Chapter 186 What kind of player do I want to be

After the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, the four giants who played at home were mixed. As the most eye-catching game in the quarter-finals, Manchester United beat Inter Milan three-to-one at home. Although Baggio's goal made Manchester United's victory not so perfect, the advantage of two goal difference still gave them great initiative. Bayern defeated his opponent Kesslautern, a league rival, 2-0 at home. This dark horse that snatched the league championship from Bayern last season was greatly reduced because of the injury. The offensive ability was greatly reduced.

Only one shot was within the goal frame, Bayern relied on the goals of the top scorer Elber and midfielder Effenberg to defeat his opponent 2-1. Although Juventus won at home, he only defeated Olympiacos 2-1 and was likely to capsize away. The only team that failed to win at home was Real Madrid in La Liga. A tacit cooperation between Shepchenko and Rebrov helped Dynamo Kiev lead his opponent 1-0 away. Mijatovic's free kick allowed Real Madrid to save a point at home, which also cast a big shadow on Real Madrid's second leg.

"Tiger, your last performance was so wonderful."

After winning this key game, Manchester United took a day off. The next game was a quarter of the FA Cup. Manchester United faced Chelsea at home. This game will also be a very critical game. However, because the Champions League game was beautiful, Ferguson generously took a day off to let the players relax.

Ross came to Tiger's home and immediately praised Tiger after arriving. Tiger smiled. He was now immune to various praises. He had the ability and indeed had the ability to win one victory after another through his performance - but the happiness after winning that game was only a moment. Although he had already played the main player at Manchester United this season, the fact that he had not yet won any championship made Tiger feel a little unhappy.

For any player, it is already a great thing to be able to maintain Tiger's performance like this now, but Tiger knows that before he wins any championship, he has not added a insurance policy to his life - sometimes Tiger wants to forget this fact, but he can't forget it. No one is more stressful than when he played football...

Seeing Tiger like this, Ross shrugged his shoulders. He didn't know why Tiger looked so uncomfortable. After winning a game, he would only smile, and then he looked worried. Only during competitions and training can his expression calm down.

"Tiger, don't be too..." Ross opened his mouth, but felt that he didn't know what to say: "Tiger, are you not satisfied now? Career, love... in all aspects, you have done a good job. Young people like you should laugh and enjoy life."

Indeed, in the eyes of those who are familiar with Tiger, this young man is a bit too harsh on himself. As Ross said, Tiger has done well now. In his career, he joined Manchester United, the best team in his country, and played as the main player. His recent condition is surprisingly good. He scored consecutive goals to help Manchester United win consecutively and be selected into the national team. He is likely to take on the heavy responsibility in the new national team. His girlfriend is a British supermodel who is now well-known. He earns millions of pounds by investing a movie outside the court... There are not many young people of his age in England who can do this.

If it were ordinary people, they would have been wearing clothes and enjoying their lives. But what about Tiger? Occasionally, they went to London to spend two pleasant nights with Kate. Most of the time after training, they would go back to their homes and close the door all day without seeing anyone. They didn’t know what they were doing. Paparazzi once ambushed by his house and secretly photographed him for a week but couldn’t take pictures of anything. When he was at home, he was either watching TV or playing PC games. If there was that word now, Tiger would be a standard "otaku".

In the words of later generations, otaku is usually poor, short and ugly. A tall, handsome and rich like Tiger should not stay at home all day long...

Tiger smiled bitterly. He should really enjoy life, but the fact that he would die if he didn't win at least one championship this season, it was like a whip, making him unable to enjoy life with peace of mind...

In addition to the most open-minded people, few people know that they will be able to keep a cheerful attitude to enjoy life after they die one day. If they know that they will die, it would be fine. At worst, they would just give up and enjoy it desperately. Tiger still has the direction of hard work and the hope of hard work to keep himself from dying. In this case, how can he feel at ease?

But he also knew that Rose's words were definitely in good intentions.

"I will learn to relax, Mr. Ross," replied Tiger.

Ross nodded with a smile, then looked at Tiger, and then said: "Tiger, you didn't do that well in the game against Arsenal."

"Mr. Ferguson told you?" Tiger was not surprised too much. Ross and Ferguson had always had a good relationship. He had known this for a long time. Some words were hard to say in person. It was also a good way to convey them through Ross.

