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Chapter Thirteen: The Proud Asshole

Zhao Yaning didn't know what Beibei was thinking at this time. He knew very well how much trouble his actions caused Beibei.

Although he does hate his recipes.

During his training in China, Zhao Yaning also ate some so-called nutritious meals, but the domestic management is far less stringent than France, and the domestic nutritious meals are not as unpalatable as France. In China, at most, eating more beef and mutton and drinking more water, but here, everything surprised him.

However, these did not make him feel disgusted. On the contrary, he felt that "he is worthy of being a European, and he has played football for many years."

The phone call he called Beibei was just casually speaking, and on the other hand, it was because he missed home, so he complained about the bad things in Paris. Who knew that Beibei took it seriously?

In fact, he couldn't tolerate those things in his mind anymore. What he was thinking about now was more about his training.

His strength is too poor, which is the biggest dissatisfaction of the coaching staff. Although his speed and extraordinary skills make him stand out among his peers in training, his poor physical fitness is often squeezed out and he can't even protect the ball. After being squeezed out several times, Zhao Yaning angrily asked the coach for comment, but the coach's answer left him speechless.

"When training, you are naturally conceived according to the worst situation. During the game, the opponent will formulate tactics for your weaknesses. If you don't make up for your weaknesses, you will have no effect at all."

"But my speed is good and my skills are good..."

"It's okay to build on the ability to play. If you can't play, it's useless no matter how fast you are. I might as well find a rabbit to play football."

The coach's attitude made Zhao Yaning very frustrated. This training method was different from what he had seen.

In the French youth training system, personal abilities are more important than everything. In the youth training camp training here, what the coach does is to assign different tasks according to each person's different characteristics, and then let them fight. During the confrontation, the players deliberately use their abilities to fight against their opponents. As long as they do not commit malicious fouls, the coaches will not interfere.

For example, Zhao Yaning is a typical example. The coach asked him to be a winger and fixed his range of movement to the frontcourt on the right. Every time the team attacked, the right back inserted up and down, and he dribbled the ball and moved closer to the middle to seek a chance to score. This is the coach's job, but the coach will not do more. How to break through, when to shoot, and whether to pass the ball is up to him.

Zhao Yaning has seen more extreme training for the first team: everyone's running routes are marked in different colors on the ground, and you can complete the offensive routine by running according to the route. However, how to break through the opponents on the offensive route and how to get to the position at the exact time is the players' own business.

"The coaches design tactics, and the players do practical things. If you think you are using it inappropriately, you can tell me, but if you think you can't break through your opponent, then find a way."

Zhao Yaning is not adapted to this division of labor. As a Serie A fan, he has always been a tactical admirer and feels that excellent tactical concepts can better bring victory to the team. However, this training method of Ligue 1 focuses more on personal abilities rather than overall tactics, which makes him feel uncomfortable.

"Italian tactics are indeed very good, but if there are not enough stars, what's the use of their tactics? As a player, commanding ability is very rare, don't force it. Before that, just make sure you have enough tactical execution ability."

Zhao Yaning's idea was rejected by the coach again, and he could only return to the strength room to practice strength helplessly.

Just as Zhao Yaning's new day's training began, a sudden change occurred.

As usual mornings as usual, as usual morning jogging. Zhao Yaning always wakes up very early in Xia, which makes him complete exercise, meals and other work before eight o'clock, and arrives at the Power Room early.

What unexpectedly was that there was already a person training here in the strength room on this day.

"Hello..." Zhao Yaning saw someone there, so he quickly said hello. This is his always-behaved principle. He is polite in any case and always has no harm.

But the other party just looked up and looked at him, and continued to train on his own.

Zhao Yaning stretched out his hand and searched it back. After he was bored, he didn't know how to continue chatting, so he turned around and walked towards his training machine.

But suddenly, he remembered where he seemed to remember this person.

Black man, bald, beard, tall... Zhao Yaning suddenly remembered, "Are you Nicholas Anelka?"

Yes, there is no mistake. This is definitely the French genius Nicholas Anelka who won the silver boots at Arsenal and the Champions League in Madrid.

"If you sign, wait until I finish training." Anelka replied lightly.

This sentence made Zhao Yaning not know what to say, and he nodded for a long time, "Okay, thank you."

He is not a fan of Arsenal or Real Madrid, and naturally he doesn't like Anelka. In fact, fans of those two teams probably don't like Anelka. He is just the first time in his life to see a big-name star, and he feels an uncontrollable excitement.

