Chapter 21 Making Mistakes
Because of the banquet yesterday, the Leicester City players got up very late today. But in fact, they usually get up quite late.
Because players usually need to give their bodies enough rest when they are not playing.
So we usually get up very late, and the club's training is mostly at noon or in the afternoon.
So their games are all in the afternoon, and there are rarely games in the morning.
Of course, there are also hardworking kids like Eggsy, who gets up in the morning to practice, takes a break at noon, and then practices again in the afternoon. In the evening, there is Mr. Ranieri's tactical lecture, plus his own cultural homework.
So sometimes the little guy would be so tired during the two-hour lunch break that he would fall asleep on the court.
However, because it is easy to catch a cold, and it is not advisable to attend afternoon training on an empty stomach, he stopped doing so after being severely criticized by Mr. Ranieri.
But at noon in the cafeteria, Mr. Ranieri would find Eggsy eating pie or mashed potatoes while nodding off.
I can't stop worrying...
Although Mr. Ranieri got up the earliest, he didn't come down early. He looked at the contact lens box that the hotel manager had just given him and pinched his brows in annoyance.
Generally speaking, the more physical exercise and outdoor activities an athlete participates in, the lower the probability of myopia, so most athletes do not wear glasses.
However, sometimes myopia is caused by genetics or other reasons. As a player, if you really want to be myopic, there are optional solutions.
Wear contact lenses, have eye surgery, or we have to order some special glasses.
Like Fellaini or Hummels, if they don't wear glasses, not only can they not work normally, they can't even play at their best. At least in the case of blurred vision, how can they play football when they can't even see the ball?
There are many players with myopia, such as Thuram, Cech, Ballack, Kaka, etc. Especially the German captain Ballack, his myopia is as high as 800 degrees.
Ballack himself admitted that he was almost blind without glasses, and even if the ball stopped at his feet, he couldn't see the ball clearly. So should he play with glasses or without them? This is a soul-searching question.
Who knows if you wear a pair of eye socket glasses, will your opponent directly knock you away and make you unable to play the game? Balotelli encountered such a problem when he played for Inter Milan.
At that time, after being hit by his opponent, he did not get up quickly to play, but squatted on the ground looking for the lens.
Then he was angrily rebuked by Mourinho, and finally couldn't help but undergo surgery to treat his myopia. Similarly, Kaka also solved his myopia problem with surgery in 2007.
Mr. Ranieri looked at the glasses case with a frown on his brow. What annoyed him was not that the players were nearsighted, but that the team allowed you to wear glasses, but the prerequisite was: you must report to your head coach!
This concealment made him feel that he had no control over his players, and it was simply a challenge to his rights as the head coach!
Imagine if every player kept things to themselves, such as myopia or physical pain, what would happen? The players' condition was related to the outcome of the game!
And Mr. Ranieri is responsible for the result of the game!
And in Mr. Ranieri's opinion, a head coach who does not understand and cannot control the locker room is basically not far from being fired.
Although he has always been a good guy, he would certainly be angry if he was treated like this. As a result of his anger, Mr. Ranieri called the other assistant coaches' rooms and called them all to his room.
Then a group of old men just looked at the contact lens box on the table, not knowing what to say.
"I'd better gather them together and find them out on the spot!"
The physical coach has always been impatient, and now he is eager to wake up all the players.
The tactical coach and Ranieri both held him back, especially the tactical coach who advised him calmly.
"This will only make things worse, but what's the point? The players will still keep it from us in the future, right?"
The physical trainer listened and felt that this was indeed the case. Finally, he looked at Mr. Ranieri and seemed to want Mr. Ranieri to make his own decision.
Ranieri thought about it, then calmly took the glasses case and stood up and handed it to the tactical coach.
"When you leave, put it in the first seat on the bus, and when everyone is gathered, ask who dropped it."
That’s it?
The tactical coach sighed. There is a reason why Ranieri has always been called a tinker.
Soon it was time to gather at noon. They had agreed that all the players had to gather on the bus, but Eggsy was the last one to arrive today.
Because he couldn't find his glasses case anywhere, he had previously thought that it might have been left in the bathroom after he fainted from soaking in the bath. Because he didn't dare let anyone know that he was secretly wearing contact lenses, he secretly searched for it in the bathroom for most of the day.
Of course, he didn't find it. Eggsy was like a dejected little puppy, pushing his backpack and kicking the ball inside as he walked back.
Of course, Eggsy didn't see the contact lens case when he first got on the bus. When he passed by the first seat, he just glanced at it and was immediately stunned!
