The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 245 Gaio, I've Lost My Football Club
Hagi Begic did not say his goal was to avoid relegation.

As the top team, talking about avoiding relegation is somewhat impolite.

He struck a good balance, mainly emphasizing that Bastia lacked squad depth, was a newly promoted team, and had no top-flight experience for many years.

But tonight, not many people actually care about him.

More attention is being paid to Gaio.

From defeating Atletico Madrid twice to winning Ligue 1 after three consecutive losses, Gaião has now completely caught the eye of major European clubs.

Or rather, they had already entered the picture, but now it was just a matter of getting them to make up their minds and participate in this grand transfer scandal involving Gaio.

After Gaio finished showering and changing his clothes, he made a point of meeting up with his family.

Upon seeing his younger siblings, Gaio went up and gave them a big hug.

Happy birthday, Yang!

Gaio smiled and said, "Thank you."

Then came the parents, Chatham, Haji Begitch, every assistant coach, and every teammate.

They all wished him well as he came of age.

After celebrating for more than half an hour, Gaio and his teammates headed to the airport. They needed to hurry back to Bastia because their next game was only three days away.

They will be playing Lille away from home.

Having just secured first place, the team doesn't want to relinquish it, especially since PSG, who are behind Bastia, also won their match this round, meaning they are still only one point apart.

Paris Saint-Germain clearly has more staying power.

Lupp, holding the ball that Gaio scored his hat-trick in this match, returned to Paris with his parents.

Before parting, Lupu asked Gaio, "The coaches from the Paris youth academy contacted me and asked me to ask you if you would be willing to join PSG. They will give you a very sincere offer."

Gaio simply patted Lupp on the shoulder and said, "Just play well, train hard, and by summer you'll know what I've decided. Just tell your coach that, okay?"

"Ok!"

winter night.

Even in the Mediterranean, the early morning chill was already creeping into Bastia.

The cold wind blowing across my skin near the airport still sent a shiver down my spine.

But this chill did nothing to cool the boiling warmth that gathered at the airport arrival gate.

At a time when silence should have been the norm, hundreds of Bastia die-hards gathered here.

They weren't dressed in fancy clothes; they were wrapped in thick coats, and their scarves were pulled even tighter in the cold wind.

His face held an almost devout expectation, his gaze fixed on each figure that emerged.

When that familiar figure finally appeared at the end of the passage, the long-suppressed volcano finally erupted!
"Geo!!"

Their captain, their legend.

The drowsiness dissipated.

Gaio was actually a bit sleepy. Although he was young, he had played hard for most of the game, and it was really late now.

But seeing the fans shouting themselves hoarse, those in the front row stretched out their arms, hoping for a glance or a gesture in response.

He rallied, smiled, and waved to the fans.

"Do you have a pen?"

Gaio suddenly turned to ask the accompanying team staff, who quickly found an ink pen.

Gaio, pen in hand, walked towards the crowd, waved the pen, and said to the fans, "I think you guys have jerseys, right?"

"Geo!!"

"Have!"

The crowd erupted in cheers once more, the cold wind kept at bay; they had come simply to welcome the returning heroes.

To everyone's surprise, Gaio offered to sign autographs for them.

Fans in the front row, quickly pull up your jerseys to give Gaio a good place to start writing.

Behind Gaio, the other players came out and were also cheered by the fans. Tonight, everyone is a hero.

De Bruyne and others, like Gaio, were feeling sleepy, but at this moment, no one thought about anything else. They all asked someone to bring them pens to leave a memento for these fans in the cold wind.

Fans who got autographs in the front row quickly stepped back to make room for the fans behind them, which also increased efficiency, as they knew the players were very tired.

Therefore, I am even more grateful to Gaio.

The fans who got autographs sang the team song on the side.

They were also shouting "Gaio".

His name was called out again and again, like a child being called home, like a hero being worshipped who saved the city.

Every fan who received Gaio's autograph was so excited that their voice trembled.

"I love you, Gaio."

"We will become champions, you are a Bastia legend."

"Happy birthday to you!"

