I wasn't too excited to see Messi, after all, the two had made an appointment to meet before they came, and they usually had phone contact, but Chen Mo never expected Pekerman and Zanetti to come!

"Mr. Pekerman, long time no see! This is my girlfriend Kaoru Tsukiike. ”

took off the sunglasses on his face, and walked to the three of them with Yuechi Kaoru in the surprised eyes of foreigners, Chen Mo hugged Pekerman with a happy smile on his face, and reached out to rub Messi's soft black hair by the way, while Yuechi Kaoru bowed slightly to the three like a little daughter-in-law and said hello.

"Haha, I haven't seen you for a few years, I really didn't expect your little guy to grow to this height."

In the end, it can be regarded as a descendant army, seeing Chen Mo, Pekerman was also very happy, with a kind smile on his face, he nodded to Yuechi Kaoru, and turned sideways to reveal Zanetti beside him: "This, I shouldn't need to introduce too much, right?" ”

"Of course, hello Mr. Zanetti, I'm Chen Mo."

There is no Argentina who does not know Zanetti, Chen Mo showed a mouthful of big white teeth and stretched out his right hand.

Unexpectedly, Chen Mo didn't feel nervous at all in the face of his Argentine senior, Zanetti stretched out his right hand and smiled: "When I came, Mr. Pekerman told me that you are a little guy with a very unique personality, and now I see that this is really the case, haha." ”

"Oops, Mr. Pekerman is talking nonsense again."

Chen Mo teased a few words, looked to the side, because Zanetti was on the side, a little shy and didn't speak Messi, and stretched out his hand to hug the other party: "I said, why is this guy still so shy in the past two years, how can he chase Antonella in the future?" Oh! By the way, speaking of which, I also brought you a gift. ”

As he spoke, under the gaze of the three of them, Chen Mo took out a few beef kidneys from his bag and stuffed them into the hands of the three of them: "Na, Mr. Pekerman didn't ask me for it in advance, so I only prepared a few." You can taste it when you go back, the British specialty [beef kidney pie], the man can't stand it when he eats it, and the woman screams when he eats it. ”

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A gust of cold wind blew, weighing the instant noodle box in his hand, glancing at Chen Mo, who looked familiar in front of him, and then at Messi, who was so shy that he didn't dare to speak.

Did these two children really grow up together? Zanetti felt his three views shocked.

After a brief greeting and receiving the gifts, Pekerman shouted for everyone to get into the car.

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The off-road BMW was driving on the street full of baroque buildings, in the back seat, Chen Mo, who was sitting between Kaoru Yuechi and Messi, looked at the street scene that kept crossing outside the glass, and looked sideways at Messi: "I said you guy, why didn't you tell me in advance when Mr. Pekerman came?" ”

"I just found out out of the blue."

There was no "stranger" in front of him, Messi was obviously a lot more relaxed, and secretly rolled his eyes, at this time Pekerman in the co-pilot turned around: "It was Messi who I suddenly contacted, originally I came to Italy this time to talk to Zanetti about the World Cup, and then I thought that the two of you were also coming to Italy, so I called it." ”

"Yes, the day after tomorrow, our Inter Milan will play Juventus here, and I didn't expect to meet you to participate in the Golden Boy Award."

Zanetti held the steering wheel with his hand, Chen Mo was stunned, glanced at Messi, and leaned forward on the back of the seat: "The World Cup? What's up? ”

Hearing Chen Mo's somewhat anxious voice, Pekerman smiled sideways: "Do you want to play in the World Cup?" ”

“！”

“！”

Chen Mo was instantly struck by lightning, and the whole person flicked directly, and the left hand that was placed on the long leg of Yuechi Kaoru's stockings unconsciously tightened, causing Yuechi Kaoru to roll his eyes frequently.

"Mr. Pekerman, are you telling the truth?! Can we go to the '06 World Cup?! ”

Chen Mo just wanted to ask something, Messi, who had always been very shy, instantly squeezed his head out of his side, looking at Messi's little face that turned red with excitement, Pekerman nodded and shook his head: "You two have played very well this season, but there is still a year and a half before the World Cup in Germany, so now I can't tell you whether you will be selected or not." I've called you this time to get a glimpse of what you think, and to get a sense of what you think."

At this point, Pekerman looked at Zanetti, "And, let's talk about whether you can accept my idea of building a team." ”

"The idea of building a team? I understand. ”

Chen Mo nodded, leaned back and leaned against the backrest, his eyes thoughtful.

