King’s Landing in Nottingham

Chapter Nineteen Unbeaten in the Warm-up Match

After the first leadership meeting of Notts County was held, the heads and staff of various departments and sub-centers began to get busy again. It was the first time to receive the signature red head document issued by the club, which made the club's English employees very curious.

On the club’s official website, according to Wei Xun’s request, the editor of the website only used a small amount of space to report on the meeting, focusing on the team’s personnel appointments, but for the team’s goals for the new season, Nothing was mentioned. The new season has not yet started, so it is better not to make too many enemies. After all, Wei Xun has already recruited a lot of enemies to Notts County. Wei Xun does not want Notts County to become a target.

Almost all the good news in the work log posted by the Zhao Tai newspaper. As of 12 o'clock last night, 4,450 season tickets have been sold for the new season team, and it is estimated that about 6,500 season tickets will be sold before the start of the game. For Notts County, where most of the fan resources are occupied by Nottingham Forest, if 6,500 people eventually buy Notts County's season tickets, then this result is quite good. What's more, in the English low-level league, there is also the existence of a rival in the same city as Mansfield. Zhao Tai's working ability is really lacking.

During the League B transfer period, Notts County’s upgraded competitor Stoke spent 670,000 Euros from Bolton to pack Felipe Mores and Ashley Nathaniel George’s two midfielders, which is worth it. Note that the player Felipe Mores has been selected for the England U21 national team and has played twice.

Reading also signed two free agents including Garafat. In 2001, visa-free Dafa seemed to be the main way to buy people for small teams in the low-level leagues. Like Notts County, it was as rich and wealthy as Notts County.

Former Notts County players Matt and Field eventually joined Northampton as a free agent. After a month of bumping into the wall, the two of them finally found a new job. The players are also humans, they also have wives and children, and they need to support their families. Just a small punishment is enough. Wei Xun still can't do the thing that cuts off people to survive.

After learning that Wei Xun personally called the Northampton chairman to facilitate their signing, Matt and Field burst into tears in their eyes. Wei Xun believes that they are all kind, but they were led away by the wicked Scott, so Scott is absolutely inexcusable. This type of repeated offenders who have been taught will not easily succumb.

Due to the severe ossification of the relationship with the Notts County club, in the fan forum, some fans even suggested that Scott go to Nottingham Forest and Mansfield, two Notts County rival teams to coach. This suggestion has also become the source of many tabloid reporters' crazy fabricated news.

The positions recruited by headhunting companies have also been recruited one after another, and the newly established Sports Science Research Center in Notts County finally has an employee who passed the supervisor interview. The 29-year-old Sports Science PhD Glenn Proctor will temporarily assume the job. Most of the current work at the Notts County Sports Science Center is very stressful. In short, the staff of the Notts County Club began to gradually increase, and the prosperous scene in the base made the gatekeeper Old Grant also quite happy.

Since the players and coaches of Notts County come from Spain, Italy, Brazil, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Ireland and other different countries, Wei Xun specially set up language training courses inside the club. The teachers were hired from the University of Nottingham. Undergraduates from the Department of Literature and Translation, in accordance with the tradition when he was studying at school when he was a child, the students and the teacher formed a one-on-one helping pair. Wei Xun also added performance to the students and teachers, and offered large bonuses to motivate them.

In order to help Guardiola solve the problem of poor language communication on the court as soon as possible, Wei Xun also made a great effort. However, in order to avoid the situation of talking with ducks, Wei Xun also provided several translators for Guardiola. During the game and training, he accurately and timely conveyed Guardiola's tactical intentions. After all, learning foreign languages ​​is not so fast. .

On July 7th, there was no cloud in the sky over Meiduo Lane. The originally sultry weather was taken away by a heavy rain two days ago. Notts County will face Sheffield Wednesday at Meadow Lane Stadium, a game that is generally considered to be a close match. As early as three days ago, the free tickets provided by Notts County were robbed by the enthusiastic fans. The fans filled the Meadow Lane Stadium full, looking forward to their team and Sheffield's real fight on Wednesday. Last game.

After about 20 minutes of testing, Notts County took the lead in launching an attack on Sheffield Wednesday's goal. The applause of the fans was like the pace of the attack by the Notts County fighters.

In the 23rd minute of the game, Van Persie succeeded in picking up a leak at the front of the small penalty area and stabbing the goal. Although it has not reached the violent ball speed at the peak, the tricks at this time are enough to make the fans crazy;

In the 33rd minute, Robben scored a penetrating shot into the lower left corner of the goal. After the goal, Robben madly kissed the Notts County team badge. The fans on the field gave him a warm applause. Ben's behavior responded, and the DJ on site was also very cooperative, guiding the fans to interact:

"Arjan..."

"Roben!"

In the 56th minute, Van Persie, who had already scored a goal, extended the lead for the team. A powerful left-foot shot from 25 meters away broke through the opponent's goalkeeper's ten-finger pass.

The fans boiled, and bursts of applause erupted from the stands.

In the 62nd minute, the newly joined German striker Klose scored a header from close range, expanding the score to 4-0.

"Good shot! Beautiful!" Guardiola slapped Wei Xun on the shoulder excitedly. This German guy is perfect in his control of the landing. He is a natural carnivore!

