Coach Dodd banged on the table hard. "Right back of Team B, explain to me why you lost your position!?"

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Team B's right back could only bite the bullet and force an explanation: "Coach, I was, ahem, I was in the middle, helping the middle defense. I thought that there were three teammates on the left side, and they should be able to stop Gu Ran. I saw that the middle was a little empty, so I wanted to help replenish the troops in the middle to prevent Gu Ran from crossing."

This explanation obviously makes some sense.

After all, there were already three people guarding Gu Ran on the left side. If Gu Ran could still break through, then the first people responsible would definitely be those three idiots.

Coach Dodd said gloomily, "What? You think I'm right? You still think so? I don't want you to think! What I want is three-dimensional defense! Three-dimensional! Team A's attack line hasn't even come up yet, and you guys have already flattened yourselves! You gave Gu Ran so much space to move forward!"

"Also! The most serious problem in this wave is not just the loss of position of the right back, the most serious problem is the return defense of the two players who were closely defending Gu Ran!"

Coach Dodd played the video and yelled angrily, "Look at what you two are doing? You two turned around and chased the ball together!!!"

"Have you ever thought about why Gu Ran wanted to pass the ball between the two of you?"

"Isn't it just that he wants to avoid physical confrontation with the two of you, and then use his absolute advantage in sprinting speed to overtake from the outside lane?"

"If you have any brains, you should remember what I taught you: you can't pass the ball past the opponent!"

"In this case, there is no receiving player from Team A in front of the ball, so is the ball a threat?"

Coach Dodd yelled angrily, "Fuck you! Are you all dumb? Answer me! Is the ball a threat?"

The player from Team B answered cautiously: "No..."

Coach Dodd demanded, “Who is the threat?”

"Gu Ran..."

"That's right! It's Gu Ran!" Coach Dodd was so angry at these stupid youth team players that he wanted to slam the table. "The ball is not a threat, Gu Ran is the danger. You actually let Gu Ran go to chase the ball? Are you fucking dogs? Gu Ran threw a frisbee and you chased it with your tongue wagging?!"

The two defensive players of Team B were almost crying after being scolded.

Holy shit…

Coach, you can scold them all you want, but take me with you...

I really don't treat them as dogs!

I don’t want to pretend to be an “excellent student”!

Gu Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Coach Dodd looked at Gu Ran, who was sitting in the front seat and seemed hesitant to speak, and his anger immediately disappeared.

Coach Dodd said softly, "Gu, I said this purely for teaching purposes, not targeting you, so don't take it to heart."

Oh shit!

Coach, why are you apologizing to me? Can you please stop letting me brag? Gu Ran said quickly, "I understand, coach. I just think that... those two guys who were defending me were actually pretty good. They pushed out all my strength. And after all, it was their first time playing against me, so they were a little unprepared."

To be honest, although these two defensive players did make serious mistakes, their speed in turning around and returning to defense was faster than the opponents Gu Ran had faced before. Gu Ran was indeed sprinting at full speed at the time, otherwise he would not have been able to complete the classic scene of overtaking on the outside lane.

This was just a training match, and Gu Ran also wanted to help the two defensive players get some face back from the side.

The two players naturally knew what was going on and immediately cast grateful glances towards Gu Ran.

"Listen -" Coach Dodd said in admiration: "Gu Ran is still speaking for you! Gu Ran has such a high vision! Alan Shearer was the same when he was at Southampton! You must cherish every opportunity to play against Gu Ran! Because in the future you will understand that these are the most precious assets in your career!"

"Yes! Coach!" the U18 youth team players said in unison.

Then I heard Coach Dodd continue, "Let's go back to the question just now. The correct way to deal with the situation just now is that one person goes back to chase the ball and protect it, and the other person should use his body to stick to Gu Ran to prevent Gu Ran from sprinting. The more correct way is for both of them to block Gu Ran and not let Gu Ran get away. As for the ball that passes by, let the full-back fill in and deal with it."

"Don't try to compete with Gu Ran in speed!"

"Don't you have any idea whether you can outrun Gu Ran?"

