In the blink of an eye, it was late November, autumn had gone to the winter solstice, and the pedestrians on the street were wrapped in thick coats, but they still couldn't resist the raging cold wind.

Liège has a temperate maritime climate with mild and cool summers, except for the hottest days of early August, when you don't even need to turn on the air conditioning, and this pleasant weather situation lasts until the end of October, when the continuous rain and cold air blowing from the sea will quickly bring down the temperatures, and the short autumn will pass in the blink of an eye, and into November, when the early winter arrives, the wet and cold weather makes staying outside a harsh punishment.

Compared to the damp and cold outside, the standard Liège club base building is like another world, and the hot air passing in from the air supply makes each office warm like spring, and staying in the room makes people can't help but feel sleepy.

Standard Liege head coach Laszlo Bologni sat at his desk, sipping his coffee and refreshing himself, the 60-year-old coach was not as energetic as he used to be, and sometimes he felt tired even though he had done nothing.

A Romanian, former Romanian international and midfielder, Bologni has played hundreds of games for the Romanian national team, won the Romanian Footballer of the Year twice, and has played for a number of clubs during his career, including the famous Bucharest Star, with which he won three league titles and one Champions League.

After retiring as a football coach, Bologni still won many honours, coaching Nancy to win the Ligue 2 title, coaching Sporting Lisbon to win the Portuguese Super League, Cup and Super Cup treble in one season, and last year in Standard Liège, helping the club to win the Ligue 1 title and two Super Cups.

However, the glory of the past cannot overshadow the problems of the present, Bologni is sad, and Standard Liège has been in a bad situation lately.

In the league, Standard Liege is third at the halfway point of the fixture, a full nine points behind Anderlecht at the top of the table, and the gap is still getting bigger, and the third-tier battle has greatly affected Bologni's line-up, and they lost to sixth-placed Gent in yesterday's game.

Compared with the league, Standard Liege's Champions League results are worse, due to the gap in hard power, the first four rounds of the group stage, the team only achieved one win, one draw and two losses, and ranked third in Group H with four points, the team will leave for London in the afternoon to prepare for the game with Arsenal two days later, if the fifth round is lost, Standard Liege will become very passive, and the chance of qualifying is slim.

What bothers the old coach even more is the injury situation, the team's main lineup is injured by a small half, which is undoubtedly a disaster for the standard Liege in the third-line battle, especially in the midfield, which is in urgent need of fresh blood.

For coaches, losses can be summed up, tactics can be adjusted, playing styles can be changed, and players' emotions can be appeased, but the injury problem is unsolvable.

It's useless to think too much, the road still has to go step by step, there is only half a year left on the contract with the team, and you have to work hard if you want to stay in the team next season, so Boloni threw away the distractions in his heart, closed his eyes and pinched his eyebrows, the headache seemed to be alleviated, he barely cheered up, put on his glasses, and returned to work.

In front of him was a player report -

Basic information: Wang Nuo, 18 years old, mixed race, height 185 cm, weight 82 kg, chest circumference 108 cm, step length 170 cm, 11.2 seconds for 100 meters, 3.6 seconds for 25 meters start, body fat 7%, 82 cm in situ, left-footed player.

Position: RW, RWB, RF, RM, SS

Good position: RW, SS

Strengths: strong body, first-class speed and explosiveness, excellent ability to dribble, break through and protect the ball, good at advancing with the ball, sharp inward when playing on the wing, accurate passing, excellent physical fitness, tireless running throughout the court, strong willpower, dare to confront opponents, strong ability to seize opportunities in front of goal.

Disadvantages: not good at heading, weak organizational ability, poor defensive attributes.

Previous experience: Played football at the age of 9, trained in the Ghent and Brussels local teams, was the Most Valuable Player in the Brussels Under-15 and Under-17 cups, and joined the Standard Liege Under-19 team in the spring.

Youth League stats: As of the 15th round, 14 appearances, a total of 1,120 minutes, scored 8 goals and provided 7 assists for the team, ranking 10th in the Youth League goals list and 3rd in the assists list.

Echelon coach comments: Frontcourt player with great potential, extremely self-disciplined, promising future, professional contract recommended.

Current contract: two-year youth contract, weekly allowance of 180 euros, bonus.

Boloni carefully read the whole report, Wang Nuo is one of the core players of the U19 echelon, recommended by coach Viteant and video analyst Del Rio, Bologni had to pay attention, half a month ago he also heard that there was a Belo team in Walloni District for Wang Nuo to open a professional contract, but Wang Nuo refused, this news sounded the alarm for Bologni.

So, although he has been busy recently, Boloni still took the time to watch the training of the U19 echelon, focusing on Wang Nuo's performance.

Bologni was pleased with Wang Nuo's performance, and he saw the Portuguese in Wang Nuo's body, the same height, similar technical characteristics, and even the same serious attitude towards training and competition.

It was seven years ago, when Bologni won the Portuguese Super League, Cup and Super Cup, beating the newcomer Jose Mourinho at Porto, when Quaresma and Ronaldo were in their infancy, Brazilian striker Jadel was unbeatable at the club.

Bologni remembered these past experiences, and then looked at the player reports on the table, and suddenly felt much more pleasing to the eye.

A Chinese.

Boloni doesn't know much about Chinese players, and in his impression, it is a football desert, and he only vaguely remembers two people, one was loaned to Antwerp by Manchester United for a while, and the other was a Manchester City backfielder, but neither of them could be named.

The Chinese player Wang Nuo on the report was trained by the Belgian youth academy, and he can't be compared with "Chinese players" in the ordinary sense, so Bologni chose to believe in the vision of Viteant and Del Rio.

He is also in dire need of a wide attacker, the midfielders in the team are stretched, sign this young player, try his quality first, if it is not good, then you can come off the bench to share some pressure for the team, if you can't get a foothold in the first team, put him in the reserve team to train for half a season, where the level is higher than the U19, and the fierce competition is also conducive to the improvement of young people.

The winter break is less than a month away, and if there is no collapse before the winter break, then after two weeks of adjustment, the team's combat power will be greatly improved after the injured return to the team, perhaps stealing enough points in the second half, and there is hope to wrestle with Anderlecht in the playoffs.

As for the Champions League, Bologni didn't have much hope, and it is no surprise that Olympiacos and Arsenal will qualify, and Standard Liege has only about 20% hopes.

The question now is whether Standard Liege can hold out until the end of the winter break, if the team does not survive the third-line battle and injury wave this month, all the good ideas are useless, so before the winter break, we must dig out some fresh blood from the reserve team and echelon as soon as possible to help the team survive this difficult period.

Bologni didn't hesitate and dialed the phone of Jean-François de Sart, sporting director of Standard Liège, to talk to Wang Nuo about his new contract.