Zhen Shaolong drove a sports car to the club, and when he arrived at the door, he specially asked the security guard to register the 'beloved sports car', so that he could enter and exit without saying hello in the future.

After that, it will enter the training state normally.

The big win over Bolton Wanderers in the first round made the atmosphere in Newcastle United very relaxed, but the competition between the players was still very tense, especially in the forward position, Zhen Shaolong scored four goals in a game, and his excellent performance made the other forwards very sad.

Whether it's luck or quality, it's amazing to score four goals.

Martins, Viduka and Owen all feel that as long as Zhen Shaolong integrates into the team normally, it is certain that he will lock in a main position.

Then there is only one remaining position.

Viduka doesn't care.

Even if there is no Zhen Shaolong, he will not be able to compete with Owen and Martins, he will definitely be a substitute for the striker, since they are already substitutes, it seems that it is not a big deal to have one more competitor to lock the main position.

The other position in the forward line seems to be the rivalry between Owen and Martins.

Both Owen and Martins are technical forwards, with Martins having the advantage of being physically strong and impactful, while Owen has the advantage of being technically good at his feet and being more efficient in the past.

Owen also has the advantage of fame and influence.

If Owen and Martins have the same performance, don't think that the two have an 'equal' chance.

That's impossible.

Anyone in the team knows very well that in the case of similar performance, Owen will definitely be the absolute main force, Martins can only be reduced to a substitute, and the seemingly unequal treatment is also a matter of course, Owen is an English player and is very influential among fans.

Martins is just an expatriate player.

The English club will certainly take care of England's stars, and Owen's commercial influence is much greater than Martins', and neither of them is qualified to 'compete on an equal footing' in any way.

This seems like a sad reality.

Of course.

Many teammates are still optimistic about Martins, the main Irving has been injured for a long time, and no one knows whether he will be injured in the next game?

Martins is a little confident in the competition with Irving, but he also has his own judgment, and he believes that the biggest competitor is not Irving, but Viduka, for a simple reason: Viduka is a high school forward.

Owen is 173cm tall and Martins is 170cm tall, neither of them is the kind of player with air superiority, and Zhen Shaolong's height of less than 180 will definitely be counted in the range of 'technical'.

Technical players must find a high striker to work with.

If it were Martins himself, he would also think it would be better to work with Viduka, who would be able to attract enough defensive attention with him up front.

The reality of this kind of intra-team competition has also made Martins and Owen very capable of training, hoping to get more opportunities to play through serious performance.

When the competitors are working hard, Zhen Shaolong seems to have become the 'least serious' one, and his training performance is definitely not good.

For example, recovery training is maintained at a midstream level for a long time.

For example, the tactical formation training is a bit backward, and he behaves like a newcomer to the youth team.

This is Zhen Shaolong's flaw.

The Newcastle United coaching staff attaches great importance to the integration of Zhen Shaolong into the team, and Cavro continues to be Zhen Shaolong's 'exclusive coach', the club's only fitness coach, and constantly pays attention to Zhen Shaolong's training on the sidelines, in order for him to maintain his best condition as quickly as possible.

Zhen Shaolong felt a little awkward, in the St. Pauli team, he was recognized as the leading scorer, and the players who affected St. Pauli's results have not been treated like this.

The attention of the dedicated physical trainer is also slightly acceptable, and the other party is not targeting him as a player, Owen, Smith, Taylor and others are also in the ranks of attention.

Cavro's long-term personal guidance is different.

Cavro is the 'number one assistant coach', the first assistant to Allardyce and is dedicated to coaching his training, which is really ......

"Why does this guy nag all the time?"

Yes.

Zhen Shaolong's feeling is not good, he is not resistant to tactical training, but he is a little resistant to Cavro's guidance, the other party is like guiding a newcomer, 'forced' to say, "It's not right to run this way!"

"Should run over there!"

"We also have to have areas up front, your position is on the right side, and if you run to the left, you can crowd your teammates' positions and make them easy to defend ......"

Zhen Shaolong's head was big when he heard it.

Cavro's statement is true for the average striker, everyone will be divided into a general area of movement, and the two strikers will naturally be divided into left and right, but it is only a general situation, and it is different for the top strikers.

Zhen Shaolong's experience is that when he runs in a fixed area, it is easy to be restricted by the opposing defenders, and it is difficult to receive passes from teammates.

Two ways --

One is that the whole team is good enough to use dazzling coordination to be able to play well in fixed areas.

The other is a simple, rough play.

For example, a high school striker is standing in the penalty area, and his teammates hoist the ball over, and if he is in a good position, he can find an opportunity.

Zhen Shaolong does not meet either, he will be strictly restricted by the opponent on the playing field, and he does not have amazing technical ability.

So what Cavro said was only theory, and it didn't mean much to the real game.

The essential......

Cavro said it clearly, as if according to him, he was able to find opportunities in a row and score goals in a row.

"This guy is an academic!"

"No wonder...... I can only be an assistant coach all the time......"

Of course.

Cavro's guidance still has a little effect, for example, Zhen Shaolong has a certain understanding of the team's style, style of play, and rhythm control, and some of the midfield routines are also introduced in detail.

