Chapter 16: The curtain opens
On the afternoon of August 3, 2006, the training ground in Lille was sunny and crowded. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Reeves! I love you! "Reeves! I'm going to marry you! "The voices of female fans outside the training ground came and went. Since coming out in the final round of last season and single-handedly sending Lille to the Champions League, Reeves has become the new hero of the city of Lille. In addition, Reeves inherited his mother's beauty genes, and suddenly became the prince charming in the hearts of Lille female fans.
Reeves was about to shoot into the far corner when he was kicked away by Cabaye, who was kicked high by Cabaye, and flew off the fence of the training ground to Cabaye's pretended insolent laughter.
The best relationship between the Lille first team and Reeves is Cabaye, who was born in the Lille academy, and the position does not conflict, so it is naturally closer. But Cabaye is also dissatisfied, since Reeves entered the first team, he has robbed him of the title of Lille's first beautiful man, and you can see the extent of Cabaye's loss by listening to the sound outside the training field.
Cabaye lifted his jersey with his left hand to wipe the sweat off his face, crossed his waist with his right hand, and whistled happily at Reeves, the tune turned out to be the classic song "We Are the Champions" by the "Queen" band, and his face was full of smugness, "Haha, what is this called, oh, yes, it's the desire to get away with it." I deliberately let you go, look at how chic and handsome I am with this foot. โ
Reeves grinned, smiled and shook his head, this narcissistic guy is so badly beaten, I really want to rush up and hold down and beat him.
The coach on the sidelines, Puel, had already noticed this, looked at the football flying out of the fence, and then looked at the narcissistic Cabaye, patted his head, and looked helpless, the team was really alive, so he could only shake his head, whistle, and shout to the field: "Cabaye!" Get out of here and pick the ball back. โ
As soon as Cabaye heard the manager's shout, he suddenly froze, shrunk his head, stuck out his tongue and ran off the field, and did not forget to look back at the gloating Reeves before leaving.
After another hour of practice, the training was coming to an end, and the head coach Puel gathered all the players together and began to announce the 18-man squad for the team to play in Rennes, and those who were not selected could only stay in Lille to continue training.
Reeves nervously looked at the ordinary white paper full of creases in the manager's hand, his eyes were full of longing, he couldn't wait to gallop green in the new season, Puel's voice was low, and Reeves's heart moved with the sound.
With the names being reported, Reeves began to secretly calculate, in addition to the midfielders that the coach has reported, there are only three places left for the striker, last season's team scorer Wang Odem Wenji will definitely occupy a place, and the remaining two places will be produced in himself, Kevin Milares, Larson Toure, and Fowegay.
Reeves looked at Kevin Milares first and shook his head, the Belgian hopeful star has poor physique and stamina, and he can't let go of his hands at all in the African muscular French Ligue 1, scoring only one goal in 15 games last season, and I heard that his agent is already looking for a home in La Liga, maybe La Liga is the best place for him. Reeves is confident of squeezing Milares out of the squad.
Reeves turned his attention to Larson Toure, the Guinean striker who has not been treated well by Puel and had heard that he was supposed to be loaned to the second division, but the manager kept him in the squad considering that he would have to deal with third-tier operations this season, and he will not be in the squad with a full squad and a relaxed schedule, for which Reeves is sure of his own judgment.
The 193-centimeter-tall Fowegue is mediocre in his shooting skills, but his tall figure can play a very important role in the tactical system, and Reeves and him are two different styles, one tall and one fast. With last season's top scorer Odem Winge sure to take the lead up front, Forwegay will be Reeves' biggest rival.
The last two places are estimated to be the two of them, thinking of this, Reeves calmed down, although there is a competitive relationship, but the relationship between the two is very good, usually training, a combination of high and fast, often disturbing the main team of the back line people on the back. When Fowegue was still in the youth team, Reeves, who skipped the competition, was very familiar with him, Reeves liked Foweguet, a scheming, optimistic, cheerful and hard-working big man, plus Cabaye and Debichy, these four people are Lille's famous "Friends Four", but they themselves do not recognize this title, Cabaye specially gave this four-person group a very vulgar name, "Lille Four Young". They usually train together, live on the same floor of the dormitory, go shopping together, play together, and on the streets of Lille, as long as you see the figure of one of them, you will definitely find traces of the other three, if not all four of them have their own girlfriends, others will definitely suspect their sexual orientation.
Reeves, who was wandering the world, seemed to hear someone call his name, "Reeves." โ
"Huh?" Reeves replied subconsciously.
As a result, it was instantly surrounded by laughter.
Puel looked helplessly at Reeves, who looked at him at a loss: "Don't you want to go to Rennes?" โ
"What are you doing in Rennes?" Reeves hasn't slowed down yet, "Go to Wren!" I read it again and finally realized what was happening. He replied loudly: "Of course I want to go!" Who said not to go. โ
Puel looked helplessly at Reeves, who was surrounded by everyone to congratulate, and sighed lightly, what a troublesome little guy, but the arc of the corner of his mouth was quietly hooked.
