Ranocchia, the youngest player in Fiorentina's first team, had already played in Serie A last season at the age of 18.

Although there are not many opportunities to play, most of the time Ranocchia is drawn to play in the development team and youth team, but Ranocchia is full of confidence in his future in Fiorentina.

Ranocchia is well aware of his place in the team, with Vincent Kompany and Thiago in the main force. Silva, even Ujfarusi and Dainelli are both experienced and outstanding seniors, so last season, he only played in the Coppa Italia and made five substitute appearances in the league.

Fortunately, this summer, Gamberini switched to Roma, which gave the Italian handsome boy hope, and he came on as a substitute for Dainelli in the second leg of the Champions League qualifying match with Feyenoord and appeared on the big stage of the Champions League for the first time.

In the Fiorentina team, although Ranocchia did not play much, his potential was unanimously recognized by the coaching staff.

After Degan's transfer to Fiorentina last season, he was the first player to be finalized, and it can be said that it was because of Degan's appearance that it completely changed Ranocchia's football career.

Without Digan's handpicking, Ranocchia would have spent his career at the small club of Arezzo until 2008, when he joined Genoa and was loaned to Bari to play in Serie B, a season in which he was one of Bari's promotion goals.

Returning to Genoa after his loan spell, Ranocchia also had plenty of room to prove himself with Papastathopoulos moving to AC Milan.

Later, with his excellent performances at Genoa, Ranocchia caught the attention of Inter Milan, and Moratti bought half of his ownership, although Inter Milan had plenty of personnel at centre-back at the time, and he could only continue to play for Genoa.

However, with Inter's backline ageing and Lucio, Samuel, Córdoba and Materazzi all over 30, Rivas proved to be unusable, and Inter's complete acquisition of Ranocchia had to be accelerated.

Finally, on December 27, 2010, Genoa and Inter Milan finally agreed on the ownership of the other half of La Nocchia, and Inter contributed another 12.5 million euros, which means that the total value of La Nocchia reached 19 million euros. Subsequently, Inter Milan officially announced the official signing of La Nocchia, and Nesta, who is already the main central defender in Italy, officially joined the Meaza Stadium.

But things didn't go as smoothly as one might think, with Ranocchia, the tall young centre-back, coming to the Nerazzurri with the title of 'Nesta II'.

In the Apennines, where the art of defence is celebrated, a young centre-back is seen as the cornerstone of a team's rebuild, and Inter Milan's introduction of Ranocchia is the cornerstone of this foundation.

In the history of transfers, the Nerazzurri have missed out on Nesta, which they regret for a long time afterward, so the management don't want to miss out on Ranocchia again.

Of course, in order to introduce Ranocchia, Inter Milan paid a very high price, which was a heavy investment of more than 10 million, and even did not hesitate to let go of Destro, the hope star of the youth training system.

However, the actual development of the United States Haode concept will not be smooth sailing, and in layman's terms, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. In the following year and a half, it was discovered that Ranocchia's development was indeed far from expected, and fans expressed their disappointment with the hopeful.

In his second season with Inter Milan, Ranocchia made just 14 appearances for Inter's first team, and in the 14 games he played, Inter Milan conceded 19 goals, and in those 14 games, Inter Milan's record was 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats, including two Champions League defeats. If Cesena with a header was the only shining point of the season for Ranocchia, the 3-0 defeat at home to Bologna was the epitome of his performances throughout the season.

All of a sudden, the praise seemed to disappear all at once, and people began to dig into the reasons why Ranocchia could not succeed at Inter.

First of all, in terms of physical fitness, people judge whether a central defender is physical or not, and the key is to look at these points: "confrontation", "speed", "balance", "height".

And this is especially based on the ability of "confrontation", of course, there are also masters with relatively average physical fitness but can rely on consciousness to make up, such as Nesta.

But for the vast majority of centre-backs, it's better to be born with a lack of height like Cordoba than to fight against weaknesses. And Ranokchia's biggest weakness is his ability to fight, in direct one-on-one physical confrontations, Ranocchia has almost no advantage.

At the same time, the speed of Ranokia, especially the speed of turning and chasing, is another obvious disadvantage, and due to the reason of height and size, Ranokia's body balance is not good.

