Chapter 3: The Mysterious Guest

  After greeting the class teacher, Chu Jiang walked straight towards the No. 1 playground.

  On the road, there were students who would occasionally greet Chu Jiang. Although he didn't know most of them, he still patiently smiled and nodded in response to each greeting.

  Chu Jiang is 175 cm tall, although not very high, but his figure is symmetrical, and he looks quite handsome. Plus, he's easy-going and skilled at ball games, so naturally, he becomes a notable figure in school.

  "Isn't the school team's match usually scheduled for 4 pm? Why was it changed to 10 am today?"

  "Not clear. Is it because there's some important guest coming over, so they changed the time temporarily?"

  "Important guest? Wow, must be a scout from the big club, maybe even Shanghai Shenhua's scout! Our whole family are Shenhua fans! If I can get selected, I won't ask for a single penny in salary!"

  "You're dreaming! Shenhua is a super league team, how could they possibly choose you? If it were Chu Jiang, then there might be a chance!"

  "Yes, our school's most powerful genius is none other than Chu Jiang!"

  …………

  The sound of lively chatter occasionally reached Chu Jiang's ears, and he smiled slightly, without paying much attention.

  How to say?

  Classmates' analysis is not correct, but it's just a little bit off. Today's game indeed has heavyweight ball explorers watching the game, only that the visiting guests are much higher than Shenhua ball explorers in terms of identity!

  Mario Corso, nicknamed "God's left foot", scored 94 goals in his 15 years at Inter Milan as a winger. His brilliance was never overshadowed by the likes of Facchetti, Suarez and Mazzola in an Inter team full of superstars.

  After retiring, Colombo remained at Inter Milan as youth department manager, technical director and scout.

  Today, the one who is coming to Jianghai City International Milan Football School to watch the match is none other than Kolsa, a legendary figure in Inter Milan's history!

  This news was only heard by Chu Jiang in his previous life when he was being treated in the hospital, where he unintentionally overheard Director Zhan Baolu and Principal Mo Yanping chatting about it.

  In fact, it was because of the joint recommendation of these two people, plus the fact that the Zan Paolo family and the Corsi family were old friends, that Corsi took some time out of his busy schedule to come to China - a country where football is not well developed - to personally take a closer look at this "genius goalkeeper" - Chu Jiang!

  At that time, Zhan Baoluo was worried that the news would put too much pressure on Chu Jiang and affect his performance. So he only called him the day before the game to remind him to do well and didn't reveal that Korsou would come to watch the game. Although there have been many scouts from other teams coming to school, even some from Super League level, but compared with European giants, they are not worth mentioning. For a kid who is not yet 18 years old, it's still a bit hard to bear the pressure of being scrutinized by top-notch clubs.

  After being injured in Chujiang, Korsos hastily left without saying goodbye to others or meeting with media reporters. For him, watching other players' games was a waste of time except for Chujiang. Therefore, until later, the news that Korsos had been to China and had closely examined a Chinese player was not known to many people.

  "This time, I won't let such an opportunity slip through my fingers again!"

  Chu Jiang clenched his fists tightly.

  Although going to a traditional Italian powerhouse Inter Milan directly may not be realistic for 17-year-old Chu Jiang, if he can take this opportunity to enter the sight of European scouts, maybe playing in a European club is not an unattainable mirage.

  From his appearance, Chu Jiang seems calm and peaceful, no different from all the students in school. In fact, he is hiding a proud heart inside.

  In recent years, as a young star player in Jianghai City, Chu Jiang has not lacked opportunities to directly enter professional clubs. The second-tier team of Jianghai City, as well as the first-tier teams of several neighboring cities, and even Super League teams, have all sent scouts to visit the Chu family and offered Chu Jiang professional contracts that were much more generous than those offered to his peers, but he has politely declined them one by one.

  The domestic football environment does not recognize Chu Jiang, let alone his dream is to play in a European team! If one day he can stand on the highest podium of the top five European leagues, that would be Chu Jiang's greatest dream in life!

  If it's a dragon, it should be carefree in the four seas! If it's an eagle, it should soar in the vast sky!

  If he had not received an offer from a European club before the age of 18, Choo would have accepted a contract with his domestic league.

  Now that this opportunity has finally come, Chu Jiang will never give it up!

  Moreover, after seeing the light blue screen on the bus, Chu Jiang vaguely felt that his body had undergone some kind of strange change, which might be beneficial to his improvement in football skills.

  "If those numbers really represent their football level, then what's difficult about directly entering the European league?"

  ……

  The rules of the school competition are similar to those of a regular football match, with 11 players on each side and a standard football field. The difference is that the first and second halves of the game only last for 30 minutes, with a five-minute halftime break.

