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Chapter 54 The first fire

"I didn't bother you?" Benitez said in English as he looked at the puzzled glory.

Rongguang shook his head: "No. Is there anything wrong, boss?"

"I noticed you're practicing free kicks?"

"Yes." Rongguang nodded.

"Let me guess what you are practicing free kicks for... Because your opponent always fouls against you, you hope you can have a way to score goals when you are fouled, right?" Benitez pretended to think and said.

Rongguang nodded: "Yes, that's it."

"Thank you so hard. The team's recent performance is not good, and you have also been under a lot of pressure, right?" Benitez said.

But he then continued without waiting for Rongguang to answer: "But to be honest, I don't think you need to bear such a lot of pressure."

Rongguang was a little surprised. He didn't quite understand what the new head coach was talking about.

"Do you think there are saviors and supermans in this world, Rong?" Benitez was still confused when he saw Rongguang and asked again.

"What exactly do you want to say, boss?" Rongguang asked with his hands spread out.

"There is no superman and no savior in this world. So it's impossible for you to save Manchester City alone." Benitez said to Rongguang with a serious expression.

Rongguang was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Benitez to say such things.

"I noticed that you have been a little... too nervous. Is it the team's performance that makes you like this? But you don't need to do this. Manchester City is a team, a whole, and the winning and losing are the responsibility of this whole, and it has nothing to do with a certain player. Even if you get 300,000 pounds a month and worth over 100 million yuan, this is not your responsibility alone. If you try to carry the team on your shoulders and sprint, it is absolutely impossible to win over Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal, because they are all a whole, a team, and you cannot defeat it alone."

Benitez began to make a long speech, and the glory of this speech was completely speechless and stunned.

Rongguang never expected that someone would come to tell him this, and he said so... directly, without leaving any kindness to himself.

Logically speaking, he is so responsible and hardworking. As the team's head coach, shouldn't he be grateful? Shouldn't he praise his performance?

Mark Hughes really hopes that he can lead the team on track by himself.

He wished he could carry the entire Manchester City team on his shoulders.

But now, why does the new coach say so?

Benitez looked at Rongguang, who was completely stunned by his own words. Seeing his expression, he knew that no one had said these words to Rongguang before. He always felt that what he did was right...

In fact, after deciding to take over Manchester City, Benitez has studied Manchester City. Many people are discussing that Manchester City's tactical chaos is the main reason for Manchester City's poor performance, and some people blame this for Mark Hughes' incompetence.

But no one seems to have ever said the responsibility of glory.

Rongguang performed very hard and positively in every game, and tried his best to score goals, hoping to help the team win.

So everyone said that Rong Guang's attitude towards the game was positive and was the player who performed the most normally in Manchester City. Almost everyone in the Manchester City team has been criticized, but no one has ever criticized Rong Guang's performance. If someone dares to question Rong Guang's performance is not worthy of his value and annual salary, they must be prepared to face the tsunami-like saliva...

It seems that Rongguang is extremely correct to work hard for Manchester City. Even if he has not scored goals in several consecutive games, as long as he performs actively and works hard, it is right and must not be questioned.

Manchester City's current situation has nothing to do with Honor. Everyone should be responsible, but Honor should not be criticized.

But Benitez had a different opinion.

Does Manchester City really have nothing to do with Glory today?

Shouldn’t Rongguang really be responsible for the team’s performance?

Benitez believes that's not the case.

So after deciding to coach Manchester City, Benitez's plan to improve Manchester City's performance was related to glory. As the saying goes, three fires in the new official's tenure as soon as he takes office, and his first move will be burned on glory...

Before the first game, he did nothing, just observed it, as usual, he wanted to see the relationship between Glory and the team close up and confirm the conclusion he had drawn before.

The final result was not as expected.

Now he has decided to start implementing his plan.

Therefore, he no longer just watched Rongguang and practiced on the side of the training ground, but walked up to talk to him.

So where is the problem of glory?

He seems to be hard-working and active in the game. He is still the player with the most goals in Manchester City. So far, he has scored fifteen goals in the league, while Manchester City's entire team has only scored twenty-nine goals. Rong Guang's personal goals have exceeded half of the team's goals.

He has worked so hard and has tried his best. What does the team's failure have to do with him?

How could such a person have problems?