"Even if you haven't seen Gu Ran's famous overtaking on the outside lane, haven't you heard about it? Even if you haven't heard about it, haven't you noticed how fast Gu Ran's sprinting speed is during training?"

"Gu Ran uses his brain when playing football, maximizing his advantage at every moment. What about you? What else can you do besides being reckless?"

"Nothing at all!"

Coach Dodd said angrily, "You should all watch this video carefully, not only the players from Team B, but also the players from Team A! See how Gu Ran handles the ball in a narrow area. Not only his technical moves, but also his passing and positioning ideas! I don't ask you to learn to be like Gu Ran. After all, Gu Ran is a genius. You can't learn talent even if you want to, but you should at least learn the basics, right? If you have anything like Gu Ran, it will be enough for you in this life!"

Gu Ran sighed secretly in his heart:

Finished...

I really don’t want to show off!

But... Coach Dodd really doesn't allow me to keep a low profile...

In contrast, the other U18 players were so scolded by Coach Dodd that they dared not even raise their heads.

Only Kawai Yuichi held his head stubbornly, with a look of defiance on his face.

But deep down in Kawai Yuichi's heart he had been so shocked that he no longer dared to be arrogant.

In the past, Kawai Yuichi only knew that Gu Ran was indeed strong. After this training match, Kawai Yuichi had to admit in his heart that Gu Ran was indeed stronger than him.

After Coach Dodd's tactical analysis, Kawai Yuichi finally understood where Gu Ran's strengths lie.

Gu Ran has talent and basketball IQ, and more importantly, he is hardworking.

Just because Gu Ran always came 10 minutes earlier than him every morning, Kawai Yuichi was already desperate enough.

However, Kawai Yuichi still had an expression of dissatisfaction on his face.

The more he knew how strong Gu Ran was, the more he wanted to defeat Gu Ran.

Coach Dodd was so angry that he paused for a long time before he finally came to his senses.

Coach Dodd continued, "The next problem is even more serious than the two players chasing the ball just now - it's still this wave of offense. The video footage now playing is the scene of Gu Ran dribbling the ball near the penalty area and preparing to shoot. Gu Ran dribbled the ball outside the penalty area, and the penalty area line was full of Team B's defensive players."

"From this picture alone, it seems that Team B's defense was well deployed, and Gu Ran had no chance to pass or shoot."

"But you still let Gu Ran get the ball comfortably at the edge of the penalty area. The two central defenders who came up to press him were too slow!"

"And the biggest and most fatal mistake was! You two center backs actually fell to the ground to block Gu Ran's kick when he was about to kick!"

"As a result, the next second, Gu Ran faked a shot and pushed the ball into the empty area!"

"I want to ask, are you fucking rookies? Did you forget to bring your brain when you went out today? Or do you simply have a developed cerebellum but a shrunken brain?"

"How could you make such a stupid mistake? Look at the video. How panicked were your two faces at the time?"

"How many times have I stressed this to you guys? Defenders must not fall down easily. You are a movable wall! If you fall down, it's like the wall has collapsed and cannot move! What can a collapsed wall block? If a defender falls down, it means he loses the possibility of performing the next technical move! Then the opponent can bypass you if they are a little smarter!"

"If you have to fall to the ground, you either have to be absolutely sure to knock the ball away, or you have to knock the man over and crush him to death with your collapsed wall!"

Coach Dodd paused and added: "My last sentence is a metaphor. I don't mean you should really crush the opponent. Moreover, I strongly advise against the latter approach, especially in the 30-meter area, and even more so in the penalty area."

"In short, since you were not sure you could clear the ball from Gu Ran's feet, you should have pushed up and stuck to Gu Ran, putting pressure on him and reducing his space for controlling the ball and transferring the ball! But what about you? Gu Ran didn't even wait for a breakthrough, he just sprinted out of the penalty area with the ball, and you panicked! You forgot all the technical moves and tactical essentials! You fell to the ground, and a huge gap was immediately revealed in front of the goal for Gu Ran!"

"What did you learn from me? I really doubt that your previous training was taught by your dance teacher!"

