The road to godhood starting from Ligue 1

Chapter 9 French Cup, debut!

Gaio is Ilion's most promising young player, far better than Oscar, who the team is currently eyeing.

For this he spared no effort to bring him to Chelsea.

Unfortunately, it is difficult to fulfill your wish.

Looking back now, he didn't know whether it was right or wrong. But Gaio, who he thought was useless and insignificant, actually scored a hat trick?
The assistant gave Ilion the news from the Bastia Daily.

He knew that the person Ilion was most upset about was Gaio, otherwise he would not have paid attention to the news.

Gaio, a proven "waste lottery", will never return to their choices.

The news in the newspaper was vague about the process and only exaggerated the results.

Ilion automatically ignored the boasting about the Bastia youth team's victory over Ajaccio U19 and watched the part about Gaio several times.

The smile on his face grew wider and wider.

Then he said to his assistant, "Book me a flight to Valenciennes on the 22nd. Also, remember to buy me a copy of the Bastia Journal. I want this issue. I want it as a collection."

The assistant was a little surprised. Lyon's game just ended on the afternoon of the 22nd, and they had to go to Valenciennes immediately?
Of course he knew that Ilion was going to watch the Bastia game.

Because the "Bastia Daily" wrote that Gaio will return to the first team and is expected to play in the French Cup round of 16 away against Valenciennes.

But isn't this putting too much emphasis on Gaio?
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"The French Cup is a rare opportunity for training. Everyone should perform well. Playing against a Ligue 1 team in advance can also serve as a model for our promotion."

Thessaly Stadium.

When there is no game, it is Bastia's training ground.

After the training, Hajibegic gathered the players and repeatedly emphasized the importance of this game.

"Don't relax just because we are not the full starting lineup. The performance of each of you will be seen by the fans."

The players naturally know this too.

Playing against higher-level teams has always been a rare opportunity for players from lower-level teams to show themselves.

If only I could perform better when fighting against a strong enemy.

Not to mention the chance to enter the top league team, at least in the future renewal negotiations and signing negotiations, they will have more confidence.

Thinking of this, someone secretly glanced at Gaio.

Bastia and his team have practiced two or three competitions together in the past few days, and Gaio had about 20 minutes of playing time.

It left a deep impression on many people.

When they see Gaio playing football, words like "genius" pop up in their minds unconsciously.

no way.

Gaio's playing style is very different from theirs.

Bastia's overall style of play is aggressive and aggressive, and they dare to fight and fight, but on the other hand, they are rough.

So I can only rely on my body to eat.

Among them, technical players like Gaio are particularly eye-catching.

Even though Hajibegic naturally had some tinted glasses towards Gio, after seeing his performance, he did have a higher impression of him in his heart.

And after Gaio joined the first team these days.

It was a little too quiet, and apart from concentrating on training, there was almost no additional sense of existence.

Not at all as noisy as before.

This made Hajibegic, who originally didn't want to give Gaio a chance to play in the French Cup, feel a little relieved.

As the distance and the match against Valenciennes get closer.

The day before the team announced the roster, Hagibegic finally convinced himself, "He's just a kid. If he can correct his mistakes, he deserves a chance."

After saying what he just said, Hajibegic paused and continued:

"Next, let me talk about the French Cup starting lineup. I'll read it out briefly and it will be posted on the notice board. Everyone there, please prepare well!"

Suddenly.

Many people are looking forward to it.

Everyone in the team knew they would be using a semi-main lineup for this match, which meant many of the substitutes would have a chance. Therefore, most of the substitutes inevitably had some hopes in their hearts.

This also includes Gaio.

"Maolida, Rothen, Vincent, Joplinovus, Maridavid, and Gaio."

The 18-man roster has been read out.

Some are happy and some are sad.

Some substitute players were selected, while others still had no chance.

When Gaio heard his own name, he lowered his head and smiled, secretly clenching his fists to cheer himself up.

We must score something in this game.

Perhaps, this game is the chance for him to return to the attention of French scouts.

He won't be in Bastia forever.

For him, this is just a temporary stepping stone.

So he needs to make a name for himself.

Let many people know, oh, that guy named Yan Gaio is very good at playing football.

Many people were very envious of Gaio's selection. He was selected into the French Cup roster when he returned to the first team for the first time after being imprisoned.

But no one thinks it is unworthy of the name.

At least during training, Gaio made these rough guys convinced.

"Congratulations, I hope you can play." After Hajibegich was dismissed, Fan Shang came over to congratulate Gaio.

"Thank you."

Being selected for the roster is just the first step. In fact, Gaio doesn't know whether he will get playing time.

The two chatted casually.

Gaio then said, "I'm going to train."

Fan Shang gave Gaio a thumbs up.

The current Gaio has really changed their views a lot, which makes people wonder, can an experience of robbery and imprisonment really transform him into a completely different person?

Gaio has been practicing harder during this period.

In addition to finding his current state, the most important thing is that he is looking at the improvement of his attributes.

A few days down.

He also roughly understood the difficulty of improving his attributes.

The higher the attribute value is and the closer it is to the upper limit, the more difficult it is to improve the attribute value.

For example, his dribbling and ball sense were already top-notch, and only a few points away from the attribute upper limit, so there was no movement at all.

Of course, he thinks this is also related to his training intensity, training time, etc.

Don't be impatient, you have to take your time.

Attributes like defense and steals are a little easier to improve, but not much easier. After all, his current physical foundation is like this, and it is difficult to improve.

In about a week, his speed and strength improved by 1 point and 2 points respectively. His speed is now 65 and his strength is 57.

The improvement is very slow.

But Gaio is already very content and can see ways to improve, which is the best motivation.

What people fear most is always being in a state of confusion and not knowing what lies ahead.

Once they see the path to success, many people can move forward confidently, such as the college entrance examination he participated in in his previous life.

Time flies.

On January 22, the entire Bastia team assembled and headed for Valenciennes.

Before leaving, Hajibegic specifically talked to Gaio and said, "Get ready, you have to play tomorrow, don't mess up your first-team debut."

(End of this chapter)