Four Hundred and Six: Bet or Not?

Liverpool, Melwood training ground

It was 9 o'clock in the morning, and the players were already changing clothes in the locker room, but Yang Cheng still didn't come down.

"Is he in the office?" Tim Hank asked concerned.

Paul Bayer nodded, "I wonder what Natalie told him last night!"

He felt a little regretful now. What if it really hit Yang Cheng's side and caused him some problems?

After all, she is just a little girl, and her words are neither light nor serious.

"It should be fine, he is not a person who can be knocked down so easily!" Benitez seemed very confident in Yang Cheng.

Moniz also nodded, "He's just a little impatient. It's not a big problem."

"I'm just afraid that the little girl will talk indiscriminately!" Paul Bayer was still very worried.

As Yang Cheng said before, this German is always a bit of a mother-in-law.

"I've heard that some people with psychological problems would commit suicide if they don't want to!" Di Palma came over from the side.

"Let me go, he has something wrong with his mentality, not his psychology, it's far from good!" Tim Hank immediately denied it.

He has been classmates with Yang Cheng for many years and has been an old colleague for so many years, so he naturally knows Yang Cheng's character.

The players walked out of the locker room one by one. When they didn't see Yang Cheng on the training ground, they were all a little surprised.

This has never happened before. The Chinese are always the first to come to the training ground. Could it be that something happened to him?

Just as they were guessing, Yang Cheng finally walked down from the training building and slowly walked to the scene in time. By this time, the players had already finished warming up.

"Guys!" As soon as Yang Cheng arrived, he clapped his hands vigorously a few times, "Come here, let me say a few words!"

The players were originally going to disperse for training, but after hearing this, they all came closer and stood neatly.

Yang Cheng hesitated a little, glanced at each player and the assistants beside him, and suddenly laughed, "I want to say to everyone, I'm sorry!"

Everyone was stunned immediately,

Not to mention Paul Bayer and others, even the players were dumbfounded.

Yang Cheng is apologizing. He is the biggest name in Liverpool and the most eye-catching center of attention. Everyone depends on him to survive. Why is he apologizing? What did you do wrong?

It was obvious that many players in the team were staring at Yang Cheng and making guesses in their minds.

"I have to admit my mistake first, that is, during the entire pre-season preparations, my mentality was a bit unbalanced. This has nothing to do with anyone else. It is my responsibility, which led to our poor performance in the Amsterdam Cup. I will bear the responsibility. All the responsibilities above have nothing to do with you!”

"I thought clearly last night. I know where the problem is. I am very grateful to my assistants. Thank you!"

Yang Cheng glanced at all the assistants and nodded gratefully towards them.

Paul Beyer was the first to applaud, followed by other coaches and finally the players.

They all saw clearly that Yang Cheng's apology and thanks were sincere and sincere.

"What I want to say is that each of us has a past, and we will inevitably be affected by the past, causing us to make mistakes in our subconscious and judgment, but we are a whole, so what we have to do, It’s about tolerating each other and supporting each other.”

"I hope that we can all continue to talk and solve problems openly and honestly, so if you have any doubts and questions in the future, you can come to my office anytime, anywhere."

After finishing speaking, Yang Cheng waved his hand and signaled the team to go to training.

In fact, he didn't have to apologize, because he was Caesar, no one would blame him, and no one was qualified to blame him, but he still decided to apologize because he hoped to use this way to tell all the players that they all are one, all equal, and he wants all to be honest with each other.

After the players all left, Yang Cheng smiled slightly and hugged Paul Bayer and others beside him.

"If I guessed correctly, you should have betrayed me to Natalie!"

Paul Bayer was stunned, and immediately pointed at Tim Hank with a smile, "It's him, this bastard chats with Natalie all day long!"

"Hey, you asked me to say it, okay?" Tim Hank immediately retorted.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly. No matter how great his achievements were, Paul Bayer and Tim Hank would always be his most trusted partners and partners, because they would never betray him and would always be thinking about him. .

"Anyway, thank you!" Yang Cheng thanked him.

"Wow, it's not easy to get Caesar's thanks!" Moniz joked.

"Then you have to treat me to dinner!" Chris Schmidt laughed.

Yang Cheng also nodded, "No problem, you can order whatever you want at the training base restaurant at noon, it's mine!"

"Too stingy, too stingy, you bastard!" Everyone immediately protested.

After a while of joking, Yang Cheng became serious again.

"In the afternoon training session, Robben returned to the left!" Yang Cheng said.

Paul Bayer and others nodded. For the time being, this is what is most in line with Liverpool's player configuration.

"But I still decided to let Cristiano Huinaldo play the main role. He will play on the right. I hope that I can help him as much as possible technically. Also, Chris, give him a detailed physical strengthening plan. Training, on the basis of ensuring his speed, flexibility and flexibility, strengthens his physical confrontation and physical fitness."

Chris smiled and said, "This is so difficult!"

