socalfunplaces Chapter 13 17-18 Preseason Training
Chapter 13 17-18 Preseason Training
June has arrived.
The summer transfer windows for major European leagues have not yet opened, but that does not prevent teams from officially announcing signings.
Prior to this, football fans around the world had their eyes on Cardiff, the capital of Wales.
The Millennium Stadium.
The Champions League final, symbolizing the highest level of football in the world, is about to begin!
La Liga Real Madrid vs Serie A Juventus!
After a fierce battle lasting ninety minutes.
Real Madrid won the match 4-1, securing their 12th Champions League title and becoming the first team to successfully defend their title since the Champions League's rebranding.
Real Madrid has once again reached the top of Europe, and Real Madrid fans around the world are ecstatic.
Chang Huan, who received no attention, focused on preparing for the BTEC external standardized test at home.
He had already completed all required and elective courses at the beginning of the year.
Attendance rate has consistently been above the target, and all internal tasks have been passed.
In other words, I've accumulated enough credits, and now all that's missing are the external standardized tests held every January and May/June.
If you pass the test, an independent auditor from Pearson Group in the UK will conduct a random on-site audit.
After passing the review, you will be finally confirmed and receive an officially recognized BTEC graduation certificate.
Chang Huan prepared for ten days.
He went to Kirkby Academy, a Pearson-registered BTEC testing center, to take the exam.
Liverpool U18 players, whether promoted, on loan, or transferred, can take the exam here.
Two hours later, the written test ended.
Chang Huan, who transferred to Roma, invited his former teammates Curtis Jones, Brewster, Adam Lewis, and others to dinner, and the destination was still his own "lucky luck" Chinese restaurant.
This is a farewell to everyone.
Having lived and played football together for nearly ten years, the sudden separation has left everyone feeling very reluctant.
But...we all know that all good things must come to an end.
The cruelty of professional football lies not only in the fierce competition, but also in the fact that you never know where you'll be next.
The next day.
Chang Huan declined her parents' offer to accompany her and boarded a flight to Rome alone.
While adapting to life in Rome, learn Italian in advance.
Surely they can't suddenly start speaking fluent Italian during the early July training camp?
Leaving people with a learning process will prevent it from seeming abrupt.
With Chang Huan's consent, agent Vinnie Grella arranged accommodation with Roma.
The luxury apartment is located in the southwestern suburbs of Rome, approximately 6 kilometers in a straight line from the Trigoria training ground and 8 kilometers by car.
The life assistant, driver, and nutritionist were all handled by a native of Rome named Dino Matteo.
The personal coach is Leon Piper, a former professional player with a Master of Football Science degree from the Cologne Sport University.
Due to the high price, only one month was booked.
The Italian language teacher cited limited energy as the reason, saying they would wait until the preseason training camp to see.
Chang Huan, who joined Rome, came to this world-renowned historical and cultural city known as the "Eternal City" on his own, and received almost no attention.
Roma fans are more inclined to believe that Monchi signed Chang Huan primarily for the Chinese market and Roma's U18 team, rather than for his immediate contribution to the first team.
After the frenzy surrounding the final match of the 2016-2017 Premier League season, Chinese fans have largely stopped paying attention.
They prefer to focus on their favorite teams' player moves in the transfer market, as well as the 2017 Confederations Cup in Russia.
This summer is a busy one for Rome.
In order to break even before the end of next summer's transfer window, selling Salah for 4100 million euros is just the beginning.
German international Antonio Rüdiger has joined Chelsea for €3500 million.
Argentine international Paredes has transferred to Zenit St. Petersburg for €2300 million.
Youth academy player Frattesse was sold to Sassuolo for €1460 million...
Total revenue reached over 1.25 million euros.
Selling players will naturally lead to bringing in reinforcements to strengthen the squad.
However, the level of new players brought in is nowhere near as good as those who were sold.
Feyenoord right-back Karsdorp, Torino defender Bruno Perez, Inter Milan center-back Juan Jesus, Manchester City left-back Kolarov, and the re-signing of academy player Lorenzo Pellegrini, among others.
Another piece of news that Roma fans are paying close attention to is the appointment of the new head coach.
Chang Huan was the same.
Mid-month.
