Chu Zhongtian stood in front of the head coach, clenching his fists tightly. He didn't care about the eyes of others looking at him, nor did he think about whether it was appropriate for him to do this. Now he just wants to win a place for himself, and he is willing to do anything that offends others for this.

"In your plan, boss, should you win or lose this game?"

After hearing Chu Zhongtian's question, Eames grinned and smiled.

"Why do you ask such a question, Chinese boy?"

"Because I hate failure, I want to help the team win, we are now behind with one goal..."

"Ha!" Eames simply laughed out loud, and he interrupted Chu Zhongtian. "I was surprised to hear you say this. When we lost consecutively in the warm-up match, I thought you like losing very much."

This made Chu Zhongtian blush. He knew what the head coach was referring to: in the warm-up match, in order to fight Russell, he completely ignored the team's performance and fought alone on the court. As a result, he did not prove that he was better than Russell, but instead led the entire team to serve as a funeral.

"I'm sorry, boss. I have reflected on the bench on the trouble that my actions have brought to the team. I apologize to you..."

This is the first time Chu Zhongtian apologized to others for the matter between him and Russell.

Eames interrupted him by wavering: "You should apologize to your teammates, and to those teammates who still trust you during the game but you failed them."

"I will apologize to them, but now I want to win this game."

"You are just a defensive midfielder. What can you change when you go on the court? Can you help us score a goal?" Eames asked at Chu Zhongtian. He seemed to have no concern about the game at all.

"I can help the team stabilize the defense, and then let others get more offensive opportunities." Chu Zhongtian replied.

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Emily found Chu Zhongtian standing up, then walked towards Eames, and then the two of them looked at each other and were saying something. Unfortunately, the distance was too far and the scene was too noisy, so she could not hear anything.

Her attention also shifted from the game itself to the sidelines. The game was not exciting enough, and Wimbledon's performance was not very good, so there was nothing to pay attention to.

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"Where do you get the confidence?" Eames looked at the Chinese boy in front of him with interest.

“I have always been very confident in defense.”

Eames laughed: "I thought of those nine warm-up matches again..."

Chu Zhongtian opened his mouth and wanted to explain that it was actually because he was obsessed with the wickedness and his performance was abnormal.

But Eames didn't give him a chance to explain.

"I have always had a question. I heard that when Emily went to you for a trial, you rejected her. It seemed that she didn't want to play football. Why did she come later?"

"I didn't want to play football before, but then I thought about it again."

Hearing this answer, Eames smiled and shook his head: "Your answer is too simple, but it doesn't matter. Do you really want to play football now?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded. He was not lying to be able to play. He really wanted to play football. He longed for the feeling of the game and wanted to win on the football field.

Eames was silent for a while, but Chu Zhongtian didn't let go and stood in front of the head coach.

The person next to him was still looking at him strangely, and wondered why the boss with a bad temper had not lost his temper and drove him away yet?

After a moment of silence, Eames raised his head again and said to Chu Zhongtian: "I made a bet with someone. He doesn't seem to be optimistic about your future in this team..."

When Ingrich, who was sitting next to Eames, his face changed when he heard this, he wanted to stop Eames, but when he thought that if he spoke out, wouldn’t it be like admitting that “someone” was himself? If the player knew that he, the coach, had any prejudice against him, it would be difficult to deal with the relationship... so he had to endure the anger in his heart and continue listening.

"I bet with him a hundred pounds. Do you think I will win, Chinese boy?"

Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised, but he quickly returned to his peace.

"Yes. Sure, boss." He nodded and said with certainty.

Eames slapped her in the face: "You go and warm up, come and find me in five minutes."

Chu Zhongtian got the answer he wanted, so he quickly turned around, afraid that the head coach would change his mind, so he rushed towards the warm-up area in everyone's surprised eyes.

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Ingrich finally waited until Chu Zhongtian left, and he couldn't wait to raise an army to question: "When will I not be optimistic about him, Terry?"

"Don't you not believe he will be the core of this team?"

"Is it completely different concepts to be unable to become a core or not optimistic, Terry?"

"Oh, it's the same anyway..." Eames suddenly stood up and shouted to Russell, who was still sitting on the bench, "Go to warm up! Russell, when are you going to sit?"

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Seeing Chu Zhongtian rushing over to say a few words to the head coach, Russell was allowed to warm up. He looked surprised: "No, right? That's OK?"

He was upset that he had wasted his chances, and he heard the head coach suddenly call his name.

"Go to warm up! Russell, when are you going to sit?"

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Chu Zhongtian was doing a warm-up for a leg press, and when Russell ran over with a happy look on his face.

"What did you say to the boss, Chu?" Russell felt that it must be Chu Zhongtian who said something that could make the boss change his mind.

"It's nothing, I asked him whether he wants to win or lose."

After hearing Chu Zhongtian's answer, Russell opened his mouth wide and said for a long time: "You are so bold..."

Chu Zhongtian asked him again: "Do you want to win or lose?"

Russell thought Chu Zhongtian was stupid: "No one wants to lose."

