Chapter 3 First Team
"I'm a shit guy?"
After Chadwick left, Zhang Tiehan was still thinking about this sentence, and suddenly felt that it made sense... In this afternoon's training match, he didn't do anything but defend Chadwick. If it wasn't for shit luck, how could Ferguson decide to promote himself to the first team?
It's impossible!
It doesn't make any sense at all!
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhang Tiehan still couldn't believe it, "Today is not April Fool's Day, I don't know that staff member at all, and I can't deceive myself, but what can Ferguson take a fancy to me?" ”
Do I have any other advantages?
Of course, there must be, for example, my strength, which comes from the hammer of the ancient and mysterious Titans, as well as those 'supernatural powers' and other ancient powers that have not broken the seal, but these Ferguson will definitely not know the way, and all he can know is his own performance in the training match.
If you think about it, your performance includes, defending Chadwick, defending Chadwick, and then... Or defend Chadwick, and the rest can't be thought of at all.
What can be done?
Zhang Tiehan shook his head helplessly, "It seems that it is better to go back and ask Fletcher, maybe he knows something." "Ferguson and Zhang Tiehan live in the same player's dormitory, which is one of the reasons why the two can be good friends.
"Darren!" Walking into the player's dormitory, Zhang Tiehan said hello.
Fletcher looked over, his face was full of surprise, mixed with excitement and puzzlement, that strange expression with three emotions, it only took one look for Zhang Tiehan to understand. The two have lived in a dormitory for two years, training, eating and living together, and they are friends who talk about everything, Zhang Tiehan knows Fletcher very well, and vice versa.
Really......
"Zhang Tiehan, how is this possible? Is it really April Fool's Day today? I heard you're in the first team! Of course, I've been in it, but I'm still not convinced. Fletcher walked over and began to spit out, as if he was afraid that others would take him for a dumb man.
"In the afternoon I heard from other people that it was incredible, and everyone believed it, but old John wouldn't lie." John Sr. is sixty years old as the caretaker of several courts at Carrington's training ground.
Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes.
This guy definitely wouldn't know more, otherwise there wouldn't be this.
Zhang Tiehan didn't say much, but this night, Fletcher was already lying in bed, still chattering, and the words in his mouth were all about 'fuck', 'how is it possible', 'unrealistic' and so on.
Zhang Tiehan was annoyed. He rolled out of bed and asked, "Darren Fletcher, are you really my best friend?" ”
Fletcher finally stopped talking.
……
Early the next morning, Ferguson walked into the office early.
This office is more than 30 square meters, in addition to a desk, a wardrobe, next to a one-meter-wide tactical board, and a dozen small seats in front of the tactical board. This is Alex Ferguson's office and where the United players take tactical lessons.
Ferguson has been with Carrington Training Base for seven years since it opened in 1996.
Ferguson sat back in his chair, picked up a document on the table, and read it carefully.
This was sent by the head coach of the youth team McGuinness yesterday, and it is about Zhang Tiehan's player information, including Zhang Tiehan's physical condition and performance in the Manchester United youth team for two years.
After a cursory look at a few pages, Ferguson shook his head, "Like Mike said, this young man is physically strong and has good stamina, but his skills are too rough, but maybe he will be a qualified replacement." ”
Ferguson thought.
This summer was a big upheaval for Manchester United, even if it was him, he just completed a contract extension with Manchester United. Several veteran players retired and terminated their contracts, and his favorites both Beckham and Veron moved away. Since the beginning of the contract renewal, he has been making plans, Manchester United, which has experienced great turmoil, will definitely be less competitive in the past two years, so in the last two years, it is necessary to let Manchester United's new generation grow up, during this time, Manchester United's results can not be bad, and it is necessary to increase the strength of the bench.
The current Manchester United team has many excellent players in the front and back; After Beckham left, the wing was a little weak, so he spent a lot of money to bring in the eighteen-year-old young star C-Ronaldo from Portugal, which finally made up for the lack of the wing; The midfield position is the one that needs to be worried the most.
This position is very important, it is the heart of the team's attack and defense. He only has two big players available: Roy Keane and Nicky Bhatt.
