Fox in the Penalty Area

Before Zhou Zijing went to Xia Xiaoyu's room, he just walked to the door of Hu Lai and Wang Guangwei's room when he heard bursts of laughter coming from inside.

Well, there is no need to go to Xia Xiaoyu's room to look for him anymore. Zhou Zijing guessed that Xia Xiaoyu must be in this room at this time.

Sure enough, he walked over and saw Xia Xiaoyu at a glance from the open door.

He was chatting and laughing with several other people.

In addition to the few people who were often with Xia Xiaoyu, there were also a few people here, such as their teammates from that Olympic team—Guo Junfu, Liu Yan, and Gao Ruimin who had been recruited into the national team again.

Everyone was chatting happily, Zhou Zijing knocked on the door: "Hmm!"

Everyone in the room followed the sound and looked over.

"Ouch, Elbow Man!" Hu Lai shouted.

"Hu Lai, what accent do you have?" Zhou Zijing frowned. "You are not from Nanhe!"

"Hehe, I like it!"

Wang Guangwei stood up: "Zhou Zijing, what does the coach want from you?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just...Mr. Dillon has entrusted me with a heavy responsibility." Zhou Zijing showed off in a low-key manner.

Hu Lai looked at Zhou Zijing's robust figure: "The team decided to let you carry the luggage and equipment next time?"

Zhou Zijing pointed at him: "Respect me, Hu Lai! I will be the soul of offense who can decide how many goals you score in the future!"

Hu Lai teased Zhang Qinghuan: "Brother Huan, I'm not a troublemaker, but I absolutely can't bear this matter..."

Zhang Qinghuan didn't bother to talk to him.

Zhou Zijing looked at Xia Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, Mr. Dillon asked you to go to his room."

These words made everyone in the room look at Xia Xiaoyu, including Hu Lai. He didn't make jokes anymore, but looked over with a little surprise.

Dillon, what does this mean?

Is it possible that they are really looking for one by one to talk?

Xia Xiaoyu was even more surprised. He pointed to himself: "Me? Did the coach ask me why?"

"I didn't say anything. You'll know when you go, but I don't think...it shouldn't be a bad thing." Zhou Zijing shook his head and said from his own experience.

"Okay." Xia Xiaoyu bid farewell to everyone.

Zhou Zijing was left behind, and everyone asked him what Dillon had said to him.

"Hey, I'm serious, why don't you believe me? I was really entrusted by the head coach!"

Zhou Zijing's yelling came from the room behind him, and Xia Xiaoyu walked towards the elevator with a feeling of apprehension.

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"Ah, Xiaoyu, you're here!" Seeing Xia Xiaoyu, Dillon stood up, opened his arms towards him, and took the initiative to meet him.

This made Xia Xiaoyu feel a little relieved - from this point of view, he should not criticize himself for not playing in the Alvara first team.

In fact, since Moya resigned, he has been transferred from the reserve team to the first team by the club. Although the game is still played with the reserve team, at least the training is with the first team. This is already a good progress...

That's what he was going to explain to Dillon.

But now it seems that it is not available?

Wait a minute... Mr. Dillon just said...Portuguese?

He looked at Jorge Dillon in surprise.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Dillon asked with a smile, still speaking in Portuguese.

"Well, Mr. Dillon... you speak Portuguese?"

"That's right, Portuguese. What are you so surprised for? I'm a Spaniard. Isn't it normal that I can speak Portuguese? You don't mind if I communicate with you in Portuguese? I think you have been in Portugal for so long, basically Communication should be no problem."

Xia Xiaoyu nodded, and also replied in Portuguese: "Yes, there is no problem with daily communication."

"That's good."

"Mr. Dillon, what do you want from me?" Xia Xiaoyu asked.

"Well, I want to talk to you about your position on the field."

Field position?

Does the head coach want me to change positions? Although I used to play as a midfielder in high school,

But now I am quite used to the midfielder... Director Zhao was right at the beginning. After the position is moved back, the vision of seeing things and the angle of thinking are very different from the midfielder...

"Oh, don't be nervous..." As if seeing Xia Xiaoyu's state, Dillon comforted him. "I'm not trying to tell you to throw away the midfielder position you're used to. You've done a good job in the midfielder."

Xia Xiaoyu did not breathe a sigh of relief, but continued to look at Dillon seriously and nervously, for fear that he would say "but" soon...

"It's just that I have some ideas that I want to tell you. It's...a suggestion to you."

Xia Xiaoyu nodded, but still didn't speak, waiting for the head coach to continue.

"I understand that you played as an attacking midfielder when you were a student. After going to Flash Star, you became a defensive midfielder, but not the kind of defensive midfielder who is good at defense, but responsible for organizing offense. You did a good job, Xiaoyu... Take it easy , don't be nervous. I mean, you're doing a great job. You know I coached the Golden Arrows and the Flashes. I know you're tough. You've got great vision and vision and a good kick. Long balls that support you in bringing your ideas to life..."

