Chapter 144: The second time

After the first round of the League One, Leiden Oriental, which defeated its opponent three goals at home, showed strong strength, and the favorites also performed very well. The three relegated teams, Nottingham Forest, Middlesbrough and Charlton, all won. The performance of several strong teams last season was not bad. Wolves and Sheffield both defeated their opponents. The only bad situation was Manchester City, who were tied by the middle and lower-level team Luton. It seems that this team with the most fans in Manchester will take a long time to return to the Premier League.

Compared with the Premier League, the League One is just a side dish. Everyone's attention is focused on the Premier League. The Premier League, which started a day later than the League One, immediately showed a gripping excitement.

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur two away goals, and Sheringham scored his first official goal at Manchester United. Although the goal was also scored at White Hart Lane Stadium, the fans of Tottenham did not cheer after the goal, because their former hero scored the goal to Tottenham.

Manchester United only won two goals, but still ranked first in the standings. There was no win in the first round of the Premier League. Newcastle defeated Sheikh only 2-1 at home on Wednesday. Arsenal was tied by Leeds United 1-1 away. Chelsea was shockingly lost to Coventry 2-3 away. Hackby, who transferred from Leiden East to Coventry, shining brightly. He and Dabrin teamed up to score all three goals, and everyone was exclaiming - another new star is about to rise!

Seeing this news, Xiao Ming just smiled. The young man in his mind who had been drunk on the street because he couldn't play the main player, and sincerely said to himself, "I will never drink anymore, boss." He has gradually faded away. From the day he decided to leave the team, Xiao Ming has already let him go. Now Hakbi is just an ordinary Premier League player to him. What he sees is Hakbi who appears in the flash and TV screens, and he is no longer the flesh-and-blood Hakbi who has lived under his nose for three years.

Not only him, all the players who left Leiden East have become NPCs in his mind. The shy and quiet Solskjaer has become Manchester United scorer Solskjaer, the coquettish Pobosky has become an old man who always frowns on the Manchester United bench, and Jiwen has become Newcastle goalkeeper, no longer the troublemaker who runs out with Brin every day to drink beer, and tries to avoid his own tricks...

"It's over. I didn't seem to care enough about the players before..." Xiao Ming thought for a moment, remembering the newspaper reports that Ferguson pulled Giggs home in a nightclub, and called him to scold him after Keane bets. After Beckham and Victoria got married, he said: "Give me two bullets, Wenger and Victoria one." He also felt that this old Scotland man was simply a model of meddling in other people's business, but after he became the head coach, he deeply felt the pain of the young people he had trained to start to be disobedient.

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming put aside his slightly melancholy mood and continued to watch the news about the Premier League.

The three newly promoted teams performed well. In addition to Barnsley's loss to West Ham United, Crystal Palace defeated Everton 2-1 away, and Bolton also defeated Southampton with one goal away. Just looking at their performance in the first round, you will never believe that the three relegated teams this season are these three newly promoted teams.

After reading the news of this round of Premier League, Xiao Ming put down the newspaper. It seems that Wenger's transformation of Arsenal is not a success, but they only started sprinting this season in the second half of the season, and it is not that easy to change the habits of a team.

Wenger and Ferguson's ten-year battle has officially begun. I am still a bystander now, and there is still a long way to go to participate.

His team has a group of talented and potential players, but as I said after the warm-up match against Tottenham, these young people from Leiden East are all geniuses, but if there is no suitable soil, geniuses can only die in the middle.

Xiao Ming felt heartbroken when he remembered what Huckby said when he left. If young players like Keane, Davis, Johnson and Upson choose to leave because they don’t get enough opportunities to play, Xiao Ming felt even more heartbroken.

Last season, due to the number of games and the number of people being small, each player has no shortage of chances to play, so no one is dissatisfied. There are a lot more people who can play this season, and there are no League Cup games, so the pressure on the game has been reduced a lot. In addition to the results, I also have to consider giving most players the opportunity to play.

Of course, it is impossible to satisfy everyone, and it is impossible for people to please everyone, but those players who value it particularly now but cannot get the main players for the time being, giving them enough opportunities to play is also the next topic.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming took a deep breath. The longer he worked as a coach, the more he felt how difficult it was to do this industry. In the past, Xiao Ming naively thought that he could do a good job in the coaching industry, and believed that he only needed to sit on the sidelines to make some arrangements to win one after another - only after he really became a coach would know how much things he had to consider. Xiao Ming had not observed the fluctuations in the stock market for a week, nor did he see how Yahoo stocks have risen to such a level. He devoted himself to collecting information, considering countermeasures, and studying opponents...

