Football: The immortal legend on the green field

After Shen Bin prepared his meal, he quietly went to a corner and ate his meal. Although he seemed to be eating, he was still thinking about the match-fixing in his mind.

If I have done something wrong, I should stand up bravely and expose them. Following this line of thought, I would think about what would happen if I really exposed them.

Even if the club believes in him and comes to the conclusion he wants, will others question his motives for coming out to expose the matter? He will definitely be judged as "unequal distribution of spoils", and this will definitely ruin his future. At least he will have to forget about playing football.

For a little grasshopper like me, the club can do whatever they want to me. If they tell me to pack up and leave, there is no way I can stay in this air-conditioned room for another night...

No club will accept someone with a criminal record like him in the future.

So he thought that exposing them would not work.

He kept falling into a vicious circle of regret and luck, with his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts and confusion like a tangled mess.

"You look so bad? Are you feeling unwell?" Shen Bin raised his head and saw Gao Haiyang, the team's assistant coach, who was still wearing a suit and tie on the hot day. He placed the tray in his hand on his dining table, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Shen Bin stood up hurriedly, a little at a loss, "Hello, Coach Gao!"

Is it a matter of match-fixing?

In what ways did Dai Zhao and his colleagues fail to be rigorous enough?

Otherwise, why would Coach Gao approach me alone? I had only been in the team for a few days and I was not familiar with him. We only met for the first time at the team preparation meeting. Since I was new to the team, the team leader Wan Anlong introduced me to him alone.

Gao Haiyang pressed his hand down, "Sit down! Sit down! I just saw everyone gathered together, eating and chatting, talking and laughing, and you were the only one hiding here, so I came over to take a look."

Shen Bin sat down in a panic and accidentally dropped his chopsticks on the ground. He awkwardly bent over to pick up the chopsticks and wiped them clean with restaurant paper before answering Gao Haiyang's question, "I was just awakened by a dream during my nap at noon. It's nothing. I'll be fine after a while."

"You were startled by a dream. After the nightmare, just wash your face when you wake up. Do you want to ask the team doctor to check you out after dinner?"

"It's okay, Coach Gao, I'm done eating. If you're okay, I'll go back first." After saying that, without waiting for Gao Haiyang's response, he stood up, cleaned up the dishes, and left the restaurant.

Gao Haiyang looked at Shen Bin's series of reactions and his back, thoughtfully.

I returned to the room, washed my face with cold water, and sat on the edge of the bed, only then did I calm down a little.

About half an hour later, someone knocked on the door.

The sound was not loud and was very rhythmic, but the knock on the door was like a gong ringing in Shen Bin's ears. Shen Bin opened the door vigilantly and saw that it was Gao Haiyang. Only then did he feel relieved.

Gao Haiyang pushed the door open and walked in. He carefully looked at his face and said something worriedly.

Seeing that he was about to make tea, Gao Haiyang stopped him and said, "Don't pour the water, I just came in to take a look."

After Gao Haiyang sat down on the sofa, Shen Bin chatted with him.

He couldn't figure out why Gao Haiyang came to see him. If he found any clues in the game, it would be the team leader or coach Guo Jiangping who came to talk to him. It couldn't be that he was a marginal person in this team.

"Nothing, I noticed that you looked a bit upset, so I came to check on you.

Are you upset because you didn't get to produce results in the last competition? Actually, at your age, grades are important, but improving yourself is the most important thing.

As long as your abilities improve, there will be a place for you to play football. Even though you were dismissed from the Jia Jia team, you were spotted by Coach Guo and came to our team.

The team's performance is not good, and the players are in low spirits. There are still two games left. As long as you are substituted in, you still have to play well. If you play well, you will have a brighter future..."

After chatting for a while, Shen Bin realized that Gao Haiyang was not trying to trick him into believing in the bribery issue. The worry in his heart finally settled down, and he slowly relaxed.

When asked by Gao Haiyang, Shen Bin told Gao Haiyang about his family situation and his football experience.

When Shen Bin was narrating, Gao Haiyang interrupted from time to time and asked some details. His experience made Gao Haiyang sigh for a while.

Seeing that it was almost time for the players' lunch break, Gao Haiyang stood up and said goodbye. When Shen Bin sent him to the door, he turned around and said, "I will suggest to Coach Guo to give you more playing time in tomorrow's game. When you are on the court, don't worry about how others play. Try to show your abilities and skills. Remember to be selfish. The game is first played for yourself..."

His voice was the only sound echoing in the quiet corridor.

This incoherent sentence made Shen Bin stunned for a long time. Until he lay on the bed, he was still thinking about the meaning of Coach Gao's words. He seemed to understand something, but it seemed that he understood nothing. In a daze, he slowly fell asleep.

From this time on, Shen Bin no longer suffered for that damn bribery and match-fixing...

Gao Haiyang did not return to his room, but went directly to 301 to attend the coaching staff preparation meeting before the second game.

At the meeting, he made the following suggestion: "Play long passes, quickly pass through the midfield, and let the two or three forwards with strong personal abilities in the front look for opportunities. Press and defend in the back half of the field, and try not to give the opponent any chances..."

"Tell me how we are going to play the next game. Should we stick with the previous style of play or make some adjustments? Please give us your opinions." Guo Jiangping's brows were furrowed like the deep furrows on a pear tree in the field. The cigarette in his hand had burned naturally and was almost finished, leaving only a long, light white ash.

Everyone else was silent, but Gao Haiyang opened his mouth and continued to insist on his opinion, "Our players have not had enough time to get along with each other, and there is no cooperation or tacit understanding between them. After a few mistakes in the game, it is inevitable that they will shirk responsibility and blame the other side, which is not conducive to unity or the game.

In this case, it is impossible for the players to execute any tactics. Instead of this, it is better to simplify the game.”

In fact, what he said was as good as nothing he said. Apart from Wang Anlong, who was not familiar with football and could not figure out the meaning of his words, the two assistant coaches present did not say a word, and Guo Jiangping even had a gloomy face and did not say anything.

In fact, the assistant coaches all understood that Gao Haiyang's suggestions were all on point, but they could not stand up and clearly support Gao Haiyang, because they all knew that head coach Guo Jiangping did not get along well with this young man who had studied abroad.

The incident started two years ago, when Gao Haiyang had just returned from England. He had graduated from the 18th advanced coach training course held by FIFA in the UK.

It happened that the Football Association was holding a Football Association work meeting in Beijing, and all the domestic first-class team coaches, assistant coaches, and echelon coaches attended the seminar.

At the coaches' joint meeting, some people raised the question of whether it was reasonable to conduct physical fitness tests during the annual spring training in Kunming Haitang and whether it was necessary to continue doing so.

This led to a big discussion on whether physical fitness is better than technology or technology is better than physical fitness. The two sides argued endlessly. At that time, the physical fitness faction had an absolute upper hand. A large number of older generation coaches such as Zheng Xuemeng, Su Shunchang, Zeng Zhiyang, etc. were true physical fitness factions, including coach Guo Jiangping.

The coaches who opposed them accounted for less than 30% of the total number, and the one who had the most heated argument with these old coaches at the meeting was the one in front of him.

Later, for some reason, Gao Haiyang was unexpectedly sent by the Football Association to Tianlun in Liaoning Province for an internship. Last year, Gao Haiyang spent a year in the first team, and this year he applied to join the U17 team.