Chapter 178 The Duck in the Mire

A Milan fans think that Chang Sheng doesn't know enough about Pato, so Pato will become the breaker who rewrites the record of the confrontation between the two sides in this game.

People who think that way are so cute.

Chang Sheng, as a time traveler, how could he not understand Pato?

He knows Pato's playing habits, and he also knows Pato's future development trajectory.

Pato, who has just landed in Serie A, is indeed an outstanding talent.

In fact, the most indispensable thing in this industry is genius.

Many players are geniuses at a young age.

No one can deny that they have talent, but there is still a long way to go from talent to strength.

Pato belongs to the kind of talented and capable players.

In the half season he just joined A Milan, he made 18 appearances and scored nine goals.

In the following full season, Pato made 36 appearances and scored 15 goals.

In his first full natural year for A Milan, from January 2008 to December 2008, he played 33 times in Serie A and scored 17 goals.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" highly praised Pato's performance: "Pato in 2008 was the strongest 19-year-old striker in Serie A for a hundred years. No one is better than him at this age."

Such praise is well deserved.

It can be seen how beautiful Pato was at that time.

Because of Pato, A Milan is no longer even resisting the sale of Kaka.

Pato was later awarded the European Golden Boy Award in 2009. Those who can win this award are all young players with outstanding talents and outstanding performance in this age group. All players who can win the Golden Boy Award have performed very well in their final careers.

He also won the 2009 Serie A Best Newcomer Award.

So many awards and outstanding performance make people full of hope for Pato's future.

Countless legendary stars have been compared with Pato - who is he most like?

Relying on the outstanding performance in the club,

Pato was also quickly selected for Brazil's senior national team, and soon became the main striker and main striker of the Brazilian national team.

His future looks bright...

But then. Pato fell into a vicious circle of constant injuries.

In fact, Pato has been injured since the 2009-2010 season. In that season, he knew that he represented A Milan in 21 league games. In the 2010-2011 season, Pato continued to be plagued by injuries, only for the club to play in the league. Twenty-four appearances were made. But Pato's scoring rate at that time was still quite high.

In the 2009-2010 season, Pato played 21 times, but scored 12 goals. Twenty-four appearances next season, with fourteen goals.

The high goal rate masks his problems, so people's expectations for Pato remain high.

But in fact Pato's body is made of glass.

Since 2010, he has suffered sixteen muscle injuries. Every time Pato is injured and unable to play, the media always say that he has a muscle injury.

For this reason, he missed eighty-three official games of A Milan.

In the end, because of too many injuries. A Milan had to give up on him. And he himself chose to return to China in order to get consecutive chances to play in the 2014 World Cup held in China.

The famous football manager game FM once set Pato's physique data in the latest game as "one". The bigger the data, the better the player's physique and the less likely to be injured, while the smaller the data, the more likely it is to be injured.

Obviously even everyone in the game went straight to Pato and it was over...

Chang Sheng knows exactly what Pato's weakness is - that is his poor body.

He has great speed. So you can't give him room to sprint. For this, someone needs to follow him every step of the way to contain him, if he wants to speed up and start. Then shovel without mercy!

In the Lazio team, there is such a most suitable candidate.

Ledesma.

The main task of Ledesma in this game is to contain Pato.

Before the start of the game, Chang Sheng pulled Ledesma and said: "Say hello to that 18-year-old Brazilian boy, Christian. Tell him. The true face of Serie A!"

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When A Milan took the initiative, they began to launch a fierce offensive towards Lazio's goal.

Pato is indeed an important figure used by Ancelotti to break the deadlock.

Obviously. Ancelotti also believes that Chang Sheng lacks experience in how to deal with Pato, which is something that Milan can take advantage of.

But he never expected that Chang Sheng knew Pato very well, knowing the past and the future.

When Pato gets the ball for the first time, he = intends to continue to hold the ball, adjust, but before he even has time to make the first adjustment, he loses the ball!

"Ledesma! He almost wiped Pato's toes and poked the football off!" The commentator shouted. "This action is too dangerous!"

Ledesma shoveled the football and brought Pato down.

The referee's whistle blew, and he thought it was a foul for Ledesma. Of course, it wasn't. It was just because Dong Zong looked scary. The referee stopped the game and called Ledesma a foul for the purpose of protecting the players. But apart from verbal warnings, no cards will be played.

