From the man behind the football king to the football king

Chapter 5 Quiet Development

Saturday, September 2012, 8.

A week later, the Novara team went south to Tuscany again, but this time the destination was not Florence, but the small town of Grosseto.They will take on Grosseto on Saturday evening at the Carlo Cecchini Stadium.

Unlike Fiorentina, which they challenged a week ago, Grosseto is a team that has been in Serie B for many years.In the past two seasons, Grosseto has even been a relegation team in Serie B.

Facing such a weak opponent, Novara's goal is naturally to take all three points to help the team get rid of the embarrassment of losing points in the standings as soon as possible.

In fact, last season’s Italian football betting case involved 21 teams, which made many Serie B teams start with losses this season.Novara's 4-point deduction was not the most. Bari was deducted 7 points, while Novara's opponent in the first round, Grosseto, was deducted 6 points.

Although Bruno, who has only joined the team for half a month, was included in the squad for this game, he did not get a chance to start and could only sit on the bench to watch the game for the time being.

After the game started, Grosseto, who played at home, played very proactively, and in the 18th minute of the game, their high center forward Sforzini scored a goal, taking the lead early.

Sforzini, who is 1.9 meters tall, was born in the Lazio youth training camp. After a short period of time in Sassuolo, he was taken over by Udinese in early 2006.However, this powerful forward has never been able to gain a foothold in Udinese and has been loaned out for a long time.

Last summer, Sforzini chose to leave and transferred to Grosseto. He quickly became Grosseto's main forward and was a major contributor to Grosseto's success in relegation last season.

In this summer, Serie A teams took a fancy to Sforzini, but considering the ups and downs in Udinese in the past few years, Sforzini chose to stay in Grosseto and now helps the team. The first goal of the new season made the home fans very happy.

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Conceding goals early is not good news for Novara and Texel.

Sure enough, after taking the lead, Grosseto chose to retreat and defend, which put Novara, who lacked the offensive power, into a dilemma.

Until the end of the first half, Novara failed to score.

What made Novara and Texel even more distressed was that only 10 minutes into the second half, the team's midfielder Buzigoli received his second yellow card of the game and was sent off, leaving the team in In the next half hour or so, not only did they have to face the unfavorable situation of being behind in the score, but they also had to beat one less player.

At this time, it's time to test the head coach.Should he conservatively replace a defensive player and maintain the current score, wait and see, or take a risk and simply replace an offensive player to try to equalize the score or even take the lead.

The vast majority of head coaches will make the second choice, which is relatively stable; some head coaches will make the first choice, losing less and treating it as a win; only a few crazy coaches will make the third choice. This could lead to a reversal, but more often than not it would lead to a rout.

Tessel is a very average coach, so he made the choice most head coaches do - wait and see.

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Facts have proved that there is a reason why this choice is considered relatively stable.

Texel's wait only took 9 minutes for the result to come: Novara used a counterattack and their Argentine forward Pablo Gonzalez scored a goal to equalize the score.

The 27-year-old Pablo Gonzalez was at his prime. He joined Novara at the buzzer in the winter window of 2010 and was an important member of Novara's promotion for two consecutive years.

In January, Gonzalez chose to leave Novara, which was in the relegation zone, and joined Siena for 160 million euros.

However, in Siena, the Argentine showed some acclimatization, so in the summer, he returned to Novara again for 110 million euros, and this was Novara's biggest signing in this summer window.

Texel was very happy to see his favorite score a goal. He felt that his expectations had finally been rewarded.

Then he returned to the coaching bench and sat down.

Bruno's heart also calmed down as Tessel sat down.He knew that he might not have a chance today.

In the end, Novara drew with Grosseto 1:1 away from home, while Bruno sat on the bench for the entire game.

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Although he missed the chance to make his debut in the first game of the new season, Bruno seemed very calm and did not show any dissatisfaction.

