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Although Bolger insisted on staying and waiting for Russell, Russell also insisted that Bolger go first. His reason was that "this is not a punishment for training, and I can still go home by myself". In fact, he just expected something terrible to happen, and at this moment, he didn't want to be laughed at, even by his best friend...... He still remembers the first game of the team, when he started and Borger came off the bench, and Bolger was envious of himself at that time. Now it is Bolger's stable position, and he is either replaced early or reduced to a substitute. Now it's his turn to envy Bolger...... Russell was a proud man, and he didn't want Bolger to see him fall and chase him away.

When everyone was gone, there were only three people left in the court: Chu Zhongtian, Russell, and Eames.

The two thought that the head coach must have a long talk about them, but in fact they also knew how they had performed in the past month and what they were doing.

The manager has indulged them for a month and now it's time to clean them up, right?

The two men stood in front of Eames, neither of them saying a word.

"You two don't have to go to the game on the twelfth."

This seemed to be expected, and neither of them showed any signs of surprise. For more than a month, the team has not won a game as long as they are playing. To be able to tolerate the two of them for so long, the head coach is already good-tempered, right?

"But I'm not giving you a break. You come here and you train. ”

These words surprised the two of them. They thought that they would not be allowed to participate in the competition, but they didn't expect to train as usual? They all looked up at head coach Eames.

Eames continued, as if he hadn't seen the surprised look on the faces of the two of them.

"Don't be lazy, Coach Paul Braham [paul_braham] will be in charge of supervising you and he will tell you the specifics."

There were only a few words left, and everything that had to be said was said, and Eames let the two of them leave. The two of them were confused, and no one could figure out what this was all about.

But there was one thing that was clear to both of them – they were both excluded from the squad due to their performances in the previous month.

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In the past two days, Chu Zhongtian's smile has become less and less, and he frowned when he was fine, looking preoccupied.

However, the people around him didn't care much, Chu Zhongtian would be like this every time he lost the game. They only thought that Chu Zhongtian was still worried about the loss to Wildstone away. At first, when the team lost, they would come to persuade Chu Zhongtian. Later, it turned out that it didn't work, so that's it. Anyway, in a few days, his mood automatically improved.

Until Emily visited again in the afternoon.

"Will you play in the Supporters' Cup on the Twelfth?" Emily, as usual, sat at the bar after asking for a beer, chatting with Chu Zhongtian.

"No, it won't." Chu Zhongtian shook his head and replied listlessly. He's afraid that people will ask this question, but he can't lie, because the people here are the most die-hard fans, and they will definitely go to watch the game. Lying in front of them will soon be debunked and pointless.

Emily noticed that there was something wrong with Chu Zhongtian's spirit, she tilted her head and looked at it: "So sure? ”

"I didn't even make the roster for ......the competition," Chu Zhongtian lowered his head and was busy with the work in his hands, and whispered to Emily.

"Huh?" Emily was a little surprised, this was serious.

Although Chu Zhongtian did not perform well in the game before, Eames did not exclude him from the competition squad, why did he ...... this time

Chu Zhongtian smiled reluctantly. "I know why."

Emily knew why.

It is an indisputable fact that Chu Zhongtian and Russell have always been unable to cooperate, which has dragged down the team's results. It's just that Emily never talked about this matter in front of Chu Zhongtian, she was afraid of stimulating Chu Zhongtian.

"Emily."

"Huh?"

"Are you saying I'm doing something wrong?"

Emily looked at Chu Zhongtian, she knew what Chu Zhongtian was talking about. But this is a complicated question, how will she answer it? From the team's point of view, it's really inappropriate. But from a personal point of view, who can endure the rude treatment of others over and over again?

Chu Zhongtian didn't wait for Emily's answer, he lowered his head again and continued to get busy.

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Russell came downstairs for afternoon tea. Mom was bringing a plate of freshly baked biscuits to the table, and Dad was sitting in a chair reading the newspaper with a teacup in his hand. The younger brother plays with toys at the table.

"Alai, tomorrow is the game, how are you preparing?" The mother asked her eldest son with great concern.

Father also put down the newspaper and looked at him.

"Uh...... OK. Russell replied vaguely, and he pulled out his chair and sat down. He casually picked up a biscuit from the end of the plate and squeezed it in his hand, but did not put it in his mouth.

"It's a shame we can't go and cheer you on. Luther, stop playing, come and have tea. "Mom went to pick up my brother and bring it to the table.

"Wash your hands first." Dad turned his head and said, then turned to look at his eldest son.

Russell was furious by his father's eyes, as if his heart had been seen through. He tried to make himself look like he was fine.

"Tomorrow's game, better performance." The father stared at his son for a long time, said this, put down the teacup, picked up the newspaper again, and began to read.

