Chapter 82: Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new

In six years, he has coached three teams, won two Champions Leagues, three league titles, and has not counted domestic cups such as the Copa del Rey and the FA Cup. ↑ A top novel, and the legend is not only because of the honors he has received, but also because of his experience.

From team doctor, to coach, to manager, and now, Lin Sen's identity is the behind-the-scenes boss of Cambridge United.

From the perspective of experience, Lin Sen is really not a typical head coach, on the contrary, he is a little "not doing his job", because in the eyes of others, the coaching era is the pinnacle of Lin Sen, and even now, when Lin Sen's name is mentioned, what they think of is still Lin Sen's coaching identity. Lin Sen naturally knows what his image is in the eyes of others, but he doesn't think of himself as a pure football coach, in fact, in terms of employment time, he is more like a doctor than a coach, of course, it is indeed the latter that brings him everything.

As a result, coaching became his label.

Obviously, although it has been off the shelves for nearly two years, in the eyes of Europe's top giants, Lin Sen still has not expired. As for Lin Sen, although he has never vetoed the possibility of standing on the sidelines again, now, he has one more concern, that is, his family. So, Bayern Munich's contact is real, but Linson's interest is not very great.

Naturally, this could not be because Linsen disliked Bayern Munich, or disliked the Bundesliga giant, simply because he did not want to adapt to a new environment, because adapting to the environment may be a small thing for him, but now, his decision is no longer his alone.

Therefore, if he were to coach a team again, there would still be only one direction in which Lin Sen was most likely.

Spain.

Therefore, before the right opportunity appeared, Lin Sen could only refuse the kindness of the Bundesliga giants without knowing how to lift it. And to put most of his energy on Cambridge United, especially when Cambridge United have already surprised him this season.

Playing on four fronts is a big surprise for Cambridge United fans, but for Linsen, the bigger surprise is the growth rate of young players.

As of the 22nd round of the English League One, there is no shortage of Cambridge United players' names on the player's various data lists. The most obvious of these is George, who is currently fifth in the league's scorer list, with 11 goals in 22 games. On average, one goal per two games may not be a great percentage in League One, but considering that last year George scored almost one goal in every three games, it's an almost qualitative improvement, and don't forget, George is not yet twenty years old.

In addition to George on the scorer list, although Xiao Zhixing on the assist list is not as high as George, but only hangs far from the tenth place at the bottom, but in terms of efficiency, he is not inferior to George. As his early league position was far less stable than George's, who had already played for Cambridge United for a season, Xiao Zhixing did not gradually enter the main squad until the tenth round of the league, that is, his current six assists. It was spawned over the next twelve games.

As for Francis, who Lin Sen is most concerned about, he seems to have been slow to live up to Lin Sen's expectations, and he only played eleven times in the 22nd round. Among them, there were only three starts, and more often, they were only substituted by Tang Hua as a tactical means to break the deadlock in the game. It's just that. This is not to blame Tang Hua, because Tang Hua did not deliberately suppress Francis, but Francis's performance is really unsatisfactory, so far, Francis has only sent one assist, and as for the number of goals, he has not scored a goal.

It's just that Lin Sen is not too worried about Francis, among the young people who signed with Cambridge United this summer, Francis is the longest contract signed, in addition to the five-year contract period, Cambridge United also has the priority to extend the contract by one year, it can be said that under Lin Sen's instructions, Cambridge United locked Francis's future almost from the beginning.

Of course, in response to Francis's downturn, Lin Sen did not take the opportunity to watch the game to deliberately observe his performance, and then, Lin Sen came to the conclusion that he did not look away, but Francis fell into a bottleneck.

Bottlenecks, to put it simply, are particularly unlucky, the goal shortage encountered by the striker is actually a kind of bottleneck, when you encounter a bottleneck, except for patience and normalcy, there is not much outsiders can do. Therefore, although he was optimistic about Francis, from beginning to end, Lin Sen never deliberately expressed his concern for Francis in front of Tang Hua.

