Fox in the Penalty Area

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Captain Pete Williams is taking Maxi Carey to greet his new teammates in the locker room.

Zhou Zijing and Morikawa Junpei were sitting in front of their lockers, looking at each other from a distance while chatting in Chinese.

"Isn't this person really here to defeat Hu Lai?"

Zhou Zijing looked at Kaili and asked Morikawa Junpei.

"Maybe it's true," Morikawa Junpei said in a low voice. "Why else would he choose Leeds City instead of Insoubre?"

"Then I have another opponent?" Zhou Zijing rubbed his chin.

Morikawa Junpei glanced at him and said nothing.

But Zhou Zijing keenly caught Morikawa Junpei's eyes, so he asked: "What's wrong?"

"No...it's nothing."

"What you are saying is simply saying, 'Yes, I have something to say.'" Zhou Zijing put his arm around Morikawa Junpei's shoulders, "No, you have to say it. I hate people who hesitate to speak!"

Junpei Morikawa sighed: "I am often said to be a 'secondary student'. But when it comes to being a 'secondary student', I think you are more of a 'secondary student' than me, Zhou Zijing..."

Zhou Zijing was stunned for a moment, then realized that Morikawa Junpei was scolding him for being unrealistic, so he stretched out his hands to clamp Morikawa Junpei's neck: "Don't raise other people's ambitions! Morikawa! Have you forgotten that you want to defeat Hu Lai?" Have you volunteered?"

The two people were making trouble when captain Williams came to them with Carey.

Zhou Zijing let go of Morikawa Junpei, stretched out his hand to Kaili, and said in English: "Welcome, welcome, warm welcome! My name is Zhou Zijing, and I am a center."

Carey shook his hand and said, also in accented English, "Hello."

Morikawa Junpei's attitude was much more normal. He held Kairi's hand and bowed slightly: "Morikawa Junpei. Lower back."

"Hello."

After a brief greeting, Carey and Williams continued walking forward.

Behind them, Junpei Morikawa asked Zhou Zijing in Chinese: "Don't you regard him as your opponent? What's going on with your enthusiastic attitude just now?"

"You are stupid." Zhou Zijing chuckled, "I have a good relationship with Kyrie, and when the game comes, he will pass the ball to me more, just like he passed the ball to Hu Lai in the Pirates. Then I will Wouldn't it be easier to surpass Hu Lai? This wave, this wave is called 'turning enemies into friends'!"

Morikawa Junpei frowned and hesitated again.

Zhou Zijing glared at him: "You don't want to be like this.

Morikawa. If you have anything to say, just say it directly..."

Morikawa Junpei sighed: "It's different, Zhou Zijing."

"What's different?" Zhou Zijing didn't react yet.

"I mean you are different from Hu Lai, so the scene you fantasize about may not happen..."

Before Morikawa Junpei finished speaking, his neck was stuck by Zhou Zi's menstrual deficiency again.

"Whose side are you on, Morikawa? Have you forgotten your ambition to defeat Hu Lai?!"

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As soon as Luo Kai walked out of the parking lot, he saw a group of people in the distance walking towards him with cheers.

But today is not an open day, so why is there a film team in the training base?

So he stopped and watched curiously.

"They are our new female football players."

At this moment, Ricardo Barria's voice came from beside him.

He turned around and saw that the Portuguese was already standing beside him, stopping to watch with him.

"It takes such a big fight to introduce a female football player?" Luo Kai was a little puzzled.

Not to mention the women's football team, even Tramed's men's football team would not arrange for such a large-scale filming team to film any new signings at the training base.

After all, transfers and signings are a very common thing, and there is no need to make a big deal about it.

"The club wants to show its importance to women's football..." Barea shrugged and whispered. "And the transferred player is very strong. Our women's team can sign her and beat many competitors. Of course we need to promote it well..."

"So pretty?" Luo Kai was a little surprised.

In his mind, the only one who can truly deserve the title of "superstar" is Li Qingqing.

If Li Qingqing were here, he would completely understand the battle in front of him.

But it's a pity... Li Qingqing can't come to Tramed.

Seeing the crowd approaching, Barea covered his mouth with his hand, leaned into Luo Kai's ear, and whispered: "Lilith Lazar, the main forward of the French national team, the player of the Paris Eger Women's Football Team after Li Qingqing." He is a football star. Do you think he is pretty?"

