Just as I expected, yesterday's draw against Manchester United greatly boosted the team's morale, and the players' match status indicators generally showed "good".
Falcao and Maicon, who scored goals yesterday, are in red-hot form.
The only minor drawback is that the players' physical reserves have decreased to some extent.
This made Li Shiguang a little worried.
The system hasn't issued any tasks for a long time.
So I haven't opened any treasure chests or claimed any rewards in a long time; all my previous stockpile has been used up.
The season has just begun, and due to the series of tough matches recently, the players have generally experienced problems with their physical reserves.
Even though the Leeds United players have greatly accelerated their ability improvement with the help of the system, most of them are still around 22 or 23 years old. Their physical strength has not yet reached its peak. Moreover, they have already used up all their talent realization cards, and their only injury recovery card has been used on Deisler.
If players experience physical limitations during high-intensity matches, there is a high probability that they will get injured during physical contact on the field. If a large number of injuries occur, it will inevitably affect the team's performance, and Li Shiguang's previous statement about striving for a top-four finish will become empty talk.
Furthermore, if players are unable to play due to injury, resulting in no other clubs inquiring about their prices, then their "black market" business will be shut down after the season ends! That's the most crucial point!
So when Li Shiguang first activated the system, he asked why it hadn't issued any tasks for so long.
However, the system only stated that the task was issued randomly, without any prior warning.
This left Li Shiguang speechless.
When Li Shiguang saw Ribery's panel attributes, he noticed some changes that he had not seen in the system before.
[Frank Ribery] (Triggers a temporary event)
Age: 22
Offensive Threat: 83 (+5)
[Defensive Strength]: 33 (+5)
[Body Balance]: 78 (+5)
[Long Pass Accuracy]: 80 (+5)
[Short pass accuracy]: 82 (+5)
[Shooting Accuracy]: 83 (+5)
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[Speed/Top Speed]: 86/90 (+5)
Player Rating: B+
[Overall Assessment]: An extremely well-rounded attacking midfielder with refined technique, high speed, and exceptional dribbling ability, excelling at cutting inside to attack!
[Temporary Event]: In a recent match, the player's poor performance led to the team conceding a goal. However, due to crucial encouragement from the host, the player's performance and confidence improved, thus triggering a reward.
[Rewards]: 1. Extremely hot competitive state. 2. All attributes +5. Duration: 14 days!
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Upon seeing this, several question marks immediately appeared in Li Shiguang's mind.
He suspected that the system had been secretly updated!
This is the first time the concept of "Temporary Events" has appeared in the system's player panel.
Actually, I had a brief conversation with Ferguson after the game yesterday. When Ferguson said that he was surprised that Li Shiguang did not substitute Ribery at halftime, Li Shiguang was stunned for a moment.
He hadn't thought about it much at first, until today when he saw the temporary events on Ribery's panel.
Li Shiguang suddenly had a new insight.
Since becoming head coach, Li Shiguang has been influenced by the system most of the time, directly following the methods in his mind to conduct training and arrange the lineup.
But seeing Ribery's award today, combined with Ferguson's comment yesterday...
Li Shiguang suddenly realized a problem he had never paid attention to before.
Last season in the Championship, the number of matches was basically stable at one game per week. On the one hand, the team's performance was good, and on the other hand, the intensity of the Championship matches was never as high as that of the Premier League. Moreover, at that time, Li Shiguang used the Talent Realization Card to bring the attributes of the entire Leeds United spine to its peak.
So basically every game is stress-free, and you can easily defeat your opponent.
But this season is different. The dense schedule, the stronger opponents, and the significantly increased attention may all directly or indirectly affect the players' mentality.
In competitive sports, especially high-intensity contact sports like football, in addition to high physical requirements, mental qualities are also an essential element.
Every head coach who has made a name for themselves in world football, besides possessing superb technical and tactical skills, has one thing in common: strong team management ability and unique personal charisma. They are also very good at using these abilities to shape a team, leaving their own mark on it while subtly influencing the players' mental state.
Take yesterday's opponent, Ferguson, for example. This stubborn Scottish old man can maximize the potential of his players, both in training and on the field, and give young players enough confidence and playing time so that they can get enough training in actual combat. In addition to improving their skills and tactics, he has also instilled his never-give-up spirit in Manchester United's players.
However, he also shows a human touch in his daily team management.
Despite his extreme strictness on the training ground and in matches, he was also able to get along well with the young men on the team in private. Therefore, under Ferguson's management, there were very few discordant voices within the Manchester United team. Even Beckham, who had some conflicts with Ferguson before, said emotionally in an interview after leaving Manchester United: "My relationship with the manager has always been special. Of course, we had some disagreements, but I still love him."
Therefore, in Europe, where the football atmosphere is the best in the world, Manchester United under Ferguson can be called an iron army that never gives up.
Li Shiguang let out a soft breath, picked up his water glass, and took a sip.
I couldn't help but feel grateful that I had carefully browsed each player's system panel before discovering this change.
I had relied too much on the system's rewards before, but now it seems I've passed the newbie protection period, and I'll have to explore more of the system's functions on my own.
Since I currently have no more system reward cards and no new tasks, trying to trigger temporary events for each player seems like a good approach.
The players at Leeds United are all young men not much younger than me, so I shouldn't have any problem getting closer to them.
With that thought in mind, Li Shiguang closed the Leeds United team interface.
Then, with a mischievous urge, I started searching for information about Tevez on the computer.
hey-hey.
He really wants to check out Tevez's stats panel right now...
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