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The competition in the last five rounds of the league was very fierce, but fortunately, Chu Zhongtian gave everyone a preventive shot in advance, and the sixth place in the league did not affect them. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Wimbledon Athletic have won back-to-back games and moved up from sixth to fifth, knocking Nottingham Forest out of sixth in the league, while Leicester City seem to have lost two games in a row after losing sixth, failing to even hold on to seventh in the league...... The direct clash with Leicester City has also lost the meaning that everyone had hoped for. Despite this, Wimbledon still gave Leicester City the decisive blow away from home, winning the game.

In this way, they jumped further up the rankings to fourth.

They are just four points away from Reading, who are third in the league. However, they are seven points clear of second-placed Watford, with two rounds left in the league and no direct promotion prospects.

At this point, qualification for the promotion play-offs is basically in the bag for Wimbledon.

Even if they lose their remaining two rounds, they will be able to qualify for the promotion play-offs, but they will choose a different opponent.

The fourth in the league can meet the fifth in the league in the semi-finals of the promotion play-offs, and if the league is sixth, they will have to play the third in the league.

The opponents are not the same, and it will also affect the qualification for the promotion play-offs.

If you can, of course, try to climb up and choose a lower opponent.

The gap between sixth and third in the league is still huge, and it's not just a matter of luck...... So although it has been confirmed that he has won the top six in the league, Chu Zhongtian does not intend to stop at all, he still wants the team to continue to pursue victory, but he can be a little more free in the selection of personnel - he does not have to use the strongest lineup every time. Because even if he loses the remaining two rounds of the league, he has no psychological pressure.

There is also no psychological pressure on his players.

The final two league games will be a holiday season for Wimbledon fans, who can relax and enjoy every minute of the team.

What about the previous games? Everyone was scared for fear that the team would lose and lose their qualification for the promotion play-offs. Now that the qualification for the promotion play-offs has been retained, they can relax and enjoy the game - they are different from the head coach's thinking, Chu Zhongtian, as the head coach, of course, hopes that the team's results will be better, and the fans' requirements are simpler.

Despite this, Wimbledon still managed to win one and draw one in the last two rounds, holding on to fourth place in the league.

When the final whistle blew for the final round of the league, the TV commentator said: "The game is over, Wimbledon have retained their fourth place in the league and they have reached the promotion play-offs!" At the beginning of the season, when they were on a losing streak and their results were extremely inconsistent, how many people dared to think that they would be able to make it to the promotion play-offs? Hardly! This season is really a lot of disasters for Wimbledon Athletic, at the beginning of the league, the team was not stable enough due to the run-in period, and finally stabilized the head coach Russell returned to the United States because of his family's personal affairs. Chu, who is completely inexperienced, once made the media very distrustful, believing that Wimbledon Athletic would only go one way to the dark under his leadership...... But look at the present, look at the present! They are fourth in the league! It's only eight points away from second place in the league! If they hadn't lost too many points in the first half of the season, they would have been promoted! In terms of points statistics in the second half of the season, Wimbledon Athletic is at the top, ranking second! ”

'Now they have three games left from the Premier League, these are the last three games of the season, good luck to them!'

Actually, the fans and the players are not too excited because they have already been able to get into the play-offs, and they were already excited at that time.

Even Chu Zhongtian didn't put a bright smile on his face after the game, he looked very calm, and when accepting the congratulations of the media, he said that this was only the end of the stage, and it did not mean the real end.

"There's also the promotion play-offs, and you'll congratulate us when the play-offs are over."

He said this to the media.

Back in the locker room, he told his teammates, "Guys, the final is only now in earn!" ”

※※※The regular season of the 2018-2019 season is over, and those teams that have been promoted, relegated, or not promoted or relegated are disbanded the next day, and the players enter the holidays. Players who have worked hard all season can enjoy their holidays to the fullest, while the managers of the team will be on the offensive in the transfer market for the team's results next season.

In such a situation, only four teams have to continue to fight.

They are Reading in third in the league, Wimbledon Athletic in fourth place, Ipswich Town in fifth place, and Nottingham Forest in sixth place.

These four teams will go head-to-head. Reading, who are third in the league, take on Nottingham Forest, who are sixth in the league, and Wimbledon Athletic, who are fourth in the league, take on Ipswich.

There are two rounds of play-offs, the first round is the semi-finals, home and away format, if the two sides are evenly divided, they will look at the away goals, if the away goals are the same, they will play extra time, and if the extra time is still a draw, then the penalty shootout.

