Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 166: Both failed to win the monthly award, but Escrivá found a bond

Player of the Month for November: Messi (Barcelona)
"..."

Tang Ye hung his head and silently jumped off the stool.

The locker room of Villarreal suddenly became quiet.

The players in front of the TV turned around and looked at Tang Ye: "Tom..."

"It's okay, it's okay Tom!"

Bruno squeezed out from the innermost part and patted Tang Ye on the shoulder: "You are the first person to be on the candidate list of the best player of the month at the age of 17. It's amazing."

“But I didn’t win the prize in the end…”

Tang Ye bit his lower lip with his front teeth.

This feeling is really uncomfortable. The organizer put together a list of candidates to attract Tang Ye's attention and make Tang Ye feel that he has a chance to win the prize.

In the end, he didn't win the award, so it's inevitable that he felt a little disappointed.

"It's okay, it's not shameful to lose to Messi"

Pato reminded: "Actually, Tom, I feel that Messi should not have won much, you almost won the award"

"Yes, that's true"

Alai nodded and said: "I feel Messi is just average. If we really want to play football together, I think it has to be Tom."

The Villarreal first-team players never thought in their lives that they would have to comfort the children in the team after the game. This seems to have become part of their post-match activities.

"it does not matter!"

Alai pinched the flesh behind Tang Ye's neck and said, "Messi has the advantage of age. If you grow up a few more years, you might be able to beat Messi."

After his teammates said this, Tang Ye slowly raised his head.

Leo Messi...

Although Tang Ye has never played football with him, he has heard many rumors about Messi.

Just like he had heard the rumors about Ronaldo.

Losing to Messi isn't that hard, is it?

Just when Tang Ye was thinking seriously, the replay of Messi's wonderful goal on TV had ended.

Next up is... November's Head Coach of the Month!

Tang Ye's attention was quickly drawn away, and curiosity swallowed up his frustration.

Head Coach of the Month for November!

Unlike the five candidates for the best player, there are only two candidates for the best coach of the month.

The best coach in November will be decided between Escribá and Simeone!

Mr. Phelan!

I've been defeated, now it's up to you!

Best coach: Simeone (Atletico Madrid)

"Oh~!"

The players in the locker room sighed and Tang Ye spread his hands and sat back in his seat on the bench.

He was knocked out along with Mr. Phelan!

……

After simply adjusting his emotions, Tang Ye returned to the court to accept the MVP trophy.

As expected, reporters asked him about not being selected as Player of the Month.

Tang Ye’s answer to this was very simple.

He will continue to work hard!
On the other side, Escrivá was ready in the press room.

"Phelan, we saw you standing on the sidelines directing the game today. This is not in line with your usual style this season. Can you tell me the specific reason?"

Escrivá did not rush to answer the reporter's questions, but simply adjusted the microphone in front of him with his hands.

"Our opponents today played a little anxiously, and I was afraid that the players' rhythm would be affected. At this time, I needed to remind the players to make some adjustments. Of course, don't worry, I intervened a lot in Tom's on-field decisions and corrected many of his mistakes."

The reporter blinked: "Phelan, we didn't seem to ask about Tom?"

"Oh, sorry sorry"

Finding himself getting a little anxious, Escriva touched his nose to ease the embarrassment.

The reporter briefly asked Escribá about the substitutions in the game and the tactical adjustments in the second half, all of which Escribá answered with ease.

Compared with Ten Hag, a liberal arts student, Escrivá is more like a science student, although he has been pretending to be a liberal arts student recently.

"One last question, Ferran, you lost to Simeone in the selection of the best coach of the month. Where do you think you lost?"

Two candidates for the best head coach are competing against each other, and the one who didn't win will be embarrassed.

The one who is embarrassed now is undoubtedly Escriva!

“I just got the news when I was behind.”

Escribá pointed to the door: "I have thought about it, but I feel it is normal that I was not as good as Diego (Simeone) last month. I will make some adjustments. This month I think it will be my chance."

!!!

There is nothing wrong with the first half of the sentence. Escriva remains very humble, which is consistent with his usual personality.

But the last sentence...

“This month will be my chance.”

When did Escrivá become so pretentious?

Click, click, click!

Reporters suddenly had a lot more questions, but Escriva said time was almost up and left the press conference directly.

"Wow, Phelan, amazing speech"

Marty, who was waiting at the door, saw Escrivá and couldn't help but tease him.

Of course he heard what Escriva said inside.

"What a shocking statement?"

