I build a giant in the Premier League

Chapter 42 Dream Beginning
On the afternoon of August 2004, 8, at the Madejski Stadium, Reading.

In the first round of the Championship, Bayswater Chinese challenged Reading away.

Before the game, assistant coach Wally Towns walked quickly into the home team's locker room.

He raised a piece of paper in his hand and said to head coach Steve Capel: "Their starting lineup is out."

Capel walked over and took the list from the assistant coach.

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart;

Defence: Capaldi, Jose Fonte, Koscielny and Kevin Fury;
Midfield: Huddlestone dropped back, with Las Diarra and Modric in the middle;

Forwards: Ribery, Kitson and Aaron Lennon.

When Capel's eyes fell on Dave Kitson's name, a hint of displeasure flashed across his face.

Capel noticed the player when he was still at Cambridge United.

But before he could make a move, Yang Cheng got there first.

£15!
After the second half of last season, I’m afraid it will increase several times, right?
"It seems that he still trusts the squad from last season, except that Martin Devaney has become Aaron Lennon, Roger Johansen has become Jose Fonte, and Martin Roland has become Las Diarra."

Another assistant coach, Kevin Dillon, looked at the list and muttered.

When Wally Downs heard the name of Martin Roland, his face turned ugly.

If the feud between Coppell and the Bayswater Chinese came from Dave Kitson, then Wally Downs's was because of Martin Roland.

Back in 2001, when Coppell coached Brentford, Wally Towns was his assistant.

In the summer of 02, Coppell was sacked and Wally Towns stayed to assist the new coach. Later, he was promoted to become the head coach of Brentford.

But during Wally Towns' coaching, Martin Roland was never able to gain his trust.

In the eyes of many Brentford fans, the reason why Martin Rowland wanted a free transfer was because of Wally Towns.

As luck would have it, after Martin Roland transferred to Bayswater Chinese, his performance suddenly exploded. Not only did he help Bayswater Chinese to be promoted from League Two to the Championship, but he also won the double championship of League Two and the Championship.

He even paid a transfer fee of 300 million pounds when he transferred to Queens Park Rangers.

Although this is not a sky-high price in English Football League Two, it is definitely a huge loss for Brentford.

Even more unfortunately, Brentford was stumbling all last season and almost got relegated.

Wally Towns became the culprit for the team's poor performance and was fired in mid-March.

This also made Wally Downs full of resentment towards the Chinese in Bayswater.

This summer, Wally Downs accepted the invitation of Reading coach Copper to serve as his assistant coach.

It was simply God's arrangement that two guys who were full of resentment towards Yang Cheng and Bayswater Chinese met each other, and their first round opponent in the new season happened to be Bayswater Chinese.

Especially after seeing the starting lineup of Bayswater Chinese and seeing Yang Cheng continue to adopt the 433 tactics, they became more convinced that Bayswater Chinese were finished!
Koper immediately began to make targeted tactical arrangements.

He hopes that the team can take advantage of the home field to suppress Bayswater Chinese from the start and not give the opponent the opportunity to pass and cut smoothly.

Even at the cost of committing a foul.

He has high hopes for Glen Little, who is 1 meters tall, and hopes that he can suppress Capaldi on the left of Bayswater Chinese on the right.

"Remember, this player is strong in attack but weak in defence, and Ribery is carrying the offensive burden up front, so he is not well protected."

"This passage will definitely be our breakthrough point, we must break it open!"

After talking about the targeted tactics, Koper made the final mobilization before the game.

"Tonight is our home game and the first round of the new season. We are facing a rookie team that has no experience in the Championship and has never even played in the second-tier league."

"We will teach them a hard lesson in front of more than 1 fans at home."

"Tell these bastards that the Championship is a life-and-death battlefield!"

"Let our opponents go back to London!"

The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly exploded.

The players were all infected by Koper, and each of them was as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

……

14 points.

There was less than a minute left until kickoff.

The Bayswater Chinese, wearing red jerseys, kicked off first.

Kitson and Ribery stood in the center circle, waiting for the whistle from referee Crossley.

If given a choice, the Bayswater Chinese would prefer to choose the side rather than the serve.

But the clumsy captain lost when guessing the side.

Thinking of this, Ribery couldn't help but turn around and cast a reproachful look at Modric outside the center circle.

Modric felt Ribery's gaze, grinned at him, tightened the captain's armband on his arm, and looked at Las Diarra on the other side.

The latter was muttering something softly.

"100! Grab the ball! 200! Don't stick to the ball!"

Modric felt that this kid was a little crazy today, mumbling to himself, and no one knew what he was doing.

"Lars," Modric called out.

Not only Las Diarra noticed this, but even Huddlestone behind him also looked over.

"Shout, clock, understand?"

Modric speaks good English, but he can't stand up to Las Diarra, who is new here.

However, they had already agreed on a set of secret codes for communication.

In this 433 tactic, Huddlestone is responsible for falling back and holding position.

Las Diarra is responsible for stealing the ball.

Even Yang Cheng did not limit his position, and let him run freely as long as he could grab the ball.

After stealing the ball, he can have several passing routes.

In the forward attacking position, Ribery is given priority.

Modric is the priority in midfield.

If there are no passing options in front and midfield, give it to Huddlestone.

Therefore, teammates need Las Diarra to give the signal to run.

