football world number one

Chapter 184 Breaking News
"Pretty!"

Claudio watched from the sidelines as Liu Feng accurately named the flags he tied next to the goalposts and under the crossbar with ten free kicks in a row. Because of his strict requirements, he had to applaud Liu Feng for such a superb performance.

After the three games of the Olympic team that Liu Feng was following were over, his summer training also came to the last day.

At the age of 19, he is definitely an age who can learn everything quickly, and Liu Feng has gained a lot in a month. In the state of almost ascetic every day, his free kick skills have made great progress compared to before.

According to what Claudio said, what he needs next is to constantly familiarize himself with and practice his own playing style on the field. Only a lot of repeated actual combat experience can truly convert these things into weapons that Liu Feng can use against the enemy.

In addition, Liu Feng finally found his own rhythm in the simple but complicated little routine of cutting in and shooting.

Relying on his super sense of the ball, under the premise of Claudio's precise watch, although he is still far from Robben's natural state, Liu Feng's shooting time and hit rate have reached the top level that Claudio said.

And the gym training that did not fall behind at all in a month also successfully made Liu Feng's body bigger again. Under the guidance of Claudio, Liu Feng also found a balance between his own flexibility and strength.

All in all, Liu Feng also felt that he had made great progress in all aspects, and this very fulfilling feeling made him no longer feel the pain of the huge cost when hiring Claudio.

Money is spent on yourself. Since you can increase your strength by hiring a personal trainer, then the money is worthwhile.

After saying goodbye to Claudio, Liu Feng has already started to plan to hire a long-term personal trainer in the future. Because of the normal training of the mid-season team, the opponent does not need to be as versatile as Claudio, as long as he can provide him with reliable advice on diet and state maintenance.

However, before that, Liu Feng had to deal with many other things.

The new season of Serie A will start on August [-]th. After the end of the season, the Piacenza club has started to run the team. Since the team is about to be promoted to Serie A, there are too many things to deal with.

The most important of these is naturally whether the team coach and players meet the requirements for playing in Serie A.

Giorgio Armani once again increased his investment in the club after the team was promoted, but the old man who has reached the retirement age has already begun to delegate power to Armani, so he can continue to invest. There is not much money.

After taking into account the new sponsorship fees attracted by the team's successful breakthrough and the team's ticket revenue in the past season, Piacenza's transfer budget for this season is still very tight.

Fortunately, after rushing to Serie A, the opportunity to play in the top league in the new season has added a point to Piacenza's attractiveness to players, which has provided them with a lot of help in the transfer market.

Of course, these are small things compared to the news announced by the club in early August. On August 13th, with only [-] days left before the opening of Serie A, Piacenza officially released an explosive news.

"The club is honored to announce that Mr. Antonio Conte will become the head coach of Piacenza next season. At the same time, it expresses its deep gratitude to Mr. Carney for his contribution to the club and wishes Mr. Carney all the best in his future career."

Yes, you read that right, Piacenza announced that the meritorious coach Carney, who led the team to the first season last season, has resigned. After the news spread, it caused a huge sensation, and the official Piacenza club was almost flooded by angry fans.

However, Carney, who immediately stood up, clarified the facts. Only in the long messages he sent on his social platform did people understand the real situation.

It turned out that Carney felt his lack of coaching ability after the game against Lecce. Before last season, it can even be said that before the second half of last season, Carney had been just an assistant coach.

He was very panicked after taking over the team. Fortunately, with the continuous emergence of young players such as Liu Feng, Nainggolan and Cassia, Piacenza survived the last period that should have been full of twists and turns.

However, as the team's opponents became stronger and stronger, Carney also gradually felt his own strenuous efforts, but with the experience he had accumulated over the years, he survived.

But now, the team is about to compete in Serie A, and Carney has just been promoted from assistant coach to head coach for half a season. He naturally knows that the club will not fire him anyway, and even if he leads the team to relegation next season, there will be no danger of dismissal.

However, Carney, who loves the club from the bottom of his heart, does not allow such a thing to happen, so when the person in charge of the club's transfer affairs approached him enthusiastically to discuss the introduction and sale of players, he formally proposed to the club his willingness to terminate the contract peacefully.

For the Piacenza executives, this was definitely an unexpected thing. Fortunately, when Carney raised this matter in mid-July, the club began to quickly look for a new coach after expressing regret after failing to retain him.

In the end, Conte, who also accepted Barry in the second half of the season to help Barry successfully avoid relegation and reach the middle level of the league, entered the high-level vision. Conte, who can be called a world-class player in his career, has performed well since he started his coaching career in 2005.

Whether it is the formation before the game or the adjustment during the game, Conte has fully demonstrated his sensitivity as a world-class midfielder, and his grasp of various changes on the court can be described as impeccable.

In addition, Conte also has great charisma. His brilliant career performance has always allowed him to gain the respect and support of the players faster. This is also the main reason why Conte was able to quickly stabilize the internal strife in the Barry team after taking over Barry.

In short, after summarizing the suggestions of all parties and evaluating by professionals, the club's top management has decided on the team's new coach candidate.

Although Conte is too young, the club does not mind taking a gamble given the lessons learned by Carney. After all, in terms of coaching, there is really no extra spare money to hire top coaches.

Then it was naturally Piacenza who threw an olive branch to Conte. The temptation of Serie A was huge for Conte, who had never coached a top league team. After receiving the invitation from Piacenza, he only considered it for one day before submitting his resignation letter to Barry.

In this way, Piacenza and Conte happily reached an agreement.

　Chapter 1 here!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)