Chapter 104 Who is more qualified (Part 1)

"Let me see what level you are." Lidell thought as he stepped back.

Instead of retreating into the crowd, he stopped next to the training ground and watched how Tiger was preparing to perform.

The movements of fancy football are different from those in formal competitions. They are a sport to show off their skills and please the audience. The difference between the two is even greater than the gap between street basketball and professional basketball - street basketball is also a kind of competition, while fancy street football is purely a performance.

So Ridell didn't take this Tiger's performance seriously - although he felt that he was a bit naive when he saw the reactions of Preston players. As professional players, what's the use of tricks alone? No matter how beautiful the tricks are, they don't play any role on the court, and it's useless.

Tiger started to get the ball up, and before doing the move, he always had to warm up his body.

By the way, Tiger liked to play this kind of fancy tricks, but he has played less recently - he used to be unable to play the main player in the club, and used those fancy tricks to satisfy his competitive spirit. Now his ideas are completely different. He began to realize that those fancy tricks do not have much space to use in the game. It is definitely better to spend half a minute to get rid of an opponent with the most gorgeous skills than to use simple and unpretentious moves to get rid of an opponent in a few seconds - in that half a minute, the opponent's players have already made up for defense, and it will be useless if they pass.

However, he is still happy to show off his skills in the training ground, which is also a kind of relaxation.

After a few strokes, Tiger's calf suddenly swung and picked up the ball. Then his body bent, and the ball fell between his neck and back, embedded there without moving.

Ridell raised his eyebrows. This movement seemed simple, but in fact, European players rarely use it. On the contrary, those South American players can easily play it when playing the ball. Europeans are strong, but their flexibility is not as flexible as South American players and blacks. They have relatively stiff muscles. They may not be able to simply clamp the football with their back necks. At least Ridell cannot do this.

"This mixed-blood body is very flexible."

Ridell thought this way, and then he saw Tiger straighten his body, and the ball rolled down Tiger's spine. When it was about to fall to the ground, Tiger's right leg bounced upwards. The ball was immediately hit by his heel and flew into the sky. After it fell, Tiger put his head three times in a row, then took a step back, and when the ball fell again, he threw the ball in two wheels...

This series of movements was done in one go, and Ridell nodded secretly when he saw them, but he was a little disappointed. These were very regular movements, but there were no very exciting movements...

At this moment, Tiger pushed the ball upward with his right foot, then quickly lifted his right foot, and put it down directly around the ball, then raised his left foot and pushed the ball upwards. Then he repeated what he had done with his right foot just now, put it down in a circle around the ball, and then his right foot...

Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot...

Tiger's feet were as flexible as boneless, constantly moving around the ball, dancing around the ball like two butterflies. However, except for the moment when he was rushing the ball, his feet never touched the ball. In this dazzling process, he did not make any mistakes...

After dozens of consecutive rounds, Tiger used his regular ball to thrust the ball a few times, suddenly picked the ball, then took a big step forward, and the ball was behind him. Then he clamped the ball with his legs backwards, and then pulled the ball upwards with force. In this process, he soared into the air. The beauty brought by this picture is simply indescribable...

Nogan slapped his thighs suddenly - why don’t he have a camera at hand? If you take a picture of this scene, it would be a beautiful picture!

I forgot to say that Nogan, the big and thick, was still a photography enthusiast in his spare time...

After taking the ball over his head, Tiger took a big step forward, stretched out his foot to remove the ball, and then made several moves of rushing the ball again. Then he stretched out his hand and caught the ball in his hand.

Thunderous applause rang out on the sidelines, and Tiger showed off his skills during the training interval, and they hadn't seen it for a long time...

Ridell also applauded immediately. He had to admit that the core of the team that Moyes mentioned was indeed two tricks - at least in terms of personal skills, it was indeed excellent...

However, he also subconsciously muttered twice: "What are the uses of fancy techniques on the training ground? They may not play too much role in the court."

Ridell muttered like this, at least he had admitted it in his heart that he could not compare to this Tiger in his "fancy and embroidered skills"...

After a week of physical fitness reserve, Preston has to play three warm-up matches in ten days. The opponents are Wigan Athletics, which has just been promoted to the English League Two this season. Bolton, who has just been promoted to the Premier League this season, and Southport, a nearby non-UK League team. The three warm-up opponents selected are of course also of particular concern. First, they play against Wigan Athletics, who has just advanced to the English League Two away. This is the first warm-up match before the start of the new season. The opponent is not very strong or weak. At least it can make the players take this game seriously to a large extent.

Yes can also use this opponent to observe the players' abilities, state, and cooperation between the newly joined players and the original players. As for the game against Bolton, Moyes doesn't care about the victory or defeat. Although Bolton advanced to the Premier League, their lineup changes are not particularly big. When they meet with them, you can observe what level Preston should be in the English League One. The last home game against Southport was the first time that he appeared in front of the home audience in the new season. A victory obviously helped to boost the morale of the whole team.

More importantly, the location of the first two away matches is not far from Preston, so you don’t need to go around without any effort...

For most low-level English league teams, the same is true for their season training. Just find several teams near the team's location to play warm-up matches. This time, Preston's warm-up match is quite valuable. Although no English League One team was found to warm up, the warm-up with Bolton, the new League One champion, is enough to let Preston players understand part of the level of the League One.

When he knew that he was about to play a warm-up match, Ridell was a little excited again - in the official game, he could show his ability. Only in the game did Ridell prove that his role in the team was greater than Tiger through his performance, so that he could take away Tiger's position as the core of the midfield!

In fact, Ridell has no bad intentions. Instead, he believes that if his ability is stronger than Tiger and he can serve as the core of the midfield, he can help Preston move forward better. If Tiger really shows his ability in the game than him, he will not have much objection. However, Ridell does not think that a player who has only played in the English League Two for more than half a season will be better than him - if he really is so outstanding, what would he do?

So before the first warm-up game began, Ridell directly found his Scotland fellow, the team's head coach Moyes, and made his own request.
Chapter completed!