Green Life

When Mark Qin finished sending Aiming to school and arrived at the gate of Melwood, he found that he had come early. The training time for the senior team was mainly at noon, afternoon and evening, not so early in the morning, along the asphalt road Walking to the entrance of Melwood, Melwood's English characters hang outside the building at the corner, which is very modern and fashionable.

Melwood is surrounded by barbed wire, and there are baffles nearly 2 meters high, in order to prevent the outside world from disturbing the team's training and spying on the team's tactics. Only stepping on the ladder can you see the inside.

Mark Qin greeted the guard and went in first. Although he had been here a few times, he had never entered the office building, so he had to wait outside on the grass. Fortunately, there was football. Anyway, there was no one, so Mark Qin changed in the open air. Clothes, I started warm-up training on the court, a habit I have persisted for several years, after a few sets of warm-up moves, except for the sweat, I started to juggle the ball to get familiar with the feel of the ball. Now Mark Qin can do hundreds of bouncing in one breath without making mistakes. , can also do some tricks, such as stepping on the ball, swaying, provoking, changing feet, and swaying again, already has the demeanor of a professional golfer.

Mark Qin practiced by himself for a while, and the staff and coaching staff arrived one after another. Seeing Mark Qin training on the field, he thought to himself that this kid came early enough, and that he had known each other for a long time. Running here, the coaching staff meeting was also notified a few days ago. The head coach of the reserve team, Hughie McAully, walked over and said to Mark Qin: "Boy, you came early enough. This place is different from Kirkby. , don’t use it so early next time.”

Mark Qin stopped the ball, wiped off his sweat, and said to Hughie with a smile: "Hughie, good morning, I will train with you in the future, right?"

"Little guy, it's not good to be too smart, ha ha," Hughie said with a smile.

"I'm just here to rub the field. If I don't follow whoever you follow, I won't be able to compete with you, hehe," Ma Keqin said with a smile.

Hughie nodded Mark Qin, "You boy, Rafa is usually very serious, don't smile in front of him."

"Go to the staff to arrange your own locker, your equipment is ready, and I will arrange the training plan when we gather"

"Understood", Ma Keqin picked up his bag and went to the locker room

It was the first time for him to come in. The dressing room at the training base is different from Anfield. He visited Anfield before and it was very luxurious. Although Melwood has also been renovated, it looks more simple and has more cabinets than Anfield. After all The game can only bring 18 people at most, more is useless. Some cabinets have numbers written on them, those are immovable, they are all players of the first team, some empty cabinets are in the back, used by the young players of the reserve team, there is no common number, because there is no registration, just wear one, Ma Keqin asked the staff for his equipment, found an empty cabinet at random, and was about to change it when the door was pushed open.

It was Gerald who came in. Seeing Mark Qin, he was very excited. He walked over and put his arms around Mark Qin and said, "I heard that you were coming over two days ago, but I didn't expect you to come here so early. How are you, little guy? Are you still used to it?" ?”

Ma Keqin was very happy to see Gerald again: "Morning, Steven, you are good, and you are still close to home."

"Hehe, train hard, come to me if you have any difficulties." After speaking, he let go and prepared to change clothes.

"No problem." After participating in the World Cup in the summer, Gerrard obviously hasn't rested yet, feeling a little tired.

As we talked, people came in one after another. Most of them knew each other. Occasionally, there were a few new faces. This year, Liverpool's lineup has basically remained stable. Morientes, Harman, Traore, Barragan and others left and came. Dirk, Mascherano, Arbeloa, Aurelio, Pennant, Bellamy, except for Mascherano, are all wingers, Mascherano is still on loan, it can be seen How disappointed Benitez was with Liverpool's wing attack.

Riise and Finnan are somewhat nervous. Benitez has been promoting Spanish technical style and youth over the past two seasons. Although he plays defensively and counterattacks, he has high requirements for passing and receiving.

The support ability of the full-back is very important. Riise is more brave than dexterous, and Finnan is more like a traditional full-back in England, and he is also 30 years old. Benitez is ready to update.

As the captain, Gerrard had a phone call with a few newcomers in advance, expressed his welcome, and made a formal introduction in the locker room. Of course, the introduction on the training ground is the coach's repertoire, which is different. For powerful signings, Gerrard, Hyypia, Carragher and other locker room bosses are quite satisfied, which shows that the club has ambitions and pursuits, and no one wants to stay in a club that sells people every season .

Mark Qin was introduced without this kind of treatment. He was not qualified enough. Gerrard was able to come in and express his intimacy with him because of the preferential treatment he received from Kirkby, even if it was a locker room with 30 people. Small groups also have unspoken rules, otherwise this organization would not be able to exist stably.

When it was time to assemble, Gerrard led the team out, and Benitez was already standing outside. When the players arrived, he stood in front of his hands behind his back and said, "Guys, welcome back. The new season is about to start again. I hope you all are staying healthy during the break, otherwise your name will not be on my list. We did a good job last season, but this season we have to do better, so we have some new blood to join , Our goal is to be the champion! No matter which championship, we must work hard to fight for it, and the new players below will introduce themselves." Benitez's lectures were not cadenced, very low, like a routine. Having won the championship for two consecutive years, his deterrence in the team has increased day by day, basically completely eliminating the traces of Houllier.

