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Chapter 3 Diop's Cool and Pierce's Grumpy

Klein Diop is an assistant first-team coach for Manchester City.

He has been very happy recently, but he can't show it, he can only be secretly happy in his heart.

Because the thing that makes him very happy is that Manchester City lose.

If he still performed very well after losing the game, then he, the assistant coach, probably did his best.

But Diop can't be upset, especially when Manchester City lost 0:2 to the newly promoted Stoke City last night, and the ranking dropped to the bottom four, Diop was crazy.

Why is he so cool?
Because as Manchester City continued to lose, the position of head coach Stuart Pierce became more and more precarious.

Once Stuart Pierce is out of class, Diop is likely to take over as head coach.

It's Diop's dream to be a head coach, can you be unhappy?
Stuart Pierce was famous as a player, he is considered the best left-back in the history of the Premier League.

After retiring, this upright English man has been the head coach of the Manchester City youth team.

Until the middle of last season, the former head coach had a poor record and dismissed get out of class sadly.Pierce was logically pushed to the front desk as the interim head coach of the Manchester City club.Under the leadership of Pierce, Manchester City achieved seven games unbeaten success.Even if it weren't for the poor foundation of the former head coach, Pierce's Manchester City would have a chance to qualify for the Europa League.

Pierce's excellent coaching performance gave the club confidence.

At the beginning of the 2006-2007 season, club chairman Ward, under the pressure of the club's heavy debts, gave Pierce a budget of 1200 million pounds to buy people.Although this number is not as fierce as Chelsea's "ruble storm", it is also ranked in the top four in the Premier League.

Pierce is also welcome, one summer strategizing, recruiting troops, bringing the team forward Samaras, forward Cordilla, midfielder Harman, goalkeeper Isaacson and other powerful players.

Manchester City is also considered by the major media to have the strength to impact the European war.

But the facts slapped everyone in the face.

Half a season of games has proved that Pierce's vision is so bad.

Among the players he introduced, only goalkeeper Isaacson stood firm.On the front line, the performance of Corradi and Samaras, the highly anticipated striker combination, has been questioned.Samaras scored 20 goals in more than 0 games and was scored in the reserve team by Pierce.Although Cordella scored three goals, he always regarded himself as a "big name" and never took the initiative to find the ball, but always waited for his teammates to feed the ball.

The veteran Harman can only play soy sauce during the rotation.

With poor signings, the team naturally performed poorly.At the end of the half, Manchester City only ranked 15th, far below expectations.

Despite this, club chairman Ward still supports Pierce. He invested 400 million pounds in the transfer market during the winter break, allowing Pierce to buy Mido from Tottenham.

But the winter break is over, and Manchester City is still losing.

On February 2007, 2, after Manchester City lost 25:0 at home to their relegation rival Stoke City, Ward, the club chairman who has been supporting Pierce, rarely chose to remain silent.

This is a clear signal: the club began to feel dissatisfied with Pierce.

After consecutive losses, Manchester City's ranking has dropped to 17th, and they are one step away from entering the abyss of relegation.If Pierce leads the team to lose another one or two games, dismissal will surely become a fact.

Once Pierce gets out of class, the team is bound to find a new head coach to replace him.

Now that the Premier League has entered the second half of the season, it is obviously unrealistic to find a new head coach and give him time to adapt to the team, so at this time the club's eyes will definitely be turned internally.

Before the new head coach is confirmed, they need someone to transition.

There is no doubt that Diop, as an assistant coach, must be the first choice.

Thinking that he is very likely to become the head coach of the team in the next game or the next game, even if it is a transition, Diop feels very refreshed.

Become the head coach of the team, lead the team to relegation, beat Chelsea, kick Manchester United, win the league championship, marry Bai Fumei, and reach the pinnacle of life...

The more Diop thought about it, the more itchy he felt.

He even met his good friend Jonny last night, a reporter from the "Manchester Times", and "casually" revealed some words to Joni during the meeting.

Although it was just some talk about "the club is dissatisfied with Pierce", Diop believes that tomorrow's newspaper will be very interesting with Jonny's black and white pen.

But although he is happy in his heart, on the surface Diop is still conscientious and always worried about the team.

In order to show his awareness of "concern for the country and the people", Diop came to the team's training base early in the morning on the second day after the loss.

To be honest, if you lose a game in a general league, the coaching staff will cancel the team's next day's vacation and use extra training as a punishment.But for a team that has lost two-thirds of all games, adding this penalty to practice the next day has had little effect.

So the coaching staff still gave the team a day off.

But in the head coach's office on the base, Diop bumped into Pierce by accident.

"Hey, Diop, good morning!" Although he lost the game, Pierce was in good spirits and took the initiative to greet Diop.

"Morning, Pierce, why are you here so early today?"

"Have you read today's newspaper?" Pierce did not answer him, but pointed to the newspaper on the table, which was the freshly released "Manchester Times".

