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Russell had been on the sidelines to see the end of practice before leaving the house before heading to the manager's office. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

When he left, he had already handed over the key to Chu Zhongtian, so now he couldn't get in, so he could only wait outside the door.

He waited for about twenty minutes, and footsteps sounded at the end of the corridor, and soon the figures of Chu Zhongtian and Stonefield appeared around the corner.

Chu Zhongtian is working with Alvin. Stonefield spoke, and when he saw Russell standing in the distance in the doorway, he froze for a moment, and his mouth stopped.

Stonefield then noticed the man at the door...... "Alay? He asked.

Russell put the suitcase down, opened his arms and said to the two men, "Hi, I'm back." ”

Chu Zhongtian smiled: "Welcome back, you just in time for the last game, Alai." ”

Chu Zhongtian didn't ask him if he came back to resign or coach, these questions didn't need to be asked at all.

"It's a pleasure to see you again...... Stonefield went up and gave Russell a hug.

When Russell and Stonefield were hugging, they saw Chu Zhongtian, who was standing behind Stonefield, winking at him. It's all in plain sight.

※※※In the head coach's office, Chu Zhongtian officially handed over the work to Russell.

“…… That's pretty much it. ”

After Chu Zhongtian finished speaking, he looked at Russell.

"I'm glad you're back, ha!"

Stonefield had left, and now he and Russell were the only two people left in the office.

"How did you figure it out?" Chu Zhongtian asked knowingly.

"It just figured it out."

Russell sat behind his desk, answering Chu Zhongtian's questions while sorting out the papers.

"Hey, hey." Chu Zhongtian laughed.

Russell knew that he was teasing himself, and he didn't have time to argue with Chu Zhongtian.

"I'm back, but you're up to the cracks." Russell leaned back in his chair and looked at Chu Zhongtian and said. "I'm just a bystander."

Chu Zhongtian didn't shirk or say anything polite, he nodded.

For the promotion of the team, this is the best thing to do, so Chu Zhongtian feels that Russell's words prove that Russell is really good for the team and has no idea of fighting for power.

If before the last game, Russell must show his authority as a proper head coach, overturn the previous arrangement and training plan of Chu Zhongtian, and re-implement his own system, it will cause the team to fall into chaos. People will feel at a loss and don't know what to do. This is not conducive to the team's preparation for the final game.

Russell was also well aware of this, so he made the offer as soon as he came up. His head coach work started after this game, what people the team needs to buy, how to arrange the summer training plan, these are his jobs, Chu Zhongtian's acting head coach is done with the promotion play-offs, and he will have to continue to be his own player next season.

Russell chose the right approach very smartly, so that Chu Zhongtian was also relieved, and the whole team was relieved.

※※※The players looked at Russell standing in front of them in surprise.

It was a training session on the second day of Russell's return, and Russell officially took over the team's training.

"Alright, now everyone is here." Chu Zhongtian made his last speech as the head coach before training, "We don't have anything to worry about, this last game will give full play to our strength and impact the Super League!" ”

Russell's return is a morale boost for the team, and while the team's morale is already high, who wouldn't want to be higher?

Before everyone remembered the last battle of the upgrade, the boss was not around, and there were always some regrets, but now these regrets are gone.

Just as Chu Zhongtian said, everyone can prepare for this last game wholeheartedly without any worries. When they set foot at Wembley Stadium, there will be no regrets or hesitations in everyone's hearts.

This is the final battle of their seventeen years of hard work!

Wembley Stadium is located northwest of London, the capital of the United Kingdom. When Chu Zhongtian had not yet come to Wimbledon to study, he had confused Wembley and Wimbledon, thinking that Wimbledon was where Wembley was, otherwise why did the two place names sound so similar?

Later, when he came to Wimbledon, he once made such a joke - he went to ask Yang Yang, who was in the same room, if Wembley Stadium was nearby, and he wanted to see the world-famous football church. As a result, he was ridiculed by Yang Yang.

Wimbledon is southwest of London, while Wembley is northwest of London, which is completely the opposite of each other.

Wembley Stadium has an extraordinary place in the minds of all Englishmen, and in some ways it is even associated with the British Empire as a whole. For a long time, the stadium symbolized the glory of English football and made the British proud.

Until November 1953, England were unbeaten at home for 90 years. It's a record that England fans are very proud of, having invented modern football, so they rightfully consider their team to be the best in the world. It wasn't until they were beaten at home to Hungary that they found themselves at the top of world football.

Of course, Wembley Stadium is not always a sad memory for England fans, most of the time it is a wonderful one, most notably in the 1966 World Cup final, where England defeated the Federal Republic of Germany to lift the Remet Gold Cup, the only World Series trophy in the history of English football.

