Seven thirty.

The door to the Newcastle United president's office opened, and a head poked out of it, and immediately another one, two figures holding hands next to each other, walking slowly along the stairs, looking left and right continuously, obviously very vigilant, and finally out of the main entrance of the office building, and when they turned the corner and walked towards the parking lot, they completely relaxed.

Under the lights on the side of the road, you can recognize it as Zhen Shaolong and Flora.

Zhen Shaolong was still looking left and right, and noticed the dark parking lot, looked carefully for a long time, and confirmed that it was an empty area, before he exhaled, "Laura, this is too dangerous!" The office is really not a good place. ”

"I think it's pretty good."

Flora hugged his hand, looked intimate, and said, "The environment is nice and exciting. Don't you think? ”

"I don't think you're sure he's not coming back?"

"Uncle Charnley will take care of it, he knows Ashley too well." Flora said trustingly, then curled the corners of her mouth, "However, he is now my undercover agent. ”

"Aren't you afraid that he will betray us?" Zhen Shaolong was more curious about this.

"No, it won't." Flora smiled confidently, "I said that when I graduated, I would take over some of the company's things, and I would be responsible for running the industry outside the UK." Charnley has a daughter, three years older than me, who has only attended a modest community college, and I promised to let her study on my team and, if she did well, I would make her an assistant. ”

"Oh."

Zhen Shaolong understood a little.

That's the deal!

Although it is just to let the other party into the management team to learn, but for a person who has only studied in community college, it is definitely a good opportunity, Charnley is Ashley's assistant, but his daughter's ability is too poor to arrange such a good job.

"That's right, Laura." Zhen Shaolong suddenly thought of a question, "If you take over the company's overseas industry management, will all those industries belong to you?" ”

Flora frowned and thought for a moment, "It's okay, right?" But Michael promised that when I got married, he would give me 20 percent of the company's shares. ”

"Twenty percent?"

"Yes!"

Zhen Shaolong nodded and said that he knew, so he didn't continue to ask, but on the way back, he was calculating what 20% of the shares were.

It's a complex math problem.

Zhen Shaolong felt that he should be patient and calculate, which was equivalent to exercising his brain cells, and by the way, he also thought of his own things, that is, the transfer at the end of the season, the amount of transfer funds, must have nothing to do with him, but according to Mendes, Real Madrid promised to increase his salary by more than 50%.

It's tempting.

"It seems that we are closer to achieving the small goal of making 100 million!" Zhen Shaolong's mood has become a lot happier.

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The game is approaching.

At noon the day before the race, Villarreal arrived in Newcastle and checked into a hotel in the central business district, where they showed a good and positive attitude, lined up as a group to run straight to James Park, where they had a two-hour open training session on the park's small training ground before returning to the hotel for a long run.

This move immediately attracted countless reporters.

Newcastle United were also training and Keegan felt overwhelmed when he heard what the opponent had done and looked at the 'lazy' players in training.

However, there is no way.

Although he constantly emphasized the seriousness and seriousness of training, even he himself is a person who advocates freedom, thinking that the training of players should rely on themselves, and mandatory training will not be effective, he only took it seriously for a day or two, and the team returned to the previous situation.

In order not to be suppressed by the opponent in public opinion, Keegan simply refused to be interviewed at other times, and only attended the regular press conference at 6 o'clock in the evening, without bringing any players, and only said some 'official speeches' at the press conference, which made the reporters itch in frustration, because there was nothing to report, but there was no way.

It's the same with Villarreal.

Manuel Pellegrini is not a journalist and he tries to avoid leaving room for reporters to report and doesn't want too much clutter in the media.

Villarreal's press conference was also very boring.

Pellegrini didn't talk about Zhen Shaolong, didn't talk about the victory, but just said very officially, Villarreal will work hard to play tomorrow's game, and by the way, the squad was announced, but the Champions League knockout squad will be reported to UEFA in advance, and the media can find it from the official, so there is no need to announce it at all.

Pellegrini said a lot of unnutritious words, and went back to his room to continue his work, writing and drawing on the tactical board and thinking about the mess of papyrus.

That's what Manuel Pellegrini does a lot --

Study.