Coach Dodd continued to play the teaching video. "...Team B, I don't have much to say about the third goal you lost. There was no big problem with your performance on this ball. It was just that Gu Ran was too strong. Gu Ran's world-class long-range shot has reached the level of the Premier League. It's normal that you couldn't defend it."

The players of Team B all breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s really not their fault for this ball.

The other goals lost were not their fault, the only fault was Kawai Yuichi.

If Kawai Yuichi hadn't picked Team B first, how could Gu Ran have gone to Team A? So, it's all Kawai Yuichi's fault!

"Fortunately, this is just an internal team training match. We can still correct the marking problems that were exposed."

"After you go back today, each of you must think carefully about the process of today's game, think clearly about the mistakes in this game, and digest them! I don't want to have problems with marking in tomorrow's game against Liverpool U18 team!"

"Alan Shearer will come to watch the game in person tomorrow! By then, reporters from our club's newspaper will also follow the team for interviews. You can't embarrass me, and you can't embarrass Southampton Football Club!"

Coach Dodd glanced around sternly, "Fuck you, I'm pissed off just by the way you're all acting stupid! Do you understand?"

"Yes! I understand! Coach!"

Holy shit…

The reporter from the club's team newspaper followed the team for an interview? Could it be Evelyn, the Dihua female reporter from the Forward Saints, who has a great figure, played women's football, and has a father who is a club shareholder? Is she going to be automatically polished again? Gu Ran suddenly felt a little headache.

"Okay, now let me announce the scores given to you by the evaluation team members..."

Coach Dodd announced the evaluation scores of the U18 youth team players one by one.

——This evaluation score is different from the post-match technical score. The post-match score is purely from a technical perspective, while the club’s internal evaluation score has some more subjective judgments and estimates of potential.

Therefore, this assessment score is divided into two parts: CA score and PA score.

Simply put, the CA score represents the player's current comprehensive ability value, while the PA score represents the player's expected potential value.

According to the results released by Coach Dodd, the overall evaluation scores of Team A's players were relatively good. Although Team B lost, their estimated scores were not too low.

Especially the PA scores of the main players of Team B are still high enough.

This evaluation score is very fair. After all, Gu Ran is an additional factor, and Gu Ran's presence has indeed greatly suppressed the performance of Team B.

Although Team B's CA evaluation was suppressed by Gu Ran, their PA evaluation could still support their overall evaluation score.

——The players of Team B also breathed a sigh of relief.

Judging from the overall evaluation points, the main players of Team B can basically participate in tomorrow's friendly match with Liverpool U18 team.

"Coach!" Kawai Yuichi stood up, "Why is my evaluation score not there? I want to know what the evaluation scores are for Gu Ran and me!"

Coach Dodd said, "You and Gu Ran are both non-staff members. Normally, the evaluation team doesn't need to give you a score, but... they did give you a score. Do you really want to know?"

Kawai Yuichi immediately said: "Of course!"

This evaluation score will also determine whether he can stay in Southampton! Moreover, Kawai Yuichi really wants to know how big the quantitative gap is between him and Gu Ran.

Coach Dodd looked at the evaluation form and immediately announced: "Kawai, your CA comprehensive evaluation score is 89 points, and your PA evaluation score is 99 points."

Kawai Yuichi's heart sank.

CA score and PA score, the full score is 200 points...

Although most youth training players don’t score over 100, and even if they do, it’s hard to break 120, but…

This evaluation result was far from Kawai Yuichi's psychological expectations.

Southampton Football Club is probably discriminating against Asian players? The PA score is so low!

It doesn't matter! Maybe Gu Ran's isn't that high either!

Kawai Yuichi regained a little confidence, "What about Gu Ran's?"

Coach Dodd grinned and said, "Everyone wants to know Gu Ran's evaluation score, right?"

The U18 young players all nodded expectantly.

Especially the players of Team B, they were badly beaten by Gu Ran this time, and they really want to know how high Gu Ran's evaluation score is.

Gu Ran also wanted to know, but he was afraid of being passive-aggressive.

