Chapter 98 Assistant Cai’s advice
After the afternoon training, Chi Zhen returned to the locker room.
At the end of the training, head coach Joseppe Gil announced the squad for the game, and Chi Zhen was among them.
In the evening he will go to the hotel with other teammates who have been selected for the squad, and take the bus directly from the hotel to the stadium for the game the next day.
Chi Zhen was unfazed by the matter of entering the competition roster, because this was a basic operation.
Not to mention making the big list, he wouldn't be surprised even if he made the starting list - but he would be surprised if he didn't make the big list or the starting list.
As soon as he walked into the locker room, Chi Zhen heard the exclamations from his teammates:
"My God! Tyne actually beat Shusro 4:1 in the away game!"
“They have moved up one spot and are now sixth...”
“Can they really finish fourth in the league?”
"I still have an unreal feeling..."
The hot topic in the entire locker room is the match between Tyne and Shusro.
It turns out I'm not the only one concerned about Brother Wang's game...
Chi Zhen understands his teammates very well.
After all, after they lost to Tyne in the away game, there were still people in the locker room who said angrily that Brother Wang's good form at that time was just a flash in the pan and could not last for long, so even if they beat them, It doesn’t mean that Brother Wang will behave like this again in the future...
Since then, everyone has paid more attention to Tyne's game.
I want to see when Brother Wang's condition declines.
As a result, they witnessed how Brother Wang's fiery state has been maintained game after game, and has been maintained until now...
In addition, the opponent Shusiluo was in the 19th round of the league. , but they beat the Scots 3:1 at home!
With the same opponent and the same away game, Tyne can win 4:1, while the Scorsese lose 1:3...
The contrast is too sharp, even a bit harsh.
The Scoss players felt as if they were being slapped in the face by Shusi Luo and Tyne in turn.
"Hey, Chi." Victor Delmora sat down next to Chi Zhen and asked in a low voice: "Does your Chinese national team have any great physical therapists or coaches?"
< br>Chi Zhen was a little strange: "Why do you ask that, Victor?"
"I just feel that Wang's physical condition has been very good after returning from the national team game..."
Chi Zhen smiled, he was another person who wanted to find out why Brother Wang was in such a hot state.
But he didn’t know why...
So he pointed at himself and asked: "What do you think of my recent state?"
Del Mora was very serious. Nodding, he gave Chi Zhen an affirmative answer: "You are in good condition recently!"
Chi Zhen opened his mouth and was speechless.
"That's why I'm curious. You and Wang returned to the national team and performed better. Is it because the training level of your national team is higher?"
Chi Zhen couldn't laugh or cry: "No such thing That's the problem, Victor. The level of the Chinese team's coaching staff is the same as before, not bad, but it hasn't suddenly improved..."
Victor Del Mora still couldn't believe it: "Then why did your status change at the same time? Better?"
"Maybe it's because we are competing with each other?" Chi Zhen briefly told his teammates what happened between him and Wang Lie in the national team.
"...Brother Wang said to me that the competition between me and him should let football speak for itself. Whoever performs well will be the core. I think it may be because of this, so Brother Wang He also worked very hard after returning to the club, and the goals and assists spoke for him.”
After hearing this, Del Mora felt even more incredible: "I don't understand, no matter who is the core, as long as the team can win, isn't it enough? Can you fight to this point for that position?"
< br>Chi Zhen whispered: "Although Brother Wang didn't say it clearly, I can feel that he thinks that if I am the core, I will not be able to lead the Chinese team to create history in the World Cup..."
"China The team’s... history in the World Cup? "
"The quarterfinals. That is our best result in the World Cup, which was achieved by Brother Wang."
As a Spanish country. The team's main forward, Del Mora won the World Cup with the Spanish national team in the 2030 Spanish-Portuguese World Cup seven years ago, although he was only 23 years old at the time and was not the team's main force.
As a player from a football powerhouse, his goal for the World Cup has always been to win the World Cup.
But he also knows that the quarterfinals of the World Cup are also a great achievement.
You must know that just three years ago at the 2034 Saudi World Cup, the Spanish national team, as the defending champion, finally stopped in the top 16 and was eliminated before even reaching the quarterfinals.
As a country with underdeveloped football, the Chinese team was able to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup. That is indeed a glorious history worth writing about.
