Father Green

Chapter 94: Foxes - Leicester City
Before the start of the game, Charlotte shook hands with the new Leicester head coach who had just taken over for about a month.

At the same time, Wilkins and Martin Hunter, members of Charlotte's coaching staff, also shook hands with Nigel Pearson. In 2008, Pearson briefly served as Southampton's head coach and played for half a year. Time, at that time the Southampton management asked him to revive him.

Therefore, the members of the coaching staff of these Southampton clubs are relatively familiar with each other, and it is a basic etiquette to come up to say hello.

It was quite friendly before the start of the game, and the host on the scene also carried out some small activities. Under the humorous ridicule of the host, the Southampton stars gave some gifts to the fans, most of which were signed by Southampton players Footballs, jerseys, or small plush toys.

This kind is not worth much to the club, but giving it to the fans is different.This cannot be measured in terms of monetary value. It is said that the effect will undoubtedly bring the club and the fans closer together.

The festive atmosphere is very good, but the two sides did not make reservations at the beginning of the game, but opened and closed to attack.Nigel Pearson is not here to go through the motions, he naturally wants to make a difference when he enters Leicester City for the second time.

Although promotion is unlikely this season, he needs to lay a solid foundation for next season.Pearson has already seen that Eriksson's poor record at the beginning of the season is due to the large-scale turnover of personnel.After the expansion, the staff of Fox City has changed too much, and Eriksson did not effectively knead these players together at the beginning of the season, which led to his unstable coaching position. Of course, the Thai boss has an impatient character. It was the catalyst for the dismissal of the famous Swedish coach.

But Pearson is different. The contract he signed only expired in 2014, and the termination fee is not cheap, so he doesn't think the Thai boss will only let him coach for most of the season to save his life.

So his first task now is to knead this team into a rope, and then put his own tactics into it. In the end, it will be simple. He will check for omissions and fill in the gaps during the summer transfer window next season, and everything will be perfect. .

It is not easy to knead the team into a rope, so Pearson directly changed Eriksson's style of play as soon as he took office, combining his own strengths and the characteristics of existing players to pick up England's traditional style again A long pass.

His instructions to the players are very simple, that is, to play according to the plan deployed by the coaching staff.Play casually, don't have so much pressure, even if you lose, it doesn't matter.

It is also Pearson who is bold, as long as he is not relegated, he will directly use this season as a "friendly match" for training.

But Pearson was so preoccupied with his Leicester side that he was not paying close attention to rivals Southampton.Southampton's favorite opponent is this kind of team that plays against them, and the most annoying opponent is the tactic of placing the bus.

So it's a pity that Pearson is ambitious but meets Charlotte who has ambitions beyond his imagination.The Saints at home almost sealed the victory at halftime. After 45 minutes, Charlotte's team had a [-]-[-] lead.

Obviously Pearson is ambitious, and Leicester City's Thai boss is also ambitious, but their ambitions do not belong to this season.

During the intermission, Charlotte didn't specifically emphasize tactics. He didn't think the opponent could come back in the second half. After all, this was a double gap in tactics and strength. Although Manchester United in stoppage time was terrible, their basic strength was not enough. There, obviously if the Leicester City team has that strength to come back, they will not be so miserable this season, and Eriksson will not leave.

So Charlotte just said a few words casually, and then gave the players a full rest for the rest of the time. After all, Christmas has just passed, and everyone's hearts are still during the holiday.

Although the team still made many mistakes in the first half, these mistakes should not have occurred in normal times, and Charlotte will definitely turn on the hair dryer mode.But now, even God wants Christmas, doesn't he? !

The players got together to drink some sports drinks and eat some bananas to replenish their energy while laughing and talking about the interesting things that happened to each other during Christmas.

Charlotte, on the other hand, chatted with the coaching staff about the players' physical and physical fitness and the training situation during this period.

When fitness coach Nick Harvey handed over a report to Charlotte, Charlotte frowned.After a long time, he nodded to Nick Harvey: "Okay, I see, I will talk to him in the next few days."

Less than 10 minutes into the second half, Southampton scored another goal. At this time, Charlotte changed two people in a row.Saints junior Kareem Chambers replaces Fraser Richardson, a move that has changed since Charlotte had youth coach Jason Dodd convert Chambers to right-back early in the season. The teenager, who had previously lost himself in the right midfielder and rear winger positions, quickly settled into this new position.

At present, after half a season of training, Chambers has gradually become the main right back of the youth team, but during the transformation, Jason Dodd also found one thing, that is, Chambers also performed well in the position of central defender .

