Red Rebels

Is competition any good?

It is difficult for Xiao Yu to say clearly, there is often only a thin line between benign competition and vicious competition, so it is difficult for him to define whether the relationship between Ismail and Curtis is benign or vicious, but the only thing that is certain is that Curtis Ismail's rise to fame has brought a lot of pressure and motivation to Ismail.

Remember the game between Windsor College and Cambridge College?

At that time, Curtis kept fouling Ismail, and after annoyed him, what he said, if you have yourself, you can directly score the goal with a free kick!

It is because of this sentence that Ismail still remembers it, and he really started to practice free kicks hard.

This is a good thing? or bad thing?

Xiao Yu didn't know, but he knew that if Ismail was stopped at this time, then he would be useless!

But Xiao Yu definitely can't let Ismail continue to go on like this, because he is worried that the relationship between Ismail and Curtis will completely deteriorate. arrived.

"I think, Ismail, it's a good thing to practice more free kicks. I'll let Ribeiro help you, but do you still want to hear my opinion?" Xiao Yu tried to speak in a relaxed tone.

This is the first time Xiao Yu talked with Ismail in such a alone situation. Ismail stopped and looked at Xiao Yu. The setting sun was just as brilliant as it came back overhead.

Ismail nodded, and Xiao Yu took him to a place not far away to sit down.

"Where is your favorite position to play?" Xiao Yu asked looking at the training ground in the distance.

"Forward!" Ismail replied without thinking.

Xiao Yu nodded, no matter how much he knew, it was because Curtis played as a central defender. As a forward, he could face-to-face with a central defender, which was in line with Ismail's impression on Xiao Yu.

"Then do you know what is the most important thing for a striker?" Xiao Yu asked again.

Ismail thought for a while, "Goal!"

Xiao Yu nodded, "Not entirely true, but it makes some sense. You are a native of Manchester. You should know that over the past few years, despite Andy Cole scoring a lot of goals, Manchester United fans still hate him very much. Why?"

In Manchester, even a ten-year-old knows how to talk football, let alone Ismail is almost 14 years old.

"He always wastes opportunities, even those golden opportunities that must be scored!" Ismail said timidly. He knew that although he scored a lot of goals, he also wasted a lot of opportunities.

"That's right, you're smart, Ismail, but do you know what the Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy is best at?"

"Goal, boss!" Ismail's tone softened a lot, and he followed up with more words.

"That's right, but his number of goals is similar to that of Andy Cole. Why does Ferguson of Manchester United still want to introduce him to replace Andy Cole?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Ismail shook his head, but at this moment he seemed like a fan who was listening intently.

Xiao Yu was very satisfied with this attitude, at least it proved that Ismail had accepted Xiao Yu and was willing to chat with him.

"Efficiency, Ismail, do you know? The future football development trend will become more and more utilitarian, that is to say, every team will pay more attention to defense than ever before, so it can leave opportunities for the opponent's striker , very few, maybe there are only three or two chances in the whole game, you have also watched our recent games, do you think we give the opponent's forwards more chances?"

Ismail recalled those games. He had only paid attention to Curtis before, but after Xiao Yu said this, in retrospect, it seemed that the other party didn't get any decent opportunities.

"Rarely, boss, the opponent's striker doesn't even face our goal very much."

"This has something to do with our strong defense.

Ismail, I know you don't like to hear this, but I have to say, Curtis has improved a lot, he has even established himself in the first team, maybe in order to protect him, Mourinho will not Let him continue to be the main force, but he will be the main substitute this season, the future guard, and even the captain! "

Ismail was taken aback when he heard this, his face was full of shock. He also knew that Curtis had improved a lot, but he didn't expect it to be so big.

"Curtis' progress has benefited from his familiarity with the team, his teammates, and the tactical system, so he quickly integrated into the first team and gained a firm foothold. The partners in the game are very tacit, have you noticed the communication between them? One person goes up and the other person retreats, all of which require communication and familiarity. In this regard, you are not as good as Curtis."

Ismail didn't dare to refute Xiao Yu's words, but just listened quietly, and he was not stupid, knowing that he did have such a defect, he didn't even know the full name of the Nigerian teammate who had been here for so long .

"Football is a game of 11 people, Ismail, you need to integrate into others, let others accept you, so that you can play well, have you ever seen one person can beat a team? How could Maradona have been so great without the support of his team-mates?"

Xiao Yu's words obviously convinced Ismail. The latter nodded with a serious face. It was obvious that he would correct it, but he would not admit his mistakes. He is such a stubborn guy.

