18 Pre-Match Press Conference (Part I)
The day before the match, both the home and away teams must hold a pre-match press conference and the manager must be present, which is the rule of the Premier League. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Unlike the cold press conference a few days ago, the press conference hall at the Curttingham training base had a few more fresh faces, adding a touch of life to the otherwise empty hall.
The circle of football reporters is not big or small, and in addition to the football league reporters, Bruce White still knows his new face peers.
Liu Yichuan, China's largest sports media sports weekly resident in London, has been covering the Premier League and domestic cup competitions for a long time, and has been in the UK for a long time, and is also a relatively well-known reporter in this circle.
Daily Mail reporter Kieran Gill, BBC reporter Simon Stone, Sky Sports reporter Adam Bhatt, Daily Mirror reporter John Cruise......
Seven reporters, four people in the first row, all of them were from major newspapers, and White and Liu Yichuan and reporters from the football league newspaper sat in the second row.
In the media circle, seniority and fame are also discussed, and reporters of big newspapers generally occupy the first row to get the opportunity to speak for many interviews.
White looked at Liu Yichuan who was separated by a few empty positions, and he knew that this Chinese celebrity came to Hull City for an interview for the first Chinese head coach in the Premier League.
There should also be the purpose of the Huaxia consortium to acquire Hull City, it seems that this rumor is true, but after the Huaxia consortium buys the team, will it invest money to bring in reinforcements? Time is running out.
The four reporters in the front row were also whispering, vaguely hearing questions such as "What is the origin of this Chinese man to become the head coach of a Premier League team." "Isn't it because of the Huaxia consortium that bought the team?" ……
It didn't take long to see the press officer of Hull City leading Niu Shuai in a casual sports T-shirt and a man in a team jacket to sit on the rostrum.
The reporters immediately recognized that the former German national team captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was present with Niu Shuai, let out a soft cry below.
Traditionally, the opening game of the season is accompanied by either the captain of the team or the big names brought in by the head coach at the press conference.
Piggy is indeed Hull City's biggest signing, even if it's on loan.
But why didn't Curtis Davis, the Hull City vice-captain, come along?
Since Hull City captain Michael Dawson is still recovering from injury, it stands to reason that Davis and Schweinsteiger should be in attendance.
It seems that the script has changed.
The following reporters looked with great interest at the rumored Niu Shuai, who claimed at the press conference a few days ago that he would bring this 18-man team to Hull City to win the cup championship, and they explored a lot of "rumors" about Niu Shuai in order to understand this very interesting first Chinese manager in the Premier League.
-- Outside the Cottingham training base, the fans protested that day that the president of the team, Alam Sr., came out to greet him with illness, because they could not find out why Alam Sr. went out in the rain to meet this Chinese.
-- In Liwei, Austria, he supported his cronies as assistants, and the former assistant coach of the team was appointed as the coach of the first team, and no one in the coaching staff dared to object.
――I personally went to Manchester United's training base to poach the German midfield, and I heard that he also showed Chinese kung fu and defused the ball that was flying out of the training ground. As for how he persuaded Piggy to join Hull City, the relegation favorite in the eyes of the outside world, this is another mystery.
――I heard that a student player was recently hired at the University of Hull, and this player actually played rugby and didn't know anything about football. This player is a Chinese student, is this Chinese person such a blatant gang to bring down the team? Do the Chinese have the quality to play in the Premier League? Sun Hai, a Chinese national football player who used to play for Manchester City, was a Chinese international, and Manchester City could also play the main role at that time. What the hell is this international student named Tu Hao?
Look at these rumors, although the recruitment of strong reinforcements like Schweinsteiger has strengthened the strength of the team and improved the popularity of Hull City, Niu Shuai is indeed credited, you must know that the Germans have many strong teams, even giants are pursuing. But judging from other rumors, how do you think this Chinese person is not very reliable? Does he know how to train? Do you understand tactics? The Premier League is not the Chinese Super League!
Schweinsteiger, who was sitting on the left side of Niu Shuai, had a feeling that he had been playing for many years and was a little tired of football, but at this moment it seemed to be back to his youth, and he felt enthusiastic about playing for Bayern Munich for the first time.
This feeling has disappeared for a long, long time, but I don't know why, in this Huaxia who is a few years older than him, this feeling has appeared again.
There is an old saying in Huaxia that a soldier dies for a confidant, and although Schweinsteiger didn't know this, that's how he felt.
Because Niu Shuai appointed him as the captain of Hull City, the original captain Dawson was demoted to vice captain.
Schweinsteiger feels that he has come to the right place, Niu Shuai's attention to him is not empty words, as a new player who came to Hull City on loan, no matter how famous he is, in the case of the team itself has a candidate for the captain and vice-captain, no matter who dares to change the captain easily.
Football clubs themselves have their own rules, and it is rare for a manager to appoint a new man as captain as soon as he takes office, destroying the balance of the dressing room and affecting the morale of the army, and this position of head coach will not sit for long.
But Niu Shuai dared, and no one dared to make trouble and stumble.
This is the benefit of a small team, Niu Shuai's prestige established by the coaching staff, even if Niu Shuai's coaching performance is not good, no one dares to offend easily, after all, Niu Shuai holds the power of life and death of the team.
After a short time together, Schweinsteiger can faintly feel the shadow of Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho who has driven him to the end of Niu Shuai, but the biggest difference between him and the Portuguese is respect.
In terms of dealing with players who are not in his plans, Niu Shuai has taken more measures to persuade the other party to leave the team, rather than taking the way of trampling on the player's self-esteem to get rid of the opponent by delegating the reserve team or banning the team.
But Niu Shuai also has a ruthless side, for the team needs you, you just want to leave and have private contact with the other party, or through boycotts, inciting the media and other ways to achieve the goal of leaving the team, either sell at a high premium, or ban training and ban, and abolish you! Harry Maguire was like that, after Hull City rejected Middlesbrough's £5 million offer, the kid actually asked his agent to come forward and coerce the team to agree to the other party's offer.
The 24-year-old Hull City's main centre-back, who moved from Sheffield United in 2014, was one of the main contributors to the team's promotion, and he currently has one year left on his contract.
Niu Shuai's handling method is very simple, one is to sell, but it will definitely not be sold cheaply, Maguire is young, and he is a household registration book, plus Middlesbrough wants it very much, so Niu Shuai offered 8 million pounds, if you want, you will pay this price, don't, just go aside.
The other is to deprive the jersey number, not be selected into the squad, not only can not play a game this season, but also strictly prohibit training at the training ground.
Don't think that there is only one year left to help you, our Uncle Niu has never been a loser, if the high price is not wanted, you will be abolished, you have no training and no games within a year, not to mention the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, I am afraid that the Championship and League One will not have a team to waste a year of players.
It is this trick that makes the team more afraid of Niu Shuai, and if you don't agree with you, you think about it, how many years is the golden age of the player? Once England's players can't play, the end is very miserable, cough cough, this, I'll talk about it later.