green shooter

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It's time to rest. Fortunately, Zhu Hantao doesn't recognize the bed. Otherwise, as a player, he often has to sleep in an unfamiliar place before the game, which may affect the state of the next day's game.

After washing up, Zhu Hantao lay on his little bed, not knowing how long he would stay here. This was his first day officially in Pinetina, and there was still time to get used to it.

In the silent night of the small town in Italy, I let myself go, as if I had unloaded the exhaustion of the day, so I should rest early, and I still have hard training waiting for me the next day. Zhu Hantao seemed to be really exhausted, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

After a night without dreams, Zhu Hantao was woken up by the alarm clock the next morning. He stretched on the bed and sat up with difficulty. After a night's rest, his physical condition recovered a lot, but when he thought about the training he was about to face, Zhu Hantao involuntarily gasped.

After washing up and changing his clothes, Zhu Hantao picked up his small backpack and headed for the Pinettina training base.

The air in Appiano Gentile was exceptionally fresh in the morning, and the passers-by who met on the road greeted him very friendly when they saw Zhu Hantao running. Smiling and nodding was basic, and some even said a few words, "Good morning, Zhu, I wish you a happy day."

It seems that these are all fans of Inter Milan. They all know Zhu Hantao. This is the charm of a small town. There are few people, every household knows each other, and neighbors often communicate with each other. Although it is not as bustling and lively as a big city, it also has a different kind of warmth and tranquility.

With a distance of less than three kilometers, Zhu Hantao's jogging all the way was regarded as morning exercise and warm-up. When he walked into Pinettina, there were not many people in the training base, let alone players, and there were not many staff members.

That's right, everyone else lives far away, so if they want to get up in the morning and then drive here, they must come later than Zhu Hantao. Zhu Hantao is about an hour earlier than the team's "work time" in the morning.

Zhu Hantao went to the training ground first and planned to practice dribbling and shooting free kicks for a while, otherwise he would not know how to kick the ball after a day of physical training. Coach Faria told him not to practice randomly after training at night. There should be no problem in the early morning.

After about an hour of training, Zhu Hantao sweated a little, "It's almost time, take a break, take a shower, and then go have breakfast." He checked the time, took a shower in the shower room, and came out to change into clean clothes.

I still want to say a few words of emotion, but the rich and powerful are different. Although this dressing room and this shower room seem to have been built many years ago, they are still quite luxurious, especially compared with the Torino team that Zhu Hantao was in before.

Going to the restaurant for breakfast, Zhu Hantao now feels that he has a big appetite, and he must eat more. People are like iron rice or steel. If you don’t eat a meal, you will feel hungry. Eat more to replenish your strength in order to withstand the "torture" of Coach Faria.

The breakfast was also very rich. Zhu Hantao picked and picked, and took some food according to the diet plan that Otto made for himself yesterday, including milk, bread, fruit and eggs, which were nutritious, healthy and delicious.

Looking at the bacon that the chef is frying, is such a greasy thing really appropriate to eat in the morning?It smells so good, Zhu Hantao wiped his saliva, but this should not be prepared for players like them, this kind of thing is not very healthy at first sight, he comforted himself like this.

In addition to making thinly sliced ​​raw ham into dishes, many Italians like to eat raw ham for breakfast. Whether it is sandwiched in bread to make sandwiches or burgers, or eaten raw alone, it is delicious.

Zhu Hantao looked at it and shook his head. He had tasted it too, and it wasn't unpalatable or disgusting, but it was just average. It was neither delicious nor healthy and nutritious, so he directly deleted it from the menu.

While Zhu Hantao was chewing and eating seriously, the players from Inter Milan came one after another. Some of them nodded with a smile on their faces when they saw Zhu Hantao and said, "Morning."

Zhu Hantao had almost eaten, Bashen also arrived, and Balotelli, who had finished taking the food, saw that Zhu Hantao also walked over and sat at Zhu Hantao's table.

"Morning."

"It's getting late, I already practiced alone for an extra hour in the morning, and you didn't come until after breakfast, tsk tsk tsk, the gap will become bigger and bigger." Zhu Hantao said deliberately.

Bashen on the opposite side widened his eyes, "Aren't you tired? You had so much training yesterday?"

"Of course I'm tired, but it's okay. I don't feel too much after resting too much for a night. My body is in great shape. Besides, how do you think I improve? It's because I work harder than you."

"Then I'll come here earlier tomorrow..." Balotelli murmured softly, "But you live closer than me, how many minutes will it take me to drive here in the morning..."

"Hahahaha!"

After everyone finished breakfast and went to the locker room to change their clothes, they were ready to start a new day of training. The captain of the Nerazzurri, Zanetti, was really a serious and responsible big brother, and pulled Zhu Hantao into the middle of the locker room.

Zanetti said to everyone, "This little brother is Zhu Hantao. Some people have known him for a long time, and some people may not know him well. He was the top scorer in Serie A last season. Damn it, he scored four goals in two rounds against us."

"Hahahahaha!" The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly became active from the drowsiness in the morning.