Chu Zhongtian nodded, then suddenly stretched out his hand to Russell.

"This is..." Russell didn't understand the situation.

"Let's cooperate. After I get on the court, I will be responsible for protecting your rear. You will be responsible for organizing the offense in the front. Don't worry about losing the ball. If you lose it, I will grab it back for you." Chu Zhongtian looked at Russell and said.

Russell didn't expect that the Chinese who had been humiliated and teased by him before and even fought with him would take the initiative to extend his hand to him. Although he had made peace with Chu Zhongtian, he had never thought that he would really hold hands with him.

This is not just a matter of harmony, but cooperation.

It means that the relationship between the two of them will no longer be the same.

"Are you serious?" he asked.

"Don't you want to be aligned?" Chu Zhongtian asked back. "You attack, I defend, we will be aligned."

Russell remembered the day when they were left alone for training at Kings Ranch.

"Will I make up the head?" he laughed.

"You are tall and you can take advantage of it." Chu Zhongtian didn't care about this position. He just wanted to play the game now.

Russell waved his hand and slapped Chu Zhongtian's palm hard.

"make a deal."

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"Terry, tell me clearly, what's going on?" Ingrich refused to give in.

"Actually, I've had the idea of ​​a substitution long ago... Why do you think I put the two of them on the bench instead of on the starting list?"

"Ah?" Ingrich was stunned for a moment, then reacted. "Don't change the subject!"

Unexpectedly, Eames looked at his partner with a serious expression: "I'm serious. You really didn't see anything?"

Ingrich also fell silent, thinking about Eames' intention to do so. Then he linked the bench to the roster from the previous game. "Are you going to teach them a lesson?"

Eames snapped his fingers and said, "The answer is correct! If you don't give them some colors, they really think that the head coach of my team is a decoration. Look, you are all honest now, are you? You know that you took the initiative to bow your head to me and admit your mistake. When have you ever seen them do this before?"

Ingrich shook his head. He only remembered that even though Eames and himself fought against each other, Chu and Russell still had only each other in their eyes, like two angry bulls.

"Wardy (wardy, Ward's nickname) can be competent for multiple positions on the team's defense line, and it's a waste to let him play the main player in one position. And I hope he can slowly change his role this season, from a player to a coach..." Eames talked to Inglich. "Sidville doesn't help the team in offense. He is a back midfielder. If I want to play double midfielder, I need him, but if I need an offense, he will be useless. Isn't that ruthless? Well, but it doesn't matter, Sidville can't hear it anyway... Russell and Chu were always in the same group when they were training, and there was some tacit understanding. Letting them play at the same time was also for the sake of cultivating their tacit understanding..."

Hearing this, Ingrich laughed out loud: "Ha! I thought of those nine consecutive losses, and there was no tacit understanding between them!"

"That's because the stubbornness of the two of them was completely beyond my imagination." Eames didn't feel embarrassed.

Speaking of stubbornness, Ingrich nodded in agreement. He had a deep understanding of the degree of stubbornness of these two people after being practiced with extra punishment. They would not take the initiative to beg for mercy, even if the rules of punishment were so difficult, they did not make any complaints. Perhaps this is because they did not want to make a shame in front of their "enemy", but if they were not stubborn about their grudges and the other party, they would never be able to do it.

Ingrich suddenly realized that he was here to seek guilt...

"You almost changed the subject again! Go back to my question - I just don't think Chu can become the core of our team. He is a midfielder who only knows how to defend. Such a player cannot become the core. I don't think I'm wrong."

Eames was very happy.

"Don't laugh, you answer my question!"

"It's not okay for you to look at people with an old eye, Nicky. Haven't you noticed that after more than a month of torture, Chinese boys have made progress?"

Ingrich thought of the "punishments" after training, and it seemed that the later he went, Chu's performance was better.

"When we were playing in the Supporters' Cup away, I assigned homework to both of them and asked coach Braham to supervise them. Two of them were not good at Chu, but by the time we returned to Kings Ranch, they had already finished training. Do you know what this means?"

"He has improved a lot from the past in ball control technology, so those exercises he didn't do before can be completed within normal time." Ingrich thought about it and came up with the answer.

Eames nodded: "That's it."

"Well, I admit that he has improved now than before, but the 'core' is not something that anyone can do. In fact, Kevin Cooper is our core."

Eames curled his lips: "It seems that it is not easy to win your 100 pounds..."

While complaining, Chu Zhongtian and Russell had returned to him. Chu Zhongtian was still standing in front of Eames, blocking his sight. He tilted his head and then pulled Chu Zhongtian aside: "Remember not to stand in front of me in the future."

Then he stood up from his seat and said to the two young men who were full of expectations: "Actually, your task is very simple. Chu, you take over Wardy and take charge of the midfield defense, Russell, you replace Sidwell and organize the offense. These things are your job, isn't it difficult?"

"It's not difficult, boss." The two of them replied in unison.

Eames looked at his watch and the second half was only fifteen minutes old, and there were thirty minutes left before the end of the game, and he was only one goal behind.

He said to Chu Zhongtian: "The last sentence: The boss wants to win."

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