The strongest blade in football

Chapter 3 Good Impression

It rained during the night, and the sky remained overcast until the next morning.

One-third of the days in May and June in Belgium are rainy, and Wang Nuo has long been used to the rain.

He rode a bicycle and brought a rain cape. It was not very far from home to the training ground. He planned to run there, but since it was his first formal training with the team, Wang Nuo felt that it was better to maintain his physical strength for the sake of prudence.

About 10 minutes later, Wang Nuo arrived at the youth training base. He arrived a little early, a full hour earlier than the stipulated ten o'clock.

Wang Nuo didn't train much here. There was a half-month trial training before, which was enough to keep him from getting lost in the base.

The youth training base of Standard Liege is very large, and the internal configuration can be regarded as the top in the world.

Including a standard football field with 800 seats, six standard training fields, a fitness center, a press conference hall, a conference hall, a printing workshop, a small medical center, a rehabilitation center (where Wang Nuo and their physical examination was yesterday), a cafeteria, a small Library and player quarters.

The club was on the verge of bankruptcy in the past few years and sold many good players to make ends meet and operate.

The club can't afford to pay for signings, and the current players are too expensive.

Milan's Kaka, Manchester United's Ronaldo and Real Madrid's rumored transfer fees are all as high as 5000 million euros or more.

Standard Liege has realized this for a long time and realized that buying players is far less cost-effective than youth training. They are at the forefront of the recovery of Belgian youth training and established this brand new youth training center four years ago.

U19 gathered for training at the No. [-] training ground today. Wang Nuo came too early and there was no one there, but the No. [-] training ground next to it was very lively.

It seems that a certain echelon below U14 is training there. At a glance, they are all young children who have just grown up. They are fighting in groups of 6. Wang Nuo watched with interest.

The game at this age is still in the stage of fighting skills, without too complicated tactics, and the two sides played very anxiously.

The young players have solid basic skills, have decent foot movements, pull the ball and smash the ball, pass and catch the ball quickly, etc., and occasionally see wonderful small-scale cooperation.

After playing for a few minutes, one of the teams took the lead. A child was obviously more skilled than the others. Four or five players scored in a row. After scoring the goal, he ran to celebrate and passed by Wang Nuo.

"Nice job." Wang Nuo gave him a thumbs up.

The little player cheered triumphantly, and chased after his little friend, and soon he was caught up and crushed by several people.

"I've said it hundreds of times." The middle-aged man who looked like a coach in sportswear followed behind the celebrating children, and when he passed by Wang Nuo, he showed a dumbfounded expression.

"This guy never passes the ball. He always wants to take the ball and shoot, but he can score."

"I also like to work alone." Wang Nuo grinned.

"Oh, that's not good." The man looked Wang Nuo up and down, only to realize that the Asian face was a bit unfamiliar, "Which echelon are you in?"

"U19 echelon." Wang Nuo replied.

"Does Vettante allow you to only have goals in your eyes?"

"I don't know yet. In fact, today is my first official training with the team."

"There was a trial training before, and I only played one confrontation. I was placed on the wing." Wang Nuo said.

"Just dribble, cut inside, and shoot. Opposite us are the main U19 players and a few members of the reserve team. We were pressed and beaten. In the end, I scored a goal, but we still lost 1-2."

"So that's how it is." The coach-like man also laughed, "Believe me, if you choose to fight alone under his hands, Vetteante will send you home. His philosophy is ground coordination and ball control. Right, he can't wait to have [-] per cent possession of the ball."

"Like Barcelona this year?"

"Yes, did you watch the Champions League final yesterday?"

"Look, yesterday I stayed in the rehab center after the physical test with three other teammates, watched the game with the staff, it felt great, there was free dinner and fruit at halftime, and I didn't go back until late. "Wang Nuo recalled.

"Eto'o scored too early, and Manchester United lost ground. It's a pity to lose."

"Barcelona plays artistic football, but it's powerful. Barcelona won the championship. Witteante's possession tactics will definitely get worse. I know your coach, boy. Good luck."

The man finished speaking with a smirk, turned around and continued to observe the training.

Wang Nuo did not take these words to heart, he is fully confident, he has his own football philosophy, and nothing is absolute.

