When Kawai Yuichi arrived at the U18 training ground at Staplewood with great interest, Gu Ran had already put on his jersey and shoes and started warming up early.

"What? Impossible... This is impossible!"

The smile on Kawai Yuichi's face froze, his face full of disbelief! "Why is Gu Ran here earlier than me? Why! Why! Impossible! Impossible!"

"I don't believe he is more hardworking than me!"

"Mom! We'll leave 10 minutes earlier tomorrow morning! It's settled!"

"Ah? But... okay."

Suzuki Honami said secretly in her heart: It seems that I have to prepare breakfast for Gu Ranjun 10 minutes earlier tomorrow morning.

What should I make for breakfast tomorrow? I'll bring some ingredients and tools with me when I go tonight...

Kawai Yuichi clenched his fists and encouraged himself, "Yoshi! I will definitely be the first one to arrive at the training ground tomorrow! Gu Ran! I will never let you get ahead again! Never!"

Light~ A blue skill bubble fell under Kawai Yuichi's feet.

Holy shit…

What did I do?

Isn't this too easy? Kawai Yuichi is simply a gift that comes to our doorstep!

Gu Ran laughed secretly in his heart while using his mind to check from a distance:

+1 for juggling.

Not bad, not bad. If you raise this training skill to +4, your sense of the ball will definitely be greatly improved.

Gu Ran happily collected the negative emotion bubble dropped by Kawai Yuichi through the air.

+2 for Juggling! 8 more pick-ups left today.

After completing the picking, Gu Ran continued his warm-up run as planned.

Yuichi Kawai ran into the locker room, changed his jersey and shoes, and then rushed into the court with great momentum.

However, Kawai Yuichi didn't dare to warm up by following Gu Ran's running rhythm anymore.

He was still frightened by the tragic competition with Gu Ran yesterday.

He also discovered that Gu Ran's basic speed and leg frequency today seemed to be faster than yesterday.

Damn it... How could Gu Ran grow so fast? Did he secretly train last night?

Or is he just super talented? Yesterday's warm-up was not his true level? Kawai Yuichi felt sour in his heart. The more envious he was, the more jealous he became. The more jealous he was, the more envious he became.

It was not until Gu Ran finished his warm-up run and started stretching on the grass that Kawai Yuichi walked up to Gu Ran with a hostile look on his face and shouted provocatively: "Gu Ran! Do you dare to accept my challenge today? Do you dare to duel with me in the boxing ring?"

Gu Ran didn't even look at Kawai Yuichi, "Go play somewhere else."

Gu Ran had no interest in this kind of low-level provocation.

Kawai Yuichi seemed to have found his self-esteem, and laughed arrogantly: "Haha! You don't dare? Coward! Gu Ran, you are a coward! I said, as long as you don't agree to fight me one by one, I will come to call you a coward every day!"

Gu Ran sneered in his heart: Go ask your mother.

When Kawai Xiong saw that Gu Ran ignored him, he immediately said arrogantly: "Coward! Gu Ran, you are a coward!"

...Ask your mother.

"coward!!!"

...Ask your mother.

When Gu Ran thought of what happened last night, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

When Kawai Xiong saw that Gu Ran remained silent, he burst into laughter as if he had already defeated Gu Ran.

Gu Ran smiled and said, "Are you done having fun? Just go away. I want to practice my fancy juggling."

The corner of Kawai Yuichi's mouth twitched suddenly.

Obviously, Gu Ran's psychological quality is a hundred times stronger than Kawai Yuichi's! Kawai Yuichi wanted to compete with Gu Ran in every aspect, but Gu Ran didn't take Kawai Yuichi seriously at all! Kawai Yuichi said bitterly: "Gu Ran, I will not lose to you!"

After saying that, Kawai Yuichi walked to the other side and started practicing fancy juggling.

His juggling skills are actually better than Gu Ran's, but his competitive mentality has greatly affected his training performance, so he appears to be worse than Gu Ran in juggling.

The more this happened, the more anxious Kawai Yuichi became. The more anxious he became, the more unbalanced his mentality became, and the worse his dribbling became.

