Green Life

Mark Qin and the others can take a break, and the coaching staff such as Benitez and Sami Lee still insist on staying in Melwood, because they are facing the devil's clearance schedule in early March.

After difficult negotiations with the FA, the FA finally agreed to adjust the second round of the Premier League supplementary match originally scheduled on the 5th to the 12th, otherwise they would face the embarrassing situation of two consecutive days of games.

Because after the 28th round of the league on the 2nd, there will be the second round of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 on the 6th, and then the 29th round of the Premier League on the 8th and 9th. Unfortunately, the FA originally arranged a match with West Ham United. During this period, the second round of make-up matches will be held.

Liverpool played in the Champions League play-offs last summer, and now they are making up matches. This is the round they missed. Of course, it is impossible for Liverpool to agree. Finally, after negotiation, Liverpool's second round of make-up games was postponed to the 12th.

But even so, their March was hell.

On March 2, the 28th round will host Bolton; on March 6, the second round of the UEFA Champions League will host Schalke 04; on March 8, the 29th round will host Newcastle; The second round of make-up matches hosts West Ham United; the 30th round hosts Reading on March 15;

Then there will be the 31st round of the league on March 23, when Liverpool will go to Old Trafford for a double red meeting! On March 30th, at the end of the month, the 32nd round of the league, the home Merseyside derby 2!

This circle of events basically determines Liverpool's harvest this year. Fortunately, there are four consecutive home games, otherwise Liverpool will definitely kneel.

Even if the first half of the month passes smoothly, the two tough games in the second half of the month can be called Tianwangshan. After this month, there are only six rounds left in the league. Once there is one or two mistakes, it is impossible to recover.

What Benitez and Sami Lee discussed was the formation and rotation arrangements for this month. The injury situation is easy to say. Except for Agger, who has not been doing well all the time, everyone else is healthy. The important thing is to arrange the rotation.

Needless to say, Liverpool's focus this month must be on the league. They already have an advantage in the Champions League, and the second round is at home. As long as they don't lose more than two goals, they will advance to the quarterfinals.

The good side of the scratching schedule is that the away game is to play Bolton. Bolton is next to Manchester and Liverpool. It is 20 minutes away from Manchester and 1 hour away from Liverpool, which can largely avoid the fatigue of the journey for Liverpool players.

Moreover, Bolton has mostly veterans and has always had a slow pace. In terms of physical consumption, Liverpool is a relatively willing opponent to face.

The focus of discussion between Benitez and Sami Lee was the rotation arrangement for the first three games this month. Although Bolton is relatively close, it is an away game after all, and it will not be easy to win.

Among them, the key rotation targets are Alonso, Gerrard, Mark Qin and Torres. These four people cannot be replaced by the team, and Benayoun counts as half.

They discussed for a long time, checked the schedules of the other top three matches for the same period, and finally decided to take some acceptable risks in the second round of the Champions League, that is, three of these four players will play as substitutes in the Champions League.

Ma Keqin would probably not be happy if he found out, he is still waiting for the Champions League to score goals and win the Champions League Golden Boot. And no one can say how many games they can play in the Champions League.

Two days later, the training bases of various Premier League teams returned to their former bustle. As soon as Mark Qin entered the corridor of the base with his bag on his back, he felt a dignified and chilling atmosphere. The various reports on the wall had taken on a new look. .

As soon as I entered the door of the corridor of the office area, there was a March schedule, with various red marks, especially the Double Red Club at Old Trafford and the Merseyside Derby at the end of the month (2), three heavy red exclamation marks Marks the importance of these two games.

Ma Keqin walked up to him and took a look. He felt like a villain in a music box behind him. There was a clock winding up, which was tightened severely. He couldn't lose a single game in seven games.

Because behind the bars of every game,

There are three grids, in which the matches of the other top three matches in the same period have been posted, but the score is still empty. I believe that as each game progresses, these blanks will gradually be filled with some Arabic numerals.

Every word punishes the heart!

He continued to move forward, and then he was listed on the team's goal list and assist list after the new year, as well as the club's best player of the month.

In all competitions, Torres has six goals, Gerrard has three goals, and Mark Qin has three goals in the top three.

In the assists list, Mark Qin ranked first with four direct assists, Alonso and Gerrard both had two.

The best player of the month at the club belongs to Torres. This Mark Qin understands that he and Mark Qin had very close votes in the selection, but Torres' hat-trick in the last game made him finally win. Mark Qin is also performing very well now, but lacks Torres such explosive power.

Just like the company culture, the club also has incentives, soft and hard. The so-called soft is the spur of various honors, and the hard one is of course the green Elizabeth.

Going forward, there is actually a previous trophy hanging board that has never been seen before. If you have played FM, you should be familiar with it. In the column of team honors, it is vertically divided into League, Champions League, FA Cup, and League Cup. , Club World Cup, etc., each horizontal column is followed by a bunch of small trophies, and the number of years is written below.

The hanging board on the wall has almost the same meaning. Mark Qin saw a small trophy at the end of the league column, with 1990 written on it, representing the last top league championship, although it was not called the Premier League at that time, but It's called the English First Division. There is a big red question mark on the back, and the word 2008 is written below, which means the meaning is quite obvious.

