midfield god

Chapter 64 The Unexpected Decision

After this match, Yunfei had a premonition that the future matches might become even more difficult. When the opponent knows your pulse, they will naturally attack with ease and amazing efficiency.

Sure enough, in the seventh round of the league, Southampton played extremely anxiously at home against Queens Park Rangers. The opponent obviously learned from Coventry's method against Southampton.

In the 32nd minute of the game, Queens Park Rangers took advantage of a set kick to score first and opened the scoring.

Five minutes later, Yunfei instigated the attack and tore apart the opponent's defense with a penetrating through ball. Kenway Jones used his speed to break through and then crossed the goal, assisting Fuller to score.

After those two goals there was nothing more to achieve and the game ended in a draw.

Southampton suffered two consecutive draws after four consecutive victories. The recent decline is evident. They were also surpassed by their opponents in the standings and dropped from the top position.

Faced with this situation, Redknapp couldn't sit still. He felt that he had to make some changes. If this continued, the team would not be far from being defeated for the first time.

When Yunfei was called to the head coach's office, he had already realized what the head coach was going to say to him.

"Yunfei, I called you here today because I want to say that I'm going to put you on the bench for the next game!"

Redknapp carefully observed the expression on Yunfei's face, seeing that the latter's face did not change at all when he heard the news, he was slightly relieved.

Although it is the head coach's right to decide who to start, he has no obligation to explain his decision to the players, but he still hopes to make it clear to Yunfei that young players are easy to get into trouble, and he does not want his decision to affect the current good relationship between himself and Yunfei.

"I understand coach, I will support you in whatever decision you make. Without your trust, I would not be able to get so many playing opportunities at such a young age!"

Yunfei's words are of course sincere, after all not everyone has such courage.But he is not optimistic about Redknapp's decision.

Can removing himself change the team's current defensive problems?On the surface, it seems that Yunfei has become the team's defensive weakness, but in fact his defensive ability is definitely not that bad. This is just a strategy for the opponent to limit Yunfei. Since attacking from any side is an attack, attacking Yunfei's side can consume Yunfei's physical energy, so why not do it?But on the scene, it looks like Yunfei has become the team's defensive weakness, which is not true!

And the reason why he wasn't surprised by Redknapp's decision was because he had already thought of the result. The current situation is, either adjust the formation and personnel to give Yunfei more protection and support, or simply withdraw Yunfei. With these two options, maintaining the status quo is definitely unacceptable.

So when he heard the head coach calling him, Yunfei guessed that he would be temporarily taken out of the starting lineup, and it didn't happen.

Redknapp nodded gratified. He was very happy that Yunfei thought so. He was not sure whether his decision was wise, but the team needs to change now. With Yunfei removed, the team's offense and defense will be more balanced.

For Redknapp, he can accept that the team does not score, but he does not want to see the team lose the ball, which is why he chose to withdraw Yunfei. Compared with Yunfei, he actually trusts this defense more.

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Yunfei calmly accepted the head coach's arrangement, but he was undoubtedly very dissatisfied with this decision, which also made his recent training seem a little angry.After all, Yunfei is only a 16-year-old young man. Although he behaved very maturely, it was the first time that his teammates felt that he was just a child.

Redknapp saw this and didn't say anything. If he performed so well and was removed from the starting lineup, he would be very dissatisfied. Yunfei's reaction was also within his expectation.

After the daily training, Yunfei stayed on the training ground and practiced his shooting silently.

Although he had already tried to train his shooting ability before, his progress in shooting was not great. After exploring for a while, Yunfei felt that curve ball shooting might be more suitable for him, although he preferred that kind of rough and powerful shooting in his heart.

Yunfei set up the ball on the training ground and kicked them towards the goal one by one. When he reached the last one, the ball was suddenly kicked away by another foot.

Looking up subconsciously, Yunfei saw Suleman, Bell, and Walcott.

"When did you come?"

Yunfei asked casually, and kept putting the ball back to the shooting point on the training ground.

"What's the matter with you today, you've been black all the time, and you look very angry, who messed with you?" Bell asked.

Anyone with a wink can tell that Yunfei is not in a good mood today, this is a relatively rare thing, since Yunfei's performance has become better and better, it is rare to see emotions other than happiness on his face.

Yunfei stopped what he was doing and looked at the three people in front of him. He could feel the caring emotion from the other person, which warmed his heart.

"It's nothing, it's just that the coach told me that I can't start the next game." Yunfei pursed his lips, hesitant to speak, he hesitated for a long time, and subconsciously shook his head, "It's really nothing, it's the coach's responsibility to let who play, and I have no objection."

The three of Suerman suddenly realized when they heard Yunfei's words, and they knew why Yunfei was not very happy today.

However, the reactions of the three people were actually different. Suleman and Bell only felt that they had found the reason for Yunfei's unhappiness, while Walcott, who was more sensitive in heart, thought of more things. He also believed that Yunfei couldn't be so sad just because he didn't start.

"It's actually not good for the coach to do this. Although we didn't play well during this time, Yunfei participated in all the team's goals, so no one said anything. If we win the next game, wouldn't that mean that Yunfei was the reason for the team's recent poor performance? At that time, who cares what your contribution to the team was at that time. The most direct impression is that Yunfei is the reason for the team's poor performance, isn't it?"

Walcott's words surprised Suleman and Bell, but Yunfei had a smile on his face when he heard this.

Yes, he thinks the same way, he doesn't care whether a game starts or not, but if the result that Walcott said before occurs, he feels that he can't accept it, it's a bit too unfair to him!

(End of this chapter)