After a home win over century rivals Portsmouth, Coventry City will next play away to second-placed Doncaster.

Coventry's main striker Manla's sprain has healed. Liu Yun had another amazing performance in the last game. According to Coventry's 451 tactic, only one of the two will be able to start.

Let Liu Yun be Manla's super sub? George Sr. was locked in a struggle that lasted for days. He didn't know that there is a saying in Huaguo that you can't have both fish and bear's paws.

On this day, the team's assistant coach and scout Edda came to George Sr.'s office.

In the center of the office is a tactical board.

Old George saw Edda coming, and motioned for him to sit down. George Sr. stared at the tactics board and said to Edda, "This time last year, we were third in the league, right?" ”

Edda replied, "Yes." From the 24th to the 28th round last year, we remained in the top three of the league. ”

Old George pointed to the tactical board: "I've been thinking about it. In the first half of the league, our main squad was almost the same as last year. Why has this year's results been hovering around 10th? I'm starting to wonder if the 451 tactics that were set for the team before the start of this year's league season are the right fit for the team. ”

Eda suddenly discovers that the formation on the tactical board is 4411.

Edda is a professional scout and assistant coach. He immediately grasped the old George's intentions: "You mean, you want to change to 4411 tactics?" If I'm not mistaken, you want Liu to start and play as a shadow striker, right? ”

Old George poured Eda a glass of whiskey and poured it himself: "That's right." Liu is a very peculiar player. Has abilities that are not commensurate with age. However, his speed is average. As for Manla, although his foot skills can't catch up with Liu, he is also the best among his peers. Not to mention his speed。。。。。 It would be a great waste to press either of the two of them on the bench! It's better to directly let the two of them partner in the front line. One is a single striker, and the other is a shadow striker. Liu Yun has excellent dribbling ability, accurate passing, and open vision, and will definitely be able to make the most of it as a shadow striker. ”

Edda nodded, "That's a bold idea. ”

George Sr. took a sip of whiskey: "Bold and reasonable, isn't it?" ”

George Sr. and Edda walked out of the office and into the training ground. The players have assembled at the training ground. George Sr. announced the cancellation of the morning training program.

The players looked at each other. George Sr. is a strict coach, and he never cancels his training plan, even when it rains and snows. What happened to old George today? Announcing the cancellation of training when you come up?

George Sr. said to the players: "We're only going to do one thing this morning, I'm going to tell you about the new starting line-up. ”

More than two dozen players sat on the green turf in a large circle. George Sr. brought 11 cone-shaped training buckets and formed a 4411 formation on the grass.

George Sr. said to his disciples: "In the second half of the season, we will switch to 4411 tactics. The starting striker Manla, the starting shadow striker Liu Yun。。。。。。。 ”

Bearded Captain Alexander patted Liu Yun on the shoulder and whispered, "Congratulations, brother!" ”

Although 4411 also belongs to the category of defensive counterattack, it is very different from 451 tactics. Old George patiently explained the tactics to his disciples all morning.

When Liu Yun heard George Sr. say that he would become the team's starting shadow striker, he was very excited. Substitutes who don't want to be a starter are not good players. What's more, when Liu Yun joined the team, he was the No. 3 substitute striker? Now that he has won the chance to start, how can he not be excited?

George Sr. explained tactics all morning. At noon, Liu Yun and Zhang Li returned to Mrs. Hudson's house.

Zhang Li is two weeks away from Birmingham to start her course. Liu Yun has seized all the time to learn English from her in the past few days. You can't be deaf and dumb all the time. However, the language environment is there, and his foreign language level is improving by leaps and bounds. He can now converse with his teammates in simple English.

Mrs. Hudson was old and widowed, and her son's family was far away in Manchester. She treated Liu Yun and Zhang Li as her own children. Every day, she is busy in the kitchen, cooking a variety of British-style food for the two.

When Liu Yun and Zhang Li returned home, Mrs. Hudson was busy in the kitchen. Liu Yun saw a thick pile of letters on the table.

Mrs. Hudson saw Liu Yun coming back, walked out of the kitchen, and pointed to the letters: "Liu, these are letters sent to you by Coventry fans. ”

Liu Yun picked up a few letters and glanced at them, all of which read: "Old Lieutenant Liu Shui of Coventry." ”

Liu Yun was puzzled: "How can these fans know my address?" ”

Mrs. Hudson picked up a newspaper and handed it to Liu Yun: "The tabloids of gossip are powerful, my child, your address, birthday, address and even blood type have been published in the tabloids. ”

Liu Yun took the newspaper and looked at it. This is a newspaper called: "Coventry Football Related News". In the UK, this kind of lace news tabloids are everywhere. In this issue of the newspaper, all kinds of personal information about Liu Yun were published.

Liu Yun thought that the people in these newspapers were similar to the paparazzi in Huaguo.

However, the letters on the table were all sent by enthusiastic fans, and he carefully opened the letters and read them one by one.

One of the letters that caught his attention was from a child from an orphanage in Coventry. The child hoped that Liu Yun could go to the orphanage to teach him and his friends to play football.

Liu Yun put the letter in his pocket.

Mrs. Hudson said that lunch was served. "How's the morning training?" She asked Liu Yun with concern.

Liu Yun replied: "There was no training in the morning, and the coach rearranged the tactical formation. I'm probably going to start as a shadow striker in the future. ”

Mrs. Hudson smiled, "Great. With a great performance against the Portsmouth mongrels in the last game, if George Sr. doesn't start you, the Coventry people will eat him alive. ”

Mrs. Hudson is a veteran fan who has watched the ball for more than half a century. For the tactics on the football field, it is even more precious: "By the way, kid, you play as the starting shadow striker, does old George want to focus on 4411 tactics?" ”

Liu Yun nodded: "Yes." The head coach seems to have a lot of confidence in the 4411 tactics. ”

Zhang Li smiled: "Old George is not confident in 4411 tactics, but in Lao Liu, you have confidence." ”

Mrs. Hudson presented Liu Yun and Zhang Li with a bowl of pea soup each, and then said, "The next game is away to Doncaster, who is second in the league." With Coventry's form this season, a point away from home would be considered a victory. Good luck, my child. ”