Dominate the midfield

Chapter 25 We must defeat our opponents!

On Sunday morning, the Wolves did not arrange a large amount of training content, and even canceled the intra-team confrontation. Ince only arranged some games and basic technical and tactical exercises.

Outside the barbed wire fence of the training ground, more than a dozen reporters were waiting. They wanted to know how Ince felt about his coaching debut.
At the same time, they also wanted to ask how he judged the Wolves' relegation situation. Of course, they also wanted to know the tactical and personnel arrangements for the afternoon game.

All of this had to wait for the end of Ince's training.

They didn't pay attention to the training of the Wolves. Is there anything interesting about the training?
As professional football journalists, they have seen too many training sessions. If it is Manchester United and other giants training, they will pay attention, but the training ground is the Wolves. Does the Wolves have any stars?Can you put their training photos in the newspaper?Do people know these players?

So while waiting for the interview, they did not pay attention to the training of the Wolves, but chatted about the news related to the Wolves.

"The Guardian predicts Wolves will lose at home," said a reporter.

The Guardian is a major newspaper in the UK, and the football section is a boutique page created by them, which has great influence in Europe.The Guardian's football reporters are known for their professionalism and precision. Their predictions are rarely wrong, and they are the focus of research by experts.

Since the Guardian predicts that the Wolves will lose at home, then the Wolves will lose. This is the logic of this group of reporters.

"What's so strange about this is that the Wolves are at the bottom of the table and unstable internally. It's normal to lose games."

"Well, it is said that Elo Kobe, the core midfielder, has not come to training since he clashed with Ince."

"The morale is low and the core of the midfield is missing. I boldly predict that the Wolves will lose at home today!"

"Well, I heard that Ince is going to boldly use new people..."

"What's so strange about this? The main players can't figure it out. Of course they have to use new players. Could it be that he goes up and kicks by himself?"

"That's right, do you think Ince will play today? He is still a player of the Wolves."

"Should... no, what can he change on the field? It's better to command off the field..."

A reporter said with a smile: "Maybe, Ince's introduction of new players can play a surprising role in winning. Does the Wolves have any outstanding new players?"

Laughing sounded, the Wolves have a brilliant newcomer, what a joke!
The local reporter from Wolverhampton couldn’t hold back anymore. After all, Wolverhampton used to be the pride of the city. He said: “There is one who came from the Manchester United youth training camp and won England’s U14 award. Good player."

"Ah! What? Who is he? The Wolves actually have such a player? Why didn't the Wolves use him in the past?"

There was a sound of exclamation, which was from the new reporter.The reporters who came to interview five days ago did not exclaim. They looked at the local reporter in Wolverhampton and asked, "Are you talking about the glass man?"

"What can the glass man do, and what problems can he solve?"

The face of the local reporter in Wolverhampton started to turn red. He wanted to refute, but he was unable to utter the rebuttal for a long time.Furthermore, he felt humiliated. These reporters didn't take Wolves seriously at all, and even local reporters like them didn't take them seriously.

However, how can he get rid of this humiliation?
Unless the Wolves can win at home this afternoon, at this moment, he very much hopes that the Wolves can win the afternoon game.In other words, he has no choice but to be tied to the Wolves. They are already a community, and they share weal and woe.

……

At 10:30, the training ended, the players returned to the locker room one after another, and the reporters were not interested in interviewing them. The most influential person on this team is Ince.If Ince is still a player, they can put down their posture and go to interviews.

Ince walked out of the training ground with a calm expression, and the reporters immediately surrounded him.A middle-aged reporter immediately dropped a bombshell: "The Guardian predicts that the Wolves will lose today. What do you think of this?"

The new Wolves coach said without changing his face: "There are always some people who like to predict the result of the game. They want to be prophets. No one knows the final outcome of a football game until the whistle is sounded at the end."

