The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 032

032 He Is Becoming More and More Like a Coach
Dawn occasionally appeared in the darkness. Leeds United beat Oxford United 8-1!

The scarlet bold caption was very eye-catching. Below the eye-catching caption was a large picture. The contents of the picture were Zhong Cheng opening his arms. Facing the back of the scoreboard, the score of 8: 1 was clearly written on the scoreboard not far away from Zhong Cheng.

Below are a series of pictures. There are pictures of Ribery’s side ambush. There are also pictures of Huntelaar jumping high and heading towards the goal. There are also pictures of Modric dancing his long hair and swinging his legs. There are also pictures of Zhong Cheng waving his fist and shouting at the sidelines …

Below these images are a few columns of text reports from Kelly, a famous beauty journalist in the sports section of the Leeds United Post.

In her report, she described in detail what had happened to Leeds United in the past half month, as well as the reactions of Leeds fans and the pressure on Chairman Zhong Cheng.

In the article, Kelly also expressed doubts about Zhong Cheng and worries about the future of Leeds United. However, he still objectively reported the events of this match, allowing the most realistic images of the match to be presented to the audience in front of the newspaper.

Looking at the newspaper in his hand, Shazad Tanville shouted his bullshit as he quickly crumpled the newspaper into a ball and smashed it fiercely onto the ground.

Shazad Tanville, a 21-year-old Pakistani citizen of British descent, is a loyal Leeds fan and a member of Leeds’ most famous hooligan soccer organization, the Leeds Service Gang.

Before he could calm himself by smashing the newspaper on the ground, Tanville cursed angrily, “Bullshit!” That damn Chinaman is a lunatic, so what if he beats Oxford United 8-1? What’s there to be proud of beating a fourth-division team? When did Leeds United’s pride become so cheap? Sooner or later, Leeds United will be defeated by that damned lunatic, Madman Loria, Grandma Goddamn it! ”

‘”Yes, did Kelly take the money from Madman Roja to speak up for that damn madman? Damn bitch, this is going to mislead all Leeds United fans. Sooner or later, Leeds United will be destroyed by these moths. Damn it! Damn it!” Hasheb Hussein roared.

Hasheb Hussein, 18, is an English-Pakistani resonator, a Leeds United fan and a member of the Leeds Service Gang. He and Shazad Tanville were young, like-minded, very close, and even brotherly.

As soon as Hussein finished speaking, Tanville roared again, “The craziest fan in the history of bullshit, this guy has been putting on a show from the very beginning, deceiving us. This guy wants everyone’s support, yet he is so despicable! What a damn scum, scum!”

Hussein immediately echoed, “Yes, yes, yes! Tama is a liar, deceiving all of us. This guy treats Leeds United as his personal toy, which is even more unforgivable!”

Suddenly, Tanville stood up. His eyes were fierce and he said coldly, “We can’t go on like this. We can’t let that damn madman cover the sky. We have to teach him a lesson and let him know the consequences of deceiving us and destroying Leeds United!”

Hussein’s eyes lit up, “Yes! Fuck him! Fuck him! Beat him until his mother doesn’t even know him! Let him know that we Leeds are not easy to deceive and bully!”

Indeed, they were indeed worthy of being small and close as brothers, and the two of them were in perfect harmony at the same time.

Tanville immediately possessed the newspaper and picked it up again. He immediately spread out the crumpled newspaper and stared at Zhong Cheng’s cheap face. Tanville said in an impermanently cold voice, “Madman Roja, you’re dead!”

Beside Tanville, Hussein’s eyes were like swords as he said fiercely, “Madman Loria, you’re dead!”

–Division Line–

Thorpe Arch Training Base, first team training ground.

Leeds United beat Oxford United 8-1 yesterday, making a good start to the upcoming season. The pressure on Leeds United players was much less. They were just joking in training.

Zhong Cheng, dressed in sportswear, stood by the training ground and watched the Leeds United players train.

It was Oscar Ortega, the fitness coach, who led the team. The old man was very enthusiastic on the training field.

His disciple, Carlos Menendez, was there to learn and assist, while Nai Smith and the others were there to assist.

What Leeds United are doing now is a two-team three-team offensive and defensive training.

Ortega divided several areas on the court, including 5 × 5, 5 × 10, 10 × 10, 20 × 20 and so on. In these different areas, he conducted two-to-two, two-to-three, three-to-three, three-to-four offensive and defensive training.

This kind of training method has many advantages. The first is to enhance the defensive players’ sense of position and clarify the players’ responsibilities of regional defense. This requires defensive players to not only stand in their own defensive positions, but also pay attention to the distance between teammates, while maintaining the consistency of defense, enhance the integrity of the team.

The second is to cultivate the tacit understanding of the players, to achieve a true unity of the whole team.

The third was Ortega’s emphasis on regional pressure and team pressure. The requirements of the defenders were directly reduced to the details, ten or a hundred training sessions at a time, allowing them to form muscular memories.

The fourth is for offense. This perfectly simulates the situation of counterattack with less and more strikes. This not only cultivates tacit understanding between offensive players, but also trains offensive players to play more with less and think more and less, accumulates experience in rapid counterattack and so on.

