Chapter 20: League Round 7! Dundee United!
After four games, Chen Xiaoliang completed [entering the roster for the next game] four times, [appearing in the next game] four times, [keeping a clean sheet in the next game] four times and [appearing in the next game and winning] three times.
A total of 12 hours of training value and 7 physical recovery cards were obtained.
He used up 6 of the 7 stamina recovery cards, and practiced repeatedly from morning to night, earning another 30 hours of training value.
In addition, out of the seventeen days, excluding the eight days for games and travel, there are nine days of three hours of team training every day, which is another 27 hours.
In addition to the 5 hours of training points saved from the mission against St. Mirren, he now has 62 hours of training points accumulated in his panel.
This may increase a lot of attributes!
He first spent 15 hours training to raise his strength from 7 to 10, and then spent another 20 hours training to raise his balance from 6 to 10.
His physical attributes have now reached double digits, and every increase of 1 point will require 20 hours of training.
Faced with the remaining 27 hours of training time, Chen Xiaoliang looked at the panel and considered for a long time, and finally clicked on the header that often made him embarrassed.
I just used 25 hours of training points to get 5 heading points, raising my heading skill to 10.
He is ready. Gerrard has announced in the pre-match tactical class that Chen Xiaoliang will start in the next league home game against Dundee United.
At first Chen Xiaoliang excitedly thought that Dundee United was the team where the Red Country football legend General Fan had played for a short period of time on loan. Later he asked his friends in China and found out that he played for Dundee FC, which has now been relegated to the second-tier league.
At the pre-match press conference, one reporter was straightforward:
"Excuse me, Mr. Gerrard. Chen Xiaoliang, who used to come on as a substitute in the second half, will start for the first time in this game. Is it the Red Country's sponsor that made you make this change? Or is it the club chairman's order for market reasons?"
Gerrard said with a serious face: "I only consider the team's tactical needs and reasonable personnel rotation. Other things are not within my job scope."
The reporter kept asking, "I heard that this sponsorship cooperation has opened up the Red Country market for the Rangers Club for the first time and has also brought a lot of revenue to the club. So if Chen Xiaoliang is not sent to play in the next game, will this cooperation be terminated?"
Gerrard saw through the reporter's intention. He could either follow his words and fall into his trap, or be irritated and become the highlight before the game.
"We have players of all colors and cultures from all over the world in our team. I emphasize again that I only consider tactical factors when I use players."
The reporter continued to pester: "The Japanese striker Furuhashi Kengo, who was brought in by Celtic from Vitesse Kobe this season, has already scored five goals in the league. His teammate, former Barcelona star Iniesta, believes he will become the best player in the Scottish Premier League. What do you think of him?"
Gerrard played dumb: "To whom? To Iniesta? As we all know, he is a legend. I hope he can enjoy everything in Japan."
There was a burst of laughter at the scene.
The reporter calmly said, "To Guqiao Hengwu."
"I don't judge players from other clubs and today's game is against Dundee United, not Celtic."
"Although both are Asian players, Chen Xiaoliang can only defend in the midfield and backcourt, while the player of the championship opponent has already scored five goals and leads the scorer list. Don't you think there is something wrong with the club's recruitment?"
Gerard couldn't stand it anymore and asked with a dark face: "Which media are you from?"
"BCC Sports."
Ever since Chen Xiaoliang moved into his own residence, Gerrard has often chatted with him. He knows that in the Red Country, people call BCC the underworld media. This media often looks at things in the Red Country with double standards and tinted glasses and fabricates news. It is no wonder that they would stare at Chen Xiaoliang and ask questions today, trying to create the illusion that Red Country capital is interfering in Scottish Premier League football.
But at this moment, as the head coach, he must protect the players. Once this cunning and sinister reporter catches him, the subsequent reports will definitely put Chen Xiaoliang under a magnifying glass, which will cause tremendous pressure on the young players.
Before Gerrard could reply, Captain Tavernier, who had been sitting nearby, grabbed the microphone:
"Chen is an important piece of the club's success . You don't have to worry about scoring goals. My teammates and I will use more goals to prove our offensive ability!"
After saying that, Gerrard and Tavernier left the press conference directly.
September 12, 2020, 15:00, Ibrox Stadium.
Among the eleven starting players, captain Tavernier was the first to appear, and as the youngest player, Chen Xiaoliang was at the end of the team.
Facing the fans who were cheering and expecting the team to go seven games unbeaten, the Rangers players today had a special murderous aura.
The scene in the locker room just now, where Gerrard was slapping the tactical board and yelling, is still vivid in my mind.
"That bastard reporter said we can't attack. I want to ask you, can you do it?!"
"OK!!!"
"Then go out there and prove it to me! Let those bastard reporters remember us!"
After Gerrard finished yelling, Tavernier stood up and shouted: "BCC Sports!"
The whole team: "Fuck you!"
This time, Chen Xiaoliang shouted particularly loudly.
Dundee United also noticed that something was wrong. When the players from both sides shook hands before the game started, every Rangers player looked at them as if they wanted to kill themselves with their eyes.
After the whistle sounded to start the game, the Rangers team pressed the ball all over the field like crazy, and Dundee United hardly had a single pass that lasted more than three passes.
The continuous half-court siege turned a competition between Scottish top league teams into something like adults kicking children.
Old Davis and Chen Xiaoliang's interceptions in the middle almost suppressed all the flames of Dundee United's counterattack.
The fans' cheers at the top of their lungs in the stands turned the entire stadium into Dundee United's hell.
After more than a month of games and training, Chen Xiaoliang discovered that the tacit understanding value between him and Barisic on the system was full, and the tacit understanding line turned bright green. When he moved to the middle to defend, he also established an orange, most basic tacit understanding line with Davis.
What was even more surprising was that he discovered that after establishing a tacit connection, in addition to being able to sense the other party's position and cooperate with the other party to make better responses, the ability to cooperate with each other would also be improved.
The most obvious thing is that his passing ability only has 5 points. When passing the ball to other teammates, he often fails to control the strength and accuracy and makes mistakes. However, when passing the ball to Barisic, this situation occurs much less frequently.
He called out the system and asked during a dead ball moment.
The system told him that the tacit understanding value continued to rise, and the connection would go through four stages: orange, yellow, dark green, and bright green. In cooperation, the technical attributes of both parties could be strengthened by 1-4 points.
However, the tacit understanding system can only be triggered between players in adjacent positions, and continuous competition is required to maintain the tacit understanding.
