Chapter 501, The Silent De Bruyne

After defeating Tottenham, Manchester United successfully advanced to the League Cup final.

In the other two games, Aston Villa failed to create another miracle. They were defeated by Chelsea 7-1 in two rounds, and finally left the League Cup with regret, while Manchester United and Chelsea joined the League Cup final. To compete for the first champion of this season, the game is scheduled for March 2, and there is still more than a month from now.

Although he successfully advanced to the final, Jin Taige was still a little dissatisfied with this game, and there were others. And the person who made him dissatisfied this time was actually his favorite general - De Bruyne.

In this game, Lampard scored a goal and an assist, and he was the biggest contributor to the team's victory. However, the process of Lampard assisting Griezmann has some twists and turns.

That ball was De Bruyne's continuous breakthrough of Tottenham's defenders on the right. At that time, there was a large gap in front of him. Knowing De Bruyne's shot is also great.

But De Bruyne didn't shoot at the time. He paused on the spot, then attracted the opponent's defensive player, and then passed the ball across to Lampard. When he saw this situation at the time, Kintag frowned off the court: Obviously De Bruyne's chances are much better than Lampard's, why didn't he shoot the goal himself, but handed it to Lampard instead?

In the end, Lampard passed the ball to Griezmann, who was in a better position, and the French scored the goal.

This incident is just a microcosm of the recent period. It's not just this game, Kintiger has been a little dissatisfied with De Bruyne's performance recently. It's not that De Bruyne's performance is not good, but because Kintag has high demands on De Bruyne and hopes that he can perform better.

But Kintag found that since Lampard joined Manchester United this season, De Bruyne's performance on the field has declined. In the second half of last season, De Bruyne has become the core midfielder of Manchester United. Although he is still a little immature in the handling of some special balls, but generally speaking, De Bruyne dares to pass the ball. Shooting is really a general style.

But this season, Kintag made Lampard the core of the frontcourt. He originally hoped that De Bruyne and Lampard could echo each other and form a dual-core effect, but he did not expect that De Bruyne's role would become more and more important. The younger he was, he slowly turned from an all-around attacking core to an ordinary midfielder. Not only the pass in the last game, but in some previous games, De Bruyne also seemed a little timid and wasted a lot of opportunities.

Kintag thought to himself, it seems that I am going to find an opportunity to talk to De Bruyne.

Because of the continuous fighting in recent days, the full-day rest after the match day has been changed to half a day. The team just finished playing against Tottenham yesterday, and the team is still seizing the opportunity to practice together this afternoon, but Jin Taige tried to arrange some less physical exertion. Items to help players recover their physical condition.

During the set-piece training, Kintag took a moment to call De Bruyne aside and chatted with him about his doubts. He specifically asked about the ball in yesterday's game: "Kevin, your chance for that ball It's obviously better, but why did you give up handling it yourself and hand it over to Lampard, who is in a bad position?"

De Bruyne said honestly: "Because Lampard is the core of the attack on the field, and he has helped me a lot no matter whether he is in Chelsea or Manchester United. He can be regarded as half of my teacher. He should be given more opportunities."

Hearing De Bruyne's words, Kintag was a little dumbfounded: "Kevin, although Lampard is the core of the midfield, he can't handle all the problems?"

De Bruyne said seriously: "But I think he has a good chance, and I am willing to give him a better chance to repay him for teaching me."

Kintag looked at De Bruyne, he opened his mouth, thought for a long time, but still didn't say anything,

He patted De Bruyne on the shoulder: "Go back to training."

"Okay boss." De Bruyne ran back to the field quickly, and he looked back at Kintag.

Seeing De Bruyne's uneasy look when he left, Kintag felt amused in his heart: This kid must be worried that I would be angry with him, so he looked back at me, and he really convinced him.

Kintag originally intended to persuade some De Bruyne, but he still didn't say what he wanted to say.

In fact, among the players Kintag bought, De Bruyne is definitely one of his favorite players. However, De Bruyne is different from many people. He is introverted, shy, and shy, but he is very strong, hardworking, and tenacious in his heart. He will name and criticize him, even when the two are together, Kintag taught and criticized De Bruyne very implicitly. He understood that De Bruyne's heart is very sensitive. If he speaks too hard, it may cause De Bruyne a psychological burden; moreover, De Bruyne is very smart. Understand the meaning of Jin Taige, and then adjust it. This also made Jin Taige very pleased.

So today's matter, since De Bruyne expressed his thoughts, Kintag did not intend to make suggestions directly, but prepared to reactivate De Bruyne's offensive core attributes through other methods.

At this time, the training ground happened to be rehearsing a corner kick attack. Griezmann from outside the penalty area shot at the ball and fired an anti-aircraft gun. He could have stopped the ball and dealt with it, which would have a better effect, but Griezmann planned to learn from Zidane's flying fairy in the Champions League final in order to be handsome.

Seeing the Frenchman's mistake, Kintag blew a whistle on the sidelines, then stretched out his index finger and shook it in the air, expressing his dissatisfaction with Griezmann's ball.

After Griezmann saw it, he stuck out his tongue immediately, then smiled and waved to Kintag to show that he understood that he had handled the ball improperly just now.

At this time, Alonso laughed at Griezmann: "Anthony, you dared to volley the ball just now. Do you think you are Zidane? Look at you, you were laughed at by the boss."

"Hahahaha!" There was laughter on the court.

Griezmann also responded with a smile: "When we advance to the Champions League final, maybe I can really score such a goal! Haha!"

There was laughter on the training ground.