Chapter Seventy-Three: A New Position? I can't do without it this time
Just after eleven o'clock in this gathering for Zhang Shu, Li Weifeng picked up his wine glass and made a final summary. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"That's it for today, I'll have to train tomorrow. It's a long time coming, and we'll have a good drink when the warm-up game is over. ā
Others did not raise any objections, and after listening to Zhang Shu's scientific clubbing concept, the players of the national football team were somewhat touched. Although this touch may not allow them to get rid of bad professional habits forever, on this night, they finally remembered their identity and pursuits.
It's like a scumbag who swore countless times that he must study hard, maybe he can't stick to it every time, but at the moment he makes up his mind, he is always firm from the heart.
"Cheers!" Zhang Shu also picked up the juice and hit the wine glasses raised by his teammates.
"Zhang Shu, thank you." When he went out, Zheng Zhi, a young international player of the Shenzhen team, said to Zhang Shu sincerely. Then he turned and followed his teammates out the door of the bar box.
"Thank me? Thank me for what? Zhang Shu was left behind, confused.
During the training on the second day, the players who participated in the party had a deeper experience of what Zhang Shu had said. Because they went back to the dormitory early, they didn't feel as low in training as they did the previous few times they went to the bar, and the rest of their teammates didn't even notice any difference between them and yesterday. But the downside of drinking is still reflected in their bodies, and they feel muscle aches. In the past, some people would think that this was a normal body reaction after a lot of exercise, but after Zhang Shu's explanation, they knew that it was because the acidic substances left by the body when breaking down alcohol entered the muscle fibers.
On the other hand, Zhang Shu, in addition to not drinking, played with them until midnight and didn't come back, and the day before he also experienced the fatigue of flying over the Eurasian continent, but he showed no fatigue at all in training.
"This one is really good." Alihan stood aside and looked at Zhang Shu running on the court, thinking so in his heart. Originally, when he received a notice from the Football Association that a player in the squad would be replaced, he was still very unhappy. It should be my right to select the players of the national team, but I didn't expect that China, as a head coach, would not even have the right to arrange the lineup. This made him doubt his reasons for accepting the job, and although the pay was very good, could he really be content to be a mascot sitting in the coach's seat?
But after knowing that the person who was temporarily stuffed into the list by the Football Association was Zhang Shu, his dissatisfaction disappeared in an instant. As the head coach of the national team, he has observed Zhang Shu, and in his heart, Zhang Shu is fully capable of entering the main lineup of the Chinese team.
"Pass beautifully!" The striker of the main team, Li Yi, pushed the ball into the substitute team's goal, and he turned around and shouted like Zhang Shu. "It's a comfortable pass."
"Hey, hey, pretty run." Zhang Shu and Li Yi clapped their hands and said to him. Compared with Turiotare, who was used to cooperating before, Li Yi, as a single striker, must not be able to compare with his teammates in Brescia in terms of strength, but his speed is very fast, and after a period of adaptation, Zhang Shu can easily send him just the right straight stopper.
Of course, the poor defense of the bench players also provided him with great convenience. After experiencing the baptism of defenders with both strength and skill in Serie A, Zhang Shu seemed to be at ease under the pressure of his teammates in the national team.
"Well, two striker positions, one is him." Alihan mentally decided on his lineup for the first warm-up game against Brazil on February 12, and he decided to make a proposal to his assistant coaches in the evening.
That's right, the head coach made recommendations to the assistant coaching team about the starting lineup. This may be a magical example that only happens in the Chinese national team.
"No, Mr. Alihan, this formation won't work."
originally thought that letting Zhang Shu play the main striker should be the right thing that any coach would think was right, but Alihan didn't expect that his proposal would be rejected as soon as he said it.
"The gap between us and Brazil is too big, we lost 4-0 to them in the World Cup that just ended. So we should focus on defense in this game. 'Yes, we don't get past the midfield a lot, the last two strikers are a complete waste. "This game is close to the 15th day of the Chinese New Year and we can't lose too much. Otherwise, it will be difficult to explain to the people of the whole country. "You can't play two strikers, you can just leave one striker to play counter-attack."
Several Chinese coaches put forward reasons for their objections.
What they said, Alihan also felt that there was a little bit of truth, but Zhang Shu was not good at playing a single striker, so he decided to change, "How about letting Zhang Shu play the front midfield?" ā
"No, the front waist usually has to retreat to defend in this game, Zhang Shu's body is too poor to bear it." "He has only been in the team for a short time, and he has no tacit understanding with his teammates, so he can't play in the front and back of the field." "It's better to be Qi Hong, who can increase the hardness of our midfield." "Yes, yes, that's right."
"What then? Do we have such a good player? Alihan was in a hurry, he couldn't understand the idea of his assistant coaching team. Why do you care so much about the score, isn't the warm-up game just for the team to seek run-in and exercise? Even if they beat Brazil in the warm-up game, does it make any sense?
Several Chinese coaches glanced at each other, and the first assistant coach spoke: "After discussion in the organization, I think it is more appropriate to let Zhang Shu play left forward." ā
"Left midfielder??? Zhang Shu has never played that position! Let him go there, what can he perform! Alihan roared.
The first assistant coach said lightly: "The left midfielder used to be the captain of the national team, and now after Ma Er withdraws from the national team, that position just needs a high-level player to fill, and Zhang Shu is very suitable." ā
"That's right, Zhang Shu is over there, it's not a big problem if he doesn't return to defense, and his footwork is very good, and he can make a long pass when counterattacking." Another Chinese coach added.
"But Zhang Shu is right-footed!" Alihan reminded, "Even if you play as a full-back, you should be on the right!" ā
"Li Xiaopeng is the hero who can enter the World Cup, how can we easily replace it. Anyway, this is something that the organization has decided, Mr. Alihan, please follow this lineup. The Chinese coach did not want to say anything more and ended the meeting without question.
"Well, you're doing a good job." Zhu Hefang, the leader of the Chinese national team, listened to the report of the Chinese coach and nodded. "But you still have to appease that Alihan and don't let him have too much of an opinion. There are some inconsequential things that can be referred to more of his thoughts. ā
"Okay, Director Zhu, we know."
"Are you sure that Zhang Shu won't have any good performance in that position?" Zhu Hefang asked. "His ability is still relatively strong."
"No, he's never played in that position before, and a player who has been in the middle of the pitch suddenly moves to the wing, it's not so easy to get used to. It is estimated that the ball will not be hit a few times in this game. ā
"That's good," Zhu Hefang rubbed his temples, "This kid is too much of a headache, after this game, there is a reason not to recruit him into the national team recently." ā
"What then? If he still performs like this in Italy, it is impossible not to recruit him for next year's World Cup qualifiers and Asian Cup. ā
"Let's talk about it then, it's a problem to recruit him or not... Eh... You see this kid has made me have more gray hair... ā
He plucked a gray hair in annoyance and played with it around his fingers.
Outside the office window, there was a thick gloom.