"Fortunately, I'm doing a long-term business and don't need to keep watching, otherwise my mind will be spinning back and forth between the securities market and the court, and I have to be schizophrenia." Xiao Ming murmured, but money still needs to be made, otherwise the club will not be able to operate. However, Schindler is staring at the club's business development, and Qiao Ming is responsible for the US trading. He doesn't need to do too much.

"It's enough to sell Yahoo's stock next year and then get a venture capital fund and hand it over to Qiao Ming to do it. He doesn't need to make much money. It's enough to make money and make the club's operation. He still has this ability." Xiao Ming thought to himself that he could trust Qiao Ming, the childhood friend and first assistant in his previous life, and also knew his abilities. In the past two years, he just accumulated some experience and became his assistant who specializes in running funds again in the future - this is a very good choice.

I was busy making money in my previous life, so I didn’t repeat the past in this life. Now I like being a coach more and more. So let’s continue to do it well. Only two different lives are exciting enough.

Xiao Ming still attaches great importance to the game against Reading.

Not only is it because I have to win two consecutive home games to have enough confidence to welcome the strong opponents I face in the next two away games, but more importantly, Leiden Oriental lost to Reading in the first round of the league last season, and those who lost must be retrieved. This is Xiao Ming's character.

Reading's personnel have changed dramatically compared to last season. Two players and head coaches left the team at the end of last season. Now their head coach is Brivante, but changing coaches did not bring them any significant improvements. They lost the game without any temper in the first round. The departure of the two spiritual leaders obviously made the unity they had always had also disappeared.

Xiao Ming felt a little regretful about this. He was at a disadvantage against Reading last season, and Xiao Ming wanted to get it back this season, but Reading is no longer the Reading team last season.

"Defeat them! Welcome Nottingham Forest in the best condition!" Xiao Ming shouted to the players in the locker room: "Reeding is no longer the Reading who defeated us last season. After the two old guys Martin and Quinn left, Reading is a mess! But although they are not as good as last season, we still have to beat them with all our might!"

"You all should know that I am a vengeful person! Not only Reading, we will win back one by one for the teams that won our last season! Crystal Palace is considered their luck, but nothing. When we appear in the Premier League next season, they should return to the League One, which is also their luck!"

After the playoffs last season, Leiden Oriental and Liangzi of Crystal Palace, who had no grudges, were officially formed...

In this game, Xiao Ming made some fine adjustments to the team. Robbie Keane, who scored a goal in the last game, started, Phillips took the bench, and the other starting lineups were all the main players.

Amid the shouts of nearly 20,000 fans of Leiden Oriental, Leiden Oriental will defeat Reading, who had the advantage last season. When Martin and Quinn were there, Reading had no stars, but he was tenacious and fierce. Now that they left, Reading, who had lost his backbone, could no longer compete with Leiden Oriental, who had the absolute advantage in technology.

Shortly after the first half, Jinklaze scored his first goal of the season. Under the cover of Jankoler, he broke into the penalty area and shot. He had already made up his mind to play well in Leiden East and now has completely become the soul of the team. His breakthrough on the left is an important means for Leiden East to score.

Keane, who started for Leiden East for the first time, also seemed very excited on the court, frequently threatening the opponent's goal through his own speed and skills. If he hadn't had enough experience, he would have scored a long time ago. However, when the Reading defenders began to notice him and used those more lethal movements to deal with him, he began to appear silent.

When Keane was once again tackled to the ground by the opponent's defender, Xiao Ming stood up from the coach's seat: "Robbie! Pay attention to protecting yourself!"

He knew that the seventeen-year-old player had not yet fully matured. If he was seriously injured at this time, he would probably regret it for his whole life.

Keane nodded off the court, indicating that he knew.

"Do you want to use these foul actions to deal with me? What a joke! I am Robbie Keane!" Keane thought to himself, of course he knew that Xiao Ming was calling him because he was afraid that he would be injured, but for Keane, retreating in the face of such a foul is not his personality!

After recovering a little, Keane began to use his speed to attack the opponent's defense line. After having space for sprinting, Reading's defenders began to become more difficult for him to defend his sprint, and his teammates were happy to pass the ball to him and let him disrupt the opponent's defense line. However, after Keane dribbled the ball again and again, Reading's defenders began to focus on him.