Sigh, being an “excellent student” is so confusing hahahaha…

Coach Dodd swept away the angry expression on his face when analyzing the game video and announced happily: "Gu Ran's CA comprehensive evaluation... 132, PA potential evaluation... 175!"

"Wow!"

The whole classroom 3 was in an uproar! CA score was 132! PA score was 175!

This evaluation score far exceeds that of all the U18 players here!

Not only did it surpass the U18 players, it was even higher than many reserve and first-team players! When Luke Shaw and Chamberlain were in the U18 youth team, they didn't reach such a high PA potential score! Kawai Yuichi was stunned!

Not to mention the CA assessment score, Gu Ran’s PA potential assessment score alone is almost twice as high as his!

This is truly the club's recognized "star of hope"!

Yuichi Kawai felt sad.

Gu Ran frowned slightly, and there was no sign of happiness on his face.

To be honest, he doesn’t quite understand the standards and comparisons of CA and PA evaluation scores.

This evaluation system is only an internal evaluation of the club. The evaluation criteria are naturally set by the club itself and are subject to great volatility.

Gu Ran only knew that if the full score for a single item was 200 points, then he was still far from it!

Damn, we have to work harder!

Seeing that Gu Ran was not happy, Coach Dodd quickly explained with a smile: "Gu, you have just arrived at Staplewood and you may not be familiar with our club's internal evaluation system. It's okay, I will give you a brief introduction."

"This evaluation score is based on a combination of many factors, of which technical aspects are only a part. The player's age, level of training, attitude towards the game, how well he handles key points, and how well he integrates into the team are also taken into account."

"The CA and PA evaluation scores are not fixed, especially your PA potential value, which will gradually increase as you discover your strength. Of course, if you train passively or are always injured, your CA and PA evaluation values ​​will also drop."

"In short, this system is a touchstone for clubs to test players, and is also an important reference for signing, renewing contracts and raising prices."

"Let me give you an example of Lallana, the main player of the first team."

"Lallana originally lived in Bournemouth when he was in his teens, but when he was 12, he was discovered by our Southampton club's youth team scouts because of his outstanding football talent and has been training in Southampton's youth training camp. I watched Lallana grow up little by little with my own eyes. When Lallana was promoted to the U18 level, his average assessment score CA was about 130 and PA was about 150."

Coach Dodd paused for a moment. "This is a rare result for players under 18 in recent years. Even the rising stars Chamberlain and Luke Shaw have not been able to surpass Lallana's assessment score. Now Lallana is a key player in the first team. Last season, his CA increased to 168 and his PA also increased to 179."

"Gu Ran, your CA comprehensive evaluation is already outstanding among players under 18 years old."

"And your PA potential assessment, my God, is almost the same as that of the current first-team main players! You have to know that you are not a professional, you have never been trained in a professional youth training camp before, you have only been training with me for about a week!"

Coach Dodd was generous in his praise, “Gu! Your future is limitless! When you came, you took away the star power of all my U18 players - although they didn’t have much star power to begin with, but you are so dazzling in the U18 team! Let me put it this way, you are the most promising player that the Southampton club evaluation team has ever seen!”

Holy shit…

Coach Dodd, please shut up! I really don't want to show off! I really, really don't want to!

I just want to play football quietly! Gu Ran said quickly: "Coach, you are too kind. I am actually... still far from it."

Coach Dodd said in even greater admiration: "Humility! I've long heard that you Chinese are the most humble, and today I really saw it! Did everyone else see it? Gu Ran is a living role model for you! You must learn from Gu Ran!"

"Yes! Coach!" All the U18 players had mixed feelings.

Speaking of strength, Gu Ran is indeed beyond reproach, but...Gu Ran's indirect way of showing off is really beyond measure! Gu Ran couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand: Damn it, I'm really not showing off!

I'm not being modest! Taking the U18 youth team's evaluation criteria as an example, a CA comprehensive evaluation of 132 is indeed quite high, but I'm not a member of the U18 youth team! I'm in the first team! Let's not talk about the PA evaluation, just talking about CA132, I'm afraid I can only be a marginal player in the first team!

This is certainly a long way off!

I have to keep working harder! I really am! I really am! I am not pretending! (End of this chapter)