Ranocchia also has a bad habit when defending one-on-one, that is, he likes to grab his feet when he is not sure, maybe his long legs do occupy a certain advantage in steals, but an experienced defender is often stuck in the position first, and then grab the ball, even if he can't grab the ball, he has to force the offensive player to the dead corner, because as a barrier in front of the goalkeeper, once it is broken, it is likely that there will be no protection behind him, not to mention that his recovery speed is particularly slow.

The evaluation of defensive awareness is relatively empty, and it is also a question that seems to be very deep and indeed very deep, and it can be seen in Ranocchia's body that the defensive attitude is haode, and the sense of filling is also good, basically his teammates lose their positions, and he will do his best to make up for it. But in fact, to be honest, these are not "talents", they can only be regarded as "attitudes".

What is the so-called talent for defensive awareness?

It is the temperament of the unruly and the accurate judgment of a clear defensive thinker, perhaps this talent does exist in Ranocchia, but it has not been fully displayed.

These shortcomings in Ranocchia have not been improved by the move to Fiorentina, he still has shortcomings, and his shortcomings are still very obvious, but when Prandelli asked him who should be with Thiago when he played against AC Milan. When Silva partnered, Digan did not hesitate to call Ranocchia's name.

Ranocchia does have a lot of shortcomings, but these shortcomings, except for a very small number of very young and highly talented central defenders, those flaws exist in almost the vast majority of young defenders.

Moreover, Ranocchia transferred to Fiorentina, his football trajectory itself has changed, and the shortcomings of Jishu can be constantly improved, but the psychological problems are not so easy to solve, but now Ranocchia has a more relaxed growth environment.

Fiorentina is different from Inter Milan in the future, in the backline, Thiago. With Silva and Vincent Kompany just as young, and veterans like Ujfarusi and Dainelli at the helm, Ranocchia doesn't have to take on too much responsibility, and his task is to grow patiently.

In the previous life, the reason why Ranocchia was almost abolished at Inter Milan was because Inter Milan's attitude towards young players was too quick to achieve quick success.

Deegan has always felt that it may be more practical to treat young people, not to exaggerate their talents, to rationally understand their abilities, to give them a growth process, to give them the opportunity to make mistakes, and to give them the opportunity to slowly rise to the top, rather than playing under the pressure of being a star from the beginning.

In any case, Ranocchia is just a young man, if he is an ordinary person, maybe he is still in college, waiting to go out into society, everyone has been young, and maybe everyone has been confused when they were young, and they have all made mistakes of one kind or another.

Now La Nocchia, who has gone through the turning point of his career, in Fiorentina, he is not the second of anyone, he is just La Nocchia, a young central defender waiting for his chance on the bench.

Half a day of training, because tomorrow is the match against AC Milan, so the training subjects are quite relaxed, and when the training is over, the team-mates are ready to leave.

"Andrea!"

Ranocchia turned around, with surprise on his green face, although he has been a teammate for a season, but there is not much communication between him and Degan, more often, Ranocchia looks up to his idol Degan with a fan-like fanatical look.

"Captain! You call me? ”

Deegan gestured to Ranocchia, Ranocchia didn't know why, he couldn't guess, but someone guessed clearly, Montolivo patted him on the shoulder in a friendly way when he passed by Ranocchia.

"Come on, Andrea, I bet something good has come to you!"

Ranocchia still didn't understand, but Deegan called him, and he couldn't help but go over, and when he got to Degan, the young man stood straight, like a schoolboy ready to be reprimanded, but in fact, he and Deegan were only more than two years apart.

Deegan almost laughed out loud when he looked at Ranocchia: "Relax! Andrea! I don't mean anything else, I just want to talk to you, do you have time? Let's go have a drink! ”

Seeing that Ranocchia wanted to shirk it, Digan tilted his head and said, "Boy! Don't tell me you haven't drunk! ”

Ranocchia smiled awkwardly and scratched her hair: "Okay! Captain! ”

Deegan didn't try to correct Ranocchia's title, Captain! Sounds pretty good, too.

