At the beginning of August, Newcastle United's preparations for the game were in full swing, with the whole team concentrating on physical and tactical training, and two consecutive warm-up games were about to be played.

Alan Smith believes that to sweep European football, we must start with the warm-up game, pass the ball to Zhen Shaolong more in the game, and cooperate with Zhen Shaolong to play the game, it doesn't matter if you can score goals or not, the key is to show a positive attitude, so that Zhen Shaolong has a good impression of himself, and he will really become friends.

Friends are the first step.

Next, we can look forward to the day when Zhen Shaolong can teach him the secrets of kung fu.

Alan Smith was thinking well, but before the warm-up game began, he was waiting for a nasty guy, no, it should be a nasty new teammate.

Joey Barton.

Joey Barton is an idol star who played in Manchester City's academy, his technical strength is quite good, and he also has the experience of entering the England national team, at the age of twenty-five, he is at the peak of his career, but he is a player who was abandoned by Manchester City, and Manchester City chose to give him up, not because of his skills, strength, and level, but because of his character......

Extremely bad!

If England were to be a 'bad boy', Joey Barton would definitely be on the list, and he would be very high, with France Football assessing him at £10.6 million, while Manchester City only took £5.8 million, as if throwing away a hot potato, selling him to Newcastle United, who desperately need to be strengthened.

Joey Barton has a bad reputation.

There's an idiom that says, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing", and Joey Barton looks worse than he hears, and he showed the potential to be a thorn in the head on his first day in the team.

"I'm going to use this cabinet!"

Joey Barton said, pointing to the cabinet above.

"That's mine!" Smith hurried over to determine the ownership of the cabinet.

"How about giving it to me?" Joey Patton picked his eyes, as if giving orders.

"Nope."

Alan Smith isn't easy to mess with either.

The two looked at each other for a long time.

Barton pouted and nodded, "Okay, you came first, let it be you." Stingy! ”

Smith almost shook his fist in anger.

It was just a tip of the dressing room conflict, and Barton spoke in a tone of 'superiority', as if everyone else was going to let him do whatever he wanted.

God is the boss!

He's the second!

That's a fitting description because he spoke in a similar tone to manager Sam Allardyce.

The manager doesn't care, the others?

A swarm of ants......

No one in the whole team wants to talk to Joey Barton, he completely shows what it means to be 'super unsociable', Joey Barton doesn't seem to care at all, he maintains a haughty expression for a long time, and he is very chic when he is alone.

Joey Barton became a private topic of conversation among the players.

Smith had a few words with Joey Barton about the cabinet, and he almost blew his lungs in anger, and he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the cabinet Barton chose was next to him.

Patton was particularly 'unhygienic'.

Every time he came back from training, he put the smelly socks and underwear directly on the mouth of the cabinet, which was still close to Smith's cabinet, so that Smith smelled the smell many times in a row.

"Zhen, we're going to teach him a lesson!"

"Oh."

"You must teach him a lesson, this guy is so annoying!"

"Oh."

Zhen Shaolong just listened.

Smith found that Zhen Shaolong was unmoved, and suddenly remembered Alan Shearer's bet, and immediately said, "A thousand pounds, how about it?" Let's beat him up together! ”

“……”

Zhen Shaolong looked at Smith in a daze, pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Do you think I look like a hired thug?" ”

Smith was a little tempted to say 'a lot of the same', but he forced himself to raise the price, "Or else...... Two thousand pounds? ”

"Ahem......"

"Three thousand pounds?"

"I'm a professional footballer, not a thug!" Zhen Shaolong emphasized again, and then said, "Wait for the opportunity...... I mean, actually, I want to teach him a lesson, but we can't just go and beat him up? That's illegal, and I don't do anything illegal. So I have to wait for the opportunity, the main thing is that he didn't come to provoke me, I have no reason to ......"

Zhen Shaolong explained a big chase.

"Okay."

Smith could only nod his head dejectedly.

Next, Newcastle United played two warm-up games in a row, against Milton Keynes Dons and Bristol Rangers, both opponents have long names, and their tactics are probably to use long names to break the opponent's brain cells and finally win the game.

Zhen Shaolong understands it this way, he forgot about his opponent after he finished the game.

Of course.

It doesn't matter which team the opponent is.

Most of the top league teams, during the preparation period for the warm-up match, will choose the team of the lower league, the best strength difference is relatively large, one team can play easily, the tactical effect can be revealed, the other is victory, more goals, can bring confidence to the whole team.

Newcastle United have won games in a row, scoring a total of seven goals.

