Chu Zhongtian is still carrying out his own training plan every day - if the club has no training arrangements or warm-up matches on this day, he will train at the school stadium, and Russell and Borger will definitely wait for him there. No matter whether it is windy or rainy, he has never stopped, and the two of them have never been absent. Emily, a busy man, cannot guarantee that she will go every day, but most of the time she is cheering for Chu Zhongtian and doing things within her ability. In fact, her role is also indispensable, because with her on the sidelines, everyone's training efficiency will be improved a lot, and the result is also good.

This is the legendary "male and female match, work is not tiring"... July is the time when the team is playing a crazy warm-up match. From July 16th to August 12th, they will have to play eleven warm-up matches in less than a month. Chu Zhongtian didn't think there was anything wrong with his physical fitness.

Head coach Eames arranged so many warm-up matches, on the one hand, can increase the team's income - warm-up matches also require ticket sales. If it is home tickets, 60% of the income will be his own, and if it is away, 40% will be his own. Another more important reason is to find Russell's successor.

As the team's organizational midfielder, Russell's offense has never been reassuring after leaving the team. After last season, he fell in front of the finish line at the end of the sprint, which is also related to not being able to find a suitable replacement or alternative for Russell.

Now they have a month to play the warm-up match, and Eames can also use these unimportant warm-up matches to experiment and explore, and strive to find a replacement for Russell before the start of the new season. If you can't find it, you have to find a way.

After the start of the new season, the team's lineup has not changed much from the last season. A few people came, and only one person was very prominent - 19-year-old young defender Steve Gibson (steve_gibson), who transferred from the Midhurst Eastern Club, was not a Wimbledon, but he admired this group of people who formed the team himself, so he came to join the team. He is a defender with explosive power, speed, and bounce. He can play right back and attack the midfielder with right. Eames was hesitating, not knowing whether to fix him in the right back position or let him play attack midfielder. So in the warm-up game, Gibson was the right back and then became the attack midfielder.

Eames seems to want to train him into a front midfielder.

This idea was amazing. Even Gibson himself would not believe that he could succeed, so of course Eames failed. Judging from the previous warm-up matches, if Gibson wanted to attack, he would involuntarily run to the right and then grab Borger's position, which made Borger very annoyed. And no matter how Eames emphasized, he could not change this habit.

In the end, Eames had to admit that this kid could not play the offensive midfielder in the middle, and if he could only play on the right side, the team already had Borger, what else would he do? Let him be a substitute? It was obviously not worth it to play the main right back. He was fast and explosive, and he could also assist if he played the right back. At that time, Borger moved to the middle or simply entered the penalty area... Except for Gibson, there were no better new players in other positions. Especially on the offensive end. Wimbledon's offensive lineup was already very strong last season, with Kevin Cooper and Joe Sheiling ranked second and fifth in the league scorer list respectively, Andy Sullivan and Gavin Borger able to score goals and assists. What they lack now is the ability to connect this offensive lineup to play the role of "one plus one is greater than two".

After Russell left, this person was no longer easy to find.

Chu Zhongtian didn't have much chance to show the results of his practice throughout the summer, because most of the time Eames asked him to defend, and when he didn't have to defend, he sat on the bench... And Chu Zhongtian discovered a problem, which is completely different in training and in the game. Although he can now pass a high lob of more than 40 yards in training to a range of no more than ten yards in the distance, once it is time, he can't pass the ball so calmly in the face of the opponent's close press and rude defensive movements. There is another reason that he can't play at the training level - in training, he needs to

The goal of the transmission is fixed and stationary. He already knows where to pass in advance, so he only needs to pass the ball with his feet. But in the game, such generous conditions do not exist. First of all, before receiving the ball, he rarely knows where to pass the ball next. Secondly, his goal of passing the ball is not to stand still, but a living person who is always moving. Maybe when he sees his teammate, he is still on the left side, and when he passes the ball out, he finds that his teammate has rushed to the middle side... Chu Zhongtian knows that if he doesn't solve these problems, he will not be able to use it even if he is proficient in training.

When he was upset about it during the game, he must not know that Russell stood in an unobtrusive corner of the court and observed his performance in the game in every Wimbledon warm-up match.

※※※ "I want to modify the training plan." Another morning, when four people gathered in the school stadium, Russell said this to Chu Zhongtian.

“How to modify it?”

"You have mastered all the passing skills now, and have practiced them repeatedly many times. It's useless to continue practicing like this." Russell said, "You should join some practical confrontations."

Chu Zhongtian was originally planning to propose this to Russell, but he didn't expect Russell to take the initiative to propose it.

