Chapter 3: West Brom Trial

There is an old saying in the Dragon Kingdom: Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not singular.

West Midlands, West Bromitch Borough, a civilian hotel, Chen Mo, who had finished taking a shower, rubbed his hair and walked out of the bathroom and quipped: "Uncle Li, do you think my mouth is open?" The team on trial these days has either asked me to play as a midfielder or as a defender, Uncle Lee, how about I change my career to fortune telling? ”

"You're still in the mood to laugh?!"

Looking at Chen Mo's hippie smiling face, Li Zhiqiang was angry, in the past few days, they have run Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Leeds United, West Ham United six clubs, but it seems that God does not want Chen Mo to eat football.

Six trials, stunned that no club let him be the midfield commander!

The stereotype of many coaches is that Dragon Country Football will only defend and open big feet, and it has nothing to do with delicate midfield conduction!

Chen Mo waved his hand disapprovingly: "Okay, relax, the world is so big, there will always be my Chen Mo's place, the Premier League is not good, there is also the Championship and the League B, it really doesn't work, and the Bundesliga, the Eredivisie, the Serie A, the French Liga, the La Liga, if you still ..."

"Stop, stop! Don't talk about it, you kid! In case I tell you again, I won't break your leg with you! Li Zhiqiang glanced at him: "Let's go to sleep today, tomorrow we will go to West Bromwich Albion Club, if it really doesn't work, we will consider other leagues." ”

"West Bromwich Albion?" Chen Mo was stunned: "Isn't that a Championship team?" Why don't we try another top team first? ”

Li Zhiqiang was speechless again: "The boy thinks too much!" Now it's a good idea to find a team that's willing to take you in! ”

The Championship is the second tier of the English league, one level lower than the Premier League, Chen Mo said with a bitter face: "Playing in the Championship..."

"I still dislike it, are the Championship teams willing to ask you to talk back." Li Zhiqiang rolled his eyes: "According to my observation, West Bromwich Albion has achieved very good results this year, and there is a very high probability of being promoted to the Premier League in the past two years." Besides, you're only 13 years old anyway, and if you go to the academy, you can play in the Premier League in a few years. ”

"Well, that sounds pretty good."

The towel was thrown aside, Chen Mo picked up the ball and turned it upside down, Li Zhiqiang said speechlessly: "Hey, hey, you just took a shower, and now you don't have to sweat again?" Rest early, we're going to try out tomorrow. ”

Chen Mo disagreed, his eyes calmly looked at the football jumping up and down on his toes: "Sweat, just wash it again." My skills are not up to par, I must seize all the time and work hard to improve, Uncle Li, you go to sleep first. ”

"It's really... Okay, okay, don't get too tired, you can't run tomorrow to see how I fix you! ”

"Got it."

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The next day, West Midlands, Hawthorn Stadium.

"Hey Lee, long time no see."

In the player tunnel, West Bromwich Albion youth coach Pep Guardilla hugged Li Zhiqiang very warmly, Li Zhiqiang smiled: "Yes, yes, we haven't seen each other since the last interview, I miss my sister-in-law's fried steak very much." ”

Guardilla scolded with a smile: "Roar~ You guy, you say you miss it, but you only come to see me now, do you think we West Bromwich Albion can't do it?" By the way, he's the little guy you took with you for most of the British tryouts, right? Hello, little one. ”

"His name is Chen Mo, and he is thirteen years old this year. Xiao Mo, this is Mr. Guardilla, call someone quickly. ”

"Hello Uncle Gua."

Li Zhiqiang patted Chen Mo's little head, Chen Mo greeted him obediently, and then stopped talking.

"Uncle Melon? What a strange name. Guardilla smiled: "The little guy looks quite shy, okay, Lee, I've seen all the tapes you gave, and I also understand his technical characteristics, the midfield command role." Little guy, you go warm up first, and I'll be ready to start later, I still have some things to talk about with you, Uncle Li. ”

"Hmm."

Chen Mo nodded obediently and followed the staff to the training ground, until his back disappeared at the end of the passage, then Guardilla took Li Zhiqiang aside and said, "Li, things have changed, I have to tell you first." ”

Variation? Li Zhiqiang's eyes changed slightly: "You say." ”

Guardilla said apologetically: "That's the case, the club had a meeting this morning, mainly to say that our goal in the past two years will be on the goal of re-attacking the Premier League, you know, if you want to return to the Premier League in two years, it is difficult to develop players on your own, you need to spend money to buy players in the market, in order to save money, the top management decided that our academy will no longer sign young players this year." ”

"What!"

