green knight

Chapter 167: Internal ban
beep. beep. beep.
Li Zihan has never felt that the waiting sound of the phone is so scary like now, just like King Yama's urging talisman.

He suddenly hoped that the phone would go unanswered.

"Hey?"

Obviously his hopes were dashed when Conte's voice came over the phone.

"Boss, me."

"Li, are you still alive?" Conte interrupted Li Zihan before he could finish his sentence.

Li Zihan touched his chest subconsciously, felt the warmth and solidity from his body, and replied weakly: "I think...he should still be alive."

"Then I will officially inform you that if you don't appear in front of me right away, you will be dead!!! Now!!!" Uncle Conte's roar came from the other end of the phone.

"Boss, listen to me."

beep. beep. beep.
Before Li Zihan had time to explain, a busy tone came from the other end of the phone.Conte didn't give him a chance to explain at all-but even if he had a chance, it would be hard to explain this matter.

Do Conti say "Hey boss, I forgot I was running late because I slept with the female interpreter you introduced me to."?
Then it is estimated that the situation will be even more serious, even a big fool like Pogba can't say such nonsense.

Susan was sitting on the plane back to Turin, and she could see the white clouds outside through the window.It looks like my favorite cotton candy when I was a child, I really want to take a bite.

I remember when I was a child, my father would bring her a bunch of marshmallows every day when he came home from get off work. At that time, my father had not started making voices.Just an ordinary white-collar worker whose monthly salary is barely enough to live on.Although life is not rich, but very happy.

Dad, how are you and Mom in heaven?My sister and I are okay down here, and I have also found someone I like.He is very similar to you, not only loves to talk, but also likes to laugh.

Looking up along the white clouds, Susan couldn't see where heaven was.He saw only the Alps that seemed to be breaking through the clouds.

The city of Turin at the foot of the southeast of the Alps, and the Vinovo training base in the suburbs.

There are occasional planes in the sky, although the snow has long since stopped.But the snow on the roof still endured the sun's scorching, and it covered the roof like silver.

The base is very quiet, and the sound of the usual training has stopped now.Carrera's piercing yells and whistles were not remembered at the moment, allowing the players to look at the middle-aged man not far away and the young man in front of the middle-aged man.

It wasn't that Carrera gave the players a chance to be lazy, but Carrera himself was also looking in that direction in a daze, and didn't notice that these boys didn't continue training.

Li Zihan stood in front of Conte, not daring to breathe a sigh of relief—even though he was already very tired.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and Li Zihan almost rushed all the way from the hotel in the center of Milan to the Vinovo training base in the suburbs of Turin.

"You are late!" Conte simply said these four words.

There was no yelling like usual, but this made Li Zihan feel even more scared.Because once the wretched uncle is not emotionally intense, it means that the problem is even bigger.

"I know I was wrong, boss." Li Zihan took the initiative to admit his mistake.

He didn't explain, and he didn't shirk.Wrong is wrong, there is nothing to explain, and of course he doesn't want to lie to Conte.

Conte's position in his heart is still very high, no matter what the outside media and fans think of Conte.But in Li Zihan's heart, Conte is irreplaceable, because he gave Li Zihan a chance to change from an ugly duckling to a white swan.

The people in the orphanage know how to be grateful, because they know how great a kindness it is to have someone send a piece of bread and a bottle of water when they are hungry.

People who have never been hungry do not understand what it feels like, and do not understand the place in their hearts of the man who brought the bread and water.

"You are a professional player, Li. A professional player must have his own professional ethics. What gave you everything you have now? Although your current salary is not very high, it is already a high salary compared to other industries. What makes those media reporters always revolve around you? What makes the fans cheer and sing for you?"

"It's football!" Conte yelled.

"Football has given you everything, and you should dedicate yourself to football in return. You usually train hard and play hard on the field. And what about you on the field? You won a rookie prize and were late. Breaking things will satisfy you?"

Conte felt the need to teach the young lad what professional football is.In the professional football he said he knew, there are too many talents who will soon disappear.And there are too many famous players who ruined themselves because of things other than football, such as the former Inter Milan prince Adriano, the talented England midfielder Gascoigne, Cantona, Gacharin, etc.
Too many, too many to count.

