The strongest blade in football

Chapter 102 The Predators Enter
When the team came back from Athens, they only had one day off, and immediately went back to intense training.

Wang Nuo suffered a leg injury and could only do some upper body strength training alone for two consecutive days.

And unfortunately, because of three stitches, the team doctor changed his mind and said that the stitches would take a few days to remove, which caused Wang Nuo to miss the penultimate round of the regular season.

As a result, the team drew 1-1 with Sürt in the away game, and fell behind Anderlecht by 11 points. It can almost be said that they missed the league championship completely, and even qualified for the Champions League next season.

Wang Nuo stayed in Liege, took advantage of the team's game, and contacted Viteant's brother-in-law Evans to ask how the matter of contacting the agent was going.

Evans replied: The boss is busy with the affairs of a big-name player under his banner, and he has no time to see Wang Nuo for the time being, so he has to wait patiently.

Wang Nuo nodded in agreement, but felt a little anxious in his heart.

Because since De Sutter took him out for a "walk" around, things seem to have changed a bit.

The scouts around him seemed to have sensed something, and they all became restless.

On March 3th, at the end of the standard Liege training session, Wang Nuo saw the Milan scout Espino from a distance.

This time, he had an extra companion by his side.

At first, Wang Nuo thought it was one of his colleagues.

Maybe they "changed shifts", such as Milan sent him to other places, and another guy continued to observe himself.

But when De Sutter saw them, he suddenly showed a rather shocked expression.

"Have you noticed, that's Gullit!" De Sutter told Wang Nuo in a low voice, a little agitated.

Hearing this name, Wang Nuo was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized, no wonder he thought that tall and strong man looked familiar!
It turned out to be Gullit, a Dutch celebrity, Golden Globe winner, and "Black Tulip" all-around fighter!

Wang Nuo remembers that he became a coach after retiring, how could he appear outside the training ground of Standard Liege?
Still mixed with Milan's scouts?
"Gurllit was hired by Milan as the ambassador to the Nordics after he was dismissed from the American major leagues. In fact, he cooperated with the club to discover football talents in the Netherlands and surrounding areas!"

De Sartre was in a good mood. After explaining to Wang Nuo, he turned his eyes away and pretended nothing happened.

"Things are starting to work, boy, take it easy, it's all going well."

De Sutter glanced at Wang Nuo and found that he looked calmer than himself, so he couldn't help but nodded secretly. This little guy really has the potential to be a star.

It's a pity that after discussion, the club has decided to sell him this season in exchange for funds to be used for next year's operations and youth training.

If the "genius" is not sold in time, sometimes the "shelf life" will suddenly expire, and it will not be sold at a discount.

For Wang Nuo, the club has paid almost nothing, so it doesn't feel distressed.

Wang Nuo didn't know that the club had completely labeled him as "for sale". At this moment, he looked calm on the surface, but his heart was actually beating.

It was true that Espino had been hanging around him before, but that was just an "observation" and it didn't mean that Milan would attack him.

But now that Gullit is here, everything may be different!

Wang Nuo can roughly guess that they will watch Standard Liege's Europa League match at home to observe themselves.

Wang Nuo tried his best to keep calm, and said to himself in his heart: Playing the game well, that's enough!

On the night of March 3th, the Dufrassen Stadium turned into a sea of ​​red again. Standard Liege experienced three matches a week, but the physical condition of the players was still good.

The stitches on Wang Nuo's wound were removed the day before yesterday, and he is a lively young man again.

When Wang Nuo heard his name pronounced by the DJ, he rushed onto the court, and the audience immediately cheered like a tsunami, louder than the previous players.

Along with the cheers, another trophy was handed to him by the staff——

That is the trophy for the best rookie in February.

Wang Nuo has won this honor for the second time. When the award was presented last time, he scored two goals against Anderlecht at home!
He hopes that this game will also have a good performance.

Cisse was suspended due to a red card in this game, which is good news for Standard Liege.

Cisse is the team's top scorer in the league and scored 7 goals in 4 games in the Europa League. Panathinaikos' combat power can be described as greatly reduced.

Standard Liege has the bonus of Dufrasen's home atmosphere and the psychological advantage of a big away win. After the start of the game, he has firmly grasped the situation on the field.

In the second half of the first half, Wang Nuo received a pass from the wing outside the penalty area.

He's in good form, and with the power he's had from resting last round, he decided to follow his instincts and perform some tricks for the crowd.

Today's turf is a bit slippery, and Wang Nuo knew that it was intentionally overwatering, in order to make it more difficult for Panathinaikos to pass control.

But this had little effect on Wang Nuo, the football lurked under his feet, and he turned into a shrewd ninja again.

One, two, he passed two opposing players in a row!

Wang Nuo realized that even if he concedes a goal now, the fans will applaud him, so he became more courageous and moved into the penalty area.

Cedric Kanter suddenly appeared and stood in his way.

Wang Nuo knew that the other party was a flexible and tough guy, so he couldn't get in the narrow space.

At the same time, he has to pay attention to the football under his feet, because at any time a foot will stick out around him and destroy its position.

