Chapter 12 Make Decisions Early
The atmosphere at Red Rocks Stadium, even if there are losses in signal transmission, modem, etc., can still be truly felt by the audience in front of the TV.
You can even hear the foul language clearly through the noise at the scene.
Especially in the footage taken from above the stands, you can see many Soft United fans raising their middle fingers high.
“It’s really incomprehensible. Obviously in the first half of the season, Soft United could draw 2:2 with Clayton Athletic on the away road. Why did they get defeated when they returned to home? If it was because the main center back Vitali was sent off with a red card...but they were two goals behind before Vitali was sent off." Cesar Varro shook his head while watching the live broadcast on TV. .
In the upper left corner of the TV broadcast, the real-time score and time of the game are displayed.
It is now the 78th minute of the game, the score is 0:3, and Soft United, which is playing at home, is lagging behind.
"Why? Because Wang Tiantian sent a VLOG of him going to the youth team to train and eat, which affected the morale of the whole team and interfered with the team's preparations..." Sam McNeil said in a mocking tone.
“Isn’t this reason too far-fetched?”
McNeil spread his hands: “But some people really believe it. And judging from the performance on the field, the players of Soft United are in good condition. Something is indeed wrong. Wang and Heldon are completely at odds with each other. The matter is so big and the media is paying attention to it every day. It is impossible to say that it has no impact on the players at all. United’s results and performance in games against strong teams are pretty good.”
In the first half of this season, Soft United's results against the "Premier League BIG6" other than themselves were indeed remarkable:
They drew 1:1 at home against the Gaussians and defeated the current team 2:0 at home. Hackney Knights, who are ranked first, drew with defending champion Clayton Athletic 2:2 away, defeated Waltham 3:1 away, and won 1:0 away against Kensington.
They all remained undefeated!
This is also the reason why Sven Helden, the new coach, has received so much praise and support - if he has no real ability, why would Soft United let him treat the team's number one like this? Star?
In the broadcast screen, Clayton Athletic was in possession of the ball. With a three-goal lead, they were not in a hurry to push the offense forward, but instead passed the ball back and forth in their own backcourt. This is what they do best.
There were also players in the Sofo United team who stepped forward to press, but there was no system and it was just the personal behavior of a few players. This kind of on-and-off, whim-like pressing is meaningless in front of Clayton Athletics, which is known for its possession of the ball.
Commentator Connor Cowley also criticized: "If you only watch this scene, I definitely think that Soft United is the leading side. There are still more than ten minutes left in the game, even if it is difficult to win here Chasing three goals in a row, but we still have to score, so we don’t get a clean sheet from our rivals in the same city, right?
“The players of Sof United seem to have lost the will to fight, especially when there is one less player. case. I guess their minds are now full of thoughts like 'Don't lose four goals at home', because the four-goal margin is the biggest loss ever recorded by Sof United at home against Clayton Athletic..."
While he was talking, the TV broadcast focused on the box at the Red Rock Stadium. Wang Lie, who was not included in the squad for this game, was sitting in the box wearing casual clothes and watching the game.
He looked serious and stared at the court in silence.
Next to him sat his agent, Fernando Clemente, looking down at his cell phone.
When the camera scanned them before, the two people occasionally covered their mouths to communicate, but now no one spoke.
Seeing this scene, Cesar Varro suddenly asked: "If we lose this game, will Soft United Club be under pressure to let Wang return to the first team?"
"There is no point in not returning. Wang's management team should be negotiating with Soft United to terminate the contract. This failure may accelerate the matter..."
"That is not for us. A good thing? ”
"I don't know if it's a good thing or not. We're not the only ones interested in Wang now..."
Varro asked: "Is there any news from Foster?"
The Foster he was referring to was Will Foster, general manager of the Tyne Club. After he became the general manager of the club two years ago, he carried out drastic reforms internally. It was he who defied all odds and signed the still-unknown Sam McNeil to coach the Tyne first team.
