Chapter 20: Coach Xiao's Metamorphosis
DefeatοΌ
Still lost!
Xiao Zhang stood below, although he was already mentally prepared as the game progressed, but at this time it was still like falling into an ice cave. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although before joining WE, he was an out-and-out loser compared to some of the "successful people" in the class. But it's been a long, long time since he's felt defeat so really.
Yes, his real failure is due to ...... He didn't even get a chance to fight.
And at this moment, everything is so real.
None of the audience sat on stools, but stood up, arms raised, and shouted the name of a team - but this team was not themselves.
The large LCD screens on both sides of the stage flashed with many "GG" patterns with white characters on a red background.
The members of T-S-M came to the WE area and shook hands with these "defeated men" one by one, and then went to the center of the stage to enjoy the cheers of tens of thousands of spectators. Their top laner, Dyrus, rushed to the front of the stage excitedly and high-fived the fans in front of him in celebration.
"IEM Group Stage, vs. T-S-M, Defeat!"
"You get +10 gold, you get +10 experience!"
Is this a consolation prize for the loser?
"Attention, you're officially in the process of the mission 'Last Stand'..."
"Mission Description: Leading the team, you came to the stage of IEM for the first time, and you were despised by everyone, and no one expected you to succeed. However, lead your players to group progress, that's the bottom line as a coach of a former champion-winning club. β
"If you qualify, you will receive +100 gold and +100 experience. If you fail, you will be deducted 100 gold and your friendliness will drop by one level for all participating party members. β
"Attention, your current gold count is 20!"
Xiao Zhang looked at the phone screen expressionlessly.
He can never afford to pay a fine of up to 100 gold coins, which means: the next game is to play the GMB team, the next game is to play the CJ team, even if he loses one of these two games, Xiao Zhang can say goodbye to the world.
Strangely, Xiao Zhang didn't feel scared at all, let alone panicked.
This match with T-S-M taught Xiao Zhang a lot of things:
Rushed all the way to Europe, the team members were sleepy, the jet lag was not reversed, and the state was very poor?
The American server and the European server were updated to version 5.4 used by IEM on February 25, and the national server was not updated until ten days later, that is, on March 5th.
Sudden accidents, temporary changes, serious lack of team running-in, and even a set of effective communication methods?
β¦β¦
No one would care about these excuses, and everyone was desperately trying to grab those two words - "Victory!" β
"Yes, only the losers need a reason, and the successful ones ...... He really never needed an excuse, he just won one game at a time. Xiao Zhang groaned.
There was an eerie smile on his lips.
When Coach Xiao once again set his eyes on the stage, his eyes had changed. Become incomparably yearning, become incomparably greedy. It's like a skinny tiger that has just been released into the grassland.
"Coach Xiao, give!"
Although he was surprised by Xiao Zhang's request, the little beast still did what he wished, and asked him for the thing he requested.
Xiao Zhang took it and thanked him politely.
Yes, those trolls on the Internet don't care about the reasons why WE lost the game, let alone how "bad" the lost game was, and they don't care about the players who lost the game.
The trolls don't pay any attention to this, and just stab the team members in the heart as they cry. He stabbed the sharpened knife through, twisted it again, and then spat at the faces of the team members with great disdain.
The world has become cold and cruel because of these trolls.
So Coach Shaw had to comfort his players.
Unlike T-S-M, who walked off the stage beaming, the five members of WE were a little depressed.
Conan walked in front, his head bowed, his expression unclear.
Next is the smile, since the comeback, "Smile" doesn't seem to smile anymore, whether it's a training match or a normal double volleyball with teammates, as long as he loses, he will be very unhappy. He blushed and looked at Xiao Zhang, his mouth moved, and he wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it after all.
Then there was Strawberry, with a look of self-blame and chagrin on his face, maybe he felt that the "pot" of this loss was in his place.
Behind the strawberries is a night full of tears.
"Coach, I didn't play well, I was not good!" came to Xiao Zhang at night, with a crying tone in his words.
"It's okay, I don't blame you, go to the toilet first, wash your face, we'll talk about the game later!" Xiao Zhang comforted like this.
At the end of the line is Spirit.
When he shook hands with T-S-M just now, he was smiling politely. At this moment, there was no smile on his face, and his eyes were red.
After the defeat, everyone was silent, and no one wanted to say anything more.
Xiao Zhang didn't say anything other than saying anything about the night, just patted every member of the team on the shoulder. Men are always so clumsy in the way they express their feelings.
Taking advantage of the team's efforts to go to the toilet, Xiao Zhang smoked a cigarette, which was still a pack of "red plums" for three yuan.
"Boss, get me one too!" Maybe it's because of Xiao Zhang's "head teacher" general style, Smile and Strawberry always like to call him that, and he also brought the two Korean guys to call him "Laoda" in a strange tone.
Xiao Zhang threw one over, looked at the smile and stuffed the cigarette into his mouth, he took out the lighter again and helped him light it.
One bite, two bites...... After three puffs of cigarettes, he smiled and spoke, and his voice was very low: "Boss, I really don't want to lose, I don't want to lose any game, I want to win." β
The smiling circles under my eyes are also red, I don't know if they are smoked by "red plums" or what.
Xiao Zhang stared at and smiled, he felt that he had never been so serious in his life: "I want to win too, and we will definitely win!" Believe me, really, we're never going to lose again. β
In the next match against the GMB team, after more than two hours, Xiao Zhang and his team still have time to adjust.
"Come, come with me!"
After everyone had finished going to the toilet and washing their faces, Xiao Zhang led them in the opposite direction to their rest area.
It's here!
Xiao Zhang took out the thing that the little beast had just helped him get from his pocket, a key, and opened the door.
This is an empty storage room in the competition venue. There were no windows, only doors, and it was as dark as a cellar.
But Xiao Zhang seemed to be very satisfied with the situation here, nodding his head while letting the team members who followed him in, and then locked the door.
"Sit, sit down!"
Xiao Zhang, Spirit, Conan, Smile, Strawberry, and then the night, six people sat in a circle on the ground.
Then, under the shocked gaze of all the team members, Xiao Zhang turned off the light in the storage room. In an instant, it was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers.
"Don't be nervous!"
Xiao Zhang was obviously prepared, he took out his mobile phone, turned on the "flashlight" function, and put it in the middle of the crowd.
It's the phone's flash, it's not bright, but it also illuminates the faces of every team member.
"Let me tell you a story!" Coach Xiao said.
PS: Coach Xiao entered the state and began to amplify his moves.
This is the second update. Today's two watches are not on time. You have to save the manuscript to pick your feet, at least you have to ensure that you are on time for two shifts every day, and after you are on time, you will do three more.
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