Gu Ran, however, always practiced juggling the ball at his own pace, neither hurried nor slow.

Honami cautiously trotted over and bowed to Gu Ran, "Gu Ran, I'm sorry to trouble you again. Yuichi really shouldn't have done that. Fortunately, you are generous and don't make a fuss about it."

Gu Ran continued to juggle the ball while saying calmly, "Actually, I'm not being magnanimous. I'm just doing this for you."

Honami's body trembled slightly, her eyes filled with tears of emotion, "Gu Ranjun... you are so kind. I'm so sorry that you have suffered unjustly for me. I will greatly compensate you."

This is possible~ Gu Ran said calmly: "Got it, don't talk about this kind of thing in the training ground, you will affect my training, let's talk about it in the evening."

In their relationship, Honami is the passive one, so Gu Ran has to act tougher.

——It feels like “Cao Dahua, the Tiger of the Serious Crime Unit”.

Sure enough, Honami nodded excitedly and said obediently: "Ha! Wait until tonight..."

After saying that, Honami bowed shyly and stepped back.

This secret feeling of conquest is so fucking awesome!

Gu Ran was in a very good mood, and the influence of Kawai Yuichi's provocation was swept away. He continued to practice juggling with fancy juggling +2.

After a while, the players of the U18 youth team and Coach Dodd arrived at the training ground.

Gu Ran’s exclusive team doctor, Mai Fu, and physical therapist Gregory were also in place.

——The players have begun to get used to Gu Ran coming to the training ground early to train.

After the whole team warmed up, the U18 training officially began.

The morning training was mainly aerobic training. Coach Dodd arranged for all team members to do interval sprinting, jumping and squat training.

Do each exercise for 15 seconds, rest for 2 minutes after every 4 sets, and then continue the cycle.

This kind of interval aerobic training may seem easy, but it actually consumes a lot of endurance and cardiopulmonary capacity.

We are about to play against Liverpool U18 youth team, and Coach Dodd has arranged twice the usual amount of training.

In less than an hour, almost all the players of the U18 youth team were about to vomit from the training.

Yuichi Kawai gritted his teeth and persevered. Although he did not vomit due to the training, his body was close to its limit and his face was in a state of embarrassment.

Only Gu Ran maintained a high level of training! Gu Ran's sprinting skills were, unsurprisingly, the best in the team! Not only was he far ahead in a single sprint, but Gu Ran was also able to maintain his highest speed in repeated sprinting after the intervals.

The black-haired Bale is not called that for nothing! The young players of the U18 team had never watched Gu Ran’s game live before, and today they were truly enlightened.

The U18 player who used to be the fastest sprinter in the team was tortured by Gu Ran to the point of vomiting during the entire sprint training! ... I really can't catch up!

Even if you try your best, you can't catch up! In terms of jumping training, although Gu Ran's jumping ability is not the best in the team, Gu Ran's physical fitness is the best. He is the most serious in training and his movements are extremely standardized.

The other U18 players did 10 jumps in a group, but Gu Ran's group did 15.

The same is true for weighted squat training.

All the U18 players were driven crazy by Gu Ran.

Kawai Yuichi couldn't keep up with Gu Ran's pace, and his face became more and more anxious.

It was not until this time that everyone understood that the reason Gu Ran was able to get the club's rising star contract was definitely not because of his handsome looks.

Gu Ran is not only strong, but his attitude towards training is also beyond reach.

Gu Ran is the true king. No matter what environment he is in, Gu Ran is the most dazzling existence.

Suzuki Honami's attention also shifted from Kawai Yuichi to Gu Ran.

"Gu Ranjun...you are so amazing..."

"Gu Ranjun, you will definitely become a big star in the future..."

"I was able to be with Gu Ranjun before he officially became a big star..."

When Suzuki Honami thought of her secret relationship with Gu Ran, her heart began to beat wildly.

Before lunch, Coach Dodd arranged for the players to practice two additional skills: heading and dribbling along the sidelines.

