Chapter 02: The Gift of Books

Xiao Qing naturally knew that head coach Rangnick's words were largely a joke, but Xiao Qing really valued this joke, because he had to seize every opportunity now, because he knew that he might be able to improve slowly in the team's training, but as long as he could play time, then his progress would be more obvious; And if he wants to get the help of that ball king system, Xiao Qing must accumulate enough experience now, and only in this way can he improve faster.

So now Xiao Qing needs to help the team find a way to win, although it is definitely difficult for him to get a stable position for the time being, although he has no say in the tactical arrangement, but Xiao Qing feels that he can go sideways. Anyway, it was just a joking bet, but Xiao Qing still hoped that he could find a way that was more beneficial to him.

When he was in China, Xiao Qing had heard too many reasons for losing, and sometimes Xiao Qing even felt that since those guys could find so many reasons to lose, it was better to play hard, so that they didn't have to spend more energy to find excuses after the game; Actually, losing is losing, and there are not so many reasons.

The training camp was too short, there was not enough time to run in, and the players were not physically fit enough to cope with the game just after playing the club game. The training camp was too long, and there was plenty of time to train, but the enthusiasm between the players was drained and they lost their positive attitude towards the game.

Serious injuries, main injuries, young substitutes, unable to play with the strongest lineup, fierce competition with opponents, high pressure on the players, abnormal performance. The injury is not serious, the main force is strong, the substitutes are strong, and they can play with the strongest lineup, but the internal competition is fierce, the players are under great pressure, and the performance is abnormal.

After a long journey away from home, there was not enough time to reverse jet lag, and the players were physically and mentally exhausted and could not play normally. The home team was full of people, and there were countless media chasing each other, and the players were under too much pressure to play normally.

Before the competition, the players did not know how to relax, which made the mentality unstable, too nervous, and did not perform at a normal level. During the game, the players despised the enemy too much and thought that it would be easy to win the game, but they were caught off guard by the opponent and lost. During the game, the players paid too much attention to the opponent, which made the players lose confidence, and the opponent easily took us down

In short, it's always so normal for them to lose, even if they lose badly, they deserve and must lose! They always find enough reasons to be 'convinced'. But sometimes, those reasons are also laughable, in short, as long as they lose, they are right!

In a warm-up match of the national football team in June 2007, the national football team taught a lesson to all the people, and they proved to all the people that the loss was justified!

In a match in the warm-up match of the United States, the Chinese team lost the game, but it was not that the players did not work hard, because they were the biggest victims of this game!

Before the Sino-US war, Milou, who is currently the head coach of Honduras but has been following Chinese football, wanted to watch the Chinese team's game; But because of something, he couldn't make the trip, so in order to express his love for Chinese football, Milu specially asked someone to send five books to the Chinese team. So the Chinese team lost the game cleanly 1-4!

So it turned out that the culprit of the national football team's 1-4 defeat to the United States team was someone else, and the national football coach Zhu Guanghu, who had a black cauldron, was actually very aggrieved; A backfield player complained, "Isn't this Milou expecting us to lose?" And it will really be sent, one is five copies, and five goals were scored in the Sino-American battle, and we lost 1-4. How do we explain this and think about it? It's unlucky! An accompanying official was even more unambiguous, "Milu has been in China for so many years, and he doesn't even understand this?!" ”

This is a very inspiring thing, especially since the book Milou sent is a book that can be annoying just by looking at the title, "A Coach's Guide to Sports Psychology"! Isn't this overt swearing!

Who has psychological problems? Coaches and international players have always been "problematic" in their bodies and "leveraged" in their psychological qualities. Therefore, the national football team is justified in losing, and Milu should be responsible for this loss! And Milou has hit the confidence of the internationals to a great extent, so they must also take responsibility for their next loss!

Xiao Qing moved his mind, since he couldn't help the team tactically, then he felt that he needed to give the opponent some bad luck! Sending a book before the competition? Isn't this a "loss"!

Xiao Qing has found a way to win this time, and the opponent in the fifth round of the Hoffenheim league is Osnabrück, who has one win, two draws and one husband and five points; Since 1994, when it was relegated to the third tier of the regional league, except for one or two seasons, it was basically spent most of the time here, and it was not until the first round of the previous season that the promotion to the German second division was confirmed! This is a contest between promoted horses, a contest between the favorites who are basically very likely to relegation!

"Coach, remember what we promised on the bus that day?" Just after finishing the team's training session, Xiao Qing came to Rangnick's side and asked.

"What promise?" Rangnick was obviously stunned, he couldn't remember the promise of explanation with Xiao Qing at all.

"I found a way to win, you give me a chance to play!" Xiao Qing attaches great importance to this 'transaction'.

"Then tell me how you found it, and I think I'll admit it." Rangnick said with some amusement, it was just a joke after all.

"Wait for me!" Xiao Qing suddenly became energetic and hurriedly rushed to the locker room; Although this is just a gamble of luck, but for Xiao Qing is only a hundred benefits and no harm, once the team is successful, then he is very likely to get the opportunity to play, even if it fails, it will not have much impact on him.

"Coach's Guide to SportPhychology? What is it? Rangnick looked at the five books led by this book that Xiao Qing handed him with some curiosity.

"It's a tradition in our country that makes quite a difference, Mr. Coach; There will be five goals in the next game and of course one of the things we have to do now is get those five books into the hands of our opponents so that we can win the game! Xiao Qing said very seriously, now as long as he can play, Xiao Qing is really fighting, although there is no bottom line of discipline, but Xiao Qing still feels that it doesn't matter, because even if he has no bottom line, compared to those guys in China, they are the real bottom line standard!

"What's the special meaning in this?" Rangnick asked a little strangely, this book is a book written by the national expert Martins in 1987, the content is mainly to introduce some elements that affect the psychology of coaches, mainly to help coaches master some skills of communicating with players, although Rangnick has not studied seriously, but he also knows some.

"It doesn't work to say it, coach, it's really a very meaningful tradition, trust me!" Xiao Qing is talking nonsense at this time, as long as the bet is right, then he is very likely to win the opportunity to play, which is really beneficial to Xiao Qing!

"The next game is our home game, so let's have our staff keep these books in the away dressing room." It was a bit ridiculous, but Rangnick said it in a 'sense of confidence.

In fact, many football people have some superstitions, which may seem ridiculous to many people, but football games are full of unpredictability and have a lot of luck, so many football people do have some superstitions, and they hope that they can have good luck.

The legendary French centre-back would kiss goalkeeper Barnes' bare scalp in public before every match in the 1998 Shijie Cup, but of course this little trick worked, and the French team Zuihou won the title anyway.

England's former England striker Lineker would never shoot at the back of goal during a pre-match warm-up. Because he was afraid that if he practiced shooting before the game, he would use up all his shooting luck in the game. Just think about the nearly 300 goals he scored in his football career to know if he is serious about football.

The main goalkeeper of Argentina in the Shijie Cup '90 always had to urinate on the pitch before every penalty shoot-out, Goyechea explained: "If you have any natural impulse to do it on the pitch, I am a very sensitive person and no one can complain about anything. ”

Many football people are very superstitious, and they are particular about what clothes to wear, whether to cut their hair, whether to shave their beard, and even which position to stand on and which foot to step on first.

Now, the Hoffenheim head coach hopes that Xiao Qing's behavior this time will bring good luck to the team, and he does hope that the team can win the next game. Although he knew that it was wrong to put his hopes in such an unreliable superstition, Rangnick could not care about this now, because now he only wanted the team to win the game; And this kind of behavior can be regarded as adding some more weight to the team's victory!