"I remember this very clearly, because I scored them all. Now I'm a teammate. Don't score me any more goals. It's an own goal." Goalkeeper Cesar also joked with Zhu Hantao with a smile.

"Okay, let's get down to business. Let me introduce you to Zhu Hantao," Zanetti turned to Zhu Hantao and said, "I'll introduce you to your teammates one by one. I should have done this yesterday, but I didn't find the opportunity. You've been watched by Coach Faria. Even I wouldn't dare to go there."

"Hahahahaha!" Everyone laughed again.

"It goes without saying, Cesar, you are familiar with our number one goalkeeper, hahaha, this is..."

"Zhu Hantao is still young, you should care and love him more, even if you don't like him, don't bully him, if you let me know who did the bullying, don't blame me for being merciless."

In this way, with the help of the captain, Zhu Hantao finally made a formal acquaintance with all his teammates and greeted each other.

At this time, Ibrahimovic came late. He saw Zhu Hantao sitting alone in front of his closet in a corner, and suddenly said: "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet, and listen to me."

It's as if the Swedes are the boss of this locker room and the leader of Inter Milan.

Everyone stopped talking in a daze and looked at Ibrahimovic, not knowing what he wanted to say.

"This is Zhu Hantao," said Ibrahimovic and pulled Zhu Hantao into the middle of the locker room again. "This is my little brother. I will protect him from now on. If anyone of you dares to bully him, don't blame me for being rude."

The audience was quiet, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward for a while. I don’t know who was the first to laugh out loud, and then couldn’t stop, "Hahahaha!" "I laughed to death!" "Hahahaha, Zlatan, you are so funny!"

"What's the situation?" Now Ibrahimovic was confused, "Oh, isn't it? What are you laughing at?"

"The captain helped me get to know everyone just now..." Zhu Hantao explained to Ibrahimovic in a low voice, "But thank you very much, Zlatan, it's just that you came so late."

"Oh, so that's the case, I'm not late, what's the matter." After figuring out what happened, Ibrahimovic went back to change his training clothes as if nothing had happened, and didn't feel embarrassed at all. This means that as long as I'm not embarrassed, the embarrassing is someone else's high-end state. It's really admirable.

After the fun, it was almost time. All the first-team players went to the training ground. The coaching staff was already waiting there, and a new day of training began.

Zhu Hantao still enjoys the "VIP" treatment. He must first undergo physical training alone under the supervision of the coach, and only after all the items here are completed with quality and quantity can he go there for a short time to participate in the team's joint training.

However, Faria did not go out in person today. It seems that he was watching the whole process on the first day in order to check his physical condition and formulate a training plan.

Even so, it can be seen that Mourinho's coaching team still attaches great importance to Zhu Hantao. They not only hope that Zhu Hantao can be used as a supplement to the team, as a substitute rotation player, but want to reuse Zhu Hantao. That's why Zhu Hantao is so cautious in making physical reserves so that he can play steadily in the future schedule.

Today's Zhu Hantao compared to yesterday, while carrying out his own training, he still has time to pay attention to the training of other players on the other side. This does not mean that he has adapted to such high-intensity training just the next day, but he has already mentally prepared, and he is indeed much calmer than yesterday.

Of course, the focus is on players who play in the same position as him. Needless to say, Ibrahimovic should be difficult and unnecessary for Zhu Hantao to compete with him. Although they are both forwards, they are of completely different types and do not conflict. In Zhu Hantao’s opinion, Zlatan may be a very good wingman.

Mancini won the favor of the Nerazzurri by virtue of his impressive performance of scoring 46 goals in 300 appearances in all competitions in Rome last season and also receiving seven assists. Inter Milan spent [-] million to bring him to San Siro.

However, Zhu Hantao felt that the Brazilian did not seem to pose much threat to him. First of all, Mancini Jr. is good at the wing, and dribbling the ball on the wing is his forte.

Crespo...Maybe he used to be very good and scored a lot of goals in Serie A, but now the 33-year-old Argentine, his state has declined too much. Last season, Crespo only scored [-] goals in [-] appearances in the Inter Milan League. This transfer window is a free transfer to join the Nerazzurri. Maybe he is holding the idea of ​​​​letting him sit on the bench to fill up when needed.

Cruise, who is at ease as a substitute, is not a big threat to himself. What he is grabbing is the starting position, and he is not competing with him to be a super substitute.

There are also those Adriano, Jimenez and his ilk, let alone mention them.

So Zhu Hantao felt relieved and trained according to the arrangement of the coaching staff, waiting for his chance.

Time flies, and a week later, the new season will start. Inter Milan, as last season's Serie A champion, will start the new season with the Italian Super Cup against last season's Coppa Italia champion Roma.

In the Italian Super Cup last season, Inter Milan led by Mancini lost to Roma and missed the Italian Super Cup trophy. Under the leadership of Mourinho this season, I wonder if the Nerazzurri can avenge it.

It's a pity that Zhu Hantao returned to the team too late, and the team is not unavailable. The strict Mourinho can't give him the chance to play a player who has only officially joined the team for a week.

