Godfather Of Champions

"... Let's do five sets of passing exercises. George, you are responsible for passing the ball. From here, you pass the ball to the two sides, five passes on the left and right sides, as a group..." Coach McAllister is The specific training content was explained to the players on the training field, "Freddy kicks the ball to you later, you have to pass it directly, you can't adjust it. You know?"

Wood nodded.

"Two sides, after receiving the ball, cut in and shoot."

The wide player said he understood.

"Very good, let's start training." After explaining all the matters, McAllister withdrew from the training ground and handed it over to coach Freddie Eastwood. And he himself stood by and observed carefully.

The team's recent performance has been ups and downs, and his pressure is also great. The league has entered into October, but the Forest team is ranked tenth. This ranking is not satisfactory anyway. There have long been rumors outside that Evan Daugherty wanted to fire him, but he just couldn’t find a better excuse, because when it seemed that he was about to be fired, he was able to lead the team to an immediate win. , Relieve the pressure.

But this is not a long-term solution. He must find a way to stabilize the team's state, but unfortunately he is not a master of psychological adjustment, he can only find a way from the technical and tactical. He strengthened Wood’s core position, and all tactics revolved around him. This is the only way McAllister can think of. After all, Wood’s state is guaranteed. After so many years, his state is almost no. There was a problem. He is the core, as long as his state is stable, then the team's state will not have much problem.

In contrast, another Italian is simply too unreliable... Balotelli always wants to leave the team, and has to make noise for a while before each season, which has made fans tired of him. But the magic is that he can't go away. Now he is fixed in the right midfielder position by McAllister, the Forest team at least need not rely too much on his goals.

In order to improve the team's performance, McAllister decided to sacrifice Wood's defensive ability and let him focus on offense. Therefore, in training, Wood is more on offensive training, the previous direct pass. Ah, slanting long passes, and even inserting one's own long shots later... the intensity of these training items has increased.

Since becoming the head coach of the Forest team, he has to admit that although Dunn is a bit annoying, he has contributed to the creation of George Wood for England. Now I am also benefiting.

When McAllister stared at the training ground, thinking about how to maximize Wood's role, a person hurriedly walked behind him.

"Mr. McAllister."

"Ah? What's the matter?" McAllister's thinking was interrupted. He was a little annoyed, and without looking back, he continued to stare at the training ground. In this way, he told the uninvited guest that he was working hard, and if there is nothing important, don't bother me!

"It's about George Wood..."

The man whispered behind McAllister. Listening, the look on McAllister's face immediately changed, from doubt to surprise, and a little bit at a loss...

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Wood is practicing passing the ball on the field. This time the training subject is long pass, mainly to practice his accuracy of long pass without adjustment under the pressure of the opponent. McAllister did not arrange for someone to press for, but he was not allowed to adjust after receiving the ball, the effect is actually somewhat different.

Judging from the training of the first three groups, Wood's long pass has become more and more proficient. Whether it is the speed of the ball or the accuracy of the final pass to the target, it can be regarded as first-class.

Just as he was about to continue the fourth set of contacts, he saw the coach McAllister, who had been standing on the sidelines, made a time-out gesture to Eastwood, then walked up personally and walked straight to him. Come.

Did something go wrong during training? Wood doesn't think it is. The quality of this exercise is very high, and he himself is very satisfied. You must know that Wood has always had high standards and strict requirements for himself, and even a stern coach like Dunn felt that he was sometimes too cruel to himself. Experience has also proved that as long as he thinks that there is no problem, the coach basically cannot fault it.

He stood there, waiting for the coach. He didn't know what happened to the head coach when he suspended training.

When McAllister walked to Wood, he opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound, because he really didn't know how he should tell the other party the news.

There was silence for a while, and the other players on the training ground noticed the abnormal situation that happened here, and cast their attention.

McAllister obviously realized that it would be worse to stand here and say nothing. "Uh, there is something I think I must notify you, George..." As soon as the words were spoken, his voice was hoarse and low, which shocked McAllister-his usual voice was not like this.

Wood looked at each other suspiciously. When did the head coach speak so carefully?

"Hmm..." McAllister hesitated for a moment, and decided not to tell the outcome of the matter directly, but from the beginning of the process to give Wood a mental buffer. "Just now the club received a call from the Royal College of Medicine, University of Nottingham...Your mother is critically ill and has just been admitted to the hospital..."

Wood looked at the coach blankly, his brain blank.