Out of the gate of the training base, to the parking lot, standing next to Degan's domineering Ferrari off-road car, Degan noticed that Ranocchia's eyes were full of envy.

Deegan patted his car, looked at Ranocchia and said, "Andrea, do you want to give it a try!" ”

Compared with Degan, who is synonymous with high wealth and handsomeness in football, Ranocchia, who now has an annual salary of only 150,000 euros, obviously belongs to the ranks of small slings, and this car is simply desirable and unattainable for him.

Hearing Deegan say this, Ranocchia was also full of longing: "Is it really possible?" ”

"Absolutely!" Deegan said, throwing the car keys to Ranocchia, and turned to take the co-pilot's seat, "Get in the car!" I'll take you to a good place! ”

Ranocchia sat in the driver's seat full of trepidation, started the car, and drove away.

The good place that Deegan said, in fact, is indeed his least favorite place, a wine culture salon, where the most famous brands of wine in all of Europe, and the people who come and go are either rich or expensive, in Florence, it can be regarded as a landmark place.

As soon as he entered the door, Ranocchia was stunned, looking at the polite hospitality, the splendid decorations, and the red wine that cost hundreds of thousands of euros, all of which were obviously not accessible to him at this stage.

"Captain! Here~~~~~~~~"

Deegan smiled and said, "I don't like it here, to put it more simply, I don't like to be on the same occasion with a bunch of hypocrites and sluts, breathing the same air, but you know what it means to be able to enter this door?" ”

Ranocchia shook his head blankly.

Deegan laughed: "Money! Only the rich can come to this kind of place to splurge! ”

Seeing that Ranocchia frowned slightly, Digan continued: "I brought you here, not to show off anything to you, but to tell you a truth, as long as a person gets ahead, you can have a lot of things you can't imagine, famous cars, famous wine, and women!" ”

Under the guidance of the waiter, the two went to a quiet place and sat down: "Can you feel it?" Isn't it full of the rancid smell of money everywhere, but money is exactly the most indispensable thing for a person! ”

"Look at me now, do you know that I can have everything?"

Ranocchia lowered his head and said, "Because you're a star!" ”

"That's right!" Deegan snapped his fingers, "Because I'm a star, I can kick the ball into any team's goal, so I'm in the category of successful people now, so what about you?" Ranocchia, what do you think? ”

"I~~~~ I'm still young!"

"Shit!" Deegan scoffed, "Young! Is this a reason? At your age, I've already led Atalanta to the Serie A and Coppa Italia double! Andrea, I think you know very well yourself and what the coach and the club expect from you, you have a very good potential, these are not words from me, but the coach, I want to tell you that he has high hopes for you! ”

Ranocchia couldn't help but feel a little excited when he heard this, and being valued by the coach was a joy in itself.

"Andrea, what you're missing now is a chance to prove yourself."

When Ranocchia heard this, he was even more moved, he is not a stupid person, how can he not understand what Degan means, he has never been a person who dares to be ordinary, he also wants to succeed, he wants to have everything, if he didn't know what success was before, then now he understands that Deegan is like a mirror, representing success.

Think back to Degan's car and look at everything around him, these are all he can have, if he can make it.

Seeing that the heat was almost over, Digan smiled and said, "Don't heat your head, boy! You're still far from it! Success doesn't happen in a single game, yes! The coach told me that he thinks you can take on more responsibility, tomorrow against AC Milan, you will be the main player and Thiago, Andrea, I want you to tell me, are you ready, are you ready to try to succeed? ”

How should Ranocchia answer?

He didn't know, he didn't even know how he got home!

When he woke up from a sleep, he felt like his blood was burning as he recalled every word Deegan had spoken to him last night.

Is the opportunity really here?

Looking at the few tickets he threw on the ground, which Digan gave him last night, he asked him to invite his family to the San Siro to watch the game and watch him play for Fiorentina for the first time as a main player.

"Hooray!"

Ranocchia suddenly shouted, and soon his parents, sister, sister, and brother all came in, and the family looked at Ranocchia in amazement.

"Andrey? What happened to you? Old Ranocchia frowned at his son.

His son has always been his pride, he used to be a player, but his career was anything but unsuccessful, and after a few years of staggering, he chose to retire in his twenties and then became a truck driver.

