road to victory

Chapter 234 Substitute Goalkeeper

"Then what do you mean?" Fan Shang asked back.

"It's you who want to send me an invitation. I don't know what you mean exactly?" Zeng Jia was a little bit understanding just now, but now Fan Shang is confused.

Seeing that Zeng Jia was anxious, Fan Shang said, "If you want to join a club now, what position do you want?"

Zenga thought for a while, and then said, "Looking at my age, it would be the best if I can have a player-coach contract. I hope I can be a substitute goalkeeper, so that I can learn more about coaching."

This is what Fan Shang wants to hear. After Zeng Jia finished speaking, Fan Shang said, "Mr. Zeng Jia, as you wish, Bordeaux will give you such a position now, player and coach, you as the second goalkeeper, and My assistant coach, you can systematically learn some things you need after retirement from my coaching staff. You want to be the head coach of a team in the future, right?"

After listening to what Fan Shang said, Zeng Jia was already stunned, his mouth was open and he didn't know what to say. He didn't expect that Bordeaux could really provide him with the position he wanted.

"Mr. Zeng Jia?" Seeing that Zeng Jia was silent, Fan Shang reminded him.

"Oh... oh..." Hearing what Fan Shang said to him, Zeng Jia came back to his senses at this moment, first uttered a few syllables from his throat, and then took a deep breath, he really didn't know what to say now What, it’s a fool not to accept such a good condition, but you can’t make a decision in such an instant, “Mr. Fan Shang, this condition is too tempting, but I’m already old now, what do I do? It all needs to be considered.”

Fan Shang nodded, in order to give others some space to think. Today, Fan Shang met Zeng Jia for the first time, and he immediately sent an invitation when he came up, and almost left no room for others.

"Okay, then I will stay in Milan for two days, so you can have more time to think about it." Although Fan Shang gave Zeng Jia some time, this is not unlimited, after all, it is the winter break period, there is no In a few days, the team will gather again to start the second half of the season.

Maybe Zeng Jia also understood these things, so he didn't ask Fan Shang to wait, and made a decision the next day.Originally hoping to retire in January, he has extended his retirement indefinitely. He will sign a 0.5+1 contract in Bordeaux. As a player and coach, his first contract will end at the end of this season first. If my body permits, I will continue to perform the remaining one-year contract.

Finally, there was a more reliable substitute goalkeeper, and Fan Shang got rid of a problem in his heart.

In a blink of an eye, the winter break has passed, and Bordeaux's only action during the winter break is to sign the free agent Zenga, and there is no entry or exit for other positions.

Fan Shang rejected all those who inquired about the player's transfer intention. Fan Shang's reply was that the transfer can be discussed, but it must wait until the end of the season. At this stage, Bordeaux will not conduct unnecessary transactions.

The players don't have any complaints. Bordeaux's good record now helps them increase their value, so staying for another six months is acceptable.Among them, some players have indeed started flirting with other clubs. Fan Shang can also see this, but Fan Shang will not point it out. This is not good for everyone. What Bordeaux needs at this stage is harmony and energy. make.

After returning from the winter break, the Bordeaux team assembled on January 3, but two people have already reported directly to the national team. Song and Drogba will accompany Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire respectively to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations. They will not appear in almost the entire January In the lineup of Bordeaux.The other two are Chilavert and Gamara. They will not be able to return to Bordeaux until three days later after participating in the World Cup qualifiers in South America.

Bordeaux's first match in 1998 will be the League Cup, which will be played away against Mulhouse in the National League.

This game was completely prepared for Bordeaux to warm up. Bordeaux sent a half-main and half-substitute lineup. Zenga, who just joined the team for less than a week, appeared in the starting lineup, but Zenga's state is still good. After all, he has been guarding the goal in the United States last year, and he is in the state of an athlete both physically and mentally.

The result of this game is also very simple. Bordeaux won the underdog 5:0 in the away game and successfully advanced to the next round of the League Cup.

Bordeaux also won the first league game after the winter break, and their opponent was Bastia.

Before this game, in view of the unhappiness of the two teams in Corsica before, Vincent decisively issued a kill order, that is, this home game, Bordeaux must win, and the bigger the score, the better.

So from the first minute of the game until the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Bordeaux were attacking with all their might.

Bordeaux definitely belongs to the kind of team that either does not attack, and if it does attack, it will be out of control.Following the five-goal victory in the League Cup, Bordeaux was also blessed at home in this game. Five goals made Bastia lose his temper at all.

Five goals belonged to four players. In the first half, Bordeaux led with three goals. Pires, Nedved and Wiltord scored goals. The two goals in the second half were all scored by the old Parsons who came off the bench. Pan took it all, and after two goals, he has reached 14 goals this season.

Although this number is not outstanding in the year-on-year scorer list over the years, it is still relatively small.But it would be a feat if the veteran Papin basically scored so many goals on the bench.

There is no reason why such an efficient Papin is not as good as the French national team, so before the next warm-up match, Fan Shang went to Jacques again to communicate with Papin and Wiltord about playing for the country, and also mentioned the young player Sa Nuno gave up playing for Algeria and chose to wait for the call of the French team.

This time, Jacquet's response was finally positive. Jacquet saw the performance of Papin and Wiltord. The test of Pan and Wiltord, I hope the two can maintain their current state.

Since Yakai agreed to his request, Fan Shang was also in a good mood, and asked casually if he needed to go to the national team to help.After finishing speaking, Fan Shang felt that he should really slap himself.

(End of this chapter)