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In fact, in the past two years, Sophia's health has been getting worse and worse. Wood spent money to pay off the professional nursing staff to take care of his mother at home. He has to train himself and fly around to participate in competitions, so he can't stand by his mother.

In general, professional nurses can handle it. But if it is sent to the hospital, then the problem is serious...

When Wood rushed to the intensive care unit of the hospital, her mother was still in a coma, and Ms. Nancy, the private nurse who took care of her mother, was sitting outside the ward, feeling a little at a loss. Her job has been taken over by the hospital. From now on, if Sophia does not leave the hospital, she will basically be fine.

Wood wanted to rush into the ward but was stopped by a young female nurse wearing a mask.

"Mr., what are you doing? I can't enter the intensive care unit casually!"

"I want to visit my mother!" Wood yelled at him.

"Please don't make a lot of noise!" The female nurse at the door frowned. "The intensive care unit is not allowed to enter without permission." Wearing a mask made her talk violently.

"I'm her son, why can't I go in?" Wood doesn't care about that much, he just wants to go in. Not to be outdone, the nurse greeted him and stood in front of Wood.

"The patient is still in danger. The doctor is watching closely. Please don't disturb our work!" She stared at Wood unwillingly.

"You..." Wood clenched his fist and was about to forcibly push the ignorant female nurse away, but was caught by the lady Nancy who was seen next to her.

"Calm down, Mr. Wood! This is the hospital..."

Although Nancy is a lady, she is not the kind of petite woman. She is strong, with broad shoulders and thick thighs-although these words are not appropriate to describe a lady, it is a true portrayal of strength and man. Compared with that, it was not too much, but he could barely hold Wood.

"Are you the patient's family?" Seeing that Wood was pulled, the female nurse on the opposite side took out a list and scanned her eyes.

"I am her son and she is my mother." Wood calmed down after being persuaded by Nancy, and replied in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, the attitude of the other party suddenly became so good, the female nurse looked up at him strangely. How can it be said that she doesn't know the person in front of her? As long as it is from Nottingham, even if it is not a fan, you should recognize this person at a glance. Because he is the legendary captain of the Forest team, George Wood, no matter how bad the team's performance is and how difficult the situation is, he has never had the thought of leaving the Forest team, so he has won the respect of countless people.

It’s just that I didn’t expect that the captain who was very low-key in his off-court life would have such a hot side. This is not a stadium...

But knowing him doesn't mean you have to do whatever you want. It is a rule not to enter the intensive care unit casually, even if the queen is here without permission, he will not enter it.

Thinking of this, the attitude of the female nurse has also eased a lot. She said to Wood: "Your mother has not escaped the dangerous period. We have just finished the rescue and are still in the observation period. You can look at her through this glass."

Needless to say, Wood is already lying in front of the thick glass window, staring affectionately at his mother lying on the bed inside. Her body is filled with various tubes and connected to many instruments that he cannot call her name. In the ward, a doctor wearing a sterile suit is observing the instrument and making records.

Seeing the other person's appearance, he also realized that if he just rushed in, he would definitely be broke.

After figuring this out, Wood turned and said to the nurse who was still standing next to him: "What happened just now...I'm sorry...I was too impulsive, I hope...you can forgive me..."

The female nurse looked at the man's awkward appearance of apologizing and couldn't help but laugh. I guess he rarely apologizes to others, right?

The last bit of dissatisfaction in the female nurse's heart disappeared when he thought that he was in a hurry for his mother's safety. She smiled and shook her head: "I'm fine." The eyes that were still looking at Wood before turned into two beautiful crescents.

By convention, after the beginning of this sentence, they should go on talking and get acquainted with each other. It's just that Wood didn't bother to talk to the nurse. After he apologized to the other party, he turned his attention to his mother across the window. Except for his mother, he couldn't tolerate anyone in his heart and eyes at this time.

Wood stared at his mother in the ward, and the nurse outside the ward stared at Wood.

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The reporters quickly discovered the strangeness. They did not see George Wood in the routine shooting the next morning.

Since George Wood became a member of the Forest team, he has only been late once. It was because when AC Milan wanted to buy him, he had a conflict with Dunn and protested with his late arrival. Of course, the media didn't know the real reason here, only that Wood wanted to leave, but was finally persuaded by Dunn.

In addition, Wood has never been late for training.

This time was different. Not only was Wood late, but until the end of the morning training session, the reporters waiting outside did not see Wood. This is not late, this is absent training...

Such a serious matter-yes, it is not a big deal when it comes to players who are not disciplined, but it happened to George Wood, which is a very serious matter-naturally aroused media attention Highly concerned, they surrounded the head coach McAllister after training and wanted to ask him why Wood was absent from training.