The study of football tactics, the study of team play, and also the study of opponents.

Wait a minute.

This tedious research is the basis for his success.

Manuel Pellegrini has a habit of studying football for two hours every day before going to bed, even if there is nothing to think about, he will watch a game and then think about it, and constantly thinking about it will make him grasp football more clearly and prepare him better for each game.

It's the same now.

Manuel Pellegrini did a lot of thinking, he started studying Newcastle United after the draw ended almost a month ago, he watched a lot of videos in the middle, and he kept talking to the assistant coach, etc., he did a lot of preparation to study the opponent and develop a strategy.

Although he was very well prepared, Pellegrini was not too sure.

Football is inherently uncertain.

The uncertainty of this game is still the opponent's core star Zhen Shaolong, Pellegrini conducted an in-depth study of Zhen Shaolong, and the time spent watching the goal video and game video together exceeded 1,000 minutes, and also made detailed notes, including the detailed performance of Zhen Shaolong in some important games.

He came to a technical conclusion --

Zhen Shaolong's shooting is very powerful, it can be said that he is the first in the world, and the rating should be counted at the S+++ level, which is unreasonable at all.

Meantime.

Zhen Shaolong's ability in other aspects is difficult to judge, such as dribbling, passing, sometimes his performance is very amazing, and he can even shake three or four opponents in a row, relying on personal play to send the ball into the goal, sometimes it is very ordinary, and he may miss the ball by mistake when he is defended by an ordinary defender.

The same goes for other technical abilities, sometimes they are very outstanding, sometimes they feel very average, just like a normal player.

Plus, he doesn't run much.

In the past half a year, Zhen Shaolong's average running data has increased very significantly, but at most it has only reached the level of ordinary players, not because of his lack of physical fitness, but because he feels that he is very lazy in the game, and perhaps the more important reason is that he does not participate in defense at all, and the degree of integration into the team's overall tactics is not high, even if he takes the initiative to run hard, most of them are doing useless work.

That's Manuel Pellegrini's simple conclusion.

Pellegrini's summary is not so simple, he recorded Zhen Shaolong's running route data, shooting position data, passing and receiving personnel data in detail, etc., and also used computer graphics software to generate images, and then used professional data analysis methods to conduct very complex analysis, and finally studied Zhen Shaolong's data very thoroughly.

For example, Zhen Shaolong is accustomed to running on the right side, and he has shot a lot of times in the bottom line, penalty area corners and other positions, indicating that he is very threatening in similar positions.

For example, Milner, Enzobia, Geremi, and Barton are teammates who cooperate with Zhen Shaolong the most, and Milner and Enzobia's passes often mean that Zhen Shaolong will shoot directly, Barton is slightly better, but Barton has the most passes, even three times more than the second-place Grammy, and he also has the most assists.

For another example, when Zhen Shaolong takes the ball near the penalty area, no matter what position he is in, the probability of shooting directly is more than 50%, the probability of finding an opportunity to shoot again with the ball is more than 30%, and the probability of continuing to cooperate with teammates is not more than 20%.

In addition, when Zhen Shaolong is close to the goal, whether it is on the bottom line or in other positions, the probability of scoring is more than 80%.

Wait a minute.

In the tactical class two days before the game, Pellegrini told the players one by one about the data he had studied, especially the midfielders and defenders, and he asked everyone to remember every statistic, "Only in this way can our defense be effective!" ”

"Everybody has to write it down, and when you defend, you'll know in advance what he's most likely going to do!"

"It's important to anticipate in advance!"

"If you know, Zhen Shaolong has scored 47 goals in the Premier League, last season's goal tally was 60, if you know, he has scored 19 goals in the Champions League, this season, so far...... You will understand that you can't put too much emphasis on his defense. ”

"It makes a lot of sense."

"See what those media outlets say? No one can stop Zhen Shaolong, if you can do it, and one of you can do it, I believe he will soon be very famous! ”

Pellegrini's words made Villarreal's defensive players very excited, every player wants to be famous, compared to ordinary players, they are already at the top of the world, because they are La Liga players, they can also participate in the Champions League, some are still famous stars, but compared with real superstars, even Robert Pire's peak is much worse, not to mention, some of the main players in the team are nothing in Europe.

