The CD was stuffed into a drawer by Zhao Yaning and never taken out again. He doesn't like to listen to songs, no matter whose songs they are. He didn't mention it to others, and when he woke up, he put it behind him and devoted himself to training.

And with the arrival of July, the team has also begun to prepare for the new season. France's competition system is not small from other countries, because there are two cups to play, the French Cup and the French League Cup, and the winter break is the longest three weeks of the five major leagues, so the French league is also the first to start. The Ligue 1 usually starts in early August, while the French second division is held as early as the end of July.

However, before the start of the real league, Ajaccio also prepared a friendly match for the team.

"We played a friendly against Lyon this year." When Kubis said the name, he was a little excited, "This is a strong team, let me learn a little hard." ”

Zhao Yaning had heard of the Lyon team. Lyon is the third largest city in France, but the team is not very good. Although their owner, Aulas, has been investing heavily since he bought Lyon in 1987, the results have not been forthcoming. Although they are good and have been doing well in Europe and even beating Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, they are still fighting for their first league title in the league.

After finishing second in the league the year before, Lyon's head coach Lacombe resigned to take on the role of special adviser to the team. Lyon's technical director, Santini, was the manager, but in Ligue 1, they only finished second in the league. Although they were lucky enough to win the French League Cup last season, the trophy was nothing spectacular, and although it cemented Santini's position, it did not satisfy Lyon.

And this summer, after a large-scale recruitment, they are said to have increased their strength significantly. Carrière was the core of the Ligue 1 title last season, and the addition of Brazilian Jrjunio Jrúnio is also big news, and Lyon's squad can be said to be much thicker.

However, it seems that Lyon still do not have the confidence and confidence that a champion team should have, otherwise, they would not be looking for a second-division team like Ajaccio to play in a warm-up game.

It wasn't until the day before they faced Lyon that the manager began to explain the new tactics.

'Our strategy was simple, stand firm and then think about attacking.

Isn't it over when you just say that the defensive counterattack? Zhao Yaning sneered.

Most of the teams in the French second division are attack-oriented. One of the characteristics of French football is that the age of the team is low, and most of the teams with low age and low level do not have the capital to play defensive football.

However, Ajaccio has been heavily promoting defensive football since Koubis took over. He doesn't have the good fortune of the Bastia next door to bring in a talented player like Michael Essien from Ghana to prop up the team, but he has the task of leading the team to promotion and Ligue 1, so his approach is to rather shrink back and play an ugly defensive counter-attack than give the opposition a chance.

"Joey, you play two wingers with Gregory."

Koubis arranges the task of the game.

"I'm the starter?" Zhao Yaning was a little surprised, "I thought I was playing as a substitute." ”

"You're seventeen. Joey, you have to understand, we are not a big team, we don't have enough depth, everybody has to come in handy, that's what we're all about, we've got you here, that's to let you play the main team, start from the bench, and slowly develop? We don't have that time. ”

Kubis replied to his words, and then drew a clear route to him on the tactics board, "Your mission. When attacking, break through on the wings. Eric will be in charge of clearing the ball and speeding up whichever one of you is given. You are very fast, this is your advantage, take advantage of it, a quick raid will cause a lot of trouble for your opponent. ”

"And in the process of moving forward, if someone stops you, don't dwell too much, if you can change direction to accelerate or pass the ball, you can use the fastest way to get past the opponent. Other ways of passing, pulling the ball, picking the ball, or other technical work, which may cause mistakes or slow speed, should not be considered! If the opponent is in trouble, pass the ball to the other touchline, so your other task is clear: when your teammates on the other wing are speeding up, you also have to follow quickly and be ready to receive the pass. ”

"But, head, our long balls are not very good, will there be a problem with the pass to the other wing?"

Grigory Lakombe asked his own questions.

