my football i call the shots

"what!!!!!"

Cao Chen was awakened directly by this nightmare, and only after he woke up did he realize that it was just a dream, and what happened in the dream was exactly what he was most worried about recently. dream"?

Although it was January and it was winter, when Cao Chen woke up, his forehead was covered with sweat, which showed how terrified he was in the dream just now.

Hurry up, Cao Chen wiped off the sweat on his forehead, and then checked the time on his phone.

Fortunately, it was only 12:[-] noon.So, Cao Chen canceled the alarm clock that had been set, touched his growling stomach, and left the airport temporarily to find something to eat.

I have to say that this provincial capital city is a provincial capital city, with convenient transportation and many places to eat. It's just the taste. It's really not as good as a small place like Nanhu City.It's still one thing that the taste of this food is not good, but the price is so shocking that Cao Chen almost thought he heard it wrong.

"What!? This lunch box costs 80 yuan!?"

"That's right!" The shopkeeper looked at Cao Chen's startled "hillies" look with contempt, and he asked impatiently, "Do you want it? No one else wants it."

"I want it, I want it!!!"

Seeing the impatience of the shopkeeper, Cao Chen was too lazy to compete with him. After all, the price of goods in a first-tier city cannot be compared with that of a small fourth-tier city like Nanhu City.But compared to the big capital where I started my career, the prices in Guangfu are very conscientious, okay?
After finding a place to eat fast food, Cao Chen returned to the waiting hall. Fortunately, there were not too many people at this time, and the place where he fell asleep just now was not occupied by others, so, Cao Chen Then I went back to the position I just took and sat down - this position is neither close to the air vent, but also can see the passenger passage, and it can be regarded as a relatively good position to wait for people.

Sitting and sorting out some preparation notes until almost 2 o'clock, the airport notified again: the flight from Porto, Portugal to Guangzhou has arrived!
Cao Chen got up quickly, and went back to the side of the passage to guard again, hoping that the 196 cm tall man could attend the appointment as scheduled.

However, as it turned out in the morning, Cao Chen stood dryly beside the passage for half an hour, and his prince no longer appeared in front of his eyes.

"Ugh!!!"

Cao Chen sighed heavily. At this time, his heart can be said to have cooled down a lot. After all, it was the second flight from Porto to Guangfu today, but Zhang Ziyang still did not show up. However, Cao Chen didn't dare to have too much hope for Zhang Ziyang's return from the third shift.

This time, Cao Chen also sighed helplessly and said to himself, "Oh! Could it be that Ziyang really can't come back? Could it be that Nanhu No. [-] Middle School is really going to be the same as in the dream just now?"

But fortunately, Cao Chen is not the kind of person who can only think wildly all day long. Soon, he restrained his pessimistic mood and turned his attention to: If Zhang Ziyang is absent, Nanhu No. [-] Middle School How should the frontcourt be combined, and what kind of offensive system should be used to make up for the lack of offensive ability caused by Zhang Ziyang's absence?
With such a question in mind, Cao Chen returned to his seat and closed his eyes to meditate.

Let Li Lei play a single center, can it meet the fulcrum needs of the frontcourt? ? ?

Well, this is an important problem that Cao Chen discovered in the process of working with the "offensive four-man team" without Zhang Ziyang!
The reason is: Although Li Lei has comprehensive skills, he can make the ball, catch the ball, complete the header attack, be able to jump in to grab the second spot after completion, and pull the side to act as a winger to complete the pass. Can also be a defensive striker who acts as the first ring of the team's full-court press...

But Li Lei's all-round characteristics are exactly what Cao Chen has the most headaches about.