“We are talking, but there is not much progress. Will said that he thinks Wang has not yet made up his mind to join us. He guessed that Wang’s management team should be in contact with several companies at the same time, but he did not know which ones they were. I don’t know..."
Hearing this, Varro shook his head and sighed: "It seems that you failed to convince him at that time... Do you still want to call him to persuade him?"
"I've said everything I need to say." McNeil shook his head. "The rest is to listen to God's arrangements. Of course I hope he comes to Tyne, but if he really doesn't come, there's nothing I can do about it."
< br>Then he raised his hand and turned off the TV.
Varo was a little surprised: "Don't watch it?"
McNeil turned to look at him: "I also came from Soft United, do you really think I like to watch my old club being beaten? A rival in the same city?"
Varro grinned: "Looking at your 'critical comments' about Soft United during this period, I thought you really wanted to see their jokes..."
McNeil: "If we must lose, we can lose to anyone except Clayton Athletic and the Scorsese... Of course it would be better if we lose to us."
Varro smiled. Get up: "Okay, okay, try to beat Soft United at home in the thirty-fifth round!"
Then he came up to give an interview: "May I ask Mr. McNeil, if we win by then, Will you celebrate in front of your old club?"
McNeill pushed him away: "Okay, stop daydreaming. Let's get ready for tomorrow's game."
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When the referee blew the full-time whistle, the boos above the Red Rock Stadium reached their climax.
The score was fixed at 1:3.
With attacking midfielder Aaron Schouten’s long-range shot in the 88th minute, Soft United was finally not beaten at home by its rivals in the same city, nor did it suffer a record-breaking loss to Croatia. Athletic Leyden.
But this result did not make the home Soft United fans happy at all, so the boos were still huge.
Amidst the tsunami of boos, Helden went to shake hands with Clayton Athletic head coach Rayan Kochea with a dark face.
After shaking hands as usual, he turned and walked towards the passage.
A cameraman from the TV broadcast side followed him with a camera until he walked into the tunnel.
So from the moment the whistle sounded, to shaking hands with Cochea, and then entering the tunnel, the TV broadcasts were always full of close-ups of Heldon's stern face.
The winner, Cochea, instead became a supporting character who only flashed by in close-ups.
Then the camera went to the box again. Wang Lie stood up and was applauding the Soft United players who were leaving the field.
His face looked equally good.
Seeing this scene, CCTV commentator Luo Jin, who was commentating on this game, said: "There was indeed a voice before the game, hoping that Soft United would lose to Clayton Athletic at home. Many people said this, He is even a fan of Wang Lie.
“Actually, I can understand their mood, but I think their idol must not want to use a defeat in a local derby to save himself. Because Wang Lie hates failure so much, how could he trade with failure? So hoping that Soft United loses is actually a derogation of the spirit of the people you like..."
Hearing this, Tang Xingmei glanced at her son: "Did you hear that, I'm talking about you! "
Wang Ziqi pursed his lips and hummed: "Anyway, I'm happy that Heldon lost! Let him exclude my dad! Deserve it! I still feel sorry for not setting a record and losing! ”
Her son was so rebellious, which gave Tang Xingmei a headache. She could only shout: "Go to bed!"
Wang Ziqi slipped off the sofa, twisted her butt and jumped towards the stairs humming a song.
Tang Xingmei listened carefully and realized that what her son sang was the "support song" that Soft United fans cheered for Wang Lie, but he seemed to have changed the lyrics...
Original lyrics It was: "FIGHTING! FIGHTING! CHINAWANG!"
He seemed to be singing: "FUCKYOU! FUCKYOU! SOFU Lian!" Tang Xingmei, who understood the lyrics, became angry: "Wizhi Qi!"
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The son had already run upstairs, returned to his room, and closed the door forcefully...
Tang Xingmei did not rush up, but sighed helplessly on the sofa and shook her head. .
Logically speaking, her husband was not on the roster for this game, so she shouldn’t watch it. But she still sat in front of the TV at eight-thirty in the evening.
