The "Dream Theater" Old Trafford Stadium is crowded with people, and the game is coming to an end. The score displayed on the large screen on the scene is 3:1, with the home team in front and the away team in back.

"...The game has entered injury stoppage time. The fourth official signaled on the sidelines that there are five minutes of stoppage time in this game. This stoppage time is not short, but it is far from enough for Wimbledon. They must defeat Manchester United here to retain the opportunity to enter the European competition next season. There are three rounds left before the league. Before the game, they are seven points away from Manchester City, the sixth in the league. Now the odds are 10 points away from Manchester City! With three rounds left in the league, they have basically announced that they have withdrawn from the European qualifications early..."

The score appeared in the 71st minute, which means that in the 71st minute, Manchester United, who played at home, led Wimbledon 3:1.

Television is scanning the bench of Wimbledon Athletics, and they are looking for someone - Chu Zhongtian.

He was just replaced and sat on the bench with a towel on his head. He was still staring at the stadium and frowned.

It can be seen that he was very disappointed with this result... The head coach Russell, who was standing not far away next to him, waved his hands helplessly. In fact, when he replaced Chu Zhongtian, he had already given up on this game.

The old giants are too powerful. Although they took the lead with Chu Zhongtian's long-range shot at the opening, Wimbledon was soon bombarded by Manchester United and finally lost.

Just as Russell lowered his head, he heard the referee's whistle.

"The competition is over!"

"Wimbledon Athletics completely withdrew from the competition for the qualification for the European competition next season... It's a pity. Wimbledon Athletics worked hard for this qualification for a season, but in the end it was another season with nothing..."

"I think no one can be more disappointed than Chu... He is already forty-one years old this season, but he still insists on not retiring. Why? Isn't it just that he can enter Europe with the team? When Wimbledon's successful upgrade, he told the media that his ultimate goal was to participate in the Champions League, but now he is not qualified for the Europa League... Although it is surprising that he can still participate in the Premier League at the age of 41, how many seasons can he last? His contract with Wimbledon will expire in one season. He once hinted that it will be the last season he played for this team... But now it seems that his last season is destined to miss the European arena!"

After hearing the referee's whistle, Chu Zhongtian stood up from the bench, tied the towel on his head, threw it aside, and then walked to the sidelines to comfort his teammates who came down from the field one by one. Everyone was very frustrated with the final loss of Manchester United, and they also knew what the failure of this game meant... Wimbledon missed the European competition next season, and they failed to fulfill the old captain's wish before retirement.

What the players were receiving Chu Zhongtian’s comfort was that they apologized to him one after another. Some even cried and said sorry, but Chu Zhongtian just patted their heads and shoulders.

Russell is also doing the same thing as Chu Zhongtian.

Then when only the two of them were left, Russell and Chu Zhongtian looked at each other.

"I'm sorry..." Russell smiled bitterly and spread his hands.

"The team has worked very hard." Chu Zhongtian shook his head. "Failure is not your responsibility alone, our strength is still not strong enough." He pointed behind Russell: "Moyes wants to shake hands with you..."

"Oh, ah..." Russell went to comfort his players, but forgot to shake hands with the opponent's head coach first after the game. He really forgot this trick because this failure hit him so hard.

He turned around and stretched out his arms, strode towards Moyes who had been waiting for a long time.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Moyes..."

"It's okay, I know you're very disappointed after losing this game." Moyes also knew very well what the ending faced after Wimbledon lost this game. Chu Zhongtian, the legendary player, will not be able to lead the crazy gang to Europe as he said.

After shook hands with Moyes, Russell turned around and didn't see Chu Zhongtian. He turned around and saw his back in front of the player's passage. He was lowering his head and stepping down the steps step by step.

He knew that Chu Zhongtian was quite disappointed, but he just didn't show it.

The end of a season of efforts is really unwilling to accept it...※※※ Club Chairman Samuelson was surprised to see Russell standing at his desk: "Are you thinking carefully? Alai? I hope you can think carefully..."

Russell nodded: "I thought about it all night. The team has been in the Premier League for six seasons. They were relegated in the first two seasons. After the next two seasons, the team's rankings have always hovered in the middle and lower reaches of the league. These two seasons have finally improved to the middle. I thought about it for a long time and felt that my ability as a head coach is only so great. If Wimbledon wants to develop more, I am afraid I can't do anything about it..."

Samuelson lowered his head again and looked at the resignation report on the case.

After yesterday's game, to be honest, he was just a little disappointed and did not expect that Russell would have the idea of ​​voluntarily resigning... Although the team has always treated Europe as a target, he, the chairman of the club, did not take it seriously. He felt that it would be good to be able to keep the team in the Super League consistently.

Unexpectedly, Russell planned to resign because he was unable to achieve this goal!

He still likes Russell as the head coach. He is a pure Wimbledon and Samuelson has a good impression of him.

He intends to convince Russell, who always thinks Russell is an impulse.

"I don't think there is any need for this. We still have next season... The club's board of directors has no complaints about the failure of this game yesterday..."

Wimbledon Athletics still has many "next season", but Chu only has one "next season".

Russell said in his heart.

This is also an important reason for strengthening his idea of ​​resigning - he found that he had led the team to coach for so many years, and the team's progress was really limited.

This team wants higher goals, but they are not able to take them to that point... Russell shook his head and interrupted Samuelson: "Please agree with my request, Eric."

Samuelson said: "But you have two years of contract with the team..."

"I gave up on my own initiative." Russell shrugged.

