Chapter 103: Anger

The next day, Daniel got his first professional contract, with a weekly salary of 800 pounds and signed for five years. After receiving his first salary, his father specially made a photo frame for him, clamped all the 800 pounds into the frame, and then hung it on his bedside. This situation continued until after he retired. He often pointed to the frame and said to his children: "Look, that's the first money my dad earned in football in his life!"

Of course this is a later story. Daniel is just a player who has made his mark in the League Two. This contract is also very common for Leiden Oriental. It is just an ordinary professional contract. After Leiden Oriental advances, this salary can only be considered as a downstream level after the first team players have increased their salary.

After signing a contract with Daniel, Xiao Ming focused all his energy on the upcoming League Cup semi-finals. The only thing that made him feel a little unhappy was that the interval between the two semi-finals was too long, and the difference between the two games was nearly one month. Now the players are in good shape and there are no injuries in the team. If the team is hit by injuries in the second round, the losses will be greater.

However, what is more beneficial to Leiden Oriental is that in addition to the League Cup, they only have the League Two left, and the League Two will not bring them too much pressure. After all, they are now as many as seven points ahead of the second place, and the third place has reached ten. With fifteen rounds left in the league, it is difficult for other teams to shake Leiden Oriental's advantage.

What Xiao Ming has to do next is to adjust the team's condition and let the players show their best form in the League Cup. This season is also the best time for Leiden Oriental to win an important championship in a few years. The pressure in the League Two will not be too great. They can focus more on the League Cup. After next season, Xiao Ming will definitely shift his focus and focus on the League One game. The most important thing to advance to the Premier League is, and the time will be to go as far as the cup can go, and the main energy will be on how to advance to the Premier League. After the establishment of the Premier League, the Premier League and the following three leagues have become two completely different worlds, with more attention and more benefits, and the TV broadcast fee distributed according to rankings is enough to make the financial situation between Premier League and League One teams.

At this time, Xiao Ming was still quite calm. He knew that if he did not qualify for the Premier League in the League One next season, even if Leiden Oriental won the League Cup, FA Cup and League Cup next season, it would be a very detrimental thing. After all, participating in these three cups will not be able to get much broadcasting fees, and it will not have any practical benefits to the team.

After playing in a mixed lineup for three consecutive rounds but still achieving two wins and one draw, Leiden Oriental is preparing to welcome Aston Villa at home. As a low-level team, Leiden Oriental's schedule is relatively unfavorable, starting first and then away. However, the rules of the English Cup are different from those of mainland Europe. In the 90-minute game in two rounds, away goals have no effect. Even if you are 0 to 0 at home and 1 to 1 to 1 in the away game, you cannot eliminate your opponent. However, after entering overtime, if you and your opponent score one goal in overtime, you will get an effect at this time. You can win without penalty kicks - a very boring rule. However, in the two rounds of the England play-offs and the two rounds of the League Cup semi-finals, such regulations are implemented.

Aston Villa is one of the two professional teams in Birmingham, England's second largest city. Compared with the same city rival Birmingham, they were established one year earlier and have much brilliant historical results - Aston Villa has won the top league championship and the FA Cup championship seven times each, and has also won the 1982 European Cup championship. The top league championship and FA Cup championship are vacant, and they have only won the League Cup championship once and two European Cup runner-ups. However, in the city of Birmingham, the most popular team is Birmingham, not Aston Villa.

In fact, there are many such examples not only in the UK, but in the European continent. Some well-known giants have conquered the world but cannot conquer the local area. In Madrid, fans who like Real Madrid may not necessarily have many fans who like Atletico Madrid; in Manchester, people there are more fans of Manchester City; in London, Tottenham is the team that London locals support the most; in Turin, Juventus has the highest support rate in Italy, but their home Alp Stadium is always not as high as those in the game in Torino...

Xiao Ming had no intention of investigating this phenomenon. He only knew that Aston Villa was a strong team. In the first year of the Premier League, they almost snatched the championship from Manchester United under the leadership of Atkinson and eventually ranked second. In the 93-94 season, they defeated Manchester United in the League Cup final to win the championship. Although their results in the league in the past two seasons have declined slightly, they are still a force that cannot be ignored in the Premier League.

Aston Villa's head coach Brian Little said he would beat Leiden Oriental after leading the team to London: "I know Leiden Oriental has performed very well in the League Cup this season. They even eliminated Arsenal, but in my opinion it was just that Arsenal did not perform well. Aston Villa was the League Cup champion two years ago. We will still achieve this honor this season, and we have this tradition."

