Two days later, in the afternoon, the Argentina National Youth Team training ground.
There was light rain in the sky, and players wearing red and blue jerseys were running around on the field. Many Argentine fans and reporters were watching from outside the barbed wire fence on the sidelines.
"Little guy, how do you feel about the atmosphere here?"
Jose Pekerman, head coach of the National Youth Team, stood in the rain and looked back at Chen Mo on the bench.
Chen Mo, who had just arrived and didn't even put his suitcase in, looked back at the arena and said with a smile: "Very good, Mr. Jose, each of them is very good."
"Of course, they are the best young men in Argentina!" Pekerman smiled, walked back to the bench and sat down next to Chen Mo, rubbing his palms: "Listen little guy, what you say next may make you laugh. You are a little disappointed, but I still want to say it.”
kindness?
Chen Mo was stunned and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Jose, I was mentally prepared before I came."
"Haha, good. Also, just call me coach."
Pekerman rubbed Chen Mo's head, "I know you are a little genius, and I also know that you play in the club as the core midfielder, but everyone here is a genius, and they are all geniuses who have realized their talents. You are here They are not yet ranked in front of them, and to be honest, you were not on my player list at the beginning. You were a transfer, so you may be on the bench for a long time in the next game. I won’t use you as the core of the organization!”
It was a certainty that he could not play as a playmaker. Chen Mo was not unhappy at all. He nodded and said: "I understand, coach, what you say, I will do."
"Smart little guy."
Pekerman took the tactical board and started drawing: "When you come on the field later, go to the blue team to play the right midfielder. Our starting formation is usually 3322, three defenders, three midfielders, and three midfielders diagonally upward. They are two wingers running on the left and right wings, and the forward line is a double arrow. Can you understand these?"
"can understand."
Chen Mo nodded and gestured with his fingers: "I studied Argentina's games before coming here. 3322 is actually a variant of the 352 formation. Normally, the 352 formation is four midfielders lined up in the middle, with the attacking midfielder above. Upward are the double strikers.
3322 is to promote the midfielder who takes care of both defensive organization and offense on both wings into a purely offensive winger, and at the same time pull the midfielder back to the midfield position, becoming the current 3322. 352 is more focused on the No. 10 player in the middle. That is to say, the attacking midfielder launches the offense, while 3322 is more inclined to play on the wing. And since the wings of 3322 are wingers, they focus more on offense, so the defensive ability of the 3322 formation on the wing will be weaker. "
Chen Mo talked eloquently, and Pekerman gradually showed appreciation in his eyes: "Great! Little guy, your understanding of the formation is very good. As you said, the side defense of the 3322 formation will appear a bit weak, but Our actual midfield formation for the game is a little further to the left, so there is not much of a defensive problem on the left, but there will be a very large gap on the right. When you get on the court, you will play as the right-most defender among the three midfielders. Waist, I need you to use your powerful running ability!"
As he spoke, Pekerman drew a big circle on the right side of the tactical board: "From the right side of our penalty area to the left side of the opponent's penalty area, the entire defensive area on the right is yours! I want you to run tirelessly!" Stop everyone who wants to penetrate our defense from the right!"
Pekerman's tone was serious, and Chen Mo felt his heart pounding. Hearing what the other party said before, he thought he was going to be a marginalized person, but he didn't expect... the entire right wing was given to him!
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"Hey, Saviola, that little guy is coming on."
The red team scored a goal, and the players celebrated each other with high-fives. Coloccini, the captain of the current Argentina National Youth Team and the center back of the red team in this training match, nuzzled at striker Savio Lanu, who looked towards the field. Beside, Chen Mo was jogging to warm up.
"Oh, the boss actually let a 14-year-old kid come on stage?"
Saviola had a strange expression, and Coloccini smiled and said: "Be gentle later and be careful to leave a psychological shadow on others. After all, you are the double football player of South America and Argentina. As a big star, you can't bully children." Bar."
