I just wanted to play football, but I became a Hollywood god

Chapter 284 Potential crisis!Adkins 442 defensive counterattack vs Huo Taigong 451 clear attack and solid defense!

For the next two days, Gu Ran went to the Staplewood Training Base for training step by step.

First, I do morning exercises with medicine balls, then I eat the enhanced version of the magic man diet, then I train with the team, and then I do one-on-one targeted training...

The professional life is tight and fulfilling.

The attitudes of most of the main players towards Gu Ran have also changed, especially Luke Xiao—during the two days of collective training, Luke Xiao has always followed Gu Ran by his side, as if he has become Gu Ran's sidekick. Little fan.

During the interval between training sessions, Lallana, Lambert and others also gathered around Gu Ran, chatting and laughing for training exchanges.

This made the left back Haldin almost mad, but there was nothing he could do.

And Gu Ran didn't bother to talk to him.

After all, the match against Liverpool is about to take place. As a professional player, everything should focus on the match.

In the past two days, the focus of coach Adkins' training subjects is on team defense and partial counterattack.

Southampton switched from a rough attacking style to a meticulous defensive counterattack style.

This process is naturally very painful, but fortunately, everyone is a professional player, and no one has given up.

Of course, Gu Ran has to adapt to this change faster than other players.

Firstly, Gu Ran is a reborn player with a 12-year leading football quotient, and secondly, Gu Ran played defensive counterattacks in the Southampton High School team, so he has a lot of experience in running and filling positions.

The downside is that the running-in between him and the team is still not enough.

Although most of the main players have "resolved their suspicions" with Gu Ran, when encountering pressure, the main players will subconsciously find someone who is familiar with the ball to cooperate, instead of risking passing the ball to Gu Ran.

Gu Ran wasn't in a hurry either, he just followed his position seriously and made up for the defense.

Even if the ball is on the other sideline, he is serious about defending.

Coach Adkins stood on the sidelines, silently watching the team's collective defensive counterattack deduction, his iconic poker face was still expressionless.

Southampton... still a long way off.

Even the assistant coach beside him, Andy, couldn't help but look worried—as an old professional player, Andy could tell that, given the current technical and tactical level of the Southampton team, they might not even be able to play in England. Team B is struggling.

After the team's anti-anti-counterfeiting training, Coach Adkins asked the teams to conduct partial counter-anti-counterfeiting training.

Gu Ran was led by coach Jacob to conduct one-on-one targeted defense and counter-attack training.

When it came to the technical and tactical level, coach Jacob regained his confidence. After all, he is a coach produced by Real Madrid, and the technical and tactical level is also very Real Madrid.

However, as soon as Gu Ran came to one-on-one training, he took the initiative to start using medicine balls.

When Gu Ran was training one-on-one, he was obviously more courageous than when he was working with a team.

Teamwork needs to emphasize formation, and one-on-one is to train individual abilities, so Gu Ran naturally doesn't need to worry too much.

Coach Jacob, produced by Real Madrid, was defended by Gu Ran and broke through to suspect that he was attending a fake Real Madrid training class...

During these two days of training, Gu Ran automatically exchanged for 2 exclusive talent points through the white dynamic training bubbles of his teammates.

And Elizabeth at home was also very obedient, calling her two older sisters on time every day, and weakly told the two powerful and beautiful older sisters that Gu Ran was already her boyfriend.

The two O sisters were about to go crazy, and reprimanded Elizabeth for being stupid on the phone.

Elizabeth was naturally very depressed, and she would only feel happy when Gu Ran came back.

Every time Gu Ran goes home, he can easily pick up Elizabeth's red talent point bubbles, and he can also get the benefit of Elizabeth's arm massage.

When he couldn't sleep at night, Gu Ran would draw an hour-long shot script.

By the morning of the third day, Gu Ran already had 5 talent point bubbles in his hand, and also superimposed "close defense" to +4, "five-star reverse foot" to +4, and "chasing and counter-robbing" to +3. +2, "outside instep pass" stacks to +[-].

It can be said that in just two days, Gu Ran's progress is also very obvious.

On the morning of the third day, Coach Adkins still arranged the overall defensive counter drill and set-piece offensive and defensive drills.

At around 10 a.m., the club's Big Three, Old Rice, general manager Mark Frye, and sports director Mark Walker, invited financial director Nicola Cortes to the No. [-] training ground for a meeting.

The high-level meeting should be held in the conference room, but it is also very pleasant to be able to discuss things while watching Gu Ran's training.

The players on the field also practiced extraordinarily hard when they saw the arrival of the four top executives.

After the four senior executives shook hands with each other, they sat side by side on the benches on the sidelines.

Rice Sr. and financial director Nicola Cortez sat in the middle, while general manager Mark Frye and athletic director Mark Walker sat next to them.

Such a seat is wrong, but full of rationality.

