Chapter 37 A Real Head Coach
The day after the Wimbledon Athletics and Derby County match, Chu Zhongtian went to the headquarters of the England Football Association in London, where he was asked about the hearing.
But the results have not been changed.
Not long after the hearing, Chu Zhongtian might have not returned to his home in Wimbledon, but the FA issued an announcement and announced the final result - maintaining the original verdict, Chu Zhongtian must be banned from entering the stadium for two games and pay a fine of 5,000 pounds at the same time.
This is the final result and Wimbledon Athletic Club can no longer appeal.
Therefore, Chu Zhongtian will be destined to miss the game against Leeds United.
As soon as this news came out, major media paid attention to it. "Chu confirmed two bans!"
"This is the final judgment - General Chu was suspended for two games!"
"...Donald can rest assured that anyone is better at sleeping. General Chu will definitely not be able to appear in the game against him. The biggest enemy has been solved. Even in the away game, Leeds United will be able to play much better in this game."
"... Chu finally paid the price for his impulse. This price is quite heavy. It is definitely not just a ban on two games and 5,000 pounds. Because everyone knows what Wimbledon is like without Chu. If you lose two games in a row, it will be a blow to the team's morale and will also cause their league ranking to fall back. For those who want to upgrade, every loss of points is a major loss!"
"... It is said that Chu has formulated a point grabbing plan for the team in the second half of the season, that is, in games that can win, they have to win as much as possible, and those who cannot win the game must win. Before that, we have seen how the crazy Wimbledon Athletic scored points. They played a beautiful four-game winning streak. The day before yesterday, Wimbledon Athletic defeated Derby County 5:2 away, which also reflects their madness. Therefore, you can know how much Chu was banned in these two games for Wimbledon Athletic... "
※※※Chu Zhongtian’s absence is indeed a loss for the team.
In fact, it’s nothing to lose a head coach. The most important thing is that Chu Zhongtian, who is a player. Therefore, Wimbledon and the club are particularly angry at the punishment result of the Football Discipline Committee. If the head coach Chu Zhongtian makes a mistake, you will punish him. Why do you have to punish Chu Zhongtian, who is a player? Isn’t this going to kill him?
All Chu Zhongtian can do now is to do all the work in advance and prepare well, just like a pure head coach.
Without him, who is the core of the team?
Chu Zhongtian no longer plans to set up a midfield core. He plans to use the striker as the core to make the team play more concisely.
Kevin Clark, the former captain of the team, will put on the captain's armband again in the game, and will also be the core of these two games. Because he has a height, body and header, he can serve as a fulcrum in the frontcourt and be the core of offense. He can handle it whether he scores his own goal or creates opportunities for his teammates.
If he is the core, the team's passing will have to make a little change. Chu Zhongtian asked the whole team to pass as little as possible in the midfield, and it is strictly forbidden to pass horizontally in the backcourt. After getting the ball, pass it forward and send the football to the forward as quickly as possible. It takes more time to get close to the goal and create a shooting opportunity.
Because Kevin Clark is a high center with excellent headers, the team can use a lot of long passes. At the same time, the two sides should be actively inserted to form an offensive level. Crossing from the side will be the main offensive method.
Chu Zhongtian placed two purely defensive midfielders in the middle of the midfield. Their task was not to organize the offense, but to defend, responsible for blocking each offense that passed through the middle. The only way they participated in the offense was to pass long.
Chu Zhongtian wrote down what everyone should do in the game in his tactical manual, and then printed it into more than a dozen copies, and each player who entered the roster of the game took one copy. It details what players in each position should do and what reactions they would react when they encounter.
Alvin Stonefield was surprised when he got this tactical manual again. He has worked with many head coaches for decades, including top leagues and low-level leagues. But he has never seen any head coach who would compile such a detailed tactical manual. Not that there is no, but there is no such detail.
It seems that Chu Zhongtian really put in a lot of effort... When the players received this tactical manual, their admiration for Chu Zhongtian was like a surging river, or like the flooding of the Yellow River. This tactical manual has a very in-depth analysis of the opponents and themselves.
For example, the tactical manual that Kevin Clark obtained analyzes who the opponents he will encounter in the game, what are their characteristics and what are their shortcomings. How to make full use of their shortcomings and play to their strengths. Chu Zhongtian has written about these. In the five minutes of the game, the game is evenly matched, what actions should he take to break this balance; if we scored within five minutes and led quickly, what actions should he take; if the opponent scored five minutes of the game and we were in a state of lagging behind, what should he do... These are all explained in detail. Clark has a feeling that even a person who has never received professional football training can perform well in the game after reading this manual... With this manual, everyone suddenly has confidence in the upcoming game against Leeds United.
