Father Green

Chapter 99: FA Cup
At the press conference after the game, Charlotte frankly admitted the impact of the injury on Southampton.

"There is no doubt that the injuries of Morgan and Ricky are a huge loss for us. But I believe my team will adjust. We have a lot of talented players. They will fill the gaps of the two big brothers very quickly, believe me .”

"Florenzi and Wanyama? They have just arrived in the team, and they will definitely not be on the court so soon. They still need to increase their tacit understanding with their teammates. Substitutes? No, no, my team Whoever is in good condition and meets the tactical needs can play, and I have worked so hard to bring them from other countries to Southampton not to give them a ticket to watch the game."

On the second day after the game, Southampton officially held a press conference.President Curtis spoke to the microphone and announced happily to the invited media reporters: "Here, I can easily announce that the club has successfully renewed the contract with the Chinese marshal Mr. Charlotte, and Mr. Charlotte will Lead the Saints until 2014!"

After speaking, under the applause of Curtis and the media reporters on site, Charlotte walked from the backstage to the seat prepared for him. The cameras of the reporters kept clicking, and the flash almost prevented Charlotte from opening her eyes.

"I am very happy to renew my contract with Southampton. The Saints are a great team. They have a history of hundreds of years. At the same time, their outstanding youth training results have made great contributions to English football."

"Mr. Charlotte is a very good head coach. He is young and energetic. I believe that under his leadership, Southampton will surely go to glory."

The two men who couldn't even look at each other started the mode of flattering each other, and Les Reed twitched at the corner of his mouth. He thought that compared with these two guys, his skin was really too thin.

Finally, under the witness of many media reporters, the two became husband and wife and signed a formal contract.

Southampton announced that Charlotte's weekly salary is [-] pounds after tax, and the number of years of the contract. Curtis did not mention the additional details. Naturally, Charlotte would not be stupid enough to say this in front of reporters. .

There are many things that are not necessary for reporters to know.

Next came the questioning session. Charlotte and Curtis met the reporters' questions respectively.

"Mr. Curtis? In my eyes, he is a great president of the club. He manages the whole club in an orderly manner. He made a plan for the future of the club very early. The team is currently on the road to a bright future."

"Charlotte is the best young lad I've ever met and I was convinced from the first moment I saw him. So we put the steering wheel at Southampton in his hands and we Saints have more than Great young players, but also a very good young coach."

Les Reed, who came to accompany him, twitched again.
At this time, the press officer named a Chinese reporter.

Seeing the reporter standing up, Charlotte joked, "Look, I just renewed my contract, so it's impossible for me to coach in China."

The reporter who stood up blushed a little. She was the Chinese woman who asked Charlotte if she would return to China to teach.

She has been in Southampton for a long time, and other domestic reporters will answer a few questions before and after the game or when Charlotte is blocked on the road, as long as it does not embarrass him.

Only when it was her turn, Charlotte just left without saying a word, glanced at her.This made her very embarrassed. First of all, she didn't get valuable news materials, and she didn't get an interview with Charlotte, which made her editor-in-chief scold her several times on the phone.

Before that, Charlotte accepted questions and interviews from reporters, but Charlotte left as soon as she came, which has already made her known as the "God of Plague" in the domestic sports media circle.

So during this period of time, she was criticized by her leaders and squeezed out by her peers, and her life was too difficult.When had she ever been treated like this when she was so bullish in the country, but she had nothing to do with Charlotte.

Later, I asked the assistant who was studying in England around me and found out that Charlotte was very disgusted with this kind of question.Of course, the assistant said it very euphemistically. In Charlotte's mouth, this kind of problem is called "idiot problem."

"Hello, I'm Jia Wen, a reporter from "Sports Weekly". May I ask if Mr. Charlotte has considered introducing Chinese players?" This time Jia Wen's question was more polite, not as aggressive as last time.

Charlotte smiled: "When I sign up, I first consider whether the opponent is suitable for my tactics, then consider the possibility of transfer, and finally nationality. For example, I think Messi is also suitable for my tactics. I want to buy Him, is it possible? And then you know that England require a work permit for non-EU players, which is also a difficulty."

"There are players in China who are suitable, and I will definitely consider them. This is not because we are all Chinese so we take care of each other, but because the other side has that strength. Even if I don't introduce him, he will attract the attention of other European teams. !"

