Father Green

Chapter 1 Twenty: Activating Icardi

Charlotte's team blew the counterattack horn at the last moment of the first half, but two very threatening attacks were wasted by Icardi. Harry Kane on the bench got up to warm up.

It can be seen that Charlotte is expressing her dissatisfaction with Icardi.

If it was an occasional wasted opportunity, Charlotte would not be so dissatisfied. The key is that Icardi performed well when he first came to Southampton, but after Lambert came back, his state began to decline.

Originally, Charlotte introduced Icardi to find a substitute for Lambert, but he didn't expect that this substitute would be unreliable. I knew it would be better to give Harry Kane more opportunities.

At the end of the half, Icardi's face was gloomy, and when he walked into the player tunnel, he kept his head down and said nothing.

In the locker room at halftime, Charlotte criticized Icardi.Facing an opponent who is much taller than him, there are not many opportunities in such a game, and the few opportunities are wasted by him. Charlotte is very dissatisfied with this. Everyone knows that Xia Luo Luo's team has a strong ability to seize opportunities, but Icardi's performance in the first half was a bit of a drag on the team.

"A giant like Barcelona doesn't give you a chance. You chose to go to Sampdoria to find opportunities. Popeye is just optimistic about you in the future, so you have been staying in the youth team for half a season." Charlotte's The tone is calm but dignified.

"I have always believed in you, so I worked so hard to poach you from Barcelona, ​​and gave you a chance that Sampdoria couldn't give you. How did you repay me? Mauro, look up, look Me, look into my eyes!"

Icardi, with his head down, sat on the sofa stool, hesitated for a moment and looked up at Charlotte.

"Tell me, Mauro, can I still trust you?" Charlotte stared into Icardi's eyes.

This time Icardi didn't hesitate, of course he knew that it was his boss who issued an ultimatum to himself.

"Of course, boss! I admit that I was out of shape in the first half, but I guarantee that the second half will definitely make the opponent look good!" Icardi stood up and clenched his fists.

Charlotte smiled: "Very well, if you can't give them a good look, then I will show you a good look!"

"I know you can't keep up with the speed of Raheem (Sterling) and Yassin (Al Ganassi) who are supporting on both sides, so you don't need to go in front of the opponent, you drag behind and let the two sides Rahim and Yassin push forward, and you give them space in the middle. If there is a chance on the left and right, do it by yourself. If there is no chance, after attracting the opponent's attention, return to the middle and cut in. You, you have Alessandro covering you in the back of the centre, and you have Paul following up."

"Mauro, you have to learn to pay attention to your teammates' running positions and intentions. Football is not played by one person. No matter how strong a person is, he is not as strong as a whole. So you should cooperate with your teammates and pay more attention to your teammates' running positions. .”

Icardi sometimes has the ball alone in the frontcourt. For example, starting from the top of the penalty area, as long as the ball is under his feet, he thinks about how to shoot. There is rarely the option of passing the ball.

He is a typical Argentine striker who thinks nothing but goals.

But Charlotte knows that in the future, scoring goals is no longer the only purpose of a forward, and goals can be scored in many positions.For example, Ronaldo's left side, Lampard's center, Neymar's side.

A good striker not only needs to score goals for himself, but also helps his teammates score goals.It is necessary to fully activate the offense in the frontcourt, instead of going into the dragon's den and tiger's den alone.

Charlotte said this not only to Icardi alone, but also to the whole team.His subordinates are generally talented young players, and such players are somewhat proud of their character.For example, if they meet teammates like Icardi who often wastes opportunities, then they will probably rarely pass the ball to each other in the second half.

And Charlotte is also a reasonable head coach. He will not directly say to the players that I am very disappointed in you and that you must score goals.

He will tell the players what is the most reasonable choice on the court and what is the way of thinking about playing.After he gives the cue, the rest is up to the player's own understanding of reading the game.He never tells the players what you should do, how you must play.

This is the difference between Charlotte and many traditional English coaches. England's native coaches like to interfere with some players, and even a passing action has a standard action of stakes.

Such players are like many "geniuses" educated by Chinese exam-oriented education. They have nothing but amazingly high scores on the test papers, and they can't even live alone. What is the use of such a person.

