Zhang Qiang sat on the rostrum and watched the game with Dong Wen, the general manager of Flash Star.
It’s just that his expression is not very good-looking.
On the other hand, the fat man next to him smiled very happily. His facial features were squeezed in the middle of his fat and fat face, like a thin-skinned and big-filled steamed bun...
It almost makes the oil seep out.
The reason why this fat man is so happy is naturally because in terms of score, the leading team is actually the visiting team Anton Shining Star!
That's right, at Poseidon's home court, it was the visiting team Shining Stars who scored first.
“Wang Guangwei!!! Taking advantage of a free kick in the frontcourt, he used a header to help Flash Star take the lead!” Commentator He Feng shouted. “This is his first goal this season!”
After scoring the goal, Wang Guangwei waved his fist to the sky and was hugged by his teammates.
"Here, Lao Wang, your celebration after scoring a goal is too uncreative, isn't it?" Hu Lai hugged Wang Guangwei and complained instead of congratulating. "This is your first goal of the season! Just wave
You waved your hand? People who don’t know think you’re taking a taxi!”
“I don’t score goals often!” Wang Guangwei retorted, “What are you doing with all those bells and whistles?”
In the background of the jubilant Flash Star players are the dejected Poseidon players.
Captain Chen Faren picked up the football from the goal and threw it into the center circle. Then he put his hands on his hips and shook his head slightly.
Thinking back to last season, when the Flash Stars met them in the FA Cup, they could only rely on those weird set-piece tactics to score goals. The whole team was like a circus clown performing funny tricks in front of them.
But now, it is also a set piece to score, and the flash star is an ordinary set piece tactic, nothing brilliant.
Zhang Qinghuan kicked the football into the middle, and Wang Guangwei carried Kim Jae-kun, the South Korean international, with a header.
Simple and crude, you can score a goal in the blink of an eye.
Are there any clever set-piece tactics?
Absolutely not.
But Poseidon just couldn't guard against it.
This corner kick is just a microcosm of the game so far.
Old Chinese Super League team Poseidon found themselves a little overwhelmed when facing newly promoted teams.
You must know that this is their home field!
As a result, in the first half, they were beaten by the sharp and ferocious offensive of the Stars, until they lost this goal...
Because they played against Flash Stars in the FA Cup last season, Poseidon players had a particularly deep experience with the contrast before and after, and the contrast was sharp.
As long as Poseidon players participated in the FA Cup match last season, they can now find that this team has changed a lot from last year.
The improvement in lineup strength is one aspect, but the improvement in self-confidence is probably the most critical.
Today's Flashing Stars don't need to rely on those fancy moves to defeat Poseidon. They can probably do this with their own strength...
And Wang Guangwei’s goal is proof of that.
When the Flash Stars faced Poseidon, they did not feel that they were weaker than Poseidon. Even in the away game, they had no such idea.
After Wang Guangwei scored, head coach Zhao Kangming did not celebrate. Instead, when the players finished celebrating and returned to the second half, he used gestures to remind them to stay calm.
The first half was not even over, although Flashing Star scored the first goal. But this is Poseidon’s home court after all, so it is better to be cautious.
Sure enough, after losing the ball, Poseidon launched a fierce offensive towards Bianxing's goal, while Bianxing recovered it in time, leaving Chen Xingyi to counterattack.
In this way, they withstood Poseidon's offensive and defended the 1:0 score until the end of the first half.
When the half-time whistle sounded, Dong Wen on the rostrum raised his hands and said to Zhang Qiang next to him: "Mr. Zhang, please accept..."
Zhang Qiang suppressed his anger: "There's still half a game left."
“Yes, yes, there is still half a field, football is round...”
Seeing the fat man's playful smile, Zhang Qiang became angry and simply ignored him, got up and left the table.
Dong Wen looked back at Zhang Qiang’s back, the smile on his face not diminishing.
He was thanking Mr. Zhang from the bottom of his heart. If it hadn't been for him, how could he have been able to hire Zhao Kangming as the head coach, and how could he have hired Hu Lai as a treasure for only 500,000?
What a great benefactor!
I heard that Mr. Zhang has encountered some troubles recently.
In fact, he hopes that Mr. Zhang can stay in this position as long as possible. After all, he is also worried that Poseidon will poach him if someone else comes up.
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Gao Youjun had just gone to the toilet and returned to the media gallery when he saw several local reporters discussing the future and fate of Zhang Qiang, general manager of Poseidon Club.
“Hey, do you think Zhang Qiang will be dismissed from get out of class if he loses this game?”
“Not that fast?”
"I think even if class doesn't end after this game, he won't be far away from resigning... To be honest, Zhang Qiang threw away all the traditions of Poseidon when he came up, and the result was that everyone was indifferent. Last season's results It looks okay because it's fresh, and how much money was spent behind it? It is said that the annual salary of Matthews' coaching team is five times that of Zhao Kangming in Flash Star. Look at it, you are a prodigal! Take so much money If you hire a foreign coach and buy a bunch of people back, will you get any results? I even wonder if Zhang Qiang received kickbacks in these transfer transactions!"
“Who says it’s not the case? If only one-fifth of the money given to Matthews had been used to let Zhao Kangming lead the team, maybe now we would be able to qualify from the AFC Champions League group..."