Generally speaking, to improve physical resistance, you have to increase the hardness and strength of muscles. This will make the whole body stiff and lead to a decrease in flexibility and flexibility of the body. Therefore, some delicate technical movements cannot be performed, but Yang Cheng's The requirements are obviously higher, which requires the research center to tailor-make it for Xiao Luo.

"It's not difficult for me to do it myself, and I'm still looking for you. I'll give you a year to improve him!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

After hearing this sentence, everyone immediately understood that Yang Cheng really let go.

Inter Milan's brilliant achievements are a pressure for any head coach. Not only the successor is under pressure, even if Yang Cheng leaves, he will inevitably feel the pressure, because everyone will take everything he has in Liverpool and Inter Milan Vs.

Now it seems that Yang Cheng is no longer prepared to continue to insist on results in his first season in charge of Liverpool. He is more interested in improving the team's strength and carving out the semi-finished products in the team.

"Oh, by the way, and Robben, give me a good beating on this guy!" Yang Cheng explained with a smile.

The current Robben has a good sense of teamwork, otherwise it would be difficult for him to play the main role in Hiddink's team. After he came to Chelsea and was transformed by Mourinho, he became more and more independent. After all, he is used to being the main player. The core of the team is used to having his teammates around him to play football, so his playing style will inevitably become unique.

This was also evident in Ronaldinho later on, and this is also a consistent problem among core players.

But in Yang Cheng's team, he will not allow such problems to occur, because he always believes that team players are more powerful and better than core players.

Of course, it is undeniable that core players are more likely to steal the spotlight.

Last night, Yang Cheng thought a lot, especially about the difference between modern football and football in the 1990s. He felt that there was a word to describe it, and that was impetuous.

Players and teams have begun to become impetuous. Football in the 1990s was quieter. There was no highly developed information at that time, so players played with more peace of mind. They were more selfless and did not care who scored and who did not. , they will cooperate better.

Only in this way can they better improve their football level, understand football techniques and tactics, and then improve their own level and football intelligence.

But modern players are not good at it. If they are impetuous and score goals, they will be hyped by the media overwhelmingly. They wish they could become a superstar. It is said that there is nothing in the sky or on earth. Therefore, when everyone becomes impetuous, everyone is busy filming commercials. When the time comes, who has time to really improve their skills and intelligence?

Sometimes I think about it, even Yang Cheng himself almost went astray, let alone others?

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After each training session, there will always be some players who stay to train themselves.

For this kind of thing, the coaching staff gives pointers and reminders, asking them to contact them based on their shortcomings, but there are also some players who always practice in their own way.

For example, Cristiano Ronaldo.

He practiced extra in three areas: dribbling, free kicks, and shooting.

These are three techniques that make it easy to get the limelight. From this, we can also see his character, eager for success!

But no one can deny that he is indeed the most diligent one in the team. He is always the last one to leave the training ground. Many times, even everyone has left and it is dark, but he still stays, over and over again. Practicing.

Yang Cheng was about to leave, but when he saw the lights on the training ground, he came over.

Seeing Ronaldinho practicing his dribbling skills around obstacles again and again, Yang Cheng couldn't help but applaud, especially after seeing his creative acrobatic continuous dribbling around obstacles.

I have to admit, when it comes to bells and whistles, he's really good at it.

It's just that, unfortunately, football, or professional leagues, don't need these!

"Boss!" When Xiao Luo saw Yang Cheng, he immediately became embarrassed, completely different from his calm performance just now.

Yang Cheng walked over, "The technical move just now was very interesting, was it original to you?"

Xiao Luo received Yang Cheng's approval, smiled shyly, and nodded, "Little Bee!"

"Little bee?" Yang Cheng was stunned.

"My dribbling action!" he said, without further explanation, looking a little shy.

Yang Cheng nodded and praised: "Very good technical moves, how did you practice them?"

Ronaldinho smiled and said, "It's instinctive. I've been dribbling like this since I was very young."

"Have you used it in the competition?"

"Yeah." When it came to the game, he looked a little bleak.

In the game against Valencia, he was stared at by the opponent without any temper. The opponent pressed tightly and there were always double-teams around him, so he was unable to form an effective pass.

"I'm going to show you something, come with me!"

Xiao Luo didn't understand, but he still followed Yang Cheng to the equipment room.

Originally there were three obstacles on the training field, but Yang Cheng took three more, for a total of six, placed in pairs, directly in front, left and right of the top area of ​​the penalty area, with the distance between each pair It's narrow, just enough for one person to swing through, and the gap for dribbling the ball is very small.

"I put the ball right in front of the top of the arc in the penalty area. After you run over to catch the ball, you go over the obstacles, then to the left, then to the right, and finally back to the front. You have to go over all the obstacles at once. , entered the penalty area and shot, and then I counted the stopwatch!" Yang Cheng said.

After a pause, Yang Cheng added, "Among the players I have ever coached, Ronaldo has the best performance. He finished it in 16 seconds. Give it a try!"

As soon as he heard Yang Cheng say this, he was immediately eager to give it a try.