"At least it's better than you guys, and I don't want you to be a master of long balls like Beckham or Roten, I just tell you to kick the ball far away so that you don't get counter-attacked. It is not necessary to pass very accurately, long passes in the counterattack process, and errors within five meters are all acceptable ranges. ”

But I'm afraid we can't control it within the rice. Zhao Yaning said something in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it.

"When you go forward, Rodriguez in the middle will follow. When it comes to the vicinity of the penalty area, the off-ball player moves closer to the ribs of the box and the ball carrier crosses to Rodriguez – remember, you can't hesitate, don't think about cutting inside, you have to pass the ball. ”

Kubis was very demanding, and the two wingers nodded their heads in quick succession to indicate that they remembered the words, and he nodded in satisfaction.

These two wingers with good explosiveness and speed are necessary conditions for him to play defensive counter-attacking tactics. On the football field, the way to get through the hand quickly is either a long pass or a fast horse, and the other means are relatively slow. There are not such good long passers in the second division, so the only thing he can consider is the speed player.

There are a lot of African immigrants in France, and it's not hard to find one or two that are fast.

But another problem is the technical characteristics. The technical characteristics of the French players are very different, the passing skills are very good, but the shooting skills are all average. For the guidance of ankle movements, the French are at the forefront of the world, but archery, they really can't. Kubis wouldn't dare to bet that his two players were different kind of good seedlings who could practice shooting skills.

Rodriguez's technical characteristics are relatively close to that of Papin, another legendary French footballer, with no speed or outstanding skills, but his shooting skills are good. Therefore, his request is to give the ball to Rodriguez and let Rodriguez be in charge of shooting.

As for the winger's inward cut-in, it must be resolutely eliminated. There are not many good opportunities for a team to defend and counterattack, and if you shoot a few shots in a game, the manager can commit suicide.

"You're the only one in the team who doesn't defend, so you're going to have a heavier task to attack than anyone else. Remember, I'm not going to give you too many people to help out because everyone else has to be in the backfield. Whether we score goals, whether we can win, whether we can upgrade or not, it's up to you. ”

Kubis's words made Zhao Yaning's blood boil a little, and he quickly nodded in agreement.

Kubis looked at the two of them and smiled, "Don't be so nervous, it's just a warm-up match, and the opponent is Lyon, don't want to win." Our original aim was to check the defensive system at the back. ”

For a team, the defense line is the most important thing, and Kubis has always been convinced of this.

"Joey, tomorrow is when you play on the left side, the main breakthrough. Lyon's left-back is Casapa, left-wing-back is Dorazo, one is a Brazil international and the other is a France international, all of them are of a high level, and it will be difficult for Gregory to succeed. On your side, although Lyon's right-back De Flander is also an international, he is only an international player of the Belgian national team after all, and the level is slightly worse. ”

In fact, whether it is Casapa or Dorazo, they can only be regarded as fringe internationals in the Brazilian national team and the French national team, but De Flanders is slightly more stable in the Belgian national team. However, Brazil and France are the champions and runners-up of the last World Cup, and the talent is when there is a blowout, Casapa's position has a genius like Carlos, and Dorasso has to compete with Pire, Carrier, Miku, Giuli and others for the national team places, relatively speaking, there is no talent in the Belgian national team, even if it is the main force, it is much worse than the fringe countries of France and Brazil.

But Zhao Yaning heard another question, "Head, may I ask, who is the full-back on my side, and will he participate in the defense?" ”

This question made Kubis shake his head, "Lyon's right midfielder is Juninho Jr., who just arrived in France this year, and I don't have a lot of information in my hands. All I know is that he's a Brazilian, 26 years old, who can play as a striker, a wing-back, a midfielder, a centre-back, a good passer, a free-kick and a fringe international, but I don't know exactly how. ”

Zhao Yaning had never heard of this name either. Although Brazilian geniuses have always been famous, when the name Juninho is mentioned, it refers to the Juninho of the Premier League, this little Juninho, and there is no impression.

But I only came to Europe at the age of 26, and it's still the French league, so the level shouldn't be high, right?

"No statistics, or transfer fee information or something?" Lacombe asked.

