Chapter 13: Super Cup
After the lively joining ceremony, Deegan quickly changed his role and devoted himself to Barcelona's preparations for the new season.
However, unlike the star-studded moon in Florence, Digan soon felt that many people in Barcelona rejected him.
Guardiola accepted him quickly, although he was reluctant to let Digan join his team at first, and did not even attend the press conference of Digan joining, but he quickly adjusted his mentality, after all, Digan has come, he has no way to let Digan leave, he can only accept, and there is an extra super player under his hand, which is also good for Guardiola.
But those teammates are different, in training, Degan is basically treated as an air man, a few people are willing to take the initiative to communicate with Degan, and the rest are on Messi's side.
Although Messi did not fight with Digan openly, he was unwilling to accept the existence of a person who would make him lose his central position, and it was in this peculiar atmosphere that Barcelona's preparations for the new season began.
Before Degan joined, Barcelona had completed three weeks of money in Asia, and the next thing to do was to play warm-up matches and recover his form.
In a few warm-up games, Digan was also entrusted with a heavy task by Guardiola, although he was no longer the absolute core when he was in Fiorentina, but he was able to stand at the front of the team's formation and complete the task of attacking the city, and Digan was willing to accept it.
And Digan's outstanding state also made the Catalan media happy, and began to sing praises to Digan, you know, at the beginning, they were all enemies of Digan, but now that Digan has become their own people, they are also willing to play the racial attributes of the wallgrass.
Not to mention Barcelona fans, watching Barcelona is in great shape, and several warm-up games are won by big scores, including classic events such as the 7:1 sweep of Serie A powerhouse Lazio, it is natural to be happy.
They all seem to have forgotten that it was Degan's goal at the World Cup in South Africa that kept Spain out of the final.
However, it is not surprising that Barcelona is located in Catalonia, and Catalans themselves have little sense of belonging to Spain.
Guardiola after a few warm-up games, also a little relieved, he was most worried about the fight between Digan and Messi on the field, or simply the fight between Digan and the entire La Masia faction, which will lead to a decline in the team's combat effectiveness, but after these games, although Digan and Messi have little communication, they seem to be very tacit on the field, as if the two have been playing together for a long time.
In fact, there is nothing surprising that Messi regards Deegan as the main opponent, and naturally knows a lot about Degan's way of playing, and although Deegan does not mean to treat Messi as an opponent, but since he has come to this team, as a professional player, he does not exclude taking the initiative to integrate into the team and understand the partner on the field.
This may be that he has been an opponent for too long, but he has figured out the opponent's martial arts routines.
Barcelona have been playing warm-up games and recuperating their fitness for the first game of the season against Real Madrid.
Unlike the Italian Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup is divided into two legs, home and away, and the winner is decided through two games.
Although it is only a chicken rib competition, because it is the first championship of the season, and the opponent is Real Madrid, an old enemy, Barcelona also attaches great importance to it.
Digan himself also hopes that through these two games, he can completely gain a foothold in Barcelona, of course, this foothold does not mean that he is accepted by other players, he has never been a compromised, since people are not willing to be friends with him, he does not need, let alone inferior to please others, what he has to do is just to establish his position in the team, as for the core, as long as he can show more strength on the field, the position of the core will naturally shift towards him.
What Deegan has to do now is to work hard in training, and he believes that Guardiola is a very professional coach, and Guardiola will definitely be able to see his efforts.
God favors hard-working people, and although Deegan does not believe in God, he believes in himself!
Coming to a new environment, everything has to start again, although the current Digan has the halo of the World Cup champion, but he does not regard these as his own capital, he always does his best in training, even if it is a warm-up match for training, he will be meticulous to complete, in the face of every opportunity, he will not let go.
The first step, as Digan said to Zahavi, is that he is here to compete, but he is not going to be the boss of the team as soon as he arrives, and as for that position, he believes that sooner or later it will be his.
It has been more than two weeks since he came to Spain, during which Degan played four warm-up games for Barcelona, three starts, one substitute, and scored a total of eleven goals in four games, and his outstanding performance was unanimously praised by the media.
Now, Degan's daily life is to train, and then return to the hotel, although Russell promised to prepare an apartment for Degan to live in, but was rejected by Degan, before he came to Spain, he had entrusted Zahavi to help him buy a villa, and now he has basically found it, and is going through the procedures.
Another day of training is over, and in two days, it will be the Spanish Super Cup, and once again facing Kaka on the field, Degan's heart is also faintly excited.
Driving home, currently in the team, Degan has no friends to talk to, although the nightlife in Spain is very exciting, but Degan is not interested, he would rather return to the hotel as soon as possible, and then talk to Park Ji-yeon on the phone.
Speaking of which, Deegan is only 25 years old now, and he has found a person he really likes, and he is in love, but it's a pity that both of them have their own jobs, get together less and leave more, and complain to each other on the phone, which is naturally unavoidable.
As soon as I entered the door, I changed my clothes, and before Di Gan could call Park Ji Yeon, the phone rang first, and after looking at the number, Di Gan couldn't help but laugh.
"Hey! Ricardo! I thought you forgot about your brother! ”