fat man who can't play football

Chapter 172 Frustration Education
Steve left several generals who were about to be recruited by the national team directly in the Thorpe Arch training base, and there were many immature faces on the flight from Leeds United to Rome.

Steve is thankful that he followed the advice of the reserve team coach Redfern in the pre-season Europa League player registration and put Stuart Shackleton in the B list. The little guy was lucky to be fat Select Expedition to Rome.

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(Science Demarcation Line)

For the European competitions (including the Champions League and the Europa League) that many fans are familiar with, the registration rules for the participating players of each team are divided into two lists, A and B.

Players included in both lists are eligible to represent their clubs in European competitions.

There can be a maximum of 25 people in the A list of the European team, using the 17+8 principle.

That is, the 17 unrestricted sign-up players that fans are familiar with, plus 4 players trained by their national associations and 4 players trained by their clubs.

When a player is between the ages of 15 and 21 (the season when he spends his 15th birthday or his 21st birthday during a certain season is also counted. That is, he is a little over 14 years old before the start of the season and becomes 15 during the season. age; he was less than 21 years old before the start of the season, and the season when he became a little over 21 years old during the season can also be counted), regardless of his nationality, registered with a club for three full seasons, or accumulated 36 months time, then this player can be regarded as a player trained by this club.

In the same way, when a player registers for three complete seasons, or accumulates 15 months, in one or more clubs in the Football Association league to which the current club belongs between the ages of 21 and 36, then the player can It is regarded as a player trained by the country's association.

There is no limit to the number of players that can be registered in the European B-list.The condition is that players who are under the age of 21 at the time of registration and have been registered with the club for more than 15 years after the age of 2.

Shackleton, who joined Leeds youth training at the age of 7, turned 17 this year, just enough to qualify for Leeds United's European B list.

Jack Clark, who also came from the youth training, was only 16 years old this year and could not enter the B list. Fortunately, the fat man appreciated him and directly included him in the A list.

However, Clark is too young, and the effective training time (between the ages of 15 and 21) is insufficient. He can neither be recognized as a player trained by Leeds United nor can he be recognized as a player trained by the English Football Association.

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In the game against Roma, Fatty boldly put young Jack Clark, Ronaldo Vieira, Charlie Taylor into the starting lineup.

Roma just won Inter Milan 2-1 in the league in midweek. The team is in an excellent state, and Spalletti is not polite to the fat man at all, and plays with the main force.

The fans of "Red Wolf" (Roma) have always been known for their fanaticism. Fatty clearly remembers that in his previous life, when he saw Roma win the Serie A championship in the 00/01 season in front of the TV, Roma fans frantically poured into the stadium.

In a blink of an eye, Totti, Montella, and Batistuta were stripped to nothing but their underpants by the fans.

The frenzied atmosphere hit the little fat man's retina, and there was a sacred feeling of pilgrimage. For the first time, he felt that football had a kind of magic that made people crazy.

You must know that the Olympic Stadium in Rome can accommodate 10.5 fans.

The young players of Leeds United could hardly move their feet under the roar of tens of thousands of Roma fans piercing their eardrums.

In the 54th minute of the game, Leeds United fell behind by three goals. Stroman, Salah, and Totti successively contributed to the Red Wolves.

Seeing that the general situation was gone, Steve simply let Kulusevsky and Shackleton play to find the feeling.

The fat man asked Xiaoku to stand in the right midfield position, and wanted to see if this young man could provide Leeds with new options for the midfield.

Xiaoku's dribbling and ball delivery are still orderly. In previous games, Xiaoku basically did not take on any defensive tasks, but in the midfield position he will inevitably have to fight hand-to-hand with his opponents.

The shortcomings of Xiaoku's lateral movement speed were exposed, and he was ravaged by the Argentine iron waist Paredes who ruthlessly held down the shortcomings.

Under these ravages, Xiaoku completely panicked during the game and accidentally blocked Totti's cross into his own goal.

The Roma fans behind the goal laughed insultingly when they saw this scene.

