Chapter 81: A Letter from Home
"Mom and Dad, how are you? I'm fine. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Under the energy-saving lamp, Shi Hao typed such a bland beginning on the faintly fluorescent laptop screen.
"Today the coach informed me that I should report to the Under-20s tomorrow. I had been training with Inter Milan's Under-18s for more than a week. It's a very good thing, and it shows that my hope of signing a contract has increased a lot. ”
"In the first two days of training, I was very average." In fact, it is very poor, Shi Hao thought to himself. When I first arrived, I didn't know what the coach asked me to do, and I couldn't communicate with my teammates. And those cattle of Inter's U18 echelon...... Is that called 18 years old? One by one is stronger than the strongest opponent he has encountered in the college league, and the training is more fierce than the final of the Chinese Second League.
However, three days later, Shi Hao still got used to it and could understand a few simple words of the coach. "Very good", "Not bad", "One more time", etc.
Once he got used to this rhythm, Shi Hao's performance in training improved by leaps and bounds, and no one could guard him in the intra-team competition. The head coach of the Under-18s worked with the youth director Roberto Brown. After Samadan talked about it, he agreed that Shi Hao was already able to stand on a higher echelon.
"But it's hard work, and now my teammates respect me." Someone used to call me a yellow-skinned monkey in private...... Shi Hao thought to himself that racial discrimination is still quite common in Italy. But for this kind of bastard, it's good to teach him how to be a man with the strength that crushes him, and you don't have to talk to him too much.
"I made two friends, one named Krissettig and the other Romano, both midfielders. I think they're all geniuses and they're going to shine in the future. But it's a little worse than me. I went to the bar with them last night, but I didn't drink. The girls here are very open, I'm not used to it, and my Italian isn't good enough, so I just sit alone in the corner and drink juice. Writing this, Shi Hao stopped and began to miss Liu Xiyu uncontrollably.
He recalled the moments they had together, every frown, every smile she had. She laughed as she listened to his jokes under the covers, and she screwed hard around his waist.
He recalled that when he entered her, she gritted her teeth and looked pained, and then her brow furrowed, and her eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of mist.
He imagined that he would stop the trial and catch the next flight back to Hewu City, and suddenly appeared in front of Liu Xiyu and hugged her tightly in his arms.
He imagined himself holding her pointed chin, gazing affectionately into her eyes, and said emotionally, "I'm back because I found that I couldn't live without you." ”
But this is not possible. Shi Hao shook his head. It is impossible to do such a thing on your own.
Because no one can make him give up football.
Liu Xiyu can't either.
Despite missing Liu Xiyu, Shi Hao would rather endure the torment of this longing, and let himself do his best to fight for the possibility of signing a contract on the training ground.
'I feel like I could play in the next Under-20 league game against Cesena and it will be the last Under-20 game before the winter break. Although the coach didn't say it explicitly, I felt that he meant it. The tryout is almost a week away, so I have to work harder and take my chances. ”
"I live in a nice place, the club arranged it for me, in the home of a die-hard Inter fan. This man's name is Donadoni, and he has the same name as the former AC Milan star. He became a die-hard Inter Milan loyalist during his time at the elder Moratti, and he was so excited that he ran naked in the yard after hearing that Inter had won the treble last year. In the past, he also entertained Zamorano, the 'Ivan the Terrible', in his house. Who is Zamorano, you can Baidu it. Shi Hao squinted, recalling some interesting things after returning to his residence in the past few days.
There is a good saying that football is the universal language of the universe. Even though Shi Hao's Italian is still terrible, with the help of gestures, he can still have a good chat with Donadoni.
Donadoni is 62 years old, his eldest son is 31 years old, and he has a 24-year-old daughter, both of whom have moved out. His wife was 54 years old, with smooth silver hair and an amiable smile on her wrinkled face. Although she is not a fan of Inter Milan, she is very supportive of her husband's watching the game. ”
Shi Hao didn't have much communication with this lovely old lady, but a kind smile and an encouraging look were enough for him to have a good impression of this old lady.
"I stayed in their son's previous room, which was tidy and not small, and it was very comfortable. Their house is a bit far from the training base, so I have to get up early every day to catch the bus, but that's fine. ”
"After being here for more than a week, the last thing I'm used to is food. Now I eat at the club every day, and I eat a standard athlete's diet, which basically has no taste to speak of, and can only be regarded as filling my stomach and replenishing calories. But I've been mentally prepared for this for a long time, and to be a professional player, it's just the basics. Writing this, Shi Hao touched his stomach. He is still a bit of a picky eater, so when he encounters these unpalatable foods, he eats relatively little. But the amount of training every day is so large, and I always get hungry after a while.
"It's a very cold climate in Italy, at least now it's much colder than Tsurumai City, and it's snowed three times so far. The weather forecast says there will be another one before Christmas. "It's fun to train in the snow, but when the snow gets a little heavier, you stop training and the club staff are out to maintain the turf.
"There seems to be a bit of turmoil at the top of the club lately, and I heard that the position of manager Benitez is a bit precarious due to poor results. Of course, this has nothing to do with me now, first of all, I have to impress the youth director Roberto with my performance. Samadon and Technical Director Marco. Monti, sign my professional contract and really become part of Inter. After that, I need to think about how to get into the manager's eyes. ”
"To be honest, the whole academy talked about Benitez in private, and the impression was not very good. Rafa Benitez has been too conservative in his use of youngsters, and Brazilian talent Coutinho, who has moved in this season, has barely played. He sits in the manager's position and the young players hardly get the opportunity to work out. If he does go, it might be a good thing for us. But again, I have to sign a contract first. ”
Shi Hao looked out of the window in a daze, looking at the unfamiliar night sky, calculating in his heart how sure he was of signing the contract.
In the past ten days, his various attributes have improved rapidly, especially his physical attributes. Fachetti's youth training center has a well-developed training facility and a set of effective training methods, which is certainly not the same as the training he trained when he was on the Shonan University team.
Under-18 manager Voltore. Serone demands perfect first touches, vision and skill, which he sees as central to his player development. His most scheduled training program is passing and receiving coordination, emphasizing the player's control of the ball at close range. In training, he asked his players to touch the ball only once, and to pursue speed and accuracy when passing. Then there are some dribbling exercises where players dribble through three triangular cones on the field.
Completing these trainings is already easy for Shi Hao, and his performance far exceeds that of his peers. But he also learned a lot in training, and as a wild player, the training of the professional team gave him a lot of inspiration and made him adjust a lot of details that he didn't usually notice.
"Without further ado, I have to go to bed early and wake up early. Mom, Dad, I love you. ”
After writing the last sentence, Shi Hao saved the email, but did not click send.
In the draft box, 4 emails have been accumulated.
The yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken. Shi Hao decided not to contact his family before signing the contract, not to give himself the opportunity to complain and complain, and not to leave himself a way out.