Chapter 56 - Chapter 57 The First Christmas
After returning from Liverpool, the atmosphere on the training ground seemed a bit dull. Although losing to a team like Liverpool is not a shame, for players like Leiden Oriental who have just debuted and have been in the low league for a long time, after entering the top 16 of the League Cup, the attention they received suddenly became much stronger, which made the players feel a sense of pride. However, after being eliminated by Liverpool, this wonderful life ended, and the strong contrast between the front and back made everyone feel a little uncomfortable.
Although Beckham and Carl, two players who have seen big scenes, think losing to Liverpool is not a shame, but losing is depressing after all, not to mention that Beckham's club Manchester United and Carl's club Tottenham's club Tottenham and Liverpool are not very good...
Xiao Ming, who is good at boosting the morale of players, naturally won't miss this opportunity - do you want to continue like this? Do you want to enjoy the days of living in the spotlight? Then work hard. After you get promoted to the Premier League, you will often live in such days. Before you get promoted to the Premier League, it is easy to relive such old dreams. Do you perform better in the cup, enter the semi-finals, or something, eliminate the Premier League team, and you will be sure to enjoy this feeling again.
MacDonald was so impressed by Xiao Ming that he had lost the game. He found a positive side in the loss and successfully boosted the morale of the team. Looking at the players who were obviously active on the training ground, MacDonald began to feel that Xiao Ming was born to be a guy who could be fascinating.
The matches of Leiden Oriental in the following days can be described as smooth sailing. The tacit understanding of the defense line has gradually formed, and Leiden Oriental has almost no opponent in Ying Cli. In addition, they have seen big scenes at Anfield, and they are naturally full of confidence when facing Ying Cli's opponents.
From the end of the fourth round of the League Cup and until the arrival of Christmas, all five games, including four league games and one FA Cup first round, Leiden Oriental won all!
After the twenty-four rounds of the league, Leiden East ranked first with 53 points. Although not many of them were ahead of the second and third places Carlisle United and Vallesal, only three-pointers and four-pointers, anyone with discerning eyes could see that Leiden East is getting better and better now. When they lead in the league, it will be difficult to catch up with them.
There was a short rest period after the 24th round of the league. Although the English League is the only league among the top five leagues that does not have a winter break, there are still a few days to rest before Christmas. Xiao Ming gave all the staff and players a holiday and gave them a few days to rest.
All the local players in England went home to rest, but only Jin Kraze and Barack's homes were far away, so Xiao Ming simply invited them to visit his home. This was also a good opportunity to narrow the relationship with the players. Although Xiao Ming thought about it, he really liked the two midfielders under his command.
The apartments where Barack and Jinklaze live are already close together, so they came with gifts on Christmas night. The two kids are still bachelors. Xiao Ming didn't know if they ran to central London to play wild food when they were free of their time, but at this time they obviously came alone.
Xiao Ming is also a bachelor, a standard Wang Laowu. He had asked a Chinese restaurant to bring him a table of dishes. The Chinese restaurants opened in London are of course a combination of Chinese and Western food. In addition to some traditional Chinese food, there are also things like turkey. Under Xiao Ming's special request, it also includes German sauerkraut sausage and a dish called "Polaofu". It is known as a famous Georgian dish. It is made of beef, rice, carrots, foie gras and other things. Xiao Ming looks like Chinese glutinous rice dumplings, but the ingredients used are much more expensive.
However, after seeing this dish, Jin Kraze looked at Xiao Ming with a very strange look, and then said: "Boss, this dish was eaten on Valentine's Day, and it was for two people to enjoy it at the same time..."
Xiao Ming sweated a lot, then yelled: "This... I don't know the dietary traditions of Georgia. Anyway, Christmas should be edible... What I eat at this time is not food, but loneliness, loneliness after leaving home. There is a saying in China that I miss my family more during festivals, that is, when people are outside, they miss their relatives more every time they celebrate the festival. If you can eat special dishes from your hometown at this time, your loneliness will be relieved."
