Wimbledon's victory over Leeds United made many people recognize Chu Zhongtian's coaching ability. Many of the media that were not optimistic about Chu Zhongtian before have turned against each other, and only a very small number are still resisting.

But Chu Zhongtian was too lazy to fight verbal battles with them.

The game against Leeds United was actually a great encouragement for him, strengthening his confidence in being a qualified head coach.

Regardless of when Russell will be able to return from the United States, maybe soon, or maybe he won't be able to come back. Anyway, as long as he is still in this position for one day, he will have to do his job for one day.

As a result, in the two games that Chu Zhongtian missed, Wimbledon won.

The goal-grabbing plan Chu Zhongtian has formulated for the team is still continuing.

Wimbledon won again in two games on March 10 and 17, and they had already won five consecutive victories, surpassing the best results of the previous four consecutive victories.

These five consecutive victories were won when Chu Zhongtian missed two games, which was particularly important.

However, Wimbledon Athletics failed in the match on March 21, and they lost 0:1 to Nottingham Forest at home.

For Chu Zhongtian, this game was not just a three-pointer, but even worse news, that is, the main shooter Kevin Clark injured his thigh muscles in the 68th minute of the game, unable to hold on to the game, and was replaced.

The next day's inspection results showed that he would miss three to four weeks of games. The regular season of the English Championship this season ended at the end of April, and it is the end of March. If he misses for four weeks, Kevin Clark might miss all the remaining leagues of the team until the play-offs... If the team can still make it to the play-offs.

The team currently ranks seventh in the league, and is still three points away from the sixth in the league, which is not much different. There are still eight rounds before the end of the league, and it is not difficult to complete the overtake in eight rounds of the league.

However, the situation is a little more complicated than this, because the difference between Middlesbrough and Birmingham, who are behind them, is only two and four points, and they also have the hope of entering the top six of the league. In addition, Leicester City, which is sixth in the league, and Nottingham Forest, which is fifth in the league. The points of these teams are not much different. Everyone has the opportunity to be in the top six of the league, and they also have the opportunity to play in the end.

If it was just a contest between Wimbledon Athletics and the sixth league Leicester City, it would be simple.

The current situation is complicated and affects the whole body, and everyone must be more careful.

At this time, the team's main shooter was injured, which is definitely bad news for Wimbledon Athletics.

In addition, Clark's injury also reminded Chu Zhongtian that the team's physical fitness was almost exhausted, and everyone struggled for almost a season, and everyone could not bear it. In addition, the previous goal grabbing plan Chu Zhongtian designed for the team, everyone went all out in the previous game, which accelerated their physical exhaustion.

The point grab plan can be said to be successful, so that their rankings will be only three points away from the sixth place after the league. It can also be said that they are not successful because they still lost some points. Otherwise, the team should be in the top five of the league, which is more safe... The current situation is to let the team work hard to reach the top six of the league and then stop and fix it? Or should they slow down now to avoid players from exhausting their energy, and then sprint hard in the last few rounds of the league?

Both options have pros and cons, because they don’t know what the future will be, so the risks are very high. The first option is that the team is now in a hurry to reach the top six of the league, but if a player is injured and exhausted in advance in this process, the result is that there may be a situation of losing streak in the last few rounds of the league and being overtaken by competitors. This situation is definitely not something Chu Zhongtian himself is worried about. There are many similar examples in football - Real Madrid in 2003 were competing for the league championship with Barcelona in the 2003 league championship.

Barcelona's performance was not stable enough that season, but in the end they suddenly made efforts. Real Madrid's head coach Queiros always insisted on using a superstar lineup, lacked rotation, and insufficient depth of the bench, resulting in the physical exhaustion of the first-team main lineup in the final stage of the league, and an unprecedented "five-game losing streak" came in the last five rounds of the league. Not to mention five consecutive losses before, Real Madrid did not even have a "three-game losing streak" in history. As a result, Queiros not only broke the record, but also set a new record.

This five-game losing streak caused Real Madrid to lose the league championship, and also caused Queros to be dismissed after coaching Real Madrid for one season.

At the same time, this is also the beginning of the decline of the first phase of Florentino's Galaxy Battleship.

Because of this lesson, Chu Zhongtian was quite worried about choosing this strategy, for fear that the team would repeat the scene of Real Madrid in the last stage of the league. He failed and watched the players unable to run on the court. No matter how they motivated them, it would be useless. If they lost their physical strength, they would not be able to do it alone.

