The Ball at Your Feet

Because the start of the Ligue 1 match earlier, coupled with the increase in the number of foreign aid caused by the reform of the game system this year, Monaco feared that the delay would cause player prices to rise, so he urged Zhao Yaning to go to Monaco early to complete the medical examination and sign the agreement.

After the new contract was signed, his annual salary after tax reached nearly 600,000 euros. This kind of income standard is already a higher salary for Ligue 1 players, but the offensive players have a high salary, plus Zhao Yaning's young age and great potential, such a contract is naturally not too high.

And Cordia told him that this contract should have been the pre-tax annual salary standard, because the Monaco tax reform this year, the players have doubts about the tax after the reform, Monaco also specially increased some wages. But this year Monaco and the French government just passed a new agreement on the tax rate issue, abolishing the tax law that had been implemented since 1957 and implementing new taxation standards. Monaco's personal income tax payment was abolished and replaced by luxury tax payment. The levy policy has little effect on football players. Because he only works for people who have lived in Monaco for five years and have a personal property of more than 660,000 euros, Zhao Yaning does not comply with these two items, so naturally there is no need to worry.

Originally, Monaco had the intention to lower his salary again, but after Zhao Yaning became famous in the World Cup, Monaco was unwilling to make any more troubles, but decided to sign the contract with a sharp knife.

When the contract was signed, Zhao Yaning got his No. 7 jersey for the new team. After taking photos with Deschamps, he proposed to return to China. Now he is still on vacation, which is considered a normal request, and he also agreed to Beibei, wanting to go home earlier.

But Deschamps stopped him, "Since you are already a player from Monaco, don't rush back. Let's talk about the arrangements here. Your residence, transportation, living equipment, and then the team is the team. You’d better read the bans and training habits before you go. I don’t want you to take up our training time to do these things at that time."

Although it has long been heard that Deshang manages the club strictly, it was only when he heard these words that Zhao Yaning understood why people said that he was tough.

"Furthermore, if you are away for a long time, ask Coach Jean Petit what your training plan should look like during the holidays. Of course, I know that I can’t control the training during the holidays, so I am here. It’s just a suggestion. If you want to occupy a place in my lineup next season, then I suggest you not appear at Ratubi Base with overweight, injury, or excessive physical exertion."

These words made Zhao Yaning smile more bitterly. Training in the offseason should be based on the player's consciousness, right? But Deschamps didn't seem to care about that at all.

If it is a bad temper, or a player with a low level of consciousness, it is estimated that he will definitely be at odds with Deshang. Even Zhao Yaning now feels Deshang’s arrangement is too much. The relationship between coaches and players is a delicate matter in professional football. Coaches have greater power in theory, but players are not completely obedient to coaches because of their star status. But now it seems that for Deschamps, the players have to obey him unconditionally.

He has this capital, his reputation far exceeds that of players, he dares to issue such hard and fast rules, and at the same time he also has a steel hand to implement his own laws.

After experiencing the age when coaches coaxed to play during the Ajaccio period, it is a bit uncomfortable to look at Monaco's iron-fisted coaching, but Zhao Yaning is also a little faintly happy: He always feels that such rigid rules are better than the original The kind of team atmosphere is better.

But for him, what needs to be considered now is another issue: the arrangement of his personal affairs in Monaco.

He does not have his own house in Monaco, nor is he planning to buy a house in Monaco-Monaco is a tourist city with picturesque scenery and lots of fun. The consequence is that the house price here is the highest in the world-although Zhao Yaning just got a signature But I don’t intend to spend the money on buying a house.

At this time, Zhang Yuan was still dealing with domestic affairs at home, and he was only beside Cordia. Although Cordia is a good agent, his ability is more about transfer issues. As for the arrangement of the player's private life, although he can help, it is difficult to make people satisfied.

He asked for a few suggested rental housing materials from the club. As for more things, such as interior decoration and appliances, he was powerless, and Zhao Yaning had to buy these things a little bit by himself.

But for Zhao Yaning, what he lacks most now is time. He wants to go back early. There is not much time during the offseason. It is torture not to be with Beibei, but to waste time here.

And at this moment, a helper came to him by himself.

