Football: The Journey of a Coach
41. Surprising Victory
Sharp counter-attacks, two goals, and despite a lack of defence, Crystal Palace beat leaders Newcastle 2-0 on the road.
As the final whistle sounded, the Crystal Palace players whose physical fitness was severely depleted heaved a sigh of relief. The score is ideal, but the process is very difficult.
Under the leadership of Captain Derry, everyone walked slowly to the visiting team's fan area to thank the fans who had come from afar. No fans left.
They crazily called out the names of everyone on the team, jostling in the front row and extending a hand.
To talk to the players Shake hands, the players walk under the first row seats at the request of the fans, take pictures with the fans, sign autographs, and receive everyone's praise beautifully.
The most popular of course is Jamie Vardy.
In two consecutive games, Vardy scored 3 goals with a kick to the head and killed two tough opponents.
Daniel was interviewed by reporters in the interview area after the match was over.
"Daniel, congratulations to your team!. Can you tell us how you feel right now ?!" Sky Sports reporter Jordan Miles smiled and congratulated Daniel
“ The players are playing well, they are doing their best. " Davis answered short.
" very much from you before, but you did it!" Myers eventually became "serious" on his face.
"No, I think we can do better!. There are a lot of young people in the team, and we still have great room to develop! I believe we will do better in the future!". Continue Daniel.
"Speaking about the youngsters, we saw that you put Wilfried Zaha out just 40 minutes into the first half, is there a reason for that?!. Can we think you don't care about him? not satisfied?!". The issue is destined to be the focus of this game, Wilfried Zaha will most likely be another young talent that appears under Daniel.
"No, the adjustments I made were just for tactical needs!. Ambrose has better defensive awareness!. The opponent put a lot of pressure on us in the first half, and I had to change some plans. " Daniel does not intend to publicize his discontent. He still had hope for Zaha.
"About Joey Barton, do you want to say something?!." Miles asked, asking for an opinion of Newcastle's expulsion.
"What do I want to say?!. I don't think I need to say more about his character. Everyone knows what kind of person he is!". Daniel vaguely argued.
Joey Barton's reputation in English football is not at all good, this kid used to fight off the field, go to jail, and be rough on the field.
He was produced by Manchester City's youth training, but because the boy was so bad, Manchester City did not dare renew his contract.
So he came to Newcastle.
Bowyer, Dyer and Barton all had bad reputations, but Newcastle always accepted such players.
Let's say Barton is in jail, but Newcastle are still holding him. This kid doesn't know what to do. When Alan Shearer became head coach, Barton and Shearer fought, scolded each other, and put on a good show of contention .
Daniel doesn't know much about Barton's story, and he doesn't know where Barton went after he left Newcastle.
After all, Barton's strength was limited, and the rich could only go to middle and lower teams, but Barton did too much Famous, at least he knew all the bad things about being famous.
He doesn't say it clearly, but Daniel intends to direct the reader to remember Barton's past.To be frank, he tells everyone that Barton is the bad guy at heart.
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The players packed up and had dinner at the hotel where they were staying in Newcastle. After 7 p.m., the Crystal Palace players boarded the bus and prepared to return to London. According to the plan, Crystal Palace will have to face Peterborough at home on the 30th, and the time is short. They are allowed to spend the night in Newcastle, the players are not off tomorrow and there is a training session in the evening.
“How was your chat with Hughton ?!”. Daniel sat in his old chair, next to him was Lawrence.
“Don't believe, he said I cheated!”. Daniel snorted, “I said you shouldn't have sent that bastard Barton into the field!”.
Not only Lawrence, but everyone around could not help but laugh.
Daniel himself had a good time. Generally speaking, the post-match cup is not bad. Hughton is a good man. There was a lot of dissatisfaction with Daniel's performance on the pitch. The two even argue on the sidelines.
Daniel's a little worried now. In the middle of January, the schedule is not solid. The team got a certain break and took two days off.
But in the second half of the year, the days were much more difficult in eight days, Crystal had to fight in three games, Aston Villa and Newcastle United in the first two games were difficult to face, and their physical fitness can no longer keep pace.
He was worried the players would be a little helpless when playing again. Peterborough, who will face the next round, is now at the base of the English Championship.
They have not won an away game so far this season, and have recently suffered four straight defeats. But for Crystal Palace at the moment, it is also a very difficult bone.
He just hopes his target players will adapt to the Crsytal Palace environment faster. With Deco and Wilfred Bony already confirmed to join after the Newcastle game, he hopes the other targets will be completed quickly.
Phil Neville, Sol Bamba will be an additional force to strengthen Crsytal Palace's defence.
After the win against Newcastle, Crsytal Palace moved up the Championship standings one tier to 5th.