A young fan, holding a small cake, came to the front of the crowd, his tender face flushed from the cold wind, looking at Gaio with anticipation.

Gaio paused, looking at the little boy, and asked, "Thank you. What's your name?"

"Raiser, Mom said we can eat cake on our birthdays. This is one I made myself, but it might not taste very good."

"It was delicious."

Before Leather could finish speaking, Gaio took the cake and ate a small bite.

He then asked, "Raiser, would you mind if I shared this cake with my friends?"

“No! Mom says happiness should be shared!” Raiser’s eyes lit up.

Gaio turned his head and waved to De Bruyne and the others, "Hey, come and try the birthday cake that Leather made for me."

Lukaku was the first to come over. He picked off a piece with his finger, put it in his mouth, and ate it with relish, even sucking on his finger. He said to Leather, "You must be a great little chef. It's delicious."

"Thank you!" Raiser's face turned even redder with a smile.

De Bruyne and the others also came over to share the cake, and they all praised Reiser highly.

His parents, standing behind him, took these photos.

Finally, Gaio and his teammates signed Reese's jersey.

Leiser got the only item in the entire event, signed by the whole team!

clap clap clap!
When Leather put on the jersey signed by all the Bastia players present.

All the fans burst into applause.

finally.

After all the fans had received autographs or taken photos, the players finally boarded the bus back to the training base.

Behind them, fans were still waving jerseys and scarves. This short half hour was a winter night coronation ceremony dedicated to loyalty and love.

Gaio was in the car, still holding the cake base, eating every last bit of cream and bread.

Look out the window.

Along the coastal highway, Mediterranean waves crashed, and the hazy moonlight spilled down.

This is his first day of turning eighteen.

The next day.

All the Bastia players had a good night's sleep, some even not getting up until the afternoon.

With a three-day interval, there's simply no time for training.

So, as always, the team had the team doctor and physiotherapist relax the players' muscles to help them recover faster. Gaio didn't do any extra training either.

He was just warming up by running.

I also took a look at the recent improvements—

Age: 18
Height: 184cm Weight: 71kg
盘带（+1）：88（91）；传球：81（85）

射门（+1）：84（88）；头球：46（63）

速度（+1）：74（76）；力量：70（77）

弹跳：60（72）；体能（+1）：82（85）

Defense: 33 (40); Steals: 27 (33)

柔韧（+1）：68（70）；球感：90（95）

Hidden attributes:
Injuries: 62

All key attributes have shown slight improvement thanks to his diligent training.

Gaio also knows that he needs to continue to raise the bar.

He discovered a characteristic of attribute improvement during his daily training: the closer an attribute is to its upper limit, the slower the improvement, and the marginal effect of training continues to decrease.

Therefore, if he wants to achieve twice the result with half the effort, the best approach is to continuously increase the attribute cap.

After the match against Marseille, the winning points increased by 15, and the remaining points are 55.

He can increase the attribute cap by 5 points.

Gaio didn't hesitate much.

He chose to improve his dribbling skills, using 40 winning points to exchange for 4 points to increase his dribbling attribute cap.

Set the dribbling attribute cap to 95.

After reaching the attribute cap of 95, upgrading requires three times the points, with 30 points equal to 1 point.

So 95 is enough for now.

The reason Gaio chose dribbling is because he feels that his dribbling skills still need improvement!
As his opponents get stronger, the defense he faces will also become stronger.

He needs stronger hardware decoding capabilities!

With a 90% ball control foundation, just like training your weaker foot, your dribbling ability training progress won't be too slow.

After addressing the attribute issues, Gaio continued to focus on warm-up training.

Bastia experienced a night rain on the evening of November 30th.

It made it chilly the next day.

De Bruyne was still lamenting, "The weather in Bastia is already quite good. When we play football there in winter, it's all covered in snow."

He also shared a funny story from his childhood, about how he slipped and fell flat on his face while playing football in the snow, and even had his teeth chipped by a small stone in the snow.

Haha.

The teammates all laughed and shared some funny stories about playing football.

Nobody is talking about the upcoming league.

Gaio also shared his experiences playing football in Bird Spring Town and told his teammates why he would always subconsciously tap his toes on the sideline before going on the field.