The winner of the two legs of the semi-finals will advance to the final at Wembley Stadium, a neutral venue.

There is only one leg in the final, with the winner progressing to the Premier League, while the loser remains in the Championship next season.

Wimbledon will have to get past Ipswich first.

In the league, Wimbledon Athletic have played Ipswich Town twice, winning at home and losing away in a draw.

It may seem like the two sides are evenly matched, but the game Wimbledon lost was in the first half of the season, when Wimbledon were very inconsistent and sometimes good and bad. Therefore, this result is actually of no reference significance.

In the second half of the season, when Wimbledon Athletic went on to get better, they comfortably beat Ipswich Town 3-1 on their home turf.

If you simply compare the strengths, Wimbledon Athletic are obviously better than Ipswich, otherwise they would not be in the top of Ipswich.

The only problem now is that the Wimbledon players are very physically depleted. Although they have 10 days to rest and adjust after the league is over, it is difficult to say how much they will be able to recover.

In the past ten days, Chu Zhongtian arranged a training plan for the team to rest and rest again, tactical training or anything is no longer important, the players who have experienced a season of fighting have a very good understanding of their tactics, they should rest now, recover their strength, and avoid injuries at the same time.

In the past ten days, the team no longer practices twice a day, but only two practices a day four days before the game, and one practice a day at other times.

After the final round of the league, Chu Zhongtian arranged a day off for the team, during which the players could not be used for training, and they could arrange activities freely, but Chu Zhongtian suggested that everyone rest and recuperate at home.

As for him, he studied the video footage of Ipswich at home.

In fact, Chu Zhongtian had already studied their game footage when he played against Ipswich in the second half of the league season and knew this team very well. Now he is studying the video footage of the last five rounds of the league against Ipswich, which can let Chu Zhongtian know the recent form of this team, mainly to understand the state of the Ipswich players.

He was so busy that he forgot to call Russell and ask how his father was doing—they talked on the phone once a week to find out how each other was doing. The last time he called, Chu Zhongtian knew that Russell's father hadn't woken up yet, it had been half a year, and he had been defined as a vegetative person by the doctor, and the chance of waking up was very small.

As soon as he spoke of this topic, Russell's heart became heavy.

Although Mom and he have come to accept this fact, it doesn't mean that they can be happy.

As for Chu Zhongtian, apart from comforting him, there is nothing else to do.

He thought Russell would definitely not be able to make the play-offs.

Russell was sitting in front of his father's hospital bed, and the TV in the hospital room was playing the news, and he was not interested in watching it. He's surfing the internet on his phone.

Wimbledon has finished its regular season and now has three play-off games remaining. He wasn't very excited, because the moment of excitement had long since passed - when Wimbledon had already confirmed that he would be able to participate in the play-offs, he made a special phone call to congratulate Chu Zhongtian.

It was also in this ward that day that he watched the live broadcast of the game through the Internet on his mobile phone. After that game, it was almost certain that Wimbledon would qualify for the promotion play-offs this season. He jumped straight out of his chair excitedly, then shook his fist and roared excitedly.

He wasn't worried about disturbing his father at all, and if he could wake him up, he would do it every day.

On his mobile phone, he landed on the forums of Wimbledon's official website, where he joined the enthusiastic fans in anticipating the upcoming promotion play-offs. Then he relayed the news of Guan Yu Wimbledon Athletic that he learned on the forum and on the website to his father, although he couldn't hear it, it was boring to be bored alone, so it was better to find someone to talk to. In the past, his father was not a Wimbledon fan, and he sent him to Wimbledon to play in the youth team or something, just because his son likes to play, and out of a father's love for his son, he supported his son's decision. Knowing that his son could no longer play football due to injury, he let his son follow him to the United States to invest and do business.

It's just that after Russell came to the United States, he didn't really follow his father in business, and he knew that he wasn't this material. He still loves football, so he became a coach of a junior soccer team outside of college, not a professional team, just a community youth team, a group of kids who like to play football, and he became a coach to these people, leading them to practice and leading them to play.

For his "job", his father also adopted a tacit attitude. He was always so pampered that he was still there, and never imposed his will on him.

It is precisely because of this experience in the United States that when he returned to Wimbledon, he was able to become handy so quickly.

After spending a few years in the United States and discovering that he still couldn't do without football, he simply proposed to his father that he would return to London.

This time, his father did not oppose him, but let him go.