As for the second strategy, Chu Zhongtian is worried about the team slowing down now. Judging from the team's fatigue level, will it still have the strength to restart? It's like a car that is almost exhausted, and is now rushing forward by inertia. Once you step on the brakes and stop the car, can it still burn the fire? He is afraid that the players will become lazy when they rest. If they sit down in extreme fatigue, they will not think about it. This is human nature.

He consulted Alvin Stonefield with this question, and Stonefield also found it difficult to deal with. The team's current physical condition is also very clear, and he is almost relying on a breath to support it. If this breath is discharged, the consequences will be unimaginable... But if the team is not allowed to rest, if the team really does not have the energy in the last few rounds of the league, wouldn't it be enough to watch the opportunity of the playoffs slip away from him?

Stonefield didn't know what to do, so he kicked the football to Chu Zhongtian.

"You are the head coach, you can make this decision."

In the end, Chu Zhongtian made the decision to selectively allow some players to take turns to rest without affecting the team's combat effectiveness. Each game is rotated, but it is just a small rotation. The team's main framework remains unmoved, especially if he himself does not move. Others can rest, but he cannot rest.

Stonefield was worried that Chu Zhongtian's physical fitness would not be better than other young men if a thirty-five-year-old veteran was.

But Chu Zhongtian told him not to worry.

Chu Zhongtian consumed a lot of physical energy. After all, he was a thirty-five-year-old veteran, not a 25-year-old young man. But at this time, what else can he do besides gritting his teeth and persevering? He is the captain of the team, and the head coach of the team. In addition, he is also the spiritual pillar of everyone. If their captain and idols collapse, people's hearts will disperse, and people's hearts will disperse, and the team will be difficult to lead... In short, he is the key to all problems. As long as he still plays every game, everyone will have a backbone.

This is a very serious challenge for him, but he likes such a challenge.

Since he chose to join Wimbledon, he has been ready to accept various challenges.

He had fully squeezed the energy of his teammates, and now they were almost exhausted, but Chu Zhongtian felt that he could still be squeezed, so he chose to take on the heaviest burden.

※※Three days later, on March 24, Wimbledon Athletics faced Black Pool at home. Chu Zhongtian made some fine adjustments to the starting lineup and rotated the left back and right forward. In addition, the injured Kevin Clark's position was replaced by substitute forward Ziz Kamala.

In addition to the adjustments to the lineup, Chu Zhongtian also chose a less physically stamina tactic. He ran more and controlled the ball more so that his teammates could run less, rest more, and consume less physical energy.

In the 38th minute, the home team Wimbledon Athletics led at home. The goal was Chu Zhongtian, who scored, and with his header in a corner kick, Wimbledon Athletics took the lead.

However, Wimbledon Athletics' lead did not last long. Before the end of the first half, Blackpool seized the opportunity that the Wimbledon Athletics players were not physically exhausted and relaxed in their minds, and scored the equalizer goal.

After conceding the ball, goalkeeper Rosek seemed very angry because as long as he held the ball, he could take the lead into the midfield. Unexpectedly... Chu Zhongtian played the role of the savior once - he has played this role many times in his career, so he is familiar with it.

Just eight minutes into the second half, he used a long shot to help the team equalize the score.

In the 75th minute, he assisted Kieran Agad to score again, rewriting the score to 3:1. Wimbledon, who was leading two goals, has basically secured the victory. At this time, Chu Zhongtian began to substitution, replaced Kieran Agad one after another, replaced him with Kurt Hammons, and right-back Jack Yang.

He used up all the substitutions when the game was over with more than ten minutes left. Obviously, he wanted the players to rest for more than ten minutes.

Every minute of rest is precious for Wimbledon Athletics.

In the end, Wimbledon Athletic defeated Black Pool 3:1 at home and held his position as seventh in the league. Of course, since Leicester City, which ranked first, also won the game, the rankings of the two teams did not change, and they were still ranked seventh and sixth.

Chu Zhongtian was not worried because the two teams had another chance to face the head-on.

On March 31, the 40th round of the league was six rounds before the end of the league. Wimbledon narrowly defeated Southampton 3:2 away. Chu Zhongtian scored the final goal of overtaking the score in the game, helping the team achieve a valuable victory.

At the same time, Leicester was tied by Nottingham Forest. The competition between fifth and sixth places was also quite fierce, which gave Wimbledon Athletic a chance to reap the benefits. Now the points gap between Wimbledon Athletic and Leicester City is only one point... This is a great motivation for Wimbledon Athletic.

Just one point away means that Wimbledon has already completed the overtake without having to wait until the third round of the league to meet Leicester City.

At the same time, the team behind him is still eyeing him. He cannot lose in one of the last six rounds of the league. Otherwise, he will not only be re-opened by Leicester City, but may also be caught up by the two teams behind him.

