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Although Borger insisted on staying and waiting for Russell, Russell also insisted on letting Borger go first. His reason was "This is not a punishment for extra practice, I can go home alone." In fact, he just expected something bad to happen. At this moment, he didn't want to be laughed at, even his best friend... He still remembered the team's first game, when he started, and Borger was substitute. At that time, Borger envied himself. Now Borger is a stable position, and he will either be replaced early or become a substitute. Now it's his turn to envy Borger... Russell is a proud person. He doesn't want Borger to drive him away when he sees him falling out.

After everyone was finished, there were only three people left in the stadium, Chu Zhongtian, Russell and Eames.

The two thought the head coach must give them a long speech, but in fact they also knew how they performed over the past month and knew exactly what they were doing.

The head coach indulged them in a month of playing. Now is it time to deal with them?

Both of them stood in front of Eames without saying a word.

"You two don't need to go to the No. 12 match."

This seemed to be expected, and neither of them showed any surprise. For more than a month, as long as they were in the game, the team had never won the ball. Being able to tolerate the two of them having been having trouble for so long, the head coach has already had a good temper, right?

"But I'm not giving you a rest. You come here and then do your training."

This surprised the two of them. They thought they would not allow them to participate in the competition, but they did not expect to train as usual. They all looked up at head coach Eames.

Eames continued as if he had not seen the surprised expression on the faces of the two of them.

"Don't be lazy, coach Paul Braham will supervise you, and he will also tell you the specific training program."

There were only a few words left and everything that should be said, so Eames let the two of them leave. The two were confused, and no one could understand what this was.

But there is one thing they both knew very well - due to their performance in the previous month, they were both excluded from the roster.

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In the past two days, Chu Zhongtian has been smiling less and less. He frowned when he has nothing to do, and looked worried.

However, no one around him cared about it. Chu Zhongtian would do this every time he lost the game. They just thought that Chu Zhongtian was still losing to Wildstone away, and was worried. At first, when the team lost the ball, they would come to persuade Chu Zhongtian. Later, they found that it was useless, so it would be fine. Anyway, his mood would automatically improve in a few days.

Until Emily visits again in the afternoon.

"Will you show up on the Supporter Cup of No. 12?" Emily asked for a beer as usual and sat in front of the bar and chatted with Chu Zhongtian.

"No." Chu Zhongtian shook his head and answered listlessly. He was afraid that others would ask this question, but he could not lie, because the people here were the most hardcore fans, and they would definitely go to watch the game on site. Lies in front of them will be exposed soon and meaningless.

Emily noticed that Chu Zhongtian was in a bad mood, and she tilted her head and looked at it: "So sure?"

"I didn't even make the roster in the game..." Chu Zhongtian lowered his head and whispered to Emily.

"Ah?" Emily was a little surprised. This was serious.

Although Chu Zhongtian performed poorly in the game before, Eames did not exclude him from the competition list, why did this time...

Chu Zhongtian forced a smile. "I know why."

Emily also knows why.

Chu Zhongtian and Russell were always unable to cooperate, which dragged down the team's performance. This is an indisputable fact. It's just that Emily never asked about this in front of Chu Zhongtian, and she was afraid of irritating Chu Zhongtian.

"Emily."

"Um?"

"Did you say I did something wrong?"

Emily looked at Chu Zhongtian, she knew what Chu Zhongtian was talking about. But this question is very complicated, how should she answer? From the team's perspective, it is indeed inappropriate. But from a personal perspective, who can tolerate others' rude treatment again and again?

Chu Zhongtian did not wait for Emily's answer, but he lowered his head and continued to work hard.

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Russell walked downstairs and was about to have afternoon tea. Mom was serving a plate of freshly baked cookies to the dining table. Dad was sitting in a chair reading newspapers, holding a teacup in his hand. The young brother was playing with toys next to the table.

"Alai, tomorrow is the competition. How are you preparing?" Mom asked her eldest son with great concern.

My father also put down the newspaper and looked at him.

"Uh... it's okay." Russell responded vaguely, and he pulled away the chair and sat down. He picked up a biscuit from the plate and squeezed it into his hand, but did not put it into his mouth.

"What a pity, we can't cheer you up. Luther, stop playing, come and have tea." Mom went to hug her brother to serve.

"Wash your hands first." Dad turned his head and then turned to look at his eldest son.

Russell was so angry that his father saw it that his thoughts were seen through. He tried his best to make himself look like he was fine.

"Tomorrow's game, perform better." The father stared at his son for a long time, said this, put down the teacup, picked up the newspaper and read it again.

Russell nodded, breathing a sigh of relief in his heart.

He has not told his parents that he would keep it from them if he can. It is embarrassing for him to not be able to participate in the game. He does not want to be known by others, especially his closest family.

He was swept out by Wimbledon Club, which had already dealt a significant blow to them. If they were told that they had lost the opportunity to play in this new team, such a stern father didn't know what to say, maybe he would give up playing football completely, right?

That is definitely not the result Russell hopes to get.

So even if you lie, you cannot let your parents know the truth.

"I can, dad. I will do it well." Russell said with his head down, trying to make his voice sound natural.

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Emily decided to leave. Before leaving, she said to Chu Zhongtian: "I don't know if you did it correctly, Chu. That's your business, and no one can interfere. But I hope you can enjoy football, not something else... Do you know? The Chu who was dedicated on the court made me very excited. It was because I saw you like that, that I decided to ask you to participate in the trial. But unfortunately, I have not seen you like that in the past month."

"Goodbye, Chu."

Emily jumped off the bar stool, waved goodbye to the old drinkers in the bar, and walked out.

Chu Zhongtian looked at her back in surprise and disappeared into the sunlight outside the door. This was the first time he heard Emily mention these words to him...

