Chapter 26 Life is not just about football
After the score was rewritten again, Vicenza's head coach finally realized that Piacenza's No. 22 substitute was the core of the opponent's offense after the team conceded two goals in succession.
But when he realized this, it was no longer helpful.
Vicenza's defense looked clumsy in the face of Cassia, who had an amazing confrontation ability, and Liu Feng, who would successfully appear in front of the ball at any time with his amazing anticipation and movement to prevent offside.
In the stoppage time of the game, Vicenza's main center back Gianni had to drag down the fox-like forward in the penalty area after being thrown away by Liu Feng again.
However, Liu Feng, who scored the penalty kick, gave up the opportunity to complete the hat trick and gave the opportunity to Scarpelli, who was also making his first reserve league appearance.
The excited Scarpelli scored the ball cleanly. After scoring, he directly knocked down Liu Feng who rushed to celebrate.
He was filled with mixed feelings and didn't know what to say, so he couldn't help but burst into tears.
Two months ago, he was still a young player with a slim future who was rejected by the reserve team coach, but since he met Liu Feng, everything has changed.
"El! You're great!" Off the court, Daniel, who had been inseparable from Scarpelli in the youth team, also rushed to the sidelines.
Unlike Scarpelli, after graduating from the U17 team, Daniel knew that his football talent had been exhausted.
After persuading Scarpelli to apologize to Liu Feng and return to the team, he shifted the focus of his life back to his studies.
In this game, because his best friend represented the home team they both loved for the first time, he chose to skip school to watch the game.
"Oh, Daniel!"
Hearing Daniel's voice, Scarpelli finally left Liu Feng's chest and rushed towards his friend on the sidelines. Having been partnering with Daniel since he was a child, Scarpelli would naturally not forget his friend.
"That's great." Liu Feng said to Nainggolan next to him with a smile after wiping the snot that Scarpelli wiped on his jersey.
"Yeah, El is still a kid."
Nainggolan nodded, and then looked at Liu Feng with admiration: "And you are like a big parent."
"ah???"
"Players back on the field!"
Because Piacenza celebrated for too long, the referee on the field began to blow the whistle repeatedly to urge the players to return to the field.
After the players stood up for the kick-off, the injury time was almost at the end, and Vicenza's players obviously lost their fighting spirit after the kick-off.
They fell to their feet in the backcourt, obviously just waiting for the game to end. Seeing this situation, the referee did not hesitate and immediately blew the whistle to end the game.
4:1, Piacenza reserve team got a good start in the league. In this game, they defeated Vicenza, who had bullied them for several seasons. The team was filled with a cheerful atmosphere from top to bottom.
After the game, the Piacenza fans who came to watch the game interacted with the players who came to take a curtain call in front of them.
Karina, who fell in love with the player immediately after Liu Feng came on the field, waved the team scarf in her hand and threw it in front of Liu Feng, repeatedly shouting that she wanted to get the handsome Asian player's autograph.
Liu Feng never expected that he would win such love from a fan in his first game.
He quickly took the marker from Nainggolan and carefully signed his name on the scarf, then threw the scarf back into the stands.
After receiving the scarf, Karina completely ignored the green-faced male companion beside her and hugged the scarf and kissed her passionately.
Liu Feng couldn't help but feel a little shy when he saw such crazy Italian beauty fans, and his face turned a little red. He quickly turned around to catch up with his teammates and returned to the locker room.
"Feng, you have to get used to it slowly. You will definitely have more enthusiastic fans in the future."
Franchini looked at Liu Feng, who had a slightly red face, and couldn't help but joke. No matter how mature this magical Chinese boy is on the court, he is still only an eighteen-year-old kid after all.
Like Scarpelli, who can cry, he still needs to grow up slowly.
"Yes, I will."
After the players arrived, Francini held a brief meeting in the locker room and made some comments on the team's performance.
He analyzed the good and bad with the players one by one, and then asked the players not to indulge themselves even though they won the game.
This has been his habit for many years. He always regards his players as his own children, and he always assumes the obligations of a parent.
He is deeply loved by young players who are in their formative period. This is the reason why he is deeply trusted by the club and has been the reserve team coach, but it is also the reason why he has never been able to become the first team coach.
Because today's players are becoming more and more accustomed to freedom, a paternalistic head coach like Franzini will not work in the first team.
After all, not everyone has the chance to become Ferguson.
After carefully listening to Francini's analysis, the players excitedly heard the news that the coach announced that they would have a day off tomorrow.
Whistling constantly, these young guys took a shower in the shower room of the locker room and then changed their clothes and went home.
"Maple, you need to rest!"
Smiling and waving goodbye to each of his teammates, Liu Feng took out his training uniforms from the locker. At this time, head coach Franzini came to his side.
"Yeah, I'm getting ready to go home."
"No, I mean tomorrow!"
Francchini felt that he needed to warn Liu Feng. This Chinese player has a unique trait of Asian players in Europe: diligence.
But this trait may be counterproductive in some cases: "Since you joined the team, you have never stopped practicing on yourself every day. You are not a machine and you need to rest!"
"..."
Liu Feng didn't expect that Franzini would guess his plan, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Listen to me, Chinese boy, come to training from now until the day after tomorrow, put aside football and go see the scenery of Piacenza."
Francchini stood in front of Liu Feng with a smile: "Our lives should not only be about football."
Hearing the head coach's heartfelt words, Liu Feng suddenly thought of his father.
He also once pulled himself out when he was training crazy and said similar words to Francini to himself. Thinking of this, he looked at the old coach in front of him who was not as tall as him and nodded hard: "Okay.
Yes, head coach."
The next day, Liu Feng stopped training for the first time since arriving in Italy.
Ready to take a good vacation for himself, he slept until nine in the morning before getting up. After eating the breakfast prepared by Chen Xu, Liu Feng put on casual clothes and went out.
Chapter completed!