The training seemed very simple, but there was nothing special about it. In fact, the effect was obvious.

Moreover, the actual training was not as simple as it seemed, because in this offensive and defensive training, Zhong Cheng had always added certain conditions: for example, the offensive players had to face more than their own defensive players, and they had to complete the effective shooting before the specified distance of several meters; There is also the need to maintain a specific distance between attacking players to complete an effective attack; Attacking players must complete effective shooting within three-legged passes; Defensive players are not allowed to tackle; Or you have to use a tackle to destroy the offense and so on.

These seemingly ordinary training, coupled with certain restrictions, were extremely extraordinary. This would be even more helpful to the training of the players, because they could better simulate the defensive counter-attack and the uncertainty of the quick counter-attack, thus increasing the players’ ability to deal with crises, and so on.

So, despite the simplicity of the training, the Leeds United players are really lucky to train, not only physically but also mentally. Because after this day of training, they usually spent more time using their brains than when they had been training for a few days on other teams.

Of course, these are just a small part of the Leeds United training program.

At this moment, Old Master Ortega was training the 5×10 2nd Team, 3rd Attack and Defense.

This 5 × 10 area was 5 in width and 10 in length. This area seemed to be a bit difficult for attacking players with fewer strikes. It was because this area was too small, and they were facing a lot of defensive players. It was very difficult for these two people to penetrate these three people’s defensive lines when they were lined up in a row.

Ribery and Modric are in the offensive team, while Boumsong, Carlisle and Zimbonda are in front of them.

At this time, Ribery was close to the border of the region. Zimbonda pressed forward and faced Ribery. This region was not big, so Zimbonda was very confident.

Because the coach wanted to defend as a whole, Zimbonda pushed forward, while Carlisle and Boumsong slowly pushed forward. However, the three of them naturally did not stand in a straight line. The three of them stood like a triangle. Zimbonda protruded to the right, Carlisle leaned to the left behind him, and Boumsong was close to the middle of the line behind Carlisle. The three of them had layers of defensive lines that echoed and filled in the gaps. It could be said to be a good defensive system.

Facing Ribery and Modric, the three of them were very confident.

However, Ribery charged at Zimbonda with the ball. He simply ignored Zimbonda. Zimbonda did not have any anger or contempt for him, because he knew that he was as powerful as Zimbonda these past few days.

Sure enough, Ribery’s sudden change of direction accelerated, and Zimbonda had expected it long ago, so he immediately moved sideways to intercept him. However, he did not see the football. The football was passed to Modric by Ribery’s heel. Modric immediately pushed the ball forward and compressed the opponent’s defence.

Carlisle immediately pressed down on the middle of the road. Zimbonda, who was on the wing, followed Ribery and quickly pressed down on the middle, instantly pressing the opposing defenders into a line, leaving the two wings empty.

The rest was simple. Modric slanted the side. Ribery swung his spear and caught up with the football. He swung his leg and shot. The football was as fast as the wind and flew into the goal.

Boumsong finally discovered the other party’s intentions, but his reaction was too slow to keep up with Ribery’s eagerness. His final shovel almost touched the football.

Seeing this, Zhong Cheng immediately applauded and shouted at Ribery and the others, “Frank, Luca, you guys did a good job. You were indirectly quick and efficient. Very good.”

Ribery looked at Zhong Cheng and immediately smiled. However, his smile affected the scar on his face and made him look a little hideous and terrifying.

However, Zhong Cheng did not mind. He came forward and patted Ribery and Modric on the shoulders. He then signaled for all the players to lean over, and Ortega and the others also surrounded him.

Seeing that the players were all here, Zhong Cheng said, “We won yesterday, but it was mainly because our opponents were weaker and posed no threat to us. However, what I have to say is that even in this situation, the level of skill and tactics we displayed was not ideal!”

Ortega, DiMatteo, and the others nodded their heads in succession.

Zhong Cheng said: “In yesterday’s game, our defensive pressure was not enough, giving the opponent a chance to calmly pass the ball. You should know that the opponent is Ying B’s team. If it were a player from the Champions League, what would happen in the end?”

The Leeds players became serious and the smile on their faces instantly dissipated.

Zhong Cheng continued: “Also, our defensive distance is not good, sometimes too far away, sometimes relatively crowded, and sometimes out of step.” However, this has a lot to do with the shorter training time we have, but this cannot be used as an excuse. All in all, we are still a long way off. I hope that you will step up your training in the near future because the new season is not far away. I hope that when the new season begins, we will be a team with complete techniques and tactics!

The Leeds players shouted neatly, “Got it, boss!”

Zhong Cheng nodded his head in satisfaction, then raised the issue of yesterday’s attack, reminding the Leeds United players and instructing his assistants to strengthen their training in these areas.

In addition, Zhong Cheng also stressed that the game against Bradford in three days is very important, he hoped that his players would be cheering up and make serious preparations.

Seeing Zhong Cheng talking and pointing at Jiang Shan, Nai Smith secretly sighed, “He is becoming more and more like a real head coach!”

At this moment, Trivo Birch arrived at the training ground and beside Zhong Cheng. He said to Zhong Cheng, “There’s a problem with the reinforcements.”