Below the league column is the UEFA Champions League. The last trophy is 2005. There is also a big red question mark at the back, and the words 2008 are written below it. Below that is the FA Cup, the last trophy in 2006.

Mark Qin understands that this is a sign that the season has entered the sprint stage. Just like he used to do projects, he will divide the project into a number of small stage tasks according to the PM management norms, mark the time, and insert them in the grid every time he completes an item. Put up a little red flag.

While he was concentrating on watching, someone patted his shoulder. He looked back and saw Lucas, "Why are you so early today?", he questioned.

For more than half a year, almost no one has arrived earlier than Mark Qin. He was surprised by Lucas's sunrise west. Lucas also looked at the hanging board carefully and said: "Now the schedule is tight and there are many starting opportunities. It's not good. How can I behave in front of the boss, I am not as fast as you to secure the main force."

"It's saying that stupid birds like you have to fly first"

"F**K You!"

In March of Yangchun, everything is revived, and the green trees on the edge of Melwood have begun to shoot buds. Spring here comes early, and in a few days, it is estimated that it will be full of greenery.

After the two of them changed into long clothes, and it was still a bit chilly, they went to the training ground for routine warm-up training. When they started training with the ball, Sami Li led the coaching staff. , Several coaches are busy, it seems that they want to implement the arrangements agreed by the coaching staff into training.

Sammy Lee has now become a bridge for the team to communicate. He is a well-known assistant coach in the UK and a native of the UK. Especially the tactical communication between Gerrard and Benitez is basically up to him now. In charge of conveying, training is also arranged by him alone.

After the players arrived one after another, Sami Li made the first arrangement for the day, and went to the tactical room for a meeting at ten o'clock.

What Mark Qin didn't expect was that Parry also came. As the CEO of the club, he rarely enters the locker room. This is a taboo, and it is not allowed by the head coach of any team.

Samili cleared his throat, saw that the players were all here, nodded to Benitez, stood up and said: "Guys, today is a tactical meeting, and it is also a season sprint mobilization meeting, you all have seen Parry is here, he will represent the club first and announce a few things today, and then we will make arrangements within the team."

After finishing speaking, he gestured to Parry, and Parry stood up and smiled, and said: "I have to applaud you, your performance this season has been very good so far, of course, if we can get one or two after the end of the season Champions are better"

After finishing speaking, he saw that some old players had understood and some newcomers were still ignorant, and continued: "With the consent of the head coach Rafa and the authorization of the board of directors, in order to motivate you to strive for the championship of the league and the Champions League. , the club decided to use about 5-10% of the final income from the league and the Champions League as an incentive bonus based on the final ranking.”

After speaking, he was afraid that many people would have no idea, so he explained: "Take last year as an example, we were third in the league and runner-up in the Champions League. I can't say the total income, but the total bonus should reach more than ten million pounds, but Last year, the Premier League signed a new 900 million broadcasting contract, and the championship will earn more, so the final prize money will definitely be more than this.”

"Whew~", someone whistled immediately, "We love to hear this, haha~~"

"Parry, I depend on you for the cost of my vacation, haha~~"

He was right. Now that the Premier League has entered a period of high-speed commercial promotion, this is just the beginning. If it is ten years later, the championship bonus plus broadcast share and commercial income will earn 150 million from the FA in one season. The income of tens of millions of pounds will be directly doubled on the current basis.

If the UEFA Champions League reaches the final, the total prize money plus the broadcast share, as far as the British market is concerned, there will be more than 70 million euros in revenue. The UEFA Champions League is not worth as much as the Premier League. This will be an embarrassment for many years to come.

Parry smiled and pressed his hand, and said: "The specific distribution method of players and coaching staff, Rafa will tell you the detailed calculation rules later, we will divide according to the performance and contribution of the players, but I believe that for you Everyone, this is worth a few months of your salary!"

"Wow~~, Niubi", "Parry is doing well~"

Reluctant to let the children not be caught by wolves, Benitez also negotiated with the board of directors for a long time before deciding on this plan, in order to motivate the players to strive for the championship.

The prize money and broadcasting share of these two events are the bulk of the club's income, and the operation of the entire club and the repayment of debts depend on it, but Benitez has convinced the board of directors, the league and the Champions League. A few million or even ten million or twenty million more income.

Come up with a prize distribution plan that fluctuates according to the ranking, which can win both players and clubs.

Mark Qin did the math. He is now the main player in the rotation. With goals and assists, he must be in the top ten no matter what the distribution ratio is. It should be no problem to get more than half a million pounds.

After Parry finished speaking, he left on his own, leaving the venue to the coaching staff and players. This is also the meaning of every season. It's just that there is a huge difference in bonuses between winning the championship and not winning the championship.

Later generations of Real Madrid once offered everyone a sky-high bonus of 1.5 million euros for the Champions League and league championships. Players played football not only for money, but for sure they didn't run. No one doesn't like a lot of money. Hard stimulus works better than anything in the short term.