Green Journey

Chapter 35 Mario Raiola

On the west stand where the Leverkusen fans are, a young man about 26-[-], wearing a loose T-shirt and shorts with a Hello Kitty pattern, with a fat head and a big face, is yawning listlessly, looking out of tune with the surrounding crowd .

"Ah! What a boring game!" Mario Raiola yawned, stuffed a handful of potato chips into his mouth to refresh himself, and muttered while chewing.

Not long after, the intermission ended, and players from both sides returned to the field one after another.

"Ho! My dear son, I've been waiting for you!"

Suddenly seeing the fourth official on the sidelines holding up the No. 7 to replace the No. 9 sign, Mario jumped up from his seat, threw away the potato chips in his hand, and wiped his chest carelessly with his big palm-like hands. Then he picked up the notebook from the seat.

Mario is a fledgling young football agent.

Although he is not well-known personally, his father is Mino Raiola, one of the two major agents in world football.

After graduating from London, Mario entered his father's company as an intern.

Over the years, he has been learning how to be a qualified agent with his father Raiola.

However, due to the great difference in the practice philosophy of the two, Mario left the company and began to find his own path after an in-depth discussion with his father Raiola three months ago.

However, the road of independent brokers is not easy, and it can even be said to be difficult.

In recent years, whenever a talented player emerges in football, he will either be signed by his father's rival Mendes, or his father Mino Raiola will wipe him out.

And Mario doesn't talk about comparing with Mendes and Raiola, even an ordinary agent with a little qualifications, he can't compete with them.

Fame and experience are flawed.

So he's been looking for his first client for some time.

Mario is very smart, he knows that Mendez's sphere of influence is focused on Portuguese-speaking areas.

And his father Mino Raiola's tentacles are even more terrifying. There are scouting networks in Italy, England, the Netherlands, France, and even South American and North American football.

It's simply impossible for him to sign a talented young player in these places.

So he turned his attention to Asia, known as the football desert.

At first, Mario focused on China, which has a population of 13 billion. He even made a special trip to China for this purpose and watched many Chinese Super League games in a row.

Then reality gave him a big stick, and after staying for less than a month, he hid his face and retreated!
So he turned his attention to Japan and South Korea, and then he focused on South Korea's rising star Sun Xingmin.

After repeated inspections for a period of time, Mario determined that this was the player he was looking for.

So he went directly to the door with the shameless strength he learned from his father.

However, contrary to expectations, Sun Xingmin already had an economic team working for him, and he was almost beaten up when he came to the door with a crowbar.

Although it failed, Mario did not give up. He planned to talk to Sun Xingmin after preparing in more detail.

He firmly believes that the career plan he has formulated will definitely impress Sun Xingmin.

The reason why Mario dared to come out and do it alone was because he had his own reliance.

In terms of players' career planning and online public opinion, even his father Raiola has praised his unique ideas countless times.

"Oh! Leverkusen changed two people at halftime!"

"No. 17 Sebastian Bonisch replaced No. 15 Oztunali, replaced an offensive player, and replaced a full-back. This is obviously to strengthen the defense!"

"Chu Zheng! Chu Zheng is also on board!" Seeing the fourth official holding up the sign in succession, He Wei, who was originally in a low mood in the sports live broadcast room, regained his energy in an instant, "Chu Zheng replaced the right central defender Na Naldo, according to pre-match media reports, Naldo and Arnold also have some colds, it seems that he can't hold on!"

In the media area at the scene, Lin Fan and more than a dozen Chinese reporters were also shocked when they saw Chu Zheng appear on the stage. They raised their long guns and short cannons to aim at Chu Zheng.

After the substitutions, the second half of the game began.

As expected, after the adjustment of the intermission, Leverkusen, who played one less player, put away the madness of the first half, and all players retreated to the halftime, playing defensive counterattack.

This is why Leverkusen replaced Delmic with the fastest player in the team, Sun Xingmin.

As for Wolfsburg, the adjustments are not big.

Although there were few goals in the first half, Dieter Heiking was quite satisfied with the overall performance of the team.

The only thing he asks of his players in the second half is to surround them like a pack of hungry wolves and tear apart their prey.

And Leverkusen, who had one less player, was the injured sheep.

Therefore, after the start of the game, coupled with Leverkusen's active recovery tactics, it directly led to the disappearance of Leverkusen's offense, which stimulated the home fans to howl.

A large part of the media's attention was on Chu Zheng.

As European football journalists, they encounter some amazing young players in major leagues every year, but whether they can maintain the excellent state of their debut is the most difficult threshold for these young players.

On the court, since Wolfsburg was playing against Leverkusen, Chu Zheng didn't have many opportunities to express himself, and basically watched the battle in the middle circle.

But soon Chu Zheng ushered in the opportunity to express himself.

In the 68th minute of the game, Wolfsburg made a pass from the bottom and was cleared.

The ball was slammed into the air by goalkeeper Leno with both fists and fell to the right side more than 40 meters away.

Sun Xingmin immediately started to chase after seeing it. Compared with Sun Xingmin, who has a fast pace and quick acceleration ability, Tim Klose is like an old and cumbersome elephant.

Seeing that Sun Xingmin couldn't run, Klose wanted to reach out and drag Sun Xingmin who was about to pass by.

Seeing this scene, Chu Zheng's eyelids twitched as he retreated in the middle.

Fortunately, Sun Xingmin leaned forward to hide, otherwise Wolfsburg's numerical advantage would be destroyed by Klose.

After Sun Xingmin got rid of Klose, he strode forward with the ball.

In the high-speed dribble sprint, he was about to cut in and looked towards the middle. When he saw Chu Zheng's figure almost parallel to him, he felt a shocking wave in his heart.

He never thought that Chu Zheng could keep up with him, and even faintly faster than him.

Seeing the speed of the two, the fans at the scene were full of enthusiasm and cheered.

On the right rib at the top of the arc, Chu Zheng, who returned to the penalty area early, blocked Sun Xingmin.

But soon Chu Zheng discovered that the Korean man's left and right legs were terribly balanced. He was a rare biped monster in football.

Chu Zheng could only stabilize his mind, stepping backwards and twisting his body from side to side, but he just didn't stretch out his feet, as steady as an old dog as always.

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