  In order to achieve the effect of sufficient exercise, the lineup for the game consists of a team with the main attacking players from the starting lineup and the defensive players from the substitute lineup, and another team with the main defensive players from the starting lineup and the attacking players from the substitute lineup. In this way, the main attacking combination will face the main defensive combination.

  It's such a match that has intense confrontation and is full of suspense!

  As usual, Chu Jiang put on the yellow vest symbolizing a substitute player and stood in front of the goal of the substitute team. In today's game, he will face the impact of the main attacking players!

  Chu Jiang lightly patted his gloves, twisted his waist and did a few stretching exercises. As for today's match, he wasn't worried at all.

  Having strength, naturally having a strong foundation!

  On one side of the middle of the court, Principal Mo Yan and Technical Director Zhan Bao both appeared at the scene. In front of them was an old man wearing a black suit, black sunglasses, and white hair. The three of them chatted with each other, occasionally pointing to the players warming up on the field.

  Of course, what they are most concerned about is naturally Chu Jiang, the one known as the "genius student" who has the most prestige in school!

  Seeing three people looking over, Chu Jiang smiled and waved his hand in greeting.

  There was the famous Colso coming to watch, it's impossible not to be nervous at all. Chu Jiang took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed his mind down. Wanting to become a professional player, overcoming various pressures is a compulsory course, and for a goalkeeper who is the team's guardian deity, it's even more so.

  Zan Baoluo saw his proud disciple looking at him, and hurriedly smiled with both hands making a downward pressing gesture, indicating that Chu Jiang should calm down. Immediately after, he made another thumbs up gesture, as if telling Chu Jiang, you're the best!

  Chu Jiang smiled and gave a thumbs up, then continued his warm-up.

  It's strange to say, but today Chu Jiang's mentality recovered very quickly, and his state adjustment seemed more relaxed than usual.

  I don't know if it's because of Chu Jiang's psychological quality attribute being as high as 20.

  Seeing the interaction between Chu Jiang and the three people on the scene, a player who was warming up on the attacking side had a gloomy face.

  His name is Mo Chengke, the main left winger of the school team, fast in speed, with some fancy footwork and decent shooting skills, he has always been regarded as the "second genius" in school.

  Yes, second. With the beautiful jade of Chu Jiang in front, no matter how hard Mo Chengke tries, he can only be second best. No matter how unwilling Mo Chengke is to admit it, he has to acknowledge this point.

  In addition, Mo Chengke also has an identity, which is the nephew of Principal Mo Yan. It was because of this identity that Mo Chengke knew that the elder standing in front of his uncle was a scout from Inter Milan. However, he did not know that Kolso came specifically for Chu Jiang alone.

  Mo Yan used his connections in the football world to get his nephew a reserve contract with a first-tier club. In his opinion, being able to play for a first-tier team was already quite good enough for Mo Chengke's potential. Therefore, when chatting with Mo Chengke's father, he simply mentioned that an Inter Milan scout would be coming to assess him today, without going into details.

  He thinks it's not necessary.

  However, Mosuke's father did not think so.

  In the eyes of most fathers who want their children to become dragons, their own children are the best. Mo Chengke's father is no exception. He thought that his elder brother mentioned this news to him was a hint, letting Xiao Ke grasp this opportunity to perform well and strive for the chance to go to Inter Milan for training.

  Even if I didn't succeed in staying at Inter Milan in the end, having had this opportunity to gain experience will make me attractive to big clubs back home and win a lucrative contract. Who knows, maybe I'll even get the chance to be selected for the national team!

  As soon as he got home, Mo Chengke's father told him the good news and reminded him to behave well and not let others take away his own opportunities.

  Mo Chengke didn't tell anyone about this, including all his brothers. In his opinion, the fewer people competing with him, the better! However, he also knew in his heart that Chu Jiang was his greatest competitor!

  Seeing the scene of Chu Jiang and the three people on the sidelines waving, Mo Cheng Ke's heart was burning with anger. The three people on the sidelines, except for looking at other small ball players at the beginning, were either chatting with each other or pointing at Chu Jiang, and never looked at Mo Cheng Ke again, even Mo Yan Fan was the same.

  Mo Chengke gazed at Chu Jiang with a gloomy expression, and his heart couldn't help but burn with jealousy.

  "Since Yu was born, why should Rong be born?!"

  Mo Chengke was very entangled in his heart!

  With the referee's whistle, the simple warm-up came to an end.

  The school team competition has officially begun!

  It will be either a shocking victory or a crushing defeat, and the outcome will be clear after the game!

  Divided by love

  Who will stand out and enter the Apennine Football Hall of Fame? Can Chujing get rid of his own seriously injured retirement fate? Stay tuned for the next episode, haha!

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