Bart is old, Keane is even older.
The two are barely usable, and some players are also competent, but they are not as good as the two, and there are other tasks, so adding substitutes is necessary, but the only problem is that in the whole world of football, in this position, there are not many good players who are suitable for Manchester United's tactical system, even if it is a substitute, it is not easy to find, so he thought of the youth team.
Zhang Tiehan, a standard defensive midfielder.
In yesterday's training game, when everyone else was trying to show his attacking ability, the young man was not afraid to defend hard, running hard all over the field, maybe he was not the strongest, and there was nothing outstanding about him, but United needed a defensive midfielder, not a star with strong individual ability.
Qualified ability, excellent physical endurance, dare to grab and dare to fight, that's it. What's more, this young man came from Manchester United's academy and didn't have to pay even a penny at all.
"Hopefully he can do well." Thinking about United's recent situation, Ferguson sighed.
"Bell! Clang! There was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
Zhang Tiehan walked in.
He was still a little apprehensive. Until he woke up in the morning, he was still wondering about it, but he soon became fearless, and even encountered such a thing as crossing, as a member of the youth team, what was strange about being promoted to the first team.
This represents a great progress in my football career!
When standing in front of Ferguson, Zhang Tiehan was very calm.
However, under those forced eyes, Zhang Tiehan still felt a little awkward, those eyes seemed to be able to see through himself, although he kept saying in his heart to be calm and calm, he still couldn't help but stand restless.
"Sir?" Zhang Tiehan couldn't help but say something again.
Ferguson's serious face finally relaxed, he looked at Zhang Tiehan and said, "Young man, you should know that there are many young talents in Manchester United's youth team, Richardson, Fletcher, Eagles, some of them have also played in the Premier League, do you know why I chose you for Lu?" ”
Zhang Tiehan could only listen, he was still puzzled by this.
If you want to talk about skills, if you don't say it's a mess, it's definitely unqualified, and the three people in Ferguson's mouth are not on the same level at all. It's just the body that's great, yes, my body is the best in the team.
Other... What else? Cultural knowledge?
Ferguson ignored Zhang Tiehan's expression, and just said to himself, "Young man, don't be without confidence, in fact, you are very good, you are better than them!" You're strong, you've got a heart to never give up, you're training hard, you're playing hard, so I'm asking you to try it out on my team, are you confident? ”
"Yes." Zhang Tiehan replied subconsciously.
"That's good!" Ferguson looked at Zhang Tiehan, "Have you had breakfast?" If you're ready, come with me to the training ground and from today you'll train with the first team. ”
"Yes, yes, sir!"
Following Ferguson to the training ground, Zhang Tiehan finally summed up: this old man is comforting himself and increasing his confidence.
What a nice old man.
It's a pity, I'm an eighteen-year-old boy, but I have a mature heart, comfort or something, it doesn't really mean much, if only this old man's comfort could make my skills twice as strong. Maybe this depends on the amount of other ancient power in the unsealed body, which obviously has nothing to do with this old man.
But......
"I'm not bad at all, I'm not bad defensively, I'm physical, and together I'm not as big as a real big player, but I should be a good player. If you train with Manchester United's first team for a while, you may be able to catch up with the level of the team, but you may not be able to become a star by then. ”
Yes, that's it!
Zhang Tiehan suddenly doubled his confidence!
I followed Alex Ferguson to Manchester United's first-team training ground, it was just half past eight, and there were not many people on the first-team training ground.
Zhang Tiehan walked into the court, found a ball, and went to the side to adapt to the feeling of the ball.
It didn't take long for the players to come to the training ground, they met and laughed, it was strange that the manager Alex Ferguson actually came to the stadium so early, and then they saw Zhang Tiehan, a newcomer. Some people who have seen Zhang Tiehan at the Carrington training base, such as Ryan Giggs and Keane, know that Zhang Tiehan is a Manchester United youth team player, but most people don't know it.
But even if they know the Tao, they don't know each other at all. Zhang Tiehan didn't take the initiative to greet people at all, just sat alone and trained simply.