Li Zhiqiang's face was ugly, and Guardilla spread his hands: "I can't help it, the new guy used to be engaged in politics, he didn't know where the roots of football were, he just wanted to get results quickly." But don't worry, this trial is an open-ended competition, you know what I mean? ”

"You mean..."

"Yes, in order to avoid those parents from making trouble later, scouts from other teams are allowed to watch the game on this trial, which means that as long as your little nephew is able to pass, he will still have the opportunity to go to other training camps. Eh, now the club's focus is not on the youth training side, and I am also very dissatisfied with the results of the youth academy in the past few years, and my position as the coach of the youth academy B team is a bit dangerous, so what I can do now is to let the little guy play in a familiar position and give him a stage to play. ”

"I see, thank you this time."

"Needless to say, didn't you help me too."

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West Bromwich Albion did not play today, and the trial was held directly at the home stadium - Hawthorn Stadium.

"Is this the Hawthorn Stadium? It's a little small and a little old, but the sky is clear. ”

The two young players stood in the middle circle waiting for the whistle to serve, Chen Mo, who was wearing a No. 24 blue training vest, turned his waist and moved his body, his eyes glanced around, the hawthorn course has a long history, the establishment period dates back to before 1900, and the venue is actually not small, enough to accommodate 26,000 spectators, but there are not many people in the audience at this time, most of them are scattered parents and scouts trying to pick up the leaks.

Even so, Chen Mo was still very excited, and today the coach asked him to play the long-lost midfield organization.

"It's finally time to be refreshed."

Chen Mo secretly clenched his fists.

After a while, the referee's whistle blew and the blue team served.

The striker flicked his ankle, and the ball rolled towards Chen Mo's feet, and the opponent's tall No. 32 white midfielder saw that he was weak, and immediately stepped forward to force him, and the two long legs ran fast.

"Rushing so fast, aren't you afraid that you can't brake the car too quickly?"

If he is still playing the back sapper, Chen Mo really doesn't have a good choice at this time, for the sake of insurance, he will still pass back to the defender, but now it is different, his position is to the left side of the midfield, there is a defense line composed of the back and the fullback behind him, there are the same midfielders on the side, and there are retreating strikers in front, there are too many options.

Even if you make a mistake, it's just losing the ball, not letting the opponent face the goal.

The ball came to his feet, Chen Mo did not pass back, nor did he stick to the ball, the moment his right foot touched the ball, he gently dialed the ball directly to another midfielder next to him, at the feet of player No. 7, No. 32 was shaken and stumbled, and Chen Mo did not pause at the same time, after passing the ball, he immediately stepped forward to No. 32 to grab the vacant space left, and at the same time reached out to ask for the ball.

Seeing that No. 32 was out of position, the RED team's midfielder immediately went up.

The corner of his eye caught this scene, and the corners of Chen Mo's mouth hooked up a triumphant smile.

Whether it's football or basketball, as long as you can get past the first defender in front of you, the rest of the matter will be much simpler, because the opponent needs to fill in at this time, and the fill will cause a gap again, forming a chain reaction!

And the so-called organization is to find the vacancy of the opponent!

In his concept, as long as the number 7 asks for a pass back to him and runs in position, he will continue to pass, cut forward, and play two and one past the midfield, at which point the opposing defender will either make up or shrink.

When he makes up for it, he looks for an opportunity to give the center forward a through ball, and if he shrinks, he can choose to shoot from a distance, or he can choose to wait for his teammates to come up and play around the penalty area.

But it's a pity.

Number 7 is a single B.

Faced with a two-on-one opportunity, No. 7 did not choose to pass, but stepped on the ball to make a Jordan-style back-to-back single!

"I..."

The opportunity was fleeting, at the moment when No. 7 was playing with his back to his back, No. 32 had already returned to his position, and Chen Mo Bengbu lived, so he had to retreat silently.

Guardilla on the sidelines was a little regretful: "This kid's consciousness and mentality are very good, but it's a pity that such a good blitzkrieg opportunity was not seized." ”

Li Zhiqiang also shook his head: "The young players of the red team just now obviously haven't gotten rid of the tension, if the ball is returned to Chen Mo, hit the wall and pass the back waist, and the double ghosts slam the door to face the back line, there is a chance to create a killing opportunity, it's a pity." ”

Guardilla nodded: "After this blitzkrieg, the red team players will be more vigilant against Chen Mo, and they will be more cautious, and it will be a little difficult to take advantage of the opponent's impulses." ”