Finally, Charlotte said lightly: "If Chinese football wants to be in line with the world, first of all our media friends must be in line with the world. For example, no Scottish or Northern Irish media asked whether Moyes and Martin O'Neill would bring in their own countrymen"

This is the reason why Charlotte dislikes domestic reporters the most. They often ask some seemingly reasonable questions that are actually very weird.For example, "What do you want to say to your fans who support you?", "The country has cultivated you, what contribution do you want to make for the country?", and so on.

Charlotte remembered that in the future, this kind of question would completely annoy Li Na, the first Asian tennis player. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the reporter deliberately provoked the other party, after all, this is a method they often use.

But overall, this press conference was enjoyed by all the guests.

Southampton fans and players are the happiest about Charlotte's contract extension. It is said that there were huge cheers in many Southampton themed bars that night. You must know that the business of bars on non-match days is relatively deserted. of.

After completing the contract extension, Charlotte encountered the FA Cup non-stop in the middle of the week. Now the FA Cup has entered the third round. According to the regulations of the FA Yes, before, the teams of League One, League Two, National League and Amateur League were conducting qualifying rounds and the first and second rounds.

The third round of the FA Cup is also Southampton's first FA Cup match this season. Charlotte's opponent is the Port Vale team from the English Second Division.

This is a small team that cannot be small, so it is almost a full bench lineup for this game.The starting center is Harry Kane, and the two sides are split by Sterling and the youth training Jack Sinclair. The midfielder is the new Italian Alessandro Florenzi. The defensive midfielder is Pogba and the new Kenyan beast Wanyama. The central defenders are Mustafi and Bruma. The two full-backs are Luke Shaw and Fox. Even the goalkeeper has been replaced for a long time. Veteran Calvin Davis was absent.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the season, Charlotte formulated the task of this season, which is to put aside all the cup games and focus on the league.This also means that the FA Cup game is not in Charlotte's plan, so it is not surprising to be on the bench for training. After all, the previous League Cup exit was because Charlotte has always insisted on using young players in the League Cup. , and was finally eliminated by Blackpool, who sent all the main players to play.

So even if this game is not against Port Vale in the second division, even if it is against giants like Manchester United and Arsenal, Charlotte will send such a lineup.

In the end, Southampton beat their opponents [-]-[-] in the away game and won their first FA Cup victory.

After winning Port Vale, Southampton's signings have made progress again.Spanish teenager Paco Alcacer, who played for the Valencia B team, striker Berardi who played for Sassuolo in the Italian second division, and Barcelona youth player Icardi joined the team at the same time.

The combined transfer fee of the three does not exceed 300 million euros, of which Icardi is still a free transfer.By this winter, the contract between Icardi and Barcelona has expired. Barcelona has no plans to renew the contract with the Argentine striker. In the first half of the season, the Argentine also played for Popeye Sampdoria, who was relegated to Serie B, on loan.

Originally, Sampdoria also planned to introduce Argentines for free in this winter window, but they did not expect Southampton to intervene.Originally, Icardi also wanted to join Sampdoria. After all, he has been in the city of Genoa for half a season, and he is familiar with it.

But Icardi was dissatisfied that Sampdoria left him in the youth team for half a season, so he chose Southampton, which is also in the second-tier league, when Charlotte flickered.

As for Berardi, according to Sassuolo's request, the Italian striker will continue to play for Sassuolo on loan.Sassuolo's head coach Fulvio said that in the second half of the season and next season, he will right up Berardi, so that only [-] or [-] years old will serve as the team's main striker.

Charlotte agreed to the other party's request without hesitation. After all, Berardi is still too young, and there is indeed no position for the other party in the Southampton team.Sassuolo's willingness to rent is a good thing for the three parties, and after all, Berardi is there to make a name for himself.

Although three players were introduced in one breath, everyone knows that this is just Southampton's investment for the future. Half.

These players currently rarely have a chance to play in the Southampton first team, so when the transfer of these three players was announced, colleagues from the coaching staff found Charlotte.

It was agreed to bring in players in their prime, why did they start buying teenagers again?
Wanyama, Florenzi, Stones, Sisto, Icardi, Berardi and Paco Alcacer, seven players Southampton brought in as soon as the winter transfer window opened, The action is not insignificant.But except for Florenzi and Wanyama who are 20 years old and able to play in the team, none of the other players are over 19 years old.