Old Rice has a very high status in the club, and although Nicola Cortes is currently only the financial director, anyone with a discerning eye knows that it will not be long before Nicola Cortes will become the new general manager of the club.

The chief financial officer is from the Liebherr Group. Nicola Cortes was appointed as the chief financial officer because Southampton Club had a serious financial crisis before, in order to sort out the chaotic equity and financial situation of the Southampton club. .

When the finances are on the right track, it will be time for Nicola Cortes to officially take over the duties of the club's general manager.

The female boss, Katharina, is also a hands-off shopkeeper, so it is conceivable that Nicola Cortez must be the future talker of the club.

This meeting is also equivalent to a direct dialogue between the two factions of the club.

Old Rice said to Nicola Cortez with a smile: "Nicola, we signed Gu Ran, did you not disappoint?"

Nicola Cortez laughed quickly: "Of course! The whole club is very excited! Gu, it's really great!"

The sports director next to him, Mark Walker, also laughed and said: "Gu is the most hardworking person I have ever met. He is always the first player to come to the club, but the last player to leave the club. He is such a genius, but Such hard work is rare in the world! He has improved compared to his performance in the open class. He is a player who continues to improve. I believe that as long as he is given more time, he will definitely become the core of the Saints of."

The general manager, Mark Frye, sighed slightly, "Gentlemen, don't worry about being happy. Don't you know that Liverpool and Manchester United and other giants are eyeing him? Tomorrow's friendly match, Liverpool took the initiative to invite us, Moreover, they also promised that they would give us [-]% to [-]% of the ticket income at Anfield! Three of them, seven of us!"

"Isn't that great?" said financial director Nicola Cortez.

...Are you an outsider?
General manager Mark Frye smiled, "On the surface, it seems that we have taken advantage of it. After all, Liverpool's tickets have never been worrying about selling. Coupled with our Saints fans, our income from this friendly match is considered conservative. , can also exceed our income from five home games in League One ... but this is not in line with common sense."

Old Rice also nodded, "Yes, what Frye said is right. Liverpool, I'm afraid they want to focus on examining Gu Ran through this friendly match, and then use Gu Ran's performance data to convince their transfer committee, so as to improve their performance." The price tag, poach our corners. In fact, not only Liverpool, but also Arsenal. Arsenal has no money to poach people, but Wenger's assistant has been sending us e-mails asking how we can get Gu Ran on loan. Gu Ran is on loan, and he is even willing to discuss the matter of loaning Bendtner to us... In addition, Chelsea and Manchester United are also waiting for the opportunity to enter the stadium."

Nicola Cortez suddenly realized, "Oh", "This group of rich dogs! They think beautifully! Gu is not for sale in our Southampton! By the way, can we... not let Gu Ran in Playing in a friendly match?"

The general manager Mark Frye shook his head, "No. Even if we know that these giants want to poach Gu Ran, we can't hide Gu Ran for fear of being remembered. Moreover, Gu Ran also needs more opportunities to play. Grind so that he can quickly develop into the core of Southampton."

Nicola Cortez asked suspiciously: "What did the three of you ask me to meet today?"

Old Rice said calmly: "Nicholas, we have come to this point, let's have a frank and honest chat. The club belongs to us, and it also belongs to your Liebherr Group. We old guys need us to quit When the time comes, we will naturally withdraw, because you spent money to save the club, you arrange your own people, that's what you should do, and you take full control of the club, that's what you should do. However, the meaning of saints is not what capital can represent. This place has condensed the hard work and loyalty of several generations of us. The arrival of Gu Ran has awakened the passion of the saints that has been dormant for many years! Look at how enthusiastic the vip fans were in the open class that day! What we are telling you is actually I want to tell you - in the future, more wealthy clubs will offer sky-high prices for Gu Ran, and even use such dirty and low-level methods to poach people, but no matter how generous the conditions they give, you must not agree to sell them. Abandon Gu Ran, definitely not!"

The other two directors also looked at Nicola Cortez silently, waiting for his reaction.

Nicola Cortez grinned, "Gentlemen, I'm still just a financial director, this kind of thing is not up to me. If there is a day when I become the new CEO of the club - I can swear to you , I will definitely not sell Gu Ran."

Old Rice smiled and said, "Then we can rest assured."

General manager Mark Frye laughed: "And I'm about to retire."

Nicola Cortes said with a smile: "Mr. Frye, it's too early to talk about this kind of thing, the club still needs three people! Oh yes, I still have some important documents to deal with in my office, if the three don't If it’s something else, I’ll go ahead.”

Old Rice said with a smile: "Of course, go get busy, let's watch Gu Ran's training for a while."

"Okay, goodbye three!" Nicola Cortez smiled and got up to leave.

Sports director Mark Walker imitated Nicola Coster's voice: "I still have some important documents to deal with in my office...Mr. Frye, I need you very much~"

Old Rhys and Mark Frye were rocking back and forth with laughter.

Smiling, Mark Frye said sadly: "The future CEO is a layman, but he is the representative of capital. Capital has no conscience. You can't believe a word of capital."

