Chapter 46: It’s 900!

After Shaq took two weeks at the Lamacia youth training camp and turned all the students of the "West Point Military Academy" into his own fans, the pre-season training camp of Barcelona First Team began, but Shaq had already adjusted his condition to the best at this time.

With the new season approaching, Simon Grayson's requirements for his players are a little stricter. He understands the principle that it is easy to build and difficult to maintain. Last season, they will have greater goals this season. The "Six Crown King" is just one of them. Continuing the "Triple Crown King" once again won all the championships is the goal he set for the team.

After Frank Otara and Matthews Muller came to the team, they performed very positively, but anyone could see that these two little guys had many shortcomings in their experience and needed further crafting. This was not difficult for Simon Grayson, who had trained a large number of talented players such as Shaq, Ben Parker, Jonny Hausen, Ashley Hood, Pifkowski.

During training, Shaq showed an amazing state. While the others were still recovering their physical fitness, Shaq had already started practicing dribbles with the help of the coaches. There were a bunch of obstacles like plum blossom stakes around him. Shaq was asked to quickly drive the ball out of it. The others only saw Shaq's feet buckle with his left and right buckles, his body kept flashing, and then he broke out of it.

This kind of training was repeated again and again, and everyone was tired of watching it, but Shaq seemed to be happy and even began to try to break out of it with various fancy moves.

The attitude of training seriously was so exciting to see others. They all knew that Shaq had started training two weeks ago. Now, seeing Shaq's attitude towards training is so serious. As the captain of Shaq's team and the "King of Football", they train so hard. What else do they have to say? Let's have a life together.

The team's training enthusiasm is so high that the quality of training has been improved by several levels, and recovery after the holiday has become very easy. But some minor troubles still exist.

The 23-year-old Argentine centre-back Acosta was a substitute for the team last season. Recently, there was news that he aroused the interest of Ajax, Levante, Roma, AC Milan and other teams, and Acosta also officially submitted a transfer request to Simon Grayson.

At the age of twenty-three, it is precisely the critical stage for a player to move from accumulation to maturity. In the next two or three years, the player's performance will determine the height he will eventually reach.

For this reason, Simon Grayson did not make things difficult for this Argentine boy. He agreed to Acosta's transfer request. Moreover, because Shaq was training at the La Macia youth training camp some time ago, he was also familiar with the two Chinese children there... Du Xiaoguang and Chen Jinlong, considering that Barcelona's team actually did not lack central defenders. In addition to Batista and Rivero, there is also a pair of Barcelona whom he trained, Gimenes, Rafael and Crisito, who can also play guest roles in the central defender position, so this time he simply gave Shaq a favor. He did not buy people in the transfer market and directly transferred the two children to the first team.

After two young guys of fifteen or sixteen arrived at the first team, they felt that everything was fresh. It felt great to train with a group of stars, and they could feel their significant improvement every day.

Because Shaq is very concerned about the two children, the first-team players also like these two children very much. Everyone knows that the talents of these two children are indeed amazing, but they cannot play football directly in the first team, which means they have a training experience and become the focus of the team's future training.

At the end of July, Barcelona's first warm-up match came. They went to Italy to play a game away with the Italian second-tier team Ascoli. As a result, Barcelona easily won a big victory with a score of 6:0, and this warm-up match still reflected some of the current situation of Barcelona.

Shaq, who was already in the best form, completed a hat-trick in the game. Salavevi, Rinaldi and Rivero also scored goals. Simon Grayson also gave the young man a chance. He sent the more "stable" central defender Du Xiaoguang on the court. As a result, this Chinese child really gave him some surprises. Although Du Xiaoguang was still much worse in passing, the kid's skill in heading was really good. He won all 8 times with his opponent and completed a steal.

On August 1, Barcelona went to Belgium to play with Melenhe again. This time they won 11:0. Shaq scored a "big four" and Vasquis also contributed a hat trick. Alaba and Gimenes scored goals. The young player Otara, who has a net worth of 49 million euros, also won the starting position and scored twice, with a successful breakthrough of up to 8 times. This time, Barcelona finally gained a real right assaulter.

Next, the pre-season training site entered South America. On the beach in Brazil, Barcelona players were looking at the hot-shaped Brazilian bikini girl while doing their best to reserve their physical fitness.