Russell nodded, relieved in his heart.

He has not yet told his parents about being deprived of the right to play by the manager, and if he can, he wants to keep it a secret from them. It's humiliating for him not to be able to compete, and he doesn't want to be known, especially to his closest family.

Having been swept away by Wimbledon has already dealt a big blow to them, and if they know that they have lost the opportunity to play in this new team. Such a strict dad doesn't know what to say, maybe he will tell himself to give up playing football completely, right?

That was definitely not what Russell was hoping for.

So even if it's a lie, you can't let the parents know the truth of the matter.

"I will, Dad. I'm going to behave well. Russell said with his head down, trying to make his voice sound natural.

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Emily decided to take her leave, and before leaving, she said to Chu Zhongtian, "I don't know if you did it right, Chu. That's your business, and no one else can interfere. But I want you to enjoy football and not something else...... You know? The Chu who was attentive on the field made me very excited. It was because I saw you like that that that I decided to ask you for a tryout. But it's a pity that I haven't seen you like that for more than a month. ”

"Goodbye, Chu."

Emily jumped off the barstool, waved goodbye to the bartenders, and walked out.

Chu Zhongtian watched in surprise as her back disappeared into the sunlight outside the door, and it was the first time he had heard Emily mention these words to him......

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The next day at the Kings Ranch, after the players arrived, Borger learned that his good friend hadn't even made the squad for the game today.

"How can this be? This is obviously the responsibility of the mad dog! Borger said angrily. I'll go to the boss to reason! ”

Russell grabbed him. "Don't make a fuss, Gavin."

Borger looked at Russell with a gloomy face in a little surprise.

"Don't you think I'm ashamed enough?"

Borger looked at his teammates, some of whom were clearly gloating a little over the excitement.

"!" Borger let out a low scold. He didn't expect things to turn out like this. At the beginning, they teased Chu Zhongtian in the game, just out of a kind of bullying psychology of high-level people in the face of low-level people, but they never thought that they would be very fiercely resisted by Chu Zhongtian, a weak person, which aroused their anger, and they must embarrass that Chinese kid. But Chu Zhongtian's resistance became more intense, and the two sides were entangled with each other like this, and no one was willing to admit defeat first. It's already about fame - whoever admits defeat first is tantamount to losing face, how can you get along in the team? We've never lost to anyone, how can we throw in the towel to a mad dog now? Stop dreaming!

"Get in the car." Eames, with a straight face, reappeared in front of everyone.

The players began to board the bus one after another.

Shi Lin and Sullivan glanced at Chu Zhongtian with some concern, but saw Chu Zhongtian smiling and waving at them.

Borger said goodbye to Russell, who also smiled: "Goodbye, come back with a trophy!" ”

As the car drove away from the King's Ranch, the smiles on the faces of the two young men disappeared at the same time, and they stood in the doorway with their heads hung down, unwilling to turn around and enter the empty pitch.

"All right, boys. I know you're disappointed right now, but the training still has to be done. Coach Paul Breham's voice came from behind them.

The two men turned around and looked at the smiling coach and the empty football field.

"You have a lot of homework, passing and receiving exercises, heading exercises, ball control exercises. Now let's warm up! I'll keep an eye on you, but don't be lazy. Coach Braham still had a smile on his face, but in the eyes of the two men, the smile was not friendly at all......

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Everything is as usual in daily training, after the lap run, the two of them hold each other's arms and do pulling, and then listen to Coach Breham arrange the specific training content.

"First of all, it's passing and playmaking. Two of the most important techniques in football, and the two most frequently used in football, are receiving and passing. You all know that, right? "As a coach, Breham is very competent. Even when facing only two players, his explanations are meticulous, exactly the same as in normal training.

The two nodded. After more than a month of contact, they got to know the smiling coach in front of them very well. Don't look at him always squinting and smiling at you, but he is a very, very strict coach, as long as he doesn't meet his required standards, he will definitely ask you to redo until you make him satisfied. It seems that he was specifically kept as a coach, and Coach Eames is also very targeted.

"First of all, I practice passing and receiving the ball with the inside of my foot." Coach Braham pointed to a square area he had already posed with a corner pyramid. "It's ten yards by ten yards, and you're each standing on either side and doing the inside of your foot to catch the ball. Note that it is the inside of the foot, only pass and receive the ball with the inside of the foot, and no other part is allowed. If you make a mistake, start over. Chu, you pass to Russell, Russell receives the ball and then passes it to you, and the two of you pass each other five times, which is counted as a group. After practicing the five sets, we take a two-minute break and then we do the next step. Do you understand? ”

The two men continued to nod.

"Got it, let's get started." Breham asked the two men to stand as he said and kicked the ball in. He stood aside and began to look.