A reporter retorted: "In the last game, the Wolves fell behind by a big score early. Before the game was over, people knew that the Wolves would lose miserably. And... you were on the field at that time. Don't you think that the Wolves are still in the game until the end of the game? Does the team have a chance to come back?"

Ince's face darkened, he stared closely at the reporter and said, "I don't like your way of adding salt to the wound."

"In a word, I don't agree with the Guardian's prediction, we will win the game in the afternoon!"

"Will you recruit a large number of new people?" A reporter changed the subject.

Ince thought for a while and said, "I will use new players. New players can bring vitality to the team, and what we lack now is vitality."

"And...the rookies have shown a very high level in training these days, and they can adapt to the competition environment of League One."

A reporter pursed his lips, Ince, what you said was not the truth, it was because you couldn’t handle the main force and had to recruit newcomers, the words were so beautiful...

"This afternoon is your first coaching debut, what are your expectations?"

Ince raised his eyebrows and said: "I am confident that I will use a victory to welcome my coaching debut. I am very confident in my players, and they will give a satisfactory answer to the fans who have always supported them."

"Are you nervous?"

Ince smiled, "Why are you nervous? There's nothing to be nervous about."

The local reporter from Wolverhampton also laughed, and he laughed loudly. He was laughing at how naive and ridiculous the question asked by the reporter was.At this moment, he finally vented some of the humiliation accumulated in his heart with laughter.

"The Wolves suffered a disastrous defeat a week ago, and their morale was low, but your opponent today, Millwall, is stronger than you in terms of strength. More importantly, last week they defeated the fifth-ranked Oldham at home, and their morale is positive. Wang, do you still have confidence?"

Ince said in a deep voice: "Everyone in the Wolves knows that our situation is very bad and we are at the bottom of the standings. We have no way out. If the bottom is the bottom, we will rebound from the bottom. No one wants to be relegated. "

"So, no matter who our opponent is, we have the confidence to beat them, and we have to beat the opponent."

He took a deep breath and continued: "Things like morale are reliable and unreliable. As long as we can have a good start to the game, we can boost our morale and use the home court advantage to defeat our opponents."

What Ince said made sense. Some reporters nodded, but some reporters shook their heads, pinning their morale on the beginning of the game. What if the Wolves start poorly?
"How do you see the relegation teams? In addition, how do you judge the Wolves' relegation situation?"

Ince pondered for a moment, and said, "I just took over the team, and I haven't studied other teams. As for the Wolves... I have always believed in the words of the boss Morgan, and we will be able to avoid relegation."

The reporters didn't care about Ince's rhetoric, because such rhetoric was pale and weak, and everyone knew that the situation of the Wolves was terrible. ; Besides, you said, trust the boss Morgan?

If his words are useful, Wolves will be relegated from the Premier League to League One?

In 03, the Wolves successfully hit the Premier League. Morgan said at the time that the Wolves could gain a firm foothold in the Premier League. For this reason, he also built a four-star hotel.What to say, Wolverhampton has no high-end hotel on the same level as the Wolverhampton team. Strong teams such as Manchester United come here to play away games, and they always have to give others a comfortable accommodation environment.

Results?
The Wolves dropped into the British Championship a year later, and the four-star hotel became a joke throughout the UK.

Do you believe him?
"Since we are going to boldly use newcomers, can you reveal which newcomers we are looking forward to?"

These words are actually ridiculing Ince, does the Wolves have a star of hope that the whole of England has heard of?

Ince didn't seem to hear the sarcasm, and said calmly: "It's not appropriate to disclose it now, it will bring pressure to them. I hope they can grow up under less pressure."

Ince felt that it was almost there, and looked at the reporters and asked, "Any questions? I still have a lot of work to do."

These words are actually an order to evict the guest, but someone really said: "This afternoon's game, are you going to play the game, or command from the sidelines?"

Ince gave an affirmative answer: "I am now the head coach of the Wolves, so my main responsibility is to direct the team's game. I will not play, I believe in my players!"

(End of this chapter)