Chapter 48: Winter in Rimini
Zhang Yuan took out his empty trouser pocket, spread his hands, and asked Mai Xuewen seriously: "Brother Mai, do you think I can afford to invite you like this?!" ”
Mai Xuewen was laughed by Zhang Yuan's funny actions, Zhang Yuan didn't say to invite him, if it wasn't for the club renting a house, whether Zhang Yuan could live by himself every month would have to be said separately.
"Brother Mai, you see that I don't have a dime on me now, and I ask you to be a personal assistant, if you don't want a personal assistant, I'll just be a personal assistant for you." Zhang Yuan said with a smile.
"Hey, hey, stop it, if you can give up playing, then I'll really ask you. I don't have money now, but I will be invited when I have money in the future! ”
"Haha, I hope what you said can be realized as soon as possible, that means I'm going to get rich!" Zhang Yuan said with a grin.
"Believe me, you will definitely get rich, don't believe it, let's see!" Zhang Yuan is not so confident, but Mai Xuewen has a lot of confidence in Zhang Yuan.
It's been a cold winter in Rimini lately, and it's hard to see a smile on the face of the club, because the recent results have been too unsatisfactory, not unsatisfactory, but too bad.
After losing to Vicenza, Rimini is two consecutive home games, on April 28, against Pescara, Pescara is now in the abyss of relegation, the league played to this time, they only have a total of 5 wins and 9 draws, accumulated 24 points, because of financial problems were deducted one point so 23 points in the standings, ranked first, the defense is the worst in the entire Serie B so far, before the game everyone thought that this was a good opportunity for Rimini to turn over, but the result was still a big surprise, Rimini 0 at home: 1 loss to Pescara, giving the relegation team an innocuous victory.
On May 1, Rimini hosted Crotone, a team committed to relegation in Serie B this season, and there was no lower limit to Rimini's loss, another 0:1 loss to the opponent.
Everyone knows that Rimini has a problem, but no one can say what the problem is, most of the media analysis, because of the lack of Zhang Yuan, Rimini's frontcourt attack is insufficient, and Rimini's defense is not good. Is this the case? Zhang Yuan had already lost two games in a row when he was there, and after that, the team was out of control, losing three games in a row, reaching an astonishing five consecutive defeats, the fans were surprised, the media shouted that it was really incredible, and the club itself felt unbelievable, how could it be that it was a five-game losing streak all of a sudden.
Akori is really under pressure during this time, many media have pointed the finger at him, thinking that his tactics are wrong, there was no Zhang Yuan before the winter break, Rimini also played well, and now he can't play without Zhang Yuan, this is the media's argument, thinking that Akori single-handedly caused Zhang Yuan's dependence.
Akori doesn't want to pay attention to these nonsense, as the media said, the tactics are exactly the same as before the winter break, there is no change, it won't work without Zhang Yuan, don't forget that Zhang Yuan also lost two games when he was there, and now Zhang Yuan is not here for three consecutive defeats, you just say that Zhang Yuan is dependent, which is really a fallacy.
He analyzed and analyzed, the biggest possibility is that he put too much pressure on the players, if it is a Serie A lift, it doesn't matter, but for Rimini to upgrade is a century-old plan, suddenly such a day opportunity came to the front, the fans' fanatical echo, the pressure from the club up and down, enough to make these players change their hearts.
If you lose a game, everyone is full of self-blame, and if you lose another game, everyone will think that you can't make mistakes again, and the more you go down like this, the more you shrink back on the field, and people who are afraid of mistakes tend to make mistakes, there is no specific data, but Akori can clearly feel that the players on the field are hesitating and making more mistakes.
Thinking of these, he can't wait to slap himself with a big mouth, if he doesn't publicly declare the goal of promotion, play one game at a time, there is still a chance, it's really hard to say now, now Rimini has been surpassed by Piacenza, and the point gap with the front three is getting bigger and bigger, in this way, it is estimated that even the play-offs will not be played.
When I was still in the top three before, I was optimistic that the point gap would not exceed 10 points, but under the current situation, the third place really doesn't have to play the play-offs, and you can directly advance.
Before the away game against Piacenza, Acori approached the captain of the team, Richiuti, and asked about the team, who said that it was nothing, but everyone was in a low mood.
"Adrian, our team can't go on like this, if it really goes on like this, it's better to disarm and surrender now!" Akori said.
Richiuti didn't speak, he listened intently to what Akori was saying.
"When I said the slogan of upgrading, I also wanted to motivate everyone, who knew that it had a side effect, I wanted to convene everyone to have a meeting and talk about the current situation like everyone!"