"Please, you obviously started this topic, and... what you said is not complete enough. I was the 1999 South American Footballer of the Year and the 1999 Argentine Footballer of the Year. I scored 42 goals in 83 games and won the 1999 Argentine Spring Championship. The league's golden boot, the future star who is about to land in a European giant - Javier Pedro Saviola Fernandez - Si!"
A series of cracklings made Coloccini helplessly raise his forehead: "Oh, you stinky guy."
"Hahaha, you obviously started the topic, okay?" Saviola rolled his eyes, turned to look at Chen Mo on the sidelines, and said with a smile: "But, you said that as a senior, I tell the kids what's going on in the professional arena. It’s scary, this is also our duty.”
"I knew you were going to cause trouble."
"Haha, don't worry, I will be careful."
Saviola laughed and laughed, but looked at Chen Mo with more and more serious eyes. There are only two World Cup golden boots in Argentina's history, and Chen Mo's grandfather is one of them. This is the supreme honor of Argentines!
"Let me see if you little guy... is worthy of the surname Stabile!"
Naturally, Chen Mo didn't know what Saviola was thinking. A short while after the warm-up, as the blue team kicked the ball out of bounds, he came on the field wearing a blue jersey.
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Although it was a training match, this was the first appearance of [Super Genius], and many reporters on the sidelines took out their cameras to take pictures. The lights flickered in the corner of his eyes. Chen Mo ran onto the court without paying attention to them. He began to completely concentrate on the court.
The game restarts, and the red team serves a sideline ball and attacks from right to left.
Both the red team and the blue team use a 3322 formation, both of which focus on the right wing. Therefore, as a defensive player, Chen Mo, who is standing on the left side of the red team's perspective, is not under great pressure.
Constantly running with the formation, he kept shaking his head to observe the movement of the opponent's players, thereby adjusting his position.
Time passed little by little, and Pekerman on the sideline dragged his chin, "This little guy's sense of space and position is really excellent. His position is always on the connecting line between Pengio and the midfielder passing the ball."
Pengio is the left winger of the red team. His assistant nodded: "Previous reports show that one of his most outstanding abilities is his top-notch vision and overall view. He has temporarily directed his teammates to change formations many times on the field, and has achieved good results. "
"Well, record everything...wait a minute, why did Saviola go to the left?"
Pekerman was just about to say something when the situation on the field suddenly changed. One of the red team's forwards' double arrows, Saviola, who was originally on the right, suddenly changed positions with his teammates and came to the left wing, standing between Chen Mo and Chen Mo. In the gap between the central defenders, almost at the same time, the red team's midfielder sent a through ball, and the ball rolled straight towards his feet!
"What does he want to do?!"
Chen Mo was startled, and at this moment, from the corner of his eye, he saw the red team's left winger Penggio making a high-speed pass along the wing!
"He wants to build a wall at the top of the arc?!"
The top of the arc was used as a wall, and the ball was passed down. In an instant, Chen Mo understood the opponent's intention and immediately chased back. At this time, the ball had reached the feet of Saviola. He did not hesitate, resisted the blue team's center back with his back, and directly kicked his right foot. With a flick of the toe, the ball passed through the gap between the blue team's center back and the right center back and slid to the baseline. At the same time, he turned and cut into the penalty area!
"Defend!"
The player shouted, and the blue team's right center back quickly saved. At this time, Pengio had already received the ball at the baseline. He looked up at his teammates in the penalty area. At this time, the blue team's right center back pushed forward, causing Savi, who was carrying the center back, to There was nothing in front of Ola, and he was one step inside from the top of the arc asking for the ball!
Pengio did not hesitate, pushed the ball with the arch of his foot, and saw that the ball was about to roll to Saviola's feet, and he had a chance to shoot. At this moment, a black shadow came out from behind Saviola, Scoop the ball away before he touches it!
Looking at the ball flying out of the baseline, and then looking at Chen Mo who stood up, patted the dirt on his thigh, and ruffled his black hair, Saviola raised his eyebrows and smiled strangely, and said like a big brother: "Little guy, be aware of your position. It’s very good and has a bright future!”
"It was too obvious what you did."
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