Chapter 17: A Little Boy from France

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Chen Zhun had a rare good night's sleep, and a few days ago, for the sake of the team's tactics, he could be said to have moved out all his memories of football tactics in his later life. Now seeing that the team has stabilized the situation in the Premier League, coupled with the fact that he has suddenly become a manager-level manager, I am in a good mood and have a solid sleep.

Chen Zhun still gets up on time at six o'clock in the morning, and now he doesn't need an alarm clock to wake him up, and he has completely adapted to this routine of life. Chen Zhun came back from running, opened the mailbox and took out the newspaper.

Chen Zhun ate breakfast and read the newspaper. English football in the newspapers is bustling.

The cover of the newspaper shows Arsenal player Thierry Henry celebrating a goal, and the caption is written on the top of the picture, the all-time unbeaten record. Arsenal beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 at home to move Chelsea back to the top of the table on goal difference last night, and it was Thierry Henry who broke the deadlock in the second half and paved the way for an unbeaten record. and set a new record of 43 unbeaten games in the English top flight. The media throughout England adored the armada. Arsenal have surpassed the 42-game unbeaten run set by England's legendary Nottingham Forest 25 years ago. It started with a 6-1 thrashing of Southampton in May 2003, the first game of an unbeaten record, and ended yesterday on 25 August 2004 with a 3-0 win over Blackburn. More than a year has passed, spring has gone to autumn, and the Arsenal team has shocked and frightened world football step by step. Chen Zhun from later generations knew that this was just a brief prosperity in the end of the Arsenal dynasty. Since Arsenal's unbeaten run was ended by Manchester United, it was as if they had changed teams overnight, losing their style and their former passion. With the departure of Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry, Arsenal has been a team that has been in contention for Champions League qualification ever since. Chen Zhun also knows that these are just memories now, he came to the current world, some history has changed, and he does not guarantee that Arsenal's unbeaten record will not be changed.

Chen Zhun continued to flip through the news. Chelsea news has also quietly appeared in a prominent position. Chelsea were not favoured before the start of the season, with new owner Russian billionaire Roman And then take the money and smash the players all over the world. However, after three rounds of Premier League matches, Chelsea have won three of their three games and are in second place behind Arsenal on goal difference. However, Chelsea have not conceded a goal in three games, a statistic that is superior to that of the Premier League. Because of this, England's good news media have accused Mourinho of conservative tactics, and every victory is an ugly victory. The remarks angered the maverick Mourinho, who refused to attend the post-match press conference in silent protest after Chelsea's win over Birmingham City in the third round. To be honest, Chen Zhun supports Mourinho in his heart. His tactics did suit the Chelsea team at the time, good tactics needed good players, and Mourinho did just that. And Ranieri did the same. So they all succeeded. At the time, English football was steeped in Arsenal's beautiful football, and when Chelsea's pragmatism was quietly on the rise, people naturally resented it and wanted to criticise it. But Mourinho also fought back with a strong performance on the pitch. In the third round against Birmingham, Chelsea's stats were all over Birmingham, possession, shots, tackles, and Chelsea controlled the game perfectly on the pitch. This is all what Chen Zhun saw with his own eyes. He knew a terrible Chelsea was taking shape. But he doesn't want his Southampton side to be Chelsea's next prey.

After Chen Zhun enjoyed the news on the football field, he naturally wanted to enjoy the lace news. The star of today's lace news is Wayne Rooney, who is about to move to Manchester United. Rooney is deeply involved in a prostitution scandal. The news was sent by the well-known toilet publication The Sun. The news caused another uproar in English football. There are many examples of loneliness in English football. His predecessor David Beckham once almost fell out with Victoria because of these seemingly non-existent negative news. Then came the famous Giggs brother-in-law affair and Terry's "Friends of the Wife". Chen Zhun recalled these shocking secrets that have not happened yet, and secretly sighed to himself, the English football circle is really chaotic, and if you are not careful, you will have to wear a little green on your head. He knew that Rooney's relationship with Colin hadn't been affected much this time. This also reminded Chen Zhun that in the future, when buying football superstars in the future, you must first see how the character is. Chen Zhun didn't want a player to affect the atmosphere of the whole team because of his own.

After reading the news, Chen Zhun sighed. I drove to the training ground and was ready to travel to London with the team. He was about to enter the club when he was stopped by a middle-aged man and a child. Chen Zhun thought that the fans were asking for autographs, so he got out of the car and prepared to sign autographs for the two fans and leave.

Chen Zhun got out of the car and walked towards the two people next to the gate, and at this time, he saw the appearance of the little boy clearly. His memory told him that he knew the little boy. Golden hair, delicate and immature face, determined eyes. But Chen Zhun just couldn't remember who it was.

Chen Zhun walked up to the two of them and asked, "Are you here to ask for autographs?" ”

After hearing this, the middle-aged man waved his hand again and again, and hurriedly said in broken English: "We are looking for David Winston, the head coach of this club." ”

When Chen Zhun heard that he was looking for himself, he was even more puzzled, he thought about it carefully and didn't receive any notice, so he had to continue to ask: "Do you have anything to do with him?" ”

"We are from France, my son is a footballer and he had a trial in Paris, France, last month," said the middle-aged man. But unfortunately he was not selected by Paris Saint-Germain. A French scout on the sidelines told me that his club, Southampton, could train my son in football. He asked me to find the club's manager, David Winston, and if I found him, I could get into Southampton, and he gave me the money to travel to England. We didn't have any other teams to go to, so we had to try our luck here. ”

Chen Zhun had already thought about who the boy in front of him was at this time. He gently stroked the little boy's hair and asked, "Little friend, what's your name?" ”

The little boy looked at Chen Zhun with firm eyes, and said word by word: "My name is Anthony Griezmann." ”

When Chen Zhun heard this name, his heart still trembled. Anthony Griezmann, France's most eye-catching homegrown player at the European Championships. A rising star in the eyes of thousands of people. Chen Zhun knew that Griezmann was recruited into his youth team by Real Sociedad in 2005. But Chen Zhun's European talent search plan found Griezmann half a year before Real Sociedad. Obviously, this middle-aged man is his father.

Chen Zhun said with a smile: "Welcome to the Southampton Academy. Anthony Griezmann. I'm David Winston. ”

The middle-aged man and Griezmann were surprised, Chen Zhun took advantage of the surprise of the father and son, called the youth director Arneson, asked him to come to the door to pick up the father and son, and told Arneson that this is a rare good seedling, let Arneson focus on training.

Arneson hung up the phone and smiled, thinking that this was the second time he had received a call from David Winston this month. He felt David Winston could take on his position. David Winston has found that the youth players have a better eye than he does.

Chen Zhun looked at the departing father and son and remembered the memories of playing football with his father when he was a child, tears instantly rolled in his eyes, Chen Zhun shook his head and tried not to think about this memory anymore. Chen Zhun gently wiped away his tears and walked to the training ground.