"Haha, brat, you haven't even grown your hair yet, why don't you play football, go home and find your mother."

"Donatti, stop talking. Our little friend is almost crying by you, hahaha~"

Xiao Ku covered his face with his hands and lay on the lawn. It was really a bad debut.

Maguire stepped forward and lifted Xiaoku up.

"What are you doing, you brat. The game isn't over yet, go back to the locker room later, and if you want to save yourself a beating, just run a few more steps for me."

Steve watched anxiously from the sidelines as well.

Hit it lightly, the one on the other side, don't beat up the hearts of these darlings.

Perhaps a certain angel sister heard the voice of the fat man, so that Leeds United did not suffer a worse beating.

At the end of the game, the score recorded on the big screen was four to zero.

Xiao Ku couldn't hold back anymore, and felt that tears had filled his eyes.

Steve rushed into the arena and buried Xiao Ku's head in his chest.

"Is it a shame to score an own goal?
No shame, this just proves your sense of responsibility, otherwise why did you run to that position?

Cry if you want, there is nothing shameful about it, it proves that you are competitive and not reconciled to failure.Remember this feeling, these are the driving forces for you to move forward.

But next time you encounter this kind of thing, don’t cry for me. Crying once is not reconciled, and crying continuously is weak.Football is a man's game, no one will sympathize with the weak.

If you don't admit defeat, just practice more in training and work harder in the game. Next time you might run a few more steps and block the ball. "

Steve felt that Xiao Ku had already shed hot tears in his arms, but he managed not to cry out.

It's also a bit embarrassing for this kid. He has been playing in his hometown team for a long time. This summer he went out to the Atlanta team in Italy. Before he got used to it, he turned around and came to Leeds in England.

All this is too unbearable for a 16-year-old boy.

Xiaoku will continue to practice with the reserve team tomorrow.

Steve can have a little time to take a good look at the team's recent game video. Watching the video, he suddenly thinks of the Chinese team that he dreamed of in his previous life.

Fatty checked it on his mobile phone. During this international competition day, the Chinese team will play two top [-] matches.

The Chinese team is still working hard towards the dream of "going out of Asia" under the guidance of Gao Hongbo as in the previous life.

Director Gao was ordered at the critical moment of the Chinese team's participation in the World Cup Asian qualifier group stage, leading the Chinese team to a 2-0 victory over Qatar at home, and advancing to the "Twelve Rounds" in a thrilling manner.

In the previous life, Fatty watched this game with tears in his eyes at the end, and promised that he would never be a low-level guide again in this life.

Gao Hongbo is also the first local coach to bring the Chinese football team to the final stage of the World Cup Asian qualifiers in the past 97 years after Qi Wusheng "lost Golden State" in 20.

But Fatty clearly remembered that all the good things would be shattered after the next two "Top [-]" games.

I hope that the high-level guidance in this time and space will have different luck.

But the wheels of history are rolling, and the forward momentum is irresistible.

On October 10, the Chinese team was defeated by Syria 6-[-] at home due to a low-level error by goalkeeper Gu Chao.

The development of the plot is exactly the same as in the previous life. Fatty feels a huge sense of powerlessness. Is there really something irresistible?
During the international competition day, Fatty's troubles are far more than this one.

On October 10, the England national team defeated the visiting Malta with a score of 9-2 in the World Cup European qualifiers.

This should have been a happy moment, but the fat man sadly found that Cook didn't get even one minute of playing time.

"South Gate" Southgate trusts Ali, Henderson and Rooney, who has been transformed into a midfielder, more.

Cook, who also has a brilliant performance in scoring statistics this season, must have higher expectations for his position in the national team.

Hopefully the small setbacks he faces with the national team this time around won't discourage Cook.

Immediately afterwards, on October 10, the Chinese team lost 11 to 0 in the away game to Uzbekistan, the "powerhouse in Central Asia".

The senior director of the national team who entered the palace for the second time failed to stay in the position of coach for a full year this time, and was criticized by the media after get out of class, which made people embarrassing.

