The rookie in groping

"Don't underestimate professional football!"

After returning from Preston, Xiao Ming's mind kept echoing in his mind for the next few days.

Although Peters spoke this sentence with disdain in his tone, Xiao Ming was not angry. Like in the business field, he was successful and defeated. If he won, he would naturally be qualified to be arrogant in front of you!

What's more, Xiao Ming is still a standard rookie coach now. If you come out, you have to admit your mistakes and be beaten. Besides, Xiao Ming doesn't want to fight against this coach who is not famous in the future. If it were Moyes, there would be a possibility of teaching him a lesson in the future. Peters would just make him arrogant. I wonder if Peters would write a bestseller "How I Bullying the World Famous Coach" after he becomes famous in the future?

After comforting himself with a lot of energy, Xiao Ming started to be busy with his own affairs.

It doesn’t matter if you fail, the key is to know why you fail, and it doesn’t matter if you lose money. The key is to know why you lose money!

This is Xiao Ming’s motto!

In the next few days, he was thinking about one thing, why did he lose to Peters, who had no bargaining chips, or Moyes!

The players of Leiden Oriental are indeed very capable, at least they are stronger than those of Preston. However, the opponent used extremely targeted tactics to offset the advantages that Leiden Oriental has and expanded its own advantages!

In other words, this failure brought Xiao Ming to thoughts - he really underestimated professional football in the past!

I thought that by relying on the memories of later generations, I could walk in the English-C League side by side with a few future superstars? Is it too underestimated the technical content of professional football? What is professional football? In this circle, everyone who makes a living is professional, and they are specialized in this! Even for the English-C League level players, they are also a high-profile among amateur players! In terms of technical ability, there is not much difference between them and the stars in the top league. The reason why stars become stars is just their technical advantages

Proficiency can be used in high-level confrontation! Just like an ordinary Chinese League Two player who plays football in a high school, even if he is a defender, he can still kill seven in and seven out like Maradona in the game! In the top league, some fancy moves that make fans exclaim and excite, an ordinary professional player can do it on the training ground! But they cannot use it in the most appropriate way in high-intensity confrontation at the most appropriate time!

What exactly is he proud of? Which professional head coach can not get a job after long-term practice or theoretical study? Take Moyes for example. He became Everton's head coach in about 2002, and there are still eight years left before he can play football in these eight years. In other words, he has been studying and practicing for at least five years before he has the ability to coach in the top league!

And this is because Moyes is born with the potential to be a coach! How many ordinary coaches can only coach in the low league for the rest of their lives? What do you have to be proud of?

This defeat, like a basin of cold water, awakened Xiao Ming, letting him know that he was not an excellent coach, but a standard coach rookie who had only played football manager games!

"Alvin, what is the thing a coach has to do? Apart from training players and gathering opponents' intelligence?"

After thinking for a few days, he had no idea. In the next round of league games, Xiao Ming, who was struggling to lead the team to the court, was at a loss on the sidelines again. It was similar to the previous game. Leiden East still failed to win without having the advantage at home. He was tied one by one by Colchester City, and his points fell one by one again.

That night, Xiao Ming asked MacDonald out to meet in a Chinese restaurant and sincerely asked the head coach he had looked down upon before.

The position of football head coach has been ongoing for hundreds of years, so naturally he will have his own set of things, that is, the basic knowledge of being a coach!

Xiao Ming knew nothing about these things. Although he knew a lot of tactics and had visions, he was like a person who was full of calculus formulas but could not even know the simplest addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It was difficult to use what he knew, but he did not know what he wanted at all - full of paradoxes.

Xiao Ming also felt that his current state was really perverted, so he began to humbly ask McDonald for advice.

MacDonald solved the food in front of him like a cloud. The boss didn't have too many opportunities to treat him to dinner, so he had to seize it.

After burping, McDonald thought about it and then gave an answer that made Xiao Ming almost want to beat him up.

"In addition to training players and collecting intelligence, it is to study intelligence and direct the game!" McDonald said in a very affirmative tone.

Nonsense, absolutely nonsense.

Xiao Ming was cursing in his stomach. He was not without researching information or commanding the game. Why did he always feel that he had not done exactly what a coach should do?

Looking at Xiao Ming's gaze that was about to kill, McDonald spread his hands with a wry smile: "Don't look at me, boss, this is what I did when I was a coach, train players, collect intelligence, study intelligence, and then direct the game... The most taught in the coaching course is how to train players, and collect intelligence is another troublesome thing. Now that you leave the training of players and collect intelligence to the people in our coaching team, there are only these two things left."

"And..." McDonald hesitated for a moment: "The basic qualities of being a coach are all known to all coaches, but just like players are good and bad, coaches are excellent and ordinary. What world-class coaches do is not much different from ordinary coaches, but they can always lead the team to win, which is the difference between them and us."

Xiao Ming nodded in contemplation, thinking that McDonald really made sense. Those who learn coaching courses are nothing more than learning some theoretical knowledge. Even the clubs in training players have their own set of methods. To what extent the theory can be applied to, they may become the difference between an excellent coach and a mediocre coach. Just like the difference between a star and an ordinary player, the techniques used are similar, but some people have a greater role on the court than others.

It seems that I have to explore it myself... But it's just British and C anyway, so it's not that important to do it badly. When you advance in the future, you can find a way to dig an excellent coach. That Moyes seems to be very good. If it really doesn't work, dig him first.

Xiao Ming thought helplessly.