※※※Chu Zhongtian could not enter the stadium in the game with Leeds United, so he chose to watch the game at home. Not only that, he could also use any communication means to contact the members of the coaching staff. However, Chu Zhongtian didn't care about these things. Anyway, he had told the team all the situations he could think of, and he believed that Alvin Stonefield knew that he had been an assistant coach for decades, and he had never eaten pork and had seen pigs running. He still knew how to replace people.
Chu Zhongtian sat at home and watched the game with his family.
Many people did not expect Wimbledon Athletics' performance at the beginning in this game - they thought Wimbledon Athletics' performance should be very poor after lacking Chu Zhongtian. In the past half of the season, Chu Zhongtian was trying hard to prove that he was not old, and also showed everyone how inseparable Wimbledon Athletics is, he was inseparable from Chu Zhongtian.
Originally, everyone thought that Chu Zhongtian’s absence in this game was a great opportunity for Donald’s Leeds United to take revenge.
Unexpectedly, after the game started, Wimbledon Athletics used their home advantage to quickly take the initiative in the game. Their football played very simply, and everyone rarely controlled the ball under their feet. The football was always moving continuously, passing from the player to the player's feet, and then from the player's feet to another player's feet, and finally shooting.
This is the football displayed by Wimbledon Athletics.
This kind of football is a bit different from the Wimbledon Athletic football that Leeds United learned before. Leeds United seems to be inadequate for such Wimbledon Athletics.
As a result, at the thirteen minutes of the game, Wimbledon Athletics used a quick and simple offensive to send the football to Kevin Clark's head. Clark faced such an opportunity and shook his head without hesitation, and the football flew into the Leeds United goal!
"goooooooooooooooo! Beautiful! Beautiful header! Clean and neat! Wimbledon Athletics took the lead at home!"
"Leeds United defenders can't believe their eyes! But that's the fact! Wimbledon Athletics took the lead without Chu, and this is the second time they did this! The first time the two sides met in the first half of the season, Chu sat on the bench and did not start. As a result, Wimbledon Athletics still scored the first goal!"
"Who said that the strength of the two teams is too different? I have watched such a dozen minutes of game and have no such idea at all. I think this is a game between two teams that are evenly matched!"
Wimbledon's leading sports has made the home fans cheer and Chu Zhongtian can clearly feel this through the TV.
When Kevin Clark scored, Chu Zhongtian jumped out of his seat. As the head coach, what better than seeing his pre-match arrangements being executed by the team and receiving results?
※※※ Of course, Leeds United was unwilling to admit defeat like this. They were here to take revenge on this trip, not to give away points.
After falling behind, they launched a fierce counterattack.
Faced with such a counterattack, Wimbledon Athletics quickly retreated according to Chu Zhongtian's tactical manual, defended the 30-meter area, and then used long passes and straight passes to fight against Leeds United's counterattack. Most of the time, Kevin Clark and Kieran Agard were attacking, but even these two people could cause great trouble for the opponent's defense.
Wimbledon Athletics' strategy was very successful. Leeds United had no way to do anything in the first half. Until the end of the first half, Wimbledon Athletics led Leeds United by 1:0.
Chu Zhongtian didn't know what Alvin Stonefield would say to the players. He didn't tell Alvin in advance what to say to the players during the break. As an excellent assistant coach, he should know how to do it.
During the fifteen-minute halftime break, in addition to advertising, the TV station also invited guests and hosts to discuss the past first half. The guests were surprised by Wimbledon's performance. In fact, if Chu Zhongtian was on the court, they would not have surprised them so much. What surprised them was that without Chu Zhongtian, the team's performance was still so excellent. Everyone thought that Wimbledon was Chu Zhongtian's alone team. Without Chu Zhongtian, the team would be nothing. They could only barely relegate and don't expect anything to be upgraded.
They were surprised that Wimbledon, who lacked Chu Zhongtian, still burst out with such amazing energy.
Chu Zhongtian heard them say this in front of the TV, and hehe, he was so happy.
Isn’t it just for this day that I spent so much effort to stay up late to write a tactical manual?
Through this first half, he has become clearer about his goal after retirement - to be the head coach, coach the team, and lead the team. When he was a player, he had already experienced the feeling of victory. Now he has to change his identity and lead the team to experience the taste of victory and championship as the head coach.
