Chapter 1: The Edge of Defeat
In London in June, the White Hart Lane Stadium was packed and full of people.
As the half-time whistle blew, the players walked briskly to the tunnel with a 0-3 scoreboard left behind them.
One player in the number 20 shirt muttered as he walked: "If you play like this again, you will lose this one, every time you do this, it is the same, I have never seen three goals in 10 minutes like this, it is the same problem." ”
"So you tell the problem, whose problem do you say?" The white player at number 15 asked.
"I said the whole team."
"You have a name."
"I said there was a problem with the whole team."
"I heard you babbling like a about this nonsense of losing the ball, it's still an old problem, you say the problem is okay, whose problem is it."
In the players' lounge, the atmosphere was extremely dreary, some of the players sat slumped in their chairs panting, and some took off their sweaty jerseys and took out clean jerseys to change into.
Everyone sat on their own, and no one said a word of persuasion to the two arguing, as if they were accustomed to such a situation.
"Do you want me to read the names of the whole team?"
"Then don't babble like a resentful woman!"
"I'm not talking about anyone, I'm saying everyone here has a problem."
"Then name me, who is it?"
"It's just that the whole team has one and counts as one."
"Who's wrong? Do you blame the defender when you lose a goal? ”
"I mean, everybody's got a problem."
"Every time you lose, you just say that you lose again, because I'm angry, you know?" The white player slammed the shin guard to the ground, and the altercation tended to escalate further.
The walls of the dressing room are plastered with the big Tottenham Hotspur F.C, which is the dressing room of Tottenham Hotspur, and their opponents today are Wolves, the biggest dark horses in the Premier League this year.
None of the top four teams have taken advantage of Wolves, whose number one star is a Spanish player named Adama Traore, who has the body of a rugby player, with dark skin and no shadow, and is known as the fastest player in the world.
His 100-meter speed can reach 10.2 seconds, and what is even more terrifying is that he has been professionally trained in La Masia since he was 8 years old, and has developed first-class foot skills, intercepting, organizing, and shooting everything, and Tottenham's three goals in the first half were caused by his one pass and two shots.
Traore's recent hot form has also caused Tottenham to collapse in the first half as predicted by major websites. In the face of this 0:3 score, all the players seemed powerless, everyone did not understand what was happening, the possession rate was superior, but the score was behind, which is also the reason why the core of the midfield Ali and the defender Dier had a fierce quarrel.
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The white-haired legendary coach Magic Bird held his arms and looked down to think about something, in the past, during the halftime break, he had to quickly adjust his tactics to the players, but today he didn't say a word, if this game is lost, Tottenham will not only face three consecutive defeats, but also shake his position.
At this time, a young man wearing Tottenham Hotspur's No. 38 shirt in the lounge was looking around the dressing room with a confused expression.
Harry, Son Heung-min, Ali, Lamela, Vertonghen, the magic bird?
Xu Tianyi was completely stunned, and this completely unfamiliar environment overwhelmed him.
Who am I?
Why am I sitting in the dressing room of Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League?
What am I doing?
A series of questions made him calm down, and he thought carefully about what was going on. This is followed by a sentence: "Either time and space have changed me, or my time and space have changed." ”
A while ago, I played live football day and night, and this time I came directly to the 19-20 season, but the season is over, Tottenham was originally ranked third, and finally was squeezed out of the top four and missed the Champions League.
The magic bird was unable to return to the bleak class, and Tottenham sold a group of stars such as Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, and Lucas Jr., and since then they have been in a slump and have been on the road of no return......
Not really a dream?
As soon as Xu Tian came back to his senses, he found that everyone was looking at him, including Ali and Dale, who also stopped arguing, which ...... It's embarrassing.
However, his sentence "It's not a dream" broke the solemn atmosphere of the locker room.
Captain Lori slammed a sweat-soaked glove into it, "You stupid fork, what are you thinking, are you scared silly?" ”
Everyone's attention shifted to Xu Tianyi, Xu Tianyi smiled awkwardly at everyone, and his brain was gradually waking up.
It turns out that he is now a Tottenham player, and the poisonous bee shoes on his feet represent that he is a speedy attacking player, and the number 38 shirt naturally means that he is a substitute player, that is, the younger brother of Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Lucas and other big names.
Sometimes when the team is leading by a big score, the coach is replaced and asks the big brother to come down and listen to the applause of the fans.
When you play, you are running and intercepting, because you will be given five minutes at most, and you may have to eat a topaz card, which can be said to be a marginal person with a dispensable role.
Bang Bang Bang! Just when Xu Tianyi was gradually finding his senses, the real boss of the team, Magic Bird, spoke.
"Let me say a couple of words, first of all, I like that you guys are arguing with each other over the game, and I just asked Lori why we collapsed, because I can't analyze it, and Lori can't tell.
Each of us played great, goalkeeper Lloris didn't make a mistake, Dier was unbeatable in the central defender position, the midfield was good, we had 65% possession at half-time, absolute possession, so I have to ask why we are 3-0 down? I have only one conclusion, we played too much.
Do you remember one moment when Lucas was pushing forward with the ball and Neves came up on the opposite side and gave him an elbow, and they stopped our attacking organization in this way.
The last goal conceded was like this again, the No. 32 on the opposite side was like a hateful butcher, directly at Lamela in the back, and then immediately counterattacked.
So we lost, because we didn't have any fouls to stop their transitions. ”
Hearing this, several of Tottenham's big players seemed to be stimulated, and their angry eyes seemed to be on fire.
Xu Tianyi couldn't help but sigh, the magic bird really has something, just a few words, it ignites the player's desire to fight, and now if you come to test a player, it is definitely an amazing number.
"It's all a counter-attack from the opponent, you have to be tough! Get dirty! Be smart, you have to learn to foul, I know you're just as bad as I am right now, you're playing so well and you're big behind, but that's football, you know?
If you want to go home with a smile on your face and be happy with your performance today, you have to change in order to win.
Xu Tianyi, Lucas has a bit of an ankle problem, in the second half you go up to the right, you are opposite their golden triangle of Adama Traore, Ruben Neves and Moutinho, I want you to play against them on one side, understand? ”
Xu Tianyi seemed to have been hit by a thunderclap: Hold the grass! Dad, can you talk well? I haven't woken up yet, so you're asking me to go on the road and fight them alone!