Chapter 31: The Wave Fat Who Breaks the Defense (Seeking Follow-up)

Picking up the file bag in his hand, Pochettino flipped through it, noticing the recent form of the Leicester City players.

This is actually a point he is more curious about, in the first round against Sunderland, the second round away to West Ham United, what Leicester City relied on to win.

The overall value of this team is not high, and they were considered relegation favourites before the season, but now they are suddenly playing much better form than Tottenham.

Scrolling down the data sheet, Pochettino quickly saw a few familiar names.

Vardy, Mahrez, Drinkwater, Andy King......

These Leicester City attacking guarantees that were able to avoid relegation last season seem to be in excellent form, and each has its own stats on the books.

Including Hut Morgan in the defensive position, the performance is also acceptable, stealing and clearing, and the data in terms of successful top battles are very stable and stable.

Further down, Pochettino sees two players who are consistent enough to come off the bench.

Kante, Chen Yu...... Wind?

Chen Yufeng?!

Pochettino was stunned for a moment, and then wondered if he had really stressed his brain and hallucinated.

But when he rubbed his eyes violently and frowned again, he found that it was still exactly the same.

It's the name, and you can't go wrong!

Pochettino was dumbfounded.

Seeing this familiar and very unfamiliar Chinese pinyin again, he never never thought it would be today, from the lineup of Leicester City!

"Chen Yufeng? Is this the same Chen Yufeng who was in our team before? ”

He looked up at the assistant coach beside him, as if he was holding on to the last chance that the latter had told him everything.

This is the Belgian-Chinese, the fringe player who was purged from the team shortly after he first came to the team!

Swallowing his saliva, Pochettino continued to look towards the list, his face did not show much expression, at most a slight frown, but his heart was already overturned.

"Against Sunderland, one goal and one assist on his Premier League debut, and against West Ham United, he came off the bench to contribute an assist, indirectly creating a point."

He read out the things that the assistant coach counted word by word, and suddenly there was a feeling of numbness in his brain.

This......

How is this possible?

That older player who never thought he would be able to establish himself in the Premier League, or even the Championship, started with this kind of stat at Leicester City?

Pochettino looked up at the assistant coach next to him again, as if he wanted to find someone who could communicate at such a time of psychological vulnerability.

Even though he has experienced many ups and downs in the coaching industry, he is still really confused for a moment at this time.

Coupled with the recent team experience, he wondered if God was joking with him.

'It wasn't long before the player was signed by Leicester's Thai boss Vichai after he returned to free agency, and there has been no news since then.

The assistant coach looked at Pochettino's appearance and said what he knew, "Until the first round against Sunderland, he suddenly appeared in the squad and ended up playing well. ”

'Based on some small rumours from Leicester's side, it seems that the player is gradually gaining a place in the main position.

"It's not." Pochettino couldn't help frowning and asking, "After I came, I also brought about ten days of pre-season training, and you were there at the time." ”

"From our point of view, he doesn't have any ability at all, he's just a mediocre, embarrassing player."

"Why ...... now"

Pochettino didn't say any more, the facts were in front of him, and now it was hypocritical to sigh more.

"I'm going to see the highlights of his one goal and two assists."

He made a request to verify that he knew that the probability was unlikely, could there really be a bastard in football in the Premier League?

The assistant coach nodded slightly and began to search on the computer next to him.

Soon, both of them sat together in front of the computer and watched.

When he saw Chen Yufeng's stunning appearance and first touch of the ball, it was a hanging shot close to the center circle, and when he scored the first goal of his career, the corners of Pochettino's mouth couldn't help twitching.

Okay, it's just that the goalkeeper is too far forward, and this kid just has a long-distance long pass skill that was hidden deep before!

Seeing Chen Yufeng's precise guided pass to Vardy, Pochettino could still find some excuses when Vardy volleyed into the net.

It doesn't matter, it's just that Vardy's shooting skills are too good, even if he does pass accurately, but the probability of scoring a goal with this kind of pass is not high!

Seeing the second game, Chen Yufeng's cross accurately found the opponent's weak defensive position, and when the assist of the small Oka Qi Shinji Yu jumped to the goal, Pochettino's mental defense was gradually a little unbearable.

This kind of passing is hard to come by, many wingers only pass a few shots in a career, and his success rate is absolutely average!

Chen then sent in a high-quality cross that forced the West Ham defender to bring down Jamie Vardy in the box and create a penalty that allowed Vardy to score the game.

"Bang!" Pochettino finally broke the defense, slammed the table, stood up in confusion, and let out a furious voice.

"Is Frankl an idiot? He never told me that the player had a good cross! ”

"This is obviously a player he signed a few years ago, after so many years, he has survived so many coaches, and no one has used him, are these coaches blind!"

"Think about it! If Harry Kane is in the middle as a fulcrum, with Son Heung-min on the left for an in-cut break, and a player on the right who can deliver guided crosses consistently, how efficient our attack will become! ”

"That's the biggest reason why Frankl can't be the top athletic director, can't compare to Steve Walsh, he's just an idiot!"

"I was also blind, and I sent this player away without a few words from them, without a detailed understanding!"

It's all a personal output of Pochettino's emotional instability, even if it's not quite reasonable.

But it is actually normal to be able to cause this situation.

After all, a player who is so good with a full cross is a player that many teams want.

Even if he doesn't fight the main force, but he goes up and delivers shells when needed, it's still very good, and the functionality is very amazing.

And such a player was kicked out by him before the season!

'It's okay Mr. Pochettino, in pre-season we mostly did physical recovery training and you didn't see his characteristics and that's normal.

The assistant coach comforted him, "Moreover, his stats at the beginning of the season were good because most of the other teams didn't know about him. ”

"When everyone knows about him later, he will definitely not be as good as Tottenham's players."

"Of course, regrets are normal, but Mr. Pochettino should not forget that he is 30 years old and will he be able to maintain his form and play such efficient statistics in the future...... It's hard to say. ”

His reassurance was clearly effective, at least giving Pochettino some reason to deceive himself.

If you are not understood, at the age of thirty, all abilities should go downhill......

"That's right! You have a point. ”

Pochettino nodded, then put down the paper bag in his hand, sorted out his clothes, and said as he walked towards the door: "Gather all the players in the team." ”

"What's wrong?" The assistant coach was obviously a little puzzled, and the training time had not yet arrived.

"Drill and break the siege!"

"If he smashes an assist at our backline, where will my old face go?"

Pochettino left two words and continued to walk towards the door.

The assistant coach behind him thought for a moment, then nodded, it made sense......