Originally, he was the head coach to be on the shelves, but now Chu Zhongtian enjoys the job very much. When Russell comes back, he will still hand over the head coach's power to this friend and end this guest appearance. But after he retires, he will definitely choose to become a head coach, even if it is not in Wimbledon, or in other teams.
※※In the second half, Leeds United tried to strengthen their offense and equalize the score, but the result only provided Wimbledon Athletic with more counterattack space. In addition, this was at Wimbledon Athletic's home court, and the morale of the Madman was so strong that the Madman fans also fully utilized their Madman's characteristics. They did everything they could to interfere with the Leeds United players at their home court, and all kinds of boo and scolding rushed towards the Leeds United players like a tide.
You should know that Wimbledon fans once cursed and cried at home as Liverpool players in England and even Europe.
On the one hand, Leeds United has to endure all kinds of insults and boos from Wimbledon Athletic fans, and on the other hand, it has to face Wimbledon's sharp counterattack.
It's really difficult to equalize the score in such a situation.
They can only expect miracles—like getting a penalty kick or something.
However, since Chu Zhongtian criticized the referee at the press conference, the referee has paid special attention to any law enforcement game in Wimbledon and dared not make such controversial penalty easily. In fact, judging from the post-match video, the penalty kick in the game when Wimbledon lost to Hul City was indeed questionable. The physical contact was not obvious and the fall was exaggerated. It was no wonder that Chu Zhongtian was furious. He has always hated the behavior of fake falls, and this behavior also led to his team losing the game.
Leeds United haven't been waiting for a penalty kick, but their goal seems to be in danger in Wimbledon's goal.
As the game time passes, the score is still 1:0, and Wimbledon maintains the lead at home. The game format is becoming increasingly unfavorable to Leeds United. If they don't find a way to score, they will probably lose the game.
Less time for them is getting less and less.
Donald had to fight to the death, send all the forwards to strengthen the offensive, hoping to equalize the score before the end of the game - before the game, he was full of confidence and revenge, but now he just wants not to lose.
"We can't see any signs of Wimbledon Athletics losing the game in the whole game. Wimbledon Athletics firmly takes the initiative in the game!"
"Leeds United strengthened their offensive, but I have to be careful of your back!"
Such advice makes sense.
In the 79th minute of the game, Wimbledon Athletics seized the opportunity of Leeds United's eagerness to attack and equalize the score, and pressed the whole line, and made a successful counterattack, with Kieran Agard scoring another goal.
"gooooooooooal!! 2:0! Wimbledon won!"
"Kiran Agard!! Wimbledon leads Leeds United with two goals! This is the perfect ending!"
"Just a season ago, Wimbledon Athletics could still pinch soft persimmons at Leeds United. Now it's different. They are hard stones, which makes Leeds United crush their teeth in one go!"
Kieran Agard's goal completely shattered the idea of Leeds United's goal to keep a tie. With ten minutes left before the end of the game, it is almost impossible to score two goals in a row... Kings Ranch cheered the overall situation. They had not won against Leeds United in the previous two seasons. Now they can finally defeat the "powerful" in the English Championship in one season. How can people not be proud?
"Let's go to the Premier League!"
Some fans can't wait to shout such slogans.
When the game ended, Leeds United failed to score a goal, and they failed to save face, let alone revenge.
When the game ended, the Wimbledon Athletics players were ecstatic. For the first time, they defeated Leeds United without Chu Zhongtian on the court, and the score was as clean as 2:0.
The performance of this team surprised everyone, so what caused them to take the initiative from beginning to end at home and then defeat Leeds United so easily?
Captain Kevin Clark told the media the answer.
"It's all because of this..." He shook the tactical manual in his hand.
"So thick!" Some reporters were surprised.
"This is all for this game. Chu analyzed the opponent and our strengths and weaknesses in detail here, and told us how to play. In fact, we just need to do what he said..."
Kevin Clark did it on purpose. The media previously questioned Chu Zhongtian's coaching level and also questioned the prospects of Wimbledon's sports, which made Kevin Clark very unhappy. Today he finally found an opportunity to counterattack.
Don’t you look down on coach Chu? I will tell you that all the achievements of such a beautiful victory are Chu!
Looking at the surprised expressions of the reporters, Clark was in a very happy mood.
At the post-match press conference, Alvin Stonefield also pointed out the biggest contributor to the victory of this game.
"... Before the game, I knew some people were very happy that Chu was unable to participate in the game, but he told us with facts that even if he could not play in person, he had a way to win the team. During this week's work contact, I saw a real head coach. I am now more confident in the team's prospects. Those media who bet with him, are you ready to publish an apology letter? Haha!"
The old man smiled very happily.
Chapter completed!