my football i call the shots

It was about 4 minutes past the so-called 30:10 p.m., but less than half of the schools were there to wait for the lottery.

However, unlike Cao Chen, who was so lonely that he had already started to doze off, the coaches and school leaders who were in charge of drawing lots from other schools, when they came to the scene, there were all kinds of sighs about reunion after a long absence, and all kinds of calling brothers, in short, I don’t know Seeing such a heartwarming scene, people who love each other thought they were all brothers who had been separated for many years.

Cao Chen sneered at this phenomenon of fake and busy social life, and continued to rest with his eyes closed, not at all interested in dealing with these fake people.

"Coach Cao, I didn't expect you to be in charge of drawing lots in your school."

"Oh???"

Cao Chen opened his eyes and saw that the person talking to him was none other than Coach Song from Nanhu No. [-] Middle School.

Seeing the other party's polite smile, Cao Chen didn't dare to be negligent. He quickly stood up and shook hands with the other party, "Coach Song, hello, I'm sorry, I was a little sleepy just now, so I just closed my eyes and rested for a while."

"Haha, Coach Cao Chen, my full name is Song Zhe. In this environment, I would be sleepy too."

After all, Coach Song smiled meaningfully at Cao Chen. Everyone looked at each other and immediately understood each other's thoughts. After all, these things are self-evident at all.

Ever since, the two looked at each other and smiled, and found a small secluded corner to chat.

"Speaking of which, it's a fluke to beat your team in this final..." Speaking of which, Coach Song also sighed helplessly: "Oh! Our defensive problem is indeed very serious. If your team's' If Zlatan Ibrahimovic can play, I think you are fully capable of beating us in regular time."

"Ha, we were lucky to be able to force the No. [-] Middle School to a penalty shootout."

With Cao Chen's old-fashioned eyesight, he could tell that Coach Song is a man of temperament. These words are definitely not polite words, so Cao Chen didn't "routine" him.

I saw Cao Chen very politely said: "In my opinion, the defensive problem of the fourth middle school is actually not difficult to solve. Adjust the position of the third midfielder, and don't let the third midfielder participate in the attack too much. In this way, your The defense line will not be directly exposed to the opponent's attack group."

"Oh?" When Cao Chen said this, Coach Song's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked Cao Chen very humbly, "Then what advice do you have, Coach Cao?"

"It's quite simple. In fact, the positions of the three defensive midfielders are adjusted to one front and two rears. The former is responsible for participating in the frontcourt attack and the first line of interception when the opponent counterattacks. The latter are respectively positioned in the center back and full backs. Directly in front of the midpoint of the line, a small-scale double-teaming area of ​​two triangles is formed..."

"Won't such an arrangement allow the opponent to take advantage of it in the middle? I always feel that with such a position, the defense in the middle will be extremely empty?"

"This problem is not difficult to solve. The opponent breaks through the middle, let the central defender step forward to double-team, and the two defensive midfielders retreat to make up for it. Isn't it enough? In fact, the defensive midfielders and central defenders sometimes have to switch positions to cooperate. Defense, the central defender goes up, and the defensive midfielder fills the position of the central defender, so that there will be no serious loss of position."

"Heroes see the same thing!!!"

After listening to Cao Chen's opinion, Coach Song was so excited that he slapped his thigh. He looked around and made sure that the wall had no ears. Finding out that my team's defensive problems are so serious... Sigh! To put it bluntly, in the past in the city-level division, the team basically used offense to cover up the team's defensive problems, and now it's exposed, it's really scary."

Cao Chen also nodded approvingly and said, "Coach Song, the offense of your No. [-] middle school is indeed strong enough. This is really undeniable!"

"It was actually stronger before..."

Coach Song shook his head helplessly like a rattle: "If Xiaoyi hadn't transferred to your school, I would even be confident that this competition would make it to the national finals! Sigh, both wings are flying together, and there is a 'black bear' on the right." ', without the 'Cheetah' on the left, this offensive system cannot be formed!"

"Oh, this point, I also have a deep understanding..."