What Del Mora didn’t know was that the quarterfinals were actually the best results achieved by an Asian team in the World Cup.
Originally, this best result should have been the "Final Four" - achieved by the South Korean team as the host nation in the 2002 World Cup.
However, after the World Cup, it was revealed that Korean football used the host nation to bribe referees. There were very serious and obvious problems in one group match and two knockout matches, which caused huge debates and protests after the games. .
Under joint pressure from CONMEBOL and UEFA, FIFA launched a third-party investigation into the South Korean team's three controversial games at the World Cup.
Investigators eventually uncovered evidence of financial transactions between the Korean Football Association and the referees of the three controversial games, and two of the referees were pressured to plead guilty.
Subsequently, FIFA canceled the Korean team's performance in that World Cup based on solid evidence. The chairman of the Korean Football Association, who led the bribery of referees, was permanently banned from the world as a result, and other relevant personnel were also punished to varying degrees. (Note 1)
The current best record in history of the "Quarter-Eight" is shared by two Asian teams, namely North Korea in 1966 and China in 2022.
However, when North Korea achieved the top eight results, there were still very few teams participating in the World Cup. There were only 16 teams in total. They only needed to qualify in the group to qualify as the top eight.
The Chinese team achieved the top eight achievements in the top 32 era. In the knockout stage, they have to win one more game than North Korea, which has a higher gold content. Of course, when the Chinese team set this historical record, it was at a World Cup event held in their own homeland, with the normal home court advantage.
Del Mora heard Chi Zhen mention the Chinese team's previous best result in the World Cup, and finally understood why the two of them were fighting so hard.
It seems that Wang Lie still wants to do what he has done before, which is to lead the Chinese team back to the quarterfinals.
This does require more effort and better performance.
After understanding the reasons behind the fierce competition between Wang Lie and Chi Zhen, Delmora is not very surprised that Tyne wants to enter the Champions League next season.
Because he feels that it is easier to lead a Premier League relegation team to participate in the Champions League next season than leading the Chinese team to the quarterfinals of the World Cup...
He patted Chi Zhen's shoulder: "Come on, Chi, I hope you can beat Wang... the whole team hopes. I will help you in the club."
Chi Zhen has a good personality, is handsome, and never gets along with Who is blushing? Many people in the Scorsese team like this "ChinaBoy".
Although Delmora is five years older than Chi Zhen, he also regards him as his good friend.
During the game, Chi Zhen often passed passes to Del Mora... The two of them always had a tacit understanding.
"Thank you, Victor. Let's start by defeating the Hackney Knight tomorrow." Chi Zhen said with a smile.
“Ha! Well said, let’s knock down the first place in the league first!”
※※※
"The game is over!! The Scorsese defeated the Hackney Knights 3:2 at home! At the end of this league round, the Cavaliers, who were originally ranked first, have given up their first place in the league after two consecutive losses!"
The cheers at Liverpool Stadium were deafening. Scorsese head coach Gill took the lead in walking to the visiting team's coaching bench. He extended his hand to Hackney Knights head coach Paul Neves who was standing there early. He kept a polite smile on his face and shook Neves' hand. At the same time, he said: "You guys played well..."
Neves responded with a wry smile. If we really played well, we should be the ones winning now!
However, he also knew that this was a routine post-game etiquette from the opponent's head coach, and it was definitely not a strange thing.
Although he was in a bad mood, he still congratulated Gill: "Congratulations, you played a wonderful game, especially your No. 7, Chi. He was not limited to the wing..."< br>
Hearing his opponent praising a specific player on his side, Gil couldn't help but laugh out loud, because he was the one who asked Chi Zhen before the game not to limit himself to the wing, but to move more in the middle.
The opponent's head coach Neves praised Chi Zhen, which was tantamount to praising him for his good arrangements as a head coach.
"Yes, he did play very well today!"
Then the two head coaches separated, Gill went to celebrate with his players, while Neves went to comfort the players them.