If a person has perfect ball skills, it doesn't matter whether he passes the ball or not, because he will dribble the ball and score the ball in a difficult situation, but his teammates can't seize better opportunities.

Things change so quickly on the court, it's not as simple as saying "oh, he's in a better position".

After a while, the number of people in the No. [-] training ground also gradually increased. Many of them Wang Nuo knew. Teammates who joined.

Issel came very late, just a little earlier than the U19 coach Witte Ante.

He glanced at Iser. Iser's eyes were a little swollen, and he looked listless at the moment. He must have gone to bed very late. Yesterday he told Wang Nuo that he had a Catalan girlfriend, and the reason was self-evident when he thought of the result of the Champions League final.

"Newcomers, stand up and let everyone get to know each other."

Witt Ante is a German-Belgian with a thick beard and a former professional player. He was famous in the eastern part of Belgium in the 90s of the last century. He was born as a midfielder. After retiring, he came to Standard Liege to lead the echelon. He has been U19 for three years. coach.

Standard Liege has 8 teams from U21 to U20, equipped with 26 full-time coaches, and from U18 onwards, additionally equipped with physical coaches, goalkeeper coaches, team doctors and psychologists.

Wang Nuo and three companions walked out of the queue.

"Wang Nuo, Iser, Rafsey, and Alezzo." Witt Ante pointed at them and introduced them one by one, "They are also members of our echelon now."

Scattered welcome applause resounded in the team.

Then the training session started. The training session in the morning was unremarkable. Since it is the end of the season, the main thing is to maintain the state.

Standard Liege's U19 game tasks have basically been completed. There are only two friendly matches in June, against Frankfurt U19 and Cologne U19.

Belgium is very close to Germany, and it only takes two hours by train, so Standard Liege plays several friendly matches with them every one or two years.

After the friendly match is over, there will be a holiday from mid-June to mid-July, and the time to return to the team is to be determined, but it will basically be after July [-]th.

Wang Nuo knows the team's schedule and arrangement, and he has a more urgent hope, which is to play in the next two friendly matches, perform well, and get the coach's affirmation.

Then practice extra during the holidays, and squeeze into the main position as quickly as possible after the team closes the holiday.

Wang Nuo's goal is professional football, and he is already 18 years old. There are many players who can play in the first team at the age of 18.

Since it is mainly training to maintain the state, today's training is basically in charge of Van Boer.

He first took the players to warm up, then hurdle jumping and back and forth running, and resistance bands to practice sideways movement and direction change.

After doing this, I rested for a while, and practiced the starting speed and absolute speed (with a resistance band tied around the waist, traction training), and then stretched.

Wang Nuo did it very seriously, Fan Boer's training was arranged very well, every movement required everyone to do the most standard, and a competition mechanism was added to the mobile training, and the loser was punished.

Wang Nuo was the winning side in most cases, but he was punished with his defeated teammates.

Van Boer saw Wang Nuo, who won the 15-meter start, doing weight-bearing squats with the team members who lost, and felt a little strange, "You won."

"Yes, I won." Wang Nuo replied while doing weight-bearing squats.

After a while, Wang Nuo, who won again in the lateral movement resistance training, started to do 3×30 meters lateral translation together with the losing players (changing direction every 5 meters), Van Boer asked again, “You Another win, no?"

"Yes, but I want to do it with them."

"You don't have to do this. I will control the intensity of your training. Punishment is extra training. You have to do extra training for every item. The intensity is too high." Van Boer explained.

"I want to become stronger." Wang Nuo looked very serious, "Don't worry, I will do what I can."

Van Boer could only nod his head and acquiesced to Wang Nuo's behavior.

In the following time, Wang Nuo has been "accepting punishment" and completed all the projects with quality and quantity.

Van Boer came to Viteante's side, and Vetteante had been observing the training process, and had already noticed Wang Nuo's actions.

"Very interesting young man, it seems that he is not satisfied with the current situation."

"Yesterday's physical test results show that his condition is actually good. I can't understand it." Fan Boer spread his hands and said with a smile, "Could it be because you came today, this kid wants to make a good impression on you."

Witt Ante also laughed, "If he can persist like this for two weeks, it will really leave a good impression on me. It seems that he wants to play in the friendly match in June."

(End of this chapter)