On August 11, Barcelona played another match with Brazilian powerhouse Flamengo. This time, Barcelona encountered some resistance and finally won with a score of 2:0. Shaq and Fabregas each scored one goal, scored 19 goals in three warm-up matches and conceded 0 goals. Barcelona's pre-season training performance was quite perfect.

The news of the warm-up match was heard back to Spain, and the Catalans began to get excited, and the entire Spanish football world also began to discuss Shaq's condition. Everyone knows Shaq worked harder than others, and ended his vacation two weeks in advance and started training. Now his efforts have indeed paid off.

English media also participated and discussed Shaq's number of goals, because Shaq's official game goals had approached 900 mark!

When he was at Leeds United, Shaq scored 132 goals and scored another 436 goals in four years at Manchester United. He transferred to Barcelona last season and scored 157 goals for the team in the first year. In addition, Shaq scored 171 goals in 97 games for England, Shaq actually scored 896 goals, which is only 4 goals away from 900 goals!

Considering Shaq's crazy goal efficiency, Shaq may have to break through 1,000 goals this season, and it is almost no surprise that he will increase his career goals to four digits.

Not long after returning from South America, Barcelona ushered in the first official game of the new season...the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup!

Barcelona became the "triple crown" last season, so this time their opponent in the Spanish Super Cup became Valencia, who won the runner-up of the Copa del Rey, and the first leg was also played at Barcelona's home court Camp Nou Stadium.

On August 17, 103,949 fans flocked to the Camp Nou Stadium to watch the team's first game of the new season. The fans who have been waiting for more than two months can't wait.

Barcelona's performance did not disappoint its supporters. It should even be said that it gave the fans a big surprise!

He was very confident in his team's strength, so Simon Grayson did not line up the main lineup that outsiders imagined in this game, but made a bold attempt. He replaced the entire right side of the team. The 20-year-old French winger Frank Otara, the 20-year-old Lamacia's direct lineman Gonzaro, and two young boys formed the right corridor of Barcelona.

This season, "Brutal Simon" seems to have begun to reuse young players. He even ranked Du Xiaoguang, who was only sixteen years old in the bench. In fact, this is not Simon Grayson who gave Shaq favors, but his reward for Du Xiaoguang who performed very steadily in three warm-up matches.

Just 6 minutes into the game, Batista took advantage of the corner kick opportunity to push the corner kick from Fabregas into Valencia's goal...1:0!

In the 28th minute, Ben Parker made a precise pass from the left. French young player Otara, who was in line with the right, scored in front of the small penalty area on the right, scoring his first official goal after joining Barcelona.

It was not until the 31st minute that Shaq, who was in good condition, was freed from Valencia's heavy defense. While receiving Vasquis' long pass, he threw away everyone with speed and scored a low shot, turning the score to 3:0. When Shaq shot, he had three Valencia players around him, which shows how tight the opponent's defense is.

Valencia, who was already knocked out, was hit hard again in 38 minutes. Alaba suddenly stepped in and scored a counterattack, and then dribbled the ball all the way to the penalty area and scored, and the score became 4:0!

After the game entered the second half, Shaq finally started to get angry. In the 48th minute, Barcelona counterattacked. Shaq started dribbling the ball in his own half and ran 50 meters by himself. He shook the goalkeeper and scored an empty goal...5:0!

In the 57th minute, Otara sent a pass to Shaq in the top of the penalty area. Shaq turned around and shot angrily. The ball flew straight into the upper right corner of Valencia's goal. A typical "Shaq GOAL" allowed Shaq to complete a hat trick!

In the 72nd minute, Vasquis headed the goalkeeper Mark's long pass to Shaq. The latter touched the ball continuously with lightning-like feet, buckled the left foot and pushed the right foot, forcibly rushed out from the encirclement of Valencia's central defender Rajakovic and right back Rodriguez. The role of pre-season training was fully reflected.

Shaq, who rushed into the Valencia penalty area, shot with his right foot and sent the ball into the blind corner of the opponent's goal...7:0!

What's more important is not the score, but this goal allowed Shaq to complete the "big four-game" in the game, and it was also his 900th goal in his career!

900 balls!

This is definitely a very important milestone in Shaq's career!

Previously, European football was discussing when Shaq's 900th goal would come, but he didn't expect it to be... so fast!?

The Camp Nou Stadium went crazy, and the Barcelona fans in the stands immediately used their shiny mobile phones, electronic cards, fluorescent sticks and other instruments in their hands to put up big numbers...900!
Chapter completed!