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In the Rennesbalthazar Hotel late at night, Fowegay, who was in the same room, was playing games next door, while Reeves was lying quietly on the loose big bed, and in normal times, he must be next door at this time to grab the gamepads of Foweiguet, Cabaye and Debichy, but at the moment he didn't have the heart to play next door, and he was going to play against Rennes tomorrow, although it was not the first time to play a professional game, but he was still a little nervous, and he was not interested in playing video games next door.
Reeves stared blankly at the ceiling full of black and white lines, but his mind was thinking about the highlights he had just watched, money is easy to do, although the money on his body was not enough to buy a team, but it was more than enough to hire some people as scouts, and in the summer he entrusted people to video the warm-up games of various giants in Ligue 1 and collect the data of the defensive players of each team, which was more detailed than the club's preparation materials.
Reeves just watched mainly the highlights of the warm-up match of the Rennes team, although he was not included in the list just announced, but Reeves was ready to come on as a substitute at any time, and the scores of Rennes' several warm-up games were certainly not his interest, and his focus was on Rennes' defensive big man Mensah.
The impression of the opponent who played once last season was that of a muscular and simple-minded black man, but Reeves repeatedly replayed Mensah's movements and runs in the game to mark the opponent's attacking core, and was surprised to find that the nickname "The Rock of Gibraltar" was not for nothing, with clean movements, good awareness and excellent physical fitness, which was very difficult to deal with.
It seems that last season it was because of the opponent's underestimation that he was allowed to play freely like that. If you are right this time, you will definitely focus on taking care of yourself, in this case, you can only outwit the enemy, but how to deal with it, whether to show the enemy to be weak, lure the snake out of the hole or what, Reeves thought about it, and unconsciously fell asleep.
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"Hello audience friends! I'm your old friend Dugarry! Next to me was the special guest, Mr. Marco Simeone. Welcome to the Rue de la Rennes-Lorient stadium, where the highlight of the first round of Ligue 1 will be played today, with Rennes playing at home against Lille, a true revenge match, the last game of last season, where Lille miraculously reversed Rennes and shattered their European dreams. With no European games to play, Rennes, who have limited financial strength, have not been able to retain the main players in the squad, and Rennes, who had the best squad in recent years last season, have been shattered this summer. Dugarry, a gold medal commentator on French television Canal+ and a former member of the 1998 World Cup and UEFA Nations 2000 winners, sat in front of the commentators and narrated the match with his partner (former Italy international) Marco Simeone.
"Yes, it's a game full of revenge, let's see the difference between the line-ups of the two sides and the last time, after a summer, Lille has not changed much, Rennes is different, manager Boroni and a group of important players have moved away, the main scorer Alexander. Frei defected to Dortmende for 4 million, midfield duo Kim Karlstrรถm, and Joan Gourcuff transferred to Lyon and AC Milan for 8 million and 4.5 million respectively. In order to maintain the strength and size of the team as much as possible and recover the losses, the club brought in two experienced players, Moreira and Da Cherou, both of whom were on the starting line-up for this game, as for the replacement effect, let's wait and see. Simeone's first commentary, his words were very tactful, and he didn't dare to offend people, but it can be seen in his words that he was more optimistic about Lille and retreated.
"Maybe people are more concerned about Rennes' bitter master Napoleon last season. Whether Reeves starts or not, according to the starting list he just got, in the last game of last season, the talented young player Reeves, who came off the bench and kicked Rennes out of the European zone, was put on the bench by the head coach in this game. Dugarry has no such concerns, his qualifications are old, and he is not afraid of offending people, focusing on Reeves who kicked Rennes out of the European zone in the last game, and deliberately added a modifier in front of Reeves' name that annoyed Rennes fans, and sighed lightly, "It can be said that Reeves kicked Rennes to pieces, if Rennes still has European games to play this season, he will definitely be able to retain those main players, at this moment Rennes's fans and players must hate this kid, so if this kid plays, then the enemy will meet, The scene must have been exciting, but alas. โ
"It's normal, after all, Reeves is only 16 years old, his career has just begun, and playing the main team too early is not good for his development, but I believe that this season, Puel, who has always been good at training young players, will slowly increase Reeves' playing time and provide a relatively relaxed environment for his development." Simeone avoided the important and did not echo the topic of Dugari's fearlessness, only agreeing with Reeves's lack of start.
Dugarry just smiled, and also changed the topic, following Simeone's words: "It is rumored that Lille has been in contact with Metz's Guinean striker Jura in the second half of last season, and the two sides have almost talked, but in the last game Reeves's magical performance impressed Puel and Lille management, and finally gave up on bringing in Jura and focused on developing Reeves this season." โ