Football: The Journey of a Coach

11. Triumph

    Was Warnock angry with Crystal Palace's performance in the first half!. A little, but not enough to be angry, just upset. After all, this was a friendly match, winning or losing was not so important. He is angry mainly because the team's offense has not shown any signs of improvement like last season, and this situation is unacceptable.

The members of the coaching staff really don't know what to do, they've thought about a lot of ways, but the players basically have that kind of composition.

Both teams are back playing, Crystal Palace still have an absolute advantage, Warnock deliberately let the midfielder step up to increase the number of people who won points in the Croydon penalty area.

Daniel Ward said he was a little worried, but not too worried. Crystal Palace's offense was too monotonous. It was always a cross and a cross. There's no other way. Of course, Daniel can understand that the players from Crystal Palace are relatively skilled, relatively rough, and the cooperation in a small area is not very good, there are a lot of mistakes, and the method of tearing the defensive line was really not good.

Warnock helplessly stood on the sidelines. Ireland striker Alan Lee was on the pitch at half-time. Right now, he was clearly running out of stamina and his effectiveness was declining. Another striker, Alassane N'diaye, is also young, so he might as well be the slightly better Victor Moses.

The friendly was not very good, it was ugly, Croydon stayed on, and Crystal Palace were unable to score, but the fans in the stands still saved a lot of face, and once in a while they yelled twice, but it was all mocking Croydon.

"They're like shrinking turtles!. Their necks are in their shells!".

"Damn it, Croydon has about eight men on the penalty line!. Are they really Rahayu how to kick a ball?!".

Croydon is a big place, but not a small one. Daniel Ward was born and raised here, also attended school here. In the stands, there were high school friends who knew him, and neighbors watching the game, as a coach, everyone scolded Daniel. Shameless.

As for Daniel himself, he stood on the sidelines and concentrated, where he would hear the scolding, he carefully observed the situation on the field.

Although unlimited substitutions were allowed, both sides were a little tired. The game lasted about 70 minutes, and I felt the spirit of both sides was rather weak. The Croydon players are better here, especially because they take care of each other physically. No, I still held my breath and could not lose.

The Crystal Palace players are different, some want to use their power, and some don't want to. For a friendly, that's almost enough. If you don't score after attacking for so long, forget it!

In this way, Crystal Palace really turned into a flow of control, which really made Daniel feel funny.

In the 72nd minute, Croydon finally got his dream opportunity. A long pass from the back court was kicked into the back court side of Crystal Palace. To be honest, his fight with Fonte in the second half was always on the bottom, and some of such passes were easily completed by Fonte.

This time was considered his first success, but Fonte was the last line of defense, it was clear what Traore's success meant.

"Graduate!. Pass it!. Fuck, pass!". Daniel Ward was anxious as he stood on the sidelines, hoping he could replace Traore last time out. Traore's poor dribbling ability and poor passing skills, he was really afraid of Traore missing his chance.

Traore hit Fonte and stormed towards the Crystal Palace penalty area from the left. Traore was very fast, Fonte gave up a little, and the pace was not tight. Another centre-back, Johannes Ertel, was tall and rushed to make up for it.

Traore was a little confused at the sight of Eitel, and he almost had a problem with his foot, but anyway, he passed a rather strong ball, and it was a high half ball, no-one Defense, stop the ball and hit the goal at once, penetrate the goal Speroni.

"Oh!. Shit, that's good." Daniel Ward couldn't help himself, and jumped to the sidelines. Behind him, Wayne and the others as well as the players on the bench also jumped onto the seats.

"Handsome!".

"He's so handsome!".

Croydon's players went crazy, and they almost ran into the Crystal Palace first half to celebrate this hard-won goal.

Daniel Ward clenched his fists and waved them excitedly. Gosh, today may be my lucky day, and finally the team scores!. Daniel Ward is very clear about the players in this team, it's been very good that they can make the fence look a little bit better, to score goals, he doesn't have a lot of expectations.

Warnock shook his head, neither complaining nor accusing. The responsibility is everyone, Fonte is the biggest problem, but Fonte is leaving, Southampton are very interested in him, Crystal Palace have no reason not to let go, he slackened in friendlies, he said, what can Warnock say ? !.

Crystal Palace fans in the stands began to curse the team again, and the most condemned was Simon Jordan. Gossip about Crystal Palace's financial problems is already spreading, and everyone almost knows that Simon Jordan is not willing to invest, and Crystal Palace's life is difficult.

“Crystal Palace will be difficult next season!”. Daniel said to Uncle Wayne.

"Yes, Simon Jordan wants to sell the club, but no one is interested now!". Wayne also shook his head, stable management and a good financial situation are the prerequisites of a team to achieve good results on the pitch. If a low-paying team wants to win a championship, it's just a dream, and there's no way the gods will come.

 The league has not started yet, and Crystal Palace's morale is insufficient, even relegation next season will be very difficult.

 “So we're a little invincible today!”. Daniel Ward teases.

"Fart!. No matter how bad they are, they are many times better than us!. Daniel, you are a genius! A genius in the coaching world!. To be honest, you surprised me!". Wayne was telling the truth, and he didn't expect my nephew to actually do this, and his tactical response was spot on. Today, Croydon was able to defend in this way on the pitch and not let Crystal Palace score. Whether it's luck or whatever, Daniel Ward is the biggest contributor.

 “Uncle, I'll be proud of your praise!”. Daniel Ward blinked.

"Fuck up! You should think about how to get along with Warnock later!" Wayne kicked Daniel Ward.

Daniel Ward said it wasn't easy, and would just invite Warnock to have a drink later, and sprinkle some salt in his wound.

The match was soon over, and the referee blew the sign's whistle over. Croydon players celebrate this victory with an enthusiasm that deserves to be celebrated, you should know that they are playing against a team in the British Championship, England's second-tier side.

A group of Crystal Palace players left the stadium expressionless. Daniel Ward does not celebrate Croydon players, he has a more important task.

After the whistle, Daniel Ward and Robert Smith greeted each other, congratulated each other, then walked quickly to the home team coach bench.

"How is.! Son, let me buy you a drink!. You did really well today!". Before Daniel Ward sent the invitation, Warnock sent it.

"It's my honor, Mr Warnock!". Daniel Ward laughed, "And to be honest, I have a lot of questions I want to ask you!".

"Haha, don't talk about work while drinking!". Mick Jones Jokes.

We made an appointment to meet at the bar in Selhurst later, then we broke up. Back in Croydon, everyone was still excited, seeing Daniel Ward, everyone praising him again.

"Gentlemen, if you ask me, you should thank me more in this game!". You should be a little more quiet at this time.

"Daniel, don't be humble!. How can we win without your arrangement?!. So, you should take half of the credit!" Hawking smiles.

"Also, Danny's name is very good, win, it really gives us victory!" someone added.

"Whoever chooses Danny as head coach, won't he make a big profit first!".

Everyone laughs more happily.

"All, thank you very much for your confession!. This victory belongs to all of us!. I want to say that we all do a good job!. So now I'm going to fulfill my promise and let's have a drink together tonight!". Daniel Ward invited everyone.

"Oh oh oh!".

Everyone cheered louder.