Chapter 22 Meat Grinder
Wang Tiezhu's performance during training was really hard, and every bystander was frightened. Although Wang Tiezhu knew that this kind of training was not very great for his own improvement, he still practiced so crazily for several days, not only to find reasons for his future rise, but also because he found a little bit of the feeling he had when he played football in China in the past from this mechanical crazy training.
Harvey Sharman's monitoring of Wang Tiezhu's body is comprehensive. Every time Wang Tiezhu trains, he will paste several detection sensors to Wang Tiezhu's temple, wrist, heart, thigh, etc., and monitor Wang Tiezhu's blood pressure, heartbeat, blood oxygen rate and other indicators at any time. In a few days, Wang Tiezhu's physical health completely conquered Harvey Sharman. He has never seen such a strong player, and has never even heard of it.
When the seventh round of the England Champions League was approaching, the 43-year-old doctor came to Simon Grayson and said with relief: "Simon, I have been working in sports medical work for ten years, but I have never seen a strong player like Shaq. I can't believe that his body is still a human body. He is simply a human-shaped tyrannosaurus! Oh, by the way, Shaq! Hahahaha!"
"Oh? Harvey, it seems you think that Shaq's nickname is suitable for him?"
"Of course! Haha what! We Leeds have gained another treasure! Simon, you must cultivate him! Give him more opportunities to play, he needs to play more games to accumulate some experience."
Simon Grayson nodded with a smile on his face. He has also been paying close attention to Wang Tiezhu's training these days. Although he is not sure about Wang Tiezhu's physical condition, judging from Wang Tiezhu's training performance every day, he believes that at least the current training volume will not cause harm to Wang Tiezhu, but the training volume is already twice that of ordinary players. This kid... maybe he is really a genius!
In fact, Simon Grayson has specially communicated with youth training manager Chris Sally. After learning that Wang Tiezhu had almost doubled the training volume without adapting to the process, Chris Sally, who can be considered Wang Tiezhu's enlightenment mentor, was also stunned. He also had the same opinion as Harvey Salman. Wang Tiezhu must get more opportunities to play and accumulate more game experience.
Simon Grayson also agreed with Chris Sally's suggestion. He had made plans. Even if Leeds United's record this season, he would give Wang Tiezhu more opportunities to play, because only a large number of games would allow a young player to mature quickly. When Wang Tiezhu matures, the combat effectiveness of the "Youth Guards" can truly explode.
After the training ended on the afternoon of September 17, Simon Grayson had not announced the roster to go away against Birmingham tomorrow, but he called Wang Tiezhu alone to his office.
"Boss, are you looking for me?"
When Wang Tiezhu appeared in front of Simon Grayson, he had a silly smile on his face. The head coach came to him the day before the game. This should not be a bad thing. Considering his performance in training this week, I believe that I will definitely have a chance to play again in tomorrow's game.
Simon Grayson nodded with a smile: "Shake, sit down, I'm here to tell you about the game tomorrow. How about it? You have been training very hard recently. Do you have any ideas about tomorrow's game?"
Wang Tiezhu grinned and said, "Hehe, I obey your arrangement!"
"Hahahaha, cunning boy!"
Simon Grayson had a sense of closeness to Wang Tiezhu, the boy he trained in his youth training camp, and now he liked him more and more. He immediately laughed and scolded: "Boy, don't pretend to be there. You must be wanting to play in your mind, right?"
"Hehe...hehe!"
Wang Tiezhu didn't say anything, and took out his signature silly smile to respond to changes. Simon Grayson smiled and shook his head slightly: "Oh, I'm also from your age, so I can understand what players of your age are thinking! Shaq, I will send you to start tomorrow's game!"
"ah!"
Wang Tiezhu stared at his eyes in surprise and grinned. He really didn't expect that he would have the chance to start so soon.
"but……"
Simon Grayson said seriously: "I have one requirement for you, and there is only one. Whether you treat it as a task, a mission, or anything else, but you must do it!"
"Boss, you said, I promise to complete the task!"
"Yeah!" Simon Grayson nodded vigorously: "In tomorrow's game, your task is to set up a barrier in our midfield. I don't care what you use, in short, you must completely disrupt the opponent's midfield and never let them organize an effective attack easily! Simply put, I want you to be a midfield meat grinder. No matter whether Birmingham's offense chooses in the air or on the ground, the attack must be cut off before you, and at least they must make their attack stuck! Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"Can you do it?"
"certainly!"