Xiao Ming seemed very low-key towards Little's aggressive momentum. When interviewed by local media, Xiao Ming just smiled and replied: "We are just a League Two team, and entering the League One is our goal this season. We are already very satisfied to be able to enter the semi-finals of the League Cup. We will work hard to play in these two games, but even if we lose, we will not be too disappointed, because we have made history this year."

The local media seemed a little disappointed with Xiao Ming's answer, but when this report was posted, almost all fans thought it was quite normal. Xiao Ming's words were no problem, except for the fans of Leiden East...

"Xiao! What's going on with you!"

That day, Xiao Ming had just sat down in Sawyer's bar, and Sawyer took a newspaper and took it on the bar with great enthusiasm. Xiao Ming just glanced at it and recognized the "Leedon Evening News" published today. The front page headline was "Leedon Oriental Head Coach is satisfied with the results of the League Cup, and has made history whether it is lost or lost or won."

"What's going on?" Xiao Ming pretended to be deaf and dumb, then turned around and made a gesture to Chris: "Cute Chris, please give me a beer."

"Don't give him a drink, Chris." Sawyer stopped Chris angrily. Chris looked at his father helplessly and pouted, "Is the words in the newspaper true today? Do you think it doesn't matter if we lose these two games?"

"Of course it's true. Every word is spoken from my mouth. If he dares to write it nonsense, I will sue him for slander." Xiao Ming nodded, and then said dissatisfiedly: "Why can't I drink for me? Why can't I open the door if I don't sell alcohol on the bar? I have to respect customers."

"What kind of customer are you? You have never paid for drinking with me."

"That was your own voluntary. After defeating Arsenal, don't you say that I don't have to pay for drinking here in the future?"

"That was before, it's not now!" Saoya slapped the table hard, shaking the row of cups on the bar, jumping up with a "clang" and the other drinkers were shocked, thinking that Saoya was about to beat someone: "The war is imminent, and he actually said such a discouraged word. Are you still qualified to drink my wine? We have been waiting for a national champion for a long time!"

"Oh, it turns out to be this." Xiao Ming smiled and turned to look at the drinkers around him. The drinkers in Sawyer Bar were basically the hardest-core fans of Leiden Oriental. Now they all looked at Xiao Ming with eager eyes. Everyone could see how important this League Cup champion, which Manchester United and other giants do not value much.

Xiao Ming, who originally wanted to joke, did not laugh anymore. These people's love for Leiden East is even higher than that of him. He is just the boss of this club. The reason why he longs for victory is that he hopes that this club can get more honors to make his life more exciting. If these people are the most loyal fans "supporter", then Xiao Ming is only a "fan" at most, a fan with some entertainment colors. As for "specta"

Tor" is even more of an entertainment spectator who follows the trend and watches the show. It is obviously a bit inaccurate for China to translate all these three words into "fans". If it is accurate, then "supporter" refers to the loyal fans of three generations of grandparents and grandchildren who support a certain team. "fan" is an ordinary fan who pursues outstanding results and is undecided, while "spectator" is those fans who don't even understand offside and are just addicted to Beckham's beautiful face...

So he coughed and his face became serious: "Do you think we would be good for the final result of the game before the game?"

He asked Saoya, who was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "It's useless...but we can't say depressed words in advance."

"Isn't it good to lower your figure before the game starts? Since Aston Villa thinks they can easily defeat us, let them despise us before the game starts. Wait until we beat them in the game and look at their faces. Isn't this a very interesting thing?" Xiao Ming replied seriously.

"Oh, it turns out you are trying to show weakness on purpose." John, the big fat man next to Sawyer, suddenly realized.

"This makes some sense." Sawyer nodded and turned to Chris and said, "Pour wine for him... But Xiao, your statement has a great blow to the morale of the players. Aren't you afraid that the players will feel that they are not valued when they see these reports?"

"Haha, it would be great if they could get angry with this report. In that case, I wouldn't need any headaches to boost their morale." Xiao Ming took the beer handed over by Chris and poured it into half a cup in one breath: "I'm worried that there is no way to motivate their morale. Although my players are very confident, I want them to perform better in home games so that we can be easier when we go to Birmingham."