"Gavin, come on." Russell waved to Borger, "You are responsible for interfering with Chu's ball when he gets it. No matter what you do, you can do fouls, and do everything you can to stop him from passing."

"What should I do with the target?" Borge asked. He had been a target for more than a month and felt that the job was very easy. If Chu Zhongtian passed it right, he would catch the ball and kick it back. If Chu Zhongtian missed it, it had nothing to do with him. Chu Zhongtian ran to pick up the football alone.

Russell turned around and looked at Emily who was watching the fun.

Emily pointed at herself: "Me?"

※※※Emily stood in the marked area and excitedly raised her hands and waved at Chu Zhongtian: "Pass the ball to me, Chu!yahooooooo--"

Emily's voice came from afar, and Russell said to Chu Zhongtian: "You are still passing the ball here. We start from the beginning and start with a high lob from a small angle. But this time someone is coming to grab you. You have two methods: one is to ensure that the football is firmly protected by yourself and then pass the ball; the other is to pass the ball out before Gavin leans up to intercept the ball, and you choose it yourself. If your ball is cut by Gavin, you have to start over."

Chu Zhongtian nodded.

"Then let's start."

Russell retreated aside and blew his whistle.

"Hehe, Chu. Don't expect me to let go!" Borger rushed up.

Chu Zhongtian wanted to push Borge away, but he didn't expect to push the other party to the ground... "Foul!" Russell's whistle rang.

"You did it on purpose..." Chu Zhongtian waited for Borge to question.

"Don't worry about so many things, fouls are fouls!" Russell interrupted his questioning, "Start again!"

The second time Chu Zhongtian was afraid of a foul, so Borge successfully posted it up. In this case, Chu Zhongtian wanted to force the ball, but Borge stabbed the football while he swung his leg up.

The third time Borger forced him up again, Chu Zhongtian decided to get rid of him passing the ball, but no matter how he got rid of it, he couldn't find the opportunity to pass the ball. When the two were about half a minute away, Russell's whistle sounded again: "Stop! This is a long pass practice, not a one-on-one practice! If you waste your time like this, no matter how good the opportunity is, you will be gone. At that time, the defensive player around you will not be Gavin alone, but two and three!"

Russell roared loudly.

Chu Zhongtian lowered his head and didn't speak. What he did was really bad.

When Emily, the target, stood forty yards away, pouted. This was so boring. It started three times, and the football was still on Chu's side and it didn't come at all.

Next, Chu Zhongtian finally kicked the ball over, but in order to make a move before Borger leaned forward, his pass was outrageous... Emily looked up at the football flying over her, flew directly over the low wall, and landed behind.

Russell pointed behind the wall: "Go and pick it up by yourself, Chu."

※※※ Taking advantage of Chu Zhongtian's time to pick up the ball, Borjie sat down: "I'm so tired, it's better to be a target..."

He and Chu Zhongtian fought each other for four rounds, but they were not very tired, but he spoke so exaggeratedly that he could say he was exhausted by taking a deep breath.

Borger, who was sitting on the ground, looked up at Russell: "I said Alai, why are you so concerned about things? I think even the coaches on the team are not so serious and responsible..."

"I'm just doing recovery training." Russell said expressionlessly.

Borger retracted his eyes, grabbed a grass from the ground, pinched off the roots with the soil, and put the stem in his mouth: "Is it a recovery training that only moves his mouth but does not move his feet while standing?"

"You have to care!"

"Ha! When will you report to the Weling United?" Borger asked.

"I don't know, it depends on the recovery situation." Russell replied absent-mindedly.

When he saw Chu Zhongtian walking around the stadium gate, he said to his friend sitting on the ground: "Get up and continue training."

※※※ Chu Zhongtian could feel that Russell's training really helped him a lot. He even thinks that Russell can be a coach when he retires, and he will definitely do a great job. People always like to say that a certain player has talent in a certain aspect, but Chu Zhongtian thinks that Russell has the talent to be a coach... Why did he dare to say that is because his performance is getting better and better in the warm-up match.

He began to try to pass more long balls in the game, and some balls were getting closer and closer to his passing target.

In fact, after failing to train Gibson as a front midfielder, Eames' next successor was Li Sidwell. In terms of basics, Sidwell is stronger than Chu Zhongtian, and at least the pass is worse than Chu Zhongtian. Li Sidwell played more as Chu Zhongtian as a substitute last season, but this does not mean that his strength is not as good as Chu Zhongtian, but he is not as distinctive as Chu Zhongtian - his defense is not as good as Chu Zhongtian, but his offense is stronger than Chu Zhongtian, his offense is not as good as Russell, but his defense is worse than Russell. He is a balanced person, both offense and defense, but in both aspects it is average.

