Chapter 263: Reasons for Like

Xiao Ming lived in a place that was not small, but it was definitely not very big. In the past, he lived in this house alone, so the size was limited. So the final result was that three girls lived in Xiao Ming's house, and Xiao Ming, the owner, was driven out and he would only stay at the Chinese restaurant Daniel's place.

It was only after one o'clock in the morning that Xiao Ming and Daniel walked out of Xiao Ming's house and prepared to go to rest.

The team will be concentrated tomorrow afternoon, and the next thing we will be greeted will be three consecutive league games in a week.

Although the private matters were still a mess, Xiao Ming was still well-organized in command of the team next.

On the afternoon of the 25th, when the team resumed training in a concentrated manner, Xiao Ming was very satisfied with the players' physical condition. Although he had been resting for nearly a week, the players in Leiden East did not seem to have put down their physical exercises, and there was no situation like physical fitness or fatter. Before the holiday, Xiao Ming warned them that if the physical condition of the main players decreases when the team concentrates, then it will be the opportunity for the substitutes.

I only conducted restorative training and some tactical exercises that afternoon and the next morning. I was already very familiar with West Ham United. I met at least twice a season, so there was no need to make any special arrangements.

West Ham United's performance this season is also average. Their current points are 28 points like Leighton East, but they rank tenth because of the goal difference gap, Leighton East is eighth, and the other team among them is Chelsea. With 28 points, the goal difference is three more than West Ham United and ten fewer than Leighton East.

From the current number of goal difference in Leiden Oriental ranks second in the Premier League, second only to Manchester United, it can be seen how bad their luck is - victory is basically a big victory, such as winning nine goals in Watford in two rounds... basically only one loss is lost, the others are tied, and the draws are constantly...

Christmas is over, and luck should be better. Leiden Oriental fans think so.

Leiden East, who is at home, launched an offense from the beginning of the game, while West Ham United shrinks its defense and focuses on defense. In addition, it strengthens its offense. Leiden East remains unbeaten at home this season, with five wins and four draws. For Old Redknapp, they must first gain a foothold in this game without conceding the ball, and then think about how to win...

West Ham United has an important figure on each of the three lines. On the defense is the 21-year-old Leo Ferdinand, the 22-year-old Frank Lampard, and on the forward line is the 31-year-old Italian veteran, Dicanho.

Since transferring to West Ham United in January this year, DiCanho has immediately become the core of West Ham United's offensive line and helped West Ham United to win the sixth place in half a season. Lampard and Ferdinand are rookies trained by West Ham United themselves. Being able to become the core of the team at the age of their early twenties shows how outstanding they are.

Xiao Ming knows this even more. The two men in West Ham United have become popular players in the UK, and after transferring to Chelsea and Manchester United respectively, they have become well-deserved world-class players in their respective positions. They may not be mature enough in their early 20s, but they have reached an extremely high level in their abilities.

West Ham United has ranked very well in recent years and can occasionally enter the European arena, which has a lot to do with their own group of outstanding players, especially with outstanding leaders in each line.

So if you want to defeat West Ham United, you have to deal with these three people first.

Dicanho is a genius, a technical genius. Many people lament that he was born in the wrong place. Even if he was born in Brazil and Argentina, he can become famous all over the world with his skills, but he was born in Italy. Italy is a paradise for super centers and shadow strikers, which is not suitable for players like his type.

So although he played the main players in Italy's Juventus and Lazio, his performance was mediocre. Instead, he rejuvenated his youth after coming to England. He scored more than ten goals in a season on both the Celtics and Xie Wednesday, which is a feat he has never achieved in the Serie A field.

His good form has continued at the beginning of this season, and he has scored seven goals in the league so far, which is the highest single-season goal rate for him so far.

Dicanho is not a traditional shooter. He has a large range of activities and is not fast. However, his consciousness is quite outstanding, his imagination is wild, and he can always score some incredible goals and passes. Therefore, it is not appropriate for such a forward to use someone to stare at him, because he may appear anywhere, but the defensive player cannot run with him.

So the way Xiao Ming used to deal with him is regional defense - everyone has his own responsibility. Wherever Dicanho goes, the defensive players in this area will be guarded by him, and others help him fill up the position to curb Dicanho's running and offense. In the midfield, Lampard lets the organization and only stops his long shots - Lampard is not an organizational front midfielder, his type is a bit similar to Nedved, with active running, strong physically, large range of movement, and a long shot. The organization of West Ham United is basically completed by Steve Lomas, the Northern Ireland midfielder behind Lampard, oppressing Lomas and let Lampard do organizational work that he is not good at.

