Football: Take away half of Boss Mei's skills at the beginning

After playing against Venice, Alessandro's foot injury finally recovered gradually and he began to participate in the team's joint training.

However, Gatti and Di Cesare have performed very well recently, so he is also happy to accept the role of substitute.

After all, everyone has to get used to the changes brought to them by the years.

Now the young people in the team have gradually begun to take up the responsibility, and the veterans in the team have become more and more marginalized.

In addition to Di Cesare and Karaiou who are still playing as the main players, Alessandro, Munari and Mohammed Koli have become rotation players.

It is estimated that by next year, only Di Cesare will remain in the team.

And this is also the inevitable result of the passage of time.

Alessandro faces all this calmly. As long as it is good for Parma, he can make any sacrifice.

Soon, Parma will usher in the next league.

They will go to the away game to challenge Salernitana.

This team is unknown in the history of Italian football. Matteo knew him because Ribery had joined this team a few years later.

And now their strength is also very average, so Parma is still very easy to deal with them.

In the 70th minute of the game, they had already taken a 3-0 lead.

And at this time, the substitution card was played on the sidelines.

Parma's old captain Alessandro came on the bench and replaced Di Cesare.

This was Alessandro's first league appearance this season, and the Parma fans who came here gave him a warm applause.

He deserves any praise from Parma fans.

And many home fans applauded the respectable old captain, who knew how much effort the old captain had made for the rebirth of Parma.

Even if they were opponents, they were willing to express their respect.

Alessandro waved to them and then threw himself into the game.

But after running for more than ten minutes, he found that he was indeed old.

For a player of his age, it's fine if he doesn't get injured, but once he gets injured, he recovers very slowly.

And even if he recovers, it will affect his competitive level.

Just like now, he obviously feels that his feet are not as strong as before.

This also makes his whole rhythm different from before.

At this moment, Salernitana launched a counterattack.

Their midfielder Francesco Della Roca easily dribbled past veteran Munari and sent a very penetrating pass.

Salernitana's striker Simone Palombi immediately sprinted at high speed and got the ball in front of Alessandro.

The young player on loan from Lazio did not have any fancy moves, but directly accelerated with the ball and completely got rid of Alessandro's pressing!

Then he faced Vicario's attack and easily sent the ball into Parma's goal!

Alessandro looked at his opponent's celebrating back helplessly, thinking that this boy who was 19 years younger than him was really fast...

Of course, in fact, Palombi was not particularly fast, but he was just particularly slow now.

Matteo, who was also a substitute, saw that his father was a little sad, and hurriedly ran back from the front court and patted his shoulder.

Alessandro saw that it was him, and just smiled helplessly.

Matteo knew that his father was self-deprecating, and he couldn't help feeling sad.

This is competitive sports. No one is forever young, but there are always young people.

Although the opponent's goal did not have any impact on the result of the game, it still had a great psychological impact on Alessandro.

He looked at Matteo, as if he had something to say, but in the end he just patted his shoulder lightly, indicating that he should continue to play.

After this goal, Parma's defense also tightened up, and the opponent did not get any more opportunities. In the end, Parma defeated Salernitana 3-1 away, continuing its good form.

After the away game, Alessandro and Matteo returned home together.

After returning home, Alessandro seemed normal until he finished packing and returned to the bedroom with Claire, then he sighed deeply.

Claire keenly noticed that something was wrong with her husband: "Alessandro, what's wrong with you? Did you find out that your blood sugar is high after the test?"

Alessandro suddenly felt speechless. Claire was good in everything, but she was too careless...

He lay on the bed and defended himself: "My blood sugar is fine!"

Claire also lay down beside him: "Then what's wrong with you?"

AlessandroAlessandro hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell her: "Claire, I feel old."

Claire didn't know why he said that: "It's okay... When we did that a few days ago, didn't you play well? You didn't find another opponent to compete with these days?"

Alessandro resisted the urge to block her mouth: "What kind of tiger and wolf words are you talking about? I'm talking about my feeling on the court!"

Claire reacted: "Oh, you're talking about this."

Alessandro said: "Why are you not surprised at all?"

Claire said: "What's surprising? You are forty years old, if you don't age, who will? You think you are an old monster!"

Alessandro was stunned and thought that this was true.

Claire said: "You are already better than most athletes! How many forty-year-olds in the world can still be active in professional competitions?"

Alessandro suddenly felt cheerful.

Yes, it's amazing that he can stand on the court!

Claire stroked his beard: "Look at you, your beard is a little white, and you are still playing football. Isn't that amazing?"

Alessandro pondered for a moment: "Are you praising me or insulting me?"

Claire laughed: "What do you think?"

Alessandro laughed: "I'll take it as a compliment!"

Claire said: "Actually, I watched yesterday's game. The opponent's striker is indeed much faster than you. There is nothing we can do about it. After all, there is an age gap."

Alessandro stretched: "Yeah... So at that moment I felt that I was no longer suitable for the intensity of professional games."

Claire reached out and hugged him: "It doesn't matter, there will be a day sooner or later anyway. If you really want to say goodbye to your identity as a football player, I will be very happy."

Alessandro also skillfully put his hand under her head to use as a pillow for her: "Yeah, I think it's time to say goodbye to your identity as a football player and start a new life."

Claire smiled: "Whatever decision you make, I support you!"