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The training ground was silent, and the players even breathed lightly, for fear of offending Ferguson.

Ferguson waved his hand and let the team doctor check Ronaldo's injury first.

The team doctor stood beside Ronaldo with a first-aid kit and was busy for a while. After spraying the other side to stop the bleeding, he checked other places before turning around and saying: "The forehead and right eyelid need stitches, and the vision will be affected before the wound is completely healed." , probably need to rest for a month."

Everyone was speechless, and several players even cast a sympathetic look at Alan Smith, because they knew that the other party was miserable this time.

"Carl's order is my order. You beat up your teammates during training, and you ignore the coach's words. You only deduct a week's salary, which is considered less!" Ferguson glared at Alan Smith angrily: "From today, you leave here , to train with the reserve team for a month!"

Alan Smith didn't dare to refute, he lowered his head obediently, and replied: "Yes, BOSS."

Ferguson scanned the others with majestic eyes: "If you don't go back to training, do you also want to be sent to the reserve team by me?"

The Manchester United players were all terrified, looked at each other and immediately dispersed, and ran to the distance to prepare for training.

Carl stood beside Ferguson, still thinking about the situation just now: Although he is the coach of Manchester United, Alan Smith did not pay attention to him at all just now. not enough?If it is the latter, what method will he use to correct himself in the future?

Just as he was thinking deeply, he heard Ferguson suddenly say: "Although your punishment of Alan was not excessive, the decision was still a bit reckless."

Carl looked up and saw that he was the only one standing beside Ferguson at the moment, so he understood that what Ferguson said was for himself.He wondered: "Reckless? Isn't this his fault?"

"Is your personal relationship with Ronaldo very good?"

Carl was surprised: "How do you know?"

"I can see it." Ferguson stared at the training ground, and said lightly: "I almost watched the whole process just now, and the attitude you showed-whether it is your concern for Ronaldo or your anger towards Alan, all tell the truth. I this."

Carl defended himself: "Do you think I'm biased? But I listened to Rude's words..."

"People's hearts are biased, and the coaches are no exception." Ferguson suddenly turned his head and smiled at Carl, winking wittily and said: "I just said, your punishment is fine, but what I want to reprimand you is , when you want to unilaterally punish a player, you shouldn't show your concern for another player so clearly."

Carl was obediently trained.

"You are a coach, whether it is an assistant coach or a head coach, try not to do anything to the players when you can't do it, even if you want to fight. If you really feel very anxious, you can yell at others to do it. The team You can't say all the players in the game, at least half of them are physically stronger than you. It's good to ask the bystanders why they fight, but at least give the parties a chance to explain after listening, which is also to be able to see a player clearly It will be more convincing whether you will honestly admit after making a mistake, or cunningly excuse yourself, and you will punish after listening to everyone."

After a pause, Ferguson looked at Carl: "As you did just now, ordering Alan to apologize after hearing Rude's words, and giving him a punishment like deducting his salary will only make people feel that you are rushing to vent your anger on Ronaldo. .”

Carl felt a little ashamed, he wanted to say something for himself, but in the end he didn't say a word, he just thought about what Ferguson said more seriously.

Ferguson really wants to teach Carl something: "If you want to be a good head coach, the most basic homework is that the more critical the moment is, the more you should show your emotions. What you show to others, It’s just what you want others to see, even if you are really eccentric, you must maintain a standard of fairness on the surface, otherwise the players will feel dissatisfied, and there will always be a hidden danger in the locker room that you cannot eliminate.”

Although it can't be said to be a great enlightenment, Ferguson's words definitely have the effect of enlightening Karl.Combining the words and deeds of Ferguson observed by the author himself for several months, Carl concluded that if you want to be a good coach, you must first learn to act.

……

Perhaps every city that made its fortune from coal or steel will give birth to a team with a slightly rough style of play, such as Newcastle, or Leeds United.

However, the treatment Newcastle and Leeds United received in the British Isles is completely different. The "Magpies" can be said to be one of the most popular teams in the entire UK, but the "Young Guards" are in an independent survey of England fans. It shows that the number of deadly enemies they have ranks among the top three in England.

It can also be called a working-class team. Why is there such a big difference between the two?The most important reason is that Leeds United's football hooligans are famous all over the world.

Whether it was the heyday of Leeds United's performance or now, their football style has not changed much, they are so rough and fierce. With the continuous development of football, people are more and more pursuing beautiful football styles. Naturally, Leeds United Suffering from the hostility of football commentators and fans.What's more, in a British police roll call specifically targeting football hooligans, Leeds was called "one of the cities in England with the most football hooligans."

And Bowyer, the "No. [-] Murderer in the Premier League" who was accused of criminal offenses for violently beating Asian students, played for Leeds United for seven seasons, and by the way, he also ruined the reputation of the Young Guards.

Alan Smith has been teammates with Bowyer, among other things, he must have learned a lot of fighting skills. In just a few minutes on the Carrington training ground, he beat Ronaldo so much that he needed to raise a Yue's injuries: 7 stitches on the corners of the eyelids, 4 stitches on the forehead, and a dislocated shoulder.