Old Rice patted Mark Frye on the shoulder, "At least, I'm still here. I will continue to protect Gu Ran."

Mark Frye and Mark Walker nodded.

The Big Three looked at Gu Ran who was training on the field at the same time...

After training that morning, the players had a meal and a rest.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the players came to the tactical classroom and began the last tactical analysis class before the game.

Every time before a game, the players of the professional team will take a tactical analysis class to analyze the opponent's tactical strategy and determine their own tactical strategy.

Football has never been about simply breaking through and shooting goals on the field. Intelligence work and tactical strategies off the field are very important.

Coach Adkins first analyzed the problems of the players in the defensive counterattack training in recent days, and emphasized Gu Ran's serious attitude in training.

After explaining the defensive counterattack tactics, Coach Adkins began to explain tomorrow's tactical layout for Liverpool.

"Liverpool is undoubtedly a giant."

"Liverpool's attacking lineup can be described as luxurious. Even if any coach gets one of Liverpool's stars, he can build a team around this star."

"Currently, we are only a League One team, and our strength is two levels behind Liverpool."

"We are playing away again tomorrow, so I don't have much hope for the result of tomorrow's game."

"Of course, Liverpool shouldn't be able to send all their main players on the field."

"A lot of their main players, including Gerrard, Torres, Joe Cole, Dirk, Maxi Rodriguez, Carragher, etc., they have just finished the World Cup, and I am afraid they have not started training yet. .”

"According to the information I got, Gerrard and Carragher will be substitutes in Liverpool's 22-man roster tomorrow. Torres, who just won the World Cup, is not even on the preseason roster."

"Even if Gerrard and the others will play in the first pre-season game, I am afraid it is symbolic and will not play for too long."

"So, when you play tomorrow, you don't need to have too much psychological pressure, just play normally."

Coach Adkins first gave the team a set of vaccinations.

"Of course, although this is just a pre-season friendly match, although many of the opponent's leading stars may not appear on the stage, although I don't expect everyone to win, we must not relax because of this."

"I said before that the six pre-season warm-up games are not really for you to play with a warm-up mentality."

"I allow you to lose one goal to Liverpool, or even two goals to Liverpool, but if you don't perform seriously, then your chances and time of playing in the new season will be forgotten."

"No matter what main force you used to be, or how important your position is, I only look at your performance on the court."

"Yes, I can accept that you lose to a strong team, but I will never accept that you play tricks on the court."

All the players present sat solemnly.

They have all experienced the new head coach's thunder tactics, and no one dares to show bad in front of the new coach.

What's more, if you play well in a strong team, you can not only greatly increase your popularity, but you will even have a great chance of being poached by the giants.

Die loyal to Southampton?Stop it!
This is not Bilbao Basque Country!

Most players in the Southampton club have a small thought of changing Gaozhi.

For now, Gu Ran is the only one who remains unmoved.

It's not that Gu Ran insists on being loyal to Southampton, or that Gu Ran doesn't like going to a wealthy family, but that Gu Ran has a very clear career plan.

Just listen to Coach Adkins continue:
"Then, let's analyze Liverpool's formation and tactics in detail—"

"Liverpool's head coach this season is still Coach Hodgson."

"According to the data and intelligence provided by our enemy scouts, Liverpool's formation this time is still a 451 formation with a high probability."

Coach Adkins then drew Liverpool's 451 formation on the big whiteboard.

"We have to be very careful about the attacking power of this formation."

Coach Adkins pointed to the formation structure on the big whiteboard and said: "If you observe this formation carefully, you should find that Hodgson's formation is different from the traditional 451 formation."

"The traditional 451 formation is a conservative formation with two midfielders and three midfielders."

"However, Hodgson's 451 has advanced the positions of double midfielders and three midfielders, and has become a double midfielder and three midfielders' attacking formation."

"Hodgson is an expert in defensive counterattacks, but the Liverpool team is full of attacking stars in the midfield, so Hodgson adopted a tactical strategy of counterattacking and counterattacking in the midfield."

"Hodgson, the old fox, is not easy. Liverpool is a team that advocates offense, and Hodgson's 451 formation is obviously also an offensive posture. Pile up in the midfield, just looking at it is scary enough. But in fact, this 451 formation is actually attacking and defending.”

"That is, they defend from the front."

"Whether Lampard, Dirk, or Rodriguez, they all have defensive responsibilities in the midfield."

"This will be very detrimental to our breakthrough offense, and will suppress our depth and width, so our defenders must be resolute, decisive, and accurate when they play the ball, and do a good job ahead of time, and never lose the ball."

"To deal with this kind of formation and strategy, it is simple and simple. It is to fight for speed, fight for body, hit their two flanks, and insert their ribs."

"As long as the speed is fast enough and the body is strong enough, it will be easy for us to kick them."

"On the contrary, it will be very difficult."

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(End of this chapter)