Chapter 14 Intra-team Rivalry and Main Battle
At 8 o'clock, everyone gathered routinely to listen to Mourinho's lectures. However, today's remarks are obviously a little different, because tomorrow the new season will officially begin. Mourinho looked at his players and said domineeringly: "Tomorrow the new season starts, although our first game is the day after tomorrow. But I hope that you will be ready for a battle from now on. If anyone is not prepared for this, I can tell you very clearly that the consequences will be very serious. Some people say that a team like Leiria is destined to be a team that hunks in the upper echelons of the league every year, and they are a team that has no big pursuits. I don't know what you think, but in my opinion, Mourinho, it's a shame. I can tell you, my goal is to finish in the top four or even qualify for the Champions League. If someone can't keep up with my pace and goals, then the bench is where he belongs. Does anyone think they can't reach it? ”
After speaking, Mourinho's eyes were full of oppression, scanning the audience. Maybe it was because he was afraid of provoking Mourinho and sat on the cold bench, or maybe he really agreed with Mourinho's goal, Fang Zheng didn't mean to show opposition on the spot. Mourinho nodded and said, "Good. It seems that everyone agrees with my goal. That's good, it shows that we're on the same path. Since everyone agrees, I hope to see people in action, not just talk about it. Well, that's the end of the conversation for now. Disbanded and began to practice separately. Half an hour later, an intra-team game is played, and half time is played. ”
"Yes." After answering the call, everyone disbanded. It wasn't until Mourinho left the training ground and returned to his office that the players on the pitch began to talk. Some people think that Mourinho is an ambitious coach, which is good, after all, footballers will only make a lot of money when they have a good track record. And some just feel that Mourinho is putting on a show, finishing in the top four in the league, or even qualifying for Europe, which has never happened in the history of a small club like Leiria. Lao Lei heard a lot among them, and thought to himself that it seems that the boss's control over this team is not as high as he imagined.
Although Lao Lei has been in the first team for more than a week, he is not too familiar with the first team players because he trains with Brito alone most of the time. Old Lei stood in the middle of them, a little uncomfortable.
At this time, someone patted him on the shoulder behind his back, and Lao Lei turned his head to see that it was the captain Ben Arnold. Ben looked at Old Ray and said kindly: "Lei Ma, why don't you have to train with Brito today?" ”
Lao Lei replied: "Yes." Britto said the training was over for the time being. Because the new season has begun, you need to train with everyone, cultivate a tacit understanding, and prepare for the new season. Just as he was about to reply, an unfriendly voice came from the side, saying: "Just because you, a rookie who can't pass the ball, you still want to play, don't dream." ”
Lao Lei is not a guy who has been told and doesn't talk back, he turned his head and saw a player with long hair, a somewhat handsome appearance, who looked like he was 26 or 7 years old, looking at him with disdain. Lao Lei also immediately shot back: "Yes, I can't play." You're a sissy going to be able to play, and you're looking like an eggless guy. ”
The other party obviously didn't expect the other party to be a rookie and dare to hit him back like this. When he heard what Lao Lei said just now, he laughed a few words, because he was also a player in the back position. And in the past few days, the fool can also see that the head coach seems to be very optimistic about this rough-looking young player, which makes him feel a sense of crisis. Because he was originally a substitute for 10,000 years, he finally waited for Caraba, one of the main backs, to be injured, and he could get the main position he dreamed of. In fact, he has already started to take the opportunity to take the main position, and then the scene of beauties and money rolling in. But Lao Lei's arrival gave him a sense of crisis, but after seeing Lao Lei's bad skills, he put his mind at ease and felt that Lao Lei was just a substitute when he had to do it, and he was a water cooler-style player.
However, Brito's separate special training for Lao Lei made him realize that the head coach was really optimistic about this kid. His sense of uneasiness came back, and he even looked at Lao Lei a little unhappy, and then there was a conversation just now. However, he obviously doesn't know that Lao Lei is a donkey, if you are good to him, that is, everything is easy to discuss, if you treat him badly, he will definitely give you a kick.
The captain Ben saw that the two people were about to clash, so he immediately pulled the person away, and it seemed that he was doing ideological work for him. Lao Lei looked at that person and pouted his lips disdainfully, thinking to himself, what kind of person is it, as if he is so amazing, he actually looks down on himself. Suddenly, I felt someone put my arm around my shoulder, and when I turned my head, I saw that it was the vice-captain Raio, who had shaken hands on the first day.
Laio put his arm around Lao Lei's shoulders and said, "Rookie, don't mind. The man just now was called Silas, and he was born a cheap-mouthed, narrow-minded villain. As a player, you don't have any ability, and you are in the same position. It can be seen that the head coach is very optimistic about you, so he is unhappy and troubles you, he is afraid that his position will be robbed by you. To tell you quietly, I don't like him too, it's like a sissy, disgusting. He winked his little eyes slyly.
Looking at the somewhat funny man in front of him, Lao Lei felt that this was very much to his taste, and immediately started talking with great interest. Soon, the two of them became brothers, and Lao Lei met his first friend in the first team. Laiao also took Lao Lei to meet the rest of the first team and helped Lao Lei integrate into the circle of the first team.
