Chapter 6 Internal Competition
After Mr. Ranieri's last tidying up of the locker room, a lot of new rules were introduced in the locker room.
For example, you are not allowed to listen to headphones in the locker room, and everyone is expected to turn their mobile phones to silent mode after entering the locker room. This is of course for everyone, but Vardy always feels that this is directed at himself.
Because he likes listening to headphones very much and is a headphone enthusiast, Vardy has stockpiled a lot of headphones at home and even has very professional dynamic iron ambient sound headphones.
The quality of this kind of headphones is particularly good, but the problem is also obvious - you can't hear anything except music after putting them on.
In many cases, Leicester City's player gatherings and tactical briefings are held in the locker room. Vardy couldn't hear anything when he put on his precious headphones, and Mr. Ranieri exposed this several times.
Ranieri also intends to take advantage of this time to rectify the atmosphere of the club. At least the bad habits left by the previous head coach really cannot continue.
But Vardy doesn't think so. He believes that he was framed because he said bad things about Eggsy in the club, which questioned Mr. Ranieri's right to buy players.
Of course Vardy would not think that it was Mr. Ranieri who was wrong, he would only think that Eggsy was a troublemaker, even like a tasteless and childish child who complained to Mr. Ranieri. So it would be strange if he had a good impression of Eggsy.
But Mahrez, Vardy's partner, certainly saw it more clearly as a bystander. He felt that neither the kid Eggsy nor Mr. Ranieri were that kind of people.
It’s just that Vardy has always been the main leader in the team. He was just a little embarrassed and angry when he suddenly lost face in front of the new head coach, so he definitely doesn’t have a good face towards Eggsy who has just joined the team.
This situation continued until their training at noon. Vardy was still thinking that if the newcomer Eggsy really dared to ask to play as a forward, he would definitely train this kid well.
"Midfield?" Mr. Ranieri suddenly smiled at the child in front of him. His smile made Eggsy a little confused, but Ranieri smiled enough before asking: "Why do you want to play in the midfield?"
"Because I like the feeling of being able to control the pace of the game." Eggsy answered without thinking, and he felt that with his current level, if he wanted to move to a forward, the shooting alone would be enough to make him a new person.
More importantly, he believed in Mr. Modric's vision and advice.
Eggsy didn't know that Ranieri and other coaching staff members also gave him a comprehensive evaluation that he was only suitable for midfield. From the first time he came into contact with football, his natural dribbling, dribbling sense and evasion showed that he was a good seedling for a rhythmic midfield.
A rhythmic midfielder not only needs to have superb dribbling and passing abilities, but also needs to have a good sense of the ball and vision, be able to make accurate long and short passes and set pieces, and be able to control the overall situation on the field anytime and anywhere.
The first ability is innate, but the ability to develop is his vision and organizational skills. Since Eggsy came back last night and started training, Ranieri thinks that if this kid persists, he will soon be able to develop it.
Then comes the actual combat training and experience, which is the most difficult part to develop in a midfielder, because it is completely a stream of consciousness. It can only be said that those with conditions have the guidance of an expert, those with luck rely on sudden encounters, and those who really can't do it can only experience it on their own.
How far Eggsy can go really depends on himself.
Ranieri didn't tell Eggsy the difficult words later, because he didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of the young man. But he didn't expect that when Eggsy came on the court, he completely surprised the whole team!
Because Leicester City's current training is all about internal competitions, on the one hand, it is to let them start to adapt to Ranieri's new tactics. Ranieri's original idea was for Vardy and Shinji Okazaki to play on both wings, but Leicester City's main offensive means are low defense and long pass counterattacks.
But he didn't expect that Leicester City's forwards were not very tall. Vardy rushed forward, and Shinji Okazaki dragged back to press the midfield. Unfortunately, the midfield's dribbling and ball possession rate could not be improved at all, so Ranieri prepared to play a defensive counterattack.
After all, they can't control the ball to ensure their offensive goal rate, so there are really not many options for Ranieri. Even if they play defensive counterattacks, Leicester City lacks an organizing midfielder. The current midfielders Andy and Kante are not very good.
Kante is okay at organizing defense as a backcourt player, but his ability to organize offense is not as strong as Andy's, and his only pass is long pass, so now they can only play that kind of crappy long pass.
A long pass is when the midfielder kicks the ball to the forward, attacking midfielder, or winger in front, and then they push it hard into the opponent's goal. As long as they can get around the defender, there's a chance that the ball will go in. It requires very little technical skills.
Vardy and Okazaki Shinji are both wingers, with first-class ability to pull the ball to the side, but not so good at cutting in the middle. Mahrez's running range is still large enough, and if he really wants to play both wings and counterattack, Andy's ability is obviously not enough.
So when Ranieri saw Eggsy, he took him under his wing even at great risk, and was determined to create a miracle in just one week.