After hearing the words, two young people who were far away from their hometown sighed. When they saw Xiao Ming preparing food for them, the two young people who were not mature enough almost burst into gratitude to Xiao Ming. After all, even if they are mature, Jin Kraze is only twenty-one years old, and Barack is only seventeen years old. For players, sometimes homesickness can even affect their careers. Although Xiao Ming's behavior is inconspicuous, it brings them an incomparable warmth and a sense of being valued.
"Okay, let's have a happy Christmas! This is your first Christmas in England, and it is also the first Christmas after I became the chairman of Leiden Oriental!" Xiao Ming smiled and said to the two players with gratitude: "This is only the first time. We still have the future. When we celebrate Christmas next year, we will be the English League Two team, the next year will be the English League One, and the next year will be the Premier League! With you two, it will be natural for us to achieve any results we have!"
Xiao Ming's words were filled with a magnificent spirit, and the two young players were excited. Seeing Xiao Ming raise the wine glass, Jin Kraze and Barack also raised the wine glass at the same time. Although there were only three people, although they were still only the British-Central players, at this moment, they felt that their days of becoming super stars would not be too far away, and Leiden East would not be too far away as a super team.
"Drink and drink, let's go out for fun after drinking."
After three rounds of drinking, Xiao Ming had almost finished drinking, and he didn't have the airs of the chairman and head coach. He patted Barack and Jinklaze on the shoulders and shouted: "Don't think I don't know that you two guys often go out to play. I am a boss who is miserable. If you want to make money, you have to lead the team to play games. You don't have much time to play. Anyway, we are not a celebrity now. You have to seize it if you have the chance. After becoming famous in the future, you have to sneak into anything you want to do!"
Jinklaze and Barak were sweating in a cold sweat when they heard this. They felt that if this continued, they would be ruined by this evil boss...
After Christmas, Leiden Oriental has some unstoppable momentum in the English League C.
People who originally thought that after a few days of Christmas, the good state that Leiden Oriental has recently demonstrated will be interrupted. People who found that these few days of rest did not seem to have any impact on Leiden Oriental. Instead, they began to show their might in the league as if they had accumulated enough strength in these days.
In the 25th round of the league, Leiden Oriental easily defeated Darlington 3-0 at home, and in the 26th round, he defeated Rochedale 2-0 away. In the 27th round, facing Scarborough who once tied himself, Leiden Oriental completed a bloodbath at home. The five-to-one score made the cheers over the Brisbane Road stadium never stop. Beckham's wonderful direct free kick in the 31st minute even made the reporters present exclaim - this direct free kick at the top league level!
In the second round of the FA Cup, Leiden Oriental also easily defeated Darlington, a team of the same level, and easily advanced to the next round.
The successive victory made the fans of Leiden East crazy and attracted many fans from the area around Walthamstoy to watch the game. Starting before Christmas, Brisbane Road stadiums were full, and more than 10,000 people were poured into the stadium in each game. Although the Brisbane Road stadium had a capacity of only more than 9,000 people, they were all seats, and there were still many station tickets for sale, but the stadium's attendance rate was not that hot before.
In the 28th round of the league, Leiden Oriental once again defeated Northampton at home, which was Leiden Oriental's tenth consecutive victory in the league and the longest winning streak in the club's history. The biggest contributor in this game was Beckham, who first used long passes to help Hackby and Jinklaze score goals twice, and then scored an extremely exciting direct free kick before the end of the game, locking the score at 3-1.
Seeing Beckham's performance getting better and better, many female fans watching the game on the spot were probably attracted by Beckham. Xiao Ming was both happy and worried. Of course, he was happy because there was a player like Beckham who had a good long pass like a player, so there was basically no need to worry about anything in the league. Even in the FA Cup, as long as you are lucky, there would not be too big problems to rush to the final stage. The reason for worry is very simple. Such days will not last too long...
When Xiao Ming returned home with a slightly melancholy mood, he was about to check what was happening with Microsoft's stock now and see how much his property had increased, the phone at home suddenly rang.