The headline on the front page is in red and oversized font, which is very eye-catching "Pierce is dismissed from get out of class, Diop is coming?" ", the following is the analysis of the famous reporter Jonny of the "Manchester Times".

Jonny believes that Pierce's poor signings, poor record, lost control of the locker room, and getting out of get out of class is inevitable.As for the assistant coach Diop, who has coached the team for many years, is familiar with the team, and has good popularity, he will be a good choice for the transitional head coach.

Jonny even gave an example.

At this time last year, the former coach was dismissed due to a poor record. Pierce happened to be the team's assistant coach at the time. He took over the coach, perfectly led the team to avoid relegation, and then became the official team coach in the new season.

In view of the good performance of the team after the coaching change last season, Jonny believes that Manchester City will still choose a temporary head coach from the team.And this interim head coach is naturally none other than Diop.

"What?" Although he knew the contents of the newspaper, Diop still took the newspaper and pretended to read it.

After reading it, Diop was "shocked".

"Um, Pierce, I swear, this is definitely not what I said..." Diop made a frightened look, pretending to distance himself from the truth.

"I'm sure it's not you." Pierce stopped Diop from moving.

"Then who is it? Looking at this report, there are many details that only the top management of the team can know. Could it be that the top management of the club said it?"

Diop has already pointed out that he even mentioned two "high-level" in his words, intending to guide Pierce.

Pierce tapped his index finger on his work, and suddenly thought of one thing: Chairman Ward, who had always supported him before, rarely gave an interview after the team lost yesterday.This behavior made the outside world daydream.

high level?Could it be... Was it Ward's tone?

Ward's intentions couldn't be more obvious when he did this.

The good mood on Pierce's face disappeared. Although he is a meritorious player of Manchester City, he is very appealing among players and fans.But it is not the fans who really have the decision-making power in this club, but the club chairman Ward.If he loses Ward's support, no matter how high his prestige is, his head coach will have no choice but to leave.

"By the way, boss, why did you come so early today?" Seeing Pierce's expression, Diop knew that the "effect" he wanted had been achieved, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Oh, that's right." Pierce actually came so early and wanted to talk to Ward, but the newspaper made him dispel this view. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that the reserve team coach Duncan was injured yesterday. So he said casually: "I heard that Duncan was injured by a football yesterday and went to the hospital. The bridge of his nose almost broke."

"I've also heard about this incident. It is said that Samaras' shot was flawed. Duncan who was standing on the sidelines did not hide for some reason, and was hit in the face by a football." Diop couldn't help laughing , he could think of the funny scenes at that time.

"Then come with me to see our poor head coach of the reserve team." Pierce also couldn't help laughing.

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On the field, the reserve league between Manchester City and Stoke City has entered the second half.

The three places in Manchester City's reserve team have been used up, and the score is 0:2.Like yesterday's Manchester City first team, the reserve team trailed the opponent by two goals.

Could it be that the first team and the reserve team are going to be double-killed at the same time?
"It's not going to work like this." The assistant coach of the reserve team turned his attention to Duncan, hoping that the head coach could make some adjustments.Even if you don't do your best to turn the tide, at least don't let the team lose too badly.

But Duncan still folded his hands on his chest, making people unable to see the expression behind the sunglasses.At this time, Duncan was still immersed in his mind, and he didn't notice any changes in the outside world in the magical formation system.

The assistant coach's eyes were cramped, and Duncan remained unresponsive.

The assistant coach of the reserve team has already started to swear in his heart: Damn you, did you get fooled by football yesterday, and you really think you are a mascot?

On the court, Samaras once again wasted a great opportunity. He put his head in his hands and his eyes were full of frustration.The first team has zero goals in 23 games, and now the reserve team still cannot score in the league.

It seems that the label "parallel imports" is really correct.

Samaras shook his head, bowed his head and ran back to his own half.On the way he sneaked a peek at Duncan, only to find that Duncan was sitting there, not even moving his bottom.

It seems that the head coach really gave up on me, and he didn't even bother to scold me.

Samaras was depressed for a while. At that time, he came here with the halo of "the highest net worth in the history of Manchester City". He thought that he had climbed the ladder of his dream, and from then on he would be able to embark on the road of becoming a top shooter and reach the pinnacle of life.

But I didn't realize that these steps were difficult, and I accidentally fell into the abyss.

Perhaps it was time, Samaras thought, to ask my agent to find me a team, somewhere else.

Duncan didn't notice any abnormalities in the people around him. At this moment, he gradually figured out the wonderful function of this formation system.

At this moment, a cough "cough cough" came from Duncan's ear. This was the voice of head coach Pierce.

Duncan opened his eyes, and through the sunglasses, Pierce and assistant coach Diop were standing beside him.

It happened to be Pierce who coughed.

(End of this chapter)