It's gold, it always shines, and Lin Sen firmly believes in this-

Time has entered 2016, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

On the second day of the new year, Cambridge United once again welcomed their first opponent of the season, Coventry, and this time, Cambridge United, who were playing away from home, were not suppressed by each other like the first meeting between the two teams this season, although the opponent obviously wanted this, but this time, Cambridge United easily defeated Coventry City, who were only one place away from them.

In the first half, Cambridge United led by three goals and scored a hat-trick by one player, who was none other than Francis.

Francis, who started for the fourth time this season, showed his near-inexplicable ability in the first half, his right side almost became his corridor, Coventry's "ageing" left wing-back Danny Pugh was helpless against him, and after being passed by Francis in a crotch way again, Danny lost his last remaining experience to rely on, and ended his playing time with a ferocious back tackle, however, his "sacrifice" did not end Francis's crazy performance.

After Danny Pueff went off, the ten-man Coventry completely lost the initiative of the game, and Francis scored two goals in a row to complete the hat-trick, and at the same time announced the end of the suspense of the game early.

An hour later, with three points, Cambridge United embarked on the return journey back to Cambridge United.

A day later, after all the matches in League One Round 23 were over, Cambridge United moved up two places to eighth, just three points behind Rochdale in sixth place in the play-off places.

Five days later, in the semi-finals of the English League Championship, Cambridge United beat old rivals Oxford United by two goals in the first leg, leaving only one step away from the final.

Nine days later, in the 24th round of League One, Cambridge United welcomed Gillingham at home, which is also only one step away from the relegation zone, the score is 2-1, Cambridge United ushered in two consecutive wins, the round is over, Cambridge United is still three points away from Rochdale, but the ranking is one more place, to seventh place.

At the same time as Cambridge United defeated Gillingham, the seaside city of Blackpool, in the northwest of England, had just concluded a major match of the round.

Premier League leaders Sheffield United travelled to second-placed Blackpool in a game that ended in a harmonious draw, with the two sides remaining unchanged in the league and the managers of both teams sitting together after the game.

These two managers are also two of the best managers in League One at the moment.

Sheffield United boss Carl Robinson was in charge of another first-division side Milton last season and almost led the team to promotion, while Blackpool's manager is no stranger to many Premier League fans, especially Liverpool fans, Sammy Hyypia, a former Liverpool captain, who was in charge of Brighton last season.

The relationship between Carl Robinson and Hyypia actually dates back to the days when they were players, because both played for one team when they were players, and that was Liverpool. Today, old friends are friends, although their identities are different and they have become rivals, it obviously does not affect the personal friendship between the two.

"What do you think of Cambridge United?" When the two old friends met, the content of the conversation was naturally "unanimously external", and Carl Robinson suddenly mentioned Cambridge United.

"The Chinese team?" As soon as Cambridge United was mentioned, Hyypia's face immediately appeared in his mind, after all, although Linsen had great success in England, the faces of the Orientals were still not many in English football, even if they were all over Europe, so Tang Hua was very impressed by Hyypia, of course, what deepened this impression was because of the first meeting between the two this season, Tang Hua gave Hyypia a defeat that was considered an underdog at the time.

"It's a team that can cause surprises." Thinking of the loss to Cambridge United, Hyypia, who is still a little difficult to let go, said.

"That's all?" Carl Robinson said with a smile.

Unlike Hyypia, Sheffield United won against Cambridge United in the first meeting of the season, and it was a big score, 4-0. However, according to Carl Robinson's tone, it is clear that he did not take Cambridge United lightly because of this big victory.

"What? Do you value this team? Hyypia understood the meaning of Carl Robinson's words.

"Of course." Carl Robinson said, "Frankly, I think in two years' time, Cambridge United will be our main rivals. ”

"Within two years?" Hyypia was a little surprised to hear Carl Robinson's words.

If he heard it right, Karl Robinson is very confident that his team will be promoted this season, that is, in Carl Robinson's view, Sheffield United next season will be a Championship team, but now, he said that Cambridge United will become the main rival of Sheffield United, so does this mean that he thinks Cambridge United will be promoted in two seasons?

Carl Robinson is so confident in Cambridge United?

Thinking of this, Hyypia said tentatively.

"Cambridge United have been doing well lately and now they seem to be seventh in the league, right? For a promoted horse, this is already a good result. (To be continued......)