Once due to the injury problem of the central defender, Chambers was arranged by Jason Dodd as the right central defender. After two games, Chambers completed his task very well.It was only now that Jason Dodd understood why Chambers' offensive talent was poor, much worse than Jack Sinclair's. It turned out that his talent and skills were added to defense.
Before, there was a Danny Rose in the first team who was transformed from a striker to a full-back by Charlotte. This is another example of Chambers. Now Jason Dodd is very convinced of Charlotte.

Naturally, Charlotte also saw Chambers' performance, so he was also included in the squad for this game, so that he could feel the atmosphere of the first team.

All the fans at home stood up and applauded. Firstly, the applause was given to the young own child, and secondly, it was also given to the general Richardson.

It's no secret that Charlotte is dissatisfied with her right-back position. None of the existing players meet Charlotte's definition of full-back.At that time, after Charlotte gave Richardson a chance, the veteran who had been wandering in the low-level leagues for many years seized this opportunity and provoked the pillar of the Saints' right wing.

Without this 29-year-old veteran who is actively transforming and changing styles to meet Charlotte's tactical needs, then Southampton's overall tactics will definitely drop a notch.

Compared with left-back Danny Rose, Richardson's side is unobtrusive and rarely sees him, but he has completed the tasks arranged by Charlotte very well.

When you need to attack, you never hesitate. When you need to defend, even if you just made a pass near the opponent's bottom line, you will appear in the position of your side's full-back the next moment.

This is not to say that Richardson is fast, in fact he is not fast, but he is willing to run, running without hesitation.

If players like Pogba, Lallana and even Sturridge are geniuses and the core, then Richardson is a very insignificant engineer, but the vast majority of a team as a whole is not the core, It's such an engineer with absolute professional quality.

After leaving the field, Richardson also hugged Charlotte. Although Charlotte has found her future main right back player, she cannot do without Richardson this season.

The second substitution is an adjustment on the front line. The young Sterling came on and replaced Sturridge.

Sturridge was still a little unhappy when he left the field. After all, he completed a good assist in the first half and was replaced just after scoring a goal in the second half. Obviously, no one is satisfied with this kind of thing. of.

So when Charlotte wanted to hug Sturridge on the sidelines but was blocked by the other party with his hand and politely refused, Charlotte was not angry, but just patted Sturridge on the shoulder.

This scene appeared for a short time, and even the TV director and media reporters didn't notice it.

The two substitutions are all matchup substitutions, and they are all young players. Everyone knows that Charlotte has already pocketed the three points of this game. Now, while preserving her strength, she will Give young players some chances.

Although Southampton's current main players are already very young.

Following Luke Shaw, Jack Sinclair, and Ward Prowse, Karim Chambers became the fourth member of the Saints youth team to set foot on the first-team competition lawn during Charlotte's tenure. At the age of 16 and 340 days, Chambers completed his first-team debut. All Saints fans believe that the teenager has a bright future.

The score had come to three to zero, and even Pearson knew he had no chance, so he also started to make substitutions and adjustments.The purpose of his substitution is not to tie the score, but to inspect the players and adjust the lineup.
When the game entered the final 10 minutes, all the Southampton fans were standing and singing.They celebrated the team's No.18 victory this season, and they also celebrated on the day of the Christmas game. They scored three points as promised and started a good start for the second half of the season.

Even when Charlotte was relaxing, there was an accident on the field.

Schneiderlin has always been a model player both on and off the court. Perhaps it is because of the perennial low-level league that the 22-year-old Schneiderlin has the same mature heart as a 32-year-old.

Leicester City finally waited for the opportunity in the No.809 minute. They intercepted Lallana's dribble and took the opportunity to launch a wave of counterattacks.

Jack Cork, who occupies a favorable position, did not immediately engage in the counterattack. The time of the game and the score made his attention no longer in the game.

Leicester City midfielder Andy King, who dribbled the ball, drove straight in, and Schneiderlin, who was behind, rushed out to intercept the opponent's dribble.

This was a successful defense. Schneiderlin's feet directly poked away the football under Andy King's feet when he tackled, but Andy King's rough body directly crushed Schneiderlin's body.

Jack Cork, who came back to his senses, broke the ball out of the sideline for the first time, but Schneiderlin did not stand up in time.

Charlotte, who was still applauding Schneiderlin on the sidelines, suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Team doctor! Damn team doctor, get on the court!" Charlotte yelled at the position of the team doctor behind the coach's bench.

The medical team arrived at the fourth official immediately, and stepped onto the court as soon as the referee made a gesture.