Chapter 32 Pressure
That night, before going to the restaurant for dinner, Eggsy checked his phone, but he didn't see the person he wanted to see the most: Modric.
If Eggsy had a pair of dog ears on his head now, they would definitely be drooping, and his tail would probably be dragging on the ground.
He was live-streaming this afternoon and stalling for time, which was like tying neon lights all over his body, and then making his name into a sign, and putting it above his head, and then jumping back and forth: I'm here! Come find me! Come find me!
But Mr. Modric did not come, which made Zizi a little disappointed.
Modric felt warmed by the little guy's words, and the unpleasantness that had caused trouble in the morning had long since disappeared. At this moment, Modric looked at Ramos' smiling face next to him and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
"Well, well," Modric waved his hand, "Just do your own exercise."
Ramos raised his eyebrows and smiled, then asked maliciously, "What? You're talking to your little apprentice and you don't want me to see you?"
Modric's thoughts were guessed, but he still waved his hand: "Okay, go ahead."
Ramos left with a smile, but Modric did not contact Eggsy immediately, because he calculated the time and thought that Eggsy might be in training or busy, so maybe contacting him in the evening would be a good choice.
Just as Modric thought, Eggsy had to go to the tactics class after eating. He absolutely dared not bring his mobile phone to Mr. Ranieri's tactics class. And today's class was particularly long, if for no other reason than that Leicester City's next teammate was the Blues, Chelsea.
Chelsea Football Club's home ground is located at Stamford Bridge, close to the River Thames in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Since Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea and spent a huge amount of money on recruiting players, the team has gradually become a wealthy club. The team is known for its rock-solid defense and iron-blooded spirit, and is also famous in the football world for its overly defensive "parking the bus" tactics. It is a representative team of the defensive counterattack style in football.
Even though they like to park the bus, Chelsea's offensive power is really strong now. The Blues, which have successively introduced strong players such as Costa, Fabregas and Matic, have been given more power. Now they can be said to be the team most likely to win the championship this season.
When Leicester City met such an opponent, they were particularly lacking in attack and slightly inferior in defense. There was also a surgical knife like Fabregas in the midfield. If they wanted to play well in this game, their brains would probably be in a state of collapse.
The coaching staff stayed up late every day to think about tactics, and the players were also busy, all of them were under great pressure. Especially Eggsy, who had just finished the game in the morning and started to study the positions and tactics of the midfield in the evening tactical class. Modric, on the other hand, practiced on the court for a long time that night. If you look closely at some of his movements, it is not difficult to see that some of Modric's moves and actions are very similar to Eggsy's.
After trying some of Eggsy's turns and even quick passes, Modric himself was exhausted. While sighing that the new generation is pushing the old generation forward, he was also thinking that this little guy Eggsy is really talented. It has only been a short time since he was able to use some of his advantages to play to his strengths.
When Modric came out of the gym, he remembered to check the time. When he looked at it, he found that it was already late at night! He almost missed it without realizing it, so Modric immediately returned to the dormitory and sent an email to Eggsy on social media, waiting for good news.
Things were not calm at Leicester City either. That evening, news came out that Leicester City was about to face Chelsea, the upstart club.
These British tabloids staged a face-changing and back-stabbing show for the fans within a single day: in the morning they were praising Leicester City players, and in the evening they started writing that Leicester City was about to hit a wall, with an uncertain outcome and difficulty in staying in the league.
Fans: ???
Although British tabloids like to brag and talk nonsense, it cannot be denied that they are still quite good at reading the menu in the situation. The gap in strength between Leicester City and Chelsea is indeed a bit big, so it is not so difficult to understand the operation of badmouthing Leicester City.
But during the tactical class today, Mr. Ranieri said that the key focus of this game is ball control.
"It's not hard to guess," Mr. Ranieri taught Eggsy using the tactical board: "Look at Chelsea's midfield lineup, Hazard, Oscar, Pedro, Willian, Fabregas."
Just by listening to the name, you can tell that this is a collection of four kings in the midfield! Whether it is ball possession tactics, monopolizing the ball so that you can't touch the ball, or organizing the attack or scalpel-like long passes, they can take care of everything and absolutely hit the target.
Leicester City, apart from Eggsy, Kante and Mahrez are not serious midfielders. Is Eggsy going to play 1v4? This is a bit too much.
Eggsy was so stressed that he almost lost sleep, because he knew that compared with Fabregas's highlights, he was still too young. From a technical perspective, Fabregas's personal highlights were enough to make Eggsy gain a lot every time he watched them.
"It turns out that this ball can be handled in this way..."
Eggsy praised the team, but he was under a lot of pressure. After listening to the tactics, Eggsy immediately went to the court to practice from the afternoon until dark.
Fabregas's highlights seemed to have left a mark on his mind, making him doubt his own skills. In this situation, Eggsy went to the court after class and planned to try to practice his skills.
The result was that no matter how much he practiced, he couldn't do it well. Instead, the more he practiced, the more anxious he became. At the end, Eggsy sat on the court exhausted, but he was still extremely irritated and couldn't think of any good solution.
