Chapter 53 Unexpected...

The night before the game, Diamares thought seriously about tomorrow's game, and didn't fall asleep until three o'clock in the evening. It was less than three hours, and at six o'clock, he was no longer sleepy.

He didn't disturb his wife, he slowly put on his clothes, and when he got to the bathroom, he looked in the mirror and saw that his eyes were bloodshot.

"I slept too little." Thinking of the tension and exhaustion these days, Diamares smiled wryly, but he still felt refreshed because he was the acting head coach today, and he knew that Wansheng would not go to Plei In the German Stadium, he is the head coach who can completely call the shots.

Before eight o'clock, Diamares arrived at the training ground.

Today is a game day, and even Bolton Reiter will not come to practice so early. The training ground is empty and there is no one. Diamares is sitting on the grass, thinking that he has come so early is really helpful. No, but he was still pumped up and thinking about the afternoon game.

Time passed slowly, and after 8:30, players began to appear on the training ground.

At nine o'clock, the entire team assembled, and the morning training began.

The training on the game day is still mainly to do some small exercises. They don't need to consume much physical energy, do some normal restorative exercises to keep them in shape. Diamares is very familiar with this work. He has been the first assistant coach for several years, and he has been in charge of bringing Team training.

But even with this kind of ordinary team-leading training, he felt that the time was very difficult.

The game is in the afternoon!

Diamares felt very nervous at the thought of the afternoon game.

What will happen in the game? Is there something you didn't expect? What if the team loses the first game? Will the players be dissatisfied with him then?

All kinds of thoughts kept spinning in his mind. There were many times when he would unconsciously think of Wansheng. It would be great if Wansheng was there. He didn't have to think about these issues, and left them all to Wansheng to consider. You don't have to think about anything, just lead the team to train normally.

Diamares suddenly realized that this idea was wrong. He would also become a head coach in the future. He couldn't rely on others for everything. He had to think about the problem himself. Make up your own mind.

Damn it!

not like this!

Diamares clutched the phone. Shaking his head vigorously. He originally wanted to call Wansheng to confirm something, but he didn't get through in the end. Instead, he kept his cell phone on the grass.

Take it hard.

Today, I am the head coach!

......

The morning was tough for Diamares, but for the players. It was just a normal game day morning. After the relaxed training, the time was almost up. After lunch at the club restaurant, the whole team gathered in front of the club and took the bus to the Pride Stadium together.

After entering the stadium, Diamares checked the time and asked Jim to lead the training, while he went to attend the press conference.

He also attended press conferences in place of Wan Sheng before. He wasn't nervous at the time, but now he's stepping into the press conference. Seeing the reporters inside, he suddenly felt very nervous.

He kept thinking in his heart, "Today, I am the protagonist! The protagonist!" But the more he thought about it, the more nervous he became.

Many reporters gathered around.

Most of the reporters in the venue didn't care about Diamares. They came to the press conference to ask about Wansheng. Wansheng was suspended for this game, but the suspension was only because he couldn't appear on the coach's bench. It's just that, Wansheng can still sit in the fans' stand and watch the game, and can still use electronic products to remotely control the game. Although the FA stipulates that the ban cannot be related to the game, but they can't fully play a role. After all, modern communication technology has very developed.

So some optimistic reporters asked directly, "Where will Wansheng sit and watch the game?"

The pessimist asked, "Without Wansheng, is there any hope for the team to win?"

So Diamares answered sincerely, "The team's head coach Wan Sheng was suspended, and he didn't come to the Pride Stadium today." In fact, what he thought in his mind was 'Today I am the protagonist, Wan Sheng is gone, I should also be The protagonist once again'.

It's a pity that few reporters care about him. Everyone is thinking about Wansheng. To the reporters, what Diamares said is not important at all. Does what an ordinary person say makes sense? No. It doesn't matter what you say, the key is Wansheng. Wansheng is the team's head coach and a man of the league. Such a talent deserves their attention, Diamares? Who is that?

What's more, the reporters didn't believe what Diamares said at all... Wansheng gone?

impossible!

Liar!

There were still Wansheng-related questions in the audience, Diamares was depressed and exhausted, and finally a reporter asked a different question.

"This Mr. Diamares," a reporter said.

Diamares listened to his whole body at ease, the voice seemed to be the sound of nature, he smiled friendly at the reporter, and then heard the other party's question, "May I ask what tactics Derby County will use to deal with Watford? "

"Can you announce the starting lineup?"

"..."

Diamares hopes to be the protagonist, but he is definitely not a fool. Only in those cup matches, or European competitions and world competitions, the two sides will determine the starting lineup before the game. There is no such rule in the League One, this reporter so Immediate question, with a clear purpose, to snoop on Derby County appearances for Watford.

To such a reporter, he could only respond with 'secret', and finally even said 'I'm not sure'.

......

After dealing with reporters from the media for a long time, Diamares arrived very tired. He felt that his performance in front of reporters was really weak. He finally understood why Wansheng hated reporters so much. These reporters just changed tricks. Blame you, it's useless for you to explain anything, they ask questions only to achieve what they want.

Think of Wan Sheng's calm and easy laugh every time, and then think about himself... In dealing with media reporters, he still needs to learn a lot.

When Chaos came to the door of the locker room, Diamares didn't push the door in the first time, but took out a note from his trouser pocket with what he wanted to say to the players before the game. Silently read the contents of the note on one side. He raised his fist and said firmly to himself, "I can do it!"

Then he pushed open the door and walked into the locker room.

Everyone looked over.

Everyone was looking at Diamares, Diamares felt this kind of gaze, and his heart was the same as what he thought, and then he calmly walked to the middle. Ready to speak. At this moment, Maurice suddenly asked, "Mr. Diamares, does the boss have anything to explain?"

