Chapter 57 Sharing Asian Specialties with Lopetegui

"Hahaha, Danilo, you're hilarious too. You haven't even reacted yet and you're still blaming me!"

Katimbe felt so happy when he saw Danilo, who had just mocked him, being dribbled past.

"Jiang, well done!"

Casemiro applauded.

Jiang Yuan stood there, a little embarrassed: "Just now it was mainly because Danilo put too much pressure. If he had been serious, I really might not have been able to beat him!"

Jiang Yuan was telling the truth. The reason why he was able to make consecutive breakthroughs against Katimbe and Danilo was not because of how fast he was, but because the newcomer Jiang Yuan was underestimated.

"Come again!"

This time Danilo was serious. Jiang Yuan dribbled the ball slowly, swaying left and right, but Danilo's center of gravity always stuck to him.

Jiang Yuan seized the time and accelerated suddenly. As a result, Danilo stuck to Jiang Yuan's chest like a piece of taffy and couldn't get past him at all.

There was no other way. Speed ​​breakthrough didn’t work, so Jiang Yuan started to try some fancy moves, starting with a pull-the-ball and a turn.

fail.

Then he wanted to penetrate Danilo's crotch.

fail.

In the end, Danilo kicked Jiang Yuan's ball away.

"shit!"

Jiang Yuan cursed inwardly, admitting that his skills were not as good as others. Danilo deserved to be a starter in Porto's first team. His one-on-one defense skills were simply ridiculous.

"Danilo, you are so strong!"

Jiang Yuan exclaimed

"No, no, your sudden acceleration was really fast, I almost couldn't react!"

Danilo put his arm around Jiang Yuan's neck and liked this newcomer very much.

"Okay, hurry back to your seats, 30 minutes aren't up yet!"

Lopetegui came over and pushed the crowd away.

He sat down next to Jiang Yuan with interest and motioned Jiang Yuan and Quaresma to continue.

"bring it on!"

Jiang Yuan passed the ball to Quaresma, but in front of Lopetegui he still showed no intention of passing the ball to Jiang Yuan.

I have to say, this guy is a real tiger!
"Beep beep beep!"

Lopetegui blew the whistle, signaling the players to stop the confrontational training.

"We will practice physical fitness later. The assistant coach will tell you the specific content of the next training. Jiang, come with me!"

After saying that, Lopetegui took Jiang Yuan to a small field nearby.

"Mr. Hullen!"

Jiang Yuan greeted politely.

Lopetegui turned around and signaled Jiang Yuan not to be restrained: "Jiang, do you know why I pulled you into the first team?"

"Because... because of its commercial nature?"

Jiang Yuan answered frankly, he was very self-aware, it was basically impossible for him to play in Porto with his current strength. Hearing this, Lopetegui smiled and said: "You are really honest, it is true that there is a part of commercial attribute, your jersey can bring considerable income to the club, but this is only part of it"

Jiang Yuan looked thoughtful: "So do you need a free kick taker?"

Jiang Yuan guessed that Lopetegui might need his ability of elevator ball, but there seemed to be some problems. The players in the Portuguese Super League are generally taller than those in the U17 competition, and Jiang Yuan's elevator ball is difficult to be effectively used in the Portuguese Super League.

In other words, even if the real Jinbian Luo played in the Portuguese Super League, he could not guarantee a high success rate for his free kicks, not to mention Jiang Yuan who still lacked strength.

Hearing this, Lopetegui shook his head and continued, "No, I read your scout report, which was about a month and a half ago, and it showed that you have no heading ability. But why did Losos tell me that you not only have heading ability, but also very strong? Did you practice heading after coming to Porto?"

Lopetegui looked into Jiang Yuan's eyes. Jiang Yuan thought that the scout report Enrique gave him should be the situation when he was still playing in the group stage. It was true that he could not head the ball at that time, but later on, the header template of Ronaldo was unlocked by him.

So Lopetegui would find this matter very strange.

Jiang Yuan replied: "Well, my heading ability has indeed only been acquired in the last month and a half."

Jiang Yuan said it very cleverly. He used the word "have" instead of "practice", because he knew clearly that his heading ability came from the system.

Of course, my hard work and training definitely contributed to this.

Even though he had guessed it before, Lopetegui was still shocked after getting Jiang Yuan's personal confirmation, because from Alvarenga's feedback, Jiang Yuan's heading ability was not only strong, but also very threatening!
So Alvarenga asked: "Losos also told me that you often practice alone until seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and you also have to practice on weekends. Is that true?"

Jiang Yuan was embarrassed. It was not his original intention to do extra training, but it was just a mandatory task imposed by the system. However, he could only shamelessly answer, "That's true. Extra training can make me less anxious."

"Anxiety? You get anxious when you don't train, why is that?"

Lopetegui frowned.

"Yes, Mr. Hu Lun, if I don't practice more, I might be overtaken, so I am very worried and have to practice more. In our country, there is a special name for this situation - involution."

"Hahaha, involution? This is the first time I've heard such a statement. So what you mean is that your training is very intense and you are doing it voluntarily, is that right?"

Lopetegui smiled, and Jiang Yuan's words slowly attracted his attention.

"Voluntary? You can understand it that way, right?"

Jiang Yuan curled his lips. Strictly speaking, involution should be considered a special kind of voluntary behavior.

"Okay, then can your body handle this kind of training?"

"Of course!"

Jiang Yuan said indifferently that whenever he was exhausted, the system's hidden task would be triggered. If he completed the task despite being exhausted, Jiang Yuan would be rewarded with "cell regeneration" by the system and would be able to come back to life in the next second.

"You have great physical talent. Moreover, you learned to head the ball so well in just one month. Your talent for the ball is also very good. So, now you know why I brought you to the first team. Don't worry, the training of our first team is not that hard. It even takes less time than that of the echelon team."

Lopetegui had a smile on his face. Players from Porto's first team had already reached a relatively mature state in terms of their skills.

Especially for players like Quaresma who have entered the middle and late stages of their careers, what they need is not to learn more, but to find ways to maintain their current competitive state and seek breakthroughs on the basis of maintenance.

This is why the first teams of the world's top clubs usually start training at 9:3 in the morning and end at 5: in the afternoon, while the youth teams usually finish a day's training around in the afternoon.

"I see you seem to have something on your mind, can you tell me?"

Lopetegui caught a hint of hesitation in Jiang Yuan's eyes. He seemed to have something to say but couldn't.

Jiang Yuan licked his lips, struggling a little in his heart, but still made his words clear.

"Mr. Hu Lun, what I hate most is lying flat. Please train me as much as you can!"

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(End of this chapter)