Cao Chen also sighed helplessly and shook his head: "The problem of the offensive system of the No. [-] Middle School is the same as that of the No. [-] Middle School. Xiaoyi's offensive ability on the left side is indeed extraordinary, but on the right side, there is really no one who can form a good match with Xiaoyi." A winger who flies on both wings."

"Maybe, 'Black Bear Cheetah' should be a pair, and they shouldn't be separated."

"I hope they will have the opportunity to reunite and compete together in the future! Ha, I really hope to see the two of them teaming up together. The visual sense is probably not inferior to watching La Liga, Real Madrid and BBC impact, right?"

After saying this, Cao Chen also laughed heartily with Coach Song.Such a relaxed smile also made the surrounding officials and people in charge look sideways. Obviously, they couldn't believe that there were still people who could be so relaxed in this "occasion" chat?
These strange eyes from outside did not affect Cao Chen and Coach Song to continue their conversation, they continued the topic just now as if no one else was around.

"correct……"

Coach Song continued to return to the topic just now: "Didn't I just say that after the finals, I found that the team's defensive problems were extremely serious? Although the finals were lucky to win the championship, I was very irritable for a while and almost beat the team. The backcourt was rebuilt! Until later, I had an exchange with Coach Fan of Nanhu College on this issue by chance, and he gave me exactly the same opinion as you just mentioned!"

"Oh? Coach Fan from Nanhu College?"

Cao Chen was also very surprised. Unexpectedly, Coach Song would find Coach Fan from Nanhu College.What you need to know is that at that time, Coach Fan also gave some small suggestions on Gao Yi and Zhang Ziyang's positions. Although the words were not too full, those words did give Cao Chen a lot of new ideas.

Seeing Cao Chen's surprised expression, Coach Song thought that Cao Chen didn't know Coach Fan from Nanhu College, so Coach Song hurriedly explained: "Coach Fan from Nanhu College can be regarded as the veteran coach of our Nanhu College. In terms of tactical arrangement, it is indeed not inferior to the coaches of professional teams. Not only that, Coach Fan was also a professional player when he was young, but it is said that because of a serious knee injury in a certain game, he was forced to retire at the age of 24 .”

"Coach Fan also came from a professional team???"

Cao Chen was very surprised when he heard the news. After all, Coach Fan was more than ten years older than Cao Chen. Even if Coach Fan used to be on a professional team, Cao Chen would have no way of knowing.

However, what Cao Chen was more puzzled about was, does Coach Fan's age have anything to do with a professional team?

"But, didn't our Chinese football become professional in 94? Why, Coach Fan must be in his fifties now? How could he play professional football in his 20s?"

Seeing Cao Chen's puzzled expression, Coach Song smiled happily and said, "Coach Fan is actually a British citizen until now. He used to be a member of the Hong Kong Professional Team and was also selected for the Hong Kong Youth Team. Hong Kong has not yet When returning, Coach Fan has been working as an assistant coach at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After the return of the "Pearl of the Orient" in 97, the homesick Coach Fan resolutely chose to return to China to coach. Unknowingly, he has coached at Nanhu College for more than ten years. .”

"Ah? It turns out that Coach Fan is an overseas Chinese from Hong Kong!"

Cao Chen was so surprised that he didn't know what to say. No wonder, when communicating with Coach Fan before, he always felt that Coach Fan's Mandarin had some strange accents. Now, Cao Chen finally understood that it was Mandarin with a vernacular accent. with.

"Haha, Nanhu City is small, but it's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! Although I have played in the youth echelon of professional teams for several years, I'm really no different than Coach Fan, who has played for professional teams."

"Oh? Coach Song has played in the youth team?"

"That's right, I played in the youth team of the provincial team... Oh, there was no Guangzhou Evergrande at that time, and the Guangzhou team at that time was still called Guangzhou Xiangxue."

"So it's Xiangxue's youth team."

