The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 73 Are you interested in participating in the European Cup project?

"Good morning, Gaio. I'm Laurent Blanc. First of all, I have to say - the moments when you use your footwork to fool those defenders during the game make my knees sore as an old guard!"

On the other end of the phone, Blanco laughed.

Gaio responded simply. After he knew that Blanco was going to call him last night, he called Blanco when he got to work before training today.

As for Blanco's joke, Gaio didn't take it seriously.

Who is Blanco?
He is the world's top central defender, a guy known as "the President". He is over 1.9 meters tall. Not only does he have excellent defensive abilities, he also has explosive offensive abilities. In today's words, he is called a sword-wielding guard.

On June 28, 1998, in the World Cup quarter-final between the World Cup host France and the South American powerhouse Paraguay, Blanco scored the golden goal in the 113th minute.

It became the first Golden Ball after the World Cup introduced the Golden Ball rule!
The oldest player in the French team's starting lineup at the time thus went down in history.

In this year's World Cup, if he had not received an unfair red card in the semi-finals and missed the final, he would definitely have been selected into the best team of the World Cup.

"But that's not the topic today. I want to talk about your future...or rather, the future of France."

coming!

coming! !
When Blanco changed the subject and said this, Gaio's heart beat faster.

From Bastia to the national team?

This is a leap!
"Your performance in Bastia showed all of France that there is a diamond hidden in the ash of Corsica. But now it is time to set that diamond on the blue jersey."

Blanco said, pausing.

He seemed to hear Gaio's somewhat rapid breathing.

"Of course, I'm talking about the national team's blue jersey, not Bastia. We've been observing you for a while. Your dribbling ability, your composure when handling the ball, and your ability to read the game... I'm even more attracted to you than some of the main players in Ligue 1."

national team!
In fact, Gaio never thought that he would be recruited by Blanc so quickly. After all, he was still a French Ligue 2 player and was only 17 years old!
Gaio was slightly stunned.

"You might ask: 'I'm only 17, am I good enough?' Look, when I lifted the World Cup in 1998, both Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet were under 21."

Blanco seemed to be giving Gaio time to think, and then he whispered, "Zidane asked me to tell you - 'True genius never needs to wait for approval from others.', understand?"

Zidane.
When this name appeared, the bald figure flashed through Gaio's mind. He seemed to be squinting at him again, with a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

"I see."

"So, are you interested in participating in the European Cup?" Blanco made his final offer, adding, "Of course, I must make it clear that it's unlikely you'll be a starter. In my tactics, Menez and Nasri are currently the starting options on the right wing and right flank."

"Of course!"

Gaio has absolutely no objection to being a substitute.

Nasri, Menez, Ben Arfa and Benzema, the four little swans of France 87, are currently becoming famous and it is impossible for him to replace them.

But he can be included in the European Cup substitute list, and no one would hesitate.

Blanco laughed again, "Very good, don't forget to report to Clairefontaine on April 2nd, I'll be waiting for you here.

I also want to make one thing clear to you. Although Zidane has told me many of your strengths and I have seen your performance in some games, can you finally let me take you with me to the European Cup in June, the joint training in April, and the friendly matches in May? You need to perform well so that I can make the final decision, understand? "

"understand!"

Gaio replied firmly that the competition for places in the national team is fierce and generally speaking, more players are called up in the early stages before a 23-man roster is eventually selected.

Someone will definitely be eliminated.

"I've already notified Montbare. I'll have someone fax and email Bastien about your call-up as soon as possible. See you in Clairefontaine in a few days, Gaio. I wish you all the best in your next match."

After a few brief greetings, Blanco hung up the phone.

Gaio is still immersed in the excitement of being selected for the national team. As a latecomer, Gaio knows that the current French national team is in a weak period. The French team once produced superstars such as Fontaine, Platini and Zidane.

However, since the "golden generation" of the French team, Zidane, Djorkaeff, Deschamps, Henry and Vieira have gradually faded out of people's sight.

Since reaching the World Cup final in 2006, things have been going downhill.

In the last World Cup, due to irreconcilable conflicts within the team, the team's overall combat effectiveness was affected, and they were directly eliminated after the group stage.

In terms of lineup, whether it is Nasri, Gourcuff or Cabaye, they have never been able to truly take over the position left by Zidane and Djorkaeff, and the overall strength is still far from what it was back then.

France will continue to rise only after a new batch of French core players arrive.

Such as, Mbappé, Griezmann, Kante, Pogba and other players.

And now these players are still in their respective development stages.

Gaio was light years ahead of them.

Gaio couldn't help but think that if everything went well, perhaps he would become the captain of the French team in the future?
Think of this.

Gaio glanced at his attribute bar.

【Height: 183cm Weight: 69kg
盘带（+1）：83（89）；传球：79（85）

Shots: 77 (88); Headers: 44 (63)

速度（+1）：71（76）；力量：69（70）

弹跳：60（72）；体能（+1）：76（82）

Defense: 25 (40); Steals: 15 (33)

Flexibility: 67 (70); Ball feel: 90 (95)]

Speed, strength, stamina, passing and shooting have all increased slightly.

Gaio did a simple calculation and found that if he used both his speed and physical enhancement abilities, he would be able to burst into extreme speed.

Theoretically, the value will explode and exceed 100.

But in reality, the attribute will be stuck at 99.

99 is already the limit.

It means reaching the first place among all players so far.

After all, no one can guarantee that there won't be someone with a higher single attribute than the current one in the future, so it's impossible to mark it as 100.

But Gaio didn't dare to use them in this way.

Any speed and strength require corresponding physical fitness to match. Forcing such a fast speed will only cause muscles, ligaments, etc. to be injured first.

This is why when he gains enhanced abilities, he will also gain enhanced synergistic properties.

The human body is a system and is never unilaterally strong.

After having a rough idea of ​​your current strength level.

Gaio calmed down his excitement and walked towards the training ground to participate in today's training.

Just after Gaio and his teammates had been training for more than an hour, Chatham suddenly rushed to the training ground yelling.

"Geo!!"

(End of this chapter)