"Yes, he told me, but he didn't mean to blame you too much. After all, McLaren's message in the middle was inappropriate, but Tiger, your behavior was indeed very bad. Fortunately, no media noticed this at that time, and Ferguson also strongly suppressed any possibility of news leakage. Otherwise, the media would only say that you were too arrogant and too unprofessional, and would not care about what was the reason that made you do such a move." Ross said to Tiger very seriously.

"I know this too." Tiger shrugged: "I was just angry at that time... You know, as soon as Mr. Ferguson called me, I went on stage."

"So I said, you need to relax." Ross sighed: "The situation for Manchester United this year is very good. Maybe it can win the Champions League. At this time, if you have a conflict with McLaren, it will be of no benefit to you and Manchester United."

"I understand, so now I don't talk much to McLaren." Tiger laughed: "Anyway, if he doesn't provoke me, I won't provoke him."

"Okay, let's talk about some happy topics." Ross also knew that Tiger would not take the initiative to bow to McLaren, which also concerns Tiger's face - who said that players don't need face? So he opened the topic: "By the way, when I went to find Mr. Moyes last time, we also talked about you... He said that your feeling on the court is very similar to a person."

"Who? Bobby Charlton or Maradona?" Tiger asked with a smile. His current position is more flexible, and the positions of these two people are also more flexible...

"None are." Ross shook his head: "He said, the feeling you give him now is very similar to Cruyff... Of course, it is not Cruyff who was just kicked out of Manchester United, but the great John Cruyff..."

Tiger sweated for a moment. His idols have always been Maradona or Gascoin, Cruyff. It is already a very distant name for him. After all, he was just born at the peak of Cruyff...

The top midfielder he has since started watching the game is Platini, Maradona, Ziko, Gulit... but not Cruyff.

"The comprehensiveness of the frontcourt, can organize, break through, and shoot... can play your role in any position in the frontcourt. You gave him this impression last season and early in this season, but now your position is more fixed in the middle of the frontcourt waiting for the ball, and he said this may make your potential unable to be better utilized."

"Mr. Moyes means...I need to make my range of activities larger? This way the threat and performance on the court will be better?" Tiger thought for a while, and then asked with great caution.

"You have to understand this yourself, after all, I'm not a professional coach." Ross shrugged and said.

Tiger fell into deep thought, and Ross didn't bother him, but wandered leisurely in Tiger's house. Most of the decorations in this house were helped by Ross, including various gadgets to enjoy life, so Ross is more familiar with this aspect than Tiger who lives here.

For example, the exquisite dark square that Ross opened now, Tiger would never know...

When Tiger, in contemplative, saw Rose pulling a secret wall from the bar in the living room like magic, and then taking out a bottle of exquisite red wine and a pair of goblets from it, he couldn't help but shout: "Hell! Mr. Rose, when did this thing be installed?"

"When I was helping you decorate the house that day... Oh, by the way, you were training at that time... Don't worry, the wine inside is my personal treasure, and it didn't cost you a penny." Ross skillfully opened the red wine with a bottle opener, then poured a shallow layer into the two cups, then stuffed a plug, and handed a cup to Tiger.

"It's not a matter of money. Even if the wine was bought with my account, I don't mind... But I'm a little scared. What if a police dog smells a packet of heroin from the corner of my house one day?" Tiger took the wine glass and said jokingly.

"Nonono, this kind of thing will never happen, because I am a gentleman from the British Empire who is innocent and law-abiding, and I will never get involved in these things." Ross laughed, then raised his cup to Tiger.

After taking a sip of the red wine, Tiger felt that the taste was pretty good, so he poured it in one sip and then smashed it into his mouth.

"My God." Ross stroked his forehead: "I think I should teach you some etiquette... Yes, those etiquettes for outsiders are basically full, but some things increase the interest in life, such as drinking red wine... Take a sip, and then roll it down with your tongue, and you will notice a more wonderful feeling."

Tiger poured himself a little red wine, then learned to taste it, and nodded: "It's really not bad."

"This thing is better than beer and whiskey. Professional players should drink less, but drinking red wine is also beneficial." Ross nodded: "Also, when you are with Kelly, you should also be more romantic. These things are mutual and can make both of them happy physically and mentally."

"Romantic? Not only romantic, but also very erratic..." Tiger thought lewdly in his heart.

However, it is a very pleasant thing to be with Rose. This guy who seems to be a playboy knows how to enjoy life. He now knows what kind of person Rose is - he has a rich family background, does not worry about life, and can enjoy life. At the same time, being an agent and a scout are both his hobbies. However, he has reached a very high level and likes horse racing. It is also because of this reason that he has a good personal relationship with Ferguson, a gentleman, and does not pretend to be a gentleman. He gets along very happily.

