Luís da Silva drove Tang Zhe back to Tongji University's exchange student apartment in Barcelona University Town. Tang Zhe put his right hand on the car door and looked guilty."Uncle Louis, I'm sorry to disappoint you.”
"I'm fine." Louis da Silva revealed a simple and honest smile."Everyone has their own choices. I believe that you will definitely achieve better results in the future.”
La Masia and scouts were no longer as important to the club. The higher-ups who pursued results were more willing to buy famous star players than patiently train young players.
Even if Tang Zhe chose to sign a contract with Barcelona, his future would be bleak.
Perhaps it would be easier to make it in a lower-level team...
Didn't they say that they had arranged for a trial with Sporting Gijon and Real Betis?
"No matter what, thank you very much.”Tang Zhe retreated into the front passenger seat, reached out his right hand, and tightly held onto Louis da Silva's subconsciously outstretched hand.
"Good luck!" Luís da Silva gave his sincere blessings."I hope your career can be perfect!”
"I will. Thank you for your blessings.”
Tang Zhe looked down at the time on his phone after seeing off Louis da Silva. It was 3:30 p. m. local time in Spain.
It was a little too early to go back, so he walked towards the university town.
He had been worried about his mission for the past few days, and he had never strolled around as leisurely as he did today.
Perhaps breathing in fresh air would give him a different kind of good luck.
"What a coincidence!"
Just as he reached the football field of the University of Barcelona, he heard a voice speaking in Spanish.
Tang Zhe turned his head and felt that the foreigner in front of him looked familiar."Hello, have we met before?”
"Indeed, I have." The foreigner extended his right hand politely." Two days ago, at this same university, Geraldo Guzman, Atle?o Madrid's top scout. I wonder if you still remember him?”
"I remember, of course I remember." Tang Zhe smiled.”
"By the way, didn't you say you were going to Barcelona for a trial today? What was the result?"
Geraldo Guzman suddenly asked.
"I passed the trial." "But it's a pity," said Tang Zhe truthfully.”
"It is indeed a pity." Geraldo Guzman shrugged his shoulders. It was a pity that he missed Tang Zhe, but he seemed to have heard something and changed his tone."Hmm? A pity? What's wrong?"
Tang Zhe, who was not in a good mood, needed a confidant, and the Atletti Madrid scout in front of him, Geraldo Guzman, happened to be suitable for this role, so he said,"Barcelona doesn't have a place for me, and I don't want to go to Team B or be on loan, so I rejected their offer to sign.”
Geraldo Guzman suddenly looked at Tang Zhegao. He did not expect there to be a young player in this world who could reject a top club like Barcelona.
However, at the same time, he also labeled Tang Zhe as " biting off more than he could chew." In his opinion, it was not a good thing for young players to have a high starting point. After all, no one was Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Let's go over there and talk."
However, some words couldn't be said too directly, or it would hurt his self-esteem. Geraldo Guzman pointed to the seats not far away and invited Tang Zhe over. Then he said,""Forgive me for being blunt, but the first thing young people should think about is competition, because that way they can accumulate more competition experience.”
Tang Zhe naturally understood Geraldo Guzman's meaning. He smiled and looked at him meaningfully."Then why did you invite me for a trial at Atlético Madrid two days ago?”
Inviting potential players for trial training was Geraldo Guzman's job. Whether or not they could stay depended on the player's performance and the club's assessment of their ability.
He had watched Tang Zhe's match. Even though Tang Zhe's level was only at the amateur level, with his professional eyes, he could tell that Tang Zhe's ability had already reached the professional level.
This summer, the top striker, Diego Costa, left England. Manjukic and Raul Giménez, who joined, were unable to integrate into Diego Simeone's tactical system. As a result, Atletti Madrid, the defending champion of the league, was only ranked fourth in the past ten rounds, seven points away from Real Madrid, who was at the top of the list.
Tang Zhe's team's overall strength was obviously weaker than the University of Barcelona's, but Tang Zhe relied on his superior personal ability to continuously challenge the opponent's entire defensive line, ultimately helping the team to defeat the strong.
The only way for a weak team to win against a strong team was to use a set of defensive counterattack tactics, and the main tactic of Atletti Madrid, coached by Diego Simeone, was defensive counterattack. This meant that Tang Zhe's style of playing was very similar to Atletti Madrid's, which was why he took the initiative to invite Tang Zhe to participate in the trial.
From another point of view, Tang Zheng had the potential to join a powerhouse team, but…the possibility was a little low.
However, Huaxia was a magical country. Who could guarantee that Tang Zhe would not have the potential to grow?
Geraldo Guzman laughed at himself, then sincerely invited him again,""I'm very optimistic about your future prospects. I wonder if you're interested in participating in the trial training at Espino's training base tomorrow afternoon?”
"Trial training?" Tang Zhe reacted quickly and became spirited."Of course I'm interested!"
However, when he thought of Barcelona's three non-European Union seats, Tang Zhe changed the topic and asked,""Atletos Madrid hasn't used up all three non-European Union seats this season, right?”
Geraldo Guzman thought for a moment and replied,"The three non-European Union quotas for this season are the center back, José Jiménez, and the striker, Raul Giménez. Want to stay in the first team of Atletos Madrid?”
"Of course!" Tang Zhe smiled confidently." A soldier who doesn't want to be a general isn't a good soldier. This sentence applies to professional football as well. However, I have to pass your club's trial training first.”
……
After chatting for a while, Geraldo Guzman looked down at his watch and turned to Tang Zhe.""It's getting late. I still have something to do. I'll see you at the entrance of Espino's training base tomorrow afternoon.”
"Alright."
Geraldo Guzman disappeared at the corner of the stadium exit. Tang Zhe, who turned around to watch the training of the University of Barcelona football team again, caught a glimpse of a beautiful Western woman from the corner of his eye.
She…seemed to be looking at him angrily.
Wasn't this Elena da Silva, the daughter of Louis da Silva?
Why was she looking at him like that?
At this moment, three big question marks appeared above Tang Zhe's head.
The first sentence that Elena said to Tang Zhe was even more surprising. She was even a little unreasonable as she said loudly,""You bastard!"
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