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Chapter 8 Pain Doesn't Exist
Shi Hao came to the dribbling test site.

In the youth team of the club, they often use the triangle cone for dribbling training.It's the same in this draft, but the triangular cones used are more advanced, with sensors that will beep if they are touched.

测试场地上共摆放了20只三角锥，前15只间隔1米5，后5只间隔1米。

The test rule is to dribble around all the triangle cones at the fastest possible speed without missing any; when dribbling the last 5 triangle cones, you must do fancy moves, and finally score according to the completion time.Each person is tested 3 times, and the one with the best score is taken.

After asking the staff about the rules, Shi Hao quietly entered the queue, patiently waiting for his last basic ability test.

He looked at the teenagers in front of him who were either nervous or confident, skillful or stumbling, and suddenly felt that such a test was actually very unfair to defensive players.It's okay to say that the ball is very important.Long passes are also important, which can enrich the team's offensive methods.But why does a defender want to dribble and shoot?Is practicing dribbling and dribbling ready to start a dragon from the backcourt?
But since it is a draft, not a serious trial training, we have to give up some practical things and add some eye-catching things.

And defensive players don't need to score with offensive players.According to the draft rules, players are divided into 6 categories according to their positions: goalkeeper, central defender, full-back, midfielder, winger/winger, and forward.Everyone just needs to compare themselves with the candidates in their position.

So don't look at Zhang Yong losing to Shi Hao in the long pass event, even if he is worse than Shi Hao in every event, he may stand out in the position of central defender; on the other hand, Shi Hao may not necessarily be able to play as a winger or forward competed with other candidates for the position.

Moreover, these four basic ability tests only account for 50% of the total score, and the other 50% depends on the results of the half-court offensive and defensive drills in the randomly assigned offensive group VS defensive group.

It was this half-time offensive and defensive drill that made Shi Hao feel unconfident.

The basic skills are real, if you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, even if you are lucky, you don't want to get top grades.

The half-time offensive and defensive drills are different. On the one hand, it depends too much on the strength of your teammates. If your teammates are pigs and you can't even get the ball, how can you perform?Secondly, what is the level of the judges? Do they really understand football?Will there be malpractice for personal gain?These are hard to say.

While waiting, Shi Hao wandered away, and when he began to recall the touch of Liu Xiyu's thigh, the staff called his name.

He calmly stepped forward, placed the ball thrown by the staff firmly on the starting line, and sank slightly.

When the staff blew the whistle, he rushed out with the ball like an arrow off the string.

He knew it was broken the moment it started.

His dominant foot is his right foot. Although his left foot technique is also very good, it is not a problem to shoot left and right. He can also use his left foot to pull and pass the ball skillfully in dribbling. It is more comfortable to use the left foot as the supporting foot and the right foot to go out for the ball, but it is always a bit awkward to use the right foot to support it.

The moment he started it, he clearly heard a crisp sound from his left ankle.A broken bone is unlikely, but it must have sprained.

When he lifted his left foot up and down again, he was right in front of the first cone.

It hurts.The body staggered.

Shi Hao reluctantly swung the ball around the triangle cone and chased after it.For no reason, he thought of Andersen's fairy tale "The Daughter of the Sea", in which the mermaid princess turned her fish tail into a human leg and came to the shore, every step she took was painful like a knife.

It is this pain.

But I can't be beaten.

He goes around the second triangle.

Maybe I didn't have a chance in this draft.The so-called signing with Inter Milan is just a gimmick.

But every step of this is real, to practice my dream.If I stumble and give up here, I will no longer be qualified to say the word dream.

He goes around the third triangle.

His speed is like the wind.

The feet are not mine.Pain does not exist.After I finish running, let it hurt as much as you want, don't cause trouble for me now!

Shi Hao gritted his teeth and walked around the fourth triangle.

Mr. Court came to the edge of the field at some time, with a smile on his mouth, looking at Shi Hao with great interest.

After passing the 15th triangle cone, Shi Hao continued left horses to right horses, 5 consecutive horseshoe turns, and passed the last 5 triangle cones with fancy movements.

The moment he passed the last triangular cone, the electronic voice sounded again in his mind: "The power of dreams is insufficient, please recharge as soon as possible. Currently 94%."

Then he sat down on the ground, clutching his ankles, and didn't even want to hear the grades.

"Shi Hao, Shi Hao!"

"What?" Shi Hao raised his head, seeing the staff impatiently waving the recording paper.

"Twice more, hurry up!"

"not coming."

"what?"

"I didn't take the test, so let's take this time's result as the standard." Shi Hao barely stood up, and limped away from the venue, so as not to affect other people's test.

The staff muttered something, but Shi Hao didn't hear it clearly, and he didn't want to pay attention to it. Now he just wants to find a place to sit down, and it's best to buy a bottle of ice mineral water for a cold compress.

"please wait a while!"

Shi Hao turned his head and saw the blond Kurt and the interpreter walking quickly, and Kurt kept talking while walking.

"Mr. Court said that your combination of man and ball is very good, the sense of the ball and the rhythm are very good, that is really a wonderful Marseille maneuver."

"Thank you!" Shi Hao nodded slightly.

"Mr. Cotter asked you, is your left ankle injured?"

"Yes."

After hearing the translator's report, Kaute said another sentence, and then looked at Shi Hao with kind eyes.

"Mr. Court said, I hope you will take a good rest and adjust, and look forward to seeing your wonderful performance in tomorrow's halftime offensive and defensive drill."

"I will. If there is nothing else, I'll leave first." Shi Hao didn't deliberately pretend to be cool to appear indifferent, but the pain in his ankle was unbearable.

After the translator relayed it, he smiled, "The next words are my own. Mr. Court saw many young players here today, and he showed the greatest interest in you. Come on, I hope you can pass the final selection , to Italy."

That being said, his expression betrayed his true inner thoughts - he was not that optimistic about Shi Hao.

Shi Hao understood very well that the football in Hewu City is at a relatively low level in the whole country. Even if he is the best performer in Hewu City, he may not be competitive with those teenagers from the football province.

But he still politely responded to the blessing: "Thank you for your good words, see you tomorrow!"

Halfcourt drills will take place on the second day of the draft.Shi Hao's ankle hurt badly, and he didn't have the heart to watch the performances of other teenagers. After completing the tests of the four basic items, he limped home.

In the evening, Liu Xiyu called to inquire, Shi Haoping explained the situation flatly, he didn't think there was anything wrong, but Xiao Nizi seemed very excited and kept asking for details.

Hearing that Zhang Yong was willing to concede the bet and squatted in the horse stance for 10 minutes, Liu Xiyu giggled on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Shi Hao still had a third of reluctance to part with him, and another six of his distracted thoughts, but in the end he felt warm.

If it wasn't for Liu Xiyu, he might have given up football completely two years ago.When he first transferred to another school, he was still on crutches, and he could only watch his classmates running on the playground with envy.So he has been unhappy, full of depression.Until that day, Liu Xiyu came over and handed him a book.

(End of this chapter)