In the tactical system of Nanhu No. [-] Middle School, what the frontcourt needs is a strong fulcrum!
A strong standing center forward who can catch long passes from the backcourt, can play for the attacking midfield combination behind him, can act as a bridgehead to attract defensive attention, and act as an "offensive" in set-piece tactics. The role of "City Hammer", even at certain critical moments, can break the deadlock with personal ability and complete the Savior!
Li Lei is definitely not this type of striker!
In Cao Chen's view, Li Lei, a striker with quite comprehensive characteristics, might be more suitable to be a second striker behind a center forward, right?His comprehensive characteristics can "play hands" with the powerful center forward at the top, and he can connect the midfielder together, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

However, these things are just Cao Chen's own thoughts.

If Li Lei wants to play this kind of second forward position, it must be based on the premise of Zhang Ziyang's return!Otherwise, I still have to bite the bullet and let Li Lei fight at the center position!You know, Li Lei is already the only player among the 22 players on the team who can hold the center position.

"That's right!!! And Xiao Yi!!!"

However, Cao Chen quickly rejected this choice, because it turned out that Gao Yi was more suitable for attacking the opponent's defense at the left winger position.After all, the defense in the center is the densest place, and any team's rib defense is quite weak, and Gao Yi's characteristic is to use high-speed dribbling and dazzling passing skills to attack the opponent's rib defense, thereby Complete the inside attack.

It can be said that if Zhang Ziyang is absent, Gao Yi's side attack is the only offensive weapon Cao Chen can rely on!If Gao Yi is promoted to the center position, it is basically a waste of martial arts!At that time, it is estimated that it will really be the end of the five-game losing streak in the provincial finals!
"Besides Ah Lei and Xiao Yi, who else is there???"

Cao Chen had all kinds of headaches. It can be said that there are two top players in one team. The team's 23rd roster can only find two candidates who can play center forward!However, there is no way around this. Campus football is different from professional football. If there is a shortage of players in a professional team, you only need to wave the check, and people will naturally fill in.

As for campus football, what kind of candidates can be selected basically depends on luck.

However, just when Cao Chen was about to give up the idea of ​​continuing to think about it, a candidate suddenly popped up in his mind inexplicably.

"That's right! And Xiaolei, that brat!!!"

Cao Chen's eyes suddenly lit up!
He thought of the team's goalkeeper like Neuer—with the heart of a striker, but the goalkeeper's life!
It has to be said that as a player from the provincial sports team, Bai Xiaolei can actually play in any position!Even if he is a full-back or an organizational midfielder, with Bai Xiaolei's understanding of football, he can play well and well. Of course, the effect and efficiency of his kicks are definitely not as good as he is in the goalkeeper position. .

However, this young man has a striker's heart!
In the previous training sessions of the school team, he always recommended himself, hoping to have more training time to play the forward position, and even often "bribed" Zhang Ziyang in private to let Zhang Ziyang replace him in the goalkeeper position in the training sessions , He went to play center forward... These things happened before Gao Yi transferred to Nanhu No. [-] Middle School, so Gao Yi didn't know about these weird things.

For Bai Xiaolei's performance in the center position, Cao Chen also had to give him a big "like"!
Indeed, Bai Xiaolei not only has the heart of a forward, he also has all the qualities that a forward player should possess - physical fitness, sense of smell in front of the goal, awareness of connecting with teammates behind him, composure...

It can be said that Bai Xiaolei is the player with the best awareness and golf quotient among all the players on the team!Even Zhang Ziyang and Gao Yi couldn't compare with Bai Xiaolei!

It's just that Bai Xiaolei's goalkeeper position is really special, making it difficult for non-professional footballers to evaluate his awareness or football intelligence.Most people's impressions of Bai Xiaolei are: tall and long legs, quick response, moving the Great Wall, large defensive coverage... and other official vocabulary.

but! !! !!

Soon, Cao Chen poured cold water on himself to calm himself down quickly—let Bai Xiaolei play center forward in the provincial finals?This idea is too crazy, right?

First, the easiest question!Bai Xiaolei went to play center forward, who will keep the goal?Let Lu Zhenyu go to guard the goal?Cao Chen really didn't trust the second goalkeeper. Although Lu Zhenyu had made great progress during the winter training period, he still seemed edgy and inexperienced in such an important event as the provincial finals.

