The biggest fanatic in football

Chapter 3 I'm Not a Little White Rabbit!

10 o'clock sharp.

While Lipolo and his translator were just enjoying the meal, Valencia coach Nuno Santo had already started the first meeting of the coaching staff of the new season in the office.

"I hope you all had a pleasant holiday and new challenges are coming soon."

The 41-year-old young coach didn't talk too much. He first pointed at another guy standing opposite:

"This is our new member, Phil Neville. His experience...should not require much introduction."

Phil Neville, referred to as Xiao Nei, is a member of Manchester United's "Class of 92" and the younger brother of Gary Neville. He has played for Manchester United and Everton. After retiring, he briefly served as the assistant coach of Manchester United to assist Ferguson's successor.

Moyes, then saw that Moyes was unlikely to become a big player, so he joined Sky TV and became a football commentator.

Relying on his personal friendship with Peter Lin, he airborne to join the coaching staff. From another perspective, this is a manifestation of the power struggle within the club.

The others politely greeted little Neville and quickly got into the topic.

His first assistant, fellow Portuguese Rui Pedro Silva, held a list:

"Alves and Gomez are still recovering from injuries and cannot return to the team for the time being. Otamendi's agent has clearly informed us that he is determined to go to Manchester. For this reason, Manchester City has started the buyout process, and there is nothing we can do about it.

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Nuno was not surprised:

"Then let's follow the procedure. It's a pity that we lost our main central defender and two midfielders, but we also signed more powerful players."

He cleared his throat and began to look to the future:

"Last season we achieved our best result in recent years, fourth in the league, and the club's senior management are very satisfied. In the new season, our basic goal is to maintain this ranking while making some progress, but before that,

We have another task, which is to win the qualifying play-offs for the Champions League and officially enter the highest competition in football!"

Rui Pedro looked at the schedule and explained to other members:

"Our opponent is Monaco in Ligue 1, first away and then home, on August 19th and 25th respectively. On the 22nd, we will play our first league game against Rayo Vallecano, which is equivalent to seven days.

Playing three games in a row is not an easy schedule for the start of the new season."

Nuno nodded in agreement:

"Rui is right. Although today is only July 7 and there are still more than 40 days to prepare for the first game, you all know that for the club's operational plan, we will conduct two commercial games in Asia.

, and then we have to go to Germany to participate in an invitational match and a friendly match with a local low-level team, which leaves us less time to prepare for the game seriously than we imagined."

The room full of people showed expressions of understanding.

Just listen to him continue:

"Today is the reporting day. We don't need too much training. Let's test the basic physical fitness of all the players first. I don't want to see anyone gain 20 pounds during the holidays!"

At 10:20, Lee Polo, who had a quick snack, returned to the training base 10 minutes early.

In the players' locker room, he found an empty seat, quickly changed into training clothes, and then followed the sound of people to the training ground.

Many players have gathered in this field. They are doing basic stretching exercises while chatting with each other about their vacation life in twos and threes. Unfortunately, Li Polo, who has only learned Spanish for three days, cannot understand the content of their conversation at all.

——He can't let Lopez translate these chats that have nothing to do with him.

Seeing Li Polo entering the training ground with his translator, the players were a little strange. After muttering a few words to each other, they all shook their heads.

"Guys, I heard the club bought a player from the fourth tier of England?"

Their midfielder Pablo Piatti made a strange cry:

"Is La Liga the same level as English League Two?"

Probably because Li Polo didn't understand, the players laughed one after another.

Another player coughed, stopped their ridicule, and then walked towards Li Polo:

"Hello, I am Daniel Parejo, captain of the team. I am very happy that you have joined Valencia."

Li Polo barely understood his welcome speech and stretched out his hand to shake his hand:

"Thank you, I am Lee Polo, you can call me by my name - Polo."

After confirming to join Valencia, Li Polo also paid attention to his new club, deliberately found the team's first-team lineup from the Internet, and also had a general understanding of his teammates in the new season.

As Allen said before, apart from the local Spanish players, the Valencia team is basically composed of Argentinian or Portuguese players. As a Chinese-British guy, he really stands out from the crowd.

For example, captain Parejo is from Argentina. He was born in 1989 and is only 5 years older than Lipolo.

However, among this group of players, apart from Otamendi, who has made it clear that he will transfer to Manchester City through a training strike, only Mustafi is a regular member of the national team. Most of them are not even involved in their respective national teams.

Never entered.

But this is also easy to understand. Spain has been the dominant player in football for a long time in the past. Their national team has long been full of talents and overcrowded. Although Argentina has never won the championship, it has never lacked talented players, that is, the defense line.

The starlight was a little dim, so Otamendi was allowed to play the main role.

Parejo gave full play to his role as captain and led the new teammates to greet the old players one by one. Although Li Polo tried to make his greetings warm, those teammates always showed a hint of disdain and perseverance.

In the football world, food is the biggest original sin.

So Li Polo decided to show off his cards.

He no longer wants to pretend to be a warm, friendly, harmless little white rabbit!

"Sorry, I didn't introduce it clearly just now."

He stood opposite all his teammates and began to recite the lines he had prepared in advance:

"I am Lee Polo, a member of the English FA Cup, League Cup, English Championship, English League Two championship team, and...the mvp of the above four events."

He took a breath and saw that the expressions of some teammates had changed significantly.

The English League Two and the English Championship are indeed low-level competitions, but the winners of the FA Cup and League Cup cannot be ignored!

You know, even if it is a domestic cup championship, Valencia has not touched it for seven or eight years!

What qualifications do they have to despise the English FA Cup champion and mvp?

Just listen to Li Polo continue to introduce his resume:

"I defeated some teams last season, and you may have heard some of the names, such as Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, and Chelsea. The players I played against were also relatively ordinary, with only Harry Kane and Alek

Players like Sanchez, Diego Costa, Hazard, and Gerrard are still a little famous, but they are still far from Ronaldo and Messi who are playing in Spain."

"Yes, I am a defender, but I can score goals occasionally. Last season, I scored 41 goals, and I hope I can improve this season."

He looked at the stunned new teammates and felt a faint sense of joy in his heart.

Then he concluded his self-introduction:

"I have only played professional football for one year and am still a novice. Please take care of me!"

[Negative emotions from Parejo, 1]

【Rodriguez,1】

【Vizzo,1】

【Piatti,2】

【Mustafi,2】

【Fuego,1】

【Gaya,1】

【Figuli,1】