Meng An, who was shaken just now, also turned around and leaned towards Wang Nuo, and the two of them quickly formed a pinching trend.

Wang Nuo understood that he couldn't wait any longer. Every 0.5 seconds longer in the opponent's penalty area would make the situation worse!
They will block all shooting and passing lanes, then rush up and grab the ball!

Wang Nuo couldn't allow this kind of thing to happen. He hesitated whether he should knock the ball to Dufour behind him with his heel to win new applause for himself.

But at this moment, he saw another possibility.

Cedric Kante has a bit of a problem with his positioning.

With his back to the goal, he didn't completely block the shooting angle. If he could swing out even half of his body, Wang Nuo would have a chance to kick.

As soon as this idea came up, it quickly occupied Wang Nuo's entire brain.

Not many strikers can resist the temptation to shoot, and neither can Wang Nuo.

So Wang Nuo swayed to the left suddenly, flicked the ball to the left, and then at the moment when Cedric Kanter moved synchronously, he took a step to the right very quickly and kicked the goal!

When he kicked, in fact, Cedric Kanter had basically followed the defense, and he was only half a beat slower than Wang Nuo.

But that was enough, Wang Nuo couldn't even aim, so he had to rely on his feeling to kick a ground ball towards the lower left corner of the goal.

Unexpectedly, this kick was perfect, water splashed on the slippery grass, and the football rubbed against the left post and rushed into the door!
The goalkeeper didn't even react!

Wang Nuo scored!
He didn't celebrate crazily, but raised his fists high, stopped in place and waited.

All the teammates rushed towards him, the first was Dufour, then Witsel, and then the whole team!
This goal rewritten the total score of the two sides to 4 to 1. Standard Liege also held 3 away goals. This goal has basically sent Standard Liege to the top 8 of the Europa League!
In a VIP box in Dufrasen, Gullit swallowed his glass of beer, pointed at Wang Nuo who was overwhelmed by his teammates, and said with a smile, "He's very smart! I don't know what you are still thinking about?"

In addition to Gullit and Espino, there were two men sitting in the box, one was Milan's assistant coach Mauro Tassotti, and the other was the famous Milan sports director Braida.

Braida has stayed in Milan for more than 20 years and is a good helper to assist Galliani in finding players. Over the years, he has signed many top stars for Milan.

Including Gullit, it was also his contact and transfer operation that year.

It was PSV's pre-season game in 1986, and like today, Braida watched Gullit, still sporting dreadlocks, perform.

He negotiated for a long time with PSV on behalf of the club, reached a consensus, and signed Gullit with a record transfer fee.

For Wang Nuo, he lacked sufficient understanding before, and was recommended by scout Espino.

Espino's scouting report used countless compliments, and Wang Nuo's game statistics were really impressive, which made Milan move his mind.

Speaking of which, another reason is that Galliani is planning a training program for young players.

The reason was that Galliani worried that Milan would not be able to compete with other giants in the transfer market.

After all, compared to Real Madrid and the others, Milan has been economically disadvantaged recently.

Galliani believes that the best way at the moment is to invest in young people, take back the young people on loan, and tap the stars of hope in Europe.

There are too many players in the team who are over 30 years old, and the rejuvenation of the lineup seems impatient.

Therefore, two days ago, the club asked Gullit, who was in the Netherlands, to come and see how the Chinese player was doing.

Gullit was full of praise for Wang Nuo after just watching a training match.

So this afternoon, Braida rushed over with the team's assistant coach Mauro Tassotti, and made a special trip to inspect the rising star Wang Nuo, who is already well-known in Belgium.

Before Braida arrived in Darlene, he made two special phone calls to De Sutter, exchanged information on Wang Nuo's transfer, and persuaded De Sart to set a price for Wang Nuo first.

But the cunning De Sutter refused to do so, he did not want a certain number to tie the deal.

"This boy is not for sale," De Sutter said on the phone. "Of course, you can come and have a look, and write down a price you think is right in the box on site."

Undoubtedly, it was a smart move and a gamble.

At the same time, Braida knew that De Sart was flirting with several clubs at the same time, and even went to Inter Milan at the beginning of the month.

De Sutter's move made Braida very angry, which is clearly a aggressive method.

He didn't have much feeling for Wang Nuo before. He only knew that he was a wide player, young, fast and skilled. He thought that there were many such players in Europe, so there was no need to stick to him!
Yesterday, it was Galliani's phone call that woke him up——

This kid is Chinese.

That's right, Chinese!

China, which has no football stars but has a vast market, has always been a place of potential business opportunities in the hearts of major clubs. Whoever can win that market will be able to make a lot of money.

And just now, they saw a wonderful goal scored entirely by personal ability.

Compared with the scouting report submitted by Espino before, this intuitive feeling is more touching.

The strength of this Chinese kid is outstanding!

"He is not yet 19 years old. The performance just now is not a flash in the pan. I have observed him for a long time, so I should have enough right to speak."

Scout Espino felt a little complacent, but he discovered Wang Nuo at the very beginning and continued to follow up.

Braida nodded, already looking forward to this deal.

(End of this chapter)