After all...the blue-green glasses case is very conspicuous when viewed from a distance.
Then Mr. Ranieri, who was sitting in the first row, also glanced at Eggsy, and Eggsy was so stunned by the look in his eyes that cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Then Mr. Ranieri said nothing, picked up the magazine beside him and started reading.
But Eggsy's face had already turned red, as if he had been scolded by the head coach, and the originally curly hair on the top of his head had become droopy.
Everyone in the team has come up and sat down, watching the interaction between Mr. Ranieri and the little guy. Although they don't understand, they feel that it must be a big deal.
Especially looking at Eggsy's face, you can tell that the little guy has probably done something wrong and been caught by Mr. Ranieri.
Vardy immediately glanced at Mahrez, and the other teammates took out their mobile phones and began to figure out what was going on.
But no one noticed the small, blue-green contact lens case.
Vardy and Mahrez immediately pulled the distracted Eggsy to their side and tried to ask him what had happened, but Eggsy refused to say a word and just sat there looking dejected.
Eggsy knew that his secret of wearing contact lenses without telling the head coach had been exposed. He was more concerned about Mr. Ranieri's indifference and anger than the fact that he had violated the club's regulations by hiding the matter.
As a child, and an orphan at that, if there is suddenly someone who disciplines and cares for him like a parent, he will of course value this person very much.
And then this person felt that Eggsy didn't value him enough, didn't respect him enough, and that made him angry...
Eggsy really didn't know what to do.
The child was like a lost puppy, not even wanting to whimper anymore. He huddled in the corner of the last row, looking outside without saying a word.
Vardy and Mahrez looked at him like that and were at a loss, and looked at Shinji Okazaki on the other side.
'What to do? The kid is unhappy!'
Okazaki Shinji was also dumbfounded, and then he looked at the Drinking Water Brother who already had a cub in the team as if asking for help. The Drinking Water Brother stood up at this time.
He coughed lightly, stood up, and under the admiring gazes of all the players, he did not look for Eggsy.
The whole team: ???
Instead, he turned around and walked to the first row, looked at Mr. Ranieri who was reading a newspaper, and greeted him.
"Mr. Ranieri, can I sit here and talk to you?"
As soon as Mr. Ranieri looked up, he basically knew why the water man came. But he did not refuse, but reached out and took the contact lens on the empty seat next to him, and then motioned the water man to sit down.
The people behind were all watching eagerly, they didn't dare to eavesdrop on the head coach's conversation. But looking back at the pitiful appearance of the kid...
Baby, Dad will definitely help you! Don't be sad!
The bus was shaky all the way, but it was lively. All the players were watching Brother Drinking Water as if they were watching a TV series. In fact, Brother Drinking Water just talked to Mr. Ranieri for a while, and then turned around and said something to Eggsy.
"Mr. Ranieri will give you a chance. After the bus stops, go and explain and apologize." After saying that, he touched Eggsy's hair.
Eggsy seemed to be resurrected a little bit. He turned around, thought for a while, and asked the water brother carefully: "Sir, are you still angry with me?"
When asked this question, all the "fathers" present were softened. Mr. Ranieri's hands holding the newspapers to fill the cold storage were a little clenched. This child is really painful.
"Well, you need to explain to Mr. what's going on." Brother Drinking Water rubbed Eggsy's head again, "We all believe that you are not a bad boy, Eggsy."
When Brother Drinking Water was comforting Eggsy, all the teammates popped their heads out of their seats, and when they heard what Brother Drinking Water said, they all nodded in unison.
“It’s a must.”
"That's right, our cub is the best."
"Go, go, tell Mr. Ranieri clearly, then he won't be angry."
Mr. Ranieri, who was listening to the noise behind him with his ears perked up, could no longer control the corners of his mouth and coughed softly several times in an attempt to hide his aunt's smile.
The other assistant coaches nearby looked at him sideways, thinking that the whole team was hopeless.
After receiving such a reply from Brother Drinking Water, Eggsy is no longer sad, but he is still worried!
Eggsy's teammates saw him crossing his hands and looking a little embarrassed. They thought he was embarrassed. So the water drinker said directly: "Well, since Mr. Ranieri is willing to listen to your explanation, we won't help you. You can do it yourself, Eggsy."
All the teammates nodded seriously, and said: Son, go and explain! Dad is cheering for you from behind!
But Eggsy's eyes widened in shock! How could he explain this? Explain... Am I not a human? ? ?
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