The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 82 Welcome to the National Team

Giroud, who is almost 26 years old, is completely different from the bearded man he will be in the future. He is still a handsome young man now.

Giroud was born in Chambéry, France, a small town in central-eastern France more than 500 kilometers away from Paris. It is also the hometown of French philosopher Rousseau and poet Clement.

Gaio and Giroud were talking to each other intermittently.

Giroud looks tall and strong, but he is actually a talented person. He is also a well-known good guy who does not fight or compete and always has a smile on his face.

"Hey, Italian, you're doing really well this season, you're going to win the championship."

While the two were chatting, national team defender Debuchy came over.

He greeted Giroud.

They are already very familiar with each other. Debuchy calls Giroud an Italian simply because Giroud's grandmother and maternal grandmother are both Italian.

Debuchy looked at Gaio again and said with a smile, "You were really strong last time. It would have been great if you were a left winger. Then maybe I could have locked you down and we wouldn't have been eliminated."

Gaio shook his head, "You can't defend me alone."

"Ha ha!"

Debuchy and Giroud both laughed.

In the last match between Bastia and Lille, Debuchy played as a right-back and did not face Gaio.

Debuchy didn't care about what Gaio said. He had known Gaio since he was still in Lille, but they didn't have much contact at that time.

Debuchy was trained by Lille's youth training. He was promoted from Lille B team to the first team in 2003 and has been there ever since.

He is one year older than Giroud.

He is currently at his peak, and many Premier League teams have taken a fancy to him and are in contact with him. It is said that Wenger is also interested in him.

"You are a late bloomer, and he is a young celebrity. They are both great." Derbyshire said to Giroud.

Giroud has been really strong this season and is definitely the 20-goal player in Ligue 1 this season.

Giroud looked at Gaio, he could indeed feel the gap between genius and ordinary people.

He only officially got the chance to make his national team debut in November last year, when he was already 25 years old.

But how old is Gaio now?

17 years old!
I won't be 18 until the end of the year.

According to media reports, Paris Saint-Germain is now willing to give Gaio a contract with a monthly salary of 10 euros.

Five years ago, when he was 20 years old, he signed a contract with Istres and earned only 7,000 euros a month.

This is the difference between people.

The three of them were chatting, and slowly more and more players arrived. National team center back Rami, who was also a teammate of Lille and Debuchy, came over to say hello.

soon.

Laurent Blanc is here.

He looked at all the players on the field and frowned.

Evra, Ribery, and three of the four little swans have not arrived yet.

They are late.

Blanco asked everyone to do a simple warm-up, and about ten minutes later, Evra and others arrived.

Although he was late as the captain, Evra did not think there was anything wrong with being late. He greeted Blanco, joined the team and trained with them.

Ribery, Benzema and others also returned to the team.

Blanco looked unhappy, but he did not get angry and just continued to lead the team in warm-up.

However, Nasri and Ben Arfa looked at Gaio's position when they returned to the team.

Gaio met his gaze.

There was some hostility in the eyes of the two men, but more of it was contempt.

Gaio naturally knew why.

After all, the main players on the right side of the French national team are Nasri and Ben Arfa.

The left flank is Ribery's domain. Even though he is getting older and his physical function is beginning to decline, he is still the sharpest knife of the French team.

This time the national team called up 33 players, but the final European Cup roster only had 23 players.

Players in the same position are naturally in a competitive relationship.

However, in the next few days, the players must be perfunctory in order to save face.

The national team has seven days of training, but no friendly matches.

There is only one intra-squad match.

That's when you really have to go all out.

10 out of 33 people were eliminated. This ratio can be said to be exaggerated. If you want to stay, you have to prove that you are stronger than people in the same position!
Fifteen minutes of warm-up is over.

This was followed by group training, with players in different positions being led by different assistant coaches.

Blanco roamed the training ground, watching each player's performance.

The selection actually started from this moment.

Instead of waiting until the final competition or the friendly match next month.

"Hey! What are you doing?"

Suddenly, the voice of assistant coach Christian was heard in the field, with a hint of anger in his tone.

Blanco looked over immediately.

It’s Nasri again!

Here.

Gaio covered his ankle and lowered his head, but his eyes were full of anger. Just now they were "walking the monkeys", that is, grabbing the circle, and everyone had to learn to be a "monkey" in turn.

Finally it was Nasri's turn to be the monkey. When he was trying to get the ball, he actually tackled Gaio.

If Gaio hadn't reacted quickly enough and dodged, he would have been injured.

Facing Chretien's questioning, Nasri stood up and shrugged, "I was just anxious to get the ball, sorry."

Then he walked over to Gaio, saying "sorry" on his lips. As he bent down to check on Gaio's condition, he said, "Welcome to the national team, kid."

The team doctor is coming.

Nasri simply turned and walked away, seemingly not as sorry as he said.

The team doctor checked and felt there was nothing wrong, but whenever Gaio moved, he complained of pain.

The team doctor did not dare to neglect it.

I quickly told Blanco about the situation, and Blanco said, "Take Gaio for a thorough examination."

Blanco was afraid that Gaio would get injured, as he was the treasure entrusted to him by Zidane.

Then he thought of Nasri.

This kid has never been content since he first joined the national team.

In the 2008 European Cup, Nasri joined the national team as a newcomer. On the team bus, he had a conflict with Henry. Central defender Gallas, who had a good relationship with Henry, even had a fight with Nasri.

Since then, he has been restless.

Even now, I still occasionally complain about him in front of the media, thinking that he is not suitable to lead the French team.

Blanco has long been dissatisfied with Nasri.

However, Nasri did play very well at Arsenal, and his strength was recognized by most French fans, so he had the capital to be arrogant.

Why recruit Gaio?

In addition to Zidane's recommendation, more importantly, Blanco feels that Gaio may be able to replace Nasri's main position on the right.

Why has Nasri been so arrogant?
Isn’t it because he has no competitors on the right side of the national team?
Now, Gaio is here!
But he didn't expect that Nasri was so cruel that he used such a trick on Gaio on the first day of training.

Blanco watched Nasri's smug smile as Gaio was taken away by the team doctor.

My heart is filled with disgust.

(End of this chapter)