Half an hour later, Mourinho came to the sidelines, blew the whistle with a "beep" and shouted: "Everyone, come and get your vests and start the intra-team match." Lao Lei was assigned the expected yellow vest representing the substitute, but he was still a little unhappy in his heart. At this moment, a somewhat provocative whistle sounded in his ears, and Old Ray looked over and saw that Silas was wearing a yellow vest that represented the main force, looking at himself with disdain, like a big rooster with high toes.
Looking at him, Lao Lei suddenly showed him a big smile, a smile that will be called Satan's smile in the future, thinking in his heart that it seems that he has found me, then don't blame me for being rude, your main position is destined to be mine.
At this time, there was a "ding", and the system's prompt came again, "Mission: Grab the main position of the daring provocateur Silas." Success rewards 10 Soul Points, and failure loses 15 Soul Points. Listening to the prompts of the system, Lao Lei smiled even more happily, and rarely felt that the system was still very considerate.
After the start of the game, the starting team gets the ball first. In the next game, Lao Lei let the players of the first team know their specialness and differences. Lao Lei gave full play to his characteristics, running tirelessly, directly and strongly fighting physically, and some very sad small movements. Due to a temporary discomfort, in the opening period of time, it created the illusion that Lao Lei alone suppressed the midfield of the entire main team. Lao Lei's play also aroused the morale of the substitute team, and for a while, the main force was pressed to start a siege.
The main players were a little dizzy from the onslaught of the substitutes, and it was only a matter of time before they conceded the ball like this. Finally, in the 10th minute, the substitutes scored the first goal of the match. Lao Lei relied on his tough and fast pressing, so that one of the main midfielders was busy making mistakes, and the force of the ball passing was not enough. Lao Lei accelerated to grab the football in front of the main team, and then passed the ball to his team's right winger. The winger is about 5 or 6 meters away from Lao Lei, and this distance is still within Lao Lei's passing range.
After the winger got the ball, he took advantage of the fact that the main team had not had time to form a defense against himself, and with an acceleration, he came to the front of the bottom line penalty area, and then directly raised the ball to his team's striker. A powerful swing of the head, the main goalkeeper Lemato was unable to save, and the ball went straight into the bottom left corner of the goal.
1:0. The substitutes are in front, and the game has only passed 10 minutes. Although it was the striker who scored the goal, everyone couldn't help but bet on Lao Lei. In the first confrontation with his first-team teammates, Lao Lei used this kind of realization to tell them at the beginning that he would be promoted by Mourinho for what he wanted, with a strong body, tireless running, and smart defense.
After the game resumed, the main team also came to their senses and began to speed up the ball to deal with Lao Lei's frantic pressing. But after all, this is not the speed and rhythm they are familiar with, and they are very unaccustomed to fighting. All of a sudden, there was a stalemate. And Mourinho on the sidelines looked at Lao Lei's realization and nodded with satisfaction, this is what he asked Lao Lei to do, and now it seems that Lao Lei is doing well.
Of course, after all, the strength of the main team is obviously higher, and in the twentieth minute, it was finally colored. A series of wonderful combinations were played in the middle, directly penetrating the entire defense of the substitute team, and the main striker Ivan scored with an easy push in the face of an empty goal. Lao Lei has no way to score this goal, he is still a person after all, and there is no way to do it without omissions.
After the main team scored, the morale of the substitute team was obviously not as high as it was just now. Slowly, the main team dominated the field and suppressed the substitutes in their own half. Seeing that his teammates were about to die, Lao Lei decisively opened the Devil Muscle Man skill that had not been used for a long time, and suddenly Lao Lei felt that he had transformed and was full of strength, just like ** had been passed on.
The main team's feelings about this are even clearer, and they feel that Remaier's pressing is more ferocious and swift than in the opening stage. Watching Lao Lei run around rampantly in the field, he didn't slow down at all. The players on the field all looked at the monster with their eyes, and it was too terrifying to look at Lao Lei's physical fitness. After the crazy rush in the opening stage, he can accelerate again after the interruption of the game, and it is not the speed, the force seems to have increased a little, and then suddenly he has no scruples to fight you, as if he is not afraid of injury at all, just like a humanoid tyrannosaurus.
Under the pressure of Lao Lei's intensity, the advantage of the main team was slowly taken back by the substitute side, and the game entered a stalemate again. Due to Lao Lei's own lack of attack power and the overall strength of the substitute side is relatively low, the substitute side cannot score goals. And the main team is also afraid of Lao Lei's pressing, and they don't dare to attack rashly, if the substitute team takes the opportunity to score another goal, it will be a shame. The scene just came to a standstill.
There is no doubt that Lao Lei is the best performer at the moment. He used himself to press and run, smoothing out the advantage of the overall strength of the main force. The people present are all engaged in professional football, of course, I know how much role Lao Lei plays.
Finally, 45 minutes later, the score remained 1:1 until the end of the game, and the main team and the substitutes were tied. After the game, there were more players to talk to Lao Lei. After all, if you have the strength and have a good relationship with the head coach, you will not suffer any loss if you are good friends with this kind of player.
And one of them, Silas, looked at the crowd, looking at the very popular Lao Lei, and felt very unhappy. In the game just now, his performance was completely overshadowed by Lao Lei. Silas felt that the main position he had brought with great difficulty was slowly leaving him.
Lao Lei was talking to others, and Yu Guang also saw the back of Silas leaving in a hurry, and suddenly smiled even more happily, he had already won the first step.
Old Ray looked at Mourinho, who gave him a thumbs up and returned a victor's smile.