In the restaurant at the training base, the players sat in groups of three or two at the same table and were having a meal.

Icardi and Gao Zheng sat at the same table. The Argentinian lowered his voice and said to Gao Zheng: "I think you are really targeted by the coach! I swear!"

As he said that, Icardi pressed one hand on his heart and raised his other arm to make a sworn statement.

Gao Zheng quickly pressed his hand.

"Mauro, there is an idiom in China called 'kill chickens for monkeys to show'. Do you know what this means?"

Icardi looked confused: "Kill the chicken? Show it to the monkey? What is the relationship between the chicken and the monkey? Why do you need to kill the chicken?"

"Because it is said that monkeys are most afraid of blood. In order to make the monkey obedient, monkey trainers will kill a chicken in front of the monkey and use the monkey to see it is amazing. This will facilitate training monkeys."

"Why kill the chicken instead of another monkey?" Icardi was very strange.

"Because chickens are easy to get, but monkeys are not easy to get, so the cost of killing a chicken is lower than that of killing a monkey." Gao Zheng explained. "And the point of what I mean is not why not killing a monkey, Mauro."

Icardi finally reacted, and he was surprised: "So, we are monkeys, you are chickens?"

"You are the chicken!" Gao Zheng gave Icardi a blank look, "I was treated as a chicken, and I was punished to scare you monkeys."

"The new coach wants to establish his authority?"

Gao Zheng picked up his phone and said to Icardi: "I just checked it. Jamluka Atzori has coached three teams before coaching us, and has coached for one season and a shortest five months. Without outstanding coaching experience and no outstanding results, he came to a completely unfamiliar team. He wanted to quickly gain a foothold and establish his own authority, so he did this."

"But why are you a chicken?" Icardi was still very strange. Now the team has more than 30 people. If they want to establish their authority, why did they choose Gao Zheng?

"I said it was considered a chicken!" Gao Zheng said after correcting Icardi, "Maybe in Atzori's eyes, it is the lowest cost to find a young man who has been promoted from the reserve team."

After listening to Gao Zheng's analysis, Icardi lowered his head and cursed: "Damn it!"

He knew very well how uncomfortable it was to be targeted by the coach.

Because in the team, the head coach has the power of life and death. If he doesn't like you, no matter how good you perform, it will be useless. All efforts will be useless.

Many times, whether a player can become the main force in the team is often not his strength, but whether he likes the head coach.

There are many ways to get the head coach liked, such as the player brought by the head coach himself, the same temper as the head coach, the style of playing football is in line with the head coach's tactical style... and so on.

So we often wonder that a player who is obviously very capable is unable to win the favor of the head coach, can only sit on the bench, or can't even enter the bench.

As a head coach, of course I am willing to use the players I trust and like.

The new coach's actions against Gao Zheng as soon as he came, which made Icardi feel a little worried about Gao Zheng's future in the team.

"Why... you... lower your head to the coach? Didn't he use you to establish his authority? Just let him stand up..." Icardi made an idea.

Gao Zheng spread his hands: "How can I bow my head, Mauro? This is not just a matter of lowering my head. Have you heard his understanding of the position of 'center'?"

Icardi nodded.

"The center he calls him is the traditional big center, but I am not that kind of center. I will never be the kind of center he asks for." Gao Zheng shook his head.

Icardi felt that Gao Zheng was right. He and Gao Zheng had been training together in the reserve team for half a season. Out of competitive consciousness, he was very concerned about Gao Zheng, so he naturally knew it very well. Although Gao Zheng was tall, his all was on his feet. His ball feel was excellent and his body was flexible and flexible, allowing him to often make incredible ball control movements. At the same time, his long legs also increased his ball control range, allowing him to easily control balls beyond the control range of a small player.

His body is not strong enough, which is not a fatal factor, because he can make up for it with his excellent skills and flexible body, so even though he will be stumbled by the defender on the court, he can always control the football, or pass it out and shoot it before losing balance.

He is indeed not the kind of powerful center that people think of.

No, he is very strong, but not strong. But the latter does not prevent him from performing the former...

"If I were to bow to him, wouldn't I have to train myself to what he hoped? Not to mention whether I can become such a center, even if I can, I wouldn't want to. I gave up my advantages accumulated over ten years of football training and transformed from scratch. Why? And now the traditional big center is getting harder and harder to get along. I waste my time according to his idea. What if he pats his butt and leaves after half a season, what should I do?"

Gao Zheng's words reminded Icardi of his Argentine compatriot, Fernando Ruben Gago.

When he debuted, he was inspired by Argentine football legend Redondo in his midfield because of his flowing long hair and handsome way of playing football.

This made many people think that Gago is Redondo's successor.

He was also bought by Real Madrid, which once owned Redondo.

But how easy is it for young people to get the chance to play in a giant team?

In order to get the chance to play, Gago had to try to transform, starting from the successor of Redondo, who was elegant and elegant in the play, he became an engineer who ran tirelessly and swept the defense in the backcourt.

Although he got the chance to play, he also lost his talent and skills.

It seems that he has become a starter in Real Madrid in the short term, but in the long run it is not conducive to his growth.

After all, there are many low-level midfielders with excellent physical strength and strong defense, and it is easy to find a replacement.

But there are not many players who are good at organizing offenses in the midfield and play like Redondo.

In order to meet the coach's requirements and appearance goals, Gago gave up his strengths and eventually became mediocre.

Among the "Three South American Young Masters" who joined Real Madrid at that time, Marcelo and Higuain grew up better than Gago.

Trying to make himself tough has increased his chance of injury, and multiple injuries have also caused him to lose his position.

Real Madrid is said to have planned to give up on him.

Here is the lesson of the past, Icardi really cannot persuade Gao Zheng to become the head coach who hopes.

He sighed and felt distressed for Gao Zheng.

Seeing Icardi like this, Gao Zheng was amused: "Why do I feel that you are the chicken that was slaughtered, Mauro?"

"You still have the heart to joke?" Icardi said dissatisfied. "Aren't you worried?"

"There is nothing to worry about, Mauro. Judging from his requirements for me, his tactical philosophy is really too backward - who said that the center must be nailed to the goal and fight with the defender? I don't think he can stay here at this level. Sampdoria needs to be upgraded. If he finds that his team is not good, I want to fire the coach, and the club will not show mercy." Gao Zheng said while cutting the meat chop with a knife.

"So sure?"

"I'm not sure. I just made logical speculation based on some facts. Iron-fisted coaches governing the army strictly will generally arouse the resistance of existing players. After all, many of the original habits will be broken, and anyone will feel unhappy. If he can lead the team to win, no matter how much dissatisfaction is, he will have to be suppressed. But if the performance is not good, what will happen? Do you think our new head coach is like a person who has the ability to bring victory?"

After saying that, Gao Zheng used a fork to put the cut meat into his mouth. When he bit it, the gravy exploded in his mouth. He chewed it slowly and enjoyed the wonderful taste.

And Icardi fell into deep thought.

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PS, the last day of the World Cup, the finals!

After this game, our X**C activity will be over.

It's really a bit reluctant to leave...

Of course, I am optimistic about France in the match between France and Croatia.

There are three lines with almost no shortcomings, including experienced players and talented young people with outstanding physical fitness and proper tactics.

This French team is simply unforgivable if they don't win the championship...

Croatia has made history, but it is too difficult to defeat this France.
Chapter completed!