Escrivá adjusted his suit and tie, then walked to the locker room with Marty.

"The last sentence, your last sentence, you said you want to win the best coach award this month? Wow, no coach has ever said that before."

Marty laughed.

do not know why.

After today's match against Leganes ended with a score of 3:0, Escriva suddenly became confident.

"Hasn't a coach ever said something like this before..."

Escriva smiled.

As Marty could see, the Spaniards were now very, very confident.

He had already figured it out!
Why did he lose to Simeone in the November Best Coach selection?

Isn’t it because Villarreal lost to Athletic Bilbao?
It was because of his strength in the game that Escribá did not get a perfect record. It was completely understandable that he lost to Simeone. In fact, he had already guessed that he would not be able to win the trophy.

In November, Escrivá and Tang Ye were both not selected as the Player of the Month.

But that doesn't matter!

In the first league game in December, Escriva found a way to cooperate with Tom.

He knew how to direct.

There is a tacit understanding between him and Tom now!
That's why he is confident!
Escrivá will have his biggest breakthrough in December!

"Do you know about bonds?"

Marty was a little unresponsive to Escrivá's words.

"Bond, bond? What is this?"

"It's the bond between the coach and the players. When a bond is formed between the coach and the players, the team will become stronger and have a breakthrough, a great breakthrough!"

"I have found a bond with him now!"

"he?"

"Oh, sorry, it's them!"

"That's right, I found a bond with them!"

……

Football Emperor: In the selection of La Liga's best player in November, Tang Ye was defeated by Messi by a very small margin.

[When will we play Barcelona, ​​brothers? I think Messi deserves to be punished! ]

[Isn't there a specific number of votes? How do we know that the gap between Tang Ye and Messi is very small?]

[No need to think about it, the gap is definitely not big, Tang Qiuwang was so C in November]

[Forget about Melo. Their assists combined are not as many as Tang Qiuwang alone. If Neymar is added, maybe he can compete with Tang Qiuwang.]

Melo + Neymar vs Tang Ye?

Currently, the total number of assists for Melo on the assist list is 10, plus Neymar's 4, which is 14.

Now, 14 rounds of La Liga have passed, and Tang Ye has only a pitiful 13 assists, which is less than the total of 14 assists of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar.

From this point of view...King Tang really needs to practice more!
Upon learning of this sad news, Tangye fans are now generally a little depressed.

But it doesn't matter. The La Liga in December has just begun, and Tang Ye's 12 shots and 2 pass have made a good start for his December.

He will continue to compete with Melo for the Player of the Month trophy in December!

……

The 3-0 victory over Leganes is certainly worth celebrating, but coach Escriva did not arrange too much vacation for the players.

Tang Ye had just played games with Dembélé who had skipped training in the apartment for half a day when he was called back to training by Escribá!
Feeling very uncomfortable, Tang Ye bid farewell to Dembele disappointedly and stood on the training ground of the base again.

Coach Escrivá was flipping through the notebook in his hand, looking for today's training tasks.

correct!

Tang Ye suddenly remembered that one of his skills seemed to be about to be upgraded?
Check it out now!

[De Bruyne crosses from the bottom level 2: similar]

Proficiency: 171.5/200
I remember that the last time I checked, I had nearly 50 proficiency points, but now I only have less than 30 proficiency points left to upgrade.

By the way, take a look at the counterattack point balance in your current account.

392 points!
There are nearly 400 counterattack points hanging on me...

Tang Ye thought about it carefully and finally made his decision.

That is to temporarily put aside the task of unlocking new items and focus on those things that you currently have the purchase rights for.

The match against Atletico Madrid is about to begin. Tang Ye can increase the intensity of his training through [Glarish's draft beer] and [Kante's hot chocolate milk] and try to improve his ability as much as possible before the game starts.

"All right!"

Just at this moment, Escriva finally turned to the page in the notebook that belonged to today's task.

But before that, Escriva needs to emphasize something about the next Europa League game.

"We have 5 points after five games, and we have secured first place in the group. Our next opponent, Zurich, is not strong either..."

Hearing this, Tang Ye had a hunch that he might have to sit on the bench again.

But Escriva wasn’t done yet.

"Even though this is the case, I still decided to play with the full starting lineup. I will replace the starting players in advance in the second half."

Escribá has considered this. At present, Villarreal's momentum in the Europa League is very strong, even stronger than their momentum in the league.

In this case, we must maintain this momentum and win by a big score in the last round of the group stage.