Xiao Ming blinked his eyes. He didn't have any communication equipment on him now. His mobile phone is still the same brick-shaped big brother, and it is not very convenient to use. Besides, he either stays in the club or observes the situation on the stock exchange. It is useless to ask for a mobile phone. When he is at home, basically no one calls him, which makes him almost forget that there is still a phone at home.
He picked up the phone curiously, and a voice with a strong Scottish accent came from the other end of the phone: "Xiao?"
Feeling that the voice was very strange, Xiao Ming replied: "I am Xiao, you are..."
"It's really hard to find you. I'm Alex Ferguson." The person with a Scottish accent opposite replied.
Xiao Ming almost shouted "Sir Ferguson". Later, he remembered that Ferguson had not been awarded a medal yet and changed his words: "Ah, is it Mr. Ferguson? It's my honor to receive your call." Xiao Ming's words were not polite, but Ferguson now has indeed begun to move towards the championship coach who has won numerous honors.
Ferguson laughed a few times on the phone before saying, "Actually, I'm here to thank you today."
"Thank me?" Xiao Ming was stunned. He could be said to be incompatible with Ferguson. On the surface, he was the boss of a club. Ferguson was just a head coach, but Ferguson, the head coach, is a person who can mobilize tens of millions of pounds in the transfer market every season. What about his boss? All his wealth is just this number. It was only after making a fortune in the 94 World Cup.
"I'm paying attention to the game in Leiden East during this period." Ferguson's words scared Xiao Ming. What did Ferguson do when watching the British and C team games? Even if he didn't watch the game on the spot, at least he had sent someone to record the game to watch. After thinking about it, Xiao Ming figured it out that Ferguson must be paying attention to Beckham's performance.
Ferguson's next sentence proved Xiao Ming's guess: "Your use of David was beyond my expectations... I originally thought that even if David went to the British and C team, he might not have a very stable chance of playing, because his speed was not fast, but you used him very well... I directly passed the forward in the backcourt, and I didn't expect his role on the court."
Xiao Ming sweated for a while, but in fact this was not his original work at all. After Beckham transferred to Real Madrid in history, Real Madrid had Figo, the best right-hand attacking player in the world. In order to arrange the two right forwards to play at the same time, Real Madrid's head coach Queros came up with a solution. Beckham was placed in the midfield most of the time. As a result, his running ability and accurate long passes were performed quite well in this position, allowing the world to discover his other side.
"I've been confused about one thing, that is, whether a wing forward like David can perform better than Keith (Gillespie) and Andre (Kancherski). Although his crosses are accurate, his speed is not fast enough to make him unable to tear the opponent's defense with his personal dribbling like Andre and others. The new ideas that you use him remind me of, so I feel it is necessary to say thank you to you." Ferguson continued.
"You're welcome, Mr. Ferguson, a player like David has such talent." Xiao Ming said politely, but his heart was bleeding - thank you for being a bird for help, he worked hard to make a wedding dress for Ferguson...
"After that, after I noticed the performance of Leiden East during this period, I found that there are really some very outstanding players in your team." Ferguson said with unsatisfactory feelings. Maybe he was in a good mood and actually had a conversation with Xiao Ming: "Kin Kraze and Barack both performed very well. They are not players who should live in the English Bingli. If it weren't for Ryan (Gigs) and Roy (Kean), I would really want to buy them."
Xiao Ming was sweating again. If Manchester United wanted to poach his people now, he would really not have any ability to resist. Not to mention Manchester United's financial resources, just talk about their current appeal. I believe that even if Jin Kraze and Barack are loyal to Leiden East, they will immediately choose to transfer.
After chatting for a few more words, Xiao Ming hung up the phone. Today Ferguson called him without any special intention, but it brought a huge sense of crisis to Xiao Ming. He began to feel that even if he used his memories from later generations to dig up many future superstars, he would be poached by other wealthy families. If this scene didn't happen, the team had to become stronger, at least as a super player, he could withstand the attack of the giants!
Chapter completed!