Chapter 75: A Word Is a Certainty
With Neil. Warnock was joined by two of his assistant coaches, Jones and Jepson. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 INFO youth team manager Redfien became acting Leeds manager for the second time and led the team to the Valley to take on Charlton Athletic.
Xu Yifei returned to the starting lineup and assisted Vani to break the deadlock in the 59th minute.
However, in the 77th minute, Redfield unexpectedly replaced Xu Yifei with Austin, who had just recovered from injury!
This scene stunned thousands of Leeds fans at the scene, and they erupted in huge boos.
Redfien soon paid a heavy price for his willfulness: this substitution directly led to Leeds United being crushed by their opponents in the last 15 minutes!
In the 86th minute, Pierce was not far away, and Austin did not protect the important area at the edge of the penalty area, giving Charlton midfielder Andy Athletic. Hughes took his chances to shoot with his feet in stride. Although Hughes' shot was blocked by Pelletier, the ball was deflected to another Charlton midfielder, Jonny. At Jackson's feet, the latter burst from close range and pierced Kenny's 10-finger barrier to make it 1-1.
After taking the lead, Charlton went from strength to the roar of the crowd and laid siege to Leeds.
The Leeds players were fighting in their own hands, and the scene was chaotic, and if it wasn't for Kenny's bravery, I am afraid the score would have been rewritten.
As the clock ticked on, Leeds played more conservatively and tried to hold on to a point.
But Charlton Athletic's players used the facts to tell them what it means to keep for a long time, and when the game entered the countdown stage, Leeds United was once again defeated!
Striker Obica, who is on loan from Tottenham Hotspur to Charlton Athletic, hit the goal with a header in the middle of the small penalty area, which made Kenny unable to save and flew directly into the top right corner!
The Leeds players collapsed on the grass and the referee on duty blew the whistle for the end of the game.
After the game at The Valley, everyone realised that Redfien was not the right person for a first-team manager, so the Leeds hierarchy had to speed up the search for a new manager. McDermott, former Chelsea boss Roberto. Di Matteo, as well as former Leeds United boss David Brown. O'Reilly has made an official coaching offer. However, after a brief contact with the senior management of Gulf financial capital, the latter two took the initiative to express their position in the media, stating that they had no interest in coaching Leeds United.
However, the position of Leeds United manager has a strong appeal to the ambitious McDermott.
The bald coach, who spent five years at Arsenal during his playing days, led Reading to promotion to the Premier League last season and was named Championship Manager of the Year.
McDermott had been idle for a long time and was in dire need of a job; Leeds United were also in desperate need of a real first-team manager, so the two sides soon signed a three-year contract.
Every time a new manager takes over, the culture of the club changes, and people put all the negativity behind for a while to show the positives. From the players to the members of the coaching staff to the regular staff of the club, everyone behaves like they are in front of a new manager. This time, also known as the honeymoon period for coaches and clubs.
Soon, the change was reflected on the pitch. Leeds United sit on Elland Road and have won two games in a row. First, on the afternoon of April 13, with two goals from Wani, who returned from injury, he reversed the visiting Sheffield Wednesday with a score of 2-1. Then, four days later, they beat Burnley by a single goal.
But this state of affairs cannot last long, and sooner or later the contradictions that should erupt will erupt.
Two weeks after taking charge of Elland Road, the 12/13 season is coming to an end, and the question of next season's signings is of course on the agenda.
Gulf Financial Capital executive Salem. Although Patel has said very well that he must support the work of the head coach and will definitely increase investment in the transfer market and bring in three or five competitive players, he has never revealed a specific transfer budget.
McDermott was confronted with questions from the media about the summer transfer investment, but he had to keep his mouth shut, pretending to be mysterious.
In order to raise funds to buy the players he likes in the summer, McDermott released a purge list of ten players early!
This move immediately caused the hearts of the team to fluctuate, and everyone began to think about their future, where would their minds be on the field?
The Thorpe Arch training base is no longer as noisy as it used to be, and there are only four young people on the No. 1 training ground of the University, which seems a little deserted.
"Xu, you've made too much progress in the past six months, right? I feel like you can play in the Super League. "Alex. Mowatt stepped on the football and said to Xu Yifei.
"Alex, your progress isn't small." Xu Yifei said with a smile, "Now I have firmly sat in the position of the left forward of the main force." “
"I'm a left-hand guard, that is, a small soldier. And you're the midfielder, the brains of the whole team. As Mowatt spoke, he passed the football to Xu Yifei.
"yes, Xu, how did you do that?" Charlie. Taylor interjected a little closer.
"How? Training, of course! Of course, Xu Yifei couldn't tell the matter of the anti-heaven system, it was the number one secret in his heart.
"Training? I also insist on training every day, and I haven't fallen behind for a day, why is the progress slow? "Charlie. Taylor wondered.
"That's because your ambition is not big enough and easy to satisfy." Xu Yifei stopped the football, turned to Taylor and said, "If you want, you can imagine that you are already a top star in the world, how will you play football at that time?" “
"Wow, I seem to understand something!" Charlie. Taylor slapped his shiny black head hard.
"Xu, I admit that what you said makes sense. However, we are only playing in the second division now and the top stars seem to be far away. "Sam. Byram didn't know when he had come behind Xu Yifei.
'It's a real shame for us to play in the second division. Xu Yifei said coldly, "But I believe that we will be the champions of the Championship next season, and we will not have to play the so-called play-offs when the time comes, but will be directly promoted to the Premier League!" “
"Are you so confident?" Mowatt also walked to Xu Yifei's side, "Can you tell me, where does your confidence come from?" “
Looking around at the three young people around, Xu Yifei said slowly, word by word: "My confidence comes from you!" “
"From us?" The three of them asked in unison.
"That's right! A championship team has three or four core players. Xu Yifei said firmly, "The three of you, plus me, are very powerful, and they are all very young. As long as we build a team with 4 of us, it will be difficult for such a team to lose in the Championship! “
"Haha, that's a good point!" Head coach McDermott walked over from afar smiling.
"Boss! Did you hear it all? Xu Yifei said with a little embarrassment.
"Well, I heard it all." McDermott pondered for a moment and smiled, "Good! I've agreed to build the team with the four of you next season. “
"We'll give you a league trophy!" Xu Yifei said.
"A word?"
"It's a deal!"