Therefore, Eames planned to make Lee Sidwell the successor to Russell. During the intervals of the warm-up match, he strengthened Sidwell's offensive training and then used the warm-up match to test the results of the training.

Sidwell's performance was not as helpless as Gibson, but his progress was slow. In English's comment, "If you really can't find someone, you can make do with it..."

This is definitely not what Eames hopes to achieve. If you want to make do with it, there are many more suitable candidates than Sidwell.

Later, he had no choice but to completely give up the idea of ​​organizing an offense from the middle lane, focusing on two wing corridors, and determined that the main offensive method of Wimbledon's sports in the new season was the wing attack. After Sidwell returned, he wanted to have a position and partnered with Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian was mainly responsible for defense. Sidwell stepped forward to participate in the offense when conditions allowed and the time was appropriate, which also enriched the offensive methods. At least Sidwell's long-range shot was better than Chu Zhongtian.

Although he is still positioned as a pure defender by the coach, Chu Zhongtian is still tirelessly trying to show his summer training results in the next few warm-up matches.

On August 2, in the warm-up match with Xingang County Athletics, Chu Zhongtian suddenly turned around and passed the ball with a long pass after intercepting the ball in the backcourt. The football was accurately sent to forward Qiao Xilin. However, Xilin obviously did not expect Chu Zhongtian to suddenly pass it from such a distance, and could also pass it accurately to where he was. He was not prepared for the ball and rushed to catch the ball. As a result, the football hit his calf and bounced out of the sideline. He was wasted this opportunity for attack. You must know that when Xilin received the ball, there was no player from Xingang County Athletics beside him... "This damn Qiao Xilin!" Eames cursed with annoyance on the sideline with his head in his arms. The team is now behind 0:1. If the ball is entered, it can regain the initiative. This is almost a free chance. Can he be angry?

"If I were Xilin, I might not be able to catch the ball," said Ingrich, the assistant coach next to him. He was not defending Joe Xilin's waste of that opportunity. "He didn't expect Chu to pass the ball suddenly, and the pass was so accurate... It was a long pass of more than 40 yards! Have you seen Chu make such a pass before?"

Eames let go of his hands holding his head, turned his head to look at Chu Zhongtian at the other end of the court.

He has never seen Chu Zhongtian pass more than forty yards so accurately. Chu Zhongtian has kicked more than forty yards, but those are all cleared by big feet... "Is this a mistake?" Eames thought for a long time and came to such a conclusion. He didn't know that Chu Zhongtian was practicing for himself all summer vacation.

The subsequent games seemed to confirm his idea. Although Chu Zhongtian passed the ball many times, he never made such accurate balls. Although the team finally tied the score with Kevin Cooper's goal and got a draw, Chu Zhongtian made Eames care about the performance only once.

After playing for a season, Imness didn't take such a pass. Everyone has a character that exploded. Schmeichel scored a goal when he was the goalkeeper, and it was a final kill. Ferguson couldn't let Schmeichel change to the striker just because he scored at a critical moment, right?

※※※"Russell, you didn't see Chu's passing!" Emily said excitedly to Russell, "It's so sudden, so accurate! Not only did the players of the Newport County Athletics not react, but even Qiao Xilin didn't react... If he was ready earlier and received this ball, it would be a one-on-one shot! Chu would be able to get his first assist bonus since joining the team!"

Borger nodded hard from the side: "I testify that Chu's pass was really beautiful. But unfortunately, it was only that time." He deliberately bit "only that time" very hard.

Emily glared at him, believing that he had ruined the atmosphere. Borger stuck out his tongue at Emily and made a face. After staying with Emily for more than two months, the relationship between him and Emily has been closer from an ordinary friend in the past to now - it seems that he is a good friend, right?

Russell didn't say anything, but in fact he saw it on the spot. He didn't feel that Chu Zhongtian's pass was sudden. Perhaps he used to be trained in the same group with Chu Zhongtian and developed a tacit understanding beyond ordinary people. Before Chu Zhongtian passed the ball, he knew that this kid was going to pass the ball, otherwise why did he look up at the situation ahead many times while defending?

As for why he only played such a ball once in a game, there is only one explanation - he performed extraordinaryly, and it was limited to that kick. Russell doesn't think that after only training for more than two months, he can fully play a precise long pass in the game. Otherwise, how can you let those professional players feel?

All he could do was teach Chu Zhongtian everything he could, and the next thing he could do was to him.

Russell can no longer control what he can practice and whether he can achieve the goal of leading the team to upgrade.

"Well, no matter how beautiful he made the pass, he still needs to practice now."

Russell blew the whistle in his mouth.

"Man, we don't have much time."
Chapter completed!