So he had no time to think about other things and was only focused on breaking through the pressure that Xiaofa put on him.
If you want to become stronger, only by becoming stronger can you win glory! Only by becoming stronger can you get the trophy!
With this in mind, Eggsy almost had a venting training session on the court. Seeing his expression, his teammates thought he was venting his anger at being impersonated, so they didn't dare to say anything more.
Until he collapsed in the gym from exhaustion. He habitually took out his mobile phone to check the time, but when he turned around, he saw a bottle of milk placed next to the phone at some point.
Eggsy was stunned for a moment. There was a note on the back of the milk, but there were a lot of messages on it. Just by looking at the notes, Eggsy could tell that it was written by at least several people.
'Go to bed early, little one.'
'PS: Winning or losing is the whole team's business, not just yours! '
'PPS: If you train too much, you will become a muscular man. If you stay up too late, you will become an idiot.'
'PPPS: People here have serious hair loss, you don't want to be extremely smart, do you?'
Eggsy looked at the glass of milk and felt warm inside, as if all his fatigue disappeared. He leaned against the wall of the training room, unscrewed the glass of milk and took a sip. Immediately, the mellow aroma swept over his whole body.
= w =, ah~ milk is indeed the best tasting.
If Eggsy's tail and ears were exposed at this moment, the dog with airplane ears must be slowly wagging its tail and making a comfortable humming sound, right?
At midnight, Eggsy rubbed his eyes sleepily. How could he have time and energy to pay attention to anything else? He had to do his homework after playing football, which was already very tiring, right? Then Eggsy went to take a shower. After he was refreshed by the shower, he wrapped himself in a big towel and threw himself on the bed.
He pulled the big cat pillow from the bed and rolled around a few times before taking out the phone on the bedside table. He opened Twitter and Facebook, and also registered for Instagram. When he switched back to Twitter, Eggsy's sleepy spirit suddenly perked up!
Eggsy almost jumped up from the bed like a somersault, and the huge cat pillow he had been holding fell off his head due to his sudden movement.
The one who could make Eggsy so excited at this time was naturally his idol, Modric.
Modric did not leave a message this time, but sent a private message. But this is not a problem for Eggsy, because as long as Modric can find him, he will be satisfied!
Eggsy excitedly opened the email and saw a long paragraph written in Spanish.
"Little guy, I didn't want to cause so much trouble by interacting with you on Facebook, so after thinking about it, I decided to contact you this way. I think I'll wait for your call tonight. If you have time, can you talk to me about the current status of your career?"
"Of course, I would like to hear your thoughts during this period. If I can answer any questions for you, I, as a senior in the football world, will be even happier."
Modric's words were very tactful and considerate, but he made no secret of his concern and care for Eggsy. In the football world, Eggsy is young, has no background, and is an orphan, which in itself makes life much more difficult than for others.
Modric, who had walked this path and had a very difficult time, really didn't want Eggsy to make the same mistake he had made before, so he was so anxious to remind Eggsy. But he was also worried that Eggsy would not like his "enthusiasm" or "too much control".
Therefore, Modric took into account the possible resistance from Eggsy in every word he wrote, and even left his phone number at the end of his letter.
telephone number!
Eggsy almost howled on the spot. He bunny-hopped back and forth in his room with his phone in his hand! He even did a cartwheel with a big towel wrapped around him!
But it would be great if the kid's excitement could outweigh his nervousness. When the kid called Modric, his hands were shaking with nervousness, which was totally inconsistent with his excitement a few minutes ago.
Of course, Modric didn't give out his phone number randomly. The number he gave to Eggsy was naturally his own private number. This number was either from family members or friends and relatives, and it was carefully selected. When Eggsy called, Modric was watching TV, even though it was really past his bedtime tonight.
When the phone rang, Modric took a special look to make sure it was the UK area code before answering it.
"Good evening, Eggsy." Hearing the familiar voice on the other end of the phone, Eggsy on the other end of the phone was so nervous that he suddenly didn't know what to say for a moment. Finally, he stammered and replied to Modric: "Good evening, Mo...Mo..."
Modric was suddenly stunned on the other end of the phone, and then couldn't help laughing hahahahaha.
"Momo?"
Oh my god, this is actually similar to his little daughter, because she can't call his father Modric's name, so she calls him dad Momo~
Now he didn't expect that his little apprentice would also call him that. Is this a common trait among all children?
Modric's laughter on the other end of the phone never stopped, and Eggsy almost buried himself in the ground on this end of the phone!
Hearing Modric's laughter, Eggsy covered his eyes, took his big cat pillow and stuffed his head into it, and his voice was muffled.
"I'm sorry, I really..."
"Well, go ahead." Modric also wanted to stop laughing, but listening to Eggsy's muffled voice on the other end of the phone, Modric knew that the child must be too shy to speak. "Children like to call me Momo."
Eggsy on the other end of the phone almost suffocated himself in the pillow, he simply lost his temper due to his own nervousness.
Noticing that Eggsy was silent on the other end of the line, Modric considerately changed the subject.
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