The World Cup is the most influential stage in the world, and although it is also a football cup, the nature of the World Cup is completely different from that of the five major leagues and even the Champions League.

The World Cup is a national team participating in the project, and there are restrictions on personnel selection, unlike clubs that can buy people all over the world and carry out targeted reinforcements in various positions, so the vast majority of teams participating in the World Cup will have obvious shortcomings, such as the central defenders can't match [one high and one fast], for example, the right side is full of talents, and the left side doesn't even have a hair, so you can only let the veteran go to make a cameo or something.

Secondly, the club gets along with each other every morning and evening, and the players have a very tacit understanding with each other and know what the other party is going to do next, while the national team often starts a training camp of one to two months before the game.

It is difficult to cultivate tacit understanding in a month or two of intensive training, whether it is the passing and cutting coordination on the offensive side or the offside position on the defensive end, this requires a strong tacit understanding, so the World Cup stage is a very test of personal ability, and it is also a stage that highlights personal ability!

Whether it is a pseudo-god who sucks the blood of his club teammates, or a real strong person with strong personal strength who can change the situation in that lightning and flint, everything will be known in the World Cup.

But no matter what it is, in the World Cup, where the tacit understanding between players and players is not high, and the team is very likely to have shortcomings, the whole team unites as one and makes the atmosphere in the whole locker room work hard, which is the most important point!

If the team is not united, what is done to bully the small, and the love stack does not go, then Portugal, ranked eighth in the world, may also lose to Morocco, ranked 34th in the world!

Thinking of this, Chen Mo glanced at Zanetti through the rearview mirror.

As an Argentine player, he naturally knows that Argentina is a national team with extremely serious infighting, and the reason is that the people of this country are too wild, almost all of them are thorns, and the most fierce ones are Inter's Veron and Yellow Submarine's Riquelme.

Both of these are big-core plays, requiring the whole team to be completely in the hands of them, and it is almost impossible to coexist.

"So. Am I a spoiler? ”

Thinking of this, Chen Mo's face was a little strange, and he didn't notice that the co-pilot, who had been casually perfunctory to Messi, quietly observed Chen Mo through the rearview mirror, and the corners of Pekerman's mouth hooked up a hint of smile and a hint of helplessness.

If he could, he would very much like to use Riquelme, after all, Riquelme won the World Youth Championship in 97, he was the head coach at the time, Riquelme can be said to be his descendant, but.

Looking at the scenery passing by the window, Pekerman shook his head helplessly.

He had been to Spain once before coming to Italy and had a conversation with Riquelme, who was delicate and fragile at heart, and during the conversation he had made a vague statement that he did not want a player with bigger names and seniority than him, which would have made him uneasy.

These are undoubtedly Zanetti, Samuel, Veron, these long-established old players.

Give up the veteran for Riquelme?

Pekerman thought about it seriously.

Although Perón is very strong, it is easier to cooperate this time than Riquelme, that is, between the two sides, and even because Riquelme has cooperated with him, but in addition to Veron, there are Zanetti and Samuel!

Zanetti is not the best full-back in the world, but since starting at Inter, he has been able to break into the top five in the world every year, and he is also a versatile player who can play as a full-back as well as a central midfielder!

As for the "rock" Samuel is also the world's top five central defenders, or even the top three, as a central defender, he was brought to the Bernabeu by Real Madrid for 25 million euros this summer, you must know that Beckham's transfer fee to Real Madrid is 35 million euros, and he is also known as the strongest central defender in Argentina in the past ten years, much better than Solin or something.

"It's a shame that these two people don't bring it!"

Glancing at Chen Mo through the rearview mirror, Pekerman closed his eyes and leaned back in his seat.

Soon, the car drove to the hotel where she lived, and because the things to be talked about later were related to the national team, Kaoru Tsukichi was not easy to join, so she had to be placed in the hotel first.

This is also in the heart of Kaoru Tsukichi, compared to the outstanding talent in karate, she can't understand football tactics or anything, and then came to Italy mainly to participate in Chen Mo's first major award, and secondly, to visit Italian luxury stores, you must know that whether it is Armani or Gucci, or Pudara and Bulgari are all Italian brands!

But luxury is not extravagant. It depends on the person, for Chen Mo, who has signed a 100 million dollar contract with Okamoto and Adidas, it is the feeling of buying a cup of milk tea on the roadside, and his current luxury is an airplane and yacht.

