striker cool brother

Chapter 164 The Atmosphere Builder

Rossi had to admire Lao Lei's vision, he had seen everything through.

No one thought that the meritorious coach who led the team to the Premier League as the champion of the English Championship and led the team to complete the relegation battle in the first year, was fired by the club without any warning.

The statement said that Pearson's coaching ideas are inconsistent with the team's philosophy.

If not, how did the miracle of the team's relegation come about?
The good media pointed the real reason for the club's dismissal of Pearson to his son James' prostitution in Thailand.

They believed that embarrassing the chairman in front of his hometown was the real trigger for Pearson's dismissal.

The team has completed the signing plan and is about to start preparing for the new season.

At this time, the head coach was fired, which seriously affected the morale of the team.

In another 22 days, the team will start the pre-match warm-up match, and the pressure on the shoulders of acting coach Craig is quite heavy.

The team invested nearly 4000 million euros in transfer fees in the summer. The club chairman Vichai Vichai's season goal is by no means as simple as relegation.

Facing the scandal, not participating in the signing plan, the atmosphere in the team is low, and the mental state of the players is not good.

These problems are a huge challenge for the upcoming new coach.

Now Leicester City has become a hot potato.

In the first training session after returning to the team, the players only did physical training, so that the new players can quickly adapt to the environment and establish a tacit understanding with the old players.

As for how to prepare for the new season and what tactics to use instead, he doesn't know at all.

Maintaining normalcy is the only thing he can do.

After a day's training session, the players were still preoccupied. Without clear guidance, they were full of confusion about the future.

"Ro, what do you think?"

While taking a shower, Vardy and Mahrez surrounded him.

A day of training is not hard, but the confusion in their hearts has been bothering them.

Rossi said: "Since it's here, it's safe. Instead of worrying about it, it's better to train well. Regarding the future of the team, the people above are more anxious than us."

The two also felt that it made sense, how could they have the ability to intervene and intervene in the future of the team.

Playing well is what players should do.

"Jamie, tomorrow we will practice offensive coordination. You run faster than me, and I will pass you to run." Rossi said suddenly.

Vardy's eyes lit up, Rossi was going to be fed bread, so what a shame not to eat it.

"Okay, then remember to give me more advance measure!"

At this time, Ulloa, who heard the conversation between the two, came over and choked Rossi from behind.

"Luo, you are biased. If you are slow, don't you deserve an advance?"

Rossi hurriedly begged for mercy, and said, "Don't use me as a midfielder, I'm a striker."

"It doesn't matter, you are more comfortable passing the ball. You must pass the ball to me more in the new season."

"Okay, let me go first, I'm going to suffocate."

"Then tomorrow's training, remember to call me!"

The boring training made the team members unable to lift their spirits, and they all wanted to take a shower and go home quickly to take a good breath.

But when they heard that Rossi and Vardy were discussing training, they immediately became interested and gathered around.

"Luo, you are eccentric, you don't even call us for training."

"It seems quite interesting. It's better than today's. I want to join."

Teammates are chattering and arguing to join. They can't repeat boring training every day.

"Okay, in the free training time tomorrow afternoon, we will play in teams, and the losing team will be treated to a treat."

Under Rossi's proposal, his teammates agreed.

"You guys come too, let's play together!"

Rossi saw several new players sitting quietly in the corner, their faces were still a little scared.

Shinji Okazaki stood up straight and said seriously, "Okay, I will definitely do my best."

The short Kanter smiled slightly, showing two rows of white teeth, and said, "Okay!"

"Captain, what do you think?" Rossi asked Morgan, after all, he is the captain of the team.

Morgan is worried about the dull atmosphere of the team, and he wants to mobilize the emotions of his teammates to welcome the new season.

Rossi's proposal just solved his urgent need, and he said happily: "No problem. Then let's draw lots and treat the losing team tomorrow."

In the training session on the second day, Craig found that the players were extremely excited, and everyone's eyes were shining.

It is a light full of anticipation and excitement.

Tears of excitement swirled in his eyes, and most of the stone that was pressing on his chest was finally removed.

During the lunch break, Morgan took Rossi to Craig and told him about the afternoon practice plan.

"You are really my savior!" Craig was very satisfied with the proposal of the two and strongly supported it.

When he was an assistant coach before, he only needed to assist Pearson to arrange the team's training plan, and was responsible for conveying the words of the head coach to each player.

Although the workload is high, the pressure is not high.

Now that it was his turn to be the head coach, his former colleagues were dismissed by the club along with Pearson, and a lot of work was on him, and he had to temporarily convene people to form a temporary team to assist in the work.

Just dealing with the daily affairs of the team is exhausted every day, and there is no time to mobilize the enthusiasm of the players.

Now that Morgan and Rossi can take the initiative to help him share the tasks, they are too happy to say: "When you treat guests, remember to call me."

The group match in the afternoon is mainly to strengthen the tacit understanding between the players and activate the players' state through the match.

There are a total of four groups in the confrontation match, which is conducted in a round-robin manner.

First, draw lots to determine the two teams that will take the lead in the game. A total of three goals will be played, and the first to win two is the winner.

The winning team is temporarily safe, the losing team has to choose an opponent from the remaining two teams, and the losing team continues to choose an opponent.

In this way, the round-robin game continues until a team loses three games in a row, and the round-robin game ends.

Rossi, Vardy, Drinkwater, Kanter, Huth, and Draet form Group A.

The opponent is Group B consisting of Shinji Okazaki, Kramaric, Albrighton, Schlupp, Morgan and Ben Aruane.

Kanter, Shinji Okazaki and Ben Aruane are all new players, and no one knows what their true level is.

At the beginning of the game, they relied on the cooperation of the old players of both sides to launch a smooth attack.

As the game progressed, the strength of the three newcomers was gradually revealed.

Although Shinji Okazaki has no obvious outstanding features, he has a good sense of grabbing spots and is very active in defense. He is a concise and practical player.

Although Ben Aruane is a central defender, he actually has a good ability to dribble forward.

The little Kanter is even worse, running very actively and covering a large defensive area.

The most important thing is that in a fight with Schlupp, the physical confrontation did not lose the wind at all.

With his excellent defensive coverage, Drinkwater felt so relaxed for the first time that he could concentrate on passing the ball to the striker.

In the end, Team A led by Rossi won the match 2:0.

The most interesting thing about the round robin is that each team has more than one chance to play against the other three groups.

As long as a team doesn't lose three games in a row, the game will restart on a kick-off cycle.

In the nearly two-hour game, except for Rossi's team, which only lost twice, the other three teams were evenly divided.

In the end, Ulloa's C team lost three games in a row, ending today's training.

Dinner is at a small restaurant near the stadium. The owner is a Leicester City fan, and he specially reserved the venue for them.

After Craig finished his work, he had a dinner with the players and agreed to use this method as a reward and punishment for future training.

After two weeks of training, the players have come out of the club's negative news, and the atmosphere in the team is harmonious.

There is still one week before the friendly match. Craig must announce the new season squad and match list, and determine the team's starting lineup and season goals.

Just when he was having a headache, the club's official website sent out a big news on July 7.

Italian Claudio Ranieri, who signed a two-year contract with Leicester City, is officially the new head coach.

(End of this chapter)