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Chapter 147 Life in Italy begins

Chapter 147 Life in Italy begins

"I'm sorry, Brother Chu Ran, I fell asleep for a while..."

Long Bisheng hurriedly ushered Chu Ran into the gate, and then he remembered that Ning Xi had said yesterday that the Naples club would arrange for someone to help him integrate into the local life faster - he thought it was some local fan or a translator, but he didn't expect it to be the Chinese goalkeeper Chu Ran who was on loan from Inter Milan!

"It doesn't matter, the jet lag is not reversed." Chu Ran said with a smile, and then he looked at Long Bisheng and admired: "You are so tall... If I were as tall as you, I'm afraid I would have been the main player in Inter Milan."

Although Chu Ran is a goalkeeper, he is only 1.7 meters tall. The player he admires the most is the former Mexican legendary goalkeeper "Flower Butterfly" Campos. If it weren't for FIFA's regulations that players are not allowed to wear their own jerseys in official games, he might appear on the field in a full suit like Campos.

Although he couldn't appear on the court like that, Chu Ran liked wearing colorful clothes off the court, which made people dazzled. It was for this reason that Long Bisheng didn't recognize who Chu Ran was at first.

"How is your current level of Italian?" After sitting down, Chu Ran asked Long Bisheng.

"I only learned a few words, hello, yes...that's all, but my English is pretty good." Long Bisheng replied.

"That's good. Both Italian and English evolved from Latin. The pronunciation of Italian is relatively simple, but its grammar is much more complicated than that of English... But I heard from the coach that you have a strong ability to learn languages. I think it won't take long for you to be able to talk to other teammates smoothly."

"Coach? Which coach?" Long Bisheng asked hurriedly.

"Of course it's Coach Ding Yu!" Chu Ran laughed: "I was also coached by Coach Ding Yu in the Yunjia Tianyu Football School and echelon before... He valued you very much, so he specially called to let me take care of you in Naples... I know a very good Italian teacher, and I will introduce him to you in the past two days. For foreign players, the language barrier is the first thing to pass."

"I know this very well." Long Bisheng laughed. When he was training in Newcastle, the reason why he was able to adapt to English football earlier than other teammates was because he had the highest level of English. The players and coaches of Newcastle's under-19 youth team got acquainted with him quickly, and he also received a lot of help.

"That's great, Aaron, to be honest, sometimes I'm lonely in Italy... Now that I have you in the club, I think I'll be happier." Chu Ran laughed loudly and patted Long Bisheng on the shoulder: "Next, let me show you around the Naples club. The team's training will start in two days. Now, let me take you to the club to feel the glory that Maradona left for this club!"

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"See those two stools?"

In the dressing room of the Naples first team, Chu Ran pointed to the two stools in the corner and said: "In Naples, no one dared to sit on these two stools... These are two stools left over from the 80s of the last century. One belongs to Maradona, while the other belongs to his teammates. Whenever a new player signs, an old player will tell him which stool he can sit on and which stool he cannot sit on. There is also this wardrobe, which no one can use. A history that the Sri Lankan people will never forget.”

Long Bisheng looked at the two old stools—this is history. History does not only exist in people’s oral traditions, sometimes an object also carries this history—although they are just two ordinary stools, after listening to other people’s stories related to this stool, these two ordinary stools seem to have a layer of mysterious luster.

Long Bisheng couldn't help reaching out to touch the stool, but he soon remembered that Chu Ran said that no one would dare to sit on these two stools. Seeing Long Bisheng hesitated, Chu Ran couldn't help laughing loudly: "It's okay, just touch it if you want... Aaron, it was the same when I just came to Naples. I even touched both stools to get a taste of Maradona's fairy spirit...Although he is not a goalkeeper, the hand of God is his original creation!"

Long Bisheng really touched the stool, his heart was beating fiercely - I will play here in the future, in this locker room, on the San Paolo Stadium, where Maradona fought!

Seeing Long Bisheng like this, Chu Ran did not laugh at him in his heart. For every player, Maradona is an existence that they can look up to, and for young players, even just staying in the place Maradona once stayed for a while is enough to make them feel happy!When Chu Ran first came to Naples, he was not much better than Long Bisheng.