In fact, they have practiced this training before, and it is the most basic and basic content of passing practice. The two didn't understand the manager's intention of arranging this, but they could only pass to each other honestly.

They completed five sets of passes in silence without making any mistakes.

Breham nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, yes, you made me an ornament." Now that you are resting, I will tell you what we are going to do next. Still in this area. He pointed to the square area, "You stand opposite each other, stand in the middle of one side, then pass the ball to the opponent, and ......run this way after the pass," Braham demonstrated. "The person who receives the ball passes it to the person who runs over and runs in this direction. The two of you should run in the same direction, change direction when you see this cone, run towards the one on your left, and keep passing the ball as you run. Run around this square area for one lap and practice five sets with a two-minute break. ”

This set of exercises is not too difficult, and they are easy to complete.

Breham then added a bit of a limit to the same – only two touches were allowed, one for stopping, and one for passing. If something goes wrong, go back to the starting point and start over.

Problems began to arise when I practiced this time, because Chu Zhongtian was always used to touching the ball once more to make adjustments, and Russell was very accustomed to the requirement of touching the ball twice. But who made them grasshoppers on a rope? Chu Zhongtian made a mistake, and the two of them had to return to the starting point at the same time and start again.

It's just that when Chu Zhongtian made a mistake today, Russell could no longer see the gloating smile on his face as before. He just silently followed Chu Zhongtian back to the starting point, and came back at the request of the coach, looking preoccupied.

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Emily stood in the stands of the home stadium of the Enfield Town team, which can only accommodate a thousand people, and like the previous game, there were not many fans watching the game, the home team had about four hundred people, and the away team Wimbledon only had a few dozen fans, almost a hundred.

It was a friendly cup match with two teams competing for a Supporters' Cup. It is a cup competition sponsored by the Independent Supporters Association, which is a support and development fund set up by the British government to make it more visible in football clubs or league management committees. AFC Wimbledon was also formed because of the strong support of Wimbledon's Independent Supporters Association, and participating in this cup is also a thank you.

Wimbledon striker Joe Schilling opened the scoring just two minutes into the game, and the stands cheered for the goal, and everyone looked excited.

Emily, on the other hand, was a little unable to concentrate on the game. Her mind would always unconsciously glance to the south, wondering how Chu was doing now.

She was worried that her absence from this competition would be a blow to Chu, and maybe she should have talked to him more yesterday......

"Look, once the team is free of those two bastards, it's going to be very combative." Suddenly, there was a discussion of others.

"yes, yes. If the two of them are on the field at the same time, they will definitely not pass the ball to each other and do not cooperate. I really doubt if they're teammates on the same team......"

"It seems that Mr. Eames is also very aware of this, and the two of them did not come because of the trophy in this game...... Ha ha! ”

After watching the game for a month, Emily knew that some fans were dissatisfied with Chu Zhongtian and Russell, and in their opinion, the team's poor results were all because of these two people.

She couldn't argue with that. Because no matter what she says, in fact, as long as Russell and Chu Zhongtian play at the same time, the team's offense and defense will be a mess.

Russell is a fantastic player and his individual skills are among the best in the team. Chu Zhongtian is also good, he works very hard defensively. The question is, why can't the two of them work well together?

Twenty minutes later, Wimbledon doubled their advantage with captain Kevin Cooper contributing to the team. The fans in the stands cheered and the team played well, which was completely different from the performance they had in the previous month or so, which gave them hope for the next season.

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Chu Zhongtian and Russell sat on the ground resting, gasping for breath, they were exhausted.

It took a lot more training than the previous ones to complete, and Coach Breham was extra gracious and allowed them a few more minutes of rest. Taking advantage of the break, Braham went to the bathroom.

"!"

Chu Zhongtian suddenly heard a low scolding from behind him.

"Can't you take care of your feet? Always have to touch the ball multiple times! If you hadn't dragged my feet, would I be so tired? ”

He knew who the voice was coming from, so he sneered: "If I'm not mistaken, there will be heading practice in a while." How's your heading doing? ”

The voice behind it disappeared, and after a while it sounded again.

"Thankfully my parents couldn't go to my game today, otherwise...... It's all because of you, Mad Dog! ”

"Fart!" Chu Zhongtian retorted without showing weakness, "I just want to play football, who provoked me first?" Who played tricks on me first in the game? Who refused to cooperate? Sissy! ”

"But you hit me!"

"You insulted me first!"

The two men quarreled, and suddenly they were silent at the same time. It's really boring to think that their teammates are playing on the court at this time, and they are arguing here...... I don't have the interest to quarrel anymore.

"I said......" After a while, Russell's voice sounded behind Chu Zhongtian again. Why are we fighting so much? ”

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