"Good!" Richiuti agreed.
The next day the team traveled to Piacenza and on the bus, Acori had a meeting with the players, and he apologized to everyone.
"First of all, I want to apologize to you, lads, I didn't take into account your feelings and shouted the goal of promotion, which caused some impact on everyone, and I think that's a big reason why you didn't play well on the pitch. Okay, now that we've lost five in a row, the upgrade has become a dream in the blink of an eye, maybe there's still a chance to fight, but I don't want to bother everyone so much. In the last few games, you have made more mistakes, and you have hesitated to deal with the ball, I hope that in the next games, everyone can relax, there is nothing to be afraid of mistakes, there is nothing to hesitate, how to play everyone is still playing the same way. Recently, I don't know if you have read the newspaper, the newspaper said that we suffer from "Zhang Yuan dependence", who is Zhang Yuan, he is just a 16-year-old child, but in their eyes this child is all we have, do you really mean that you are not even as good as a child in the eyes of those bullshit media?! ”
After saying this, Akori sat back in his place, it was not a united and harmonious meeting, but like Akori's pre-race lecture, and the whole team fell silent.
Zhang Yuan is a very humble young man, he gets along well with everyone in the team, and everyone likes this young man very much, but when it comes to competition within the team, who wants to be told by the head coach and outside public opinion that he is not as good as Zhang Yuan? ! Zhang Yuan has only participated in professional football for more than half a year, and Jada, Richiuti, Moscaldelli, and Matri in the front court are unwilling to lag behind Zhang Yuan, they all admit that Zhang Yuan is a football genius and has a high talent, but after all, he is a fledgling, can it be said that even the 16-year-old can't compare?
The team is a collective, by no means Zhang Yuan alone, this is the idea of every player, your media said that our team is Zhang Yuan alone, then I have to prove to you, this team has me Jeda, I Rikiuti, I Pecarisi, and I Handanovic!
Akuri's last words successfully stimulated everyone's fighting spirit, although Zhang Yuan was a bit lying down and was shot, but he also contributed to the team.
On May 6th, Rimini challenged Piacenza away, and the players of Piacenza were a little ignorant until the end of the game, whose home stadium the is this?! Rimini was dominant in all aspects of the game, whether it was offensive or defensive data, Rimini was ahead, although the final score was 1:1, but this was not a correct reflection of the situation on the field.
The Rimini players who didn't win the ball are very regretful, but it inspires them to fight so hard in the next game, we don't believe that they can't win the ball!
On May 12th, Rimini hosted Bari, this time Barry was unfortunately hit by Rimini's muzzle, they were swept by Rimini's four goals, Jeda scored two goals, Moscalderli and substitute Matri scored one goal each, the players were elated after the game, they were not happy to win, they were happy to prove themselves, without Zhang Yuan we can win the same game, we can win beautifully.
Winning this game, they once again surpassed the losing Piacenza to move to fourth place in the standings, eight points away from the third-place ******, and now they have to keep the eight-point gap to play the promotion play-offs, if they lose one game and ****** win one, then the gap will expand to 11 points and there will be no play-offs. According to Serie B's promotion rules, the third place team can only advance directly if it exceeds the fourth place by 10 points or more, and if it is within 10 points, then the teams ranked third to sixth in the standings will play the promotion play-offs.
Now****** like Rimini, the next few rounds will pray that the other party will make mistakes, and Rimini, who won the game, is still not trusted by the media, except for the local media to cheer for Rimini, the other media almost all say that Rimini is coming back, in short, whether it is really revived depends on the next few games.
Rimini's players used to pay attention to the media opinion, and some did not pay much attention to the media opinion, but since being provoked by Akori, everyone is very concerned about what the media says. It's the same as falling in love, the more the woman rejects you, the more you want to conquer others. The players read the report, they were really angry, the excitement of winning the game disappeared, grandma's, you still say no, let's do it.
During this time, the players are like playing chicken blood, training very hard, compared with usual, their most important changes are the increase in running, mistakes are not terrible, and they will grab the ball on the spot again, and never give up easily.
The change of the players makes Arkori feel very happy, diligence is the most critical factor for success, the increase in running means that at least the strength of his team in defense has increased, even if it is a headless fly running is stronger than not running, not thinking about upgrading is a lie to the players, he always wants to upgrade in his head, but now he doesn't want to upgrade directly, it is impossible, there are still four rounds in the league, even if he wins all, it is impossible to exceed ****** ten, As for Juventus and Napoli, it is even more unlikely, Juventus have only drawn one game since winning Rimini and won the rest, while Napoli are also in good form, with five wins and one loss.