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Chapter 120 Let's wish Victor good luck

Alessandro Del Piero, for the current Juventus club and Italian football, is undoubtedly like a "living fossil" player.

He experienced the glory of the Serie A period known as the "Little World Cup", and also experienced the period when Juventus swept the European continent under the leadership of "Silver Fox" Lippi.And also followed Juventus, tasted the trough of being forced to be relegated because of the "Telephone Gate" incident.However, although Juventus was ordered to be relegated and was also penalized.In addition, Moggi, the football director of Juventus, who created the "Bianconeri", was also banned from engaging in football-related activities.

Under such circumstances, Del Piero, as the captain of Juventus.Although there are also many other wealthy clubs, Del Piero has been sent one invitation after another with extremely high salaries.

However, Del Piero's answer was a firm refusal.He stayed in Turin, followed Juventus in the season when they were forced to relegation, and became unstoppable in Serie B.Returned to the Serie A league.

So, for Juventus, for the Vivorno training base, and for the former Alpi Stadium, which has now been renamed the Juventus Stadium.Del Piero is full of emotion.

Similarly, as an old team member, it is the responsibility of the old captain.Let him also think about the future of the team all the time.And now, Del Piero is watching his "student," Victor, perform against AC Milan.He frowned involuntarily.

Victor is planning to transform, after all, "Once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of well rope." Although not directly in last season's Europa League match, he was killed by Manchester City's German defender, Jerome Boateng. The tackle action caused his calf fracture.But it is also inseparable from the relationship.

Therefore, although he appeared to be a normal person on the surface, Victor, who appeared to be very brave, was actually a person who was very afraid of getting hurt.It's like he hardly ever needs to head the ball.Before joining Juventus in his first season, Victor's shoulder was dislocated because of a foul by an opponent in the league.

However, the injury of dislocation, far from having a psychological impact on Victor, is not as serious as a fracture.Especially with a broken leg.Not to mention someone like Victor who "eats" on his legs.Even if it is changed to an ordinary person engaged in other jobs.The fracture of the calf is an injury that will leave a large shadow in his heart.

So, this is why Victor intends to transition.However, Victor also made a plan for what type of player he would transform into.After all, for forward players, scoring goals is the last word.Then, under Victor's thinking, of course, he can only transform into a striker like AC Milan, and a point-grabbing striker like Philip Inzaghi is the most suitable.

After all, the point-grabbing striker mainly relies on his own offensive running position, his sense of smell in front of goal, and his desire to score goals.In addition, there are options such as foot position when shooting.However, these don't seem to be a big problem for Victor, who has a good football background.

So, it looks like Victor is developing well.After all, in the game against a giant team in Serie A like AC Milan, Victor relied on his own awareness of grabbing points.Scored the first goal for both sides.This is also a key goal to help Juventus win this game.

And Del Piero also observed Victor's role in the offense from this game against AC Milan, plus analyzed Victor's performance in daily training and in the previous few league games.Let Del Piero determine what Victor wants to transform and what he wants to become.

However, Del Piero does not think Victor's transformation is a good choice.After all, with the development of modern football, the requirements for players, whether you are a forward, a midfielder, or a defender, are becoming more and more blurred in that position.At the same time, the physical progress of the players, the players who have been trained in strict youth training physique since childhood, compared with the players in the past.Carry out scientific and standardized training since childhood, as well as guidance and attention on diet.

Let modern football players be stronger and stronger than past players.At the same time, the development of modern football and the research of football by coaches have made football matches pay more attention to the competition for space.The whole court pressed, and after losing the ball, they counter-robbed on the spot.This has become the norm in football games.

Whether it is a national team or an ordinary club team.Even the school football team.All can use the same tactical strategy to carry out football matches.This was far from unimaginable in the previous football world.

Just imagine a football team formed by the students of the school.It was actually able to pass the football to each other steadily, tearing through the opponent's defense.It was actually possible for the striker to counterattack immediately after losing the ball in the frontcourt, and the midfielder and defense began to oppress the opponent's players.

