Football: The Journey of a Coach

44. Thought of Zaha

"Yesterday's game, how do I manage it when I'm on the field?!. How do you do it?!. How many times have I called you on the sidelines?!. How do you do it?!". To show yourself It's not a bad thing, I can understand it!.

But have you ever thought to respect, respect your teammates, respect me as a coach!. You have no respect for us!. Why do you want my respect ?!. " Daniel shot one after another, Zaha could not resist, Tears came out.

And old Zaha understood everything, and he did not know what to say when he stood up.

"If you have a problem, don't think about yourself. You want to blame me for being cruel to you ?! Blame your teammates for not being strong ?!" Daniel was not angry, but he was hammering. So - called a drum needs a heavy hammer. Zaha can be good, but he has to be hit hard.

"After a slight setback, you want to stop?!. Want release?! You still want to become a professional player like this?!. Then you can only show off your skills in front of a child for the rest of your life!".

"Mr Ward!. I'd like you to promise ..." Old Zaha was about to speak, but Daniel stopped him with a gesture.

"I'll ask you again now, do you want to stay or go ?!". Daniel looked at the sobbing Zaha, "Think about it, if you stay, then you have to listen to me, I guarantee you Being an amazing player, I think Ronaldo and Messi are your role models!".

Speaking is a must-have skill for a head coach, how can you be a good coach if you can't even fake a good player? !

Daniel knew this truth from his previous life, but now he was using it more skillfully.

Of course, the ending was unexpected, the old Zaha left in gratitude, and Zaha stayed with great ambition.

Lunch during the day is completed at the training base. After lunch, Daniel takes Zaha to the tactical room and gives Zaha a small meal alone.

“Will, whether it is today or in the future, you can come to me if you have any questions!” Before Daniel goes to class, he shows Zaha that he is willing to answer questions.

Then Daniel started telling Zaha about football, tactics and understanding professional players Simply put, the first twenty minutes of this class was about the balance between individuals and teams.

"First of all, we are a team. The goal of our formation is to finish one game after another, and we only have one goal in each game, to win. We can divide each match into two halves, attacking and defending, what should we do if we want to win?!"

"Gol!"

"It's good, but we also have to defend. What's the point of scoring a goal like that ?!"

Zaha thinks that I scored one more than the opponent, isn't that enough? !

 But he did not dare to say it out loud.

"Everyone as a team member, all you do on the pitch is to win this team, you have to treat yourself as a team member. No matter who the coach is, you may be assigned to attack, Defensive What you do is complete the tactical instructions of the coach!"

"You've got your own idea, I'm very understanding, you like breakthroughs, your strength also lies in breakthroughs, no problems, it's good, but you have an idea.The power to serve this team?!"

Zaha is not.

In this way, Daniel analyzes, and Zaha listens carefully, refreshing his own cognition. To be honest, no coach explained it in detail, and Daniel was the first.

 In fact, Daniel did not want to work too hard, but it was impossible. The training time for many of the lads in this team to know the tactics is not too long. To say how much training in the youth league means, Daniel doesn't think so.

First of all, the quality of league teams is uneven. Second, the junior leagues highlight the personal attributes of the players, and the tactical discipline requirements are not very high. Of course, this situation gradually changed over the years, and the importance of modern football teams became more prominent.

Not to mention anything else, just say that Crystal Palace have excellent results and the defence is getting better. Wh why?. Because everyone has a strong sense of discipline in the team, everyone thinks about defense, is willing to contribute to defense, and has a unified mentality.

"Will, that's not bad! You're here very early, and you're working hard on the training ground!" The members of the coaching staff will arrive at the base early. When Lawrence arrived at the training base, he saw Zaha struggling at the training ground from a distance in the parking lot.

Lawrence laughed, looking at Zaha's current performance, it wasn't hard to imagine that the problem should have been solved satisfactorily, and Zaha remained in the team.

"To be honest, this kid has been working hard!. He's making great progress!. Any help! He hasn't made any progress here!" Daniel pointed to his head while sifting through the files.

Putting down the document, Wen Sheng smiled again. "He doesn't know how lucky he is! If not for us needing young blood now, who would have such patience?. *

The team started training in the afternoon. Daniel was asked to attend a pre-match press conference against Peterborough.

News of Daniel and Crystal Palace flew through the night. Some are positive, but more are negative. It is always an inexplicable pleasure to see others criticized and unlucky.

He will admit that he is the guy who put himself in the box, but he enjoys it, and he knows he is also angry at the negative news, so the best thing to do is stay away from those things.

 Media lights flickered and reporters raised their hands.

It was friendly at first, all about the upcoming game against Peterborough, but after a few questions, the reporters started talking about yesterday's game.

" Daniel, after the game, Chris Hughton accused your team of staying in the penalty area and defending with no intention of winning! What do you think of this?!

Daniel said calmly, "Regarding to say that there is no idea of winning, I find it difficult to accept this statement. There is no team that does not want to win. "

They asked Sean Derry the same question, and Derry saw, "My mind is the same as Daniel!." The Crsytal Palace captain cleverly threw the spotlight back at Daniel.

Reporters began to look through the data, listing all kinds, suggesting that Crystal Palace's current tactics are very boring, which is to wait for a counterattack.

"Don't you think this kills the charm of football?. Everyone wants to play beautifully, then who still wants to watch football ?!" A reporter can't help but lecture.

" Professional football has never deviated from a single goal since its birth, and that's victory.

No matter what tactics are used and what players are used, the goal of each team is to win the game, this is the essence of professional football!.

Selhurst Park Stadium has a attendance rate of over 90% every game, and there are a lot of fans cheering for us in every home game! My fans and I have the same idea, we all want to win the game!.

We are not responsible for all the fans outside, we are only responsible for our fans, and our fans want to win and stay in this league. " Daniel said directly, he did not want a certain group of individuals to judge the way he led Crsytal Palace

"Many new understandings and tactics have been born in the development of football. Whether choosing to play attacking or defensively is the right of a coach, it is not your turn to judge the style of play of Crsytal Palace. " Daniel firmly answered this pretentious reporter.

Silence immediately enveloped the press room after Daniel's stern words came out, the unknown reporter who tried the smartass fell silent in shame, unable to answer Daniel's words.

After a few seconds of silence, this atmosphere was broken by the intrepid reporter from the tabloid The Sun.

" Daniel, you accused Barton of having trouble with his character after the game..."

" Wait a minute!. Reporter sir, I never said that Joey Barton had a problem with his character!. I'm just saying that his character is well known to everyone. " Daniel stopped the reporter who wanted to start a fight.

 “About Joey Barton, I don't want to discuss it!. Since there was nothing to say, the story that happened yesterday is over!. ". Daniel did not provide any in-depth topics to reporters at all. 

After more than half an hour, the press conference was over, and the reporters found that they could not find any Good things, Daniel was still as flat as ever.