Secondly, taking ten thousand steps back, Lu Zhenyu really went to guard the goal, and Bai Xiaolei went to play center forward. What about the running-in problem?

Although Bai Xiaolei has a high golf quotient and good awareness, Cao Chen has no confidence that Bai Xiaolei can fully master the team's three formations in just one week, and develop a tacit understanding with the other three players in the frontcourt.This is impossible!No matter how bad the golf business is, it is absolutely impossible to do it!

In fact, it is already very unrealistic for Bai Xiaolei to change to center forward and let Lu Zhenyu, the second goalkeeper who has never played in an official game, play the starting goalkeeper position, and there is no need to consider too many other things.

Therefore, Cao Chen could only sigh at this, and continued to quickly discard this idea that he thought was a "magic stroke".

"What to do? What to do? What to do?"

Cao Chen continued to return to the dizzy state of "one head and two big" just now.

Of course, this dizzy state is much better than the pessimistic mood of always thinking about whether Zhang Ziyang will be able to come back in time, right?After all, if you are pessimistic before the game starts, how can you play this game? ? ?Whether it is the arena or the battlefield, the most taboo thing is to surrender without fighting!
Because of this dazed state, Cao Chen also made his cerebral cortex very active and exhausted. Before he knew it, Cao Chen fell asleep with his back leaning against the chair in the waiting hall.

This time, Cao Chen didn't know how long he slept. He only knew that the various problems of the Nanhu No. [-] High School Team made him very mentally exhausted. At this moment, apart from sleep, Cao Chen didn't know Is there any way to recover myself-oh!There is another way, let Zhang Ziyang teleport to Cao Chen immediately!

This time he fell asleep exhausted, and Cao Chen dreamed again.

However, the dream this time is different from the one in the morning. The one in the morning was a nightmare that frightened Cao Chen into a panic, but the dream in the afternoon was like a beautiful dream!

What Cao Chen dreamed was that Zhang Ziyang returned to the team on the last flight! ! !

After his return, Zhang Ziyang's strength has become extremely strong, and even his hair has changed into a ponytail outside. This can be said to be "Ibrahimovic".Under the leadership of Zhang Ziyang's version of "Ibrahimovic", Nanhu No. 4 Middle School had various impacts and ravages in the provincial finals. First, the Provincial Experimental Middle School was bloody 0-7, and then it was 0-[-]. Lying in Nanning No. [-] Middle School...

In the summary of the group stage, Zhang Ziyang was as unstoppable as an invincible god of war!Even "Cheetah" Gao Yi was far inferior to him. Under the leadership of Zhang Ziyang, the boys from Nanhu No. [-] Middle School had bloodbathed all the teams in the provincial finals, and finally reached the throne of the provincial finals!

Then, Zhang Ziyang collected all the personal honors in the provincial finals. However, just as Nanhu No. [-] Middle School was about to enter the national finals, the FIFA actually... arrested Zhang Ziyang! ! !Captured Zhang Ziyang! ! !

"Nanhu No. [-] Middle School Zhang Ziyang is an artificial human!!!"

"Zhang Ziyang is a player transformed by a machine!!!"

"Zhang Ziyang violated international football laws! Will be arrested!!!"

……

"what!!!!!"

Cao Chen was awakened again. In other words, this dream became more and more nonsensical. First of all, how could it be possible to play against all teams in the provincial finals and wipe out all the teams?Then, no matter how much Zhang Ziyang made progress during this period, it would be impossible to wreak havoc like a god of war like a dream, right?You know, that kind of rampage is simply the goal of one person crushing five or six people. Isn't this too inhuman?

And... football robots... that's just too far-fetched.

Cao Chen also shook his head helplessly, but fortunately, Cao Chen didn't sweat on his forehead this time. After all, the dream wasn't too bad. At least, he also enjoyed the charm of sci-fi football in the dream, didn't he? ?
Cao Chen looked at the time on his phone, and it showed 5:[-] in the afternoon, which was almost time for dinner.