Under Messi's gritted teeth and envious and hateful gaze, Chen Mo kissed Kaoru Yuechi goodbye at the door of the hotel, and then a group of four people drove to a barbecue restaurant.

"Zanetti, you take them in first, I'll make a call."

"No problem."

Getting out of the car, the cold December wind was blowing in his face, a little cold, so he quickly hugged Messi under his arm to keep warm, followed Zanetti into the restaurant, and soon came to a private room under the leadership of the waiter.

Pushing the door in, there were two bald men sitting inside.

"Cambiaso, Peron, look who I've brought."

Zanetti enthusiastically introduced the two to Cambiasso and Veron, Cambiaso was more enthusiastic, smiling and nodding, while on the other side, Veron looked very cold and didn't even look at it.

"Looks like it's a bit of a problem."

Looking at Veron's cold expression, Chen Mo had something in his eyes, but he didn't say much, and after greeting Cambiaso, he sat down with Messi on the other side of the round table.

"Xiao Mo, I feel that Mr. Peron doesn't like us."

Messi turned his head sideways and whispered, Chen Mo clasped his arms with both hands and pulled the corners of his mouth, "Definitely, we are not euros, how can anyone like it." But then again, how was it at Barcelona during this time? ”

'It's not bad, Ronaldo takes good care of me and Mr. Rijkaard gives me a lot of starts.

Messi had a simple smile on his face, Chen Mo rolled his eyes, and joked: "Many starting opportunities, you must know that I am the absolute core at Arsenal." How's it going, we're poor right wingers right now, should we come to Arsenal? When the time comes, our two brothers will definitely be able to do a great job! ”

"Woo, wo-wo——。 I don't want to be in the same team with you, lest you take all the credit for yourself when the time comes!" ”

"Hey, hey, I'm joking, okay, didn't you see that I blew you up in front of reporters and media?!"

"Anyway, I don't want to leave Barcelona, and, hmph, wait, I'll definitely slash you traitor in the future! Haha, you're Sasuke! ”

"I'll go, you're starting to watch the Hokage too?! What the hell Sasuke, I'm obviously Itachi, okay! ”

"Wo-wo——, you're not worthy of the Weasel God."

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Old friends met, and the two chatted very happily, and it was at this moment that Belon suddenly frowned and knocked on the table: "Hey, newcomer, go pour some hot tea." ”

"Huh?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go now."

Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, at this time, the silly and sweet Messi had already stood up, and was about to pour water, Chen Mo grabbed him and looked at Veron: "If you want to drink water, won't you pour it yourself?" ”

"You say it again?!"

Beron slammed the table, Chen Mo pressed Messi on the seat, and raised his eyebrows: "Is there something wrong with you?" I don't care what you do to other newcomers, don't do this to me or my friends anyway. ”

"You!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Mo spoke so unceremoniously, Veron was furious, and at this moment, the door was pushed open, and the silver-haired Peckerman pushed the door in.

Looking at the tense atmosphere in the box, and seeing Chen Mo, who obviously didn't suffer a loss, a smile flashed in Pekerman's eyes, he walked to the table and sat down, and said with a gentle smile: "Have you ordered all the dishes?" ”

"It's all ordered."

Hearing Zanetti's reply, Pekerman nodded, leaned his elbows on the table, took out a piece of white paper with a simple formation in his left hand, and swept his gaze to everyone: "Okay, then I won't talk nonsense."

First of all, the regular formation of this World Cup, I will most likely use 3313, Zanetti, if you want to be selected in the squad, I need you to study the back more during this time.

If the situation doesn't change in the past two years, and the person I fancy doesn't have a dip in form or a major injury, I'll put you in a back three with Cambiasso and Mascherano in the middle, with you and Mascherano in the left and right. ”

Let the solid Cambiaso be dragged in the middle, and then let me and Mascherano play the left and right midfielders, radiating to the defense on both flanks?

Zanetti was impressed by Mascherano, the champion of the '03 World Junior Championships, and nodded: "I don't have a problem with that. Cambiaso nodded in the same way, "It's up to you." ”

"Good, and then the midfield."

Pekerman pointed his finger on the 1 of 3313, the paper "crackled", and his eyes looked at Chen Mo and Veron: "This 1 is the core of the team's attack, and it needs to connect three midfielders in tandem backwards, and three forwards need to be contacted."

I need this player to have a lot of playmaking, ball protection, ball handling and the first point of tackling. Both of you can do the first few points, but Xiao Mo's physical fitness and defense are stronger, and he can become the first counter-grab point on the front line, so. Veron, if you make the squad, will you accept the sub? ”

Fill someone's shoes?!

