After the 29th round of fixtures against Burnley, Portsmouth have 36 points, four places clear of the relegation zone and 17th. Looking up, Middlesbrough, the sixth team in the Championship, has accumulated 55 points at the moment, and the first Reading team has 62 points.

The FA Cup, which brings monetary benefits to the team, is just as important as the points, and after the league on Saturday, Ward arranged for the players to take a day off on Sunday, and the players who did not play or were just substitutes to work intensively, and of course the studious Mane and N'Golo Kante will do recovery training with assistant coach Finnan, and then watch the game footage to find out what was missing yesterday, and try to solve the problem in the next week's training.

Zhang Jingru is the first time to watch her son-in-law arrange a training session, and Chen Xi who is with her mother is also the first time, the weather is slowly getting warmer, and the mother and daughter have invariably changed out of heavy down jackets and changed to thicker sweatshirts.

Hydward, who was at the distance, noticed that his wife and mother-in-law were visiting, nodded and smiled but did not walk over. He was holding an A4 piece of paper in his hand with a straight face at the moment and teaching Mustafi, "Your frequency of tackles and interceptions, 1V1 win rate, and action speed have decreased by 2 percentage points compared to last week, Mustafi, I want your state!" form, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get you on the pitch in Thursday's FA Cup. ”

The German was relegated to the bench after a few regular games at Portsmouth, not competing with Margery at centre-back, but at right-back who often replaced the Belgian because of his different characteristics from Meunier.

Mustafi didn't have any disbelief or any other emotion, it is normal for players to fluctuate in form, the key is how to solve it.

Zhang Jingru looked at Hydeward, who was seriously directing the training for a while, looked at her daughter with a calm face beside her, patted her hand, and said, "You stay here for a while, Mr. Sensibilai invites me to talk about something, call him in the evening, and have a meal together." ”

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In Edward's office, Sensibile was preparing materials to show to the majority shareholder, and Frank went to Brazil to contact full-back Bruno. Perez, while Sensibile's assistant Peranch was helping Hydward inspect FA Cup rivals Sunderland, so there was no one in the room except Zhang Jingru.

Zhang Jingru, who was a little bored, looked through the open folder on Hydward's desk, which seemed to be a menu, in Chinese, with vigorous strokes, as if written by someone who had practiced calligraphy.

These are the words that "Rotating Menu" begins.

Looking down, the food is very rich, breakfast: multigrain porridge, buns with Chinese characteristics, milk, eggs, lay a good foundation for the day's physical strength.

Lunch with turkey, sea bass, spinach, beef, cabbage, potatoes...... Most of them are minerals and carbohydrates, and for dinner, the team serves Salmon, Beef, Tomato, Portsmouth's local salmon, beef and tomatoes, the team's favorite pasta and vegetable salad, and African and South American players' favorite amaranth, which brings rich protein and fiber, but reduces sugar and fat intake, while taking into account the huge differences in the diet of the players from different countries around the world.

Below, there is a report of the sweating of the team players, and the various sports drinks prepared by the chef need to be given to whom.

At the end of the document, it was specifically written that Mustafi had gained 14 pounds in two months and needed to change his jersey to a size bigger; Team winger Alexander. Hleb did not eat any KFC-related food for more than a month and successfully lost weight; The effect of Mahrez and Icardi on the other side is not obvious, and a different regimen is needed.

Zhang Jingru was so fascinated that she didn't even notice Sensibilai coming in through the door.

"This is written by Master Yang Dianqiu."

The sudden sound startled Zhang Jingru, and the document in her hand almost fell to the ground.

Zhang Jingru asked with some curiosity, "Yang Dianqiu?" Chinese name? ”

Sensibile knew that she had misunderstood when he saw her expression, and explained: "Oh, no, he is a great Chinese chef"

"We basically rotate the menu every two weeks, and no one wants to eat the same food for half a year, and the players are no exception, and Chef Yang joked to me that in the kitchen he rotates the food like a manager. Do you eat red or white meat every day? Which sauce to use, or whether to serve the occasional little acclaimed Chinese food, is a task that the chef racks his brain to accomplish every day, and it is no easier than Van Gaal. ”

Zhang Jingru has only watched a little football game in the last two weeks and doesn't know who "Van Gaal" is, and Sensibile has to explain his chef's nickname, which of course he also heard from Hydeward.

"Master Yang was admitted to the European first-class dietitian exam last year, which saved the team a lot of money for hiring a dietitian."

Sensibile sorted out the information in his hand and said: "The nutritionist can see everyone's physical indicators very clearly by drawing blood and assessing sweating, and according to the different conditions of each person's body, tell the players what they can eat and what they can't eat, and everyone's situation is different, because the data from blood testing is different for everyone." In Europe's top giants, a team of dietitians costs 20,000 euros a week, and if there is a first-class nutritionist in the team, the price will be doubled. ”

The Italian introduced the staff of the club in a tone of his own, Zhang Jingru understands even if she doesn't understand football, how difficult it is for a person born in a football desert country to gain a foothold in a European football club, and how difficult it is to be convinced by everyone like Master Yang.

Of course, Sensibile's point is not to praise so-and-so, his point is to use Master Yang's story to point out that the club has a lot of expenses, you see we have to hire a nutritionist for 20,000 euros a week, we have to pay off debts, all the money we earn is paid to the players, etc.

Sensibile talked about Manchester City, and talked about Abu's behavior of swallowing huge debts, which means that the investment behavior of Chinese businessmen is often monitored by the government, and large amounts of capital are not allowed to flow overseas, and you can't burn the Emirates sheikh if you burn money. Then he talked about Arsenal, Portsmouth are not Gunners, we don't have a huge influence, we can't attract fans to come in a helicopter just to watch a game, Faton Park is small and you don't make much money, if you're trying to make money and invest in Pompeo's legion, you're even more disappointed.

"Ms. Zhang Jingru, investing in a football club does not have any real financial benefits except for the huge prestige and brand effect, and I advise you to consider it carefully. Your company is not short of prestige, and if you need to improve your brand image, you don't need to buy a football club, sponsorship is a more effective way to spend less and be more effective, which is commonly used by Japanese companies. Italians are called European Chinese, and there are many ways of thinking between the two ethnic groups, so the Italian Sensibile's argument really touched Zhang Jingru's already unfirm determination.

Zhang Jingru put down the menu in her hand and asked with a smile, "Mr. Sensibilai, is this what you mean or what Hydward means?" ”

Sensibile laughed too, but just repeated: "This club is really not in your interest, maybe he has a better idea." ”