Kubis shook his head, "Although Brazil's Sao Paulo State League is the highest level league in Brazil, it is only a state league after all, and FIFA's statistics are not recognized. And Brazil's national league is a mess again, not even a double round-robin system, let alone recognized. There is no data at all. As for the transfer fee...... It's free to sign in. ”

This made Zhao Yaning and Lacombe quite interested.

And Kubis was willing to tell them about it.

Jujunio's parent team is Vasco da Gama, which is also a strong team in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, and in 98, it also picked up the Copa Libertadores and lost 1-2 to Real Madrid in the Toyota Cup with Real Madrid. In that game, it was Raul who scored on the Real Madrid side, while Jujunio Jr. scored by Jurjunio Jr. - and the other goal was an own goal by Nassa of Vasco da Gama.

But just a year later, Vasco da Gama was on the verge of relegation. Although the team has Romario, Jurquinjo, Juninho and other fringe internationals, if it were not for another team in the state of São Paulo, São Paulo team was found to have deducted points because of the age of the player, they would have been relegated.

Since then, the team has also started to slide, no sponsors are willing to give them money, and they owe a lot of money. In the summer of last year, Lyon proposed to buy Juninho, and the Da Gama team had opened their mouths to ask for a high transfer fee, and asked Lyon to repay the money da Gama owed to Atletico Madrid for them, which made Lyon's president, Aolas, who lived a careful life, very dissatisfied, and did not do business.

But in the winter, da Gama couldn't hold on. Romario, Juninho, Jurquinjo and others took the team to court one after another, on the grounds that da Gama was in arrears of wages. But the da Gama team really can't come up with the money, Romario is only 700,000 US dollars to pay it back, but Juninho has been in arrears all year round, and the club owes him as much as 5.4 million US dollars in wages, so much money, da Gama can't pay it out, and he is forced to continue, and there is only one way for the club to go bankrupt.

In the end, the court could only sentence that Juninho's contract with the club was terminated, but the salary was not paid.

"To say that da Gama is good enough, as soon as the contract is terminated, Juninho is not allowed to train at the club. It was winter, the winter transfer had just ended, and Juninho was still owed wages, and there was no money and no place to train, which was really miserable. ”

"Leon's hand at the opportunity? So smart. Zhao Yaning exclaimed.

"How can it be that easy? Juninho was training at Rivaldo's soccer academy to stay in shape, and he was given a living allowance by Rivaldo. It wasn't until this summer that he moved to Lyon. ”

"That Rivaldo from Barcelona?" Zhao Yaning was a little surprised.

"Hmm. It is said that Rivaldo originally wanted to recommend him to Barcelona, but Juninho was eager to play the main team in time for next year's World Cup, so he was unwilling to go to Barcelona to compete for the post, but came to Lyon. ”

A player who can go to Barcelona, has been a teammate with Romario, has broken the door of Real Madrid in the Club World Cup, and is still a friend of Rivaldo, who is eligible to compete for a seat in the Brazilian team in the 2002 World Cup, Zhao Yaning has a rough idea of what level of player this is.

"He's worse than Dorasso?" The only thing Zhao Yaning couldn't believe was this sentence.

'He's a Brazilian, he's a Brazilian striker, he's played as a striker. Which Brazilian frontcourt have you seen who is keen to defend? ”

That's true. Although the Brazilian frontcourt is talented, most of them don't like to defend, and this Juninho should be the same, right?

'It's not him that you need to worry about at all, even De Flander doesn't necessarily play, maybe it's their youngster Klecker who plays in a friendly. The main thing you need to worry about is the Cameroon international defender Vivianfo and the other Brazilian nation, defender Edmilson. The level of these people is not low, they are the focus. ”

"How are they all internationals." Zhao Yaning muttered.

"Strong team, which is not like this. Stars gathered, masters gathered. ”

Is this the case with all the strong teams?

Zhao Yaning didn't say anything.

When will I be able to become a national footballer?