Chapter 27: The Hero Who Was Ordered in Danger
David didn't know that Loew had also worked Ribery's special situation.
At the end of the training the next day, Ribery was called to the office by Loew again to open a small stove alone.
The first is to watch the video replay of Ribery's two consecutive starts, as long as Ribery gets the ball, Loew immediately pauses, and then begins to analyze the running position of other teammates at this time, and uses experience to tell Ribery what is the better choice at this time and how to cooperate with his teammates.
The two stayed in the office until midnight, and the two games were all analyzed.
And that's not all, the next day the game continued, Loew brought in footage of the game from some of the best left wing-backs, and also explained to Ribery with examples of them when they picked up the ball on the wing, a process that lasted three nights.
When Loew told Ribery that the theoretical training was over on the last day, the Scar Warrior had been tortured to the point that he couldn't help but say the word pass when he opened his mouth, so you can imagine how cruel this kind of training is.
However, the effect of the special training is very obvious, Ribery was also a player who played with his brain, and after almost a week, although he had not reached a complete tacit understanding with his teammates, at least he was no longer the stunned young man who only knew how to dribble the ball on the side.
Ribery's problem was temporarily solved, but it was precisely because of the special training for Ribery that Loew caused even more trouble.
Originally, Loew was suspected of being a, although David doesn't know how this rumor came about, but this theory was very popular in his previous life.
Because of the special training for Ribery, the two men were in Loew's office until late at night every night, laughing when they knew the truth, and they inevitably muttered in their hearts if they didn't know the truth.
In the beginning, the matter was only circulated on a small scale within the club staff, but after a few days, it seemed that the whole of Nottinghamshire knew about it.
The media were overjoyed, it turned out that Loew was really an out-and-out, they guessed right!
So "The Story Loew and Ribery Had to Tell" began to become popular in Nottinghamshire, and versions of the story changed with each passing day.
What makes David laugh the most is that there is a saying that although Ribery is young, the scar on his face makes him fierce, such a guy will definitely not be a small sufferer, and Loew is born a small with a small face, and there is no doubt about the role played by the two.
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After two league rounds, the English League Cup kicked off and Notts County were drawn against Northampton.
This opponent is relatively familiar to New Notts County, because they were the opponents in the first warm-up game.
David still attaches great importance to the League Cup and FA Cup, two domestic cups in England, because the winners of these two cups can participate in the League Cup next season.
It would be a lie to say that David has no idea about next season's UEFA Cup.
According to his plan, the team's skills and tactics need to take shape, if they meet the Premier League or League One teams early in the first League Cup, then they can only give up the cup, but if the opponents in the first few rounds of games are low-level teams, then Notts County can really fight, and when the technical and tactical system is formed, even if they meet the Premier League team, they may not be able to win.
As for the late start of the FA Cup, David is also a little hesitant, although by the time the FA Cup starts, the team has been on the right track, but unlike the League Cup, the FA Cup is more valued by English teams, and the weight of the championship is also very heavy.
Forget it, let's take one step at a time, anyway, the team's main task in the past two seasons is to upgrade, on the way to the Premier League, it is better to have flowers, it doesn't matter if you don't.
With only four days to go until the second round of the league, Loew made a decisive rotation and although he was keen to see the team make a breakthrough in the cup competition, the main players had to be rested in order to cope with the third round of the league three days later.
Fortunately, there is not much difference between the strength of the team's main lineup and the substitute lineup, with Altentop and Sneijder sitting in the middle, and Villa's starting partner Altentop Jr. with a double forward configuration, which is the first time that the Altentop brothers have started together.
The team seems to be more balanced in attack and defense, but in terms of offensive combing, Altentop is still a certain gap from Alonso, so the team is less creative in attack.
Northampton lost the first two league games of the new season in a row like Notts County, and Loew thought that their opponents would choose to abandon the cup competition in favor of the next round of the league.
But who would have thought that Northampton would actually be in their starting line-up, and it looks like they are definitely going to fight Notts County.
The rest of the game proved that as well, with Northampton showing no intention of relenting at all, running aggressively and aggressively as if they were not playing in the first round of the Carabao Cup, but in the final of the Carabao Cup.
Notts County took the lead in the first half when Villa stabbed home from Sneijder's through ball.
However, in the second half, goalkeeper Diego López strained his muscles while making a save, and Ben Foster was called up.
Probably due to insufficient warm-ups, Ben Foster made a save and the opposing striker equalised with a follow-up shot, and the two sides were back on the same running line again.
In the next game, Notts County attacked wildly, but Northampton retreated and finally kept the score 1-1 until the end of the game, and the two sides went into extra time.
Due to the decline in fitness, both sides failed to achieve anything in extra-time, and the two sides went into a brutal penalty shoot-out.
Notts County didn't even have enough time to practice their overall skills and tactics, how could they have time to specialize in penalty kicks, and the game went on to this extent, Loew couldn't help but sigh, I'm afraid that this season's League Cup journey for Notts County will end here.
The Northampton stands also seemed to feel that the team was in control, and shouted in unison for the team, chanting the names of the players whenever the Northampton players came out on the penalty kick, and when the Notts County players took the free throws, it was a shocking boo.
Northampton's first penalty player tricked Ben Foster into scoring the ball, while Villa, the first of Notts County's first penalty, slipped and kicked the ball away.
The home fans in the stands were elated, as if it were Christmas, and Villa walked back to his own line with a dejected face.
Seeing that Villa didn't score a penalty, both Loew and David knew that the tide might have turned, but fortunately sat in their seats and watched the players take penalties quietly.
However, it seems that God is not willing to let Notts County be eliminated from the League Cup early, and this is when the savior appeared.
Ben Foster, a young goalkeeper in England, is usually inconspicuous, and he can't compete with Diego Lopes within the team, so he can only be the team's second goalkeeper, but no one expected that this inconspicuous goalkeeper would stand up when the team was in a difficult time.