As for dealing with Ferdinand, it is a bit troublesome. This guy has all the qualities of a super central defender, but no matter how outstanding he is, he is just a person. Fanny is enough for him to be troubled, not to mention that there is a Phillips who is more slippery than Loach. Ferdinand is good at confrontation head-on, and both forwards of Leiden East are both point-catching, and as long as he seizes one opportunity, he can form a decisive kill.

Today, Xiao Ming sent Boban in the midfield. The Croatian veteran was in good health recently, while Gerald appeared in the right forward position. Although he was the right forward, he was more active in the middle to help Boban and protect Boban behind him. Xiao Ming consciously cultivated Gerald's comprehensiveness, while the virtual right forward can better play Daniel's assist ability, allowing one more person in the midfield.

Why does the formation in modern football appear to be more compact and faster? You should know that there are only eleven people in the football game, but no matter which team covers a lot more stadium area than before, it is because it emphasizes the increase in midfield players, weakens the ability of the wing forward and increases the role of the full-back in offense. When an excellent full-back attacks, he goes to the opponent's penalty area and defends, he goes to the penalty area of ​​his own. It is not that they are super physically capable, and one person is used as two people, but because other players are helping him. Each person shares more responsibility, and the number of players on the field will appear a little more.

In the future, most of the giants will have one or two outstanding players who can play two positions. They only need to do well in these two positions. Other trivial matters can help. As the personal abilities between players get closer and closer, tactics and how to maximize their characteristics become important factors in whether they can win frequently.

Many people in later generations lamented that this is an era where there are no real superstars. Xiao Ming felt that rather than saying that there is no real superstar, the difference in ability between ordinary stars and superstars is constantly narrowing. People always miss the past and think that some stars who have left are the best. However, the world is improving after all, just as various world records are always broken. People's physical fitness is getting better and better, and the level of being able to perform is getting higher and higher. In football, people believe that there is no real superstar, but football cannot divide it with the same visible data as track and field sports records.

For example, when an athlete runs at a speed of 0:1 second faster than the world record, we can shout that he is better than XX in history. Even a loyal admirer of XX cannot deny this. Football is different. The comparison between the two players is quite meaningless. Maradona in 1986 was the best, Romario in 1994 was the best, Ronaldo in 1997 was the best, Zidane in 1998 was the best-but the comparison between these best is indistinguishable.

High and low, because football cannot be measured by cold data, just like evaluating artworks, you cannot say that "Shawshank Redemption" is definitely better than "Forrest Gump". There are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people. Even if they are two players of the same era, you cannot say that Zidane is definitely better than Ronaldo or Ronaldo is definitely better than Zidane, let alone the comparison between Ronaldo and Maradona. Zhang Fei can only play all over the sky when he beats Yue Fei, and there is no meaning except wasting saliva.

These three core players of West Ham United are obviously stars, but there is still a certain gap with the real superstars. Under Leiden Oriental's targeted tactics, their performance in this game can only be considered average.

Dicanho will encounter a close-fitting defender wherever he is. Lampard dribbled a lot, but he did not create several opportunities for long shots. Ferdinand grabbed a lot of headers, but Leiden East focused more of the offense on the ground in this game.

In the 23rd minute of the first half, Leiden East's offense finally scored a goal without having an absolute advantage.

After Jinklaze broke through the opponent's defense beautifully on the left, the defenders of West Ham United were focusing on guarding the two forwards of Leiden East, but ignored Gerald who was assisting from behind. Jinklaze's pass passed everyone in the penalty area and fell to the back point. Gerald headed the ball without hesitation and pushed the ball into the goal in front of him.

After leading with one goal, Leiden East played more easily. They played in the most effort--using way to play with the skillful cooperation of the midfield and constantly used the opponent's fighting spirit.

Xiao Ming sat in the coach's seat as steady as Mount Tai. He occasionally stood up and shouted in the field. Because the weather was cold and it had just snowed two days ago, Xiao Ming wore a black Armani windbreaker. He looked really young and promising and extraordinary on the sidelines.