Since the last flight from Porto to Guangfu is at 9 o'clock today, Cao Chen also decided to find a place to have dinner first, and then come back and wait for the last flight. After all, this is Zhang Ziyang rushing back to participate in the provincial finals The last hope of the lap race.

Before leaving, Cao Chen also called assistant coach Xiao Wang and asked about the situation of the school team's training in the afternoon.

"Xiao Wang! Those brats are not late this afternoon, are they?"

"No, Coach Cao, everyone is on time. I have also finished the training content you arranged, and I am preparing to disband now."

"Oh, so early???"

"That's right!!!" Assistant coach Xiao Wang's voice on the other end of the phone was very embarrassing: "I don't know what to emphasize, anyway, let everyone train according to the training content you arranged before... Ahem, actually, Normally, the training time is so long, more time is spent by your old man giving lectures."

"All right……"

Cao Chen also coughed embarrassingly to cover up his embarrassment. After all, he was very aware of this. Indeed, in previous training sessions, he was often the one emphasizing various things that needed attention, and then the training time was inexplicably blocked. Stretched hmm...

Well, after all, Cao Chen is also for the boys of Nanhu No. [-] Middle School.

"Yeah, after training, let's disband early."

Hearing Cao Chen's brisk voice, Xiao Wang on the other end of the phone thought that Cao Chen had already waited for Zhang Ziyang.

Ever since, Xiao Wang also tentatively asked: "Coach Cao, have you waited until Ziyang???"

"Ugh!!!"

Cao Chen sighed heavily: "The last shift is at 9 o'clock tonight, if this shift can't wait for Ziyang, then there's nothing I can do."

"Oh! Ziyang hasn't arrived yet..."

Xiao Wang's mood on the other end of the phone also dropped instantly.

"Well! This news, don't make it public, don't tell the boys, wait until I go back."

"Yeah, I see Coach Cao, do I need to prepare supper for you tonight?"

"Okay then, help me prepare the noodle soup."

……

After hanging up the phone, Cao Chen couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. His young teaching assistant is really caring, and he knows how to prepare supper for himself. It seems that even if he leaves Nanhu No. [-] Middle School in the future, he will have to support him well. Check out this smart guy.

Just when Cao Chen stood up and was about to leave the waiting hall, the announcement rang: Due to the weather, the flight from Porto to Guangzhou, which originally arrived at 9 o'clock tonight, will be cancelled...

"what!??"

Hearing this news, Cao Chen's body trembled on the spot like an electric shock.

If that's the case, wouldn't it be... Zhang Ziyang won't be able to come back today! ?Could it be that, just like the dream in the morning, Nanhu No. 22 Middle School will compete in the next provincial finals with the current lineup of [-] people?

It has to be said that Cao Chen's mind is completely empty at this moment. He doesn't know, what else can he think about at this moment?Because he knew that Zhang Ziyang was sure to miss the provincial finals!

Panicked, helpless... All kinds of negative emotions directly invaded Cao Chen's cerebral cortex. Cao Chen even suspected that he had hypoglycemia, because, for some reason, he felt dizzy at this moment.

"Oh! I didn't expect that Ziyang was still absent in the end!"

After trying very hard to straighten his body, Cao Chen left the waiting hall directly, but this time, the back of this [-]-year-old man was full of vicissitudes, because he understood that if Zhang Ziyang was absent, the journey of Nanhu No. [-] Middle School in the provincial finals would be difficult. It's going to be very, very dangerous.

……

well!After waiting for so long, Zhang Ziyang still didn't rush back to China!

What should the Nanhu No. [-] High School Team lose Zhang Ziyang?
Is it Li Lei who continues to be at the center position?Or can Cao Chen change things?
All in all, it looks like things are going to get really bad, very, very bad.Or, can there be a turnaround?After all, things will go against each other in extremes, or will they come to an end...

In which direction will this matter develop?
I will give you an answer tomorrow! o(∩_∩)o