There is still some help.

When it was time to be free, Zhen Shaolong felt more comfortable, and then he encountered a headache.

"I'm training with partner Zhen!" Smith was the first to speak.

"I'm coming!"

Joey Button stepped on the football and glared at Smith and said, "I have decided, from today onwards, Zhen Shaolong will be my boss, and I will train with the boss!"

"Boss? Haha, have you become stupid, Zhen Shaolong is your boss? Haha......"

Joey Barton continued to glare at Smith, "I'm going to train with Zhen anyway!"

“……”

Zhen Shaolong didn't expect that finding a partner to practice passing would also cause conflicts and contradictions, so he could only wave his hand at the two, and then kicked the ball to Milner, "Practice passing together!"

Milner passively accepted.

In the following training, Milner was glared at by two pairs of eyes, neither of which he could afford to offend, and he trembled and made consecutive mistakes.

Zhen Shaolong was a little sympathetic to Milner, and began to educate in the process, "You have to be strong." You're two years older than me, aren't you? Why are you so afraid of Alain? ”

"I can see that."

"Maybe something should be done to give you more courage...... Like, you're going to beat that guy? ”

"You're strong, he's not necessarily an opponent!"

"What is my idea?"

Milner seemed to think it carefully, then shook his head, "I never fight. ”

Zhen Shaolong was a little helpless.

A week later.

The second round of the Premier League kicked off, and Newcastle United sat at home to Aston Villa.

The final score was 3-2.

Newcastle United won the game, but the process was still relatively difficult, Aston Villa performed very well, completing two goals in the first half, Newcastle United came from behind, and only in the final time, relying on Owen's goal, completed the stunner to beat the opponent.

Zhen Shaolong scored a goal, and his performance can only be described as steady.

After the game, in the media coverage of the game, there was some controversy about Zhen Shaolong's performance, and some media analyzed that Zhen Shaolong's performance was not bad, he successfully attracted defensive attention and liberated Owen's position, so that Owen could score.

Zhen Shaolong also scored a goal, and his ability to seize opportunities was quite good.

A lot of media believe that Zhen Shaolong has not yet integrated into the team, lacks tacit understanding with his teammates in the game, and does not retreat many times, in addition, he almost does not participate in defense, and there is no use for other times, most of the time can only act as a 'glass man', Newcastle United seems to have one less person to play.

Wait a minute.

Taken together, Zhen Shaolong scored a goal, which seems to be nothing.

In the camp that is not optimistic about Zhen Shaolong, it is worth mentioning that after analyzing Zhen Shaolong's performance and the role of the entire team, he made a 'prediction' judgment, "He has been unable to integrate into the team for a long time, and he has no role in the game for a long time, and his performance may become worse and worse in the future......"

'The competition in the Premier League is very fierce, a player can't even adapt to the team, and even more so he can't adapt to the game, maybe he scores goals just because the opponent doesn't know ...... yet'

Roughly speaking, Zhen Shaolong can score because the opponent doesn't understand.

As long as other Premier League teams know how to defend him, his shortcomings that are not suitable for the team and the style of the Premier League will be exposed to the maximum, and the performance will become very poor at that time.

If you just read the report, Zhen Shaolong seems to be suffering from a 'goal drought' in front of him, and even said that he may immediately become a 'dispensable' player, and he will not be able to play a few times in future games.

But in fact, no one in the Newcastle United team thinks that Zhen Shaolong's performance is poor.

Owen felt it firsthand.

When partnering Martins, he is the first defender to defend against; When partnering with Zhen Shaolong, the opponent's defender gives priority to Zhen Shaolong.

So he felt relaxed and took the opportunity to score the winning goal.

Owen also thanked Zhen Shaolong for this, "You attracted enough defense, thank you, you have the credit for that goal." ”

This is the initiative to release friendly.

Zhen Shaolong nodded and smiled, "Actually, I don't want to be defended either...... I wish they were all going to defend you. ”

"Haha......"

The two made a little joke, and then they talked about life easily, and Owen talked about investing in the horse farm, and he would invite him to go around the horse farm when he had time.

"There are already a few good horses, running fast, I'm practising horseback riding, and I plan to participate in the Marseille in the future. Maybe you can try it too. ”

"Horseback riding?"

"yes, that's good casualness."

I don't know why, Zhen Shaolong suddenly remembered Claudio, when she was half-lying at night, there was indeed a kind of horseback riding......

Ahem.

"Well, thanks, I'm also interested in horseback riding." Zhen Shaolong agreed sincerely.

The day before the next round, Zhen Shaolong received an offer.

Not Owen.

Rather, from Flora.

Zhen Shaolong knew her name and knew that he was Ashley's daughter, and Flora invited him to visit University College London after the next round.

"Is this a date?"

Zhen Shaolong felt weird, and immediately planned to refuse, he was not in the mood to date the little girl, even if the object was Flora, who had a meeting experience, had a good sense, and had a rich father.

He immediately found a reason to refuse, "I'm sorry, the players can't leave the team without permission after the team game, I'm going back to Newcastle that night......" Fupin Chinese