Xiao Ming was also very satisfied with his image. No wonder Mourinho always wore an Armani windbreaker when the weather was cold. His commanding actions were indeed very handsome. Although Mourinho only wore this windbreaker because this was the windbreaker his wife bought for him when she first went to Italy, if she was not so arrogant, he probably wouldn't wear it often.

Sorry, Mr. Mourinho, I will borrow your image first. Anyway, many people are wearing Armani's coat, so I'm not considered plagiarism...

Jessica in the box held her chin, and in addition to watching the game, she also looked at Xiao Ming occasionally. Britney was different. Her eyes were basically on Daniel.

Men watch football to watch games, women watch football to watch handsome guys - at least a considerable number of people are like this.

The first half ended, and Leiden East entered the halftime break with a score of 1-0. Xiao Ming stood up and slapped the players who left the field one by one, asking them to go back to the locker room as soon as possible. The last one walked into the player's passage.

Fans on both sides of the player passage applauded at the player passage, and each player was warmly welcomed, while Xiao Ming received more welcome...

Xiao Ming likes this feeling. He not only wants to be a head coach to enjoy this feeling. In the Premier League, fans only know that the head coach does not know who the club chairman is. For example, many Manchester United fans do not know that the name of the Manchester United president is Edwards, or even if they know, they don’t care. In their minds, there is only one real host for Manchester United, that is, their head coach. From Busby to Ferguson, a senior Manchester United fan can tell the names of previous head coaches as they know, but they will never know who the previous chairman is.

It is precisely because of this reason that Xiao Ming is unwilling to be just one chairman. He worked hard to make money for this team, buy good players, poach future superstars, and build a stadium. It is not a voluntary labor. If others are allowed to be the head coach, then all the cheers are given to the head coach. Only when paying the money will you think of the chairman. The club he set up will not make much money, but you don’t know how much subsidy it has been. People pursue nothing but fame or profit. He no longer seeks profit. If he lets go, then Xiao Ming can ascend in the day and stop eating the fireworks of the world.

Why? I brought everything to Leiden Oriental. I just wanted to enjoy everyone's love and cheers. Is this too much? Why should I find a head coach with a high personality to steal my limelight? This club belongs to me, and no one can be the boss in this club, except me.

Xiao Ming waved to the stands on both sides and walked into the players' passage.

Jessica's eyes followed Xiao Ming until Xiao Ming's figure disappeared in the player channel before she looked back. When she turned around, she saw Britney looking at her ambiguously smiling, and her face turned red.

"I've always wondered why you haven't become popular yet." Britney looked at Jessica and sighed, "Actually you are really beautiful."

"Maybe it's because I can't sing or dance." Jessica shrugged. In fact, she just chose an actor as her job, so she didn't care much about some things...

"What's that? I can't act, I can only sing." Britney laughed, and Jessica laughed. Indeed, Jessica has starred in several movies at least, but Britney has only held concerts - although the latter is even more difficult.

"Are you really attracted to football? Or did you fall in love with Daniel?" Jessica suddenly asked Britney a question.

Britney was stunned for a moment, then frowned and thought for a while, shook her head: "I don't know... Xiao asked me to help him sing their team songs. I like this song very much, and I also became interested in football. Daniel's people also made me interested... Maybe it started at the same time. What about you?" Britney asked Jessica in turn.

"What's wrong with me?" Jessica was stunned.

"How did you become interested in that man?" Britney said narrowly.

When the game ended, Brisbane Road Stadium gave a tide of cheers. The fans of Leiden Oriental were very happy. Their team once again defeated West Ham United, which had always been in front of them at home, and won the East London derby. Since Leiden Oriental entered the Premier League, they have fought with West Ham United three times, two wins and one draw. This result seems to indicate that the boss in the East London area will change positions.

Xiao Ming spread his arms and stood in the coach's seat, accepting the cheers and worship of the fans of Leiden Oriental around him. He was sure that he really liked this feeling. Although coaching the club may be just a game for him, in this game, the people who interacted with him were living people! Instead of data! Is there any more attractive games in the world than this?

This feeling alone is enough to make Xiao Ming invest huge amounts of money in this and have no regrets.

He believed that as long as he was a fan and had the ability, he would definitely like this game, just as why the cmfm game was so long-lasting, but those players were playing data and familiar names, while he was playing living people.

Jessica looked at Xiao Ming, who was standing there and became the focus of everyone, and tapped her chin.
Chapter completed!