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The next day at the gate of Kings Ranch, after the players came, Borge realized that his good friend had not even made the roster of the competition today.

"How can this be done? This is obviously the responsibility of the mad dog!" Borger said angrily. "I'll ask the boss for advice!"

Russell grabbed him. "Stop making trouble, Gavin."

Borger looked at Russell with a gloomy face in surprise.

"Do you think I'm not ashamed enough?"

Borger looked at his teammates around him, and some of them were obviously gloating with the mentality of watching the fun.

"Damn!" Borger cursed lowly. He didn't expect things to develop like this. At the beginning, they teased Chu Zhongtian in the game, but because of the high-level people's bullying of the weak, they never thought that Chu Zhongtian, the weak, was very fiercely resisted by Chu Zhongtian, which aroused their anger and must embarrass the Chinese boy. But Chu Zhongtian's resistance became even more intense. The two sides were entangled with each other, and no one was willing to admit defeat first. This was already related to reputation - whoever gave up first is equivalent to losing face, how can we survive in the team? We have never lost to anyone, how can we give up to a mad dog now? Don't dream!

"Get into the car." Eames, with a stern face, appeared in front of everyone again.

The players began to board the car one after another.

Xilin and Sullivan looked at Chu Zhongtian with some concern, but saw Chu Zhongtian smiling and waving at them.

Borger said goodbye to Russell, and Russell also smiled: "Goodbye, come back with a trophy!"

When the car drove away from Kings Ranch, the smiles on the faces of the two young men disappeared at the same time. They stood at the door with dejected expression and were unwilling to turn around and enter the empty court.

"Okay, boys. I know you're very disappointed now, but the training missions are still to be completed." Coach Paul Braham's voice came from behind them.

The two turned around and looked at the coach with a smile on their faces and the empty football field.

"You have a lot of homework, such as passing and receiving exercises, heading exercises, and ball control exercises. Now go warm up first! I will supervise you well, don't be lazy." Coach Braham's face was still smiling, but in the eyes of both of them, the smile was not friendly at all...

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Everything is as usual as daily training. After the lap, the two people grabbed each other's arms and pulled each other, and then listened to coach Braham's specific training content arranged.

"The first is passing and supporting practice. The two most important techniques in football are also the two most frequently used in football games: receiving and controlling the ball and passing the ball. Do you all understand this?" As a coach, Braham is very competent. Even if he only faces two players, his explanation is meticulous, exactly the same as in daily training.

The two nodded. The more than a month of contact made them understand the smiling coach in front of them very well. Although he always squinted his eyes and smiled at you, he was a very, very old-fashioned and strict coach. As long as he did not meet his standards, he would definitely ask you to rework until you satisfied him. It seems that he was left to provide guidance specifically, and coach Eames was also very targeted.

"First of doing the inner pass and receiving exercises on the foot." Coach Braham pointed to a square area that he had already swung with a pyramid. "This area is ten yards by ten yards. You stand on both sides and perform the inner pass and receiving exercises on the inner pass and receiving exercises. Note that the inner side of the foot is only allowed to pass and receive the ball, and no other part is allowed. If you do something wrong, you have to start over. Chu, you pass to Russell, and Russell will pass to you after receiving the ball. You two pass each other five times, count as one group. After practicing five groups, take a break for two minutes, and then we do the next step of the exercise. Do you understand?"

The two continued to nod.

"If you understand, then start." Braham asked the two of them to stand as he said, and then kicked the football in. Then he stood aside and started watching.

In fact, they have practiced this training before, and it is the most basic content in passing practice. The two of them don’t understand the intention of the head coach’s arrangement, but they can only pass each other honestly.

They completed five sets of pass practice silently without any mistakes.

Braham nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, you made me a decoration. Now you rest, I will tell you what we will do next. It's still in this area." He pointed to the square area, "You stand opposite each other, stand in the middle of a side, and pass the ball to the opponent, and run here after passing the ball..." Braham made a demonstration action. "The person who received the ball passed the ball to the person who ran over, and ran here himself. The two people should run in the same direction. After seeing this pyramid, they changed direction and ran to the pyramid on your left, and kept passing the ball while running. Run around this square area one round and calculate one group, practice five groups, and rest for two minutes."

This set of exercises is not difficult, they can easily complete it.

Next, Braham added a point limit based on the same content - only two touches are allowed, one is to stop the ball and the other is to pass the ball. If something goes wrong, you have to go back to the starting point and start over again.

This time, problems started to arise when practicing, because Chu Zhongtian was always used to touching the ball once more to make adjustments, and Russell was very used to the requirement of touching the ball twice. But who made them a grasshopper on the same rope? Chu Zhongtian made a mistake, and the two had to retreat to the starting point at the same time and start over.

But today when Chu Zhongtian made a mistake, Russell could no longer see the gloating smile he used to be on his face. He just followed Chu Zhongtian silently back to the starting point, and started again at the request of the coach, looking worried.

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Emily stood in the home stand of Enfield Town, which could only accommodate one thousand people. Like the last game, there were not many fans watching the game. The home team had about 400 people, and the visiting Wimbledon had only dozens of fans, nearly one hundred.

This is a friendly match. The two teams are competing for a Supporters Cup. It is a cup sponsored by the Independent Supporters Association. The Independent Supporters Association is established by the British government to support and develop a fan fund to make it appear more in football clubs or league management committees. The establishment of afc Wimbledon was due to the strong support of the Independent Supporters Association of Wimbledon, and participating in this cup is also a thank you.

Just two minutes into the game, Wimbledon's forward Joe Shilin scored the first record for the team, and only cheered for the ball in the stands, everyone seemed very excited.
To be continued...