After the seventh round of the league, Leiden Oriental ranked fourth in the league, and their next game was the second round of the League Cup. The League Cup was the same. The first two rounds were home and away elimination systems, and the third round was a single-game elimination system. The draw was decided on whose home game. If the draw was tied, the playoffs were played at the home court of another team until the winner was decided. After the semi-finals, it began to become a home and away elimination system (the above are the rules of the 1990s, after entering the 21st century, due to the League Cup

The attractiveness has decreased, so the game system has also been compressed. The first five rounds are single-game elimination system, and there is no play-off. If you draw, you will be in overtime. If you draw, you will play a penalty kick directly. The ticket income obtained in the game is equally divided by the home and away teams. Therefore, many low-level teams hope to play at the opponent's home court after drawing opponents in the Super League, because the income of the Super Team may be equivalent to their ten games. The Notts County team won a lot of ticket income because they challenged Chelsea away in the League Cup game, delayed the fate of bankruptcy. Finally, they resurrected the dead).

The teams participated in the second round were thirty-six teams that passed the first round, plus the teams ranked in the bottom twelve in the Premier League last season (the English League One teams that were promoted last season were ranked last three). A total of 48 teams played the knockout round. Leiden Oriental continued their good luck in the first round and did not meet the Premier League team, but encountered a English League One team, Barnsley.

Although Barnsley is two levels higher than Leiden Oriental, compared with those Premier League teams that have already started participating in the League Cup, this is still a relatively good opponent. After all, although there are many English-C and English-Britain teams who are still in the League Cup, there are not many. Drawing a Class A team is not lucky, but it is not bad.

Barnsley is also a main player who has been in the low-level league for a long time. He has only started playing in the second-level league in the past decade. He has never been relegated, has no chance to upgrade, and has no outstanding players. However, they are still full of confidence when they come to Brisbane Road. After all, the difference between the two levels cannot be made up for casually.

Although Leiden Oriental has performed well in the English C this season and has eliminated a English C team in the first round of the League Cup, Barnsley doesn't care too much about it. Can there be any outstanding players in the English C team?

Then they swallowed a bitter fruit on Brisbane Road, like Blackpin.

Just eleven minutes into the game, Barnsley, who was pressing against the attack, made a wonderful counterattack by Leiden East. After receiving Barack's pass, Jin Clarze got rid of Barnsley's two defenders in one breath and sent out a precise cross. Ward, who was ambushing in the penalty area, pushed a powerful header. Barnsley's goalkeeper Watson was unable to react and the ball entered the net!

Leiden Oriental fans in the stands gave huge cheers. They failed to win two rounds in the league, but led the A-level team at home. This is undoubtedly a shot of stimulant!

Barnsley, who was unbeliever, continued to launch a fierce attack. As a result, before the end of the first half, Leiden East tore open Barnsley's defense after a series of exciting cooperation in the frontcourt. After Barack received a pass from Huckby at the front of the penalty area, no one came to defend him. Barack directly shot a long shot against the ground, and the ball flew into the goal against the left post - 2-0!

Immediately in the second half, Jinklaze took a corner kick, Barack jumped from the front and attracted the opponent's attention. Ward nodded in the back and scored twice, three to zero!

Looking at the players of Leiden East cheering and celebrating, recalling Jin Claze's excellent breakthrough skills in the game, Barack's sweep in the midfield, and the deterrent force in front of Ward's goal, Barnsley's coach almost jumped up in anger.

"Is this a fucking team still the English C team? Can you play three of us and you can also play in the English C team?" Barnsley's head coach thought speechlessly.

The fans of Leiden Oriental are almost crazy about to be happy. This is a team of the League One! They won’t be so happy to beat the League Two team in the League Cup last round. After all, Leiden Oriental was in the League Two last season. His previous performance in the League Two was also good, and it was not surprising that they defeated Blackpin, but this time it was a League One team! Leiden Oriental’s strongest seasons also have to look up to!

But now, Leiden Oriental chopped melons and vegetables and beaten three to zero. I don’t know how relaxed it is!

Even Xiao Ming was a little stunned. Barnsley's overall level is definitely higher than Preston. Even Leiden East is not necessarily better than them overall. After all, Leiden East's players are not tacit enough in cooperation, but such a team seems to have no resistance to lose at the feet of Leiden East. What's going on?

Xiao Ming, who couldn't figure it out after thinking about it, couldn't help but wonder, is it because our strength was already very strong? The two rounds of the league were just accidental?

But the league three days later immediately gave Xiao Ming the idea of ​​luck.

When challenging Carlisle United in the eighth round away, although the players of Leiden Oriental were not inferior to those of the League Cup three days ago, they lost their second game in the British Chronicle. In the first half, the opponent scored two consecutive games through a quick counterattack. Although Jin Klaze used his personal skills to score a point in the second half, he still could not save the situation of Leiden Oriental's defeat.

Now Xiao Ming began to be completely confused, and his young mind suffered a fatal blow. He felt that his outlook on life and values ​​had made huge mistakes. He felt that the world was simply too perverted. He could easily defeat the English League One team but lost to two English League One teams. Is it because I was wrong in understanding the English League system? English League One's level is higher than English League One?

"I have to figure this out!"

After pinching his thigh and reminding himself that he was in the real world rather than a fantasy world, Xiao Ming got into the head coach's office and began to carefully watch the video of the last few games.

There is almost no live broadcast of the British and C League. These videos were taken by the club staff during the game. They are just long-range scenes, not close-ups, let alone close-ups of characters.

After watching the video of the last four games back and forth several times, Xiao Ming did not find anything different. This result made him feel a little discouraged.

Turn off the TV with a "bang", and Xiao Ming began to feel so angry.

Recalling Leiden Oriental's performance in the League Cup and then recalling his performance in these three league games, Xiao Ming shook his head, feeling that it was simply the difference between heaven and hell.

"It's just a team, but when playing with the League One team, the League One team seems to have performed well at all. When playing with the League One team, the League One team is like taking medicine."
Chapter completed!