Volume 1: Playing football with me will break your legs Chapter 69: The Villain's Declaration
"Oooooh, we wanna the champion, we wanna to play in the League One! We want to play in the League One!"
On the last day of 2014, December 31, Wimbledon welcomed its last opponent of the first half of the season at its home ground, Exeter City, ranked ninth in the standings.
After a five-day rest, the Crazy Gang players were in their best condition, and Adre also resolutely put out an offensive 433 lineup.
The players really lived up to the head coach's expectations:
Dubis opened the scoring in the 8th minute, and Lee Boluo extended the lead with his signature header 20 minutes later. After entering the second half, Aziz scored , and Akinfenwa, who came on as a substitute, did not lose to the youngsters, breaking through the defense in the 85th minute and adding icing on the cake, locking the final score at 5:0!
This is a massacre, a war of annihilation, a mass extinction!
The only drawback was that goalkeeper Xie A, who stood in the cold wind for 90 minutes without making a single save, unfortunately caught a cold after the game. He had to accept the team doctor's advice and go home to rest for a week and drink plenty of hot water to take care of his body.
The first half of the league is finally over. Wimbledon has achieved an excellent record of 20 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in 23 games. With 61 points, it not only secured the half-time championship, but also led the second-placed Shrewsbury and Wycombe Wanderers by 17 points!
Such a huge advantage is extremely rare in any league. Even in the Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1, which have always been considered to be the only two leagues, it is hard to imagine!
For example, Bayern in the Bundesliga is only 8 points ahead of Wolfsburg at the halfway point, Juventus in Serie A is 5 points ahead of Roma, and Paris in Ligue 1... is still 3 points behind Marseille.
When the calendar of 2014 was turned over, Li Polo also welcomed the first professional agent in his career.
Jonathan Barnett brought in a 0.5+5 contract.
The two parties first signed a short-term contract of 6 months. Within half a year, Barnett was responsible for finding a better club for Li Polo, at least the second-tier league of the four major football powers, or the first-tier league of Ligue 1, Eredivisie, and Portuguese Super League. During this period, Li Polo did not have to pay any salary commission or fees to Barnett.
If this set goal can be achieved, the contract between the two parties will be automatically extended for 5 years, and Barnett will enjoy all the rights that an agent should have, such as earning commissions from Li Polo's salary, signing fee, and even transfer fees and commercial income.
This is a typical tactic of playing the long game to catch the big fish, but Li Polo doesn't care.
After all, with the influence of the English League Two, it is very difficult to attract the attention of the top teams in the five major leagues.
Just like I beat up Manchester United, Southampton and other Premier League teams, but now it's 2015 and they haven't sent anyone to contact me...
If this agent can really recommend himself to a higher stage, why should he be afraid of sucking his blood a little?
The games produced by those big manufacturers have to wait in line to be sucked by Gabe Newell on Steam, let alone a small player like me who only earns 1,000 yuan a week?
In December, Wimbledon played 7 games, including 4 league games, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, and 1 English Championship. It was a complete victory. Lee Polo played 6 games (1 as a substitute), scored 5 goals, contributed 1 assist, 1 own goal, and kept 3 clean sheets.
Basic salary: Already paid in advance.
Appearance fee: 6x50=300.
Winning bonus: 6x30=180.
Goal bonus: 5x100=500.
Assist bonus: 1x50=50.
Clean Sheet Bonus: 3x30=90.
FA Cup qualification bonus: 300.
League Cup promotion bonus: 500.
Total: 1920.
Looking at the number in his bank account that had exceeded 100,000, Li Polo did not feel much joy.
He has solved the most basic survival problem, now the problem is:
How can I win more bargaining chips for a possible transfer through my performance on the field?
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On the second day of January, Wimbledon resumed after a two-day break.
As they will face FA Cup rival Liverpool in three days, Adre chose a fully rotated lineup for this league game.
At Cambridge United's Abbey Stadium, players such as Connolly, Reeves, Suitland, Kennedy, Osraja, and Wallner had a difficult time playing, and the situation was even so passive at one point that it was unimaginable.
After all…two days ago, the main force of the Kuang Gang slaughtered the ninth-place team like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, and now facing the sixteenth-place team, they are stuck in a stalemate and bitter battle.
Looking at the final score of 0:0, Adre was a little disappointed, but he didn't blame too much.
After all, the players sent out today are not as strong as the starting lineup, and it is already quite good that they can play on par with a mid-level team in the league.
What's more, Wimbledon's lead is too huge, and paying a little price to let the substitute players exercise is a completely acceptable result!
After the final whistle, the draw was immediately forgotten by Adre without leaving any shadow.
Because the head coach's entire attention is focused on the third round of the FA Cup which will take place in three days!
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"We have already created many miracles this season, such as we beat Manchester United and Southampton in the Premier League, Sheffield United, Bristol City, Coventry in League One and, of course, Milton Keynes twice."
At the pre-match press conference on January 4, Adre raised two fingers and slightly mocked the mortal enemy of the Crazy Gang:
"People outside call us the biggest dark horse in the past 10 years. I am happy to hear such a name, and I am eager to verify the quality of this dark horse once again!"
After all, their opponent is a veteran strong team, the biggest favorite to win the championship last season, the "Red Army" Liverpool. Twenty or thirty media gathered at the press conference.
The reporter from the Red Army’s official strategic partner, Les Echos, was the first to stand up:
"We know that Wimbledon used a full rotation lineup in the last round of the league. Does this mean that you want to win tomorrow's game at home?"
Adley directly complained about the reporter's nonsense:
"Do you want me to tell you that I rested the main players just to lose to Liverpool more decently at home?"
The reporter continued to ask questions persistently:
"According to the starting lineup of Liverpool coach Rogers, they sent out many absolute main players in this game, including Gerrard, Coutinho, Henderson, Lucas Leiva, Skrtel, Mignolet, etc. Are you too optimistic about the victory?"
Adley opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer for a moment.
What the other party said makes sense. Although Wimbledon had defeated Manchester United before, the lineup Van Gaal fielded was obviously mostly composed of substitute players.
The gap between the strength of the main players and the rotation players is huge, and the Crazy Gang has experienced it firsthand from a 5:0 and another 0:0. Now Liverpool has obviously seen the lesson of Manchester United and does not want to become a joke with this century-old enemy!
Li Polo, who was attending a press conference with the head coach for the first time, grabbed the microphone:
"Boss, can I answer this question?"
Adley did not answer, but he turned to the reporters in the audience:
"First of all, I have great respect for Liverpool's history. They have always been the representative team of English football. Secondly, I will not respect Liverpool this season. The reason is very simple. They are now a mid-table team that bullies the weak and fears the strong!"
There was a small commotion at the press conference.
An unhappy look appeared on the reporter's face, and he obviously did not accept his point of view.
Li Polo did not give him a chance to interrupt and continued to attack:
"I have very good reasons to say this . They can field all substitutes at the Bernabeu, but they have to send out more than half of their main players at our home stadium. Does Wimbledon deserve more attention from them than Real Madrid?"
He bared his teeth, revealing an evil smile typical of villains:
"We just beat Southampton, who are fourth in the Premier League, and we wouldn't mind beating Liverpool, who are eighth!"