Heading training is divided into offensive headers and defensive headers.

The players were divided into groups of two, throwing headers to each other - the front players focused on practicing header shots, while the back players focused on practicing header interceptions.

Gu Ran practiced both.

After all, as a B2B forward, Gu Ran must be more comprehensive so that he can cover the entire field and achieve the goal of dominating the entire field.

Seeing Gu Ran practicing header interception and header shooting, the players of the U18 youth team were all dumbfounded.

It was as if they were the rookies who had never seen professional players train.

During training, Gu Ran activated the header +2 skill, so his header success rate during training was very high.

However, Gu Ran was not very satisfied with the results of his heading training. After all, without one-on-one guidance from a dedicated coach, the training results improved very slowly.

This situation should be completely improved once he officially enters the first team.

Now I am training with the U18 team, so I can’t ask for too much.

After finishing the heading training, Gu Ran followed the whole team to conduct sideline training.

As a B2B full-back, this is one of Gu Ran's strengths. He also has rich practical experience, so training is very comfortable for him.

After training on walking along the left sideline, Gu Ran practiced walking along the right sideline.

If both sides of the sidelines are well trained, it will be easier to switch positions with teammates - switching positions during the game can often have miraculous effects on the tactical level.

Players who can play multiple positions are coaches' favorites.

At the end of the morning training, all the U18 players collapsed on the ground and were unable to walk back to the locker room on their own for a long time.

Gu Ran continued to practice. After running on the left and right sidelines, he began to practice dribbling and running in the middle.

The U18 players are completely convinced...

This is not a lecture, this is a crushing of them.

When Gu Ran finally finished his training, Maverick and Gregory immediately took him to the therapy room for exclusive examinations and therapeutic massage.

At this time, the U18 players did not have any jealousy at all.

Gu Ran really deserves such treatment.

After Gu Ran finished the physical therapy and took an ice bath, the energy he had consumed in the morning was almost recovered.

With 76 points of physical fitness and 73 points of constitution, coupled with his youth, such physical attributes can indeed recover very quickly.

——During the morning training, Gu Ran also took the opportunity to pick up 8 white special training bubbles of the U18 youth team players.

Because I didn't have any talent points left, I didn't collect 10 white bubbles today, so I didn't automatically exchange them for new talent points.

But don't panic.

With Suzuki Honami, a stable output point-gaining artifact, talent points are not a problem.

Gu Ran went to the youth team restaurant to eat, and the restaurant had indeed prepared brand new chopsticks for him.

When the U18 players met Gu Ran, they all greeted him proactively and friendly and no longer dared to make fun of him.

——This is strength.

After Gu Ran finished his lunch, he went to the lounge to take a nap for an hour as usual.

After waking up, Gu Ran went to the training ground in advance to do low-intensity warm-up to get his body into competitive-level training state early.

The afternoon training focused on overall passing and control training.

Under the strict guidance of Coach Dodd, the whole team was divided into groups to conduct passing and ball control training.

Passing and control training includes accurate passing, long passing, short passing, ground passing, horizontal passing, vertical passing, aerial ball passing and other techniques.

British football does not attach much importance to passing and controlling skills, but that does not mean that passing and controlling are not important.

British football just doesn't pursue perfection in passing and controlling the ball. During training, the proportion of passing and controlling the ball is still very large.

Coach Dodd also asked the players to reduce sticking to the ball as much as possible and complete the pass as efficiently as possible.

Gu Ran's short pass and two-on-one pass are also very efficient in the U18 youth team, not to mention long passes, which are very accurate.

After the basic passing and controlling training, Coach Dodd divided the team into two groups and asked the players to conduct dynamic blocking and passing training.

As expected, Gu Ran and Kawai Yuichi were assigned to the same group.

Kawai Yuichi took a deep breath and said, "Gu Ran, I will never lose to you!"

Gu Ran nodded, then he moved sideways to protect the ball and pushed Kawai Yuichi away, then made an accurate pass to the players in the opposite group.

It's so simple, rough and silky.

Kawai Yuichi was completely dumbfounded.

