green shooter

Chapter 47 Shadow
"How is Zhu's condition?" Seeing that the game was about to start again, the head coach Novellino asked the team doctor anxiously.

"After all, he is still young, and the injury healed faster than we expected. He has resumed training a few days ago."

"What about the next game? Is Zhu in good physical condition to play?"

"There should be no problem, but to be on the safe side, it's best not to let him play the whole game, and keep his playing time within 45 minutes." The team doctor flipped through the report in hand.

"Then we can only let Zhu stand by as a substitute." Assistant coach Giuseppe interjected.

"Well, if it goes well, it doesn't necessarily need to take the risk of letting Zhu play, you can let him rest for another game, but I don't know if the state of scoring is still there."

Two weeks later, the Serie A league was rekindled. The Turin team first went to an away game to challenge Atlanta. In this game, Zhu Hantao did not get a chance to start, but he was still included in the squad.

Atalanta is a football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy, founded in 1907.

Bergamo is just a small city very close to Milan. Atlanta was founded in 1907 by a group of wealthy Swiss immigrants. At the beginning, it was called "Atlanta" Bergamo Gymnastics and Athletics Club.

In 1924, Atlanta and the "Bergamo Gymnastics and Fencing Club" in the same city merged to form the "Atalanta and Bergamo Gymnastics and Fencing Club".At the beginning of its establishment, Atalanta played in the low-level leagues. Atalanta began to participate in the Italian Serie B in 1929, until it was promoted to Serie A for the first time in 1937, but then it was relegated and returned to its original form.

Atalanta made a comeback in 1940 and played in Serie A again, and kept the top league seat until 1958, but immediately won the Serie B championship and returned to Serie A after only one season of relegation.

Real Blue and Black, which was established a year earlier than Inter Milan, has been ups and downs between Group A and Group B for many years. In 06, it won the second division championship again and came to Serie A.

In this round of Serie A, Zhu Hantao and the others went to the Italian Blue Arena in Bergamo to face the "True Blue Black" Atlanta team.

Atalanta, coached by Del Nelli, played at home and once occupied the absolute upper hand in the game, pressing down on the Turin team.

The home team led Torino 67-[-] with a goal from Brazilian midfielder Pinto in stoppage time in the first half and a [-]th-minute penalty from Cristiano Doni in the second half.

Zhu Hantao, who played in the No.603 minute of the game, finally seized a chance after 10 minutes on the field. He threw off the defensive player in the middle and received an assist from the full-back Komodo's cross.

Marco Motta equalized the score with a corner kick before the end of the game. Torino drew with Atalanta in the first game after the national team's game. Coach Novellino was satisfied with the result, especially when he was two goals behind.

Fans of the Turin team were also very happy to see Zhu Hantao's return from injury, not to mention that his goal blew the clarion call for the team's counterattack.

The next game came again soon, followed by the ninth round of Serie A, where Torino played against Cagliari at home.

This team from Sardinia really doesn't have any star players in the current team. The most famous one may be the starting striker Matri in this game.

Turin coach Novellino once again resorted to 4-4-1-1 tactics, and Zhu Hantao started the game in the position of the single arrow.

The dominant Torino team played at home. In this game, they did not give their opponents a chance. In the second half, Zhu Hantao assisted Rosina to score a goal and was substituted. In the game No. 806 minutes, Cagliari's right back Ferri scored an own goal. In the end, Torino team won the game [-]-[-].

The victory of the game covered up all the problems, and no one noticed that Zhu Hantao's state was actually not quite right.

The Serie A league continued. The Turin team faced Udinese, a top-ranked and powerful team. Zhu Hantao won the starting game again.

The 3-4-3 lineup of Wuji made it difficult for the Turin team to parry. The striker combination composed of Di Natale, Flores and Quagliarella was invincible. The Turin team fell behind by two goals in the 52nd minute of the game.

Facing the goal guarded by Handanovic, the players of the Torino team seemed to be unable to find a way for a while.

The head coach Novellino discovered the problem. Zhu Hantao, who had high hopes, didn't seem to play like before. He didn't dare to fight for a half of the ball, and he was a little afraid to dodge when facing defensive players.

How could he get any good scoring chances with such a kick? Just when the coach was about to replace him, Zhu Hantao received a through ball from Rosina and broke into the penalty area.

However, this goal was of no avail, and the Turin team still lost the game with a score of [-]-[-]. Regardless of the result of the game, what was more important was that Walter saw that there was a problem with Zhu Hantao, and planned to have a good chat with him when he returned.

Early the next morning, Zhu Hantao arrived early at the place agreed with Novellino.

It wasn't the first time he came to the head coach's office, and Zhu Hantao probably knew why the coach wanted to talk to him.

However, some things are not so easy. If you don’t know it, it means you can solve it. Psychological problems are very serious.

