champion light

Chapter 834 Consciousness as a leader

After the game, Rongguang's goal in the game became the focus of everyone's discussion. Rongguang himself also talked about this goal in an interview.

"That was the result of a sudden epiphany," he said.

In fact, this is a nicer way of saying it. In layman's terms, it translates as "foolish".

But it doesn't matter how you get in, as long as you get in.

After winning this game, Manchester City is still ranked seventh, three points away from Everton, who is ranked sixth.

Chelsea lost the game and were overtaken by Liverpool.

After this game, Hiddink was criticized by the media and Chelsea fans, who believed that he played too conservatively in the game. The media ridiculed Hiddink. Watching this game really made people suspect that it was not Chelsea's home game, but Manchester City's home game.

Hiddink was a little embarrassed by the media criticism, and Benitez was not happy.

Although Manchester City won consecutive games, after being tied by West Ham United, Chelsea ushered in a winning streak again.

At the same time, since the eighteenth round of the league, after losing 1:2 away to West Bromwich Albion, Manchester City has never lost in the league again.

But there was no smile on Benitez's face.

Before the start of training on Monday, he said with a straight face to the players who were in a good mood because of consecutive wins: "Don't be too happy, you must know that we are still seventh in the league, and our goal is the top four in the league! We are still seven points away from Arsenal, who are fourth in the league, and there are less than ten rounds in the league-I don't know what to be happy about."

What he said made the players of Manchester City feel a little uncomfortable-why didn't they make people happy when they obviously won the game?We were so happy off the court, and it didn't delay our winning.You broke the cold water at this time, you really lost your appetite!

Rong Guang was probably the only one in the team who didn't think there was anything wrong with what Benitez said.Because he thinks the same as Benitez.Regardless of the fact that the team has been winning so far and remains undefeated.But what is the purpose of our continuous winning?
Don't you just want a Champions League qualification?

What's the point of winning if we keep winning in the end but can't qualify for the Champions League?Therefore, as long as you don't get the top four in a day, you can't relax for a day.

Although Benitez's words were not pleasant, it was exactly what Rong Guang agreed with.

Therefore, for the first time, he also had a different view on this head coach.

Although he can't speak very much, there are still real materials-the glory of this point is no longer in doubt after the team has won consecutive victories.

Now he finds that Benitez is a kind of person with himself in a sense.

Both are very concerned about winning, both obsessed with getting stronger.

They never relax their demands on themselves, nor will they relax their demands on others.

To a certain extent, Benitez is very similar to Magath. They are the kind of coaches that are not good in the eyes of most players, because he is strict and is like a "devil".

But in Rongguang's view, these two people are very good coaches because of their strict requirements and their ambitions.

Rong Guang likes to work with such a coach. If two people have the same goals, ambitions, and fighting spirit, they can work together and think together, and finally form a huge synergy to push the team forward.

The coach Rong Guang least wants to meet is the kind of coach who has no fighting spirit or ambition.

In that case, it would be a disaster...

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In the team locker room, everyone is changing and chatting at the same time, getting ready to start the day of practice.

Rong Guang pushed the door open and entered. It wasn't because he was late, he had just come off the training ground, and he was still wearing training clothes, covered in sweat.

Everyone is used to this kind of glory - it's like this every day, everyone comes to the training ground, and he has just finished a training session.

Rong Guang greeted Sun Hai first, then walked through the locker room and walked towards his locker, but he stopped halfway, standing in the middle of the locker room, and suddenly said to everyone: "I have a few words to say."

Seeing Rong Guang like this, the players in the locker room stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him suspiciously.

I was puzzled because Rong Guang was generally very quiet in the locker room. He was not as lively as Robinho, who always made the locker room look like a Brazilian carnival with a group of Brazilians. He was also not like those local players who gathered to discuss a lot of family issues.

He's quiet in the locker room except for essential socializing, and he rarely has the opportunity to spend long periods of time in the same locker room with his teammates -- most of the time, he's training.This also made it impossible for him to communicate in depth with his teammates.

Moreover, the feelings of the teammates towards Rongguang are also very complicated. On the one hand, they really have to admit his strength, on the other hand, he is always keen on all kinds of training, and he can't play with them...

This is a person you admire, but you are not close to...

However, you will still listen to what he says, because he is so important.