"That would be great!" Michael, another best friend of Sawyer, said happily: "We can win tomorrow's game, right? Mr. Chairman, we must win tomorrow's game, then win the Birmingham game, and then win the League Cup and enter the European arena next season!"

He shouted the last two sentences at the top of his throat. People from all over the bar began to shout with him. Many people were muttering in a low voice: "I don't know what it feels like to play in European competitions. Then we can go abroad to watch the game with the team!"

Brisbane Road Stadium.

Leiden Oriental fans occupy most of the stadium. Although two stands are occupied by Aston Villa fans who come from afar, the other stands, even the corridor between the stands is full of Leiden Oriental fans.

Brian Little frowned and looked at the fanatical Leiden Oriental fans in the stands. The group of fans behind the home team's coaching seat was even more conspicuous. The three tall and big fans were headed by the fans, shouting in unison, and constantly stamping their feet to extend their middle fingers to the visiting team...

Villa Park Stadium can accommodate more than 40,000 people. Compared with Villa Park Stadium, Brisbane Road Stadium is pitifully small, but the atmosphere of this stadium is not worse than Villa Park Stadium - is this really the home court of a League Two club?

Brian Little is a local coach in England. His coaching career started in Darlington. Aston Villa is his second stop. As Atkinson's successor, he also has a lot of pressure. Villa's performance in the league this season is not particularly good, so it may be a good choice to make a breakthrough in the cup.

Although he made a crazy statement before the game, in fact, he did not underestimate Leiden Oriental. After all, being able to eliminate Arsenal in Highbury was a very rare result, so he hoped to put pressure on Leiden Oriental through these pre-game words, stir up their anger, and then lose their calmness... When he saw these fanatical fans, he began to feel that his careful preparation before the game was not wrong.

He had already explained the tactics to the players, first shrinking the defense, allowing Leiden East, who lost its mind due to anger, to attack wildly. When the momentum they had burst out at the beginning, it was time for Aston Villa to start counterattacking...

If the young boss and coach were really as low-key as he said in an interview, then this pretentiousness would not last for too long. When there was no pressure, Aston Villa's attack began to unfold, and then Leiden East would no longer have time and space to counterattack.

Little believes that even if Leiden East has several outstanding players, it will still not beat the old Premier League team Aston Villa as a whole. Which of his players is not the famous Premier League? Australian goalkeeper Mark Bosnic, Trinidad and Tobago scorer Dwight York, Yugoslav center Savo Milosevic, England national team member Southgate, Irish central defender Staunton, Yugoslav midfielder Kosic... Can Leiden East resist such a lineup?

Little thought confidently that he thought his team was really lucky and could meet a League Two team in the semi-finals of the League Cup. Although Leiden Oriental may have surpassed the League Two teams, it is at most the level of League One? Think about the other two participating teams in the League Cup, one Leeds and the other Tottenham, who want to fight for the League Two Cup finals to the death. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk

Xiao Ming, the first player to walk out of the player channel, saw Little's full of confidence. The poor guy still thought his actions had worked, but he did not expect that he had indeed successfully angered Leiden East. However, when the anger of these players was completely aroused, it was not something Aston Villa could bear...

Xiao Ming thought of the newspaper he smiled and said in an interview with Little and he circulated all the Leiden Oriental players. His move completely ignited all the anger that the Leiden Oriental players were holding in their hearts, and they shouted to smash Aston Villa one by one. Thinking of this scene, Xiao Ming knew that in today's game, Leiden Oriental's chances of winning increased a few points.

The main players of Leiden East are definitely not as strong as Aston Villa. The only thing they lack may be experience. Although anger will make the players lose their minds, it can also make the players perform in a better state. Turning to look at the murderous players behind him, Xiao Ming knew that his approach had been successful.

When the players of Leiden East appeared to be full of murderous aura, staring at their opponents one by one, as if they were eager to eat the opponent in one bite.

When the players of Leiden Oriental ran on the court, Little finally found something wrong - the players of Leiden Oriental were quite astonishing. When they shook hands with their opponents, they all swayed their faces, not even showing a smile.

"Are they completely angry? This is a good thing." Although Little was thinking this way, for some reason, an ominous premonition began to surge in his heart.

At this time the game was about to begin, and Leiden East took the lead in kicking off.

As the referee blew the whistle, Solskjaer passed the ball to Jankoler and ran forward himself. At the same time, a huge cheer suddenly burst out from Brisbane Road, which had just been quiet for a few seconds!
Chapter completed!