When the full extent of Ronaldo's injury was shown to the Manchester United dressing room, all the players were shocked. They were not only surprised by Alan Smith's fierceness, but also Ronaldo's toughness-how painful a dislocated shoulder is. Many players have experienced it firsthand. , and Ronaldo was beaten with blood all over his face and his shoulders were so painful that he still stubbornly remained silent. This kid's psychological quality is too strong!

The photo of Ronaldo going to the hospital for stitches was exposed by the media. The pervasive tabloid reporters soon learned about the fight between Alan and Ronaldo. Headlines similar to "Manchester United dressing room strife!" appeared frequently in newspapers, and Manchester United was not doing well , This incident caused a lot of waves among the fans in advance.

The more he worried about trouble, the more trouble continued, and Ferguson felt sullen.After scolding all the players (including Alan and Ronaldo) at a team meeting, he said in a threatening tone, "If you fight again in the future, and it is known to me and the media, I will wait for your absolute decision." It's not just as simple as deducting salary!" He also strictly forbade the players to watch the tabloid news for a week, so as not to affect their game emotions.

Perhaps affected by the low pressure in the team, Manchester United ended in a 0-0 draw against Everton in the fourth round of the league.Now they rank fourth in the standings with only 5 points, No.1 is Chelsea, and the Blues have won all four games.

After the game, everyone went back to their homes in a depressed mood. At this time, Ronaldo suddenly proposed to treat Carl to dinner, so they went to a certain Italian restaurant with a good reputation.

Perhaps it was the first time he went out to eat alone with the coach of the team. Ronaldo was very cautious. After ordering, he sat there all the time, only glancing at Carl from time to time.

"How is your eye?" Carl tried to liven up the atmosphere: "Should the stitches be removed soon?"

"Go to the hospital tomorrow." Ronaldo stared at the top of Carl's head and said, "Call me Cris, it's a bit weird to keep calling you Mr. Alston or coach, and you are not much older than me."

"Cris." Carl is learning and selling: "I am 7 years older than you, you can call me by my name too."

Ronaldo coughed and nodded, looking a little shy.

Once the conversation box was opened, the subsequent communication seemed very fluent. Compared with Ronaldo's almost transparent background picked up by the media, Carl's past experience seemed very mysterious, so Ronaldo asked Carl many questions very curiously, Including his past work, life and other aspects.

While talking, Carl suddenly remembered a very strange thing, that is, in today's game against Everton, Ronaldo and Alan Smith were arranged to sit next to each other on the last row of benches, Ferguson's original intention was to Show the outside world "Look, there is not much conflict between our two players, they can still sit side by side", but Alan slapped Ronaldo for 90 minutes, as if he still had resentment in his heart.

"Obviously it was Smith who beat you up like this, why does he look so unwilling to me?" Carl asked Ronaldo while eating the food on the plate.

Ronaldo's face became extremely exciting in an instant.

Karl smelled "adultery".

He didn't continue to ask, but just waited quietly, to see whether Ronaldo would find a reason to prevaricate himself, or tell the truth.

"Smith provoked me during training, actually..." After half a day, Ronaldo said the following words slowly: "It's because I stole his girlfriend."

Carl nearly choked on a mouthful of spaghetti.

Seeing Carl's expression, Ronaldo quickly added: "When I met Lauren, I didn't know she had a boyfriend, and that was last year, I didn't expect..."

"Didn't expect Smith to move to Manchester United?"

Ronaldo nodded awkwardly.

"Now you're still with his girlfriend?"

Ronaldo shook his head, shrugged and said, "We've broken up."

Carl sighed: "Forget it, let the past be the past."

Originally, he only thought that Alan Smith was hateful, but he didn't expect that it was Ronaldo, who was unkind first, who caused the trouble.He wanted to say something to Ronaldo, but after thinking about it, he was his coach, and he had no position to dictate his private life (if you want to join the football team, at least you must be the head coach to have the confidence), so he shut up.But he still thought, wait until tomorrow to find an opportunity to get close to Alan Smith and express his apology.

Seeing that Carl hadn't spoken for a long time, Ronaldo wanted to speak a few times, but then he didn't know what he thought of, so he closed his mouth tightly and his expression became a little unhappy.

Carl has seen this expression a lot on Anthea's face, and he has the most experience dealing with tsundere teenagers.

With an extremely gentle and considerate smile on his face, Carl said in a gentle tone: "I don't think you are annoying, but I was just thinking that you should have a talk with Smith if you have the chance to untie such a knot. After all, you In the future, you will be teammates who will fight side by side. Moreover, you must never steal someone else's girlfriend again, it will be very bad for your reputation."

The displeasure on Ronaldo's face quickly disappeared, and he nodded seriously at Carl.

……

After a pleasant meal, Carl watched Ronaldo leave in a taxi at the entrance of the restaurant, and then waved to stop a taxi to go home.

Just then, his cell phone rang.

Carl glanced at the screen and found that it was Laurie who called: "Hello—"

"Carl, my son." Laurie smiled brightly, "every time I call you something good will happen!"

"Good thing?"

"Munich 1860 wants to invite you to be the coach. Is this a good thing?"