World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 401 Core Players
The reason why the newly signed players were able to defeat Maritimo's first-line players last season, in addition to personal ability factors, is mainly due to the following reasons:
First, their cooperation is very tacit. Under Gao Yuan's training, the technical and tactical awareness of this group of DB players is very high, and they are basically on the same level. The passing and running cooperation has formed muscle memory, just like the Japanese national team players. Individually, it can only be regarded as good, but if they are combined, their strength will increase exponentially.

The second is that they are always in training and competition, and their physical condition is very good, which is completely different from the Maritimo players who have just finished their vacation.

The third is that the Maritimo players have just played a quarter of the game. Due to their poor physical condition, their physical recovery is relatively slow. The DB teenagers are facing the exhausted army with full physical fitness.

Fourth, the Maritimo players are somewhat careless.After all, the opponent is a veteran of the Portuguese Super League. Seeing a group of hairy kids coming, most of them are Chinese, it is impossible not to despise him.

Fifth, during the offseason, Maritimo sold many first-team players such as Maeda Daran and Lin Liangming, and their strength was greatly damaged. The remaining players have not yet formed together.

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To find the reason for the loss, subjective and objective factors can be summed up in N items, but no matter how many reasons there are, a 30:1 loss in 5 minutes is too unreasonable!
Gao Yuan's brows frowned into a word "Chuan".

At this level, not to mention playing in Europe, even Portuguese Super League relegation is still hanging!
Compared with the overall mess of the team, Gao Yuan is not satisfied with the performance of several core players.

In the first quarter of the game, Gao Yuan felt that there was something wrong with Vukovic.It's just that the less intense confrontation and the performance of one goal and one assist masked his problems.

After competing with the DB teenagers, Vukovic's problems were completely exposed.

He doesn't seem to be doing his best.

But this is not because he is lazy, or has the same bad attitude as the first-team substitutes. In fact, Gao Yuan can see from his eyes that the opponent wants to do his best, but his body seems not to be controlled by his brain.

However, according to Gao Yuan's systematic observation, he did not find any injuries.

This situation is generally a subconscious self-protection behavior of players after a serious injury, which is a post-traumatic psychological stress response.

Another performance that contrasted greatly with the first quarter was Andre Antonio.

If Antonio's performance in the first quarter was "steady, accurate and ruthless", then he was only "ruthless" in the fourth quarter!

After several consecutive breakthroughs by the DB boys, his emotions got a little out of control, and his movements became bigger and bigger, and then the movements became bigger and bigger, with various collisions and flying shovels emerging one after another.

This kind of vicious performance really matched his gaudy tattoos. He reminded Gao Yuan of "Boss Dai" of the Taishan team. He was also a guard and had an impulsive temper, which was obviously a bile character.

The psychological manifestation of this kind of character is: energetic, consistent, daring to love and hate, easy to be emotional and impulsive, even a little reckless, but also loyal and principled, even if you look for the truth, eight bulls will not be able to pull back!
Zhang Fei, Wu Song, and Lu Zhishen are all representatives of this character.

As soon as the match was over, Gao Yuan wanted to chat with these two core leaders of the first team.

After the game, Vukovic walked to the locker room with his head drooping.

The whole person is listless and soft, just like his performance on the court.

Gao Yuan walked up to him, put his arm around his shoulder, and asked in a kind tone: "Have you suffered any serious injuries before?"

Vukovic looked up at the young Chinese coach, then quickly lowered his head and muttered: "I was injured once before, but it has recovered."

"Are you sure the injury has healed? If it is a major injury, it is best to start training and competition after a complete recovery."

"I'm fully recovered!"

"In these two days, I will arrange for you to go to Lisbon for a comprehensive inspection. Don't leave any hidden dangers."

"Boss, there is nothing wrong with my body, I am very sure of that!"

Vukovic raised his head and spoke seriously, then quickened his pace after speaking, leaving behind the team coach who cared about him somewhat unreasonably.

Gao Yuan knew that his words had hit Vukovic's sore spot. He didn't know the other party's past very well, but he felt that he should be someone with a story.

