Football: The Journey of a Coach

39. Zaha's Bad Debut

Zaha finally has a role to play,***not as fast as Victor Moses is at the moment, but with his superb dribbling ability, he's a lot of trouble this Newcastle defence.

However, Zaha is a player who plays alone, not much in collaboration with his teammates. Zaha twice he penetrated silently to the edge of the opponent's penalty area and was forced to return to the corner again.

" Fuck, the ball's an idiot!. " Not only Daniel, but also the other teammates on the pitch, or Joey and Lawrence off the pitch, are completely speechless. You have to understand the time of passing the ball, do not need to pass several people in a row. Solve all the problems yourself, you have to pass the ball!.

Alan Lee and Jamie Vardy were very anxious, they saw Zaha penetrating inward. When the two found a good position, Zaha instead took the ball for so long, and forced his own entrance. They want him to split the ball into the middle of the penalty area, instead of making an unclear dribble.

But Zaha doesn't think so, he's like this in the junior team, he likes this feeling, he feels Newcastle's defence is not good. Since it was so easy for him to surpass the others, he even thought that his performance was already good.

But it seemed the coaches on the sidelines did not feel this way, With just five minutes to go towards the end of the first half, Daniel emphatically made a substitution decision. Ambrose, number 14, replaces Wilfried Zaha.

The change sign clearly showed the numbers of the two of them!. Zaha looked puzzled, and after being reminded by Derry, he realized that the coach was replacing himself.

Anger, complaints, all sorts of emotions mixed in my heart, and tears would fall from my eyes. Zaha understood, everyone understood, what this means!.

This is a signal of the Crsytal Palace coach's strong dissatisfaction with him!. Holding back the pain in her heart, Zaha walked towards the sidelines with his head bowed in lethargy

Nothing comforted him, he just walked slowly to sit on the bench.

 

After being replaced, Zaha was eager to go to Daniel and ask him why he humiliated himself like this. But he doesn't have the courage, his position is just a player who just debuted.

The foolish Zaha only waited until the end of the first round.

The game on the pitch is 0:0, which is a very ideal result for Crystal Palace. It's been very good, they will work even harder in the second half.

But for the young WilfredZaha player, the score is no longer important, he just wants to find a place to hide!.

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" Gentlemen, there's only one thing I want to do right now!. " Daniel clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention.

Many of the players who played in the first half were exhausted, compared to their opponents, Crystal Palace were also at a disadvantage in terms of physical fitness. After all, they do not have a good bench, with Kante out, the task of keeping the Palace defence is getting more difficult.

Unlike Newcastle United who have a decent depth of squad, when playing in the league and FA Cup, they rely on fewer substitutes, major players get the chance to recharge their batteries.

" We did a good job on the defensive side, limiting their attacks!. I dare say it was an incredible first half!". Daniel spoke after getting the players' attention.

"In the second half, our focus was still on the defense!. I know that physical fitness is a disadvantage for us, but I believe that your courage and willingness can overcome fatigue!. " Daniel knows the game is not determined by courage, but it is important to cheer everyone's heart, and bring hope.

More than half the time left Newcastle with forty-five minutes left to win the game, and they are at home. Daniel doesn't believe they don't want three points. As time went by, they would definitely rush into attacking.

" Try to have the ball in the second half, Joe you have to try to slow down the rhythm of the team. Don't be affected by the Newcastle attack, keep your role in midfield. " Daniel reminds Joe Allen, as the core of the team's midfield, he must try to escape the guard of the Opponents.

Lawrence and Derry don't know if this arrangement is good or not. Joe Allen's passing ability is indeed very good, his playing vision has been recognized by his teammates when playing against Aston Villa. But that's when Kante is protecting him, now it's clear Kante's central role in the team.

" Then you're Zaha. What you did in the first half, where you put your eyes. If you can't follow my directions, it's better to just go back to the academy. " Daniel turned to look at Zaha who had been silent in the corner.

The players stared in shock at the enraged Daniel, only the first time they saw him angry. Daniel's anger is frightening, and many of them feel sorry for Zaha.

But they know that this is what the world of football is like, when players don't listen to the coach, there are only two results from that. Either the player leaves, or the coach leaves.

Zaha was very dissatisfied, but he still did not dare to face Daniel so hard, so he could only lower his head.

   

The break ended, and both sides returned to the game again.

Newcastle fans booed, they were not satisfied with an opponent who played with such a posture.

 But is it useful?. NOPE!.

No one at Crystal Palace cares. They already understood the benefits of such a tactic.

Chris Hughton was quite anxious, and Daniel Ward really impressed him, whether it was tactical design or on-site scheduling.

 It's easy for the team itself to push past half the pitch, but it's quite difficult to make a fuss on the wing or in the middle.It's probably a shadow of a deliberate defence.

If Daniel hears Chris Hughton's thoughts, he'll definitely tell Hughton that what you're saying is absolutely true. It's not an English football defence, it's a German pressing style defence, with tight pressing on the opponent.

The intensity of the game in the second half increased, and the physical contact and confrontation between the two sides increased, much to Daniel's dismay.

Physically, Newcastle have the advantage. With Palace's young players, a hard clash will not be good for his young body. He doesn't want anyone to catch up with Kante in the treatment room.

In terms of strategy, losing this game is not too terrible, but if some key players are injured, it will not be easy for Crystal Palace in the next few games, it is clear which is more important.

Daniel stands on the sidelines and always shouts, telling his players to help Joe Allen in midfield. With Allen in possession of the ball, the physical impact would be slightly reduced.

Appearing under the watchful eye of the crowd, Newcastle fans booed the Crystal Palace players.

In the 56th minute, Joey Barton and Sean Derry competed on the wing, and the ball went out of bounds, the linesman mistaking it for the Newcastle touchline, the Newcastle touchline, palace players thought it was the touchline of Crystal Palace.

When Sean Derry's men protested a little, Daniel asked N'diaye to come to him.

" N'diaye, I want you to provoke the player with that number 6. He is Joey Barton, has bad emotions, does little offense to make him angry. Okay then!. " Daniel instructs his players to disturb the emotions of opponents.

" Good boss. " N'diaye answered understand.