Wansheng's explanation? No more.

Diamares thought about it for a while, Wansheng really has nothing to explain. He explained the tactics to the players yesterday, and he can't talk about the stadium today. It looks like you know that you want to play the role of the last head coach?

possible.

But more importantly. Since Wansheng didn't explain it, what was he doing standing here?

its not right!

I want to say something to boost morale, not to come over and explain Wansheng's explanation... These are two different things at all!

Diamares kept spinning in his mind, but it was actually because Maurice's question completely disrupted his rhythm. Originally, he wanted to stand in the middle of the players, and he loudly announced yesterday that he wanted to. Good to say. As a result, Morris asked... He suddenly didn't know how to speak.

"You have to say it! If you can't pass this level, why not be a head coach!" Diamares quickly became firm again.

So he hummed softly. He said, "Wansheng didn't come to the stadium today because he believed in everyone's strength..."

Everyone looks over.

They wanted to see what Diamares was going to say, but the strange thing was that when Diamares finished saying this, he blushed and didn't know what he was doing. Could he be sick?

"Mr. Diamares, what's the matter with you?" Bolton Reiter asked.

Of course Diamares wasn't sick, he forgot his lines! He stood there thinking for a long time, but still didn't think what the next sentence was. Hearing Bolton Wright's question, he answered, "I'm fine."

Immediately relaxed, "Since Wansheng is not here, let's go to the game, maybe he is watching you from some corner of the stadium..."

He suddenly found that he followed Leiter, and the words he said were 10,000 times better than the lines he thought... There was no need to write any drafts at all, and every player was full of energy when they heard this sentence.

......

FA officials, journalists and fans who came to Pride Stadium ignored Diamares' thoughts.

They only care about Wansheng.

For Wansheng's first ban, the FA specially sent three staff to supervise Wansheng. They thought that Wansheng would be suspended and would definitely appear in the locker room. They waited until the game was about to start and followed Wansheng. It's enough to supervise him by his side.

These three staff are dedicated to doing this.

They have a lot of experience, and what needs to be managed, what is not needed, in order to be concerned about the face of the FA, for example, the other party must not use electronic devices to say anything in front of them, and the use of mobile phones is absolutely prohibited. , Of course, if the other party goes to the toilet, they can't control it at all. They can't possibly prohibit the other party from going to the toilet, right?

But when the game was about to start, when all Derby County players came out of the locker room, they did not see Wansheng.

They stopped Diamares and asked, "Where is Wansheng?"

"He didn't come." Diamares shrugged.

The three staff members were dumbfounded. It was the first time they encountered such a situation. The coach was suspended, and it was impossible not to appear on the court?

How is this going?

When the three of them were in a daze, Diamares had already walked away, but the three of them didn't believe what he said at all, so in the next game, they all worked hard to find Wansheng.

......

Various news reporters and TV stations that broadcast the game are also working hard to find Wansheng. Before the game started, the camera lens first shone at the back of the auditorium, where the three FA staff appeared, and then the commentator found There is no Wansheng there.

"Strange, Wan Sheng is not here?"

The camera turned around and took pictures back and forth in the auditorium several times, but the stand was too big, and there were always many figures in the camera, so who could tell which of them was the "dressed" Wansheng?

"I think Man Sheng must be sitting with some fans and we'll be looking for him in the stands between games...it's interesting..."

The commentator thought so. In fact, many fans of Derby County also thought about it. Generally, the coach who is suspended will watch the game and can only be in the stands, then they may be together with Wansheng.

So they were sitting at the same job, which was to look around to see if there was any Wansheng around, and it turned out...of course, no one found Wansheng.

In short, before the game, except for the players of the two teams, almost all of them were looking for Wansheng. What they didn't know was that Wansheng was basking in the sun by the Thames at this time.

Dressed in a short shirt and shorts, he lay leisurely on the grass, enjoying the nature of the sun shining on his body.

On the other side, Daly, Beth and Beth's 12-year-old brother, Kroll, were busy moving things from the car. Wan Sheng stood up and looked at the busy figures of the three with a smile on the corner of his mouth. , this easy life is really beautiful.

Dally spread the mat and looked this way too.

The two looked at each other.

Then I heard Dali roaring and shouting, "Wan Sheng, you slacker! Hurry up and help!"

......

At the same time, the game on the field began.

Diamares was sitting on the coach's bench, and he breathed a long sigh of relief. He suddenly realized that leading the team to the game is actually not easy, but it's not just the game, there is still so much work to do before the game.

Now that the game starts, he feels more relaxed, and then he just watches the game and adjusts according to what he thinks in advance.

The game also had nothing to do with Diamares.

Derby County is stronger than Watford and has a home field advantage. The team played according to Wansheng's tactics and suppressed Watford at the beginning. As a result, they scored two goals in the first half. Tford's counterattack was very difficult, with few chances in the first half, let alone a goal.

This gave Diamares a long sigh of relief, as if he had nothing to do.

But he didn't expect that Watford's first attack had a result at the beginning of the second half. Taking advantage of the corner kick, striker Fitgrad used a header in front of the goal to help them recover a goal.

2:1.

Diamares hesitated.

Should we make substitutions now? It seems that the opponent wants to attack in the second half. In this case, the defense should be strengthened. After all, the team's defense has always been a problem, but the second half has just begun. ...Diamarez's mind wanders, and the 'choice disorder' flares up again, because he's not sure how to make the right choice.

He thought of many situations before the game, but the current situation is something he didn't expect. Watford actually recovered a goal at the beginning of the second half?

Goals are too fast...

This is out of Diamares' control of the game, what should he do in the face of this situation? Diamares was completely at a loss. (To be continued ~^~)