"You seem to work very hard and active. You just want to solve all problems by yourself and help the team win. If the rules of football matches do not limit the minimum number of players, I bet you would rather play alone..."

Benitez continued, Rongguang finally came back from his dazed mood, and he retorted with some anger: "Nonsense"

How come he was trying so hard to consider the team, but he seemed to be a selfish villain?

"Isn't it?" Benitez spread his hands. "Isn't it because of this kind of mentality that you train your free kick so hard? You wish you could finish everything on a team by yourself. Your teammates just need to come up and celebrate with you after you score."

"I just hope I'll be stronger." Rong Guang was angry. What's going on with this new head coach? Is he here to find fault with him? "Is this wrong?"

"It's certainly right to make yourself stronger." In the face of glory, Benitez seemed very calm. His expression had not changed. He always looked like a dead face. "So I didn't say that you shouldn't practice free kicks. If you want to be the top player in the world, you must be omnipotent and not let yourself have shortcomings. But this is different from your attitude towards the game. I have a data here, and I want to tell you - you played twenty rounds of the league, you scored fifteen goals, ranking first in the league scorer list, but at the same time you only have one assist... The threatening ball you pass to your teammates is pitifully few. Especially as the league progresses, you rely more and more on your own strength. Berbatov and Robinho look like two expensive and expensive decorations. People ignore this when they criticize their two poor performances - you have never assisted them to score."

"You..." Rongguang wanted to refute something, but after thinking carefully, it was indeed the case. Berbatov and Robinho, as their fixed partners, started almost every game, but he never assisted them in scoring...

Although the numbers are boring, they are the most convincing.

In front of the numbers, Rong Guang was speechless.

"The media has been discussing the reasons for Manchester City's poor performance all day long, but do you want to know what the real reason is?" Benitez continued.

Rongguang looked at him without saying anything.

"It's you, Rong." Benitez said to him.

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"Rong went to the training ground again to train in advance, right?" In the locker room, Manchester City players who came to change their clothes and chatted. The team's performance was not good, but it would not affect the players' mood for a long time. Life always had to pass, and the sun would rise as usual, so they would live whatever they should live. At most, they would feel a little disappointed and painful on the night they just lost the game, but they would have nothing after sleeping.

"Is there any other possibility?" someone replied.

"He is really hardworking, but... he can't make the team's performance better if he works so hard..."

"Enough not even good, we can't do it, right?"

The atmosphere suddenly became a little dull.

Rongguang's performance is already amazing enough, but if even he can't lead the team out of the quagmire, then how can they?

When everyone thinks of this, they feel very desperate.

Maybe this is really not our responsibility?

This is not a problem we can solve at all

Thinking of this, Manchester City players' anxiety has decreased a lot.

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"Is it me?" Rongguang smiled angry when facing Benitez's fingers - he now felt that Benitez must be crazy, or that he was here to find fault with him.

"How could it be me? I scored fifteen goals by myself. Is it my fault that the team ranked fifteenth?"

"Yes, it's your fault." Benitez nodded.

"Why?" Rongguang didn't know what to say, so he asked directly. "I performed well, but I was wrong?"

"Because you performed so well, the team has become dependent on you, and everyone thinks that as long as you perform well, that's fine. The players are not willing to work hard in the game. When the team encounters difficulties, what they think is not how to solve the difficulties, but stand by and watch the show and see how you solve the problems."

Benitez said in a stiff tone.

"I said before that football is a collective project, and you can't just take care of everything. Your outstanding performance makes your teammates lazy, which is harmful to the team. So even if you don't have such a subjective intention, objectively, this is what you cause."

Rong Guang was stunned again, and he was stunned by Benitez's logic.

"So what you need to do now is to let go of Manchester City that you carry on your shoulders. If you want the team to win, you must rely on the strength of your teammates, learn to trust them and make them contribute to the team, and not just regard the pursuit of victory as your own business. In a sense, your approach is actually an insult to your teammates. Don't think they are children who need your care. They are a group of soldiers, but they are just a little confused now."

"If you want to be a leader and lead the team to win, don't just rely on your goals in the game, but be good at inspiring the abilities and fighting spirit of your teammates around you. That's the core of the team I want."

After saying that, Benitez turned around and left the training ground.

"You keep training, I won't disturb you."

He waved.

But Rongguang did not respond to his words, nor did he continue to train. After listening to his words, Rongguang stood on the training ground, silent.
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