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Chapter 669 The future is more important than the present
After the end of this round of league with Catania, Piacenza's match in February finally came to an end. The players had a big win without delay and a narrow loss, but it has become a thing of the past after all.

Since this round of the league ended, Piacenza's next round of the league was a full week away. Therefore, although the team failed to win, Conte, who was satisfied with the team's fighting spirit to the end, still gave a day off.

The team members who shouted long live naturally went their separate ways and fully enjoyed this happy holiday.

On the second day after the game ended, Liu Feng, who was in a good mood, went to visit Scarpelli at his invitation, and other friends in the team naturally came one after another.

Astori, who brought a bottle of champagne, Cassia, who prepared the game console, and Nainggolan, who cleaned up his mohawk hair again, all the young players in the Piacenza team attended the party. Of course, Gan Suo, who is close to Liu Feng, was also present.

The group was warmly received by the Scarpelli family, who are all die-hard fans of Piacenza, and held a self-service roasting banquet in the courtyard in front of their house.

Since it was during the league, several young players didn't taste much of the delicious barbecue or champagne, and most of them were very restrained.

That afternoon, they played games in front of the big screen like other young people in their 20s like to do, and the whole process was hearty.

Finally, after the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, everyone went back to their respective homes.

The next day, on the training ground in Piacenza, the familiar hot training scene reappeared. Obviously, after the battle with Catania, the players' condition has recovered a lot compared to before.

However, when Conte, who was standing on the sidelines, got the latest physical data of the players detected by the coaching team and the medical team, the coach's frown returned to the state of frowning again.

If the player's status is divided into three colors to represent, then green means everything is good, yellow means that he is a little tired and has begun to show mild symptoms of injury, and red means that he must stop participating in the game.

At this moment, in the data sheet in Conte's hand, one-third of the team's main players have already reached the yellow state, and the team's medical team's attending physician, Dr. Benjamin, went directly to Conte for this.

"You have to continue to rotate, a lot of players need to be rested if you don't want to see them go from green to yellow to red."

With 26 league rounds, 7 Champions League games and 3 Coppa Italia games, this season, Piacenza is only two games away from reaching the number of games played by the entire team last season.

For this team, which is dominated by a group of young people in their early 20s, Conte's most worried physical problems finally began to be intuitively reflected in the medical examination list.

Throughout the history of football, the average peak age of players is between 25 and 30 years old. This is not without reason. The most important thing is that men in this age group can only be considered to have truly reached the peak of their bodies.

Compared with the golden age, there are many amazing talents under the age of 25, but most of them are players who are still in a state of polishing. These players may not lose to those golden-age players in terms of talent and strength, but their physical toughness is much worse.

Conte, who once became famous at a young age, naturally understood this truth. He nodded helplessly under the gaze of the extremely serious team doctor in front of him: "Don't worry, Mr., I will not use the future of these little guys to fight for my future."

"Hmm, I hope so."

When Conte joined Piacenza, he brought only a few cronies of his coaching staff. Piacenza's medical team was not actually with him.

As Conte said, Benjamin is well aware of the critical moment the team has reached. It can even be said that whether Piacenza can reach the highest level since its establishment depends on the final development of this season.

Benjamin, who has been working in Piacenza for nearly 20 years, is looking forward to the final result, but the price is by no means that Conte will directly wear down the outstanding players of the team.

There are many examples of injury to Zhongyong in the football world, among which there are indeed those who failed to live up to their expectations and gradually degenerated, but there are also many cases that were overused by the coach after becoming famous at a young age.

For a player, the success of one season and two seasons is just a short moment in his entire career, but for some coaches who are eager to prove themselves, these may be an important step from an ordinary coach to a world-class coach.

At this point, the coaches and players who originally had the same goal of bringing excellent results to the team have actually disagreed, because a player who knows in advance is absolutely unwilling to trade his body for the next ten years for the glory of the next season.

However, it is a pity that mature players understand the truth, but it is difficult for young 20-year-olds who are just in their early years to understand. Often after being instilled with chicken soup and dreams of fame by the coach, they go on the court like chicken blood and desperately.

This is what Benjamin is worried about. He cares more about the health and future of the players than the unlimited possibilities of the current team. He is unwilling to use the future of this group of outstanding young people that Piacenza has never had to accumulate capital for himself anyway.

"Mr. Benjamin, I actually want to see what their future will be like more than you."

"Um……"

The two stopped talking, but looked intently at the court. The players on the court were immersed in substantial training when Conte communicated with Benjamin.

They are gradually developing from young players in a small club in Italy to being known and loved by more and more people. Maybe they will never know that two elders once stared at them with the same expectant eyes.

Benjamin's suggestion was naturally adopted by Conte. Therefore, even before facing an enemy like AC Milan, when all the Piacenza players gathered in the conference room, the young coach said the word rotation for the first time.

And this time, the scope of Piacenza's rotation is unprecedented.

Gilardino acts as a single striker, with Ramires as the front midfielder, Aubameyang and Wolfer as the two frontcourts, and Raimondi and Nocerino as the midfielder.

The four defenders are only Vitale, Miranda, Scarpelli and Caporoso from the left, and the goalkeeper has become Maurantagno again.

Tomorrow, they will use a formation of 4231 and half of them as substitutes against AC Milan who came to challenge.

　Chapter 1 here!In fact, Pato’s premature decline from the peak period in Milan was inseparable from overuse. In the end, frequent injuries and the breakup with Barbara, the double blow made him choose to return to China when he was young. This time in Brazil, it was all over...

　　
　
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