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When Russell found out that Chu Zhongtian had called him several times, it was already a day later. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Only then did he remember that he hadn't talked to Chu on the phone this week, Chu Zhongtian must have wanted to ask him about his current situation, and the good news that his father woke up should be to tell him, right?

He looked at the time, even if it was due to the time difference, Chu Zhongtian hadn't rested yet, and he called back.

"Hi, Chu!"

※※※ Chu Zhongtian heard Russell's voice on the other end of the phone, which was a little different from usual, although he was a little tired, but he was full of excitement.

His instincts told him that maybe something good was happening. What could be a good thing for Russell? Wimbledon promotion must have been, but it had to be played by himself, not by him.

Then all that remains is news about his father.

"Hi Alai. I called you yesterday and no one answered, has there been any change in your father's situation? ”

"Yes! Clear! My dad, he's awake! ”

"Wow!"

Chu Zhongtian was really surprised, he didn't expect Russell's father, who had been in a coma for half a year, to really wake up!

He used to comfort Russell: "Don't worry, he'll wake up, maybe tomorrow?" ”

At first, Russell responded hopefully: "Yes, maybe tomorrow!" ”

Later, Russell simply became like this: "No kidding, Chu...... Thank you, though. "He almost resigned himself to his fate.

But I didn't expect a miracle to happen when he had already accepted his fate!

"Is this true? Congratulations, Alai! Chu Zhongtian raised his voice excitedly.

For this, he even quarreled with his little daughter.

Seeing that his daughter, who was originally asleep, seemed to be about to wake up, he quickly got out of bed and walked out of the bedroom barefoot.

"That's great news! See, I'll just say it! He'll wake up sooner or later! Ha ha! ”

"Yes, yes, I accept your auspicious words, Chu!"

Russell was also very happy to receive congratulations from his friends.

"How is the old man doing?" After a brief moment of joy, Chu Zhongtian asked.

"I just woke up, and my body is still a little weak, but the doctor said that all signs are normal, but I can't eat yet, and now I have to rely on infusions......" Russell explained his father's situation.

"That's good, ha, that's good......" Chu Zhongtian originally wanted to say, "Since the situation is stable, then when will you be able to come back, we will upgrade together", but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them again. Although the agreement is important, it is obvious that the father is more important, and at this time, he really can't say that kind of words. As soon as someone's father woke up, you asked them to return to the team, which is too impersonal.

Russell didn't know what to say. He knew that his father was awake, so the matter of returning to the team was put on the agenda. He signed a contract with Wimbledon Athletic, and even now he is the manager of Wimbledon. is a real head coach, and Chu Zhongtian is just an agent.

So he had to return to the team for the duration of his contract – something he had no doubt about when he took a leave of absence.

But what he saw in half a year made him doubt this.

Is there any need to go back by yourself?

He wanted to quit his job or find a professional club in the United States to apply for a coach, so that he would be closer to his father and easier to take care of.

As soon as this thought came to mind, some of it could not be suppressed.

"Hmm...... Chu, there's something I want to say to you......"

"You say."

"That's right...... Well, I think you're a very good manager and all you lack now is experience...... As for me, I'm going to resign. He finally made the decision known.

Chu Zhongtian was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Don't be kidding, Alai!" It's not funny at all! ”

"I'm not kidding, I'm serious, and definitely not on a whim, I've been thinking about it for almost half a year......"

"Don't talk nonsense, your father's state is stable, you will come back to me! This team is your team, how can you, as the captain, take the lead in escaping? Chu Zhongtian couldn't take care of those worries in his heart, and he was also anxious.

He's enjoyed half a season as a manager, but that doesn't mean he wants to keep doing it.

"You have what it takes to lead this team well, Chu, you are a qualified captain...... I think you should be the head coach, Chu! ”

"Of course I'm going to be a manager, but only if I retire. Now the manager is still yours, I'm just temporary...... I know you want to spend more time with your father, so you don't have to keep that promise and you can rest until next season and come back. But I'm going to do what I promised - I'm going to make the team a success! ”

※※※ Russell hung up the phone, and this conversation with Chu Zhongtian finally ended unhappily, and he could only smile bitterly.

Chu's reaction was much more intense than he expected, he had expected Chu to accept the decision, he resigned, and Chu became the official head coach - with his performance in this half season, he believed that the directors of Wimbledon Athletic were not blind and could not give up the position of head coach to anyone else.

No one is more suitable to be this head coach than Chu.

A somewhat depressed Russell returned to the ward, his father was still lying in bed, although he woke up, but because he had been in a coma for half a year, his body was still very weak, and it was impossible to walk on the ground. He can't even eat now, so he can only rely on infusions to maintain the necessary nutrients.

