The Football Journey After Soul Shifting

When mentioning Italy, people have to think of football, the Renaissance, the Venetian Mask Carnival, the goldsmiths of Vicenza, Ferrari, pizza...these are the most proud things in Italy.Recently, there has been one more Italian name, and that is Mariano Arini.

Since showing strength in the European Cup, the whole of Italy, and even most of the European girls, have been fascinated by this young, handsome, big boy who can speak five languages. Now turn on the TV, about every 5 minutes, there will be Liu Wen's face appeared there, Armani, Diadora, o...According to Flores' words: "Mariano's whole body is the color of gold coins, even if he doesn't do anything, he just twists his butt. There are a lot of people willing to hand over their checks."

From the beginning of the new season, most of the billboards in the new and old urban areas of Naples have been swept away by Liu Wen’s sponsors. In Naples, people can see Arini as soon as they go out; they can also see Arini when they take the bus; eat a pizza , I can still see Arini... In just over a year since the soul wear, this Neapolitan boy has quietly become the symbol of the entire Naples.

With the increase in popularity, the pursuit of Naples fans became more and more fanatical. Sometimes, Liu Wen wanted to go shopping with Shanna, and even had to hide in her car trunk.

"This is the trouble of becoming famous!" Liu Wen thought distressedly.

The time has entered the first ten days of October unknowingly. In the center of Naples, a new company named 'Arini Freight Company' was quietly listed. On the important page of the "Naples Post", there appeared such an advertisement: "Arini Freightliner, as fast as Mariano Arini..."

This slogan caused half the city to discuss: "Is Mariano going to start getting involved in the business field?"

On the opening day, half of the Naples team appeared at the ribbon-cutting scene, led by Ibrahimovic, Kompany, Flores and other new four kings.Liu Wen stood in the front wearing an Armani suit, and on the left and right sides of him were his father, old Arini, and cheap brother, Mateo Arini.

"Mariano, I'm a little scared." Matteo Arini whispered in his ear tremblingly.

"Don't be afraid, just treat them all as watermelons."

Liu Wen comforted his elder brother in a low voice, and then picked up the scissors under the continuous silver flashing light.

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After the European Cup, Liu Wen has been thinking about organizing this event. He was an orphan in his previous life.Now, he accepts Mariano Arini's body.Although he didn't get his memory, he could feel this body's nostalgia for his father and brother.Now that he is successful and famous, he also needs to take care of his family.

After discussing with the old Arini, Liu Wen bought them two hundred new large trucks and started this company. The chairman is Liu Wen himself, and his cheap father, the old Arini, is the general manager. , responsible for managing the company.Maybe not for long.This company will go out of Naples and radiate to the whole of Italy...

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After the fifth round of Serie A, the Italian league ushered in a two-week national team match day, with Liu Wen and Grosso as the main players of Italy.Naturally, they all received the call-up and joined the new Italian national team.Surprisingly, due to the outstanding performance of the last few games, Antonio Flores also entered the national team.Take part in friendly matches.

"Ma...Mariano, pinch me, am I really dreaming?" After hearing that he was recruited into the national team.Flores always had a shocked expression on his face.

"Antonio, you are really not dreaming." Liu Wen looked at his friend and said seriously.

"I really didn't expect to have this day, especially last year when I was a substitute for a second-tier team.",

"It's great to play football with you, thank you, Mariano." For the first time, Flores showed sincere feelings, "To express my gratitude, I will consider introducing more than a dozen Let me introduce you to a beautiful model."

"I remember your promise, Antonio."

After some verbal exchanges, Liu Wen and Flores boarded the bus to Florence. At the Frankie Stadium, Italy will face Cyprus and Spain respectively.

The first training on October 10 was mainly about tactics.Trapattoni went to the San Paolo Stadium several times and watched Naples games. He found that it is very threatening to put Flores and Grosso on the left wing and cooperate with Liu Wen to completely copy Naples' left attack. tactics.He thought about a few sets of tactical coordination around the left.This old coach nicknamed 'Trap' has a firm personality and is very strict with any small mistake. Flores and Liu Wen are an important part of this tactic, so today they were drilled by the old coach The whole afternoon, especially Flores, under Scoglio's loose management, he developed a habit of being lazy. During the afternoon's training, he was sprayed with saliva by Trapattoni. .