In football in the past, was the student's school team able to do it?Not to mention the professional or semi-professional football teams in some football "desert" countries, before there is no FIFA lecturer, even the most basic 4-4-2 formations and changes are not very clear.

Therefore, Del Piero also realized that future football, or modern football, requires more than just being able to score goals.Of course, forwards who are more capable of scoring goals are more likely to be favored by wealthy clubs, get extremely high salaries, and use more advertising sponsorships.

And even an ordinary striker must be able to dribble and pass the ball, and at the same time be able to become a tactical fulcrum.In addition, such as the confrontation with the ear and body of the opponent's defender, and the movement of one's own team during the attack.These are the "essential skills" that have become a striker in modern football.

A point-grabbing striker who only relies on running positions and spot-grabbing shots as in the past.It may be like Philip Inzaghi who may announce his retirement one day.Disappeared in modern football.Just to give people the impression of some video data.

So, after the team returned to Turin, rested for a day, and finished training the next day.Del Piero deliberately found an opportunity and found Victor one-on-one.But there was no direct question either.Instead, he opened his mouth first:

"Hi Vito." Victor also saw Del Piero walking to his side, so he also greeted Del Piero.I heard Del Piero ask first:

"The problem with your leg seems to be recovering well, and your form is back. Both scored against Milan."

"Thank you." Victor thanked Del Piero.However, Victor's intuition.In other words, when he saw Piero, who didn't know how to hide himself very much, he had a look on his face, "I have something to do with you".Therefore, Victor decided to speak first.

"Alessandro, what do you want from me?"

Now that Victor spoke first, Del Piero, who felt that he was not suitable for slowly leading the topic, immediately showed an embarrassed smile on his face.Therefore, Del Piero decided that it would be better to ask Victor directly.

So Del Piero immediately said "straight to the point":

"Well, Vito, from your goals in the last game, and from your training after you came back from the summer, I feel like you are imitating Pipo's way of playing football. Is that true? "

"Yes," Victor replied very simply, admitting directly.And Victor also felt that there was no need to hide anything from the "big brother" of a team like Del Piero.So he continued:

"It's like this, but I'm imitating Philip's way." Then Victor's eyes looked at his left calf, which seemed to have no problem.Then he said:

"You know what happened with my calf, so I don't want to let it happen again. I also want to keep scoring goals for the team. That's why I imitate Philippe's way of playing football."

Hearing Virto's words, Del Piero had already prepared his speech in his heart.After all, Del Piero also guessed why Victor imitated Philippe Inzaghi's way of playing.So Del Piero immediately said:
"But Victor, you need to know that Philip's way of playing football is no longer suitable for the current football. Look at the World Cup, the qualifiers, the Champions League, and the leagues of various countries. Modern football is no longer suitable for Philip. Players who play that way survive. The way you played before you got injured, I believe that as long as you keep going, one day you can win the Ballon d'Or."

"But I don't want to let me suffer the same injury again." After hearing Del Piero's words, Victor did not directly refute Del Piero's words.But just said it like this.Then, Victor also looked a little sad, and continued:
"Alessandro, I know that this approach may not achieve much effect in modern football, but I don't want to wait until I retire to be like Roberto Baggio or Gabriel Batistuta. Same. So..."

"But Vito," Del Piero interrupted Victor immediately.Then the attitude was a bit like "hate iron but not steel", and the voice was a little louder and said:

"It's not to say what kind of player you want to be or don't want to be, but you have to know that it is very difficult for a pure point-grabbing striker to survive in today's football world. It may be possible in some leagues, but in Italy, you also know the use of space and the fight for space in football. So..."

Del Piero still didn't say serious words.And Victor also shook his head, and then both of them were silent for a while.After a while, Victor said:
"Alessandro, wish me luck."

(End of this chapter)