Hearing that Dillon kept praising himself, Xia Xiaoyu was even more puzzled—he didn't believe that the head coach called him here just to praise him.

After all, no head coach would be so boring...

"At the same time, I noticed that you occasionally make a sudden advance in the game, such as the ball you assisted Hu Lai in the World Cup. It was your sudden advance that broke the balance of the court... I think this should be your club's goal. Did the coach tell you to do that?"

Xia Xiaoyu shook his head before nodding: "It's Brother Lin... Oh, it was Qin Lin who asked me to do this."

Dillon suddenly said: "No wonder. Qin is a very good player, but unfortunately he has retired... I called you here, in fact, I want to tell you to maintain and strengthen your forward penetration characteristics. In my tactics, Your forward run is very important. Especially when switching from defense to offense, you must actively advance forward to take advantage of the opportunity when the opponent's defender is pushed back. At this time, there will be a lot of space between the center line and the opponent's big penalty area. Your forward press creates chaos in front of the opposition's defence, creating more chances..."

As he spoke, he took out a tactical board and began to explain it to Xia Xiaoyu using the magnetic pieces.

Xia Xiaoyu didn't expect the head coach to ask him to talk to him about tactics, but he still listened intently with his head down.

Then he saw the pieces on the tactical board move, and suddenly had a question, but he didn't ask it right away.

But Dillon was keenly aware of his abnormality, and said, "If you have any questions, just ask."

"This...Mr. Dillon, if I go forward, there must be a prerequisite, that is, our striker must be able to press the opponent's back line deep enough, otherwise if the opponent's defender does not retreat deep enough, I will not have the conditions to go up .And Hu Lai is a point-grabbing striker...I'm afraid he can't push all the opponent's defenders into the penalty area..."

After hearing Xia Xiaoyu's words, Dillon laughed with satisfaction: "Yes, you are right. Xiaoyu. But we don't have only one Hu on the front line."

"No?" Xia Xiaoyu looked at the three front pieces on the tactical board. The one in the center must be Hu Lai, and the two on the side should be Luo Kai and Chen Xingyi. Although they are forwards, they are on the side... …

"Ah, I'm sorry I forgot..." Dillon said, picked up a chess piece from the side, and placed it next to Hu Lai in the opponent's penalty area.

Then he pushed the pawn representing Zhang Qinghuan one step forward and pressed it to the edge of the opponent's big penalty area.

This time in the middle, the Chinese team immediately had a three-on-two numerical advantage, not only suppressing the opponent's two central defenders, but also allowing the opponent's two midfielders to retreat to the penalty area line to defend.

In this way, there is a blank "no man's land" in such a large middle area between the center line and the opponent's penalty area line.

"Are we going to play 424?" Xia Xiaoyu looked at the blank backcourt and guessed, "No, it's 352!"

Then he looked up at Dillon, asking him for confirmation.

Dillon put down the tactical board in satisfaction, looked at Xia Xiaoyu and nodded with a smile: "Yes, that's right, Xiaoyu. My national team will play 352. You are the brain of this team. Your performance will determine the team Performance in transition. Your responsibility is huge, but I decided to give it to you.”

Xia Xiaoyu didn't expect that Dillon would call him to entrust him with a heavy responsibility!

He froze and didn't respond.

"Show your determination, Xiaoyu. Do you have the confidence to be the brain of the Chinese team?"

Xia Xiaoyu quickly came back to his senses, and he nodded solemnly: "Yes!"

Dillon smiled brightly: "Very good! Very good! Very good! Well, it's all right, you can go back. Then help me call Xing and Luo together."

Xia Xiaoyu was a little surprised: "Together? Call?"

"Yes, the two of them together." Dillon nodded.

Xia Xiaoyu didn't ask any more questions, and took orders to leave.

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"What? The head coach asked the two of us to go?"

Chen Xingyi looked at Xia Xiaoyu in surprise, and confirmed to him.

Xia Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, he also specifically said that the two of you should go together."

"This..." Chen Xingyi glanced at Luo Kai.

Luo Kai didn't say anything, got up and left.

Chen Xingyi also followed.

The two left the room one after the other.

Everyone in the room looked at each other in blank dismay.

It's not that they haven't thought about it before, how they will meet with the new coach of the national team.

When they checked in at the hotel lobby, they met Hong Renjie, the team leader, but did not see the head coach Jorge Dillon. This is different from the previous style in which Shi Wuyin Shi always waited in the hotel lobby to greet the players.

Of course, Dillon is a famous coach in the world, so it's normal to be a bit airy.

So they thought they could always see the head coach at dinner time, right?

Unexpectedly, without waiting for dinner, some of them met the new coach in advance under such circumstances...

"Could it be that Dillon has already started... working?" Hu Lai said suddenly.

Everyone looked at him, no one refuted.