Before asking McAllister, the media were also guessing for themselves whether this meant something went wrong inside the Forest. General disagreement? That's big news!

McAllister was surrounded by dozens of reporters. If he didn't tell why he came, don't even think about leaving Vilford today.

"Everyone..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was suppressed by the louder noise.

"Mr. McAllister, did Wood absent from training and you took time off?"

"Mr. McAllister, do you know why Wood is absent from training?"

"Mr. McAllister, the recent poor grades, Wood has missed training again, do you plan to punish him?"

"Mr. McAllister..."

"..."

"Okay!" McAllister yelled dissatisfiedly, "Be quiet!"

After the reporters continued to shut their mouths, he continued: "I regret to tell you that because George's mother was in critical condition, he took leave to take care of his mother in the hospital."

As soon as the answer came out, the reporters at the scene just looked at each other, without realizing what was going on.

McAllister took advantage of the stupefaction of the reporters and slipped away.

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Vivienne Miller is the nurse on duty in this ward. She has just finished her work and is about to leave, leaving a space for Wood and his mother. But as soon as the door was closed, she heard a rush of footsteps coming from the end of the corridor. Following the sound of footsteps, a large group of reporters holding cameras appeared in front of her.

Why are they here? This was her first thought, and her second thought was - George Wood! They must be here for Mr. Wood and his mother!

So Vivian made the same action as she stopped Wood the day before, standing at the door to prevent the group of uninvited guests from approaching.

"This is the hospital, who are you looking for?" Vivian asked knowingly, procrastinating.

"Miss nurse, does George Wood's mother live in this ward?" someone from the reporter asked.

Miss Vivienne Miller stared at the group of reporters who had come from bad intentions and did not answer.

The reporters only regarded her as acquiescence, and they would go in.

"This is the intensive care unit, you are not allowed to enter without permission!" For fear of quarreling the patients inside, the nurse couldn't raise the volume, and in front of such a large group of men, she seemed a little powerless. If the group of men really want to push, she is a girl but she can't do anything...

"We are all George's friends, we just came to care about him, you know he didn't go to training in the morning..."

Some reporters are fine, knowing to make excuses for themselves, even if they are lying. Others just reached out to push Vivian Miller, the nurse who was in the way.

"I don't know your "friends"."

Vivian felt that she couldn't hold it anymore. She was in a mess under her feet and took a step back, but instead of hitting the door, she stuck to a person's chest.

George Wood appeared at the door, helping Vivian to block the impact of the reporters.

Seeing the main character appear, the cheeky reporters suddenly came to their spirits, took out their cameras and started taking pictures at him. Some people extended their microphones and interview machines to ask questions.

Wood made a move that the reporters hadn't expected. He pulled the nurse behind him with one hand, and the other one grabbed the lens of the front camera.

"If you dare to shoot, I will crush it."

This sentence surprised the media. They did not expect that they would get such a response. "Hey, George... we just care about you..."

"Thank you, but I don't need it." Wood replied with a dark face, like a beast roaring from deep in his throat, which was a sign of attack.

The two sides seemed to be deadlocked, and the air at the scene was frozen. Miss Vivienne Miller hiding behind Wood only felt her heart beating faster, for fear that the two sides could not agree with each other to break out of physical conflict...

"Patients need rest and a quiet environment. If you continue to struggle here, I guarantee that all of you will receive my lawyer's letter." The person who said this was not George Wood. The voice came from behind the reporter crowd. of.

Everyone turned their heads and looked around, and they were Wood's agent Billy Woods, and a large group of hospital security guards behind him...

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Relying on the threats of the security and the lawyer's letter, the reporters around the door were finally driven away. Woods was interviewing Wood in the room outside the ward.

"I rushed back when I received your call. How is Sophia's situation?"

"I've just passed the dangerous period, but the doctors said that I can't be optimistic..." Wood whispered, as if he was afraid of quarreling his mother.

Woods looked at this lifeless face and didn't know what to say for a moment. After working with Wood for so many years, he knows Sophia's place in Wood's heart, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is all Wood's beliefs. Now it seems that Sophia will not last long. Then, what will George do?

Wood sat in front of Wooks, his lips pressed tightly. There was a moment of silence in the room. This silence was really uncomfortable. When Woods was planning to find something to soothe the almost freezing air in the room, Wood took the lead in breaking the silence.

"I thought about it all night, and I decided to retire."

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