Chapter 17: Xiaobai's Psychological Problems
Notts County lost two games in London, whether it was Queens Park Rangers or Crystal Palace, they were both Championship powerhouses, and it could even be said that they were quasi-Premier League teams, and they were easy to win against Notts County, who still needed time to run in.
However, the two games were not without highlights, and Hubnel, a guy who is getting older and more demonic, has remained in very good shape, taking advantage of the few opportunities to score in succession, and has become the most consistent point in the team.
The midfield, on the other hand, has shown some control in David's high hopes, and although Alonso has not yet perfected the tempo, compared to other English teams who only know how to rampage, Notts County at least knows how to change the tempo according to the situation, which is exactly what Loew is looking for.
After returning to London, the team continued to train in technical and tactical training as usual, and even practiced three times a day in order to strengthen the training effect.
As the team's assistant coach, David is clearly incompetent, as he is not available on the training pitch most of the time, but occasionally plays the role of a psychological coach.
At the end of a day's training, Iniesta knocked on the door and walked into David's office.
Looking at Iniesta's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, David smiled, in his previous life, he was used to seeing Iniesta's elegant and artistic performance on the court, and he always brought it in unconsciously, but now Iniesta is just a 17-year-old child.
"Andres, what's wrong? How can we help? David pressed Iniesta down on the couch, sat down across from him again, and asked with a smile.
For the players brought in in the summer, the club agreed to arrange for them to live in an apartment close to the club's training base, and hired English teachers for them to tutor in English.
"Mr. David." Iniesta plucked up his courage and said to David: "Although I may think that I am cowardly when I say this, if I continue to play here, I can't imagine what I will do for five or six years. The confrontation here is so fierce that I am even afraid that I will be broken by the opponent's ferocious tackle in the next second! ”
Iniesta said that he was a little excited, and directly lifted the leg of his sweatpants, and his calf was bruised.
David's players would have problems of one kind or another, but they never imagined that Iniesta would be afraid of fierce confrontations in the English league.
Of course, even so, David will not look down on Iniesta in the slightest, because in his previous life, many stars have criticized the fierce physical confrontation of the Premier League, not to mention that David is only a 17-year-old child, and he has the right to be afraid.
Smiling at Iniesta, "You're right, Andres, the style of English football is very confrontational, so I want to know, what do you think?" ”
"I don't know, but I hope to be able to go back to Spain and play, Latin style football is more about the technique of the feet and teamwork, and I think going back to Spain will be more suitable for my development." After a moment's hesitation, Iniesta whispered, he knew that saying so would make him feel like a deserter.
David poured Iniesta a glass of water, patted him on the shoulder to calm him down, and thought about how to enlighten Iniesta.
"You may be right to be worried, as it has been counted that Premier League players are almost twice as likely to be injured for more than a month than Serie A and La Liga, all due to the frequent brutal physical confrontations in the Premier League, which are even more intense in the lower leagues."
"But you have to know that this does not mean that there is no physical confrontation in La Liga, there is no injury, injury is an inevitable word in the career of a professional player, to be a professional player is to have the awareness and psychological preparation for injury, I think you may not be ready!"
"Also, even if you're back in Spain, what do you do if your team meets a Premier League side in the Champions League or the UEFA Cup? Continue to escape? Can you still go to the manager and say that you are afraid of physical confrontation and that you are afraid of injury, so you should apply for a fight? ”
When Iniesta heard this, he raised his head in a trance, not knowing how to answer.
"I always believe that running away is not a man's choice, and I may not be able to convince you with my own experience, but you can think about the fighters who were away from the court due to major injuries in the past, and then returned to the court with perseverance and fighting spirit, and I hope that in the future you will also be a big star with a fighting spirit that is admirable."
David sat back on the couch and said in a slower tone: "Maybe you should go and talk to David, you are both Spaniards, and you are of similar size, as a striker, David will face more physical confrontations per game than you, how does he deal with that?" ”
The David he refers to is not himself, but the team's Spanish striker, David Villa.
Sending away Iniesta, who seemed to be thoughtful, David was a little anxious in his heart, he knew very well how much Iniesta would have in football in the future, and he was absolutely unwilling to lose the cornerstone players of the future team.
But once he can't convince him to help him overcome the problem of fear of confrontation, then he can only send Iniesta back to Spain, even if he likes a player again, he can't delay the player's future development because of his own selfish interests, not to mention, Iniesta is still a child.
If it doesn't work, then Iniesta will have to go back to Spain on loan, and maybe in a few years he will overcome this problem as an adult, and it seems that this is the only solution.
However, David's worries and entanglements did not last long, because he found that the next day Iniesta took the initiative to go into the gym after finishing training to do strength training, and he told David with his actions that he did not choose to escape.
David didn't know if Iniesta had spoken to Villa, and it didn't matter, but it mattered that he kept the future World Cup final MVP.