Head coach Novellino looked at Zhu Hantao's immature and handsome face, and sighed. Did he let Zhu Hantao come to Serie A too early, which was a bit of a spoiled child?
"Sit down, Zhu, do you have any thoughts on why I asked you to come here?"

Zhu Hantao pulled out his chair and sat down. After a few seconds of silence, he said, "It should be because of my recent performance on the court."

"Okay, tell me what you think is wrong."

Damn, what's the matter with this inexplicable sense of sight, Zhu Hantao thought for a while, "I'm afraid of confrontation, I don't dare to make physical contact with the opponent, I kind of avoid kicking, and my enthusiasm for attacking is not as good as before."

That's all I can think of at the moment.

"Can you tell me what caused it? It's not like you."

Where should I start with this, "It has something to do with the previous injury. Although I was lucky and recovered quickly, I still remember the feeling of despair at that time."

"I am very afraid of getting injured again. I am still young and still growing. If I suffer any serious injury, not to mention affecting my career, I may also become disabled. Not only on the field, but it may even affect my normal life. I often have this kind of worry on the field. Naturally, I dare not do moves, and I dare not fight as hard as before."

"Oh..." Novellino figured out the reason, but of course he couldn't provoke Zhu Hantao with a simple and rude sentence, don't play football if you are afraid of getting hurt. How to guide the players' psychology is also a science.

Whenever there is a player whose level has dropped sharply after injury, has psychological problems, and has a situation where he dare not fight or play, someone will always come out and compare a few players who are still performing well after recovering from serious injuries, and then stand on the high ground to criticize and criticize triumphantly.

However, the fact is that any player who has suffered a serious injury will definitely have problems with his physical condition and mental state. If it is serious, he will retire directly. Even in the best case, it is absolutely impossible to return to the level before the injury.

It may be due to experience or other reasons that after the injury, he can continue to maintain a fairly good level on the green field, but there is no doubt, what if he hadn't suffered that injury?It must be better, right?

There have been too many amazingly talented stars who have failed to reach the heights expected by people throughout their careers due to injuries, which makes people sigh.

If you have not experienced the pain of others, don't make some ridiculous remarks easily. You have to admire those players who have broken their legs and have not been knocked down by injuries. After recovering from injuries, they can still run strong on the football field.

On the court, the moment every player is injured, the despair and pain in his heart are really hard for outsiders who have not experienced it to imagine.The scene where Ronaldo was injured and fell to the ground covering his face and crying bitterly is still unforgettable to many fans.

Zhu Hantao had always thought that he would be a tough guy of steel, but everyone was equal before injuries. After a not-so-significant injury, his mind was left with a shadow, and he unconsciously adopted a big health-care style of play on the court, for fear of getting hurt again.

In his previous life, Zhu Hantao only played football with his classmates when he was in school. After work, he didn't have the time and energy, so he could just be a cloud fan and watch the games and play football games with peace of mind.Where has withstood the test of injuries.

I don’t know if someone will say, don’t you have a system? Why are you still afraid of getting hurt? Let’s take an inappropriate example. Someone tells you with a hammer that I will break your leg, and then I will heal it for you without any sequelae. Are you willing?Are you not afraid?
Not to mention that he no longer has the points to buy potions. If he gets injured again, there is nothing he can do. If he doesn’t have points to buy potions for treatment, the injury will not heal in a short time. If the injury is not good, he will not be able to play games.

I didn't have this kind of fear before because I didn't experience it or think about it. It's just that the fractured bone and the torn ligament are like this. It would be so painful if I broke my leg.

Until today, Zhu Hantao often wakes up from nightmares at night, dreaming that he was injured by a malicious foul on the court, and sat up from the bed, covered in cold sweat.It's no wonder he behaved like that on the court.

In the end, the head coach Novellino did not find a solution to the problem, but he thought of an idea. He told the youth team coach Pigino about Zhu Hantao. The youth team head coach needs to take care of so many young people, so he should be better at this than himself, he thought.

"Di Michele's suspension will end soon, and you can play in the next game. If you still want to get the chance to start, you need to adjust your state. Okay, go back."

Sure enough, it can't be all smooth sailing? First, the state declines, then becomes a substitute, and finally there is no day to make it. Is this how the plot develops?

No, no!Zhu Hantao understands the truth, but it is easy to say, but it is not so easy when things really happen to you.

What to do, Zhu Hantao was also worried, who would be useful to ask for help in this kind of thing, just thinking about it, he received a call from Coach Pigino unexpectedly, "Are you in a bad mood, come and see the youth team, I feel like I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Oh, okay." Zhu Hantao, who didn't know what happened, asked for leave from coach Novellino, and left the base of the first team under his watchful eye, heading for the training ground of the youth team.

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