6 points in 18 wins!
Once we enter the knockout stage, the opposing teams will be shocked when they see Villarreal!
The Europa League match is in 3 days, and the players’ main task today is strength training.

Marty and Kyle took the players into the gym. Physical coach Kyle said that the players needed to undergo another physical test before training began.

It’s time for a physical test!

Tang Ye suddenly became excited and suppressed his desire to buy [Ronaldo Chicken Breast]. Every morning when he came to the gym, Kyle would ask Tang Ye to stand on the scale and weigh himself, because weight can indirectly reflect a player's recent training benefits and fatigue level, and the club attaches great importance to weight data.

But compared to weight, a football player's height is less important.

Tang Ye came to line up behind Alai. Alai turned around and observed Tang Ye: "How tall were you when you first came to Villarreal?"

Ok……

“It should be 176”

But Tang Ye immediately added: "I feel like I should be about to grow to 178 by now, because I've gained a lot of weight."

"A lot more weight? You're still pretty thin."

Bruno reached out and pinched Tang Ye's arm, obviously not understanding what Tang Ye said.

"I'm 67kg now, that's not considered thin, right?"

Bruno suddenly remembered something: "How much did you weigh when you were in Utrecht?"

"63"

Tang Ye answered quickly.

"62..."

Bruno's eyes widened. "So those rumors are true?"

"What rumors?"

Before Tang Ye could understand what Bruno wanted to say, Ale had already finished measuring his height.

"I rely on..."

Tang Ye took a deep breath because he saw Ale's height data displayed on the digital display.

1 meters 90!

"Sebastian, you are really tall"

"I haven't gained any weight at all, come on, Tom, get on up quickly."

Ale pushed Tang Ye onto the scale. Tang Ye simply moved his joints and took a deep breath.

Look at the data in front of you.

176 cm.

?

There must be something wrong with the step. Tang Ye twisted his neck and raised his head high.

176.5 cm.

"..."

"drop!"

The sound of the machine rang out and Tang Ye stood on it motionless.

"Knot, is it over?"

Stand on tiptoe and jump up.

The data has not changed at all.

This……

So he only grew 0.5cm in half a year?
"Isn't this right?"

Tang Ye looked at Alai beside him, who touched his head and said, "Well, at least it has increased, don't worry, maybe it will be higher next time you measure it."

Tang Ye was not very happy, but height was a statistic that could not be improved through hard work.

He is still 17 years old now, and if you do a simple calculation, he should have the chance to grow to 180cm.

Soon under Kyle's guidance, the Villarreal players began their strength training in the gym.

With the help of Ronaldo's chicken breast and hard training (the core is still hard training), Tang Ye's critical point attributes have been enhanced.

[Physical confrontation: 71 → 72]

Sitting on the bench press, Tang Ye squeezed his arms together to highlight his chest muscles.

Ok……

It seems that it has indeed become a little stronger?
Sansone wandered around the gym and finally sat next to Tang Ye: "Hey, Tom"

"What's wrong Nicola?"

Tang Ye moved his butt and thanked Sansone for giving up his seat.

Sansone was a little hesitant, but when he saw Tang Ye's kind expression, he finally sat down.

“I feel like I’ve become a lot stronger today.”

Tang Ye showed his biceps to Sansone.

The increase was actually not that big, and Tang Ye himself didn’t feel anything.

But since the system said that he has become stronger, it must be correct.

“Well, I see your efforts.”

Sansone said this with an awkward expression.

Tang Ye turned around and said, "Nicolas, do you have anything you want to tell me?"

"Well, Tom..."

Sansone adjusted his breathing, controlled his nervous emotions, and whispered, "I accidentally lost your homework..."

"I rely on?"

Tang Ye stared with wide eyes: "What's the situation? When was it lost? Have you looked for it?"

Sansone touched his hand with an embarrassed expression: "I thought about it carefully, it should be the last round of the game against Leganes. I brought two backpacks when I went there, but only brought one when I came back. The other backpack seemed to be left at Leganes' home court..."

"This……"

Tang Ye scratched his head.

If you fall into the opponent's home court, there is probably no chance of getting it back.

"it's okay no problem"

Tang Ye patted Sansone's shoulder and said, "It's just a workbook. I can ask the teacher for another one when the time comes."

……

On December 12, the Villarreal players flew to Switzerland to start their final round of the Europa League group stage.

"The game begins!"

"Alai, Pato, Bruno, Musacchio, and of course Tang Ye, Villarreal used a complete starting lineup today to face the last round of the Europa League group stage."

