Prominence in Football Community

At the Groiano Mugnaini training base on the hillside of Boriasco, Gao Zheng and Guo Wei finally met Luciano Carlino's friend Luciano Bruni.

Bruni was also looking at Gao Zheng.

He's tall, but he doesn't look very strong, just like what Carlino said on the phone.

"I heard from Carlino, he asked me to give you a trial training opportunity. This is not a problem, but whether you can stay here depends on yourself."

Gao Zheng nodded to show that he understood.

"Okay, then come directly to the training tomorrow."

"Huh, no competition?" Gao Zheng was a little surprised.

"Compared to what? I have to disrupt the training arrangement for you alone? Impossible, just follow the training, and there will be competitions if there should be." Bruni waved his hand.

After saying goodbye to Bruni, when the two got out of the car, Guo Wei was still talking about the coach to Gao Zheng: "I don't think you are very important..."

Gao Zheng looked at the sparkling Genoa Bay outside the car window: "I can't be regarded as being valued now, can I?"

"But I thought there would be some extra care if I came to the door with the coach's business card..."

"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 it will be a waste of time and not worth it."

Guo Wei sighed and stopped talking.

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Sampdoria's Mugnaini training base is located on the hills of Boliasco, a small town east of Genoa. Gao Zheng and Guo Wei didn't go back to Genoa to rest. Instead, they found a hotel in Boriasco to live in, so that it was convenient to train every day.

After the two of them found a hotel, they found a random restaurant near the hotel for dinner.

While eating, Guo Wei remembered one thing: "It stands to reason that today is the day for the final result. Your director Yang must be waiting for the result. It is already late today, but I will definitely call him tomorrow. What will happen then? Say?"

Gao Zheng said while eating: "Let's be honest, if he doesn't believe it, you can send him the video."

He said it lightly, but Guo Wei couldn't sit still: "You don't want to talk to your director Yang about such a big matter?"

"What can I 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 they 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 during the trial training. You can do your best."

"That's right, Uncle Guo, you have already helped me a lot. If it weren't for you, I should be ready to go back to China today, and I would really go home in despair." Gao Zheng raised his head and wiped his face. Mouth, looked at Guo Wei and said.

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The next day, when Guo Wei sent Gao Zheng to the base of the Sampdoria training ground, he was still a little reluctant to see Gao Zheng walk into the building alone. He stood outside and looked at it for a while. Seeing Gao Zheng being kicked out, 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 to deal with business matters.

But he would always get distracted, look up through the window and look at the hill not far away. On the mountainside, he could vaguely see the Mughnaini Training Center.

I don't know how Gao Zheng is training there, whether he gets along well with his new teammates, and how the coach treats him...

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In the reserve locker room at the Mughnaini training center, reserve team coach Bruni introduces his players to new teammates.

"He is your temporary teammate. In the next week, he will train with you."

For this kind of "temporary teammate", everyone knows exactly what they are here for.

Tryouts are nothing new.

But today someone in the team exclaimed: "High?"

This sound attracted everyone's attention, including Gao Zheng's. He stared blankly at the person who called him.

Reserve team coach Bruni was also very strange: "Alberto, do you know him?"

Alberto Massi, whose name was called, stood up, nodded and said, "Well, I've fought against him before."

Gao Zheng was even more strange, buddy, do I know you?

Masi continued to explain: "When I was in the Sampdoria youth team, I played against Gao's AC Milan youth team, the U16 class."

Speaking of U16, that was Gao Zheng's best season. They played all over the country, and they must have played against Sampdoria U16. Maybe they really had a confrontation with this one in front of them.

Masi looked at Gao Zheng with a puzzled face, and said with a smile: "I caused endless trouble for our defense in that game. You scored four goals. And I was the captain who defended you. "

Although Gao Zheng still didn't know who the Sampdoria captain who defended him was, he still showed a sudden realization: "Oh—it's you!"

"You remember?"

"Uh...no." Gao Zheng scratched his head.

Masi didn't care about this, and smiled: "It's normal to not remember, but I have a deep impression on you. Because you destroyed our whole team by yourself at that time, and you scored in the first 25 minutes." Four balls knocked us all into a daze!"

Listening to Marcy's story, the expressions of other Sampdoria reserve team players looking at Gao Zheng changed.

"I didn't expect you to come to us now, what happened in the middle?"

"Uh." Gao Zheng hesitated, but chose to tell the truth. "I terminated my contract with AC Milan."

"Terminate the contract? Why?" Macy's eyes widened in surprise.

"This is a long story..." It's not that Gao Zheng didn't want to say it, but it was indeed a long story.

The head coach of the reserve team, Bruni, coughed: "Okay, let's talk slowly later. Since you know Marcy well, it's easy to handle. You can introduce him to your teammates, and then prepare for training!"

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As soon as the head coach left, Alberto Massi introduced Gao Zheng to all his teammates in a grand way: "Let me introduce to you, Gao! Gao Zheng! He used to be in the AC Milan youth team. The best player who ever passed the U16, it's amazing!"

"Eh?" Gao Zheng never expected that Marci would introduce him to other people like this.

"Okay, now can you tell me how you got here?" Marcy asked curiously after finishing speaking, he really didn't understand the question. Gao Zheng left a deep impression on him since he was a child. He still remembers that after Gao Zheng scored his fourth goal with a beautiful volley, he was surrounded by his teammates like stars. The innermost scene.

Marcy will never forget this scene.

Although the AC Milan youth team is not as famous as the Inter Milan youth team next door, it also has a lot of outstanding talented players, but in this talented team, Gao Zheng is the one who shines the most, just like It is the largest and most eye-catching jewel in the middle of the crown.

At that time, he was the captain of the Sampdoria Junior Team and the main central defender. He was a genius who had been favored and praised since childhood. In Sampdoria's echelons at all levels, there are people who are loved by thousands of people.

But with a genius like him, when he met Gao Zheng, he had no ability to resist. His mentality was almost broken when he went down four cities in a row within 25 minutes.

"Actually, it's nothing. I suffered a serious injury later. AC Milan felt that I had no future, so they terminated my contract." Gao Zheng summed up his grievances and hatred with AC Milan in a simple sentence.

Hearing that it was due to injury, everyone’s curiosity and confusion disappeared—injuries are commonplace for any athlete, and many young talents are basically planted on injuries.

Ma Xi, who asked the question, did not expect that there was such a story behind Gao Zheng. He felt a little guilty. He had exposed Gao Zheng's scars in public...

Gao Zheng spread his hands: "Actually, it's nothing. I went back to China to rest for a year, but I was still a little bit unwilling, so I came back for trial training everywhere. I still want to come back and play football."

"Come back, come back..." Marcy didn't know what to say besides repeating this sentence. The big devil-like character I met when I was young is now standing beside me like this, but no matter the identity or the reason, it is embarrassing.

Gao Zheng noticed Marcy's strangeness, and he patted his shoulder: "You haven't introduced your teammates to me yet!"

"Oh, yes, let me introduce you, this is Kosticic, Nenad Kosticic..."