In addition to the infusion tubes, his body was also full of telecommunications and electrodes, and the equipment at the bedside worked 24 hours a day, closely monitoring his physical condition. Finally defeated the Grim Reaper, and the patient is now expensive. It's a miracle for the hospital, and it can also make the hospital feel honored, so Russell's father is now enjoying the best treatment.

Every day, doctors and nurses come to the ward, in addition to routine work, to see the miracle of this vegetative man who has been in a coma for half a year to reawaken. There are even reporters who come to hear the news and want to interview the person concerned.

However, Russell always excused himself on the grounds that his father needed to rest and that they were busy.

My father, who had woken up, slept for a few more hours, and now he had just woken up and was in good spirits. Russell was very worried when he went to sleep, for fear that his father would not wake up again.

Hearing Russell push the door in, his father turned to look at the door of the ward.

Russell walked over to the hospital bed and sat down, first looking at the numbers on the instrument. After half a year of companionship, he is almost a semi-professional nurse, and he knows what the numbers on these instruments mean. After looking at the instrument and finding that all the data was normal, he turned to look at his father and talked to him: "Dad, how do you feel?" ”

"How? Like yesterday, a new life, ha! Russell's father, who woke up again, seemed very optimistic, and although he was still weak in his speech, he could already joke with others.

Seeing that his father was in such good spirits, Russell's face also smiled. In the six months since he almost lost his father, Russell has been reflecting on how much he loves football more than he loves his family, and for that he didn't even get married – is that really right?

In the past, when his mother called and asked him when he would get married, he also joked that he would simply marry football, which provoked his mother to complain about him on the phone and joke again.

"How's the team doing?" Father asked again.

"It's good, Chu is leading the team to prepare for the promotion play-offs."

"Is it already a play-off?" Father said with a frown. After being in a coma for half a year, his mind still couldn't keep up with the time that flew by...... "yes, we finished fourth in the league, so we qualified for the play-offs. The opponents in the play-off semi-finals are...... Ipswich. It wasn't a strong team and I think if we play properly we can beat them and get to the final at Wembley Stadium! ”

Russell became more and more energetic, immersed in the world of football.

The father looked at his son like this, and did not interrupt him, but let him continue.

“…… Chu's team is really good, he did his homework before the game in detail, and it is said that each player gets a thick tactical manual that explains the characteristics of the opponent and how to deal with them in great detail...... I think being able to persuade him to join Wimbledon is the biggest achievement I've had in the years I've been in charge of the team, ha! ”

Russell suddenly found himself seemingly too engrossed.

He shook his head.

"When will you take your leave, Alay?" Father asked him.

"Please come to ...... Well, please wait until you're in a stable condition......" Russell didn't actually say that to the club in the first place, he said "I'll be back in the head coach position when my dad wakes up". At that time, in addition to worrying about his father, he also had a concern in his heart, that is, the team's performance.

"Well, good, my situation has stabilized." The father issued an "eviction order".

Russell understood what this meant, and he shook his head, "No, you've only been awake for two days, Dad." ”

"But my situation has stabilized." My father wouldn't give an inch.

“…… Even if I go back, it won't make a difference, it's a big taboo for the team to change the head coach at this time, and Chu is doing very well in the team, I don't think I can do him as well when I go back......"

'You're the manager of the team, Alli. He's only temporarily replacing you. ”

"But he's better than me......"

"How do you know? Does the good results he leads the team mean that he does better than you? But you've been relegated every season without him, and in my opinion you're the best manager......" For the first time since he woke up, he said such a long sentence in one breath, which made my father cough.

Russell was in a hurry, and quickly stood up to check the numbers on the instrument - everything was still normal.

"Don't look at it, my condition is stable, I don't know my own body yet?" Father's voice rang out again.

Father was visibly a little tired, and for the first time he had said so much, his wheezing voice was heavy when he said this.

Russell sat back down and didn't continue to talk about it, he didn't want to talk about it with his dad. He wanted to enjoy his father's loss now.

"Russell." Unexpectedly, my father spoke again. "Man, be responsible."

※※※ Chu Zhongtian was unable to convince Russell to change his mind in the end, and it seems that Russell is already iron-hearted. It gave him a lot of headaches.

After hanging up Russell's phone, his mood gradually calmed down. The news of Russell's decision to resign sounded really shocking to him at the time, but he was now thinking calmly.

Whatever the reason, Russell wanted to resign. This news must not be known to others, so Chu Zhongtian decided to hide this matter from the team.