That miracle is what allows Eggsy to play next week against Queens Park Rangers, known as Blue QPR.
In order to help Eggsy gain experience quickly, Ranieri even started internal team matches within Leicester City as the main daily training. Now not only the main team, but also the second echelon needs to play to gather people.
"Draw lots?" Kante looked at the draw boxes in front of him marked with 'forward', 'midfielder' and 'defender'. His mind turned slightly and he understood the intention of Mr. Ranieri's arrangement.
"Of course, there are people in every position here, so you can match them up at will." Mr. Ranieri just smiled and then told his tactical arrangements: "This way I can also know how well you can cooperate with others."
This is indeed a good idea, and everyone agrees. Ranieri drew lots from the forward box, and Okazaki Shinji and Vardy were separated, and Mahrez and Gray were separated. When Vardy put on the blue vest, he suddenly found that Eggsy was also wearing blue.
“Tsk!”
Vardy turned his head away a little unhappily. He was still very unhappy with Eggsy.
But he was not stupid and knew that he must not make trouble at this time, because he knew that even the usual confrontational training could determine the list of main players.
Vardy stood in his position at this time, looking at his former teammates and Mahrez on the opposite side, and immediately became even more unhappy. As soon as the whistle sounded, he tried to break through the front.
But as Vardy was running, he felt something was wrong, and when he looked back, he saw something!
Mahrez, Okazaki Shinji and other players actually surrounded Eggsy together! This was clearly an attempt to seize the "weakness" of their team and beat them to death!
Vardy was so annoyed that he was hesitating whether to turn back to help the newcomer, when he saw a scene that stunned the entire stadium.
Eggsy looked at his teammates who were about to rush over, and he suddenly remembered Modric's actions on the court yesterday, and wanted to try to imitate them.
So he kept moving forward with the ball at the same speed, and when Shinji Okazaki came to intercept him, he imitated Modric's action, suddenly kicked the ball up with his toes, and directly separated himself from the ball and passed Shinji Okazaki.
This stunned Okazaki on the spot. He couldn't stop himself and turned around to chase Eggsy, but he found that Mahrez and other players were intercepting him.
But in the blink of an eye, Eggsy imitated Modric's actions, turned around with the ball, and pushed Mahrez out of his attacking route. He turned his center and ran with the ball!
Mahrez took a deep breath at that moment. He knew that the newcomer Eggsy was capable, but he didn't expect that he was so strong!
Vardy was dumbfounded at this time, but he still did not forget that he was a striker and had to block the ball.
Because he was facing the defender of the second team, Vardy quickly locked in his position and habitually reached out to Eggsy.
As soon as the hand was raised, Vardy put it down.
He felt that the newcomer would definitely not pass the ball to him on every play, and even if he did, there would probably be mistakes.
Because the moment he raised his hand facing Eggsy, he was seen by the defensive players on this side. Although they all had their own targets to focus on, they all intentionally gathered between Vardy and Eggsy.
It was obvious that he was waiting for Eggsy to miss the ball and then take advantage of it! Or was he just jumping up and cutting in to intercept?
Eggsy didn't care about all this. Although he continued to dribble the ball to get rid of the interception, the moment he turned his back to Mahrez with the ball, he had already seen Vardy's half-raised hand.
Even though he was blocked by the Red Team members the next second, Eggsy still found the right direction.
With Mahrez and Shinji Okazaki chasing him, Eggsy suddenly kicked the ball out.
Just looking at this ball, everyone wondered where it was going. But when the ball was about to land, they saw that Vardy, who had just been blocked, had already broken through the penalty area and was on the landing point!
"hiss!"
Ranieri was really frightened and gasped. He knew that Eggsy was very talented, but he didn't expect that he had recruited a... monster?
He was still a naive novice yesterday, but now he can perform fancy moves when breaking through, and he has the style of... the rhythm king of Real Madrid's midfield? !
Ranieri never thought that the money he spent on a game ticket would give Eggsy a goal to learn. His current movements and ideas are inspired by the teachings of the "Modić", and he has also seen Modric's movements, so he just imitates him.
Of course, Modric didn't expect that his hint would actually help Eggsy to light up his football talent. He became his entry-level basic teacher...
Of course, Eggsy will gather more information about the various families later, but that is another story.
Eggsy, who is still a novice, didn't care what his teammates thought of him at this time. He just wanted to score a goal. Even if he couldn't shoot, he wanted his teammates to shoot and score!
No matter what, score a goal!!!
Eggsy's body and mind were clamoring for honor, victory, and... no matter what, he just wanted to score a goal!
Vardy was startled by the ball falling from the sky at his feet. He instinctively raised his foot and saw the ball...
Got in?
You know, Vardy usually has some kind of celebration after scoring a goal, but today was different. He just stood there, looking at Eggsy who passed the ball to him, and suddenly realized something.
I must get along well with this new guy. The feeling of being fed cake - it's so fucking good!
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