But stubbornness is good. Stubbornness represents stubbornness, persistence, and a tenacious quality.

"In addition, I think what you should improve is not to improve your free kick skills. Of course, that is very useful for a player, but the premise is that you have to do your own job first!"

After a pause, Xiao Yu continued: "It is precisely because more and more attention is paid to defense that fewer and fewer opportunities are left for forwards. At this time, the requirements for forwards are getting higher and higher, not only scoring goals , as well as efficiency, and effects other than goals."

"Efficiency? Function other than goals?" Ismail was a little confused.

"To put it simply, you have to grasp every opportunity. Your current flaw lies in your kick in front of the goal. You always deliberately pursue fancy things. That's unreasonable, because it is very likely that you will miss the goal. Yes, the requirement of modern football for strikers is to seize every opportunity, use the most reasonable and simple movements to send the ball into the goal and help the team score. As for other things, do you want to be fancy? Yes, but that is Things outside of my job."

Ismail was made to bow his head by Xiao Yu's words, Kassel also reminded him many times, but he didn't improve, but for some reason, he was very deeply moved by Xiao Yu's words. Realize that if you want to go further, you must get rid of this problem.

"Maybe I can help you, Ismail!" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Ismail looked at Xiao Yu strangely.

"You know, I collected a lot of videos of stars, for example, I collected videos of central defenders such as Cannavaro, Nesta and Stam for Curtis and Terry, and I also collected a lot of powerful wingers. Let me show you the videos of Messi, I will collect some videos of strikers with outstanding skills in front of the goal for you, watch more of their game videos, and you will find that scoring goals is so simple!"

Xiao Yu's last sentence was a pun, and Ismail thought for a while after hearing it.

"Thank you, boss!" Ismail nodded heavily.

"If Ruud van Nistelrooy really moves to Manchester United next season, I will give you a season ticket to Old Trafford for free. You can go to the scene to watch the shooting of the king of the restricted area. In a few years, he will be the hottest striker in the world, you should not only learn his shooting skills, you should also make yourself more comprehensive and better than him!"

After hearing this, Ismail was moved. He was only a 13-year-old child, but Xiao Yu took such good care of him, which made him extremely grateful. At the same time, he secretly vowed in his heart that he must work hard to improve his strength.

After Xiao Yu left, Ismail returned to free kick training with great enthusiasm. This time, the free kick he kicked out was stronger and faster.

But the front sight is still terrible!

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On the second day, after training, Xiao Yu found the vice-captain of the team, Juninho Jr., and told him about Ismail of the youth team. Juninho Jr. was sure about it. This is the role he should play as the captain.

Since then, in the youth training camp of the new Manchester United, except for match days and rest days, Ismail and Juninho can be seen practicing free kicks almost every day. Michael Johnson was also very interested in this and took the initiative to join the ranks of this extra training.

Xiao Yu passed by the training ground every day, and seeing these young players on the field in a disciplined manner when practicing free kicks, he couldn't help but secretly laughed in his heart. If all the 10 players in the new Manchester United starting line-up in the future are all good free kick players, I don't know Will your opponent complain about it?

The more I think about Xiao Yu, the more amusing I find it.

When playing FM Football Manager before, he had some weird ideas, such as collecting 10 butcher-type players to destroy the core of the opponent; or collecting 10 strong players and going to the field to crush the opponent. Just like a tank rushing into a busy city, it's cool to watch.

Now he was thinking, if 10 free-kick experts practiced on the same stage, and each shot once, what a spectacular scene it would be!

But in fact, everyone knows that this is absolutely impossible to happen. Every team will have one or two fixed kick-takers. These players arrange set-piece tactics.

Therefore, even if 10 people on the field are set-piece experts at Beckham's level, only two or three of them have the right to take the penalty, and the rest can only sigh that they were born at an untimely moment and are willing to be green leaves.

But no matter what, the players' enthusiasm for learning still makes Xiao Yu happy, which at least proves that they still have a strong desire to improve.

While the learning atmosphere in the youth training camp was getting stronger and stronger, the new Manchester United ushered in another defeat, this time in the second round of the FA Cup. A good show that reached the third round of the FA Cup in 2019.

But this is not important, because the core task of the new Manchester United this year is in the league. After all, their current third place in the league is not safe enough, so Mourinho decisively gave up the League Cup, Vanguard Cup and FA Cup, Concentrate on coping with the league.

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