Seeing Keane rushing into the penalty area again and again, and then occasionally breaking one or two breakthroughs and being cut off by the defender who was replaced, most of the time, he was directly knocked down by his opponent. Xiao Ming shook his head. This little guy is still too young. Just relying on his own breakthrough, no matter how good your skills are, he can only make his body more fragile in the constant collision.

"Do you want to remind him? Robbie is a little messy." MacDonald said with a frown beside him.

Xiao Ming thought for a while, then shook his head.

"I have already shouted just now, but it will be useless to shout if I don't have any effect." Xiao Ming said to McDonald: "He is still young after all, so it's time to learn some lessons on the court... This is a very crazy little guy. After scoring a substitute goal in the last game, his confidence must be very inflated. The setbacks came sooner than they came later."

"Don't go too far, I know you're optimistic about him." McDonald reminded him.

Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll be able to master the temperature."

"You are planning to warn him during the halftime break? It won't affect the outcome of the game, right?"

"No." Xiao Ming pointed to the court: "Look, although his self-expression has caused us to waste some opportunities, it has also effectively restrained their defense. Reading's offensive ability is average, and we are leading now, so it won't matter."

McDonald nodded and said no more.

Then he saw Xiao Ming rushing out and shouting twice at the court. Robbie Keane completed a successful breakthrough just now, but did not distribute the ball to the unguarded Jankoler at the first time. The defender who returned to the defense quickly tackled the ball. A very threatening attack only received a corner kick.

Seeing Xiao Ming shouting angrily on the sidelines, and finally returned to the coaching bench with the interference of the fourth official, MacDonald looked at Xiao Ming who had recovered from peace in surprise: "Are you really angry? This does not match what you said just now."

Xiao Ming said calmly: "It doesn't matter whether I'm really angry or not. What's important is to let him know that I'm angry... In this way, I have a reason to do something during the intermission."

Looking at the smile on Xiao Ming's mouth, McDonald couldn't help but pray for Robbie Keane: "Little guy, I hope you won't be too shocked during the halftime..."

McDonald had seen Xiao Ming's power of getting angry in the locker room, but what he didn't expect was that he left the coach's seat before the halftime break and walked to the locker room alone.

Keane, who was running towards his side in the half, looked at Xiao Ming walking into the player's passage with his face, and his heart couldn't help but feel a "knock".

"In the first half, we had an absolute advantage in ball control, but we only led by one ball. Except for the goal of Jozell, we kept the ball under our feet for most of the time, but there was no threatening attack... Can anyone tell me why this is? Is our opponent an Italian team? Hell! They are not! They are just a team that was very injured and only ranked 13th last season!"

Xiao Ming angrily threw a notebook in his hand to the ground, and stepped on it in discomfort. The sound of stomping his feet echoed in the locker room. Looking at him like this, the players did not dare to breathe. Although there were not many players who had experienced the time when Xiao Ming kicked open the locker room door, they still heard about Xiao Ming's crazy behavior at that time.

Xiao Ming gasped loudly, his face turned red, and even blue veins appeared on his neck - let alone the players, even McDonald, who knew Xiao Ming's current thoughts, couldn't help feeling a hint of palpitations.

After a long time, Xiao Ming spoke: "Robbie, you have been replaced, Kevin, you come on."

Keen was stunned. He didn't expect Xiao Ming to replace him after halftime. He was about to open his mouth and say something. After seeing Xiao Ming's ugly face, he closed his mouth, sat in the corner, and covered his head with a towel.

Xiao Ming did not pay attention to him anymore, but turned around and drew on the tactical board: "In the second half, we have to continue attacking. They have a lot of movement, so we have to try our best to break into the penalty area and make them afraid! More passes, more passes, and more, avoid their frontal defense and tear open their defense! Within ten minutes of the second half, I will see us leading two balls! Do you understand?"

"I understand!" None of the players dared to answer loudly under Xiao Ming's power.

"Very good, go when you are ready." Xiao Ming's anger seemed to have subsided: "In the second half, I would rather see you playing as a team than eleven people. There is a saying in China, do you know chopsticks? What Chinese people use for meals. A chopstick can easily be broken, but if eleven chopsticks are held together, it will be difficult for the strong men to break them. On the court, unity is the most important thing."

Keane, who covered his head with a cloth, moved, but did not make any moves next.

Seeing that the players had changed their clothes, Xiao Ming waved and asked the players to set off. Keane still sat in the corner. Upson and Johnson and the young players with good relationship with Keane looked at Xiao Ming worriedly. Xiao Ming made a gesture to them and asked them to go out first.
Chapter completed!