"I said I heard that you came to the team to sign today and came here specially... Welcome to Ratubi Base, rookie!"

At the gate of the base, Zhao Yaning saw Squelach. After giving Zhao Yaning a hug, he patted Zhao Yaning fiercely and hugged Zhao Yaning's shoulders, "I watched your World Cup match, played very well, and had really good luck. Don't be sad about being out. , Even France was eliminated early, this year's game is nothing to watch."

I'm not sad...but Squelach still has a lot of nonsense as always.

But he came just right. He is an old player of Monaco. Although he has not played a game, he is familiar enough with Monaco.

"Since you are in Monaco, then I will take you to have fun. Here you will understand how much fun we missed on an island like Ajaccio. Let's go around and Monaco will let you know about it. Why is it a holiday paradise."

"Sebas, don't be so excited." Zhao Yaning stopped him, "I don't have much time. I'm still in a hurry to go back."

Zhao Yaning explained a few things about himself, and Squelach frowned, "So you haven't broken up yet. What's the meaning of this two-year relationship? You are such a freak."

"It's a good thing to be called a freak by you. If I'm as normal as you, I won't be able to save it." Zhao Yaning teased him before continuing the topic, "Sebas, I need to be here. In terms of buying things, including renting a house, buying furniture, buying some items, etc. But I don’t have much to do, and my agent doesn’t know what I need..."

"You want me to help? No problem." Squelach understood immediately, "Do you have any specific requirements?"

"There is no requirement, but I can't drive, so don't find me a house too far away from the training base. It is best if I can run to the training base."

Squelach understood what Zhao Yaning said, but he had different opinions, "Even if you can't drive, you should consider other methods. There are many taxis here. You can go to the training base by car. I also have my own car. You can also pick you up. This is not Ajaccio. The traffic here is very developed, so there is no need to abuse yourself."

Zhao Yaning shook his head. He still felt that it was not a bad thing to have a warm-up run before going to training.

He doesn't like the taxis in Monaco. Most of the taxis in this place are Mercedes-Benz. It is said that only Dubai is more luxurious in the world. Zhao Yaning always felt that if he just had some money and was so foolish, he would be unable to control himself in the future. He has heard stories in France where many black players end up in poverty due to misuse of money. Therefore, it is better to save money.

"Well, everything is up to you. Anyway, I can't believe in taxis. They strike two or three days." Squelach shrugged, "What about the others?"

"As for the internal stuff, I need only a few of them anyway. When you were in Ajaccio, you knew what I needed. Just help me watch and buy some."

"But this is Monaco, not Ajaccio. You are not going to buy a bar? Here you can buy wine of any vintage from any estate in France. You are not going to install a steel pipe in the house? The dancers here can meet All kinds of tastes. Also, there are many bars in Monaco, don't you want to find a place you like to get a membership card for fun? Or maybe..."

"I don't need those." Zhao Yaning interrupted him.

Seeing that Zhao Yaning looked a little ugly, Squelach laughed, "That's good, this is the Joey I know. All I said are nonsense, please remember, don't be attracted by these things. If you lose your gaze, you will definitely not be able to kick it out in the future."

"Who do you think of me?" Zhao Yaning asked rhetorically.

"Most of the players from poor countries with money are... Forget it, do you arouse your national pride again? Okay, I won't say it." Squelach raised his hand, "You still have What else do you need help?"

"There is one thing." Zhao Yaning remembered, "Coach Deschamps asked me to meet Coach Jean Petit."

"Go to see Jean Petit?" Squelach's eyes widened. "I thought you won't have this painful day until a month."

"Coach Petit is a very good person." Zhao Yaning asked puzzledly.

"Yes? That's because you don't know enough about him." Squealach smiled bitterly. "If you know more, you will find that he is a guy who is strict with details and makes people want to commit suicide."

"Hello, Joey, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

When I met Coach Jean Petit, it was in his office. Everything was similar to the last time I met. The difference was the thick information in front of Coach Petit and the computer in front of him.

"Let's take a look with me, and tell me how you feel after reading it." Coach Petit pointed to the computer screen, and didn't give Zhao Yaning any chance to talk about himself.

And when he glanced at the computer screen, Zhao Yaning was also attracted to the past, "Is this a collection of my personal skills?"

