Chapter 19 You Can't Win Anything by Relying on Children
Although they successfully qualified barefoot in the FA Cup, they are still deep in the relegation zone in the league, and the situation is extremely serious.
The next game is a home game against Tianjin TEDA. Inzaghi called two foreign players, Resio and Berio, to his side after the next day's intra-squad match.
"I need to adjust your position on the court." Inzaghi said simply.
"I can do it all, Coach." Resio, the core of the midfield, was the first to speak.
Inzaghi nodded in satisfaction, then looked at striker Berio.
Berio was silent for a moment and asked, "Make way for that kid?"
Inzaghi did not speak.
"I won't agree." Berio said.
Inzaghi said with a blank face: "You will agree." With that, he turned and left.
Recio looked at Berio with some surprise, he didn't expect the Colombian striker to openly defy the coach. Is there already a sense of leaving?
This year's summer window is not long before it closes, and other teams have already made reinforcements, only the barefoot side has not moved. Some fans are beginning to wonder if this barefoot is a team controlled by a Middle Eastern consortium. It's very inconsistent with the style of Middle Eastern conglomerates that have always spent money!
And so at a time like this, Berio is obviously the thigh of the team, and once something goes wrong with him, it's not easy to clean up.
But Inzaghi doesn't really care about what he seems to have on his grounds, or what he has received from the club.
So when the starting list against TEDA was announced a few days later, it once again caused heated discussions among fans.
Spanish midfielder Resio has returned to the starting line-up, while Chen Wei and Shao Yifan are still among them, and only striker Berio is still on the bench.
"What's the situation? There are three foreign aides that are not used, do you want to play double foreign aid? ”
"It seems that Shao Yifan's position overlaps with Berio."
"That's Shao Yifan playing as a substitute!"
"Who knows what the World Champion coach thinks?"
“……”
In the midst of the fans' discussions, the twentieth round of the Chinese Super League began at the Sky Stadium.
Sky Stadium is still as hot as ever. The big win in the last game made the fans feel excited, as if they saw the hope of the team's revival.
Although TEDA is a veteran team in the Chinese Super League, it cannot be said to be an old strong team. They have always been mixed in the relegation ranks of the Chinese Super League, and they have also disappointed many fans.
As a result, many red football fans swore before the start that the barefoot would win the game.
However, when the game started, it was a surprise. TEDA was not as weak as he thought, constantly pressing and crosses from the wing, causing a lot of trouble for Barefoot.
What's worse is that TEDA seems to have already done a detailed understanding of Shao Yifan, and sent several players to mark closely to make his ball control space greatly reduced. And his breakthrough method seems to have been eaten by the opponent, and he has never been able to penetrate the opponent's defense.
Shao Yifan was fine at first, but as the game passed minute by minute, and he could not have a better way to deal with the situation on the court, he also began to be a little impatient.
In the process of breaking through with the ball again, Shao Yifan, who wanted to shake the opponent with a feint, was put down by the opponent instead, and he got up and quarreled with the opponent.
It wasn't until the referee and teammates arrived that they were separated.
At this moment, Shao Yifan's heart was already in turmoil.
And all this was also watched by the head coach Inzaghi on the sidelines.
A few minutes later, he made personnel adjustments with a blank face.
Berio replaced Shao Yifan.
Shao Yifan looked at the substitution sign raised on the sidelines in a daze, No. 7 replaced No. 22, he was indeed replaced.
When the ball was kicked off the sideline, he walked to the sidelines, somewhat reluctantly. The voices of the fans in his ears became a little harsh, Berio's face seemed to raise a mockery, and coach Inzaghi's expressionless face was also understood by him as disappointment.
Shao Yifan felt a little bitter in his heart, he was replaced before the first half was over, which already told him very clearly how he performed in this game.
Recalling the scenes that happened in just a few dozen minutes on the field, he was a little annoyed that he was doing some stupid acts.
And Berio, who stood on the field again after a game, also changed his previous slump and created threatening attacks many times.
In fact, he also gave a lot during this period of time, he knew that he was not in a good state, so he tried his best to adjust his mentality and feelings, and secretly practiced for himself every day.
The effort paid off, and with the game going on 43 minutes, the first half of the game came to an end, and Barefoot had another chance.
Direct midfielder Hudson got past two TEDA defenders and crossed with his feet!
Berio, lurking in the penalty area, jumped up like lightning and smashed the ball into the net when the TEDA players had no time to defend!
1-0, barefoot take the lead!
Whether it was the red football players on the field, the coaching staff off the field, or the blue fans in the stands, they all celebrated excitedly.
Only Shao Yifan was not in a good mood. When he met the gaze of his teammates, he only barely managed to squeeze out a smile.
When the first half was over and back in the dressing room, the players chatted with Berio. And Shao Yifan sat quietly on the side.
Chen Wei, who was on the side, patted him on the shoulder, but didn't say much because of the people around him.
And when head coach Inzaghi came in, he just glanced at him. I moved on to the next game.
In the second half, Barefoot began to play conservatively, while TEDA fought desperately, making Barefoot dangerous several times. Both sides are relegation teams, and no one dares to take this key relegation battle lightly.
However, in the end, under the stubborn defense of the bare feet, TEDA still did not seize the opportunity to score. In this way, with a one-goal lead in the first half, he won the game barefoot.
The three-point barefoot also temporarily tied the points of Shanghai Shenhua, the 14th place in the league, but due to the disadvantage of goal difference, the barefoot is still in the relegation zone.
The team's victory temporarily made Shao Yifan forget his troubles. In the laughter of everyone, I slowly became happy.
But that night, a message made it difficult for him to sleep.
I saw foreign aid Berio write on his social platform: "Relying on children, you can't win anything."
These are the words of a British public figure a long time ago when he commented on Ferguson's class of '92. Ferguson pushed a group of young teenagers into the first team and was one of them after losing the first game.
And now, Berio is clearly referring to something else.
Seeing this, Shao Yifan slowly clenched his fists. He wants to show Berio that the kids who come out of Manchester United can win everything and turn an era upside down.
However, these should not be just words, but work hard to achieve them.