "comforting" first kiss, her favorite game to play with Descartes.

The "game" that the two noobs call is really a game, and the kiss between them is not as evil as some people who are reading the book think, they see it purely as a way to express their affection.

Seeing that Descartes had woken up, Angela happily propped herself up and smiled sweetly: "Brother Descartes, you said you were going to ride with me today, don't forget." ”

Descartes patted his head, and then remembered that he had indeed promised Ann Jieli that he would teach her to ride a bicycle today, so he sat up suddenly, and said in a daze: "Okay, okay, since I promised you, I will do it, let's go." ”

After getting up, washing, and having breakfast, Descartes rode her bicycle to take Angeli to the vicinity of the training ground.

The training ground of the Pavia Municipal Axe is not only a football field, but also has a lot of sports facilities, including a batch of fitness equipment donated by the Chinese Political Axe.

In the past two years, China's political axe seems to really have the demeanor of an economic power, and when the problem of poverty and layoffs has not been solved, it has frequently donated various sports and fitness equipment to foreign countries, and the target of the gift is not only some poor countries, but also the United Kingdom, the United States and other capitalist powers, in the name of increasing friendly cultural exchanges between the two sides.

Sure enough, it is the style of the Heavenly Empire!

Descartes and Angel Grace went to the quiet grass outside the course, which was usually uncrowded and perfect for teaching novice riders.

Angeli sat happily on the bicycle seat cushion, while hurriedly moving the faucet, while shouting and screaming, and Descartes followed behind her, holding the back frame of the bicycle with both hands, and reminded from time to time: "Left left, be careful, right right, slow down, slow, fast, step on the brakes, step on it~~~ Alas!" ”

Two small figures ran happily on the meadow reflected in the sun, and the sound of happy laughter passed through the pale blue sky from time to time, bringing a soft breeze to the slightly sultry summer morning.