Coaching career started as a college team coach

When Alphonso Davies first arrived in Wolverhampton, he was actually a little confused. There was no traffic, no tall buildings, and the traffic was not congested.

The small townhouses extended to the horizon that Alphonso Davies could see with his naked eyes. Only a few wisps of smoke in the distance could still show the city's identity as an industrial city in England.

Alphonso Davies was not the first North American player to come to Wolves, but he was the first player from an MLS team, and more importantly, he was the first former refugee to come to Wolves.

Most of the players of Wolves are Europeans, and most of the staff are native Englishmen, some are from Spain or other places, but none of them have ever had the experience of being a refugee.

This made Alphonso Davies a little worried about whether his future teammates would be prejudiced against him. Europe's policy on refugees is contradictory, and the identity of "refugee" seems to be increasingly resisted by Europeans.

Such discrimination will of course also happen in the football world. From the time he first stepped into the field of professional football, he knew that "football has nothing to do with politics" was the most outrageous nonsense. How can football be "no politics"? Football can be said to be a war in peacetime. How can it exist without politics?

People who play football and pay attention to football are also people. These people are usually members of different social classes and have their own political positions and status. How can they return to the ignorant cradle state as soon as they step onto the football field and only think about how to play football?

If a few or most of his teammates are disgusted with refugees, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to live here.

He has met such people. On the first day they met Alphonso, they shouted at him that he was "extremely smelly" and was no better than a rat in the sewer.

But direct insults are not a bad thing. The invisible discrimination is even more disgusting. They think that black people can't do smart work, don't let Alphonso Davies take important tactical responsibilities, don't want him to enter the core communication circle, and even exclude him from using the same locker room with them.

In the 21st century, this seems outrageous. Shouldn't the apartheid thing disappear in the 1980s?

But unfortunately, these overt or covert discriminations still exist in the football world, and Alphonso Davies and other people of color do not have a high status in the football world.

This is true for players and coaches.

Most football head coaches are white, and it is difficult for people of color to stand in the technical area. In fact, Wei Le's ability to become a head coach so smoothly is also related to the fact that Wolves is a team controlled by Chinese capital.

But on the first day he reported to Wolves, all his doubts disappeared.

When he saw Wei Le again, he still lamented that Wei Le looked so young. This youth is not age, but mentality. As a head coach, he plays the role of a "brother" outside the training ground.

Players are willing to communicate with him, and he is also willing to take the initiative to understand the players' ideas. What's more amazing is that everyone in the team has a good relationship with him. Jota is willing to take the initiative to discuss FIFA with him, veteran Edwards is willing to talk to him about cooking while playing table tennis, and Rodri is willing to ride a bike with him.

Before Alphonso arrived, the Wolves had already assembled a five-man CSGO team, with Wei Le as the commander. In addition to him and Jota, De Paul, Van der Beck and Almiron were also on the team.

They actually wanted to gather a few more people to form a second team, and then participate in some amateur CSGO competitions during the offseason? ! Wei Le's theory is that people who are very good in one aspect should not be too bad in other aspects.

People who are good at football are usually not particularly bad when playing games, because athletes who are good at football actually have faster reaction and decision-making abilities than ordinary people, which is their innate advantage.

He thinks that playing games can also promote progress in football in turn.

Alphonso Davies didn't understand, but he was shocked. After visiting the Wolves' game room, Alphonso Davies gladly accepted Jota's invitation and joined the game team.

But he still had some questions. He had never been exposed to such a way of getting along. It seemed that Wei Le didn't seem to have any so-called majesty at all. How could he lead a good team?

But after the first day of training, he changed his mind about Wei Le. He even felt that Wei Le was two different people on and off the court. Because on the training ground, he was the strictest coach. Those who failed to meet the training requirements would be criticized by him. He set the strictest punishment clauses toPunish players who are not serious.

If a player misses training without reason, he will be demoted!

But after leaving the training ground, who he just criticized will not affect his opinion of that player at all. Maybe two minutes ago he was publicly criticizing Jota for not being active enough in running, but two minutes after the training, Jota will still drag him to play games together.

"Authority established solely by violence and despotism is not authority at all." Wei Le answered Alphonso Davies, "Look, I have a very good relationship with you now, but you are still willing to believe in my arrangements during training and games. Isn't that good?"

"Do you want me to be like those old-fashioned people, coming and going with a stern face every day, and then you complain and scold me every day?"

"The current appearance, I think, is what professional football should be like."

The discrimination that Alphonso Davies once worried about does not exist at all. Although most of the players here have played in Europe, they all have various family backgrounds. The head coach himself is the only yellow-skinned player in the team, so of course he is not discriminated against.

This kind of real acceptance is far more reassuring than those slogans and slogans.

Life in Wolves also makes Alphonso Davies feel extremely comfortable. Comfortable, yes, he will be tired and frustrated by the criticism of the head coach, but he is willing to play in Wolves and likes to play with his teammates.

He is already satisfied enough.

Before the game, Wei Le found him and talked about his tactical value in this game.

"Your breakthrough will be an important part of breaking Piszczek, and before that, you have to make him believe that you will not break through. If you are empty, you should be real, and if you are real, you should be empty. The principle of military strategy is actually very simple."

"Then when should I start to break through?" Alphonso Davies asked.

"When you think he has relaxed his vigilance, then break through!" Wei Le laughed, "You can fail many times, but as long as he fails once, it is enough for us!"

When you relax your vigilance.

Alphonso Davies observed that Piszczek had unscrupulously narrowed the distance between him and him, and he felt that now was the best opportunity! Then, he didn't hesitate!

"Alfonso Davies broke through Piszczek!!!"

Something bad happened!

It was too late for Piszczek to chase back at this time. His speed was not as fast as Alphonso Davies. Counting the time of turning around, he turned around and couldn't even see the taillights of Alphonso Davies' car!

After shaking off Piszczek, Dortmund's midfielder Castro appeared on the right side of Alphonso Davies, but Castro himself was not good at defense. When facing the sports car on the wing, he could only try to squeeze him out.

But Alphonso Davies was not afraid of this? He overtook in the outside lane and kept moving the ball forward, and Castro was getting farther and farther away from the ball!

"Overtaken! Alphonso Davies is now approaching the baseline!"

It's not that Alphonso Davies didn't think about repeating Bale's stunt back then, but he is indeed too far outside now. If he turns inside, he will definitely be intercepted by other players who return to defense later.

The wisest choice is to cross the ball from the bottom! ! !

"Hey!!!"

Alfonso heard the shouts from the penalty area, but maybe it was just his own fantasy. The environment was so noisy that he couldn't hear who was saying anything. He looked up and saw Jota there!

Alfonso Davis was ruthless. He accelerated again and completely got rid of Castro. Then he kicked the ball with his left foot and turned to the penalty area! The football passed in front of everyone and ended in front of the far post. Jota had been waiting for a long time. Although it was a half-high ball, Jota had his own way!

He kicked the right spot with a volley.

When the ball left his feet, Jota felt that the ball must be in!

"Davis made a cross, Jota shot - the ball went in!!!!!!!!!"

"In Westfalen, Wolves scored their crucial second away goal. Now they have overtaken the score. The score is 1-2, but Wolves are leading!!!!"