Before he runs, he calls out a number, which corresponds to the clock. The number represents the direction he runs in. Las Diarra understood these words from Modric, so he nodded at him and gave him a thumbs up.

"100! Grab the ball! 200! Don't stick to the ball!"

……

With the whistle of referee Crossley and the cheers of the fans, the game officially started.

After Kitson kicked the ball to Ribery, he rushed forward quickly.

Ribery stopped the ball sideways and found the defender rushing towards him, so he immediately passed the ball back.

The ball is coming!
Las Diarra stopped the ball as usual, and even though he saw the defensive player approaching, he still wanted to move the ball forward.

He is still very confident in his skills.

But at this moment, a glittering golden number suddenly popped up on the top of the head.

200 pounds!

Las Diarra suddenly woke up and kicked the ball back.

If there were no penalty mechanism, he would have wanted to kick the ball to the opponent and then snatch it back.

It would be so satisfying to collect steal stats like this.

Huddlestone kicked the ball to Modric.

Although he is not yet 19 years old, Modric has already worn the captain's armband of the Bayswater Chinese team, so he has naturally received a lot of attention.

This match was broadcast live across the UK.

Modric faced Steve Sidwell and made a fake move of turning to the right, but in fact he suddenly stopped the ball and turned to the left, fooling Sidwell.

After taking two steps forward, Modric immediately passed the ball.

Ribery passed a defender the moment he stopped the ball on the left rib.

The French winger is too fast, especially his explosive power, and he is impossible to stop in a one-on-one situation.

After Ribery successfully dribbled past the opponent, he dribbled the ball diagonally to the middle, attracted the attention of the defense, and suddenly passed the ball back to the middle.

Modric followed up, got ahead of Sidwell, made an abrupt stop, grabbed the ball, and then passed it to the right.

At this moment, everyone noticed that Aaron Lennon had been waiting for an opportunity on the right side of the Bayswater Chinese.

The 17-year-old young red player was like a Ferrari with the gas pedal turned on the floor, sprinting forward at an extremely fast speed. After catching up with Modric's pass, he strode forward with big strides.

Reading's left-back Nico Scioli was rushed over by Aaron Lennon before he even had time to get close. No matter how hard he tried to chase him, he could not catch up. He could only watch Aaron Lennon dribbled into the right side of the penalty area and made a low cross.

It's so fast!
Dave Kitson rushed over in the middle, used his body to push away the central defender, and stretched out his left foot to block Aaron Lennon's cross into the goal guarded by Marcus Hahnemann.

"The ball went in!!!"

"Within a minute of the game, Dave Kitson scored the first goal of the season for Bayswater Chinese!"

“This is also the first second-tier league goal in the history of the Bayswater Chinese club!”

The Bayswater Chinese players were going crazy on the court, cheering excitedly.

Yang Cheng also jumped up excitedly on the sidelines.

No one expected that the team would take the lead within less than a minute of the start.

This is a dream start!

……

Steve Koppel could never have imagined that his carefully prepared opening would collapse in less than a minute.

What he could not have expected was that the scorer was Dave Kitson.

What kind of football team is Reading?
A strong team aiming to enter the Premier League!
Last season they were just three points away from the sixth place in the promotion play-offs.

Koper's goal this season is to lead the team into the Premier League.

How could he accept losing to a newly promoted team in the first game of the season, at home?

Especially the Chinese in Bayswater.

So, Koper roared loudly on the sidelines, calling on the players, asking them to show more intensity to their opponents.

In particular, we must increase our offensive efforts and get the lost ball back as soon as possible!
But when Reading started again and prepared to organize an attack, they soon ran into a snag.

In the 4th minute, Reading midfielder Andrew Hughes had just got the ball when he was intercepted by a dark shadow that suddenly appeared from behind.

"100!"

This came as a surprise to the Reading midfielder.

Where did this bastard come from?
Also, what does 100 mean?
Are you scolding me?
Just six minutes later, right midfielder Glen Little retreated to receive a pass from his teammate, but before he could stop, he saw Las Diarra approaching at a very fast speed.

The Frenchman was short and agile, and when facing the tall Glenn Little, he seemed to be squeezed into his arms, sticking to the tall and strong Little, making the latter feel awkward and at a loss as to what to do.

Before he had time to adjust, the ball was intercepted.

"200!"

Damn!

what's the situation?
Glen Little rushed after Russ Diarra.

But as soon as he got the ball, Las Diarra immediately passed it to Ribery who was closest to him, leaving the Frenchman to plan the attack.

Las Diarra and Glenn Little, who had made a wasted trip, were left behind, one with a smile on his face and the other with depression.

When the previous attack was thwarted and Reading grabbed the ball and organized another attack, Las Diarra rushed over with full blood and full condition, chasing and grabbing the ball.

To him, physical fitness is free.

Of course, in the entire stadium, probably no one except Yang Cheng knew what the 200 he kept muttering meant.

And when he later stole the ball from Reading midfielder James Happel, the number immediately became 300.

But not long after, when he was receiving a pass, he let the ball stay at his feet for a moment longer and was tackled by Sidwell.

The Frenchman glared at Sidwell angrily, as if he were the murderer of his father, his eyes were red.

From then on, the number he kept repeating became 100.

But he ran faster, fought harder, and robbed more fiercely.

This also confused Steve Copper on the sidelines.

Where the hell did this monster come from?

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