Chapter 11: Inspiration from Descartes
When Descartes was back to normal, the Pavia Juniors drove to Milan again to take on their next opponent, Inter Junior.
The Lombardy region is not too big, not too small, with a total of nine cities, including Milan, Pavia, Bergamo, etc., so the teams participating in the region's junior football league are also said to be more and less, with a total of 11 teams.
After the win over Milan, Descartes missed the middle game against Cremonese Juniors because he was on his way to Turin for a trial with Juventus.
The Pavia Juniors were unable to win the match without the attacking arrow of Descartes, and they eventually brought a point back to Pavia with a very rare 0:0 in a Juniors match.
The failure to win was disappointing, but those who are interested can also see from this game that after Mr. Mankald stepped up his defensive practice, the defense of Pavia Juniors has become stronger and stronger, and all they lack is an ice-breaking knife.
And Descartes is undoubtedly the sharpest knife of all.
In football, there is a saying that "offense depends on talent, defense depends on discipline", a talented attacking player can rely on a flash of inspiration to score a goal, but no matter how good the defender is, he can't stop the opponent's attack alone.
Defence is a matter of the whole thing, and without good tactical discipline and execution, no matter how good a player is, he cannot be a good defensive player.
So sometimes we can't help but cry out for the defenders: the strikers squander countless chances before scoring a goal, they are immediately blown to the sky, and when the defenders make a mistake after countless credits, they are called sinners.
People often see the glory of the successful, but most of them despise the sadness of the loser, and they never understand that success is built on countless failures, and it only takes one failure to collapse and disintegrate.
And after the team's defense gradually improved, Mr. Mankald is more confident about the upcoming games.
Although Pavia Juniors are now in the bottom three of the 11 teams with only one win, three draws and two losses, he is still confident in the upcoming matches.
He had thought that Descartes would stay in Turin, and then his team would completely lose its core and aura and sink as a result.
So after Descartes returned, he was actually the one who was most ecstatic.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to go to Naples to find his friend Aristotle and ask him to treat Descartes, because in a casual conversation he occasionally learned that Aristotle's research group was working on a new drug for the treatment of thalassemia, although it was not completely completed, but clinical trials had already begun, and it was likely to be very successful.
This incident was a blessing from heaven for Mankald, and Monsieur Mancard, who had always regarded Descartes as a disciple, had long been full of pity and pity for his illness, and now that he heard that there was an opportunity to cure him, how could he not run away?
That's why when Descartes returned to the team, Mankad didn't ask for him. He wanted to surprise Descartes and free him from the shadow of his illness once and for all.
Sure enough, Descartes, who had just come out of his demons, was full of excitement after learning that he had hope of curing his illness, which also prompted him to make up his mind to go all out in the game against Inter, so that everyone could see that even a Descartes who was suffering from illness was not something that those vulgar fans could resist!
Inter's academy was renamed Facchetti in 2007, but in the 2000-2001 season it was known as Sbalbarro Road. This academy is located next to Angelo, Inter's first-team training base. The Moratti Sports Center is located in Appiano on the outskirts of Milan. The small town of Janleti.
Despite their reputation at home and abroad, the Milan duo, like most Italian teams, do not have their own official venues, whether they are San Siro or Meazza are actually owned by Milan Municipal Axe, who only lease them to play.
However, the field problem does not affect the image of the Nerazzurri or Rossoneri in the eyes of the fans, just like Inter's academy, which is still a paradise for countless young footballers, and it is also a concentration camp for many talented footballers.
Leonardo Bonucci, Balotelli, Thornton, Destro, Martins...... If the Rossoneri's academy has dominated Italy's past, the Inter academy is winning Italy's future.
Inter's youth soccer camps are not just just Via Sbalbarro, they have 54 youth soccer teams of all ages with 11,000 players in Italy alone, spread across seven camps across Italy, with more than 200 players in each team.
The training camp on Sbalbarro Road alone has a training base of more than 30,000 square meters, which is larger than the overall scope of Pavia Senior Football Club.
Although Inter's academy has always had a bad habit of fat and water outflow, at least in Italy, their youth training system is the top, not to mention the red and black youth training in the twilight of the West Mountain, and even Juventus is willing to bow down in this regard.
So when the teenagers of Pavia entered this very modern and luxurious training camp, they all responded with amazement and envy.
It wasn't the first time that a large number of these children had been here, but every time they did, the jealousy deepened in their hearts.