The confidence that Wang Tiezhu showed surprised Simon Grayson. This kid only played a professional game, but where did his confidence come from?
Wang Tiezhu's confidence, of course, comes from...Black Feet!
Wang Tiezhu, who has the "Black Feet" system, believes that as long as he can play in a professional game, he can get one skill point in one game, and he can get more than thirty skill points or even more in one season. After playing for one or two seasons, his personal strength will become very amazing. If he can fill all the attribute values after eight or nine years, he will be really... invincible at that time!
Speaking of Birmingham, it's really interesting. They were the League Cup champions last season, but they also became one of the three relegated teams in the English Premier League, while his chairman Yang Jiacheng is a Chinese from Hong Kong.
After the relegation, Birmingham was originally regarded as a favorite to enter the English Premier League this season, but after their head coach McLeish resigned, the coach Chris Hugton, the newly replaced head coach, is really average. He is now only in the middle of the Champions League. The pressure from fans and club management requires that the team must win in this home game against Leeds United, and even the odds offered by the bookmakers are also the Birmingham team has an advantage.
The "Youth Guards" played so thrillingly with Milvo at home in the last game, and even conceded the ball first. Now, it is naturally even more dangerous to meet the stronger Birmingham team away.
The only thing Birmingham people is their strong fragile defense line behind the midfield. Currently, Birmingham has achieved 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in 6 games. Scoring 10 goals is indeed not a small amount, but they conceded 11 goals, which is enough to prove that the team's performance has indeed been dragged down by the defensive aspects.
On the afternoon of September 18th, the weather in Birmingham was quite good, with clear sky and 17°, which was really suitable for a football match. The whole Leeds United team arrived in Birmingham at noon by bus. This was also the time Leeds United had to make a good time. Now the "Youth Guards" are in a state of sluggishness. The stingy chairman Ken Bates never thought of arriving in the game city in advance to stay in the hotel for the players to rest better.
Fortunately, Leeds United players are really accustomed to this rhythm. They have been used to hard life in recent years. The 600,000 pound capped salary system is saving everywhere. The "Youth Guards" are waiting for the next outbreak.
However, Ken Bates' stinginess also brings some benefits to the team. Head coach Simon Grayson can take advantage of the game to take the whole team away, and the team's expenditure will not be much. This will also increase the team's cohesion and unity. In response to this, Simon Grayson will not announce even if the game play list is drawn up in advance, so as to motivate the players to have a positive attitude. As for telling Wang Tiezhu in advance, it is just an exception. He believes that telling Wang Tiezhu early will help him adjust his mentality.
In the visiting team locker room at St Andrews Stadium, Simon Grayson announced his team's starting lineup. The starting lineup of the forward and defenders did not cause any surprises. It was normal for midfielders Jonny Hausen and Michael Brown to start, but when Wang Tiezhu's name was read, some minor riots still caused. Everyone's eyes looked at Wang Tiezhu. No one could have thought that Wang Tiezhu actually got the starting position like the Rockets.
Under the gaze of everyone, Wang Tiezhu just calmly checked the nails of his sneakers and put them on his feet. Of course, his mood was not as calm as he seemed, but he was not nervous. He just felt a little excited. He had made up his mind to add all the skill points he received this season to the defense, so that he could become a qualified midfielder next season.
When the Leeds United players appeared one after another to warm up, Wang Tiezhu was stunned when he saw the St Andrews Stadium. He suddenly felt a familiar feeling. The five-star red flags fluttered everywhere in the stands, which made him feel a moment of loss of consciousness and even a little bit of intimacy.
"Shake, what's wrong with you?"
Jonny Hausen patted Wang Tiezhu on the shoulder. As the team captain and Wang Tiezhu's friend, Jonny Hausen is still very concerned about Wang Tiezhu, especially this game is Wang Tiezhu's first starter. If he performs poorly in this game, the score he earned for the last time he came on as a substitute might have been deducted.
"Haha...hehe..."
Wang Tiezhu grinned and turned around: "Jonny, do you believe it? I have a feeling that I will definitely perform very well in this game! Very, very good!"
After leaving this sentence, Wang Tiezhu trotted and went to warm up, leaving behind a Jonny Hausen looking at his back with a slightly wide open mouth...
ah!?
Will definitely perform very well!?
It's also very, very good!?
This... what the hell is this nonsense!?
Jonny Hausen really can't understand what happened to this little brother from the youth training camp. This is his first time starting, and he played away games. He also encountered Birmingham, an opponent who was a super team last season. Why is this kid so confident?
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Chapter completed!