Football: The Journey of a Coach

58. Lawrance The Lubricant

After the interview, Crsytal Palace played against Bristol City at home. Bristol City who play at home can hold Daniel's son with a score of 2-2, Crsytal Palace must be satisfied to bring home a point.

After the game against Bristol City, Crsytal Palace a week later will return to Sheffield United.

On the afternoon of February 16, Crystal Palace played their 35th weekend of the championship against Sheffield United.

In this match, Crystal Palace are not in top form. The defeat against Tottenham Hotspur still haunts the team's performance.

A 4-2 final scoreline, Daniel's team received its first defeat in the league since he took office.

To be honest, Daniel didn't feel good, he sent four attackers onto the pitch in an attempt to save a defeat, but in the end he failed, and the team morale was inevitably low. Nobody wants to lose.

“ Our appearance is very bad!” Speroni made no secret of his disappointment in an interview after the game.

No matter how bad the atmosphere was, Daniel was still flat-faced in front of Jordan Miles, a reporter. "I don't think this game is unfortunate! Being defeated by another team would happen sooner or later, and it was no wonder if it happened now!"

"They defended well and we didn't create enough chances!"

"I think this game is supposed to make us introspect ourselves!"

Daniel does not want to add insult to injury by blaming the players for their country's problems. Everyone is under enough pressure.

"Daniel, do you think physical fitness makes you fall?!" ask Miles.

"I admit that we have too many games and the consumption of physical energy is also serious, but I think we can overcome this difficulty! I believe that status issues are temporary, we will definitely recover! "

Inside the dressing room, the Crsytal Palace players were down.

"Hey, guys!"

Derry stood in the middle while clapping to attract everyone's attention.

Everyone stared at Derry, and Zaha was still holding onto the sneakers he had removed.

"I know everyone is frustrated, everyone is in a bad mood!"

"But I wonder, did you forget our goal, did you forget that day at Beckenham's training ground?!"

Which day is it? ! Of course, it was a day where everyone made improvement goals.

Who can forget? !    

“I know you didn't forget!” Derry nodded, looking around.

“But lookfor you now?!”     

"Do you know how Daniel judges you now ?!"     

Everyone looked at Derry attentively.     

"He said that you're like a bunch of old ghosts that are about to retire! We could not see the vitality and persistence in our team with an average age of less than 24! He really hopes you can survive. He told me that just by withstanding the pressure of a Team that endures to the end, the players are the real heroes!"

"Now, you're not going to tell me you can't do it, are you ?!" snapped Derry.

"I'm not a coward!" Vardy stood up, looked around, and answered lightly.

"I don't either!"

"I don't either!"

One by one, the players stood up and stared firmly at the captain.

"There are still a lot of games left for us! To achieve our goals, we must keep the spirit on the field! We have to win!"

"We should always be warriors understand?!"

"We can't slack off understand?!"

"understand!" Everyone was shouting in unison.

“Tuk-tuk-tuk!” The players had just avenged captain Derry when a knock was heard on the door.

    Soon after, Lawrence half opened the door, stuck out his head, and asked with a smile: "Friends, may I come in?!"

After everyone was stunned, they could not help but laugh.

Lawrance entered naturally, still smiling and saying. "I'm sorry, I hear a lot!" "

"Sorry, this was originally your secret! But I can't stop my ears being so sensitive!" Lawrence made the Movement of stretching out helpless hands made everyone continue to laugh and relax a lot.

"I can prove that what Derry said was true, he told him that I was a little disappointed, I don't see your vitality now"

"Young time means a lot! " Youth can do wonders! But lately I feel you are intimidated, I don't like this! I think we should look young when we are young. We just want to do miracles while young. Don't we wait until you're all as old as that old man, Derry? ! "

" Hmphh!. Even though I am old, I still have the confidence to create miracles!". Amidst everyone's laughter, Derry pretended to be dissatisfied, and replied with wide-eyed eyes!. 

After hanging out for so long, everyone was familiar with the trick of singing the double reed.

" Did you not believe? ! Why can't I? ! I felt like I was ten years younger when I was around these little guys! Goddamn it, they say we can't do anything, I think we can do it with some of these old guys and these little guys! Everyone agrees, right? ! "

Derry asked everyone to shake their heads,

"Yes! " Everyone answered with a smile,

"OK, okay! Friends help you, I'm sorry! You're right, you can create anything!"  

After everyone laughed for a while, Lawrance clapped his hands and said, "OK!" All righty! Guys guys! Happy hour ends here!

Everyone slowly stopped laughing, waiting for Lawrence to speak.

"Next, let me be serious!" "

"About today's game, we lost this game!. Before the game everyone thought we were going to win Sheffield United, but we couldn't, we lost! "

Speaking of this topic, some players subconsciously lowered their heads, slightly guilty.

"Please, you guys raise your heads!" 

"Actually, I want to say it's no big deal! You should know the Arsenal team led by Mr Wenger ?! They continued to be unbeaten for a long time, but one day they still lost to Manchester United!. Forever invincible, this was clearly not in accordance with the laws of nature! It's not scientific!"

Lawrance stretched out his hand and said, it really makes everyone want to laugh, but luckily everyone is holding it back.

 "So when we've stopped, what kind of nonsense is this?! You don't have to worry at all, at least from today we don't have to think about "

How long can we keep the record in the next game? Now!.

"Confidently, a winning streak doesn't matter, I don't care!"

"Compared to invincibility, I care more about the results of the season! now do you have a goal to reach the play-offs and fight for promotion, right?"

"Of course, the premise is that we have to work harder in the future!"