In the final moments of the game, due to a big lead, Notts County removed most of the main players and replaced them with reserve players and players who did not play the game. In addition, the advantages were too obvious and the players gradually slackened. Barzagli's clearance error was caused by the Sheffield striker on Wednesday to seize the opportunity to regain a goal.

A competition considered by various media to be 50-50 eventually evolved into a piano solo in Notts County. The Notts County fans present happily sang songs and called the names of the players over and over again. Some people who didn’t know how they were brought in were also lit by the fans at this time, making the Notts County security on the sidelines. The personnel were quite nervous, and the specially invited firefighters were nervous at this moment and did not dare to slack off, ready to deal with disasters that may occur at any time.

In the end, Van Persie was named Notts County's best player of the game with a combined score of 8.8 points. The result of two passes and one shot was enough for Van Persie to win this award.

The player scoring system is a project that is still being improved by the Notts County Data Analysis Center. Every player will wear a special vest to collect the game data, plus the data analysis center provides The raw data of the player assesses the player’s comprehensive ability.

A few happy and sad, the youth player Max Calfwell was judged to be temporarily unable to withstand high-intensity games and was transferred from the U23 to the U18 team, while Jack Barkley was considered to be able to play a certain role in the U23 team. , So he got the opportunity to be promoted to the U23 team.

On July 11, Notts County went to Milton Keynes. At St. James's Park, Notts County defeated Milton Keynes at home 6-2. In this game, Guardiola tested a new lineup.

Notts County’s own son, George Grant, had an eye-catching performance in this game. Several excellent tackles and interceptions consolidated the team’s defense. Although he failed to score in the end, he was both Ribery and Kuyt. With one assist, Grant ran an astonishing 13.2 kilometers in the whole game, which made his position in Guardiola's mind rise a bit. Grant has vaguely become the leading brother of Notts County U23. Up. The starting players such as Ribery, Chiellini, Lichsteiner and other players also have a very good performance, and the overall score of the three of them has reached 8 points.

Three days later, Notts County returned to the Meadow Lane Stadium to play against Notts County’s good partner Royal Racing Santander. This game was purely because Wei Xun wanted Guardiola to observe Danny Alves, who was on loan to Racing Santander. It was specially arranged that everyone would become a supporting role, but the real protagonist had no idea...

In the fourth minute of the game, Kuyt took the lead for Notts County. A great shot flew 25 meters and landed in the lower right corner of the goal.

In the 16th minute, Notts County renter Danny Alves assisted Real Racing Santander forward Andres Jones to equalize the score. He received a precise cross from Alves on the penalty spot. A beautiful header, Royal Racing 1-1 Notts County.

"Scar Warrior" Ribery once again passed Notts County in the 32nd minute, hitting the bullseye with a perfect close-range shot. Although the shooting angle is not too good, the victory is full of strength, and the ball hits the goalkeeper's finger with a refraction.

In the 61st minute, Sneijder, who was in charge of the front midfielder crazy for his teammates, used a goal to expand the lead for Notts County. The ball that seemed to pass and shot touched the defensive calf in the penalty area. The goalkeeper who fell in the direction was helpless and could only watch the ball roll into the goal, 3-1.

I don't know if everyone knows the script in advance and arranges the roles, anyway, the next time is completely owned by Danny Alves. Soon after Sneijder scored, Alves made a continuous breakthrough on the wing and successfully broke into the penalty area of ​​Notts County. The fake action wiped out Chiellini and Barzagli's closing block. , Calmly blasted the goal from a close corner.

In the eighty-eighth minute, it was Alves again, who cleverly shot in the penalty area, and made the ball that Andres Jones hit on the crossbar of the goal into the net, 3-3!

The wonderful performance of Danny Alves excited the Notts County fans present: He is like an elf on the court, the ball can make dazzling sports under his feet, and his extraordinary lightness is so light. , Maybe this is the charm of samba football, this is the player who deserves to wait for two years, his strength is really amazing, I hope that day will come soon.

After the game, Wei Xun had a friendly meeting with the chairman of the Royal Racing Santander team and gave each other gifts, another two pounds of tea. With the consent of the Santander club chairman and coach, Danny Alves was able to stay in Notts County for two more days. In these two days, Danny Alves put on his Notts County jersey and photographed Notts County's family portrait for the new season with all the players, coaches and staff of Notts County. Wei Xun, Guardiola, and Zhao Tai stood in the most central positions, and standing next to Wei Xun was Danny Alves, who was on loan.

Danny Alves looked like a wanderer from a long journey home. During these two days, he was arranged to eat and sleep with George Grant at Old Grant's house, just like a brother. Old Grant personally told him about the history of Notts County, took him through the albums in his collection, and dictated the characters and stories in each photo.

"The years in the slums have made me accustomed to competition since I was a child, and I also know that life is not easy. There is no love and no joy. The only thing that can keep me clenching my teeth is football. But the two days when I returned to Notts County, let I feel at home for the first time. From now on, I can also tell everyone aloud that I am also a child with a family. Thanks to the boss for bringing me here from Brazil, Notts County will be my heart Forever home, I hope to be able to come back here in two years and continue to play until the day when I can no longer run."

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