A two-year contract is a total annual salary of 5 million pounds. Russell gave up when he said he would give up.

Samuelson had nothing to say, he lowered his head and looked at the resignation report again: "Okay...I agree with your request..."

Next season is Chu Zhongtian's last season on the team, and Russell is about to resign. The team seems to be entering a new era...※※ Chu Zhongtian saw the news on TV news that Russell will resign after the end of the season. He was shocked for half a minute, then grabbed his cell phone and called him.

"What do you think, bastard?" He couldn't wait to question Russell.

"That's what I think, Chu." Russell's voice was very light.

"Did a game hit you like this?"

"Wrong, Chu, it's a failure in two seasons, this season and next season." Russell corrected.

"I don't care, I'll take your decision back right away!"

"It's impossible, Chu. I never change the decisions I've made."

"Reason, your reason for resigning." Chu Zhongtian had come back from his initial shock and anger.

"I don't think I can lead this team to go further. Chu has been promoted to the Premier League for six seasons, and our best results are only seventh in the Times League. Under my leadership, Wimbledon seems to have reached a bottleneck, and I can't break through this bottleneck."

Russell's voice on the other end of the phone was a little depressed.

"I'm sorry, Chu..."

Chu Zhongtian did not respond to Russell's apology, but suddenly said: "Okay, I've decided too!"

Russell didn't respond: "What to decide?"

"Don't worry about this, Alai."

Chu Zhongtian hung up the phone.

The TV show is still analyzing the news that Russell resigned.

"...Alai Russell was obviously hit by the defeat against Manchester United the day before yesterday. It is said that he resigned on his own initiative. Club chairman Samuelson disagreed at first, but later after Russell's repeated insistence, he had no choice but to accept his resignation... Russell has been the team's head coach since accepting the team in the middle of the 2016-17 season. He left for half a season due to private leave in the middle of the 18-19 season. He has coached for eight and a half seasons for this team, and the team has been marked with his mark..."

It seems that it is time to change the dynasty...※※ Samuelson rubbed his temples and thought to himself what was wrong? Have they agreed on it?

"Did you drink too much, Chu?" he asked Chu Zhongtian on the other end of the phone.

"What do I drink early in the morning?" Chu Zhongtian asked back.

"Then what are you doing?"

"I'm announcing my decision very seriously, Eric."

"Is your decision to retire one season early?"

Samuelson felt that all this was simply incredible! He just lost to Manchester United, and he didn't take it seriously. Unexpectedly, it caused such a chain reaction... One wanted to resign early, and the other wanted to retire early.

What's wrong with this?

"Yes, retire one season ahead of schedule. Of course I have additional requirements... I know Alley just announced his resignation after the end of the season, right?"

"Ah, yes..." Samuelson didn't know what Chu Zhongtian meant to say about this matter, so he could only respond reflexively.

"I resigned one season early because I plan to take over his position as the head coach."

Samuelson felt that the world was so fantastic...※※※"... Wimbledon Athletics was like taking medicine this week, and frequent news broke out. After Russell announced the end of the season the day before yesterday, today we received a more explosive news - just thirty minutes ago... Our reporter confirmed the news. Wimbledon Athletics legendary star, their captain, Chu, who is 41 years old, announced that he would retire a season ahead of schedule!"

There was a crisp sound of wine glass falling to the ground and breaking, and there were more chairs falling to the ground.

The person in front of the bar looked at the TV in amazement, his hands still holding the wine glass... Some people stood up and lay behind them with the falling chairs.

"What's wrong with you, Chu?" This time it was Russell's turn to call Chu Zhongtian to question him.

"As you can see, Alai. I retired early!"

"How can you do this? Didn't you say you want to fulfill the remaining contract? Didn't you keep saying that you are not old?"

"Of course I'm not old, so guess what I'll do after I retire?"

Chu Zhongtian laughed without waiting for Russell to speak: "Head coach, ha! You won't sit in this position of the head coach of the crazy gang, I'll sit in it!"

Russell was silent for a while when he heard the news, but he didn't expect to calm down and accept the reality: "A long time ago, I thought you would become a head coach after retirement. Now it's true."

"…You have nothing else to say?"

"By the way, I wish you good luck, Chu."

After hanging up the phone with Russell, Emily came up and said, "You really want to be the head coach?"

Chu Zhongtian curled his lips and said, "Do you think I said this on purpose to get angry with Alai? It has nothing to do with him. I just want to be the head coach and help the team I like."

Emily smiled.

※※※Samuelson was almost busy. Russell and Chu Zhongtian both made a surprise attack on him. He is now preparing to say goodbye to Chu Zhongtian. As the greatest, most successful and legendary star in the team's history, his farewell must be more grand.

But it's a pity that after Chu transferred to Wimbledon Athletics, the team did not win an important championship trophy. It was impossible to put out a row of trophys like he said goodbye to Real Madrid. The momentum was really fascinating... Wimbledon Athletics is a small club with not so much glory to show off.

So we can only try to make it more grand... But no matter how grand it is, it seems that Wimbledon is not of high quality compared to clubs like Real Madrid.

Chu Zhongtian came to find Samuelson: "I heard you are preparing for my farewell ceremony?"

Samuelson admitted: "Yes..."

Chu Zhongtian waved his hand: "Hey, don't prepare. Just ask me to say a few words to everyone before the last home game."

"How can this be?" Samuelson refused - the greatest legendary star in club history has retired, how could it be so simple and shabby?
To be continued...