Let me substitute and let a player who will only be nineteen years old at the time be the absolute core?!

As soon as these words came out, Zanetti and the others didn't dare to look at Veron, and Veron, who felt humiliated, was breathing a lot: "Mr. Pekerman, I think my strength is enough to be the main starter!" ”

"What about you, Xiao Mo?"

Pekerman did not answer, but looked at Chen Mo, who shrugged: "I have nothing to say, there is still a year and a half before the World Cup squad is determined, and our Arsenal and Inter Milan will meet in the Champions League round of 16 in two months, I will give you the answer with my actual performance." ”

'It's good, it's very scrappy, I'm going to focus on this game, and I'm sure not only me, but also Mr. Maradona, but also Barty and the coaches of other national teams.

Pekerman nodded with a smile and looked at Veron again: "Football speaks with strength, what do you think?" ”

"I can't ask for it!"

Veron stared at Chen Mo fiercely, Chen Mo rolled his eyes indifferently, Pekerman took everything into his eyes, but he just had a smile on the corner of his mouth, if he wants to become the core of Argentina, only football skills are absolutely not enough!

"Okay, next up is the striker, Leo, you're there"

"Here!"

Before Pekerman could speak, Messi stood up as soon as he could, and this time he directly gave a few people a daze, Chen Mo helplessly supported his forehead, and felt the joking eyes of several people, Messi found that he was a little too nervous, and quickly sat down embarrassed: "I'm sorry"

Did these two little guys really grow up together?

Glancing at Messi, who was too shy and shy to the point of not being like an Argentine player, and then at Chen Mo who was full of arrogance next to him, Pekerman shook his head amusedly: "Take it easy, this is just an ordinary exchange and discussion, not the final answer." ”

"I see."

"Well, let's move on. You're currently on my list, but you know, we Argentina lack defenders and midfielders, that is, there is no shortage of strikers, so. If you want to be a big part of this squad, you have to show a convincing performance for the next year and a half, just like Xiao Mo. ”

"I'll try!"

"Well, there's more."

Watching Pekerman babbling about Messi, looking at Messi who nodded submissively, and was so excited that his ears were red, Chen Mo next to him rolled his eyes helplessly.

Please, can't you hear such an obvious agitation?!

Chen Mo was speechless, Argentina does not lack strikers, but it lacks good strikers!

Now Argentina, playing in the five major leagues, and the only strikers who are famous are Saviola, Crespo and Messi!

Crespo's form has begun to decline since the 0102 season, as a core scorer, with an average of only 0.5 goals per game, Saviola has not been able to play in Barcelona after a sky-high transfer of 30 million euros, and now he has transferred to Monaco as an absolute scorer, averaging only 0.4 goals per game.

But Messi has started more and more starts this season, even in Barcelona, where the tactical system is completely centered on Xiao Luo, he has scored 7 goals in 15 rounds of La Liga games, and his ability to seize opportunities is completely different!

"It seems that Mr. Pekerman is very worried about Mei's mentality, but . . How do you feel that he is overly worried? ”

Chen Mo shook his head secretly, growing up with Messi, he naturally understood what kind of character Messi was.

Messi is very introverted and shy in the face of strangers, looking a little like a weak and helpless kitten, but as long as the atmosphere of the team makes him feel at ease, feel that he is accepted by the team and needed by the team, he will burst out with extremely strong energy.

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The meal didn't last long, and soon, in an atmosphere where everyone except Veron was happy, the party ended.

"Be careful and safe on the road."

"Got it."

At the door of the barbecue restaurant, looking at Chen Mo, who was waving his hand and leaving with Messi, and then looked at Belon, who was sulking and had reversed the car out of the garage through the glass window, Cambiaso shook his head: "Belon. Hey, I'm still too anxious, and I feel like he hasn't made a good impression in front of Mr. Pekerman just now. ”

"Yes, but when I heard that Mr. Pekerman was coming to see us two days ago, I was shocked, and I thought that this World Cup was no longer available."

Zanetti laughed, his eyes full of excitement, Cambiaso smiled and nodded: "Who's to say no, after all, Riquelme's fragile little heart everyone knows, he will definitely not let us [old guys] in the team, haha." ”

"Yes, I have to thank this little guy for that, but. Giving us a good look in the Champions League? Hahaha, what arrogance, I have to teach him a lesson! ”

"Haha, that's right! Huh! It's so cold, it's gone. ”

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(End of chapter)