It is precisely because his father indulges himself every time and accepts the choices he makes, that Russell feels so guilty when he hears that his father is in a coma in a car accident. He actually didn't give much love to his father, it was his father who kept giving, and that kind of giving was a father's selfless love for his son.

What did you do?

Since his son became the coach of Wimbledon, his father has paid more and more attention to Wimbledon, and Wimbledon has gradually become the focus of conversation between the father and son on the phone.

Later, his father was also influenced by his son and became a not-so-die-hard Wimbledon fan. After Russell became the head coach of Wimbledon, his father made a special call to encourage him.

Now, even if his father is unconscious and vegetative, Russell will continue this conversation with him about Wimbledon.

When Russell first arrived in the United States, he was still hoping for miracles every day, such as when he came to the hospital room, hoping to look up and see his father staring at him. Or hear him cry out weakly to himself.

Later, it turned out that this was wishful thinking, and the doctor said that if you want to revive the vegetative person, maybe talking to him often is a solution. So he simply chatted with his father every day, talking about himself, talking about his mother, and of course, the most talked about Wimbledon.

Wimbledon wins, or loses, they tell their fathers. Even when Wimbledon reached the play-offs, he didn't fall behind. After the excitement was over, he told his father in an excited tone.

By the end of the day, he no longer expected to wake up his father in this way, it was purely a habit.

After watching the news about Tainan on his phone, Russell quit the Internet, and then told his father, who was lying in bed, about what he saw on the Internet and learned the latest information about Wimbledon.

“…… Chu did a good job at Wimbledon, and sometimes I even thought that even if I went back, it would be useless...... If I had been in his position, I wouldn't have been able to do what he did......"

Russell had thought about this question himself a long time ago, but he didn't say it on a whim.

The team has dropped too many points in the first half of the season, and if they want to be promoted, they will have to get enough points in the second half of the season. Chu Zhongtian's plan to grab points made Russell's heart tremble, he had to admit that it was a risk, he was not the kind of manager who liked to take risks, so this kind of adventure could be possible in his place. But if the situation at the time was not risky, would there be a qualification for the promotion play-offs after that? Most likely not. Apart from taking this risk, Chu Zhongtian had no other way to go.

Chu Zhongtian's courage in making this decision made Russell ashamed.

He sometimes thinks that he is a Buddha and it is necessary to return to Wimbledon, isn't it good for Chu to be the head coach there? Once again, Alwin. Stonefield's vision.

If you go back by yourself, you may not be able to do better than Chu. Anyway, I still need myself here, my father didn't wake up, and my mother needs his company alone...... "...... Chu Zhen is a genius, he was better than anyone else when he played, and he was temporarily selected as the head coach, and his performance lived up to expectations...... I think he can replace me in Wimbledon, don't you think, Dad? ”

He habitually asked, but he usually didn't get an answer, and he just paused for a moment before continuing to talk to himself.

But this time things are a little different.

After he finished asking, he suddenly noticed a faint voice in his ear, and he jerked his head up.

The first thing that catches my eye is my father's trembling hands!

He was stunned for a full three seconds before he reacted, jumped up from his seat and rushed out.

"Doctor! Doctor! Doctor-!! ”

※※※ Chu Zhongtian remembered that he hadn't called Russell this week, and the team was preparing for the play-offs, so he had to talk to his good friend, even if he was almost certain that he wouldn't come back.

But when he called the phone over there, there was no one to answer, he thought it was jet lag at first, but soon found that jet lag was not a problem, and it was not the first time he and Russell had spoken on the phone, so he didn't know when to call to avoid the impact of jet lag?

He fought a few more times, all like this, so he chose to give up.

Maybe there's something Russell is busy with that he didn't hear?

Russell was really busy, and the room, which had been quite spacious, was now packed with people—doctors, nurses, him, and his mother.

Nurses and doctors gather around the bedside, checking the patient's body and keeping an eye on the data on the monitor.

Mom leaned on Russell's shoulder, clasped his hand, and looked at the hospital room that was surrounded with some nervousness and excitement.

Half an hour ago, she received a call from her son, and she rushed over immediately, and when she came, she was already like this.

After waiting for half a year, she was ready to accept her fate, but she didn't expect her husband to wake up! This is undoubtedly the greatest piece of good news. If it weren't for her own son holding her, maybe she would have collapsed on the ground.

She used to pray for a miracle every day, but she didn't expect it to happen!

(To be continued)