As well as being home to the national team, Wembley Stadium is also home to the final of the FA Cup, England's oldest competition. Prior to the Premier League, the FA Cup was widely regarded as the top honour in England, and the highest goal for any team was to win the FA Cup, not even the European Cup.

The most memorable peak moment of the "Crazy Gang" was when they defeated Liverpool 1-0 at Wembley Stadium and lifted the FA Cup.

Wembley Stadium is also the venue for the Championship promotion play-off final and the English League Cup final.

The course has a long history, and now it has been rebuilt, and it shines brightly with the times.

Chu Zhongtian once played in this stadium, that is, in the 2011 European Champions Cup final, when he was still a Hoffenheim player, leading the not favored Hoffenheim to defeat the invincible Barcelona in the final, and finally won the European Champions Cup, achieving a country fairy tale.

Chu Zhongtian is no stranger to this stadium, and his teammates are not much stranger to it. There are also a number of players in the Wimbledon squad who have also played at Wembley Stadium. It's not an FA Cup final, it's a promotion play-off in League One.

With a day to go, Wimbledon Athletic left their turf for a build-up session at Wembley Stadium, where Russell will take part in the pre-match press conference as head coach.

The news of Russell's return was known to the media, but there was not much interest in the news and there was no focus on it. There are even media concerns about whether Russell's return will cause some division and turmoil within the team, which will affect the team's performance in the final.

After all, in the past half season, Chu Zhongtian has trained the team very well, and at this time, Russell is back, is there a suspicion of "seizing the fruits of Chu's victory"? Russell is still nominally the head coach of the team, but in fact, this team was trained by Chu Zhongtian, so in the final finals, who did the team listen to?

If not, these problems will become fatal factors for Wimbledon, like a planted landmine, and it is not known when it will be triggered.

Some media even believe that Russell's return will directly weaken Wimbledon's fighting power, which will become Reading's hope, and if they can take advantage of this opportunity, Reading has a good chance of beating Wimbledon Athletic, who are stronger than them.

※※※ "Chu, for a pre-game press conference in a while, you and I will go with you." Russell found Chu Zhongtian during the training break and said to him.

The media speculation about Russell's return has been seen by both men. Chu Zhongtian also took Russell's joke and asked him if he really had the idea of "fighting for power and profit".

Russell, of course, scoffed: "I am the head coach of the team under the contract, and you will do it to fight for power!" ”

Although the two of them know that as friends for more than ten years, there will be no discord between the two people, but they know, it does not mean that everyone knows, in order to avoid some unnecessary suspicions before the game, affecting the atmosphere of the team, especially in order to block the stinky mouth of the media, Russell decided to attend the press conference with Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian also knew Russell's thoughts, so he could go and ask Russell stupidly questions like "why do you want me to go".

After the training to adapt to the venue was over, the two came to the training ground side by side, and Chu Zhongtian didn't even change his training clothes.

The reporters had been waiting for a long time at the press conference, and when they saw Russell and Chu Zhongtian coming together, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then knew what the intention was -- did Russell want to clarify the "rumors" in the media in this way?

But that's fine, let's confront each other face to face and see if they have their own ghosts, and their faces and hearts don't match.

These journalists are confident in their ability to observe and provoke.

The pre-match press conference was held separately for each team, with Wimbledon Athletic in the first place, and Reading were only allowed to enter Wembley Stadium for a warm-up match at Wimbledon Athletic at the end of the press conference.

Now reporters can focus their fire on the two men on the stage.

As the two men took their seats, the press officer announced the official start of the press conference.

The BBC reporter who was the first to stand up and ask questions, he asked a normal question, and he asked if Russell's starting line-up for tomorrow could be revealed.

Russell nodded: "Of course, our starting lineup has never been a secret. ”

Then he announced the starting line-up for tomorrow's Wimbledon game, which is really no secret, and it is basically the same starting line-up as the previous game, in fact, the media can guess it.

Some reporters simply shook their heads in the audience, feeling that the BBC TV reporters were too gentle, and if they were to be replaced, the first question would be straight to the point.

The second reporter who was allowed to ask questions was such a person, and he came together to point the finger at Russell, asking him if returning to the team at this time would affect the team's preparation plan.

"I don't think it's convincing for me to answer that question." Russell didn't get angry after hearing the question, but smiled and pointed to Chu Zhongtian beside him: "I know what you want to hear, let him tell you." Clear. ”

Chu Zhongtian took the microphone with a serious face: "All the claims that Alai's return to the team will affect the team's preparation are farts!" There is a saying in China that 'the heart of a villain is the belly of a gentleman', which means that a despicable villain will use his own ideas to judge a real gentleman. I think this applies very well to you. He gestured to the reporters in the audience.