After Gil ran onto the court, he found Chi Zhen, hugged him, rubbed his hair vigorously, and praised him through gritted teeth in his ear: "Well done, Chi! You really didn't disappoint me. ! ”
The TV broadcast camera focused on Chi Zhen who was hugged by the head coach. Commentator Connor Cowley said: "Chi is the biggest contributor to the Scorsese people being able to win against Hackney Knights at home today. He scored in the game. One goal and two assists... It can be said that all three of the Scorsese goals were related to him... He deserves the best of the game in this game! ”
※ ※※
“In two days In the Premier League, two Chinese players have become players who dominate the game. The 38-year-old Wang Lie behaves like he is 28 years old, and Chi Zhen also played his best game since joining the Scots. Season performance... I think for Chinese fans, the two of them are in excellent condition, which is a blessing for Chinese football, but it also puts higher demands on the Chinese team's head coach He Zhenyong...
"Wang Lie? Or Chi Zhen? Who controls the ball in the Chinese team? Who has the right to fire? Who serves whom? Although there is no suspense now for the Chinese team to enter next year's World Cup in England, if we don't figure out the priorities, then regardless of the excellent performance of the national team, it is actually just a time bomb that has not exploded. By the time of next year's World Cup, this bomb will definitely explode! ”
He Zhenyong is listening to the news read by the mobile phone AI.
The current development of AI technology is very mature, and the cadence of such AI reading is completely comparable to that of a real person.
When I read "This bomb will definitely explode", my tone was fast and intense, as if I was really anxious.
Even the AI knows that he is so handsome...
He Zhenyong complained in his heart, and then heard a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
After He Zhenyong finished speaking, he put down his cell phone, took off his reading glasses, and looked up at assistant coach Cai Bokang who opened the door and entered.
"Old He, have you watched the two games between Wang Lie and Chi Zhen?"
Cai Bokang asked him straight to the point.
He Zhenyong nodded: "I watched it."
"I watched it too!" Cai Bokang looked very excited, "These two games allowed me to perfect my previous ideas..."< br>
As he spoke, he walked to the tactical board in the head coach's office and started playing with the magnetic chess pieces.
"Look, this is Wang Lie, this is Chi Zhen, and this is Fu Xiaofeng."
He placed three round chess pieces in front of the opponent's penalty area.
Wang Lie and Chi Zhen are in the front, and Fu Xiaofeng is in the back.
After finishing the display, he turned back and asked He Zhenyong: "If we fight 442, it will probably be like this in the front, right?"
He Zhenyong nodded: "Yes."
When Wang Lie gradually lost his main position in the national team, the Chinese team mostly played 442, but the two starting forwards were Chi Zhen and center Tan Xingchang.
This lineup is running fairly smoothly, as evidenced by the World Cup qualifiers.
But now that Wang Lie has returned and continues this 442, a problem will arise.
Because Wang Lie is not a truly pure center, his ability to play the ball in the penalty area is not as good as Tan Xingchang. And if Wang Lie is allowed to play ball, it will be a waste of his recent good scoring form.
So changes must be made.
"We always thought about 'center' before, but why do we have to have a center? Look, Lao He, Chi Zhen is a ball player, Wang Lie can do both without and with the ball, and Fu Xiaofeng is They are offensive midfielders who can both score and organize... The three of them have one thing in common, that is, they can all get the ball. This is also the fundamental reason why we had a headache how to arrange Wang Lie and Chi Zhen before, because the styles are similar..."
Cai Bokang explained.
And He Zhenyong had already stood up from behind his desk and walked to the tactical board.
“But on the other hand, since anyone in our frontcourt trio can get the ball, doesn’t it make it more difficult for the opponent to defend? And no matter who gets the ball, the other two can coordinate with the movement. Create a threat. In that case, we don’t have to be obsessed with position.”
Cai Bokang said as he pulled the No. 9 chess piece representing Wang Lie out of the penalty area, placed the football chess piece next to Wang Lie's chess piece, and at the same time pushed the No. 7 chess piece representing Chi Zhen to the left.
This way the penalty area will be empty.
Then Cai Bokang pushed the No. 10 chess piece representing Fu Xiaofeng forward into the penalty area.
"Fu Xiaofeng is 1.84 meters tall. He has a body, skills, and a certain amount of confrontational ability. He is also good in physical fitness. When Wang Lie and Chi Zhen are not in the penalty area, he can definitely penetrate into the penalty area. Play as a pseudo center..."
As he spoke, Cai Bokang placed two chess pieces representing full-backs on the tactical board and asked them to press them into the offensive third.