"I think Zhang Qiang's worst decision was to completely abolish Poseidon's youth training tradition... In Chinese football, everyone knows how difficult it is to establish a high-level youth training system. It took Zhao Zhao ten years It took a lot of hard work to create a golden brand of youth training for Poseidon... but it was all smashed as soon as Zhang Qiang came on stage. Even if he gets rid of it, it will not be easy for Poseidon Club to reshape its youth training... Sigh!"
Gao Youjun’s personal emotional inclination is not a Poseidon fan, and he is not familiar with reporters who favor Poseidon clubs, so he did not join in the introduction and just listened silently.
Listening to these heartbreaking criticisms of Zhang Qiang that have been reported all year round by Poseidon Club, even though Gao Youjun knew that Zhang Qiang’s good days were numbered, he couldn’t be happy himself.
Because of a wrong choice of route, everything Poseidon Club has accumulated before has been wasted and lost. It is extremely difficult to go back and it is almost impossible to go back to the past.
In China, the football ecosystem is very fragile. If a club takes the wrong path once, a club that has developed well may not be able to turn around.
Poseidon Club has never been considered a strong team in Chinese football before, but it is quite distinctive. On the one hand, it is a representative of southern football and has produced many players with outstanding skills. On the other hand, it is naturally the youth training established by Zhao Kangming. system.
With two advantages and characteristics, Poseidon Football Club has always had a large number of loyal fans in Nanling Province.
Poseidon does not have as much honor as the South China Tigers. These fans support Poseidon because they recognize their football philosophy.
As a result, Poseidon’s football philosophy has been thrown away by themselves...
It is right to pursue championships, but there is only one championship in the league every year. What about the remaining fifteen teams? Are they all losers with no merit?
Gao Youjun feels that compared with winning the championship, it may be more difficult to maintain his own characteristics and operate steadily.
A league is like a pyramid, and the champion is naturally at the top of the pyramid. However, the key to ensuring the healthy growth and continuous development of this league is not at the top of the pyramid, but at the base of the tower. I am afraid that many of them cannot be won in a hundred years of history. To a few championship "small teams".
Originally, Poseidon is such a small team, but it has ambitions that are inconsistent with its own strength and positioning...
It’s okay to be ambitious, but you have to spend money to improve your strength, but in the end, you spent half of the money, and now you don’t want to spend it anymore...
He is not a Poseidon fan, but he is also concerned about the discussions of those reporters and feels sorry for Poseidon.
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"We are only leading by one goal, so it's not the time to be happy. Think about the last round of the league, how we were tied by Hedong Thunder at home? We must take this as a warning, boys! If we can't win the game, if we can't become With our experience, we will continue to lose goals and points! What is growth? It means knowing not to trip over the same stone twice...at least not twice in a row!"
In the visiting team's locker room, Zhao Kangming was giving a mobilization order to his players.
"So in the second half of the game, we continued to put pressure on them. By moving from one wing to the other wing, which we are good at, we created chaos for their defense, making them lose sight of one thing and not be able to react well... until then At this time, it’s time for us to give them a fatal blow!”
Zhao Kangming punched his palm.
The players looked up at their head coach, gritting their teeth and looking a little ferocious.
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After the second half of the game started, Chen Mo stood on the sidelines and asked Zhao Kangming: "Are you still thinking about revenge on Poseidon?"
Zhao Kangming shook his head: "No."
“Then your expression during the halftime break scared a lot of the team members. It was as if you wanted to tear the God of Poseidon into pieces...”
“I do hope to defeat Poseidon, but it’s not because I still hate Poseidon.” Zhao Kangming looked at the game that had already started and said to Chen Mo, “Have you heard, Old Chen? Zhang Qiang is having a hard time now.”
"I heard it. It is said that the club's board of directors is considering removing him. I am thinking about it now, and the reaction of the board of directors is really slow. If you ask me, we eliminated Poseidon from the FA Cup last year, they should do this
Already."
"At that time, he still had Sun He as his scapegoat. Now he is the only one left. I want to give him a push, so I must beat Poseidon away from home."
Chen Mo understood what his old partner meant, but he was a little pessimistic: "It's not me, Old Zhao. Even if Zhang Qiang goes down, what's the use? The current Poseidon can't go back. You spent ten years
What takes time to build, it only takes a day to destroy.”
"You're right, Lao Chen. But that's all I can do. Being able to let someone like Zhang Qiang leave the club can be considered my last contribution to Poseidon."
Then the two veterans of Poseidon stopped talking and just looked at the court quietly.
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In the 63rd minute, Shining Star launched an offensive from the wing. Zhang Qinghuan moved to the wing. After receiving the pass from Chen Xingyi, he sent a cross.
Hu Lai first rushed forward in the middle, then suddenly stopped and retreated. After running into a gap, he directly headed the ball towards the goal.
“Hu Lai! Beautiful without any marking! Flashing Star scored another goal! Leading Lingnan Poseidon 2:0 in the away game!”
After scoring the goal, Hu Lai waved to his teammates who wanted to come up to celebrate with him, telling them not to come up yet. Then he ran straight to the bottom of the podium and made one of his signature celebration moves towards it.
Zhang Qiang on the high platform only felt his heart aching...