The firepower of the media has not yet become fierce, but they didn't expect that it was Chu Zhongtian who was the first to fire and hit the target.

There was a sense of frustration among the media...... It's as if I prepared a lot of exquisite lines that I was proud of in advance, but I didn't expect them to be finished by my opponent.

For Chu Zhongtian's public provocation, how could the reporters, who have always called themselves the "uncrowned king", be willing to swallow this breath?

So the war of words between the two sides officially kicked off.

"It's not fair for you to say that, Chu. The team has actually done quite well for half a season under your leadership, but before the last game, there was a sudden change of manager, which definitely had an impact on the team......"

"Whether it made a difference, don't we know as well as those of you who are outside the barbed wire all day? I'm still saying the same thing - football speaks with facts, speaks with results. If we lose to Reading and lose a chance at promotion, you can certainly say that Alai's return has had an impact on the team. But before that, it was unfair for you to say that, and I suspect that you are doing it badly for the team. You're sowing discord! ”

Chu Zhongtian seems to be full of gunpowder today, and as soon as he opens his mouth, he is full of heart-wrenching remarks.

"We're definitely not sowing discord, we're just seeking truth and facts...... The truth is that Alai. Russell's return was very inappropriately timed......"

"The truth is that you are all talking to yourself, and truth and facts are just tools for you to use when you need them, and you ignore them when you don't. I've been dealing with the media for more than ten years, sir, don't I know what you do? ”

The reporters found that Chu Zhongtian was as difficult to deal with as he was on the court, so they simply switched the target and pointed the finger at Russell. "This question is for Russell, I hope Mr. Russell, you don't throw questions to Chu around you again......" The reporter blocked Chu Zhongtian's mouth as soon as he stood up.

Chu Zhongtian shrugged his shoulders and said to Russell, "They're afraid of me, ha!" Although it was a partial mouth, he didn't really leave the microphone, and he deliberately said it louder, so this sentence was heard clearly by all the reporters in the audience through the microphone.

Some of the reporters who support Wimbledon let out a burst of laughter, this is a naked slap in the face!

Russell also smiled, and he said to the reporter who was embarrassed by Chu Zhongtian: "Don't worry, I will answer your questions personally, Mr. Reporter." ”

"May I ask Mr. Russell, will you command the team or Chu in tomorrow's game? Did you develop the team's tactics or did you develop them? ”

This is basically a naked sowing discord.

If one of Russell or Chu Zhongtian is a chicken belly, this question will definitely leave unhappy seeds in the hearts of the two people. But alas, neither of them is either.

Russell pointed at Chu Zhongtian: "Of course, I will command tomorrow's game, because I am the head coach, but the team's tactics are all formulated by Chu, and before I come back, they have already decided how to play this final." I'm not stupid, I'm not stupid enough to come back and point fingers and modify the tactics that have already made the team trained. I believe that no person with a normal brain would have such an idea...... "Don't look at Russell as a very elegant person, in fact, he is ruthless when he satirizes people, besides, he is not elegant at all, when he was in school, he did all kinds of sarcastic and ridiculous things to Chu Zhongtian, so that Chu Zhongtian couldn't help but fight with him...... It's just that his temper is much better now...... "It's not a shame, the team was indeed able to break into the play-offs under the leadership of Chu, and I am very, very grateful to Chu for his efforts in this half season." And apologize for being absent for so long. But the best way to apologize is not to bow here or something, but to lead the team to beat Reading tomorrow and get promoted to the Premier League! ”

Russell is as clear as a real manager – and he is a real manager.

"I very much agree with Chu's point of view, no matter how much saliva is sprayed at the press conference, it is meaningless, and everything is let the results speak. You need to satisfy the curiosity of your readers, but we are sorry that we are not obligated to do so. So if the next question has nothing to do with tomorrow's game, we will refuse to answer it. ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded beside him: "That's what I want to say." ”

A group of reporters looked at each other, these two people didn't look like they looked like they were in tune...... The press officer looked at the group of reporters who didn't know what to do and reminded, "Is there anyone else to ask?" ”

No one raised their hand.

He asked again, "Does anyone else have questions?" If not, I will declare that this is the end of the press conference......"

Finally, a reporter hesitantly raised his hand: "May I ask what tactics will the team focus on in tomorrow's game?" In the first two play-off games, Wimbledon played defensive counter-attacking ......"

Russell and Chu Zhongtian looked at each other at the same time with a tacit understanding.

In the contest against the journalists, they have already won.

(To be continued)