In the last few minutes, Charlotte began to make big moves: "Many people think that I gave up this game, but what I want to say is that everyone is wrong. Every game has its reason for existence. If I If I really give up this game, I will ask Jason to bring his youth team to play."

"Don't think that I let you start to deal with things. This kind of thinking will make me look down on you. First of all, I want to explain why I let you start, that is, I am very optimistic about you, and at the same time I think you will definitely give each other a Surprise. I repeat again, every player in my team is unique and an integral part of the team. I will never bring in players that I don't use, so it is trust to send you on the field You, but also give you a chance to express yourself and show yourself."

"Counting the three substitute places in each game, only 14 people can appear on the field. Due to tactical reasons, I will arrange different players to play. At the same time, some players have been in good form recently, and I have not A reason to replace him and someone else to take his place."

"So, guys. If you want to get the starting 11 places, you have to work hard to express yourself. I said that there is no concept of substitutes and main players in my team. Whoever is in good condition, who will play, and who will compound. According to the requirements of the competition, anyone can participate!"

Boosting morale has always been what Charlotte is best at.In the words of assistant coach Wilkins: "Charlotte's training program is very careful. His tactics and even his speech in the locker room can greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the players, but when it comes to seriousness If you lead the team to train carefully, he will be numb."

After the start of the second half of the game, Hodgson felt that the current Southampton team was a little different. He couldn't say exactly what was different, but it seemed that the opponent had changed eleven players.This group of players was completely different from the first half, and even Icardi, who was dissatisfied with Charlotte for wasting opportunities many times, revealed a confident look in his eyes.

But so what, anyway, the strength gap between the two teams is there.

West Bromwich Albion, which leads by one goal, feels that the advantage of one goal is not safe. After all, they understand that the most unsafe score in the world is one to zero.So at the beginning of the second half, they considered expanding the results, and when the score was [-]-[-], they could "play however they want".

At the beginning of the second half, West Bromwich Albion began to press hard again. It seemed that they added a lot of high-calorie and high-energy food during the intermission, so that their physical energy consumed in the first half was replenished.

Southampton continued to defend and counterattack according to Charlotte's instructions.Their defensive line shrinks, giving the opponent plenty of space to press on.

Jack Cork returned to the middle a little bit, but his eyes were still locked on Sean Lang.

Pogba and Florenzi retreated relatively deep. They were almost in front of the two central defenders, and Icardi's position also returned a lot. He was no longer in front of the opponent, but appeared in the Between the central midfielder and the attacking midfielder.

At the same time, the two full-backs were arranged by Charlotte to completely give up the forward attack and concentrate on the essential work of defense.

But Al Ganassi and Sterling did not come back, they went up the front of the wing, and even West Brom did not notice this.

Southampton, who has done a good defensive job with peace of mind, once again made West Bromwich Albion have nowhere to say, and things seemed to be stuck at the beginning of the first half.

In the 8 minutes of the whole game, West Bromwich Albion, unable to find a chance, decided to slow down the rhythm again. After all, there are still 10 minutes to the end of the game, and they don't want to exhaust their physical strength in the No. 60 minute. .

At this time, Charlotte saw an opportunity. The two full-backs of West Bromwich Albion were pressed near the bottom line of their side. Sean Long and Brunt cooperated with Morrison to control the ball and were still slowly falling. The feet wanted to find their own loopholes, and the two central defenders in the middle pushed up because of the opponent Icardi's large-scale retreat. They pressed the top of the arc in the middle circle early.

Charlotte shouted loudly a few times, and then made a gesture to the players on the field.

Hodgson doesn't know much about Charlotte. Although he had to temporarily work at West Bromwich Albion instead of staying at home after being fired by Liverpool, it does not mean that he "degenerates" to study the head coach of a Championship team. up.

And the fans who know Charlotte very well are in good spirits at this time. They know that as long as Charlotte issues an order, it means that they can watch a good show!

Sure enough, not long after Charlotte finished gesturing, Florenzi left his position and rushed up.

The Year of Roman Sao was not blind, but planned.After 2 minutes of observation, he has predicted the opponent's pass line, and Morrison, who has not reacted at this time, is still slowly passing the ball to Bruant who cuts in.