It's a pity that they are all ordinary young players with little talent, and they are "ordinary goods" that are looked down upon by the Milan City duo, and they are likely to only have such a few opportunities to enter here in their lives.
The envious gaze of his friends fell into Descartes' eyes, reminding him of his former self. At that time, when he came to Sbalbarro Road, he would express the same admiration and envy as everyone, and at the same time secretly made up his mind that he would definitely play in such a place in the future.
However, after being "returned" by Milan and Juventus one after another, Descartes' mentality has changed, and he no longer pays attention to these superficial things, but cares more about the outcome of the game.
Football is a competitive sport after all, and only winning is really jealous, isn't it?
So he walked in the middle of the team, and suddenly shouted to his companions: "Don't be envious, no matter how luxurious this place is, it's useless if you can't win, we are here today just to overturn Inter Milan and let them see that although we are small, Pavia has the power to defeat them, right?" We need to show those 'geniuses' that even if we are the ones they look down upon, we can overthrow them! ”
"Yes, Deska, we can take them down too!" The surrounding friends echoed each other.
In the hearts of children, there is no failure, and no matter how strong the opponent is, they will not be afraid.
This is called the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.
Descartes' words quickly resonated with his peers, why should they be able to train in such good conditions when we were playing in the tattered vegetable fields of Pavia?
We're going to show them that the children they look down on have the power to fight back!
With such a wave of anger, the Pavia junior team and the Inter junior team soon met on the pitch.
Inter's young players can clearly feel that today's Pavia junior team seems to have an indescribable momentum, their eyes are sharp, and their performance is also very tough, which is completely different from when they met them last year.
Remember that in the two league games last year, although Pavia's trident also caused them a little trouble, Inter still won the game with their strong attacking ability, and they scored a total of seven goals in both games, which can be seen in the team's poor defense.
Today, however, the situation is suddenly very different.
The Pavia Juniors defence seemed a bit airtight, with at least ten players shrunk back into the half, leaving only one Leverard roaming the front, as if they just wanted to hold the score 0-0 until the end and rejoice when they got a point.
But Inter's teenagers know it's impossible.
As league rivals in the same region, Inter Milan could not have known anything about Pavia Juniors, and they all know that Pavia Juniors seem to have a very good striker, who almost single-handedly toppled Milan two rounds ago, their eternal rivals.
The teenager is said to be suffering from a form of anaemia that has led to his playing time being strictly controlled, as if he would play a maximum of 45 minutes per game.
But they don't care about it, isn't it just a ten-year-old kid, what can you do if you're good? The players who can represent Inter are all players who are called "geniuses" in their age group, will 11 geniuses still lose to you alone?
Milan? Maybe they just took a nap, right? You know, Milan is the biggest opponent of the Inter junior team this season, of course, in fact, only Milan has always been the opponent of Inter, so the players of Inter know Milan very well, with their lineup and strength, if it is not a nap, how can they lose to a small team like Pavia?
So Inter's young players don't care about Pavia's boys' stubborn behavior, they believe that they can break Pavia's goal at any time if they want to, even if the so-called "regrettable genius" comes on the pitch? He has only one man, but we have the attacking trident of Balotelli, Altafino and Biabiani, who have scored 46 goals in their last six games, an average of nearly eight goals per game, which is not something that a small team like Pavia can resist.
Sure enough, when the game was close to 45 minutes, the Pavia Juniors finally slackened a little before the end of the game after struggling to block Inter's onslaught in the near half, and Inter seized the opportunity, assisted by their number one striker Balotelli, and the fast horse Altafino single-handedly broke the goal of the Pavia Juniors.
This is where the difference between a professionally trained team and an amateur team understands that they have to stay focused at all times, while an amateur team can experience a lack of concentration towards the end of the game.
The Pavia Junior team had done well enough, but it was a momentary negligence that caused them to concede a goal.
The young players were frustrated after the game, and whoever it was was would be frustrating to see a goal scored towards the end of the game.
At this time, Descartes stood up again, and he cheered loudly for everyone: "Don't be disappointed, everyone, we still have 45 minutes, let's get back together in the second half, we will definitely be able to overturn Inter Milan!" Believe me, as long as we put in 200 percent effort, no one can defeat us! ”
Although his words were a little immature, his body language and passionate emotions were contagious to his teammates, and the young players raised their heads one after another, and their eyes were full of fighting spirit.
At this time, no one noticed that Monsieur Mankaard was standing behind Descartes, looking at him with a look of relief and joy.
This stubborn teenager seems to have finally grown up.
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