At this critical time, the team can't afford to toss.

If the players know that their regular manager is going to abandon them and resign, I'm afraid that none of these people will have the heart to play in the play-offs...... Even he can't think about so many things now, Russell really wants to resign, he can't stop him, as for who will be the real head coach after Russell's resignation, he doesn't think about this question at all, it doesn't matter who he is, at least this season he wants to bring Wimbledon to the Premier League!

The goal of all work is to upgrade.

He would never allow such a thing as falling short at the last minute.

"Damn Alai...... I'll settle accounts with you when the season is over! ”

He cursed in his heart and walked back to the bedroom.

Emily didn't pay attention to the look on his face, she was putting the child to sleep. Chu Zhongtian still woke up his daughter just now, once the child was woken up, it was not easy to coax her to sleep.

Chu Zhongtian lay back on the bed, closed his eyes, and forced himself to sleep. Russell, of course, could have left the burden behind, but he still had a lot to do...... Wimbledon's first play-off game was on the road, and it started on the fourth day after Russell's father sobered up.

Russell is still watching the live stream on the Internet on his mobile phone.

Because of the time difference, he stayed up late in the ward wearing headphones to watch, while his father fell asleep quietly on the hospital bed.

My father hadn't spoken a word to him since that conversation.

Russell tried to communicate with him, but his father refused with silence.

The screen of the mobile phone is not large, and when the game screen is a long shot, he can't see everyone's face clearly at all, and can only judge who these people are from the position of the players and their movements.

Chu Zhongtian's tactics are the same as those he practiced when he was still in the team, still emphasizing fast.

On the road, he opted for a counter-attack, solid defence and then used his speed to play the opponent's counter-attack.

The away and home schedule is very beneficial to Wimbledon, and Russell felt that as long as he played properly, Wimbledon would have no problem reaching the final.

Ipswich Town, who are playing at home, will of course have to seize their opportunity to play at home, and try to win a few more games while trying to win, and get enough goals to open up the gap between the two sides on aggregate.

Chu Zhongtian aimed at their tactical thinking and put on a posture of defensive counterattack.

It's not a clever tactic, of course, but where are there so many new tactics in the world of football? The level of a manager depends entirely on how he can use the power of ordinary things. The same set of formations, the same group of people, some managers just can't knead together, his team is like a plate of loose sand, and some managers can gather these loose sand to form a terrifying force.

Chu Zhongtian's choice is very correct in the eyes of Russell, a professional head coach. Wimbledon Athletic on the road did not rush to attack, but kept the ball at the back, and their limited attacks were also cautious.

These performances seem to be Wimbledon under a lot of pressure, so be careful.

In fact, this is what Chu Zhongtian asked the players to do before the game.

You have to be careful away from home, but definitely not because of the pressure of bullshit, but because of the care of the boat. Once the goal is conceded in the away game, it is easy to arouse the opponent's fighting spirit and confidence, so that the opponent who is already fighting at home will be like a doping, and the state will rise wildly.

Therefore, not conceding the ball is the first task that Chu Zhongtian gave to the players in this game.

Make sure you don't concede the ball and then wait for the opportunity to counter-attack.

Chu Zhongtian is quite confident in the team's ability to play fast counterattacks, and this confidence comes from himself, as well as from his usual training and the team's run-in this season.

Seeing that Wimbledon were not threatening in attack, Ipswich became emboldened and began to press harder, with the full-backs frequently inserting assists and preparing to give the opposition a look at home.

Russell looked at the game screen on his phone and smiled.

It can't be said that the head coach of Ipswich is not competent, and this kind of trap cannot be seen. It's the situation that forces them, and it's a good chance to win on their home turf, so do they want to draw on their home turf and then win away from home? No manager with a normal IQ would make such a choice.

So although Chu Zhongtian laid a trap, which can be seen by onlookers, at the same time, Chu Zhongtian only left one path for the other party, and this road leads to the trap, forcing the other party to take a road.

If the opponent can find a way to remove the trap before reaching the trap, he can survive, otherwise he will die.

This requires a gamble, but most of the time it is always the other party who loses...... When Chu Zhongtian was a player, he was good at forcing the opposing team to voluntarily jump into the trap he set in this way, and he tried it repeatedly. Now that he is the head coach, he has used this trick more skillfully.

Ipswich was in such a situation that he could either score quickly, take the lead and take advantage of the situation. Or just wait to be beaten by Wimbledon's counter-attack.

With such a crisis mentality, Ipswich stepped up their offensive and they must score as soon as possible.

But at the same time, it also makes them have more and more space behind them......

(To be continued)