Cao Chen nodded half-understood. In fact, Cao Chen also played against the Guangzhou team after returning to China, but the time has passed too far. Guangzhou Xiangxue’s era must have passed more than 10 years ago. The players on this team are not impressed at all.

Coach Song also asked with great interest: "Then, Coach Cao, have you ever played for a professional team before? I think you are so skillful and innovative in platooning, so you should have experienced it in a professional team, right?"

Well, the subtext in Cao Chen’s heart at that time was: I have played for professional teams in China, I have played in the Bundesliga, the Bundesliga, the national team, and even the Asian Cup and the World Cup...

However, Cao Chen came to Nanhu City as an unknown campus football coach incognito, so naturally he couldn't expose these past glories.

"I have never played in a professional team, not even in the echelon team. I came from a sports academy and worked as a youth coach for a period of time in the echelon of the Guoan team. Then, at that time, the General Administration of Sports had a 'Dandelion Project', So I signed up for training with great interest, and then I was assigned to Nanhu City as a campus football program."

"So Coach Cao, you are a member of the 'Dandelion Project'! Disrespect, disrespect!"

Hearing these five words, Coach Song immediately looked in awe.

Coach Song naturally knew about the existence of the "Dandelion Project".Generally speaking, the coaches who can be selected to enter the "Dandelion Project" are either former professional athletes, or high talents from academies, and some even returned after studying abroad.

Now, Coach Song finally understands why Cao Chen's formation is so in line with the trend of modern football.

"Ha, it's nothing, it's just that I was recommended because of the great love of my former teacher, and I didn't have my share in the first place."

Speaking of it, Cao Chen is also extremely modest, after all, he has made many mistakes, and Cao Chen does not dare to say too much about the "Dandelion Project" just to brag about himself.It would be bad if he leaked something and told about his previous situation.

"Speaking of which, isn't the coach Tang Minghai who played against your team in the quarterfinals also from the 'Dandelion Project'? Are you familiar with him?"

"Cough, okay, okay."

All right.Speaking of Tang Minghai, Cao Chen and him are more than just familiar with each other?It’s not like everyone’s friends don’t get together. When they were training in Beijing, they were already incompatible, but they didn’t expect that they would be arranged to meet each other in Nanhu City. Even in the quarter-finals, the two teams had a fierce match .

"Last time, I also communicated with Coach Tang, and he was full of praise for you."

"Pfft, full of praise???" Cao Chen almost blurted out: I don't believe it.

"Coach Tang told me at the time that you are his nightmare in coaching for so many years, and none of the teams he has coached over the years have beaten your team. And he also said that your defensive tactics are definitely grassroots coaches. The most outstanding player in the game, with a group of very ordinary high school players, he can form a steel defense line. Coach Tang said that he really admires you."

When Coach Song said these words, Cao Chen kept staring into Coach Song's eyes. However, he didn't see any hypocrisy in Coach Song's eyes. These words came from the heart. It also surprised Cao Chen, he never imagined that Tang Minghai's stubborn temper would tell others about himself like this.

Obviously, in the quarter-finals, the 4-0 match and Nanhu No. [-] Middle School's appearance as a dark horse made it to the provincial finals for the first time in history. These unexpected results have completely overwhelmed Tang Minghai. Even if he is convinced, otherwise, he would not recognize himself so much.

All right.Cao Chen suppressed the smile in his heart, pretending to be modest and said, "Ahem, I am honored to be recognized by Coach Tang."

"Haha, it's just that Coach Tang told me: You're not good at drinking."

"What!!! That old guy obviously lost to me by drinking, but he actually said that I can't drink!?" Cao Chen became angry when he heard that, and almost got into trouble, but fortunately he took care of the scene and controlled it.

"Hey, Coach Cao, you want to prove that you can drink well, isn't it easy!" Coach Song also said with a smirk: "How about we go out and have a few drinks sometime here in Guangfu?"

"no problem!"

The eyes of the two people of the same age met, and when they mentioned the same preferences, everyone laughed happily again.

In a foreign land, an accidental opportunity to talk brought the two coaches, who were originally their own masters, closer because of their similar personalities.