Newcastle United's warm-up is still a lot of attention, and many media have come to conduct interviews and watch the game live to judge Newcastle United's preparations.

After the two warm-up games, it can also be summarized.

The best performer was James Milner, who broke down the flanks and created a direct threat to the opposition, as well as a goal and two assists.

This is followed by Michael Owen and Zhen Shaolong.

They both scored twice.

Michael Irving played 80 minutes and has been very active, and the media is starting to expect that Irving can find his old form and try to return to his peak.

Zhen Shaolong played 50 minutes, with an average of one goal in 25 minutes, showing shocking efficiency.

But......

The media's comments on Zhen Shaolong's performance are not all praise, and even criticism and questioning account for more than half, he is incompatible with the entire team, has very little cooperation with his teammates, and is in a state of 'transparent person' for most of the time he plays.

Two goals are also hard to say.

One is to rely on individual ability, scoring from outside the penalty area, and the other is a 'dribbling ball', the opponent's clearance ball hits him and quickly bounces into the goal.

The influential British newspaper The Guardian questioned, "Although Zhen Shaolong scored two goals, the only thing we saw was that his footwork was good." ”

"Of course."

"Last season's Bundesliga and UEFA Cup both broke records of efficient strikers, and his shooting ability is certainly the best in the world, but we need to see that he can quickly integrate into the team in order to have a stable and excellent performance, rather than occasionally shooting on goal and scoring a goal by hard power or luck......"

The comments of the "Daily Mirror" were better, they affirmed Zhen Shaolong's personal strength, "Not everyone can score a goal in that position", and then said, "In the new season, Newcastle Lenovo has achieved good results, and Zhen Shaolong must be integrated into the team as soon as possible, and Owen and Zhen Shaolong must be coordinated." ”

"The two played together for 30 minutes, there was almost no coordination to speak of, and they were strangers to their team-mates."

“……”

The coaching staff of Newcastle United were quite satisfied with the warm-up matches.

Zhen Shaolong's integration is a problem, but he also showed strength, that long-range shot is direct evidence, as for the integration can be slow, the season has not officially started, the team has only just gathered for half a month, as time slowly passes, his performance will definitely get better and better.

The other players did well as well.

Needless to say, Owen and Milner, Smith and Geremi, who have just joined the team, not only support the strength of the midfield, but also make the formation flow smoothly.

That's exactly what Allardyce wants to see.

The satisfaction of the coaching staff does not mean that the players will be satisfied, of course, the players who perform well are nothing, and they will have expectations for the new season, and if they do not perform well, or they will not even have the opportunity to play......

Joey Barton!

Barton was the most dissatisfied, with two warm-up games and no time he was given.

This is also normal.

Joey Barton has only just joined the team, and he has not been in the team for more than a week, and he has staggered the start of tactical training, and he needs to integrate into the team step by step.

Barton didn't think so, "I should be playing!" I'm not here to be a spectator! ”

Barton didn't just say that, he lost his temper in the dressing room, throwing all his clothes on the common table, most of his own, but also Milner's shirt.

Milner picked it up with some annoyance.

The two looked at each other.

Eventually, Milner turned his head in resignation, as if nothing had happened.

The Premier League is about to kick off.

Many media outlets have made teaser reports of the first round, with a focus on the 'Premier League Final Four' matches.

Newcastle United have received less attention as they travel to Bolton Wanderers and there is little to watch in the game, but for any team, playing the first round is a good start, and the coaching staff are preparing for the game a week early.

Zhen Shaolong is also a little looking forward to the first round.

On the evening of the two days before the game, he logged on to Facebook and found many blessings from his friends--

"Come on!"

"Good luck scoring in the first round, I'll watch it live!"

"Surely you can!"

"You're going to succeed in England!"

“……”

Zhen Shaolong looked at the confidence one by one, and felt that his heart was filled with a warm current, and then the long-lost prompt sounded--

"Hint: There is a new system task.

The new season is about to begin, and the host needs to make a 'perfect debut' in the first round.

Objective 1: Score three goals.

Progress: 0/3.

Goal 2: Get boos from 20,000 male fans.

Progress: 0/20000.

Goal 3: Let the other party's 500 female fans have a good impression from the heart.

Progress: 0/500.

(Note: During the mission, the host obtains the special skill "Disarm: Activate.")

"Disarm: Activate": Specify an opponent's target to forcibly activate the effect of the "Disarm" title, which can be used every 30 minutes during the official match. ）

Reward: A little bit of appearance index. ”