Why are you still watching?
Maybe deep down, just like his son, he hopes to see Soft United lose, right?
She seems to have no position or qualification to reprimand her son...
Huh?
No!
I just hope that Soft United loses, but this bastard Wang Ziqi curses at such a young age!
Thinking of this, Tang Xingmei stood up from the sofa, rushed upstairs and smashed the door: "Wang Ziqi, come out!"
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"...Helden thinks Barb Luo Vitali's red card in the 52nd minute changed the direction of the game. He believed that the referee's approach of showing the red card directly instead of giving a yellow card was a bit too harsh..."
Driving home. On the way, agent Fernando Clemente, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was watching the live post-match press conference on his mobile phone.
Listening to the voice coming from the speaker of the mobile phone, Wang Lie, who was driving, laughed disdainfully: "See what I said is right? He blamed the referee for the loss again... ...Anyway, I have never seen him admit that he is responsible, not even once.”
Clement didn't want to watch Sven Helden's poor performance anymore. He turned off the live broadcast on his mobile phone and said to Wang Lie: "I will go to Hall tomorrow. Although losing is not a good thing, I guess there is pressure on the club." It's very big, he should agree to our request to terminate the contract early. The next step is to decide which club to choose..."
Clement is really busy during this period, going around to contact Wang Lie. Before coming to watch this game, he communicated with Wang Lie.
So far, there are four clubs that have clearly expressed interest in Wang Lie, including two in England, one in Spain, and one in Türkiye.
These four clubs do have the possibility of signing Wang Lie, and they are not just clubs with intentions.
In other words, Wang Lie’s next team is actually chosen from these four teams.
The first one is the familiar Tyne. The situation has already been explained, so there is no need to go into details here.
The second Premier League team is Hurlingham FC, which is currently ranked ninth in the Premier League. As a newly promoted team, it ranks higher than Tyne.
The situation at Hurlingham FC is a little more complicated.
Hellingham FC has a Chinese-funded background. Although the club chairman is a native of England, the Chinese-funded owner behind the club is Chinese, so it is natural to be interested in Wang Lie. However, the team's head coach Kofi Rost held objections and believed that signing Wang Lie would not be of any benefit to the team.
The reason why Helinhan FC is considered a possible team to sign is because the club owner really wants Wang Lie to go. On the one hand, it is because of the feelings of family and country, and on the other hand, he also likes Wang Lie. Regarding the commercial impact that Lie's traffic can bring, even if the head coach disagrees, as the boss, he still has the power to make the decision.
Currently, after Clement's screening, the Premier League is the two companies with the best chance of making a deal.
Other Premier League teams show little interest in Wang Lie. Obviously they all believe that Wang Lie's current situation is no longer suitable for the fast-paced and high-confrontation Premier League.
In fact, strictly speaking, in the entire Premier League, perhaps only Tyne's head coach McNeill still believes that Wang Lie can compete in the Premier League. Even the head coach of Hurlingham FC is opposed.
The team in La Liga that is interested in Wang Lie is the Sun City team in Valencia.
Because Wang Lie first grew into a top star in La Liga, many teams here are familiar with Wang Lie. The wealthy clubs look down upon the current Wang Lie, but as a mid-range team, Sunshine City is interested in Wang Lie.
Moreover, La Liga is not as focused on physical fitness as the Premier League. With Wang Lie's physical capabilities, he may be able to cope with it.
Türkiye's Marmaraspor was the last team to make it clear that it wanted to sign Wang Lie. The Turkish Super League is not a very high-level league in Europe, but it is definitely better than the Chinese Super League. If you must stay in Europe and are unwilling to return to your country to play football, then the Turkish Super League is indeed an option that can be considered. With Wang Lie's level, it should be possible to be the main player for a mid-tier Turkish Super League team.
But after all, the Turkish Super League has moved away from the core position of the European mainstream league stage, so Marmaraspor should be a team that will not be chosen unless it is absolutely necessary.