As soon as Yang Cheng called start, he ran forward. After getting the ball, he passed directly between the two obstacles in front of him, stopped suddenly, and turned to the left. But in the process, he stepped on a Bicycle, and after reaching the area on the left, he had to adjust again before passing through the gap.

He dribbled the ball in a straight line from the left to the right at the top of the arc really fast, and his emergency stop on the right was also in place. But when he was about to pass through the gap, he stepped on his bicycle again, and the ball almost missed. Lost it.

After finally getting over the obstacle on the right, he returned to the center, still made an emergency stop, dribbled the ball, still rode his bicycle, and then volleyed into the penalty area and scored.

Yang Cheng pressed the stopwatch the moment the ball hit the net, "31 seconds!"

Xiao Luo was stunned immediately and shook his head, "Do it again!"

Yang Cheng nodded and asked him to do it again. This time his score improved, "27 seconds!"

"Do it again!" Xiao Luo was still unwilling.

"27 seconds!"

"26 seconds!"

"29 seconds!"

"26 seconds!"

"32 seconds!"

"30 seconds!"

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After a dozen times, he couldn't stand it anymore and fell down in the penalty area, gasping for air.

"How's it going?" Yang Cheng walked over with a smile.

The Portuguese turned over and lay on the grass, looking a little frustrated, "It can't be completed in 16 seconds!"

"Is it really impossible?" Yang Cheng asked, "Follow me!"

He took Ronaldo back to his office, turned on the light and computer, and found a video collected in the research center's database, which showed Ronaldo's training in this area during his time at Inter Milan.

Ronaldinho stared at the computer screen dumbfounded. Ronaldo on it did not make any unnecessary movements after receiving the ball. He stopped, adjusted, pulled the ball, and passed people. The whole movement around obstacles was very capable, and he even had room to spare. time to make a fake move, just like the fake move he had done countless times on the court.

When the whole work is finished, no more, no less, exactly 16 seconds!

"If his condition were better, he could finish it in 14 seconds!" Yang Cheng said.

Ronaldinho seems a little disappointed. He is most confident in his own tricks. He even feels that his skills are not far behind other top players, because he saw from the live TV broadcast that he played in the Portuguese League. He has seen many technical players and has competed with them. He feels that he will not lose to them.

But now, he has to admit that in this aspect, he lost to Ronaldo, the best player on the planet, and he lost so much.

A full 10 seconds!

"Will this kind of training be useful in competition?" he asked with a wry smile.

The only thing that could bring him comfort was that this was just training.

But Yang Cheng clicked on another video, in which Ronaldo broke into the enemy's defense in Serie A and swayed past people continuously. Generally, it was difficult for two people to stop him, and the technical movements he used were the same as those he used in training. The technical actions are exactly the same.

This is the hard fact!

Seeing his expression, Yang Cheng knew it. He sighed deliberately with a look of regret on his face, "I originally thought that you would be another Ronaldo because you have the same outstanding speed and explosive power as him, but now it seems that you will be another Ronaldo. Come on, you can’t be him, never!”

Xiao Luo's face suddenly became ugly.

But Yang Cheng did not give him more time, but continued: "Maybe you are unwilling, I am willing to make a bet with you!"

The Portuguese raised his head, and there seemed to be a glimmer of light in his eyes.

"I'll give you the position of the main right winger, I'll give you the chance to play, and then I'll give you one year. If after one year, you can reach 16 seconds, I lose. You can do whatever you want, but if One year later, if you can’t reach 16 seconds, you lose and you can do whatever I want you to do, how about that?”

Xiao Luo was shocked. Is there such a good thing in the world?

Giving him the main position and making a bet again, isn't this giving him an advantage?

"Bet or not? In one word, don't hesitate!" Yang Cheng didn't give him time to think about it.

"Bet!" Xiao Luo said decisively.

A person with low self-esteem is often eager to be recognized by others, so he will do everything possible to prove to those who doubt him that he can do very well.

Yang Cheng understood Xiao Luo's thoughts, so he decided to make a bet with him.

If he can complete this set of training within 16 seconds, then his skills will definitely become very capable. Then Yang Cheng will not suffer any loss no matter what, but if he cannot achieve it, then Yang Cheng will ask him to do it. at this point.

"Do you want to make a contract?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

Ronaldinho raised his head and stared at the head coach with a determined look in his eyes. It was obvious that this kid was determined to embarrass his head coach.

"Finally, I have a message for you!"

Yang Cheng was still smiling, but in Xiao Luo's opinion, this smile was somewhat eye-catching.

"Hold on, don't care what others say, just be responsible for me!" After saying that, Yang Cheng walked out of his office and prepared to go home.

Xiao Luo looked at his back, and for a moment he didn't know why, but suddenly he remembered the time when he was 13 years old, when he had just arrived in Lisbon, called home, cried and shouted to go home.

His parents always told him on the phone at that time, "Hold on, no matter what others say!"

Now that he heard this sentence again, his breathing became a little rapid, and he looked at Yang Cheng's back, feeling somewhat confused.

What does he want to do?