Super Marshal

France, Marseille.

After a day of devilish training, Franck Ribery dragged his exhausted body back home.

His wife Wasiba was preparing dinner, while he was sitting on the balcony outside, silently watching the sunset in the distance, but his whole person felt empty and exhausted.

He knew that his condition was not good and his mentality was not right, but he still could not adjust.

This situation has been going on for a full year.

After the World Cup in Germany, he seemed to have been evacuated, as if all his energy was used up in the World Cup. Although after the World Cup, his status in the club and the national team has been significantly improved, but he But he still couldn't get himself excited again.

He really wanted to get back the excitement he had when he played in the league and the World Cup, but he still couldn't.

He's in trouble!

Everyone, including the Marseille coach, his senior teammates on the national team, and everyone he knew, were telling him that he had encountered a bottleneck and that he needed to break through this bottleneck. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to achieve anything. progress.

The career of a professional player is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat.

Ribery is very afraid, very afraid that he will go back to the wandering days of the past.

But the more afraid he became, the deeper he got into it.

It was like a whirlpool. The more he struggled, the faster he fell.

He didn't know what to do.

Finally, he slowly closed his eyes, and the shocking scar on his face shone brightly in the afterglow of the setting sun.

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Who is the new Zidane?

This problem has been plaguing the French for a full year.

Since the end of the World Cup in Germany in 2006, Zidane headbutted Materazzi, ending the French national team's hopes of winning the World Cup, and also ended his personal club and national team career.

After Zidane retires, who will take his place and become the soul and core of the French national team?

Franck Ribery was once the favourite.

This 24-year-old scar-faced winger originally did not have much fame, and his career was not well organized. He once played in low-level teams such as Boulogne, Ales and Brest, and later moved to Ligue 1. Metz ended up transferring to Turkey's Galatasaray a year later.

It turned out that Turkey was not suitable for the Frenchman, so he returned to France and joined Marseille.

In his first season in Marseille, Ribery performed well in the league, won the Best Newcomer Award, and won a ticket for the national team to compete in the World Cup. He also performed well on the stage of the World Cup in Germany. He showed his amazing strength and won the applause of the whole house.

It can be said that almost everyone concluded at that time that he would be France's well-deserved core figure after Zidane.

However, as the 2006-2007 season unfolded, accompanied by injuries and ups and downs in form, Ribery's performance in Ligue 1 was not as good as expected by the outside world. On the contrary, Lyon's left winger Ma Luda shined, not only suppressing Ribery, but also won the player of the season.

And in the Marseille team, the younger player Samir Nasri also showed surprising talent potential. In the past season, the limelight completely overwhelmed Ribery and became Marseille's performance The most outstanding talented star became the only player in the Marseille team to be selected for the best team of the season.

Not only in the club, but also in the national team, Ribery's position has also been challenged.

At first it was Govou. This player performed very well after the World Cup, but his characteristics were different from Zidane. He was not a satisfactory attacking midfielder, so Domenech did not have high hopes for him. Promoted Marseille midfielder Nasri to the national team in March.

As a result, starting from March, Nasri had one assist and one goal in three national team games, becoming the most eye-catching player in the national team, especially in the group stage of the European Cup qualifiers on June 6. He scored a crucial winning goal to help France defeat Georgia 1-0, continuing the team's excellent record after the World Cup.

The title of the new Zidane was also dubbed on Nasri by the media and fans across France after the game.

This 19-year-old child prodigy began to win the attention of all media fans in France and even Europe. He became the target of countless wealthy teams. He became the most popular player in the French national team.

Ribery also scored a goal in this national team match, but it was in the home game against Ukraine on June 2. He opened the scoring, but in both games, his limelight was completely eclipsed. Nasri covered it up.

More importantly, Malouda, the best player in Ligue 1 last season, moved to the wealthy team Chelsea. Once he performs well in the Premier League, he will inevitably shake Ribery's position in the national team, because both of them are on the left. Front.

It is precisely because of such concerns that Ribery worked particularly hard in the pre-season training of the new season, but he still failed to adjust his condition to a level that he was satisfied with.

Fortunately, there is still a long time to prepare for the pre-season, and everyone is still patient with him.

But if he still fails to find his best form, let alone play in the top league, his status in Ligue 1 and the French national team may be shaken.

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A shout from his wife Wasiba from the kitchen woke up Ribery, who was concentrating with his eyes closed.

The Frenchman was startled, opened his eyes, and looked around, but saw no movement.

"Phone, Frank." His wife's voice came again.