"Wang Lie and Chi Zhen took the opponent's defender away, and Fu Xiaofeng then moved forward to get space in the middle. Then whether Wang Lie got the ball, Chi Zhen got the ball, or the two wingers got the ball, they could hit the ball. Go into this space, and then Fu Xiaofeng can complete the shot. Or, Fu Xiaofeng can also pass the ball to Wang Lie or Chi Zhen..."
As he said this, he moved his chess pieces so that they were on the tactical board. Deduced the Chinese team's offensive routine.
"The positions of the three of them are not fixed and can be rotated at any time according to the situation and needs on the field. Wang Lie can go to the right or the left. If he goes to the left, Chi Zhen will go to the middle or withdraw to the center. Then put Fu Xiaofeng on the field..."
After placing the chess pieces, Cai Bokang turned to He Zhenyong and said:
"Wang Lie's position and playing style in Tyne are now very clear. McNeil gave him the greatest freedom, no longer restricting him to the penalty area as he did initially, so Wang Lie often dropped back to get the ball in transition or organize, and then he would go back and use his long shots to score goals. .
"In Scorsese's win over Hackney Knights, Gill also gave Chi Zhen more room to play without restricting him to the left wing. In return, Chi Zhen scored a goal himself and had two assists . I think after this game, Gill may also consider not limiting Chi Zhen to the left... If this is the case, we will have two offensive players who can be used in a certain position. It would be a waste of their abilities to stay in fixed positions, and if their positions are not restricted, their respective abilities in scoring and passing can be maximized."
After listening patiently to Cai Bokang, He Zhenyong asked: "'Frontless formation' sounds good, but who is the core? There has to be a priority, right? It is impossible to really divide the ball rights into three equal parts..."
Cai Bokang early He expected that He Zhenyong would ask this question, so he was naturally prepared for it. After He Zhenyong finished asking, he immediately replied:
"If Wang Lie can continue in this state, I think he should be allowed to Play the core. He is more comprehensive and more experienced than Chi Zhen and Fu Xiaofeng. In this strategy that requires more freedom for the players, no one is more suitable to be the core.”
He Zhenyong stared at the tactical board and fell into deep thought.
Cai Bokang did not rush him, but stood beside him and looked at the tactical board with him.
I don’t know how long he thought about it, but He Zhenyong finally said:
“I agree with your idea. If Wang Lie can really maintain this state... No, his current state is actually better. It's scary, so we can't expect him to be this strong all the time. Even if he's not this strong, it's still possible. As long as his body is still as flexible as it is now, full of strength and speed... then he can be the core, because he is. His range of activities is wider, instead of just staying in the penalty area and waiting for others to feed him the ball... The only question is, who can guarantee that Wang Lie will always be in such good condition? Are they all so good?"
Cai Bokang shook his head: "We were worried about this problem a month ago. At that time, we thought that Wang Lie was just returning to his former glory. But he has been so stable for two months... If it has always been because of this. Worrying about Wang Lie's decline and not daring to make changes will cost more than the gain. Besides, even if Wang Lie's performance declines, don't we still have a guaranteed plan? The well-rehearsed tactics with Chi Zhen as the core will be replaced when the time comes. But if Wang Lie can really maintain his condition, then what we will get is a super powerful immediate combat power!"
He Zhenyong asked again: "What are you going to say to Chi Zhen?"
"We don't need to say it. Didn't he already have an appointment with Wang Lie? Let's talk football. So you see that Chi Zhen is in good shape recently. But if Wang Lie performs better than him, then we let Wang Lie play the core , he had nothing to say."
He Zhenyong was convinced: "Okay, then we will redesign the tactics with Wang Lie as the core..."
Then he sighed: " Sigh! I have a headache..."
Cai Bokang laughed and joked: "If we can really succeed, then it will be our opponents' turn to have a headache in next year's World Cup, as Wang Lie said. "
"I hope. I don't dare to think about next year's World Cup. I just hope that Wang Lie can lead Tyne to the top four in the league. This will at least give us more confidence... ”
※※※
Note 1: This is purely the author’s personal YY, do not take it seriously. Being more truthful means that the author is right. Because the author has the final right to interpret his own work, what the author says is what it is.
(End of this chapter)