Ranocchia was able to join Fiorentina and was regarded by the whole family as a great opportunity to change his fate, but Ranocchia failed to become a blockbuster as they imagined and quickly became the main player of Fiorentina, although slightly disappointed, but fortunately, Ranocchia is still very young and has a future.

When Ranocchia saw his family, he let out a daxiao and pounced, hugging each family member, making the family even more worried.

"My dear! What's wrong with you? Ranocchia's mother looked worriedly at her beloved eldest son.

"I'm fine, Dad, Mommy, Christine, Rachel, Philip! I am fine! It's really good! Ranocchia was a little incoherent, and he wanted to make his family proud of him, "Today's game, Dad!" You know? Today's match, your son, me, future shijie superstar Andrea. Ranokia! I'm going to make my debut for the great Purple Lily Fiorentina for the first time, I'm going to be the main player, the main team, how about it, isn't it great!? ”

Listening to Ranocchia's shouting, the whole family froze.

Main!?

How is this possible!?

Old Ranocchia was the first to reflect: "Andrey! Are you telling the truth? ”

"Of course, know Rod? Our captain Degan, he told me personally, he was the one who drove me home last night, he told me the way I should go in the future, he was the best guy, he told me that I was going to be the main team and go to AC Milan! ”

When Old Ranocchia listened, a smile immediately bloomed on his face, and he suddenly hugged Ranocchia in his arms: "Andre! It's just amazing, I'm so proud of you, really! I'm so proud of you! ”

The whole family celebrated, and Ranocchia remembered that he was going to gather with the army and go to Milan together, and the whole family was in a hurry.

By the time the Ranocchia family felt the Florentina training ground, the others had already arrived.

"Go ahead! Andre! Go be with your teammates and remember! You are the best, you can be the best star on Shijie! ”

Ranocchia took a deep breath and walked over to his teammates with trepidation.

Prandelli, who was already in the car, looked at the nervousness on Ranocchia's face and frowned: "Rod! You're sure you've settled what I told you yesterday. ”

It was really hard for Degan to describe his current mood, he clearly remembered that when he sent Ranocchia home yesterday, this hairy boy who was only two years younger than him was like a lit cannonball, and his whole body was full of fighting spirit.

But what is it now?

Looking at the nervous appearance of Ranocchia, it doesn't look like a player who is ready to prove himself on the big stage, but like a country. People. The party is captured and thrown to the battlefield to be used as cannon fodder.

Prandley's skeptical eyes made Degan very unhappy, and he could only bite the bullet and say, "I think it should be fine!" ”

It should be no problem!

Deegan repeated it to himself again in his heart, but who can say for sure!

Jiashi, who watched Ranocchia's family go out, obviously saw this game as an opportunity to change the fate of the whole family, but if Ranocchia can really perform well in this game, maybe they really have a chance.

The whole team got into the car, and Ranocchia waved goodbye to his family, and they drove themselves to Milan.

As the bus started, Prandley announced the starting line-up for the game, which was the first time he had previously announced the main line-up the day before the game, at the end of training.

When Prandelli announced that Ranocchia would be the starting agent today, the atmosphere in the car suddenly changed, and Dainelli, although disappointed, accepted calmly, he is now the team's second captain, and he is not a person used to causing trouble.

The face of the Czech, Ujfarusi, became a little angry, maybe if it was Dainelli, he would have accepted it, but now he actually lost to a hairy boy, which made him very dissatisfied.

But even so, Ujfaroohi still did not choose to vent his dissatisfaction, everyone knows that this is Degan's team, and after seeing Degan's temper, no one dares to go wild on Degan's turf.

Other teammates who did not have a position conflict with Ranocchia began to congratulate Ranocchia after being stunned for a moment, after all, this young man has a very good personality and is usually very popular in the team.

And most importantly, after yesterday's training, Degan deliberately kept Ranocchia, and although they didn't know what happened, everyone subconsciously attributed Ranocchia to Degan's people, just like Pacini and Montolivo.

Deegan looked at Ranocchia with a shy smile on his face, and said secretly in his heart: Boy! Whether you succeed or not is up to you!