Ribery breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that it was his cell phone that was placed in the living room that rang.

I lazily stood up from the chair on the balcony, walked quickly back to the living room, grabbed my phone and looked at the screen. The caller ID showed an unfamiliar phone number.

Strange, who?

But Ribery still pressed answer and put the phone to his ear, "Hello, hello, who are you calling for?"

He spoke in French, but there was a sentence in English from the other side of the phone.

"Hello, is this Franck Ribery?" asked the unknown caller.

"Uh...who are you?" Ribery asked instead without answering.

The person on the other side of the phone smiled slightly, "I'm Gao Han."

"Gao Han?" Ribery didn't react for a moment and wanted to ask, who is Gao Han?

But in the next second, he was stunned and shouted: "Gao Han?"

The movement even alarmed his wife Wasiba in the kitchen.

"Oh my god, you... you... you are... Gao Han?"

"Yes." The person on the phone replied calmly.

"The former Inter Milan coach, the Gao Han who is rumored to be taking over Bayern Munich?" Ribery looked surprised.

Hearing his words, Gao Han on the phone seemed a little hesitant, "There shouldn't be another Gao Han in European football, right?"

It's him! It’s absolutely true, it’s him!

Gao Han actually called me, oh my god!

Ribery had an urge to go crazy. He even wondered if he was dreaming?

I saw him twisting his arm very hard, it hurt, it hurt, but he was laughing silently.

I was not dreaming, Gao Han actually called me!

"Hey, are you listening?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, I... am so excited, Mr. Gao Han, I'm sorry, I'm very sorry."

"It's okay, I'm just worried about you hanging up my phone." Gao Han chuckled.

"No, no, no, how could it be? Which professional player is willing to hang up on you?" Ribery himself felt flattered, "But...but, Mr. Gao Han, you called me because..."

"Yes, something happened."

"Okay, you say it, you say it." Ribery was excited.

What could happen if Gao Han called him at this time?

Not to mention that he was a smart guy to begin with, even if he had a weak brain, he should have thought of it at this time.

"As you said, I do want to take over Bayern Munich, but I need a very good winger, and I think you are very suitable because you have the ability to be the best top left winger, but I want to know, Would you like to come to Bayern Munich?"

The more Ribery listened, the wider his mouth opened. In the end, it could almost fit into his entire fist.

Yes, that's right, Gao Han called him just to invite him to play football.

"Yes, I am willing, Mr. Gao Han, I am willing." Ribery had the urge to repeat these words a hundred or even a thousand times. Even at his wedding to his wife Wasiba, he did not I have never been as impulsive as I am now.

Oh my god, playing for Gao Han is something that all professional players dream of, and it’s my turn!

"That's good, I called you today just to ask for your opinion. Next, I will let the club people talk to Marseille. I am looking forward to seeing you at the Sebena training base in the new season. "

"Thank you, me too, Mr. Gao Han." Ribery said excitedly, "But...do you need me to do anything?"

Generally speaking, when a wealthy team poaches the opponent's star player, it often requires the cooperation of the players to exert pressure.

"No, Frank, you just need to be patient and wait, and train hard."

"Don't worry, Mr. Gao Han, I promise."

"Okay, bye."

"Goodbye, Mr. Gao Han."

After Ribery hung up the phone, he clenched his fists, jumped up from the ground, cheered, rushed over like a sharp arrow, picked up his wife Wasiba who was standing at the door of the kitchen, and kissed her with her big mouth. A fierce kiss.

He was so excited, so excited!

"What's going on? What's going on?" Wasiba was so tortured that she almost couldn't breathe.

"Gaohan, Gaohan, Wasiba, the number one gold medal coach in football today, has trained Kaká, Torres, Villa, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Ronaldinho, Eto'o , Deco, Ibrahimovic, Adriano, Yaya Toure..."

"Oh my God, all the players who played under him became one of the best players in the world."

Wasiba was also shocked when she heard what Ribery said.

"He actually called me and invited me to work for him. You said, Wasiba, can I refuse? How could I refuse?"

Ribery was so excited.

Suddenly, he felt that his originally lost goal became clear again.

He hopes that he can play football under Gao Han and make great progress, like Kaká, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and others, and become one of the top stars in the world. He even became the first French player to win the World Footballer title after Zidane.

Suddenly, his goal became clear, and the fighting spirit he had lost came back.

He felt that his whole body seemed to be full of strength, full of desire, and full of strong fighting spirit.

This is incredible!

But it happened to him so truly.

And this also made him more determined to go to Bayern Munich and play for Gao Han!