He doesn't want his proud disciple to go down this road of no return. After all, a player still has to focus on football.

There were too many temptations in Italy, and he was afraid that the young man would not be able to stand the temptation.Although he appears very mature in many cases, it does not mean that he is really mature in everything.

Even a famous player like Buffon can be involved in the vortex of gambling, and even a giant like Juventus has a dark history of match-fixing. What is impossible?
"I understand the boss, I'm not lazy, I didn't go to nightclubs or fool around, and it's not a hangover. I overslept, and when I woke up, it was twelve o'clock at noon." Li Zihan said weakly.

Li Zihan felt Conte's concern and hatred for iron and steel. He is not a fool. He can tell who treats him well.

So Li Zihan finally told half of the truth about his lateness, and he did oversleep.It's not a lie - it's just a half-truth
"Oh? That's right. Everyone has been very tired recently, whether it's the schedule or training. I didn't think about it. I forgot that you only have Asian players, and you are not very physically strong." Conte mused.

I just got angry just now, and I really forgot this.Young players are not like 24-year-old and five-year-old titans, their bodies are easily fatigued.High-intensity games and training can overload their muscles and make them prone to injury.

This is the so-called "squeezing" the potential of young players. To put it nicely, it is "overdrawing" the potential of young players.

What's more, Li Zihan is still Asian, and the body of Asians is different from that of Africans.Their bodies are relatively thinner and more prone to fatigue.Pogba in the same age group seldom feels tired, because he is really small.

Due to Li Zihan's series of wonderful performances, it is easy for Conte to ignore that he is only half.Looking at the figure running on the court, I feel like he is 25 or [-] years old, in the golden period of a player.

"In any case, being late is always being late. If you make a mistake, you will be punished." Conte said: "So I decided to impose an internal suspension of two games on you in the future. Whether it is a cup or a league game, after two games Depending on your training and state, as well as the state and training of other people, decide whether you can play."

Li Zihan kept nodding his head, signaling his agreement.

Internal suspension of two games means that Li Zihan will not be able to play against Chievo in the No. It's time to play.

Pogba curled his lips on the side, and muttered in a low voice: "What kind of punishment is this? The typical one is to let Li take more rest during the next two games. It's so obvious that someone as stupid as me can see it."

Pogba went on to analyze: "And these two games are not easy to play. Lazio wants to go to the Coppa Italia final. In the last round, they had an away goal advantage of [-] to [-], so the Blue Eagles are definitely in this game. And Chievo. They don't have any feelings for us old women, and they never play softly. In the end. These two are still fucking away games."

Vidal patted him on the back of the head: "I've never seen someone say bad things behind his back and speak so loudly. If you're not satisfied, I'll tell the boss and ask you to 'take a break' for a few games too?"

"No need, no need. I have a strong body, rough skin and thick flesh. Hehe." Pogba waved his hand and shook his head quickly.

On the other hand, Bendtner, Matri and others had hot eyes. They didn't care whether Li Zihan used the two breaks, they only cared that Li Zihan didn't have to play.

Now that there is no such pervert as Li Zihan, there is more or less time for myself in these two games, right?

Bendtner and Matri have been 'resting' long enough. Matri was a little 'self-righteous' on the court last time, so Conte doesn't trust him very much.And Bendtner's poor Arsenal outcast, since he came to Juventus on loan, he hasn't played a game for a month, not even a minute of playing time.

His current Serie A data at Juventus is as clean as a blank sheet of paper.

At the same time, Anelka, the competitor, has nothing to do, he has already thought about it anyway.It doesn't matter whether you play or not, as long as you earn a lot of money, you can just get one point.And anyway, the contract with Juventus is only half a year, so I will definitely leave this summer.

Li Zihan did not expect that his late arrival this time would arouse the desire to win of the rivals Matri and Bendtner.

But even if you knew it, you wouldn't care.

In Li Zihan's words: I have cheating tools against the sky, even if you are the "Ball King", I can push you to the bench.