After the introduction of the new players who joined this year, Benitez started training with a wave of his hand, while Ma Keqin, some fringe figures and young players over 18 years old automatically reported to the reserve team. This kind of gathering was only once today. , Benitez usually brings a roster of 25 people, and he will not call the reserve team if there is nothing wrong.

The reserve team, for the giants, is a recycle bin for youth training and Xiaoyao investment. Basically, if you are not transferred to the 25-man roster of the first team at the age of 20, you will be waiting to be loaned, loaned and sold. Your fate means that your talent is limited, you can't make it to the first team, you can't even enter the high-level league, you can only go to the low-level league. So despite the fact that there are quite a lot of people in the reserve team today, a large number will leave in a few days, all of whom are on loan to practice.

The reserve team has its own league, usually the day before the home team’s league, which is basically the same as the home team’s schedule. It is a youth-level league organized by the FA. The situation in each country is different, but it is generally the same, and no one cares about it. This is something that idlers play to keep themselves in shape.

The training mode of the reserve team is basically the same as that of the first team. They practice twice a day, rest for half a day or a day before the game, and it depends on the mood of the head coach after the game. Therefore, entering the reserve team is equivalent to living a professional life. The life of a player is also to play at home or away every week.

Benitez didn't take a look at Mark Qin, which was expected by Mark Qin, so there is nothing unacceptable. A proper newcomer must have the consciousness of a newcomer. Mark Qin followed Hughie and jogged for a few minutes first. Then practice with the ball in groups, eat a simple nutritious meal at noon, rest for an hour, and continue training in the afternoon. If there are special circumstances, there will be extra training in the evening. If there are no special circumstances, two training sessions a day will be over.

As for exercising, recovering from an injury, or any special skills, those are arranged separately by the physical coaches, team doctors, and special coaches, and are not counted in daily training. If there is a conflict, the coach can coordinate the schedule. From the beginning of the assembly, a season The training content of the coaching staff has been arranged. The physical reserve period before the game, the running-in at the beginning of the game, the tactical drill, the skill training, the meticulousness of modern football is simply outrageous.

Benitez's entire coaching staff consists of more than a dozen people, with a very clear division of labor and responsibilities, from nutrition to equipment, from intelligence analysis to daily training, and tactical analysis, so a famous coach is often an extremely good team.

What needs to be said is that the game of the reserve team is also held at Anfield, and it is open to fans for free, so playing in the reserve team is equivalent to the internship period of the official league, which is very helpful for players to familiarize themselves with the rules and schedule as soon as possible, and find a professional football player. The feeling of the game, most of the youth training players of the club show their talents through the reserve team league, are picked up by the first team, and then come off the bench, rotate the lineup, be the absolute main force, the core is the way to go, of course most of them will not reach the core position, only a handful of geniuses develop by leaps and bounds.

Today is the first day of season training, so the main training content is recovery, physical testing, nothing substantial. Mark Qin is special, just over 15 years old, and his physical testing is meaningless, so the main content is still personal training. train. Well, in Kirkby, it’s because your level is too high, so you practice more solo. In Melwood, it’s because you are too young, and others can’t take you to play, so continue to practice!

Sooner or later, I will end my solo practice life!

Fortunately, I can still participate in some technical group training, otherwise I can forget to practice at home!

Among them, Ma Keqin is the slickest. Although he is generally 4 or 5 years older than him, his foot feel is not as good as his. He handles the ball very lightly. Not busy, almost no mistakes, less than a week, the remaining dozen people in the reserve team know that Kirkby's new kid has good footwork.

In the daily training, Tactical drills are added more than Kirkby. Frequent two-person, three-person, four-person small-scale tactical drills, the basic movement of the players, the training effect is very good, no matter how complicated it is Tactics are all made up of these foundations.

The daily training content is still very boring. No matter how much Mark Qin likes football, he will be crazy if he doesn’t play games, but he can’t play yet. The child's professional contract shows that he is valued. If he is injured, it will be troublesome. At least he has to wait for his body to develop to a certain extent.

No way, Ma Keqin can only have some fun on his own. When he was in Kirkby, he set a small goal for himself. The signing of the professional contract has been completed, and it has been overfulfilled. He also came to the first team. After a week of adaptation, at Melwood, he set himself another small goal: to play as soon as possible.

That's right, this is very important to him. Football can't be achieved by training. It must pass a lot of games. Mark Qin is already hungry! And not only is it helpful for your own exercise, competitive football is ultimately a project that depends on the consumption of the fan group. To put it bluntly, it is the fan economy. No one pays attention to a doll who only trains in the reserves.

In order to advance his chances of playing as soon as possible, Ma Keqin is going to practice two more events, one kick and free kick. Yes, one kick is to maximize his own advantages and avoid his physical disadvantages. Free kick is a A direct means of attack, a free kick player is needed by any team, even if it is a substitute.