While Baria was making introductions, the crowd had already arrived.

Luo Kai was also able to see clearly who was surrounded by the crowd.

Then he froze.

It turned out to be the blonde woman who watched the Champions League final with him.

The latter also noticed Luo Kai's surprised gaze and glanced over.

After seeing Luo Kai, he smiled sweetly at him.

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With the coach's whistle, the ongoing offensive and defensive training was stopped.

Finally, the coach walked onto the court, took Ou Yangjin's arm, and spoke to him as slowly as possible: "When the offensive player turns around to face you, you must go up to support him and respond to him. Don't stand still. .have you understood?"

Ou Yangjin nodded. He didn't really understand what he heard, but he understood what the head coach meant, which was to ask him to go up and pick up his teammates.

"If he chooses to pass the ball to you, you have to think about where to pass the ball next before catching the ball, and don't hesitate after catching the ball. In your position, not losing the ball is more important than sending a beautiful through ball, understand. Yet?"

"OK, OK, OK coach!" Ou Yangjin nodded repeatedly.

It's been almost a week since he arrived at Claude Rangers in Glasgow and he's still trying to get used to everything here.

Although he had already been learning the language before coming here, Scottish English was still a bit far from the London accent he knew...

So many times, even if he didn't understand, he would nod to show that he understood, and then turn around and ask his translator.

"Very well, go ahead."

The coach left the training area and blew his whistle.

Offensive and defensive training on the field resumed.

After the whole team's training, Ou Yangjin was left alone for additional training under the leadership of the coach.

Practice passing.

For European football standards, his passing is really... not very good.

His strength is defense, but in European football, the requirements for a defensive midfielder are not just about his defensive ability.

In other words, his defensive ability does not allow him to stand firm in a Scottish Premiership giant like Claude Rangers.

In fact, on the first day he came to the team, Claude Rangers' coaching team gave him a "diagnosis." His strengths and weaknesses are mentioned in detail.

The coaching team also developed a year-long training plan for him.

Additional passing practice after the team's normal training is part of the training plan.

In the additional practice, the coach acted as his teammate and first simulated a situation where the full-back got the ball, he stepped up to respond, and then quickly moved the football away.

When passing the ball, he needs to make different decisions: whether to pass to the attacking midfielder in front, or to the winger on the outside in front, or to pass back to the central defender, or to pass long to the forward - in the representative A marker is placed at different receiving points. The closer the pass is to the marker, the better the pass is.

When playing for Flash Star in China, the coaching staff did not recommend that Ou Yangjin make long passes exceeding fifteen meters. Because his long passing ability is really something that cannot be complimented...

But in Claude Rangers, the coaches believe that a defensive midfielder must have comprehensive passing ability. If long passing is an obvious shortcoming, then the opponent only needs to target this point to press Ou Yangjin's passing space, forcing him to only pass long passes. , wouldn’t that mean we can get the ball?

Therefore, the coaching staff of Claude Rangers will not only not prohibit Ou Yangjin from making long-distance passes, but will also deliberately train to strengthen his ability in this area.

It doesn't matter how accurate the pass he is, at least he must be able to pass simple long passes with perfect accuracy.

Of course, the coach will warn Ou Yangjin during the game to try to pass the ball safely instead of passing some clever balls. After all, the priority principle of the midfielder is safety, not making mistakes, not being in the limelight.

Fortunately, Ou Yangjin is only twenty-three years old and is still very malleable. If he were two or three years older, Cloud Ranger probably wouldn't consider buying him.

The coach who plays the right back passes the football to Ou Yangjin, and then Ou Yangjin freely chooses who to pass the ball to.

One kick after another, and after passing the ball fifteen times in a row, I could finally take a break.

There was no dialogue between the two people, only the coach’s occasional accented comments, such as:

"nice shot!"

"not so good!"

"try harder!"

After playing a set, the two changed positions. The coach who originally played the role of right back now transformed into a center back, simulating the scene in which the center back had to play the ball and Ou Yangjin, the midfielder, stepped up to respond.

The sound of kicking the ball and the coach's shouts kept ringing on the training ground.

The overseas career that Ou Yangjin once dreamed of has just begun.