Football: The Journey of a Coach

8. Audacity

    The game will be played at 15.00 WIB.

    After the Croydon FC players had their meal together during the day, they each rested for an hour and a half before heading to Selhurst Park Stadium. The stadium is no stranger to Croydon players. Most of them are Crystal Palace fans. If time did not conflict, they would have watched Crystal Palace's English Championship game, so there was actually no issue of stage fright.

But it is not common to play football at Selhurst Stadium. Whether it's the facilities or the conditions of the venue, Selhurst Stadium is much better than Croydon's poor venue. Everyone continues to praise the Crystal Palace stadium. .

"Gentlemen! It's a beautiful stadium, isn't it ?!". Daniel Ward asked everyone as they changed their equipment when they returned to the away team's dressing room and were about to enter the warm-up stage.

"Of course, it's much more beautiful here!".

"You don't have to ask, it can hold over 20,000 people! Tsk tsk, think about how it feels to be able to play in front of such fans ..." .Wanted to show themselves on a bigger stage, Selhurst Park is unusual for everyone.

“Have you ever played football here ?!”. Daniel Ward kept asking.

"Daniel, this isn't the first time!" Captain Hawking laughed, "We've played here before!".

Since local strong teams like to misuse things in friendly matches, it is rare for a strong team to go to the home field.

Croydon players are no strangers to Selhurst Park because they have long watched Crystal Palace games here, and rarely play in this stadium.

Daniel Ward's question is not an act of ignorance.

"Mr Hawking, can you tell me about that match?!". Daniel Ward asked with a curious face.

Hawking immediately changed his color and looked into Daniel's eyes carefully, wondering if he had done it on purpose. Needless to say, he was being tortured by the Crystal Palace!.

"Tell me, Mr. Hawking!".

"Tell me, captain!".

    Among the crowd, many players who did not participate in the friendly match were curious and indifferent, and they were all cheering for Daniel Ward.

"It...". Lose a landslide, 10:0, who would dare to mention the game? !. Hawking was worried and said that he lost ****************** out of shame.

"It's just a friendly match, what makes you ashamed to say it!. That game Crystal Palace beat us!. Yes, it was a failure!. 10:0, Croydon lost the most in more than ten years". Certain players on the team that played that friendly match with Hawking shouted recklessly.

Instead of being embarrassed, he was proud, Daniel Ward swore in his heart. The 10:0 score really surprised everyone!.

Since this was a friendly match, everyone had to take care of their faces. In addition, as a strong team, they have more important league games to play, so they don't need to be too serious. The disadvantage is greater than the advantage.by irritating opponents and players who injure themselves Say that they will all keep him safe, and the priority of everything is not to get hurt.

Everyone talks a lot, and Daniel Ward observes everyone's attitude. Some mused, but most people didn't care, claiming that Hawking and others were unlucky enough to meet the "serious" Crystal Palace team", and it was just a friendly game and it wasn't a big deal.

Logically speaking, this was just a friendly match, actually not a big deal, but today was different, because Wen Sheng was unwilling to lose!. Just kidding, if you lose, how can you show that you can do it? !.

That tragic loss happened ten years ago, and many people have forgotten about it, but Daniel Ward already knew that today he deliberately wanted to draw this topic, and he wanted to say something.

"Shut up!. Quiet down!". Daniel clapped his hands to signal everyone. During this period of time, the players gradually adapted to Daniel's authority. After he spoke, many of the discussants calmed down.

"I listened carefully to everyone's discussion earlier!. A lot of people say that it was just a friendly match, and it wasn't a big deal at all!". Daniel shrugged and stopped.

"Is this really the problem?!. If everyone has such an attitude, then why should we play a friendly match?!. Why don't we just raise our hands and give up on them?!".you also played with attitude today.

"Stadium is a battlefield, and you have to fight hard while on the battlefield. How can you give up your weapon and surrender?!. Only cowards would give up directly!. Football is the greatest sport in human history. It's a competitive sport!. Competitive sports, do you understand what it means?!."

” I have trained a bunch of weak-hearted ones ?! ”. Daniel said fiercely. Spray, angry words made the Croydon players speechless.

Speaking of the great truth, of course Daniel Ward is right, and it is not easy to resist if everyone has an idea.

"Gentlemen! I'd like to remind you that the reason why there are friendly matches is because of the opponent and we hope the game will reach a certain goal!" .

"For Crystal Palace, they hope to get past us before the new season."

" coaches are looking for feelings and training their tactical routines for the new season. For them, maybe scoring goals is not the focus at all, but the level of adaptation of formation tactics!".

"So what about us?!. Isn't that the same?!. With just a little money they paid?!. Don't you think we can gain a lot of advantage against a team that is much stronger than us?!".

"Not so eager to test and test the results of everyone's hard work during this period?!. Don't you guys want today's game talked about for years?!, that, I have absolute confidence in you! Crystal Palace is not as strong as you might imagine!". Daniel Ward gradually ignited everyone's fighting spirit. And he was right, Crystal Palace was not as strong as they thought. This team is actually in a precarious situation now, everyone knows that.

The current owner of Crystal Palace, Simon Jordan, bought Crystal Palace in 2000. He and Neil Warnock are best friends, Nock does. Said to be a good friend, Simon Jordan likes Neil Warnock's expertise in coaching underdogs, and hopes Warnock can lead Crystal Palace to upgrade the Premier League.

Neil Warnock has that magical ability, if you only have £1 in your hand, Warnock can turn it into £50. He has proved his worth in many teams, so Simon Jordan shamelessly asked Warnock to coach Crystal Palace. But no matter how great Warnock is, it depends what team and what time the facts prove that it is not right for him to come to Crystal Palace.

Three years later, Warnock did not bring Crystal Palace to improve. The reason should be said to be Simon Jordan's problem. This guy doesn't have the money to play for the club. Now he doesn't have the strength to back him up, and he just survives No matter how good Warnock trains.

The faltering Crystal Palace naturally did not go in and out in the summer, and the team's strength was not so strong that it was terrifying. After encouraging everyone, Daniel Ward invited the players to warm up. There were fans in the auditorium.