Team Spirit

Chapter 24 Basic Cross, Goal and Assist Double Eleven
If the Premier League team doesn't want him, Barton will return to Dartford without saying a word, and he won't even look at clubs at other levels!
Forget it, let’s take a look at English League One as well.

But the lowest is English League One, I will never watch English League Two and English League Three!
Patton's career plan has changed slightly.

……

"PUA uses verbal pressure and negative behavior to emotionally manipulate and control others. Advanced PUAs often exploit external pressure to win over others, making them extremely difficult to detect."

"PUA's influence is gradual, gradually breaking the other party's bottom line, 'correcting' their goals, and ultimately achieving their goals."

Ashley Young was lying on the bed, studying Chinese with a book that had many annotations by Lu Kai.

Influenced by Lu Kai, Ashley Young is very motivated to learn Chinese. At present, he can barely recognize some characters and remember some pronunciations, but he does not know the meaning.

Then he picked up another book and read with difficulty: "In modern journalism, truth does not mean fairness. Truth has become more of a means."

"Exposing people to the same truth at different times can have completely opposite effects."

"Judging the fairness of news requires connecting multiple dynamics and observing long-term changes, but this is becoming increasingly difficult in today's world of ever-higher timeliness."

Finally, in the ocean of knowledge, Ashley Young fell asleep.

……

[Ding! You obtained "Basic Crossfire - Black Iron"]

[Basic Crossing·Black Iron: Your crossing ability is slightly improved]

Crosses: 47+1

This skill comes at the perfect time.

With Ashley Young's injury, Lu Kai will have to play as a left winger for a while.

The cross from the winger and the long pass from the center player are not the same thing. The footwork, force generation, arc requirements, landing point judgment, etc. are all different.

With the support of crossing skills, Lu Kai can adapt better.

A week later, the 23rd round of the league.

Dartford drew away.

Lu Kai made a cross to assist Oliver to score.

Barton's mistakes began to decrease, but he was yellow carded again in this game.

In the 24th round of the league, Dartford continued their expedition, and this time their opponent was East Grinstead City.

Barton fully integrated into the team, scored a goal and provided an assist, was named the best player of the match, and helped the team win 3-1.

However, he continued to receive yellow cards in this game, three consecutive games, which reflects his foul-prone defensive style.

Lu Kai scored, bringing his season tally to eleven goals and eleven assists, celebrating Singles' Day early.

Tomas Madeira scored.

But good fortune never comes alone, as Oliver was injured and left the game shortly after the opening.

The post-match diagnosis was that he would be out for one month.

Oliver is a decent forward, as far as ninth level goes.

He has already scored eight goals this season.

Considering the difficult situation Dartford faced in the first half of the season, this data is not easy to come by.

In three days, Dartford will face the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Oliver's injury is like adding insult to injury.

In addition, Ashley Young is confirmed to be unable to return for that game, so the team is missing two main offensive players.

The firepower problem on the front line is huge.

The key is that Lu Kai is not England's traditional strong center forward.

This strength is not about the number of goals scored, but the ability to compete.

Among the fifteen-year-old players, there are no confrontational ones except the future Lukaku.

But Dartford's bad luck was not over yet.

Just as they were preparing to return, they discovered that the tires of the team bus had been punctured by East Grinstead Town fans.

"What a bunch of damn low-quality fans!" Alfred strongly condemned.

Barton asked curiously, "Hasn't our fans ever done this?"

Lu Kai smiled slightly: "I haven't done it for about three months."

In the first half of the season, no team and their bus escaped from the Pond Arena unscathed.

Especially those who won, all of them had to go to Jack Auto Repair - Jack Auto Repair is also one of Dartford's sponsors and a brother cooperation unit.

There was no choice but for Dartford to go to the brother auto repair unit in East Grinstead.

While I was getting my car repaired, two used car dealers came, probably a father and son.

My son was about 17 or 18 years old and was wearing a West Ham United training jersey.

But the jersey was very worn, obviously from the past.

Considering his current job, there is no doubt that this kid was abandoned by West Ham United's youth training.

There are many young people like this every year.

The hardest hit group is those aged fifteen to eighteen.

"Dartford?" The other party was attracted by the team bus and then looked at Lu Kai. "I know you, Lu Kai, the chairman of Green Gun, Lukeham!"

"You are one of the semi-finalists of the London Senior Cup! Our local Grays Athletic Football Club was also aiming for this tournament, but unfortunately we were eliminated in the quarter-finals."

Lu Kai smiled and walked over to shake the other person's hand. "Haha, it's me. I didn't expect to meet someone here who knows us... You're really strong. I bet you must be a player too!"

The young man introduced himself: "I'm Freddie Eastwood, from West Ham United's youth academy... Of course, I'm currently learning the used car business from my father."

"You know, this stuff is pretty profitable."

Lu Kai nodded repeatedly, pretending not to notice the other party's awkwardness when he said the words West Ham United, because the other party was no longer embarrassed: "Yes, used cars are a good business, you will definitely make a fortune in the future."

"There's a player on our team who used to work in a car repair shop. He told me that you guys always have a new car after a while, which is really enviable."

"Many times a car is discarded by a wealthy person, but in fact the interior is intact, even better than the cars most people drive..."

Eastwood became interested. "I can guarantee this is true. My dad once bought a Rover coupe. It's a very old brand, but..."

Eastwood talked incessantly for more than half an hour.

So much so that his father started urging him to leave after finishing his business with the repair shop owner.

Eastwood then said goodbye to Lu Kai reluctantly.

I don’t know why, but despite being so young, his steps were so heavy and slow when he turned around and left.

As if expecting something.

Until Lu Kai's voice came: "Hey, Freddy... Would you like to play for my team?"

Eastwood stopped immediately.

He immediately turned to look at his father beside him.

Lu Kai continued, "Food and lodging are provided, and the weekly salary is twenty pounds. You can sign a youth training contract. It's definitely not as profitable as the used car business, but it won't cost you money from your family either."

"As for the future, who can say for sure? If we get promoted, professional contracts, higher salaries, offers from big teams, anything is possible!"

"Seventeen is the age to dream. It's too early to wake up now!"

(End of this chapter)