Rothen exclaimed, "The difficulties of the past are behind you; now you are the most dazzling genius in France!"

Gaio then pushed Mane forward, saying, "I'm still a little better than Sadio. At least I have a pair of worn-out football boots. He used to play football barefoot in the mud when he was a kid."

Mane was surprised that Gaio still remembered these things.

At noon, as the players dispersed to prepare for their trip to Lille in the afternoon, Gaio received a phone call.

Mbappe.

Gaio was a little confused. Hadn't he just called him a couple of days ago to wish him a happy birthday?
The call is connected.

Mbappe appeared visibly downcast and may not have even realized that Gaio had already answered the phone.

"Kyrian?"

Gaio asked in confusion, already having a guess in his mind as to why Mbappe wanted to call him.

"Gaior." Mbappe, hearing Gaior's voice, snapped out of his reverie and sighed softly, "Gaior, I'm out of football."

Upon hearing this, Gaio, as expected, replied in a flat tone, "Caen chose not to sign you because there was no written agreement between you."

Mbappe grunted in response. Hearing Gaião's confident tone, he felt much more relaxed. He didn't know why, when he learned that Caen wouldn't sign him, his first thought was to find Gaião, because Gaião had told him before that he could contact him anytime if there were any problems.

Gaio continued, "It's okay. After my match tomorrow, I'll bring you a contract. I told you, come to me if you have any problems."

"Ok!"

Mbappe sounded somewhat emotional; he was very grateful to Gaio.

Gaião's choice to help Mbappé had no other purpose than to help the young Mbappé grow up quickly, as the French team cannot carry the team on Gaião alone.

"Don't worry, with your talent, plenty of teams will want you. I'll have Pierre contact your father, and we'll choose a better club for you that's more suitable."

Gaio continued, saying that he would definitely tell Mbappe's parents about this, but given his good relationship with them, it wasn't a problem.

After offering a few words of comfort to Mbappe, Gaio then inquired about the details.

It turns out that the chairman of Caen felt that the team's current financial situation was not good, and that instead of spending more than 100,000 euros to try and win a lottery like Mbappe, it would be better to save that money and use it to run the club.

Therefore, it constitutes a unilateral breach of contract.

There's not even a need for compensation; a simple phone call would suffice, since Caen and Mbappe's family only had a verbal agreement, not a written contract.

After hanging up the phone, Gaio called Pierre and gave him some instructions.

Soon.

Wilfred also called, expressing his gratitude throughout and inviting Gaio to visit their home again.

Gaio agreed.

After dealing with this matter, Gaio couldn't help but think that the championship-winning team from 2018 still needed further development.

Especially the real core, Griezmann, needs to strengthen connections and bring everyone to his side.

Which team is the most united?

That's definitely brotherly football!!
in the afternoon.

The entire Bastia team traveled to Lille to await the match the following day.

at the same time.

As December progressed, speculation about the final results of the Golden Boy Awards intensified, fueled by media hype.

But this year's Golden Boy award was the least suspenseful.

Bastia fans even said, "Gaio just needs to wait for the award announcement; he will become the youngest Golden Boy winner!"

The last youngest winner of the Golden Boy award was Messi, who was 18 years and 6 months old.

If Gaio wins the award, he will be 18 years and 1 month old.

This will break Messi's record.

However, while these matters were widely discussed outside, Bastia did not discuss them much internally, mainly because Gaio took the initiative to say that they should not worry about these things and focus on the game.

Hagi Begic also mentioned this in the pre-match press conference, and Bastia is currently focused on the game.

Lille's head coach, Rudi Garcia, faced Bastia once again. In the pre-match press conference, he said, "Last season's result against Bastia was not satisfactory. This time, playing at home, it's the best opportunity for Lille to get revenge. The fans will give us the greatest strength!"

Lukaku, who was staying at the Lille Hotel, saw the news report about Garcia.

It includes a review of last season's results.

Lukaku looked at Gaio in surprise, "We were still in Ligue 2 last season, and we beat Lille?!"

(End of this chapter)