Out of anger, Steve took the initiative to express his support for Gao Hongbo on social platforms.

"Mr. Gao is a good coach that I respect. Last year he joined the coaching staff of the Dutch Den Haag team. I talked with him after the warm-up match. He is a coach with extremely high tactical attainments.

I also have full respect for his achievements as the coach of the Chinese national team. "

In the summer of 15, Gao Hongbo joined the Chinese-owned Den Haag Football Club as an assistant coach, which made Director Gao the first local Chinese coach to go to Europe to coach.

Fatty played against him in the warm-up match before the season.

When Director Gao learned of Steve's support for him from the gossip Chinese media, he was also a little puzzled.

Am I losing my memory?

I remember shaking hands with the fat man across the way. Did we talk about anything at that time?Also see my tactical attainments?

The reservedness of the Easterners still made Director Gao express his gratitude for this: "I am very grateful to Coach Steve for supporting me. I will enrich myself and strive for the next opportunity."

The British tabloids also smelled something different from Fatty's social comments. Several good media outlets made requests for exclusive interviews with Fatty, but Fatty rejected them all.

Steve didn't want another Brokeback Mountain story with the "beauty" from the East.

The day after Gao Hongbo resigned, Cook still failed to get playing time in the European qualifiers between England and Slovenia.

This time Southgate trusted Ali, Henderson and Dell. Even when he was unable to start the situation, he failed to think of Cook, who had a good foot this season.

The fat man saw that the camera cut to Cook's face several times in the live broadcast. Fortunately, Cook's facial expressions were well managed and no one could see anything.

That night, Steve was not in the mood to watch football videos either, and stared blankly at the flickering display screen. Steve didn't realize until the cigarette in his hand was burned out.

Slamming the cigarette butt into the ashtray, Steve turned his head and glanced at the blacked-out phone screen, thought for a while, and dialed a phone number.

"Boss, what's the matter?"

"Lewis (Cook), where are you now?"

"Waiting for the return flight at the airport."

"Uh, are you okay?"

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"Lewis, don't be discouraged.

Fortunately, you were not born in the era when Gerrard and Lampard were shining. At that time, England could only play 442. No matter how hard you worked, you would not have the chance to make it to the national team.

Haha~~”

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The fat man could feel the low air pressure on the other side of the phone through the phone screen.

"Looks like I have no sense of humor, Lewis.

What I mean is that England is currently undergoing a new generation, and the results of this year's European Cup have not been satisfactory.

This has resulted in none of the current group of young players being able to establish their main position.

Rooney is old, even if he retreats to play midfield now, he won't last long.

As long as you keep working hard, you will have a chance to compete for the position he left behind.

Not being able to participate in the European Cup this summer may be a good thing for you, which separates the poor performance of the national team from you.

Instead, you have become the possibility to change the England midfield.

Southgate is also constantly examining the performance of various players. He gave you a chance in the first qualifier, and today he gave Dell a chance.

Speaking of which, you're even luckier.

After all, you won that game with England, haha. "

……

"Uh..., Lewis, I think you understand what I mean. In football, the comparison is not about who can become famous overnight, but who can maintain a good state for a longer time through their own efforts."

"Boss, I see. I'm about to board the plane."

"Okay, see you later."

beep --

This stinky boy, the way to end the topic is too bad, can't he show more respect to the head coach?

It looks like someone is going to be unlucky in practice at Leeds United tomorrow.

The unlucky one wouldn't be the crying little guy from before.

Fatty couldn't help looking forward to tomorrow.

In the training match on October 10, a young man was shoveled so that he dared not take the ball. This young man began to doubt whether switching to midfield was the right choice.

Xiao Ku, who was thinking about it, was tripped by Cook in the next second and gave a "dog eat shit".

"Young man, focus on the game, what are you thinking!"

Xiao Ku raised his head helplessly, glanced at the head coach, and held on, not daring to shed tears.

Fatty couldn't hold back the miserable appearance, and laughed out loud.

(End of this chapter)