Soon it was nine o'clock and the training match officially began.
Ferguson is a very strict coach, Ferguson's status in Manchester United is the highest, he controls the most power, no player in the team, no matter how high the value, does not dare to disobey Ferguson, it is said that David Beckham left like this, because he and Ferguson did not agree, so he had to leave Manchester United.
There was such an example that had just ended, and everyone in the team didn't want to anger Ferguson, so they were very diligent in getting up early to train and not being late for even a second.
By nine o'clock the team was ready.
Ferguson pulled Zhang Tiehan to the team and briefly introduced, "This is Zhang, maybe some people have seen it, and I will train with you in the future." Then he motioned for Zhang Tiehan to introduce himself.
Zhang Tiehan was a little nervous.
Everyone in front of him is a real big star, and he is just a youth team player, he stood in front of everyone and said, "My name is Zhang Tiehan, I am Chinese, the position is a back midfielder, a defensive back midfielder." ”
Some laughed.
Zhang Tiehan shrugged indifferently. They just got to know each other, and they weren't even teammates, so if they could really play together and train together for a long time in the future, they would naturally be familiar with each other, so what's the use of just introducing them.
The daily training began.
Zhang Tiehan just followed the training, and the first item in the morning was restorative physical training, and the purpose of the training was only to make them sober up. He was jogging with the team, which was hard for him. Some people were interested in seeing Zhang Tiehan's performance, and then they saw that this guy who seemed to be a little dumbfounded had really good physical fitness.
At the end of the first project, Zhang Tiehan only took a few breaths.
His fitness is not great, but he is definitely not bad, he is basically at the top level of the first team, a little better than many people here.
Then there are other training programs.
On the first day of training with the first team, Zhang Tiehan didn't know what Lu Dao was doing at all, but under the guidance of the assistant coach, he followed one project after another. The most important thing is the training of skills and tactics, passing, etc., which is the weight of the training of the first team, such as passing, which is the training that must be done every day, and some passing games such as 'walking monkey', everyone will complete it very seriously.
Zhang Tiehan was also involved.
He didn't do well in this regard, his skills were poor in the youth team, not to mention compared to the stars of the first team, he worked hard and seriously to complete, but he still made frequent mistakes.
"He looks serious." Assistant coach Clem took a small notebook and recorded it on the sidelines, and said to Ferguson, "But the technique is really not good." He couldn't keep up with the pace at all. ”
Ferguson watched the training on the field and didn't say anything.
What Clem said is actually not wrong, Zhang Tiehan feels that he can't compare with these first-team stars, looking at their movements are very simple, but there are few mistakes, such as the passing that is being carried out now, they can use a variety of simple or fancy actions to complete the pass, and the pass is very accurate, it looks very simple, but it is not easy to really do, because the direction and strength of the football are always different, and it is difficult to always kick so accurately.
It's just passing.
Not to mention the tactical training that follows, let alone Zhang Tiehan, even the best players in Manchester United's youth team in this area will not want to keep up with the pace of the first team.
Professional games are all about tactics, and tactical training is deep in their bones, and many of them have cooperated for many years, and even as soon as their teammates make a move, they know where to run.
Zhang Tiehan, who just joined the team, couldn't keep up at all.
A lot of times, when a teammate passes the ball, he either runs too far forward or too far back and can't receive the pass at all.
This is the end of the first day of training.
Zhang Tiehan was a little apprehensive, he felt that his performance was really bad, and the old man Ferguson might let him leave directly, after all, his performance was too poor to keep up at all.
"No, I must insist!" Zhang Tiehan thought firmly, "Even if my strength is not good, it is really inferior to take a first-team day trip like this!" I should have spent more time practicing. ”
At this time, Zhang Tiehan suddenly felt that a seal in his brain was loosened.
He closed his eyes and felt it, only to see the three seals in his mind, one of which had flashed bright colors, it was an eye that seemed to condense thousands of years of wisdom, and that eye was full of wisdom and majesty, as if it could see through everything.
"It's ......"
Magical Secret Technique - See Through!