"Okay, Aaron, the team will be concentrated in two days. How is your current state? Italian football is not so easy to adapt to. I can become the main force because of continuous hard training." Chu Ran said to Long Bisheng who had been touching for a long time.

Long Bisheng stood up reluctantly, and showed off his muscles: "No problem, I have always maintained a good state. Even when I am at home, I have at least eight hours of personal training... I think the training methods arranged by Yunjia Tianyu's coaches are not too bad."

"Then there is no problem. Yunjiatianyu's training method is completely European... What, you keep training for eight hours a day when you are at home? Then how long do you usually train when you are in the team?" Chu Ran asked with wide eyes and some disbelief.

"Ten or so hours. Anyway, I have good physical strength and poor foundation, so I should practice more." Long Bisheng laughed and said it as a matter of course.

"My God, you are a monster... But coach Ding Yu also said that you don't seem to know what fatigue is. You are worthy of coming out of the military compound, and you are better than us ordinary people." Chu Ran sighed. He thought he worked very hard, but if he had to train for more than ten hours a day, he would definitely not be able to bear it.

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Two days later, Chu Ran completely believed Ding Yu's words. This guy is indeed a training madman, but if he hadn't worked so hard, he wouldn't have received formal training since he was ten years old, and he would have reached the standard of a professional player in just seven years—although he is not a genius, he worked harder than everyone else.

Two days later, the first training camp of the second half of the season in Naples began. Long Bisheng, who had adjusted the time difference, got up early, and then at 06:30 in the morning, he dragged Chu Ran, who was smiling wryly, to the training ground. While training with Long Bisheng, Chu Ran swore in his heart that he would move out of the club dormitory and find a separate apartment.

Slowly, the sky was bright, and other teammates came to the training ground one by one. After changing their clothes in the locker room, they began to do warm-up activities on the training ground. They looked at Long Bisheng, a new teammate, with curious eyes.

"Chu! Is this your compatriot? Why is he so tall, but you are so short?" A player shouted at Chu Ran, and several players beside him also laughed.

"Damn! Guevara! Are you tall again?" Chu Ran yelled at Guevara, then turned to Long Bisheng and said, "This is Guevara, the team's main right back. He is very good at crossing. If you can get acquainted with him first, it will be very beneficial to your performance on the field."

Long Bisheng nodded. Of course, the most important thing for a high center forward is to be able to get a good cross from his teammates on the field. If there are no teammates on the wings to deliver shells, a high center forward is useless on the field.

At this time, head coach Reya also came to the training field, and the players who had finished warming up immediately gathered in front of him. Reya glanced at Long Bisheng and Chu Ran who were already covered in sweat, and frowned.

"Chu, didn't I tell you? Excessive training may not bring benefits. You are now a professional player. What you need is to maintain your state and physical strength instead of wasting your physical energy on redundant training." Reya said to Chu Ran seriously.

"It's okay, coach, I'm just training with Long Bisheng... Don't worry about him. This guy is a monster with amazing physical fitness. My first coach is also his coach. He told me that this guy trains for [-] hours a day, but he has never run out of physical fitness." Chu Ran knew the old guy's hard-faced and soft-hearted, and replied with a smile.

Hearing what Chu Ran said, Rhea nodded. He didn't object to the extra training of the players, but he was afraid that they would lose their strength during the game. Since this tall young man is so physically fit, he naturally wouldn't object to Long Bisheng's extra training.

"Okay, guys, starting today, we will have a new teammate, a striker from China, Long Bisheng, Chu, please introduce your compatriots to everyone."

Chu Ran smiled and began to introduce the teammates of the team one by one for Long Bisheng, captain Montevino, Italian midfielder, one of the few remaining players; Fontana, 35-year-old midfielder; Guevara, Croatian full-back; Maldonado, Chilean defender; Pia, Brazilian left attacker;

After saying hello to his teammates one by one in Italian, which he had been busy with for the past few days, Long Bisheng took a deep breath—life in Italy is about to begin!

(End of this chapter)