Chapter 18 Sampdoria Reserves
At the Groano Mugnaini training base located halfway up the mountain in Boriasco, Gao Zheng and Guo Wei finally met Luciano Carlino's friend Luciano Bruni.
Bruni was also looking at Gao Zheng.
He was very tall, but he could tell that he was not strong, just like the guy Carlino said on the phone.
"I heard Carlino say he wants me to give you a tryout. This is not a problem, but whether you can stay here depends on yourself."
Gao Zheng nodded to show that he knew.
"Okay, then come and participate in training tomorrow."
"Hey, there is no need to play?" Gao Zheng was a little surprised.
"What? I have to disrupt the training arrangements for you alone? It's impossible, just follow the training, there will be those who should have competitions." Bruney waved his hand.
Farewell to Bruno. When the two drove out, Guo Wei was still talking to Gao Zheng about the coach: "I don't feel that I attach great importance to you..."
Gao Zheng looked at the sparkling Genoa Bay outside the car window: "I can't be valued now, right?"
"But I thought I would have some extra care when I came to the door with that coach's business card..."
"I'm thinking too much, Uncle Guo. I just hope that when I spend a week training, I won't be eliminated for that reason in the end, otherwise I'll waste time and it won't be worth it."
Guo Wei sighed and stopped talking after hearing this.
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The Mugnaini training base in Sampdoria is on the mountain in the small town of Boriasco, located in the eastern part of Genoa. Gao Zheng and Guo Wei did not go back to Genoa to rest, but instead found a hotel in Boriasco to stay, so that training is convenient every day.
The two of them found a hotel and found a restaurant near the hotel for supper.
During the meal, Guo Wei remembered something: "Regularly speaking, today is the day of the final result. Your Director Yang must be waiting for this result. It's too late today, but I will definitely call him tomorrow. What should I say then?"
Gao Zheng said while eating: "Tell me the truth. If he doesn't believe it, you can send him the video."
He said it lightly, but Guo Wei couldn't sit still: "For such a big thing, don't you want to talk to your Director Yang?"
"What's there to say? The old man knows my situation." Gao Zheng didn't care.
"Okay..." Guo Wei thought of the performance of the master and apprentice when he said goodbye, and felt that it was normal now. "I can't keep up with the times in football now, and I can't help you in the trial training. Come on."
"That's right, Uncle Guo, you have helped me a lot. If it weren't for you, I would have been preparing to return to China today, so I would have been so shameless." Gao Zheng raised his head, wiped his mouth, and said to Guo Wei.
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The next day, when Guo Wei sent Gao Zheng to the Sampdoria training ground base, he watched Gao Zheng walk into the building alone, and he was still reluctant to leave. He stood outside and watched for a while, but he didn't see Gao Zheng being driven out of it, so he drove back to the hotel at the foot of the mountain.
When he returned to the hotel, he took out his laptop and started dealing with business matters.
But he would always be distracted and pulled out, looking up through the window to look at the hill not far away, and you could vaguely see the Mugnaini Training Center at the mountainside.
I don’t know how Gao Zheng trained there, whether he got along well with his new teammates, and how the coach treated him...
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In the reserve locker room at the Mugnaini Training Center, reserve head coach Bruni is introducing new teammates to his players.
"He is your temporary teammate, and he will train with you in the next week."
Everyone knows what they are here for.
Trials are not unfamiliar.
But today someone in the team exclaimed: "Gao?"
This sound attracted everyone's attention, including Gao Zheng's, and he stared blankly at the person who called him.
Reserve coach Bruni was also very strange: "Alberto, do you know him?"
Alberto Massi, who was named, stood up and nodded, "Well, I've fought with him before."
Gao Zheng is even more strange. Do I know you, buddy?
Masi continued to explain: "I used to play against Gao's AC Milan Junior Team when I was in Sampdoria Junior Team, in the U16 class."
Speaking of U16, it was Gao Zheng's best-performing season. They played invincible all over the country and must have fought with Sampdoria U16. Maybe they really had a fight with the person in front of them.
Maxi looked at Gao Zheng with a puzzled look and smiled: "You created endless trouble for our defense line in that game. You scored four goals. And I am the captain who guarded you."
Although Gao Zheng still didn't expect who Captain Sampdoria, who was guarding him back then, he still made a sudden realization expression: "Oh-it's you!"
"You remembered it?"
"Uh...no." Gao Zheng scratched his head.
Masi didn't care about this and smiled and said, "It's normal not to remember it, but I'm very impressed by you. Because you destroyed our entire team alone at that time, and you scored four goals in the first twenty-five minutes of the game, which made us all stunned!"
Listening to Masi's story, the other Sampdoria reserve players' expressions at Gao Zheng changed.
"I didn't expect you to come to us now. What happened in the middle?"
"Uh." Gao Zheng hesitated for a moment, but chose to tell the truth. "I terminated the contract with AC Milan."
"Terring up the contract? Why?" Maxi widened his eyes in surprise.
"This is a long story..." It's not that Gao Zheng is unwilling to say it, but that it's indeed a long story.
The head coach of the reserve team, Bruni, coughed: "Okay, I'll talk slowly after chatting. Since you know Gao, it's easy to deal with Masi. Take him to meet his teammates and prepare for training!"
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As soon as the head coach left, Alberto Masi introduced Gao Zheng to all teammates in a very grand manner: "Let me introduce you to everyone, Gao! Gao Zheng! He used to be from the AC Milan Youth Team, and he once won the best player in U16, so amazing!"
"Huh?" Gao Zheng didn't expect that Maxi would introduce him to others like this.
"Okay, now you can tell me how you came here, right?" Maxi asked curiously. He really didn't understand this problem. The impression that Gao Zheng left in his heart since childhood was very profound. He still remembers the scene when Gao Zheng scored his fourth goal with a beautiful volleyball and was surrounded by stars like the moon by his teammates.
This scene Maxi will never forget.
Although the AC Milan youth team is not as famous as the Inter Milan youth team next door, it also has many outstanding talented players. However, in this team full of geniuses, Gao Zheng is the most shining one, just like the biggest and most dazzling gem in the crown.
At that time, he was the captain and the main central defender in the Sampdoria Junior Team. He was a genius who was favored and praised since childhood. He was a person who was favored by all levels of Sampdoria.
But with a genius like him, he had no ability to resist when he met Gao Zheng, and he almost lost four games in twenty-five minutes.
"Actually, it's nothing. I later suffered a serious injury. AC Milan felt that I had no future, so I terminated my contract with me." Gao Zheng summarized his grudges and revenge with AC Milan in a simple sentence.
I heard that because of the injury, everyone's curiosity and confusion disappeared - injuries are common to any athlete, and many young geniuses are basically caused by injuries.
Ma Xi, who asked the question, did not expect that there was a story behind Gao Zheng. He felt a little guilty. He exposed Gao Zheng's scar in public...
Gao Zheng spread his hands: "Actually it's nothing. I've been back in China for a year and I'm still a little unwilling to accept it, so I came back to try out everywhere. I still want to come back to play football."
"It's better to come back..." Maxi didn't know what to say except repeating this sentence. The character like a great devil he met when he was young is now standing by his side, but it's sad whether it's his identity or reason.
Gao Zheng noticed Maxi's strangeness and patted the other party on the shoulder: "You haven't introduced me to teammates yet!"
Chapter completed!