Array football

Chapter 211

The game ended on the evening of the 29th, and the next day the players flew to various parts of the world to report to the national team.

Between September 9st and 1th, there will be two national team match days, and players will play two World Cup qualifiers on behalf of the national team.

Duncan took the players who were not selected for the national team and embarked on a flight to Manchester.

In the bus on the road, Duncan accidentally saw Stephen Ireland.

Stephen Ireland was an unexpected discovery this summer.

At the beginning, Ireland had been on loan, and Duncan hadn't watched his game.

Until this summer, Ireland returned to Manchester City and made an appearance in the warm-up match against Hamburg. It performed very well and exceeded Duncan's expectations, so Duncan chose to keep the bald young man.

Ireland always maintains a clear mind both offensively and defensively on the court, and has accurate judgments on the situation on the court and where the ball will fall. It can be said to be a typical player who plays football with his brain.Ireland's speed is not too fast, and he will be able to play wide, but his ability to read the opponent's defense and find space is good, so he often appears in various places where the opponent is not defended.

From this point of view, the Irish player's style of play is quite a thief.

His advantages are as obvious as his disadvantages: his physical confrontation ability is poor, and his breakthrough with the ball is almost zero, but he can always pass the ball very well, and he can also appear at the right place at the right time.

This feature Duncan likes very much.

And there are too many honest people in the Manchester City team: Heinze, Joel Luka, Pedro, Silva, Samaras... With an Irish presence, it may also play a role in activating the shock fish Bar.

So Duncan chose to stay in Ireland.

Judging from the name, you know that Stephen Ireland is an Irish athlete.The strength of the Irish national team has not been high. Duncan felt that Stephen Ireland was strong enough to enter the national team, but he did not expect that this guy was not called up by the national team.

Is the Irish national team already strong enough to not need this player yet?
But Andy Cole, who is familiar with the players, told Duncan a dumbfounding thing that happened in Ireland.

Last season, Ireland was called up to the national team to prepare for the European Cup qualifiers. Before the start of the second game, Ireland received a call from his girlfriend.

Subsequently, Ireland found the head coach and reported to him that his grandmother had passed away, so he needed to take leave to go home to deal with the funeral.After hearing the news, the head coach gave him the green light on the spot and allowed him to miss the next national team game.

But soon the deception was exposed, and the Irish media discovered that the Irish grandmother did not pass away at all...

The revelation of the deception made Ireland lose face, and he began to make mistakes again and again: he said that it was his grandmother who died instead of his grandmother, and then the media found out that his grandmother was still alive...

Ireland knew that the fire could not be covered with paper, and finally told part of the truth: his girlfriend had a miscarriage at home, so she called him to complain. Ireland, who was eager to go back, did not want her privacy to be exposed, so she fabricated these lies.

As a result, the Irish national team decided not to use Ireland anymore.

Of course, Ireland itself has no idea of ​​returning to the national team.

But fortunately, at least judging from his performance on the court, this guy is quite normal.

Duncan doesn't care about the player's private life and character, as long as he obeys the command and doesn't make trouble, he can use it.Ireland have shown some good stuff, as a substitute, sometimes they can play the role of a surprise player.

When he arrived at the airport, Duncan met the whole Manchester United team and Ferguson as no surprise.

There is no way, both teams are from Manchester, and after the game, they have to fly back the next day, so the encounter at the airport was also inevitable by chance.

Everyone smiled politely but awkwardly.

However, although they are opponents on the court, the relationship between the two teams is not bad off the court.

Otherwise, when Elano moved to Manchester United, it would not be so smooth.Most of the hostility between rivals in the same city derby was hyped up by reporters.

After boarding the plane, players from both sides even lined up.

Scholes asked Ljungberg about Lichtsteiner's kicking skills, Aguero and Tevez, two Argentinian fellows, sat together to complain about the weather in Manchester, and Trabelsi asked Berba Tove asked how to use hairspray.

Duncan was sitting next to Ferguson in the first class cabin.

"The quality of the players you bought, especially the midfielder, is very good," Ferguson said.

"That's right, it took a lot of effort to buy it." Duncan said slightly.

"I'm a little skeptical. By selling Elano to me, you meant dumping junk." Ferguson was suspicious: "Yaya Toure is here, there must be someone for Hargreaves and Elano Lost the main position, so you pushed the boat along the way and sold Elano to me?"

Duncan's expression suddenly changed inexplicably.

"Could it... be true?" Ferguson originally said something casually, but looking at Duncan's expression, Ferguson's suspicion deepened.

"How is it possible?" Duncan waved his hand: "The team will play in the Champions League this season, and there will inevitably be many games that need to be rotated. The depth of the bench must be maintained! And Elano's transfer, but his own proposed, but I did not take the initiative to express that I would sell him..."

"But you sold him to make room for Yaya Toure, that's an undeniable fact!" Ferguson said.In this game, compared with last season's lineup, the only change is Yaya Toure's starting lineup.

"Are you still a little strange when you say this?" Duncan looked at Ferguson, sizing up his opponent: "Elano offered to transfer, but the transfer target was only Manchester United, and the transfer process was done so quickly. , Did you find players in advance?" Duncan looked into Ferguson's eyes and asked.

"Hehehehe." Ferguson withdrew his gaze from Duncan, and sat back on the recliner: "Young man, if there is no factual basis, don't talk nonsense..."

On the plane, two foxes, one big and one small, fell silent at the same time.

Back in Manchester, as usual, the team has a day off.

Of course, the players had a day off, but Duncan did not rest. On this day, the club held a small interactive ceremony between the head coach and the youth training players. Although it is a small club, Manchester City’s youth training system is still very complete. From U8 to All echelons of the U19 are sound.

The arrival of the head coach of the first team makes the young players very happy, because this is the figure of the head coach they only see on TV every weekend.

But now he appeared beside him alive.

Most of these young players aim to join Manchester City's first team in the future.

To them, Duncan is a great big man.

So the young players were very active in this day's training, fighting each other and chasing after each other.

"Steben, I bet, if you come every day, the growth rate of these young players will increase by 10 times." Mark Allen, the youth training director of the Manchester City Club, stood beside Duncan with his arms folded, and smiled. .

Of course, this is just a joke. Duncan is busy with the first team, and it would be great to be able to come to the youth training camp once or twice a month.

"Mark, these kids are the future hope of the team, so don't give up on each of them." Duncan patted Mark Allen on the shoulder with a smile and said.

"By the way, Duncan, the team owner is in crisis, so it should have no impact on the club, right?" Mark Allen asked his concerns.

This is also the worry of many club employees. Working in the club is not only a love of football, but also a job to support their families.

"Trust me, Mark, the crisis will be over soon!"

(End of this chapter)