In March, Chu Zhongtian won the award for the best coach of the month again, and Wimbledon Athletics is also the best team.

But everyone knows that this honor cannot represent anything. The real test is still in April.

In April, the last month of the league's regular season, the schedule is intensive and the competition will enter a fierce stage. Whether it is a championship or relegation, whether it is a competition for the top six playoffs in the league or planning to get rid of the playoff qualification to obtain direct upgrade qualification, every game is very difficult to play, and every opponent is difficult to deal with. The experience of the past season may not work at all in these games.

※※On April 7th, in the 41st round of the league, Wimbledon Athletics played against Millwall at home, and the final score was 2:1, and the home team won. They took a solid first step.

Three days later, on April 10, Wimbledon Athletics challenged Middlesbrough away. This is a direct match between the seventh and eighth place. The difference between the two teams in the first game is three points. If they can defeat Middlesbrough, Wimbledon Athletics can beat the opponent.

But this is Middlesbrough's home court, and this game is not easy to play.

Finally, after ninety minutes of hard battle, after paying the price of Jack Yang's injury, Wimbledon Athletics finally won a valuable away game!

2:0, this score seemed to be an easy win, but the actual process was not like this. Wimbledon was lucky and got the first in the thirteen minutes of the game. As a result, they were under tremendous pressure for the next seventy minutes. Middlesbrough launched a fierce offensive against Wimbledon at their home court, one wave higher than the other. On several occasions, everyone thought Wimbledon was going to concede the ball. As the game approached, Middlesbrough's offense became more fierce, and they were desperate to equalize the score. Even if it was a draw, at least the gap between the two sides would not be widened.

At this time, it was Chu Zhongtian again - the commentator was used to Chu Zhongtian playing a hero at the last moment - he scored the most critical second goal to help Wimbledon completely secure the victory.

As soon as the ball was entered, Middlesbrough's counterattack arrogance disappeared immediately.

After Chu Zhongtian scored the goal, he waved his arm hard, and he was also very excited - this game was really difficult, and it was really worth being able to win in the end.

After defeating Middlesbrough in this game, Wimbledon Athletic also received another good news: Leicester City lost in the game, so Wimbledon will replace them to move to sixth in the league!

Since the Leicester City game was held the day after the Wimbledon Athletics, everyone knew the news on TV.

"Wimbledon Athletics has advanced to sixth in the league and they are now very likely to qualify for the playoffs!"

As he was promoted to the sixth place in the league, everyone's face was filled with a relaxed smile when the team was training the next day, as if they had achieved their goal in a flash.

Chu Zhongtian frowned, he knew that this was not a good thing.

If the team is deflated here, it will be difficult to cheer up again. You should know that this is a "self-dismissive" from the bottom of their hearts... Although they have risen to sixth in the league, this does not mean that they can still rank sixth in the league after the league is over.

If you are not careful, you may fall from the sixth place in the league or even get out of the tenth place - don't say it is impossible, everything is possible.

After the training, Chu Zhongtian summoned everyone and surrounded everyone in a circle, and he was in the center.

"I have something to say to everyone. Yesterday, there was good news that we were promoted to the sixth place in the league. I believe this is why everyone has smiled all day today. But I won't be happy about it. Because it's too early to be happy now! I noticed this phenomenon in the team. I don't want you to think that our mission has been completed. I must emphasize that our mission is not to enter the top six of the league, but to enter the Premier League! Before achieving this goal, this season is far from the end!"

Captain, head coach, the team's biggest star, the idol of countless people, and legendary figures in Wimbledon's competitive history - combined with so many identities, Chu Zhongtian's prestige in the team is no match for, and even the club chairman does not have his prestige.

In so many games, many times it is up to Chu Zhongtian's key goals that the team can get here step by step. His importance in the team is not what he boasts about or what others define, but he earns himself with the victory of one game after another and the consistent fighting spirit of each game.

After he said that, looking at the players, the smiles on everyone's faces disappeared, but instead showed a thoughtful look.

"Of course, I don't have to make everyone unhappy. We should be happy about this result, but we can't stop there. Remember our goal, forget the reality of the sixth place in the next game, and keep striving to win!"

"No one wants to lose the qualification for the playoffs and the hope of upgrading at the last moment of the league. I don't want it, nor do you want it. Everyone was very tired before, and I hope this result can give everyone a little motivation. The sixth place in the league is a good thing, but don't turn a good thing into a bad thing, guys."

For possible problems that the team has, Chu Zhongtian tries to prevent them before they happen.

Then use the game to test whether what he said has worked.

With five rounds left in the league, he and Wimbledon cannot afford to lose in one game!
Chapter completed!