Roma have officially announced that former Sassuolo coach Di Francesco, who won a league title with Roma during his playing career, will take over as manager.
The European football transfer market is in full swing, with Serie A's summer transfer window this year being more frenzied than ever before.
AC Milan, a team with Chinese investment, is a prime example.
Bonucci, Andre Silva, Conti, Calhanoglu, Musacchio, Ricardo Rodriguez, Biglia, etc.
Expenditure of 1.6 million euros.
Chinese AC Milan fans even sent a message to Mr. Li: "After buying the team, there's no need to buy players again."
Suning's acquisition of Inter Milan was relatively low-key, but it still cost more than 70 million euros.
Juventus, the six-time Serie A champions, are feeling the pressure from both Milan clubs and have strengthened several positions.
It cost more than 1.4 million euros.
However, in terms of investment, the most popular league is undoubtedly the English Premier League.
Both Manchester clubs have invested over €1.5 million, while Chelsea has invested over €1.1 million.
Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham and other teams have also invested heavily.
As July began, the final day of the Confederations Cup in Russia arrived.
Brazil's World Cup champions Germany defeated Mexico 1-0 at the Zenit Arena to win the Confederations Cup.
During Chang Huan's time in Rome, he lived a simple life between the Trigoria training base, major tourist attractions in Rome, and his apartment in the Triangle.
Very fulfilling.
His individual abilities have grown rapidly in the past month, with his skill attributes of ball control, dribbling, and long passing all reaching 87 in the David Silva skill module.
Movement and strength attributes have also been improved.
Leon Piper truly lives up to his reputation as an elite personal trainer; he's got real skills.
He developed an improvement plan based on data, physiology, and biomechanics tailored to Chang Huan's technical characteristics, and also corrected his technical movements through video replays.
Movement speed, reaction, and balance attributes have been improved.
The Strength attribute has increased from 51 to 53.
After all, the passing grade for data-driven professional football is relatively easy to achieve.
Targeted training of core strength, upper limbs, and lower limbs also increased shooting power and jumping ability.
They changed from 59 to 61 and from 54 to 55 respectively.
Of course, it's not cheap either.
500 euros per lesson, two lessons per day, weekends off, 18000 euros per month.
Before we knew it, it was time for Roma to assemble and report for their 2017-2018 summer training camp.
"Good morning, Uncle Pino."
Chang Huan arrived at the Trigoria training base early and knocked on the glass window of the blue guard post.
Giuseppe Pinault, the chief doorman, who is over 60 years old, was wearing an oversized dark blue Roman security uniform, leisurely puffing on a cigarette and occasionally humming along to the latest pop music on the radio.
"My child, your Italian is getting better and better."
Pino stubbed out his cigarette, put on his security hat which covered his short, graying hair, grinned to reveal two rows of large, yellow teeth, took his access card, walked to the guard post, and with a "beep," the pedestrian gate opened. He casually tossed a piece of dark chocolate over: "Looks like you've been practicing your spoken English quite a bit in the tourist areas this past month."
Chang Huan unwrapped the chocolate, popped it into his mouth, and chewed, saying, "To integrate into the team, you have to overcome the language barrier first. I'm off."
Pino gazed at his elongated shadow in the sunlight, his eyes filled with admiration.
He recalled Chang Huan's first visit to the Trigoria training base at the beginning of last month, his broken Italian making him smile involuntarily: "What a diligent, low-key, and humble genius."
"Beep beep~"
The sound of a car horn outside the dark gray gate pulled him back to reality.
In the first team's locker room, Chang Huan had spent the past month going to the first team's training ground and gym.
So this is my first time here.
As a newcomer to Roma, his locker was located in a corner at the back.
The cabinet door labels with "Chang·Huan" and "99" are very eye-catching.
He sat on the bench connected to the locker room and changed into a brand-new training shirt that equipment manager Alberto Bandini had prepared in advance.
"Hey bro, you're here really early today!"
Upon hearing the voice, Chang Huan looked up, and a lean, tall young man with short, dark brown hair stepped forward and said, "Hello, Lorenzo Pellegrini."
"I know you, a local who came through the Roma youth academy."
Chang Huan stood up with a smile and shook the outstretched hand: "Chang-Huan, Chinese, transferred from Liverpool."
"You speak Italian very well..."