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Chapter 50 The Renewal of the Acting Head Coach
"Guess, guess, guess your head, none of you can think of it." Putting away the newspaper, Duncan thought.

No matter how imaginative and unconstrained they were, they would never have imagined that what Duncan possessed was an ancient formation from the ancient eastern kingdom.

Manchester City's amazing performance in the second half is entirely due to the four-element formation.

After observing the half-time game against Liverpool, Duncan also probably mastered the four-element formation.Duncan also didn't expect that the power of the four-element formation was so great!

The characteristics of the elementary four-element formation are the same as the two dragons out of the water formation, and the tacit understanding of the players is also increased.With such a tacit understanding, each player can know the running route and position of each teammate around him before receiving the ball.

So before receiving the ball, they have already planned their receiving action and passing route.All that remains is to perform the scheduled actions at the scheduled time.

Similarly, because of a high degree of tacit understanding, the receiving player knows how to move and can receive the ball in the most comfortable position.

In this way, even if everyone's ability is slightly weaker, they can maximize the role of the team.

Of course, this "team" only refers to the four players in the four-element formation.

Because there are four people in the four-element formation, except for the goalkeeper, it occupies a nearly average number of people on the field.Therefore, matching the four-element formation with the other six players has become the most important thing!

If the four-element formation is out of tune with other players, it will cause a disconnect on the court.

Fortunately, in the game against Liverpool, the four frontcourt players and the players outside the four-element formation interacted very well!

The only thing that worries Duncan is that after Andy Cole left the field midway, Cordella, who replaced him, still allowed the four-element formation to only exert 70% of its power because of "incompatibility".

Although Cordella is the only three players in the team who have reached the "core player" level in the evaluation of the formation system, Duncan is still ready to give up.

A plane that won't take off is no different from a pile of scrap iron.

On the front line, there are not many people Duncan can use. After Cordilla is excluded, only two forwards, Samaras and Andy Cole, remain.In the last moments of the Liverpool game, Andy Cole was injured by a shovel and sent to the hospital on the spot.

Andy - Cole was sent to the hospital after the game, the diagnosis came out the next day, Andy - Cole's tendon ruptured, at least three months of truce!

With the last four rounds of the league remaining, this news is equivalent to scrapping the season!

In fact, for such a veteran, being able to start five of the six games and play almost all the games is already very amazing.In five games, Andy Cole scored twice and provided six assists.

An assist is the last pass before a shot; in many cases, this means giving up your own shot and handing it over to your teammates.If it weren't for such an experienced veteran, who would be so willing to be a green leaf?

In the first half of this season, under the former head coach Pierce, Andy Cole was highly valued and had a stable number of appearances.In the second half, Duncan served as the head coach and went a step further, allowing Andy Cole to be the main starting player.

But the 37-year-old body has long been unable to withstand such a high-intensity and high-density game.

In the previous game against Fulham, Andy Cole was almost injured by a shovel, and later even took a break for a round of the league.So this tendon rupture was both accidental and inevitable due to overwork.

Aside from those sad topics, the topic of finding a replacement for Andy Cole is also on the agenda.

Cordeira was ruled out first.

Mido can play as a guest striker, but he is still needed in the midfield.

The good news is that forward Vassell, who suffered an ankle injury, has returned from injury and has recently started playing with the reserve team.

Not to mention the state, at least in terms of physical condition, it has reached the standard for playing.

Then there is the midfielder. I don't know if he was stimulated by the impromptu change. The original main midfielder Dabor injured his thigh and will be sidelined for at least a week.

This saves Duncan from worrying.

On the back line, Dunn returned from injury and relieved the urgent need.But on the side of left back Sun Jihai, something happened.

Sun Jihai had the flu, so Duncan arranged for him to take a round of truce and recuperate at home.However, recently, it coincided with the critical period of China's national team qualifying for the Asian Cup, so the Chinese Football Association called Sun Jihai into the national team with a single order.

Sun Jihai sat on the plane for more than ten hours, but when he arrived at the game, he sat on the bench for 90 minutes.The reason is that the Tianchao Football Association called Sun Jihai into the national team, but did not get the approval of the national team coach Mr. Zhu Zhong...

So after flying half a circle around the earth and blowing the wind for 90 minutes, the Chinese sun that flew back fell completely ill.

The direct consequence is that Manchester City has no left back available.After Liverpool's game test, substitute left back Thatcher, now even the name can't calm others down...

Manchester City chairman Ward was furious, and he was going to send a note to protest the Chinese Football Association.

But it was stopped by Duncan. If the Football Association can change because of your note, is it still the Football Association?
The controversy about Sun Jihai ends here.

Another problem is that of the contract.Duncan and Manchester City signed a contract as an acting head coach, and the contract ended at the end of the season.

In terms of Duncan's current team performance, Duncan not only led the team to complete the goal of relegation, but also won a six-game winning streak that shines through in history!Getting a formal contract is a matter of course.

Some fans have already started to make suggestions to the Manchester City club, asking them to renew Duncan's contract as soon as possible.Keep this native head coach who is destined to bring glory to Manchester City!

In fact, the Manchester City board is also very tangled.

When Duncan led the team to four consecutive victories, there were voices saying that Duncan would renew his contract.But some other voices are mature and prudent, insisting on watching the result of the match with Liverpool before deciding whether to sign a contract.

The result of the game against Liverpool came out, Manchester City won!Here, the board of directors of Manchester City is entangled.

The four famous coaches of the Premier League praised him unanimously, making Duncan the hottest young talent in the Premier League.It is said that veteran teams such as Newcastle and Aston Villa are already quietly chasing Duncan.There is even more news that after the disastrous defeat to Manchester City, Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton also expressed his interest in Duncan in private...

The board of directors of Manchester City is struggling, Wang Xishui himself can't bear the giant dragon Duncan!
In the first two seasons, the Manchester City board tightened their belts and made a big bet on Pierce.But in the end, after introducing a group of big names in parallel imports, Pierce resigned sadly.

After class, Pierce rose to prominence and became the head coach of the England U21 national team, while Manchester City fell into a financial quagmire.Manchester City, which was already barely making ends meet, has a financial deficit of up to 4000 million pounds this season.That even includes £3100m of bank debt, due at the end of the season.

How to pay back the 3100 million pounds?The club made a lot of trouble because of this matter.

To renew Duncan, the club is not even able to provide Duncan with a decent contract... In fact, since last month, Manchester City can only pay half of the salary paid to the players.

Wanting to renew Duncan's contract but having no money, Mr. Ward, the chairman of the Manchester City Club, cried bitterly every day.Otherwise, how could he challenge a national football association as the chairman of a small club?
In fact, for Duncan, he really wants to renew his contract with the team.However, the club has not expressed its position for a long time, and there is no need for him to take the pole.So the renewal of the contract was delayed.

(End of this chapter)