Zhu Hantao, who didn't even make the roster, didn't go out with the team at all. When he went, he was just watching a show in the stands. It's better to continue training by himself and strive to play as soon as possible, so that he can play games by himself.

On August 24th, in the Italian Super Cup match, Inter Milan and Roma drew [-]-[-] in regular time. In the end, the winner was decided by a penalty shootout. Mourinho won the first trophy of coaching Inter Milan.

Although there were some flaws in this process, Nerazzurri was not very satisfied, but the result was acceptable.

The goal for the Nerazzurri in this game is the Ghanaian midfielder Muntari, who transferred from the Premier League this summer, and Balotelli, who came off the bench in the second half.

Both of the goals scored were black, and stars like Ibfigo did not perform very well.

Bashen, who scored ahead of Zhu Hantao this season, couldn't help but feel a little proud. Zhu Hantao was a little bit annoyed by the way you were still training hard, and I already scored goals.

However, Zhu Hantao's hard work was noticed by the coaches. Not only did Zhu Hantao think, but Mourinho also wanted him to meet Faria's requirements as soon as possible, to appear on the stage in a better physical condition, and to fight for him.

Just when Zhu Hantao was waiting for his eyes to see through, he looked at Coach Faria eagerly every day, hoping to end his boring and arduous training. Finally, the good news came. Faria personally took Zhu Hantao for an unknown and professional test.

"It stands to reason that I originally thought that you played in the Olympics in the summer and would not reach this state so quickly, but it may be that your physical condition is good. After testing, your muscle condition is already very good. In other words, your "customized" physical training can come to an end."

"That is to say..." Zhu Hantao couldn't even believe his ears for a while, "I can play the game?!"

"That depends on Jose's arrangement," Faria said with a smile, "but yes, I have no problem here, your physical condition has met the requirements of the game."

I finally practiced with other teammates, and the feeling of starting a small stove was not so good. During the training match, Zhu Hantao was placed on the substitute side.

Mourinho frowned, writing something down in his little notebook.

It was obvious that there was no cooperation between Zhu Hantao and his teammates. It wasn't that his teammates didn't pass the ball.

Tacit understanding is a very mysterious thing, invisible and intangible, but right there, Zhu Hantao sometimes runs out of open space, but his teammates always fail to keep up with the pass, either the pass is too big, or the pass is too early, sometimes the teammate makes a good pass, Zhu Hantao didn't expect it, and missed the opportunity.

After playing for 15 minutes, the head coach Mourinho asked them to stop first, "Luis, you can switch with Zhu." Mu Niao's arrangement stunned his fellow countryman for a moment, but the legendary Portuguese star did not question it, obediently took off the main player's vest and handed it to Zhu Hantao.

Zhu Hantao didn't have too many thoughts, he was just thinking, does the coach want me to play the main force?

The situation didn't seem to improve when he came to the main force. Zhu Hantao took a look at his teamwork attribute, which dropped to eleven points. This was the result of two points rising these days.

From such an ordinary training game, Mourinho and his team have seen many problems.

"Zhu's speed and running position are nothing to say, they are indeed very sharp."

"That's right, this absolute offensive weapon is..."

"It's just that the cooperation with teammates is not very tacit now, and there are not many opportunities for performance."

"But that heel pass from Zlatan to him was beautiful!"

"Yeah, Zhu's shot was also very decisive, and the goal was beautiful."

In the end, at the end of the training match, Zhu Hantao just caught Ibrahimovic's heel assist and volleyed vigorously to score a goal.

Mourinho silently listened to the conversation of his assistant, and wrote down a few more notes in his small notebook.

"Zlatan, that passed the ball beautifully." Zhu Hantao thanked Ibrahimovic for the assist.

"Don't be too nervous, take your time, I said I can give you an assist, you saw it." Ibrahimovic saw that Zhu Hantao wanted to perform more in training, and strive to get the chance to start as soon as possible.

Nodding his head, Zhu Hantao sighed, dissatisfied with his performance.

His singles ability is not particularly strong, he needs his teammates to pass the ball to him, and he must have a certain tacit understanding in order to give full play to his advantages of agility, quickness, ability to grab points, and strong finishing ability. Zhu Hantao knows these things well, and coach Mourinho also understands them very well.

So it is no surprise that in the first round of the 08-09 Serie A season, Inter Milan went to Genoa for an away game against Sampdoria. Zhu Hantao still did not enter the squad, and he continued to stay in Pinettina to train by himself.

In this game, Mourinho dispatched Ibrahimovic and Mancini's trident on the front line. Zhu Hantao was thinking that if he wanted to start, the old Figo must be the one who would replace him.

In the first half, Mancini's pass assisted Ibrahimovic to give Inter Milan the lead.

Sampdoria, who played at home, equalized the score in the second half with midfielder Delvecchio's close-range push, and also maintained the score until the end.

Mourinho led Inter Milan's first game in Serie A to a draw, which is definitely not a satisfactory result.

(End of this chapter)