It's just that Rong Guang rarely says anything in front of everyone. He is not the captain, so he does not perform the role of captain in the locker room.

Everyone was surprised that he suddenly had something to say today.

"Although I know that everyone is not satisfied with what the boss said, and I don't like the way he speaks." Rong Guang didn't have any polite greetings, and didn't ramble, and went straight to the point when he came up, straight to the point. "But I still think what the boss said is right. We are still seventh in the league and haven't even qualified for the UEFA Cup. There is really nothing to be happy about. You know, our goal this season is to qualify for the Champions League next season. So before achieving that goal, everyone should not relax, thinking that winning consecutive victories or winning consecutively is nothing special..."

Everyone didn't expect Rong Guang to say this.

Sun Hai also looked at Rong Guang in surprise.
"There are still nine rounds to the end of the league. Our situation is actually very serious. If our competitors continue to win, we have no chance at all. So the fate is not entirely in our own hands. But if we can't continue to meet the ball and put some pressure on the teams above us in the standings, then we will never be able to achieve our goal. So please, work together until we achieve this goal!"

His speech was short, no nonsense, and finished quickly.After speaking, he walked back to his closet and began to change into the second set of training clothes.

Everyone stared blankly at his back.

Dunn glanced at the deputy captain Sun Hai, and he also saw surprise in the eyes of this glorious fellow.

Rong Guang has never made any demands on the team. Even if the whole team played badly in the first half of the season, he did not ask everyone in the locker room to strive for victory and strive for the Champions League qualification next season.

He just silently carried the whole team on his shoulders.When the team lost, he practiced harder.

It is because of this that other players have a mentality of relying on Rongguang - anyway Rong is working so hard, we just need to watch him perform...

But this time, he actually asked the whole team to work hard...

Since Benitez took office, Rong seems to have really undergone some changes...

He seems to have a sudden awareness, this awareness is not that he should drag the team forward, but to lead the team forward.

Although they are both taking the lead, the meanings of these two sentences are completely different.

Dragging the team, and leading the team, the focus is on where to put the team, should you carry the team on your shoulders, or pull the team to run together?

With the eyes of a captain, Dunn saw certain qualities of a leader in Rongguang today.

He felt that he should go to Benitez to talk about the ownership of the captain's armband...

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Sure enough, Dunn went to find Benitez after the training that day, and then told Benitez about this matter, including what Rong Guang said in the locker room today.

After hearing this, Benitez smiled.

He was really happy to hear such a thing. Rong Guang had the self-awareness of being a leader, and what he said at the beginning seemed to have really played a role and touched his heart.

But he doesn't intend to give the captain's armband to Rong Guang now.

"Richard, you still wear the captain's armband." He said to Dunn. "Rong is not ready to wear the armband yet. He still needs to practice. At least before the end of this season, I don't plan to make him the captain of the team, not even the third captain."

Dunn didn't quite understand why Benitez didn't wear the captain's armband for Rong Guang. In his opinion, Rong Guang was ready.

But he accepted Benitez's decision and left.

Benitez looked at the back of Dunn leaving. This is a good man, but his ability as the captain is indeed a bit weak.When the team played so badly in the first half of the season, Dunn, as the captain, didn't show any role as a captain. He couldn't lead the team out of the predicament. He could only make mud in the locker room.

Such a person is indeed not suitable to be the captain. Looking at the whole team, there is indeed no one more suitable for the captain than Rong Guang.

but not now.

There are still nine league rounds left in this season. Whether they can get to the top four of the league depends on the results of the last nine rounds of the league.During this period, Benitez needs Rong Guang to focus on the game, and suddenly letting him be the captain may distract him and surprise him.

The slightest distraction from Rong Guang is something Benitez does not want to see.

But he was very happy to hear Rong Guang's words.

Rong Guang's performance really made Benitez himself full of confidence.

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Three days later, Manchester City defeated Sunderland 2-0 at home and won their third consecutive league victory.

Everton, ranked sixth, lost to Portsmouth 1:2 in the away game. Manchester City and Everton were evenly divided.Both teams have 48 points, but Manchester City has more goals than Everton in terms of goals and goal difference. Therefore, with this advantage, they squeezed out Everton and became sixth in the league!

(End of this chapter)