After returning to Novara, he still participated in the team's training seriously and was one of the best players in the team during training matches.His coaching staff and teammates were amazed by his textbook-standard and solid football foundation.However, what everyone doesn't know is what Bruno paid for this.Since he traveled through time at the end of July, he has not been delayed for more than a month.Every day, apart from eating, drinking and exercising, I also train while sleeping.

At present, the basic training plan arranged by System Dad for Bruno has progressed from bumping the ball, stopping the ball, passing the ball, to dribbling.

Tessel is very satisfied with Bruno's performance. He plans to find a suitable opportunity to let Bruno come on the stage to feel the atmosphere of the game and see Bruno's true performance.

Many players perform well in training, but once they appear on the field, their performance is very different, especially young players like Bruno who lack game experience.

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Entering the first day of September, Serie B ushered in the second round.Novara's game started first, as they faced Empoli at home.

In the first league home game of the new season, Novara performed very well at the Piola Stadium. In the 29th minute of the first half, the talented full-back Luca Gilingoli, who joined the AC Milan youth academy on loan in the summer, made a breakthrough for the team. The team opened the scoring and took the lead.

During the halftime break, after seeing Bruno warming up seriously on the court and thinking of Gilingoli who opened the scoring for the team, Texel decided to let Bruno come on as a substitute at the right opportunity in the second half.

Making your debut at home is a lot less stressful.Especially when the team is leading, fans are more tolerant of the performance of their young players.

However, the second half of the game took a turn for the worse.Saponara, a talented midfielder produced by Empoli's youth academy, first scored a goal in the 48th minute to equalize the score, and then scored twice in the 70th minute to overtake Novara.

Tessel was a little dumbfounded, then he glanced at Bruno quietly, and quietly changed his plan again: Young man, it's not that I don't want to give you a chance, the situation is really critical now.

Texel waited again, leaving Bruno on the bench again.

Fortunately for Novara, Argentine midfielder Gonzalez scored a goal in the 81st minute of the game to equalize the score.

The Argentinian received the warmest welcome from the home fans as a critical savior in two consecutive games.In the eyes of the fans, he is the hero and the savior of the team!
But no one knew that in the corner of the team's bench, there was a young man looking at the Argentine with envy.

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In the new week, Bruno is still training diligently. He is like a flower at the foot of the wall, quietly gestating, waiting for the opportunity to bloom.

This week, Bruno's basic training is tackling.Although he positions himself as an offensive player, the system father's requirement for him is to be a B2B all-round midfielder. He must train not only offensive methods, but also defense.

The systematic training is very effective, which has led to Bruno's defensive performance changing by leaps and bounds during the team's training. The team's head coach Tessel can see this most clearly.

As an Italian coach, Texel has his own opinions on defense.Although Bruno's defensive ability is still as poor as ever, at the moment of the steal, Bruno seemed to be a different person, and his shots were very accurate.Even Argentine midfielder Gonzalez, who is known for his excellent skills, was intercepted many times by Bruno who was assigned to the substitute side during training.

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When the weekend came, Bruno also celebrated his birthday.

He was born on September 1994, 9, and officially became an adult on this day!

However, in distant and unfamiliar Italy, no one noticed this.He is just an ordinary young man. No one notices that this day is his birthday.

But in the evening, he received several calls from other places, including his mother and sister in Portugal, his father who was making a living in Switzerland, and his girlfriend who had just entered college.

Yes, before Bruno traveled through time, I had already dated a girlfriend, who was his junior high school classmate. The two established a relationship two years ago.

However, after Bruno traveled through time, he didn't know how to treat his girlfriend.In addition, Bruno later came to Italy and basically did not take the initiative to contact the other party.

On the phone, Anna was very dissatisfied with Bruno for often not answering her calls, but considering that Bruno was newly arrived in Italy and was troubled by Pepsi, she didn't get too entangled.

She asked about Bruno's situation in the team and expressed that she wanted to drop out of school and come to Italy to be with him.Bruno quickly gave up her idea and asked her to go to college.

He still needs time to seriously consider how to deal with this relationship.

(End of this chapter)