"Antonio, you need to concentrate at this time, I can see that your heart is still on the nude beach in Naples?"

"Stop, Antonio, you have to pay attention to your running position. I made it very clear on the tactical map. At this time, you have to run outward and stretch the defense line. Mariano will choose to distribute the ball to you according to the situation on the field. Or go it alone, understand?"

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Antonio Flores met his nemesis this time. He trained with an aggrieved face all afternoon, and was singled out from time to time to be scolded bloody. Liu Wen felt a little bit unbearable.

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On October 10th, Italy ushered in its first opponent in the warm-up match, from Cyprus, a small island country in the eastern Mediterranean, the hometown of the legendary goddess Venus.

In order to test the substitutes, Trapattoni formed an almost pure substitute lineup in this game, but perhaps to let the Naples left trio find their status, Liu Wen still appeared on the court.

On this cool autumn day, Italian fans watched a not-so-glamorous game.

Throughout the first half, Italy was beaten by Cyprus. This small island country with a population of only 100 million is almost stronger than China with a population of 13 billion.

In the 11th minute, Cyprus left midfielder Markoritis found the space for Italy. He made a cross from the left. Cyprus captain Okas shot the goal immediately, and Cyprus led Italy 1-0.

In the 43rd minute, Gamberini made a header error, and Okkas volleyed with his right foot into the near corner, 2:0, Cyprus expanded their lead.

The decline of Italy made the on-site commentator speechless, and he couldn't help wondering whether Cyprus was blessed by the goddess Venus.

At the end of the half, Trapattoni walked into the locker room with a livid face, but unexpectedly did not say anything, but replaced Cassano and Pepe with Camoranesi and Quagliarella .

The score of 2:0 lasted for 77 minutes before Italy got a goal back from Liu Wen.

In the 78th minute, Camoranesi broke through and then made a pass. Liu Wen scored with a header, 2:1.

After only 2 minutes of the game, Naples' left-sided combination showed off for the first time.In the 80th minute, Liu Wen scored twice, Flores made a cross from the left, and Liu Wen scored another point from the far point, 2:2.

"The game entered Mariano's time again. With 2 goals behind, Mariano turned on the killing mode, and the Cypriots couldn't suppress him at all..." said the on-site commentator.

Italy's offensive began to be fierce. In the 85th minute, Flores volleyed from far and was saved by Cyprus goalkeeper Avgosti.In the 87th minute, Okas brought Quagliarella down, Flores shot to win a corner kick, Camoranesi took the ball, and Liu Wen's header hit the post again.

In stoppage time, Italy completed a miraculous reversal. Flores planned an offensive. Grosso made a pass from the side. The ball rebounded after hitting the defender. Liu Wen quickly grabbed the ball in the penalty area. A strong shot scored, 3:2.

The Fiorentina fans who watched the game put up a slogan: "Mariano, although you are a Neapolitan, we still love you." (Note: Naples is quite discriminated against in Italy.)

Italy defeated Cyprus 3:2. This game once again aroused heated discussions in the country. In the post-match scores of Gazzetta dello Sport, most of the Italian players failed to score equally.The captain of Cyprus, Okkas, got a 9-point evaluation, and the comment was: "Flexible and alert, he dominated the game in the first half."

Regarding Flores, Gazzetta dello Sport did not say anything strange, and gave an evaluation of 8 points: "In the first half, he was like a lost child. In the second half, he recovered his form and contributed 2 assists. A perfect debut."

For Liu Wen, Gazzetta dello Sport gave him 9.5 points: "Napoli's magical boy once again saved the team. The performance of the first 75 minutes can be skipped in fast forward. The last 15 minutes is his true level. Hats off for 15 minutes, ariano!"

In the next few days of training, the left side of Naples was still drilled continuously. Flores even lost the strength to have fun. He collapsed on the bed every day when he returned to the dormitory, lamenting more than once: "It's hard work." If I go back to Naples, my dear friends will say that I have lost a lot of weight."

Regarding Flores' words, Liu Wen could only choose to ignore them.

On October 10, at the Frankie Stadium, Italy ushered in a heavyweight opponent, the Spanish team. (To be continued..)