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Chapter 4 The most difficult position

In the Monaco head coach's office, Ranieri is holding the information handed to himself the trial player with the assistant coach.

"This Chinese boy performed very well?" The first page of the document is Li Shou's information.

Name: Li Shou

Nationality: China

Born: 1992, 11, 11

Height: 187

Weight: 80

"Yes, among this group of players who are trying out, this little guy has the best performance." Monaco has two assistant coaches, and the person who answered Ranieri at this moment was his confidant Paul Bennetti.

The day after Li Shou arrived at the Monaco training base two weeks ago, Ranieri never appeared on the side of the training ground again. For two weeks, his confidant Paul Bennetti and reserve coach Ayles were co-hosted.

"In the past two weeks, this little guy has worked hardest and best." Bennetti seemed to admire Li Shou very much.

"We held four matches in two weeks, and there was no obvious mistake in this little guy in the four games," Bennetti continued to speak.

"And George also found that this little guy's concentration is very terrible, and George even said that this little guy doesn't even have Gian Luigi on the court." George Pellizaro, another close confidant of Ranieri, is from Italy's goalkeeper coach.

Speaking of this goalkeeper coach, he has a rich resume. He started from Naples. In the past 20 years, he has played for Fiorentina, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Roma, Parma, Inter Milan and Juventus.

The names of these clubs can be analyzed to Pellizaro's abilities. After all, the goalkeepers in these clubs are not bad, including world-class goalkeepers like Buffon and Cesar.

Bennetti said that "Gian Luigi" is Buffon, the number one goalkeeper in football today, so when he heard this name, Ranieri couldn't help but look up at his confidant.

"George is very optimistic about this little guy." Ranieri's tone seemed to have changed.

"From these matches, George did praise this little guy very much, but it is impossible to really make a judgment on the matches," Bennetti replied.

Indeed, it is impossible to see the level of a player's ability completely from training. It is necessary to test a player's real ability to go to the field, and the goalkeeper's position is very special.

All players have so-called teenage fame in other positions, and can enter the arena at a young age and show their talents. Let’s talk about the “Argentine C Ronaldo” Ocampos, who was just signed by Monaco.

This Argentine genius is two years younger than Li Shou and even has to wait for one more month to join Monaco, but he has become well-known in the world football world through his performance.

There are countless such examples in the world football world, but the goalkeepers are completely different. Just say that in today's world football world, there are only a few who have become famous at a young age.

The older generation Buffon made his debut at the age of 17 and took the lead at the age of 19, and dominated the world's number one goal for nearly ten years.

Neuer, the Mesozoic generation, made his debut at the age of 20 and firmly took up the main force at the age of 21. He is currently the first goalkeeper of the Mesozoic generation.

The new generation De Gea made his debut at the age of 18 and took the lead at the age of 20. He was poached by Manchester United a high price in the summer transfer a year ago.

There is another condition for these people to be able to hold the main force at a young age, that is, the main goalkeeper is injured, and other positions on the court will be injured more or less in one season, but the goalkeeper is the least likely to be injured in all positions on the court.

As long as the main goalkeeper is not injured, the substitute goalkeeper will have no chance, so compared with other positions, the goalkeeper needs more luck.

But luck is only part of it. To seize the opportunity to become an excellent goalkeeper, you need a strong heart. Other players can make mistakes, allow mistakes, and even save their own mistakes.

But the goalkeeper does not have this right. If the goalkeeper makes a mistake, it almost means that the goal he guards is lost. Once the goal ball is lost, the goalkeeper will face huge pressure and even have self-doubt.

This is also the reason why Catalano warned Li Shou before the trial, "never lose confidence in himself", especially young people like Li Shou.

Therefore, the goalkeeper is still renewing his contract to a certain extent. As he gets older, he will have more experience. With more experience, he will become more mature, and his mentality will also change when he matures.

The goalkeeper's specialness is not only because he is the only player on the court to use his hands, but also because his needs in all aspects are very high, especially in his mental and spiritual aspects.

"Then give him a contract." As Ranieri finished speaking, Li Shou officially embarked on the path of a professional player and became a real player.

More than an hour later, Bennetti walked out of Ranieri's office, and when he returned to the training ground again, the players who were trying out had their final destiny.

Uneasy, nervous, and expectant. For a moment, everyone's eyes focused on this assistant coach, and Li Shou was naturally among them.

"Li Shou~~~" Bennetti did not say nonsense and started calling people directly, and everyone knew very well what the name he called at this moment meant.

"Yes~~~" Li Shou had confidence in himself. Perhaps he was not as good as those top goalkeepers, but he knew very well that he had an advantage that others did not have, and he only had one competitor among the players in the trial training at this moment.

Although there were two goalkeepers in the confrontation two weeks ago, Ranieri was to inspect the young Surzak, which means that Li Shou's real competitor was the old goalkeeper.

The football world is cruel. This is the first time Li Shou has experienced this at this moment. He has trained more than 20 people, but the assistant coach only called three people's names.

Goalkeeper Li Shou and the rest are both central defenders, Andre Raj from Italy, played in Bologna last season in Serie A, and the other was Carl Medjani, who played last season in Ligue 1 Ajaccio last season, and Ajaccio has returned to Ligue 2 this season.

By the way, these two people have a very good relationship with Li Shou. In three of the four matches, these two people stood in front of Li Shou, and they also won the three teams in these three matches.

"You can ask the agent to come and discuss the contract." Yiming Heaven, Yiming Hell talks about this moment.

Although Bennetti began to comfort other players, it was obvious that Bennetti had no comfort at all. Those who failed to get the contract could only silently pack up their own things and look for the next one.

"Li, Andre, have a meal to celebrate together tonight." The trials in the past two weeks have allowed several people to develop a good relationship, not to mention that the three of them have now received a positive answer from Monaco.

Li Shou was reluctant to ask for this invitation. It was not because he wanted to have this meal. After all, Li Shou became a monk halfway through and didn't understand many things. He could just ask the two of them for advice.
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