As for the post-traumatic psychological stress response, this is a very troublesome issue. Many Vietnam War veterans have been troubled by this psychological problem for most of their lives, and even depressed and committed suicide abound.

Heart disease needs heart medicine, which requires an in-depth understanding of the story behind Vukovic.

However, first of all, you still have to convince the other party that you are not injured, so a comprehensive inspection in Lisbon is a must.

After that, Gao Yuan went to the players' locker room again. He needed to have a good chat with Andre Antonio.

The player locker room after training is a place full of male hormones.

The able-bodied players took showers and changed clothes, naked, and frankly.

It stands to reason that, as the head coach, Gao Yuan should call the players who want to talk to his office.

But in order to show his approachability, Gao Yuan chose to go to the players' locker room to chat.

Moreover, Antonio is not an ordinary player, his position in the team is detached.

But Gao Yuan regretted it as soon as he entered the door, because the person he was talking to had just taken a shower at the moment, and was completely naked except for the towel around his neck.

And the other party's exaggerated tattoo is particularly dazzling.

Gao Yuan thought to himself: No wonder people with tattoos are afraid of heat. If I have such a beautiful body with embroidery, I will be shirtless every day!
Gao Yuan laughed and said, "Antonio, are you done taking a shower?"

The naked man in front of him was very cold, he just snorted through his nostrils.

"Can I talk to you about the game just now?" Gao Yuan asked politely.

The naked villain came to his seat in the locker room and ignored Gao Yuan.

"I think your shovel is very fierce, but..."

Antonio suddenly shouted impatiently: "Hey, Chinese boy! I have played football longer than you have watched it. I know how to play football!"

Antonio is the captain of Maritimo. He has been playing for this team since the youth team. It can be said that he is a witness to the rise and fall of the team. His status in the team is detached and he is the big brother of the team.Even the management and the head coach have to give him some face.His status is a bit like that of Zhou Tao, the captain of the three-golden team of Shanghai that Gao Yuan once defeated in the FA Cup.

Gao Yuan knew that this reckless man had just experienced a disastrous defeat and was in a low mood, but it was this anger that showed that he still had a competitive heart and hadn't been completely numb yet.

This fighting spirit is the spark for Maritimo's revival.

To gain a firm foothold in Maritimo, you need the support of the locker room, and the key person in the locker room is the L man in front of you.

Antonio is very unreasonable, but Gao Yuan is not angry. To deal with such a reckless man, it is impossible to play hard.

"Are you a devout Christian?"

Gao Yuan noticed that there was a huge tattoo of Jesus Christ on the cross in the middle of Antonio's chest.

This tattoo is in the center and very eye-catching. Obviously, it has important meaning to the tattooer.

And on this tattoo, the position around the collarbone is written in Latin: Only God and Maritimo can't live up to it!
Antonio took a fierce step forward, staring fiercely at Gao Yuan.

"Yes, God is my belief! And the source of my strength! You pagans and atheists from the East, don't want to interfere with my belief! I don't need you to teach me, whether it's on or off the pitch!"

Gao Yuan smiled slightly, pointed to his Jesus tattoo and said: "No, you misunderstood, I just want to tell you that I know his father quite well!"

Antonio was taken aback for a moment, then his face was full of anger, and he raised his fist as big as vinegar and said angrily:

"Asshole, don't make fun of my beliefs."

Gao Yuan was not afraid, instead he took a step forward and said, "Do you think that an oriental man suddenly appeared here when Maritimo was about to fall into the abyss, isn't it an oracle from God? I can tell you clearly, I was sent by God to save Maritimo and you lost lambs!"

Antonio's face was full of bewilderment, but his fist did not land after all. It is not known whether he didn't want to really beat the team's coach, or Gao Yuan's nonsense had a slight effect on this devout Christian.

The naked man Antonio scolded angrily, "Crazy!"

After speaking, in order to get rid of Gao Yuan, he just took a shower and strode back to the shower room.

Gao Yuan persisted and continued to say behind him: "Whether you believe it or not, I was sent by God. Just watch, God will enlighten you..."

A smile appeared on the corner of Gao Yuan's mouth, he already had a way to subdue this villain!
(End of this chapter)