Now a shortcut has appeared: as long as you remember Zhen Shaolong's habits, you can know what the other party is going to do in advance, defense is naturally twice the result with half the effort, as long as you can defend Zhen Shaolong, their reputation will increase rapidly, and there will be giants interested in it at that time, and they may be invited to join with a high salary.

Suddenly.

Every player becomes full of fighting spirit.

Manuel Pellegrini looked at the tactical board and thought about tomorrow's game, and he was not worried about the performance of his players, the only thing he was worried about was, "Will these analyses be useful?" ”

'His performance was uncertain. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and it's impossible to grasp at all. ”

"I hope it works!"

Pellegrini let out a long sigh, the game was so well prepared, if he couldn't defend against the opponent, there was really no way.

The other side.

Zhen Shaolong was also thinking about the game.

Tomorrow is the game with Villarreal, Zhen Shaolong will not take the general game to heart, he has won a lot of personal honors, personal strength, skill bonuses, and it also makes it very easy to score goals, but the Champions League game is still exciting, because the Champions League is the highest stage of club events, and its attention is second only to the World Cup, etc., the champion of the Champions League, whether for the club or the individual, is a very huge honor.

Newcastle United will have to get past Villarreal if they want to move forward.

Zhen Shaolong doesn't know Villarreal, but the team that can reach the quarterfinals must have something to pay attention to, and he is not sure if he can win the game.

The tense spirit before the game made him a little sleepless, so he simply turned on the computer and tweeted, "Tomorrow's game, come on!" ”

One sentence has been blessed by a large number of netizens.

Zhen Shaolong wanted to continue to post a morale-boosting word, such as 'we will definitely win' or something like that, but he hesitated and still didn't release it, he was worried that if he didn't win, he would be a little embarrassed to be slapped in the face.

At this time, the system prompt suddenly sounded--

"Hint: A new system task is triggered.

Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini, who thinks he knows you very well, decided to start with the habit of the game and target the limitation of the defense.

You need to let the other person know that you are the one who can't see through.

Requirements: 1. Lead Newcastle United to defeat Villarreal by two or more goals.

2. Change your habits to score two or more goals.

(During the mission, gain the special status 'All Wishes Come True.')

When you break your habits to perform, you will be triggered to obtain a special state of 'All Wishes Come True' for a second, and the performance will achieve the effect you want to achieve. ）

Reward: Increases the appearance index a little. ”

After listening to the system prompts in his ears, Zhen Shaolong didn't know the details, but he already had enough confidence, and he immediately wrote a tweet and posted it, "We can definitely win, more than two goals!"

This is my promise!

I, and Newcastle United, can do it! You have to get enough advantages in the first round! ”

Suddenly.

This tweet became very popular, and in just ten minutes, thousands of messages were added, and most netizens had confidence in the game, because they had confidence in Zhen Shaolong--

"Needless to say tomorrow, I will definitely win!"

"Zhen Shaolong said that he would win, what suspense is there in the game! I'm betting on winning by three goals! ”

"I'll bet four!"

"One round is over, no, it's now, it's over."

"Tomorrow is another hat-trick, look forward to it!"

The above are all Newcastle fans, or Chinese fans, and other fans have different opinions, such as Spanish fans who support Villarreal, and some will also pay attention to Zhen Shaolong, and they are not interested in Zhen Shaolong's statement, "Does Zhen Shaolong want to be Pele?" ”

"The second Bailey, the identification is complete!"

"Villarreal aren't that weak, win by more than two goals? Just don't lose two goals! ”

Spanish fans are still a minority, after all, Zhen Shaolong's Twitter, the news is in Chinese or English, the number of England fans is still relatively large, some of them are Manchester United fans, some are Liverpool fans, they support Zhen Shaolong, but they do not necessarily support Newcastle United.

Most of their views are neutral jokes --

"More than two goals? I believe that Zhen Shaolong can score two goals, and Newcastle United may not be able to win two goals! ”

"This is too arrogant!"

"Although Villarreal is not a strong team, this tweet is really shameless......"

“……”

When various discussions were held under Twitter, the news was quickly reprinted by various media, and the discussion about the game before the game finally became popular.