After two glasses of wine, Ross got up and said goodbye. Tiger moved for a while and began to think about what Ross had just said.

The comprehensiveness of the frontcourt? Can perform well at any location? That is to say, you can organize in the middle, score in the penalty area, and break through on the wing... In short, you can handle almost everything in the frontcourt and organize the whole team with the power of one person - Cruyff is the greatest frontcourt libero in history. Maradona actually has many of his shadows, both offense and defense, can organize and break through and score. However, before Cruyff, there were few such all-round players in the frontcourt. The forward is the forward, the midfield is the midfield, and Cruyff is the first player to organize and score. Although the traditional Italian shadow forward is earlier than Cruyff, the shadow forward does not have the ability to be top on the wing.

The traditional frontcourt libero is basically about to disappear now. Can I be such a free agent? At least not yet, because I now need to perform better in the middle lane. The opponent's middle lane defense is weak, he can break through and pass directly, and he is dense in the middle lane. He can pass the ball to the wing in time to organize the offense. What about on the wing lane? He lacks speed!

But in the future, can't I become such a free agent? What do I have? I have the main god space! If I can complete the tasks well this season and strengthen my speed and explosive power, can't I become very good on the wing? In another two years, I will strive to gain skills to increase heading and tackle, can't I become a top free agent in the game?

At that time, I will not only be Cruyff, but also be a complex of Cruyff and Beckenbauer!

For a moment, Tiger was shocked by his own thoughts and ambitions - who was Cruyff? The one who led the Ajax Champions League three consecutive championships! Who was Beckenbauer? The one who led the Bayern Munich Champions League three consecutive championships! They were all unreplicable to some extent. For players like them, Beckenbauer had Summer after Beckenbauer and Maradona after Cruyff. Of course, Maradona surpassed Cruyff to some extent, but what happened afterwards? No! No one could become the new Beckenbauer and Cruyff! Even Gulit, who is known as the best man in Cruyff, could not do his best!

Why can't I do it? Since I have worked so hard, since I have so many favorable conditions, and since I have the inexplicable thing that is dangerous and can bring great benefits, why don't I do it better? Don't be Cruyff's second, or Maradona's second, and if I want to do it, be a unique self and a unique Tiger!

Tiger's heart began to beat violently, and he began to be excited by this idea!

He quickly remembered the second half of Moyes' words that Ross reposted.

"You are now more waiting in the frontcourt for the ball, which may prevent your potential from being fully utilized."

That's right, this is really right! What is my position at Manchester United now? It's a forward, a position similar to a shadow striker. It's a hub from defense to offense. You can organize attacks when retreating, and you can charge when you advance. It looks really important. Your performance is also excellent. However, in a tactical sense, is your position very important? Most of the time, you only need to retreat and get the ball, either break through or pass the ball, and then wait for your teammates to cross in the penalty area - Manchester United's teammates are too excellent. They can't compare to Giggs on the side, crossing on the side, crossing on the side, he can't compare to Beckham, and long shots at the front of the penalty area are not as good as Scholes. Even the task of scheduling the entire team belongs to Roy Keane!

Under the cover of this golden midfield, what I have to do is actually very simple!

Strong teammates are of course something that all players dream of. However, for Tiger, this makes him feel uncomfortable - of course, at Manchester United, he can win honors, Tiger is confident that with the help of these top teammates, they will definitely win at least one championship - the FA Cup has reached the quarterfinals, and the opponent is Chelsea, there is a great possibility to go further. There is a great hope of entering the semi-finals of the Champions League. The second place has been beaten by five points in the league, and there are only ten rounds left in the league, and the champion is also in sight...

But after hearing what Ross reposted, Tiger was a little scared. He was afraid that he would get used to playing simple football in such a simple environment and completing simple tasks, he would become only able to be a pure shadow striker, rather than a great frontcourt libero and a top player who can serve as the core in any team!

I still need greater tactical freedom! Of course, before that, I have to get used to such games in the main god space and such a position. I cannot force myself to gain such tactical freedom and affect the real game... At least this season, winning at least one championship is the most important thing.

Tiger made up his mind that in the main god space, what he had to do was to play such a role and compete! See how far he could reach! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations from ***(***.***) ***. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
Chapter completed!