"Wang, do you already have the answer in your heart?"
The reason why Clement asked this was because in the past few days, he had vaguely noticed that Wang Strong personal tendencies.
Wang Lie nodded: "At first, I thought McNeil was just here because of my competitiveness, hoping that I could bring some impact to the locker room and spur those 'mercenaries'. But I have done some research these days. In the past four rounds of Tyne's league, I can guess McNeil's tactical considerations."
"Oh?" Hearing what Wang Lie said, Clement became interested.
“In the past four rounds of the league, Tyne did not lose a game after McNeil took over, won two games, drew two games, and did not concede a goal in three games, but the games they won were also A small victory by one goal - they beat Kensington 1:0 and Leeds 2:1. The media praised him for strengthening Tyne's defense in the shortest time after coming to Tyne. It seems to be a very good achievement, but I think it is a good achievement. McNeil actually knows that he has not really strengthened Tyne's defense. He only conceded one goal in four games, which is actually due to good luck..."
Wang Lie analyzed to Clement while driving, he seemed to I'm not worried about distracted driving at all. I'm just saying what I've analyzed many times in my mind, just like reading a manuscript.
"...McNeil's way of strengthening defense at this stage is to pile up people. It's okay to pile up people, but he is still passively beaten. In these four games, Tyne has been shot at an average of almost seventeen times. Times - I can't remember the exact number, I just made some rough statistics - but this number is not low, it is quite high. So many shots per game are not considered a good defensive performance, right? Why are the average number of shots taken so high? Because Tyne does not have the ability to threaten the opponent's goal and they do not put enough pressure on the opponent.
"McNeil's Tyne relies heavily on the wing when attacking, and they do have good players on the wing. For example, Vitini is very active on the left wing. He is really fast and can dribble the ball very well. But ...It’s just that sometimes it’s not handled properly. When it’s time to pass, it’s still passing, and when it’s time to shoot, it’s passed again.
“I’ve seen it several times in the videos of these four games, attacking from the wing. The shot went up and into the opponent's penalty area, but the shot missed. On the one hand, it is a problem of the players' personal abilities. On the other hand, I think it is the lack of a center in the middle who can suppress the opponent's defense, which leads to too much defensive pressure on the wing players near the penalty area..."
"They The original main center Peter Olivier was injured. "Clement reminded.
Wang Lie nodded: "I know. But before he was injured, he didn't do well enough in scoring goals. Olivier is not a center who is good at scoring, and he does not pose much of a threat to the opponent's defense. Then I thought about what I would have done if I had been there at that time. After thinking about it, I suddenly understood why McNeil called me:
“First of all, he needs someone who can connect the two wings in the frontcourt, and secondly, he needs someone who can score goals. People. Coupled with the internal ideological issues of the Tyne team, he may think that I am the best candidate.”
After Wang Lie finished his analysis, Clement nodded repeatedly: "Ha, it seems that you have made a decision. At first, you said that you didn't really want to go to Tyne. I thought you would hesitate for a long time. ..."
Wang Lie said: "I feel that I don't have much time to waste. Since I think the other party's conditions are good, let's stop pretending and make a decision early. As long as you successfully terminate the contract with Soft United, just sign a contract with Tyne directly. In fact, you have almost agreed on the conditions. It doesn’t mean much if the annual salary is more or less..."
Clement said Agreed: "Okay, I'll make an appointment with Hall tomorrow to get this shit over with as soon as possible, and then look forward."
"Well, look forward, move forward." Wang Lie nodded.
Obviously I got a new plug-in, but because of some bad things, I was tied in place and couldn't do anything.
This feeling is really unpleasant.
Fortunately, Wang Lie felt that he had seen the dawn, and the light was ahead.
But first he had to run.
Only by running can you break out of the fog and darkness, and only by running can you get closer to the light.
Just like when he plays football on the court, he only has the chance to score goals when he runs. If he stands still and waits, he will never wait for the ball.
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