"Yes, to be honest, this surprised me a bit, because before today's game they had already secured first place in the group and qualified directly!"

[This is awesome. Some people said before that A-Shen would not let Tang Qiuwang play. How could A-Shen not let Tang Qiuwang play? ]

[Why does Tang Qiuwang want to play? Isn't he already No. 1? ]

[What do you know? I, Tang Qiuwang, want to brush up the data]

【? ! 】

Because it was an away game, the Villarreal players were not in a hurry at the beginning of the first half.

Escrivá was also relatively calm, and apart from reminding the players on the field of their mistakes, he didn't say anything else.

Because he can see that the team is now in a very advantageous position.

Scoring a goal is only a matter of time!
In the 15th minute of the game, Tang Ye's sudden lateral pass directly increased the team's offensive rhythm.

Escriva looked a little nervous, but he was not in a hurry to speak out.

The opponent is not strong, let’s first see how Tang Ye, the golden boy attacking midfielder, controls the tempo of the game!

Villarreal's attack from the right was launched, Gonzalez's long pass accurately found Bakambu in the frontcourt, the latter made a horizontal pass, and Pato rushed over!

"boom!"

With a push shot, Zurich's backcourt defense was completely useless!

In the 17th minute, Villarreal, who were playing away, scored the first goal, which directly established their advantage in this game!

"Pa pa! Good, come on!"

“Yes, a good rhythm!”

"Tom! Run, remember to run!"

The faster passing rhythm just now helped the team score a goal. The Villarreal players on the field formed a tacit understanding, which was to maintain this attacking frequency and finish the first half first!
It’s the 38st minute!

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

Tang Ye didn't know when he got to the right side and completed a cross run with Bakambu at the right baseline.

Ok, start pretending to be a striker!

Take a look at the situation in the penalty area and go straight to the baseline!
Snapped!
[De Bruyne crosses from the bottom level 2: similar]

Proficiency: 178/200
The camera was directed to the penalty area, but the photographer soon discovered something was wrong. Tang Ye's cross was not to the penalty area, but to the top of the arc!
Rodri stopped the ball perfectly, and then volleyed it!
"The ball is in!"

"Beautiful! The first half hasn't even ended yet and Villarreal is already leading by 2 goals!"

Rodri, who scored the goal, ran over and hugged Tang Ye.

The second match against Zurich felt even easier than the first time!

“Beep!!!!”

The referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game, and Tang Ye and Ale walked towards the player tunnel together.

Zurich coach Forth stood on the sidelines waiting, ready to high-five the players as they walked off the pitch.

Watching Tang Ye walking past him, Forte pursed his lips.

When the 40-person shortlist for the Golden Boy Award was announced, this little guy from China had already become famous in Europe.

The point is not how well he is playing now.

The point is that he plays so well and he is only 17 years old!
"Hey, Tom!"

Forte thought about it and finally decided to say hello to Tang Ye.

"Huh? Oh, hello, hello!"

Tang Ye shook hands with Forte very happily and was surprised to find that someone in the home team's stands was calling his name.

It's a special feeling!

"We played very well in the first half, and we were very good in all aspects. We were 2 goals ahead of our opponents, which means that as long as we can stabilize our form, we can win all 6 games in the group stage!"

While Escrivá was giving an inspiring speech in the locker room, Tang Ye untied his shoelaces and moved his ankles.

"Let me first talk about the substitutions for the second half. Sebastian and Tom, you two need to leave the field."

Ok……

Tang Ye and Bruno bumped fists.

Although I knew I would be substituted in the second half, I didn't expect the substitution to come so soon.

"It's okay, we've already won!"

Bruno patted Tang Ye's thigh, then stood up and encouraged the players as captain.

The second half of the game was about to begin. Marty led the substitute players out of the tunnel first and synchronized the substitutions with the fourth official.

"call--"

Tang Ye sat on the bench, feeling the atmosphere, and said to Alai next to him: "It's really good to watch the game from this position."

After finishing his own business, Marty sat in the first row of the bench. Then the team's second assistant coach quickly ran out from the passage and handed Marty a mobile phone.

Marty originally didn't intend to look at his phone, but the second assistant insisted that he look at it, so Marty took a quick look.

At first, Marty's expression was very calm, but after seeing the content on the phone, Marty suddenly stretched his neck and his eyes widened.

Then... turned and looked at Tang Ye.

what?
……

(End of this chapter)