When it was Kawai Yuichi's turn to pass the ball, Kawai Yuichi also used his body to push against Gu Ran, but Gu Ran blocked his position one step ahead, with close defense +2 and interception and steal +3, and easily snatched the ball from Kawai Yuichi's feet.

Kawai Yuichi is dumbfounded again! In a 1v1 matchup, Gu Ran completely beats Kawai Yuichi!

In the following dynamic passing and control training, Kawai Yuichi tried his best to block Gu Ran, even resorting to foul actions.

Even Coach Dodd on the sidelines frowned when he saw it.

Suzuki Honami was so worried that she almost cried out.

However, Gu Ran didn't care at all about Kawai Yuichi's foul during the confrontation.

With the Iron Man +5 protection and Gu Ran's extremely high basketball IQ, even 10 Kawai Yuichi may not be able to hurt him.

Moreover, this made Gu Ran feel like he was in actual combat.

After an afternoon of passing and controlling training, Kawai Yuichi was crushed by Gu Ran and began to doubt his life! Gu Ran couldn't hit him, couldn't pull him, couldn't trip him! With only one person defending him, it was absolutely impossible to stop Gu Ran from passing the ball.

"alright--"

Coach Dodd blew the whistle, clapped his hands, and said in summary: "Today's training ends here! Everyone performed well today, especially Gu Ran. Everyone should cherish the opportunity to train with Gu Ran. Let me give you an analogy. Gu Ran is like Alan Shearer in his youth. Training with Alan will improve you a lot."

Coach Dodd still talks about his old teammate Alan Shearer every other sentence.

"Yes, coach."

The U18 players were all powerless.

If they were to be swept along like this by Gu Ran, they would probably ascend before they could even see any improvement.

"Tomorrow morning we will do strength training with equipment, and in the afternoon we will do shooting training - everyone, go home and have a rest early, and we'll see you tomorrow."

"Yes, Coach!"

The U18 players felt relieved and dragged their tired bodies back to the locker room to take a shower.

Gu Ran was in no hurry to leave.

It's only 5:30 in the afternoon. It's too early to go back and there's nothing to do. There's nothing to do until 9 o'clock in the evening, so I might as well train here for a while longer.

So, Gu Ran practiced set-piece shooting by himself in the training ground.

Although after joining the first team, it is impossible to guarantee a 100% playing rate, and even if he can play, the coach will not give him the right to take free kicks, as he has to "rank based on seniority". In the short term, Gu Ran will not need to use free kicks, but Gu Ran still insists on practicing free kicks every day.

Only in this way, when the fleeting opportunity arises, Gu Ran can seize it.

Opportunities are always reserved for those who are the best.

They practiced for more than an hour until the club's turf maintenance staff came to urge them to stop, and Gu Ran stopped training contentedly.

At this time, the entire training base was almost empty, only Mavericks and Gregory were still waiting for Gu Ran diligently.

It's not okay to be unprofessional...

As the exclusive team doctor and physiotherapist, they certainly cannot leave unless Gu Ran leaves.

Mave gave Gu Ran a thorough full-body check to make sure that Gu Ran was not injured during training, and then Gregory took out his fascia knife...

Soon, screams were heard from the therapy room.

After exercise, I use a fascia knife to push the muscles, which is really refreshing.

After the physical therapy, Gu Ran took a brief rest, then drove away from the training ground and returned to his dune villa.

He was the first to arrive at the training ground and the last to leave.

It was around 9 o'clock that evening.

As expected, Honami came to the dune villa carrying a lot of bags.

She brought all the fresh ingredients so that she could make Gu Ran her best breakfast.

Seeing how seriously and hard Gu Ran was training, and how hard he was working out at night, Honami certainly had to give Gu Ran some good nourishment.

Deer antlers, conger eels, cistanches, oysters, and tuna sashimi were all arranged for Gu Ran.

"Gu Ranjun, we can't be like this..."

"Well, let's try something different tonight..."

"Huh?"

Bang! The door of the master bedroom slammed shut.

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(End of this chapter)