"Well, I let someone cut it. Just watch it quietly."

Coach Petit motioned to Zhao Yaning to be quiet, and the two looked at the screen and stopped talking. The video on the computer is a cut of Zhao Yaning's game in Ajaccio in a season. But this is not his scoring highlights or extraordinary highlights, but rather detailed technical highlights. The broadcast of the French league is very special. Many times the camera is chasing the players, which makes the highlights look very clear.

After a short while, when the highlights were played, Coach Petit turned his head and said, "What do you think?"

"I don't know, it seems that this is a collection of my skills, but in many places it seems to be my failure. I don't know what you meant to show me."

"I just want you to know where your shortcomings are now." Coach Petit said while operating, "You are very fast, but that is of no use. Your excellence is also good, but not enough. Good. There are three important points about the extraordinary ability in football: continuous passing ability, static ball holding ability, and the simplicity of extraordinary action. You are not good enough on these three points."

The highlights were opened again, and Coach Petit pointed to the highlights and said, "Seeing that, your style of play is almost all one. You take the ball and counterattack at a high speed. You rarely have a continuous pass in a small area, and There is rarely a static start with the ball. What you do is always run, run, and run: running is not good enough, when you run, the upper body moves too much, which affects the running speed. The most important thing for players, You don’t have it. After you get the ball, you always subconsciously run fast to counterattack. Although your running position selection is OK, it is meaningless in the top league. No top team will give you big The scope of the space makes you surprise, your kicking is impossible." Petty paused, "And the saddest thing is that you haven't realized it yet."

Zhao Yaning blushed, how could he think of this?

"Your style of playing is a winger who is fast, has a good skill, and has this sense of smell. If you develop like you, at most it will be a counter-attack forward, which is not suitable for you. I value you, not because of you. Strength, but because you still have the potential to tap. I hope you understand this now, if not, I can only give up on you."

Zhao Yaning spoke with a bit of annoyance, "We won the championship with this style of play last season."

"What is a champion?" Coach Petit turned his head. "The champion is for your entire team, not for you personally. It can only mean that your team is playing well, not that you are personally flawless. If you are If you want to improve, just throw all the honors aside, and always be humbly. If you always feel that you are already very good, you are done."

This sentence made Zhao Yaning unable to refute, and he had to shut his mouth.

"You need to change the way you play, change drastically." Coach Petit patted his head, "Remember what I taught you last time?"

"Improve physical strength, enhance passing ability, and try to create my own football style."

Petit nodded, "Don’t let go of your physical training. This is very important for you. Then I suggest you practice short-passing and through-ball skills, which are also very important to you. Your kicks It’s not a bad thing to use a lot of inside shots, playing very close to the inside forward, and having more pass and coordination ability."

"And then there is your extraordinary skills." Petty turned his attention to the information at hand, "I don't recommend that you use your speed as the main means to excel. People's explosiveness will be due to age and injury. It’s very irresponsible to let young players play with explosive power. That kind of play is very hateful and easy to cause injuries. Moreover, your height is too high. The height of 180cm makes you The center of gravity is high, and your body shape is not good, the shoulders are too wide, and the center of gravity is not well controlled. If you use acceleration repeatedly, it will cause too much load on your knees. Maybe you don’t care, but as a coach, I You can’t teach your disciples that way. I hope you can practice new skills to make progress.”

"What kind of skill training should I do?" Zhao Yaning thought of his recent rapid increase in data, and was also intrigued.

"I suggest you practice these moves." Coach Petit was operating on the computer, "This is the first one."

"Great Laudrup's fried meatballs?" Zhao Yaning recognized this action immediately.

"It seems that you have also seen it. This action requires a good ball feel, two-foot technique, as well as the player's flexibility, agility, and a good enough sense of rhythm. Now you have a bad sense of rhythm, everything else Yes, so I suggest you practice this movement. You have a lot of frontal breakthrough skills, very fancy, but not very practical. Forget the Marseille maneuvers, you are not as strong as Qi Zu, forget the grand fervado, unless you are facing up In the last season, Blanco also forgot to throw the tail of the cow. That kind of action is too easy to make mistakes in a fast assault. A frontal breakthrough, at a high speed, is to accelerate the change of direction. When holding the ball statically, he uses fried **** to deal with you. It’s a perfect fit. But you still have to remember that high-speed conditions are only a minority, so don’t pursue high-speed breakthroughs. Small-scale static breakthroughs are the most important thing, and you can eat everywhere."