As for Anelka himself, he didn't care much: in his impression, Anelka has been declining since Arsenal left. His performance during his time at Real Madrid was already very poor, and his performance of only three goals throughout the year made the fans very dissatisfied. After returning to Paris, he did not get back to form. Paris Saint-Germain coaches mentioned him, but there was no good comment. People's evaluation of him was very consistent: he did not learn his lessons in Madrid at all, he was still self-righteous, and he was still a proud bastard.

But no matter how you say it, this is also a star.

And Anelka is also very depressed now.

What is the so-called summer camp held by the team - it is actually a money-deception, which ordered these stars to participate. Anelka is not interested in this, but his contract states that he has to participate in such activities every year.

This is obviously the contract Anelka wants, but what is helpless is that when his brother signed this contract, he paid more attention to the numbers shown above rather than his various requirements.

Although he had to participate in the event, Anelka decided to use his own way to avoid the so-called interaction with the children. That is why he came to the team early and participated in the training early. When the team carried out the so-called event, he was so tired that he could no longer participate in any more games, and no one could blame him.

But at this time someone came to the team, which made him feel helpless. Shouldn’t these children bring them very late, and then play fancy football on the court for a long time, waiting for the stars to sign, play a game without resistance, and then leave excitedly? Why did they come to the team at this time?

Fortunately, this one is not very annoying at least. She just contacted her and did not interfere with her own training.

Anelka didn't want to speak, and Zhao Yaning didn't know what to say. The two of them were staying in the same power room, and they could not hear anything except the sound of equipment, which seemed a little weird.

However, Anelka seemed to enjoy this strange atmosphere very much.

This situation lasted for an hour until Anelka stood up and walked towards Zhao Yaning.

"There is a picture of Curies here, taking it to the cafe around the corner of the street and buying a glass of ice water."

Zhao Yaning stared at the money that came over and was stunned. He didn't understand what Anelka meant.

Seeing that he didn't understand, Anelka spoke again, "This is a franc with a face value of 500 yuan. Maybe you foreigners are more accustomed to using the euro and don't know francs, but francs are still in circulation in Paris. Go buy a glass of water, and the remaining money will belong to you, you can buy something at will.

"But, there are drinks I bring in the power room." Zhao Yaning.

"I can't get used to those, I only drink water. You can just go buy it, there is no need to ask too many questions."

Zhao Yaning scratched his head, but spoke again, "Sir, you may have made some mistakes. I must tell you that I am also a player here."

This surprised Anelka. He glanced at Zhao Yaning, but still handed over the money, "It's just a youth team. Go buy things."

Zhao Yaning took the money at a loss and walked out of the Power Room.

After a while, he came back with ice water.

"Your money." Zhao Yaning handed over the water and money.

"It's yours."

"I'm not a beggar." Zhao Yaning still put down the money. He shook his hand.

Zhao Yaning dared not contradict Anelka because in his consciousness, he felt that the requirements of the team's big names cannot be violated. But taking money is another matter. If you don't take money, it will be considered as help at most. If you take money, it will become an errand.

He doesn't want to make himself look inferior.

His actions once again went beyond Anelka's expectations. However, Anelka just looked at him and didn't say anything more. He just picked up the cup and drank it all, and then continued to train.

Zhao Yaning didn't want to talk much and continued his own training.

After a while, the door of the power room was pushed open again, "Nicholas! You are here. Training has begun, and you'd better go down now and go with those kids. We've prepared your jerseys and you're going to sign later."

Zhao Yaning doesn't know this person, but he has seen him several times and seems to be the coach of the first team.

"But I have been here with this child for a long time." Unexpectedly, Anelka suddenly pointed his hand at Zhao Yaning.

"But he is not a member of the training camp, but our player." The coach glanced at Zhao Yaning.

"How do I know? He asked me for an autograph to let me know, he was still an Asian. I can't tell which ones are, this is your problem."

"You can check out our official website or learn about our information a little." The coach's tone became tough.

"Training, team activities, and you have to look at the official website. Do you think I have so much time?"

"You don't want to attend our events, do you?"

“I’ll go when I give the jersey.”

The coach slammed the goal angrily, and Anelka turned his head and looked at Zhao Yaning, "You didn't object to my words."

"This is not my business." Zhao Yaning shrugged.

"I just don't like wasting time." Anelka frowned, "It's totally meaningless to play a friendly match with a group of Asian kids who don't have any talent."

"Not all Asian children are talented." This sentence made Zhao Yaning dissatisfied.
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