Pato, who was lying on the ground, looked around blankly, not knowing what happened... He didn't expect Ledesma to rush to him so quickly.

Based on his experience playing football in Brazil, generally speaking, when playing football in Brazil, the player with the ball has 20 seconds on the court to get the ball and think about the next move. But obviously, that doesn't work in Italy...

Ledesma got up from the ground and glared fiercely at the bewildered Pato.

Seeing Ledesma's appearance, Pato subconsciously looked away. This is typical weakness.

But his teammates immediately came up to help.

He has more experience than him, and his compatriot Kaka, who has been in Serie A for many years, rushed forward and pushed Ledesma away.

Ledesma didn't bother with Kaka, and retreated back.

Kaka turned around and asked Pato: "Are you okay?"

Pato shook his head: "No... I'm fine..."

Kaka pulled him up and said to him: "Don't be afraid, this is Serie A. He shovels you a lot, and he will end sooner or later. Don't be afraid of him. When he glared at you just now, you shouldn't bow your head. , you have to look at him and stare at him bravely! Otherwise, he will think you are easy to bully."

While listening to Kaka's words, Pato looked up at Ledesma.

Then he found Ledesma smiling at him.

That smile doesn't mean friendliness...

"Also, this is Serie A, don't stop and observe after you get the ball, you have to pass the football out immediately! You see, it's the result of you holding the ball for a long time..."

Pato was surprised: "I didn't hold it for long..."

"In Brazil, this time is twenty seconds. But remember. Alexander, in Italy, this time is... three seconds." Kaka held out three fingers.

Pato opened his mouth wide.

He performed well in the previous few games. He thought he was perfectly adapted to Serie A. Serie A is nothing more than that...

But who ever thought that this game had just begun. It refreshed his understanding of Serie A.

After taking the ball, there is only three seconds of time to hold the ball on the spot... What a strict requirement!

But those guys...they all play by that standard. Kaka, the senior around him, has achieved unprecedented success in A Milan, and he has come all the way...

Pato looked at Kaka, and Kaka was looking at him.

Seeing him looking at him, Kaka patted him on the shoulder: "Come on, Alexander! You can do it!"

Pato nodded vigorously.

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Inle noticed the scene where Kakara was talking to Pato and then he saw Pato's performance, so he said to his teammate Ledesma next to him: "It seems that you didn't scare him, Christian."

"There's a whole game to go," Ledesma said.

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The game restarted. Pato did not foul him because of Ledesma. Just flinched.

On the contrary, he is still very active in asking for the ball and dribbling.

Of course, Ledesma never left him.

The two kept fighting wits and courage.

There were times when Pato used his speed and agility to get away from Ledesma. Sometimes it was Ledesma who used his fierce defense and body to get Pato.

The two were constantly confronting each other on the court, and they were embarrassed by each other. They were panting, and their jerseys were discolored. But no one intends to back down.

As the most difficult opponent he encountered in the game after landing in Serie A, Ledesma left a very deep impression on Pato.

So much so that when he was interviewed later, when he talked about his feelings when he just landed in Serie A, he couldn't forget Ledesma.

"The toughest opponent? Lazio's Ledesma, of course. Oh my God! What a scissor leg! ... In Brazil you have twenty seconds to get the ball and think about it One move. But in Italy, if you don't make the next move in three seconds after taking the ball, Ledesma will rush to grab the ball!"

As Pato recalled, in this game Ledesma really achieved the bone maggot, as long as Pato does not make another move for three seconds after taking the ball, what awaits him is a fierce collision.

It is not easy to keep the football in such a collision, Pato must do his best.

However, he spent all his energy in the confrontation with Ledesma, which was of little help to Milan's overall offense.

Originally, Ancelotti also expected Ledesma to be the key man who broke the balance between A Milan and Lazio.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Key was dragged into the quagmire of confrontation by the ever-victorious Ledesma before he started to play a role... This is not what Pato is good at...

Ancelotti turned his head and glanced at Chang Sheng, then cursed in a low voice: "This cunning Chinese!"

But he didn't really understand how Chang Sheng found a way to deal with Pato...

Of course he couldn't figure it out. At this time, no one dared to say that Pato would leave Milan due to frequent injuries in the future, and that Pato would become a complete glass man.

Except Chang Sheng.

The advantage of the traverser is not only reflected in buying a few calves by predicting the future...

(to be continued)