Zhao Yaning opened his mouth and said nothing. And coach Petit immediately continued to speak, "You use Marseille to spin a lot, but most of the time you do it because you can't get rid of it when you are surrounded by looting. Don't be like this. When you are robbed, you should be careful at this time. It’s not a good habit to find a breakthrough route or a passing route and rush to turn around and make a breakthrough. It will increase your turnovers too much."

"After that, how can I break through?" Zhao Yaning asked, "There are not many breakthrough skills in the back state, and Cruyff's turn does not seem to be very practical..."

"Extraordinary actions depend on the rationality of personal choices." Coach Petit looked on the computer, "Look at this technique."

The person in the computer faces the defender with his back, the outer instep of his right foot pushes the ball to his right, and then his left foot pushes on the ground with his right foot as the axis for a violent rotation. The moment his left foot hits the ground, his right foot takes the opportunity With a touch of the ball, the whole person threw off the defender's position and walked away.

"This action... seems to be a simplified version of Cruyff's turning around. The two actions are changed to one. When turning around, one foot is supported, which is more concise, but it needs a high explosive kick on the ground and enough flexibility. Come to open the defensive distance-it suits me."

"More than that. You also have an advantage, that your feet are excellent. This way your breakthrough video will show threats in both directions at the same time, which is more unpredictable and can make the defender more at a loss." Petty The coach explained to him, "And this action can also be used when you turn sideways. If you connect with your frontal breakthrough action, your extraordinary action will become more perfect. The name of this action is called Top Turn, which is Cruy. I don’t know who researched the variant of the turn of the husband first, but for modern football, in most cases, he is more practical than the turn of Cruyff. What you need is such a systematic action mode, More effective than your improvisations."

Zhao Yaning nodded, but still asked his own question, "Coach, can I practice my own movements? It belongs to me."

"Is it the kind of action that can be named after you?" Petit gave a strange smile, "You need time to temper. In a football match, you will encounter various situations that you can't cope with. After this story, , You will start to study your own actions. If you can analyze each game carefully and study your actions carefully, you can find the actions that suit you."

"And you do have some movements, I have never seen it in others."

On the screen, Zhao Yaning ran with the ball, and when facing the opponent's pounce and tackle, he stopped abruptly, his left foot jumped a big step to the left, and his right foot almost followed the ball with the ball. The whole person took a big step in the air like a ballet and moved horizontally~www.ltnovel.com~ to avoid the flying shovel of the defensive player.

"This is a very good prototype of an action. The sudden stop ability brought by your explosive power, coupled with the extent of the body distortion caused by your flexibility, can make you dodge more than one position by jumping laterally. This gives you absolute calm time to prepare for the next move."

Looking at this action, Zhao Yaning couldn't remember when he did it.

"This is the final stage of a game. Your physical strength is insufficient, and the technique of dribbling is deformed, making your stop the ball substandard, and you have to use this action to get out of the opponent's tackle. Of course, you were immediately intercepted by someone else. , Because your jumping amplitude is too large, you lose your balance, and you are easily cut off. But there is room for improvement in this action. Your jumping amplitude, the direction of dribbling the ball horizontally, and the subsequent movement to cooperate. This action is not very good for connecting high-speed breakthrough actions. A sudden stop and a sudden start can easily cause injuries, but if it is combined with a small-range pass, it can suddenly jump out of a position to prepare for the pass during small-range activities. That's great." Coach Petit explained his opinion, "Everyone has this kind of original action, it depends on whether you can grasp it."

Zhao Yaning did not carefully consider these issues, but at this time, when he heard coach Petit mention it, he realized that he paid too little attention to his actions and paid little attention to his game, which made him a little ashamed.

"Everyone will have this kind of special and their own actions, but whether you can turn them into deposited experiences depends on your own. Talent is such a thing, whether it turns it into a star or makes it Throw across the sky like a meteor, relying on your own efforts."

"Do you want to be a meteor or a star, in yourself."