Chapter 18

Mourinho came on time in the afternoon.

It’s not like he hasn’t been to the youth team in the past few years since he came to Chelsea as coach. To be honest, before Abramovich handed over the youth training rights to Arnesen, he came to the youth team quite frequently.

But before and after that, he had been to the youth team, and he had heard that there were good prospects several times, so he came to take a look. This was not a problem at first, but it has never been as strange as now.

Yes, strange.

As a qualified coach, even if he didn't intend to take Zhou Liran away, he didn't want to directly expose his purpose: for example, when he came to the youth team, he was going to say that he wanted to see the youth team who had performed well recently and was in the Yingqing Youth Team. Forward Coker, who ranks among the top five scorers in the Cup.

Rumors say that Mourinho came to see Zhou Liran, but he did the opposite because he could see Zhou Liran's performance in this situation where hope was shattered. If the performance is excellent, then he will meet Zhou Liran next time. As soon as the second goalkeeper was unable to play, he directly brought Zhou Liran up.

This was his original plan, but when others came to the youth team, they found that the youth team players who were supposed to be training were not training, and they all stayed on the court and waited for him to come over - he was really sure that he was Came here for Zhou Liran? Aren’t the other players jealous and dissatisfied with competing for it?

"Mr. Mourinho," Ben Wallen immediately stepped forward to explain when Mourinho came with his assistant coach, "because the goalkeeper's true ability cannot be fully demonstrated in the training match, so we are going to let him "Ritter showed off his abilities in training."

Mourinho said with a sullen expression, "Ritter?"

"Not just to see Ritter?" Ben Wallen said in a surprised tone. , "Then you just came here for a casual look?"

Ben Warren's surprised tone and expression were so exaggerated that Mourinho was embarrassed to say that he wanted to see Coker and then discover Zhou Liran. Whether it is a good seedling or not.

Mourinho stopped saying anything, and Ben Wallen pretended not to hear what he just said. He turned around and stood on the sidelines with a whistle to indicate that training would begin now.

1V10, Zhou Liran is the one standing in front of the goal. Other players, including defenders, are holding the football and standing in different directions, different positions, and different angles to shoot. With different strengths and different arcs, the time it takes for the football to reach the goal is naturally different.

At the beginning, head coach Ben Wallen stood aside and used a whistle to control the frequency of shots. Once the whistle sounded, he would shoot once. Zhou Liran easily took the football into his arms - this was

ten minutes after waiting during the warm-up period. After that, Ben Wallen stopped blowing the whistle, and the player who shot the shot controlled the time of the shot. So there would be a situation where Zhou Liran had just put the football into his arms, and the next football had already flown to his left. At this time, Zhou Liran will enjoy football's coquettishness and be served by football hitting his face.

Although he was hit in the face by a bang, Zhou Liran was still able to catch every football steadily at this stage.

Ben Wallen couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Mourinho, who was already standing next to him. His eyebrows were raised and his tone was full of briskness, "How is it? Aren't you great?"

"You didn't let the players train in the afternoon. You kept waiting. "Shall I come over?"

"Yes," Ben Warren nodded slightly, "But I didn't force it. They are very willing to help Ritter. If you come here early, you can see them giving Ritter a massage."

"Is he the captain?"

"Ritter didn't want to be. When he became the starting goalkeeper, I asked him if he wanted to be the captain, but he said he couldn't shoulder the responsibility of the captain and refused." Ben Watt He explained aloud: "Now our youth team does not have an official captain, but everyone privately regards Ritter as the captain, but they don't call him captain."

Mourinho did not quite understand this . It was strange, but he could hear the deep pride in Ben Warren's words: What are you proud of? Because he's not the captain?

The exclusive training on the field continued. The heavy consumption of physical strength and the increasingly irregular shooting time made Zhou Liran gradually unable to be a goalkeeper who could hold the football in his arms with ease. He began to be hit in the face, chin, or by the football. It was somewhere else - he was very embarrassed, but in the end he had all the footballs in his arms.

Mourinho also went from being careless at first to being fully focused in the end. In the end, Mourinho's face would be slapped every time the football hit him in the face. It was not that he felt the pain, but that it hurt just to look at it. ——No wonder this man’s nickname is Iron Mask. Considering the frequency and intensity of being hit in the face, it’s really...incredible that he can still hold the football firmly in his arms.

This exclusive training ended when Zhou Liran saved two goals in a row and failed to get up to save the third ball. The football flew into the goal from Zhou Liran's left hand side. Zhou Liran stretched out his left hand in vain. He closed his eyes and lay on the lawn.

Finally, it's over... I really want to lie still like this...

"Endrit Carter?"

Zhou Liran was startled for a moment. He opened his eyes and saw that extremely familiar yet relatively unfamiliar face and immediately stepped out of the lawn. Played up, his tone was slightly rippling, "Mr. Mourinho!"

Mourinho smiled and stretched out his hand to Zhou Liran to pull him up. When Zhou Liran reached out to hold his hand, Mourinho said Said: "You should call me coach now."

Zhou Liran was a little dizzy after being pulled up, "Huh?"

"I will join you as the goalkeeper of the home team from now on," Mourinho reached out and patted Zhou Liran on the shoulder, " How about it? Are you confident that you can keep a clean sheet in the Premier League?"

Zhou Liran nodded vigorously.

"We will sign a new contract in a while, and then report to the team tomorrow morning. Is there any problem?"

Zhou Liran shook his head.

"Okay," Mourinho patted Zhou Liran's shoulder again, "Get there early tomorrow."

...

"Sir, didn't you just come to see the striker Coker, and also take a look at Endrit?"

" "Ritter," Mourinho corrected his assistant seriously, "Didn't you hear what I called the coach? From now on, he will be a member of our Chelsea team. You should also call him Ritter. Prepare a few more jerseys. Let's see." Which number will he wear tomorrow?"

"Okay, sir."

"

Save bonus?" Mourinho turned over the contract at hand, "What kind of contract is this for your youth team? Cech doesn't even have...two hundred pounds?"

Mourinho tapped his index finger on the table a few times. "Otherwise, let Ritter try in the next game. If he can really keep the opponent clean, then this contract can be continued. sign."