champion godfather

Chapter 794 Volume Six Ibrahimovic Heading the Crimson Club
According to Tony Twain's habit of doing things, before he made up his mind on a matter, he had to determine the way out.

The matter of whether to sell Zikic has really troubled him for two days. The reason for wanting to keep him is just as he thought when he talked with Allen before, and the reason for selling him is from the next At the beginning of the season, the forest team may not need so many people on the striker... If it is possible to sell a player and earn some transfer funds for the team, it is not impossible.

Tang En was not stubborn on this matter.

In fact, starting from the second half of the season, the Forest team will use more new tactics and new formations in order to break through.Tang En has led the team for so many years, and this is the first time that such an almost subversive change has been made.After all, the previous Forest team always gave people the impression of defending and then counterattacking.No matter how they change, they can't escape this circle.

New formations and new tactics will tend to be more aggressive.Tang En no longer insisted on his own 442, but changed to 451, and a stricter division would be 4231, the Christmas tree formation.

In this way, the demand for forwards is greatly reduced, and only one forward is used in each game. If too many people are left on the bench, the rotation cannot be arranged, and some people will definitely feel uncomfortable-why can he be rotated? , I can only continue to be a bench?
If you really want to sell Zikic, there is such a consideration.

But Zikic is gone. After all, the team lacks a center. At some special moments, a center like Zikic can play a role that several other forwards do not have.Tang En was not willing to just throw away a useful card like this.

Ibisevic is a shooter, but he is not a center in the pure sense, let alone a standing center.

Ruud van Nistelrooy will retire after this season. Eastwood's knee, which has undergone three major operations, is always like a landmine. I don't know when it will be stepped on. Ibisevic is the only forward who has no hidden dangers. up.In the new tactic, Abanglaho will become a more comprehensive player. He can be used as a striker, but Dunn intends to let him play as an offensive right midfielder, because his speed advantage will play a greater role on the wing.

Milan, who is on loan, can also play multiple positions such as forward and offensive full-back, so you don't have to worry about playing opportunities.

If Zikic is sold again, where can I find a suitable substitute?
In Tang En's mind, the standard for this substitute is to have a certain strength, but it doesn't need to be too strong, because too strong will definitely require the main position, and this requirement will definitely not be met by Tang En.If Eastwood is healthy and free from injuries and illnesses, then he and Ibisevic will be the team's main strikers and play in rotation.

In this way, the role of the newly added striker will not be so great.If possible, Twain would not spend money on a third striker...it would be too wasteful.

After thinking like this for two days, Tang En thought of someone.

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"Are you free now?" During the training interval, Tang En grabbed Chris Lak and Tang.

"Aren't you training?" Chris Rack felt strange.

"Let the coaches take it first, I want you to accompany me to the training ground of the reserve team."

"Why do you suddenly want to go to the reserve team?" Tang asked.

"I suddenly thought of someone, and I almost forgot about him..." Tang En scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly.

He did forget about that person...

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"You really forgot about him." Standing on the sidelines of Wilford's training ground, Tang glanced at Tang En.

The reserve team is not part of the youth team, so they train at South Wilford just like the first team.The two places are not far apart, and they will arrive in a short walk.

The reserves are playing a seven-on-seven match on the training ground in front of them.There is a person in the yellow team who is very eye-catching because he is currently the tallest player on the field.

The person Tang, Twain, and Chris Lark came to see was him—Aaron Mitchell.Two and a half years ago, Tang En went to the reserve team to inspect Shaheen's recovery, but he never expected that the protagonist of that day would be another person.

At that time, Mitchell's performance as a central defender was mediocre. If he continues to play like this, the best possibility is to go to the second-tier league to spend his days. Anyway, with his level, he will definitely not be able to gain a foothold in the Premier League. Not to mention playing in the Nottingham Forest first team.

After Dun En watched his training and games, he called him over and suggested that he should play center forward from now on.Although they are all mid-laners, their position has moved from the back to the front, which can be described as an earth-shaking change.

Making Mitchell change positions was only out of Twain's professional habits.Then half a year later, he was struck down by a heart attack, and another half year was so busy fighting the heart attack that he completely forgot about Mitchell.Later in the process of rebuilding the team, since the Forest team had no shortage of strikers, he never thought of the poor guy who was left in the youth team after he changed his position...

It wasn't until the possibility of Zigic's possible transfer and departure was put on the agenda that he thought of this young man who felt a bit similar to Zigic at the beginning.

Aaron Mitchell is now 20 years old. He has played in the reserve team for two years, but he has yet to get a chance to enter the first team.

Although playing in the reserve team can be said to be a way to enter the first team, it does not mean that playing here will definitely be able to enter the first team.There are many players who play in the reserve team most of the time, and can only be transferred to the first team occasionally to relieve urgent needs.This part of the players is considered lucky, and more players will remain unknown in the reserve team, perhaps go to low-level leagues to find opportunities, or just disappear.If a player keeps playing in the reserve team after graduating from the youth team, it at least shows that he does not have any outstanding talents and talents, and the future of such a player is bleak.

From this point of view, Aaron Mitchell's talent is obviously not outstanding.

Mitchell is on the pitch as a centre-forward and his header is still outstanding, thanks of course to his frightening height.Tang En always felt that Mitchell was taller than the one he saw before, so he pointed at Mitchell and turned his face to the reserve team coach Colin Cradwood next to him: "He How tall are you now?"

"Two meters and two," replied Cradwood.

Tang En whistled: "It's as tall as Zikic."

"But he is thinner than Zikic." Tang said next to him.

Indeed, the thinness of the [-]m Mitchell is clear at a glance. He is a bit like Pete Crouch who once played for the Forest team.

"How is your physical resistance?" Tang En asked.

"Very average." Cladewood replied.

Tang En frowned at this answer.The center he needs must have a strong body and be able to compete with the opponent's tall and strong defenders in the penalty area, so that he will not easily lose his position and the ball.

Of course, Cradlewood knew what Tang En was worried about, so he laughed and continued: "But Tony, he is not the same as the traditional center..."

"Huh? Why is it different?"

"Have you ever seen a center forward who is over two meters tall and can ride a bicycle?"

Tang En and the two assistant coaches around him looked at Cradwood in surprise.

"His technique is very good." Cladewood laughed, "and very average. Technically speaking, there is no obvious shortcoming. He can pass the ball to his teammates to create opportunities, and he can also pull to the wing to pass the ball. Considering his height, he is pretty good. Perhaps it is because he also knows the reason why he is not strong in physical resistance, so he worked hard on technical training, so... it became what you see now son."

While they were talking, Mitchell got the ball. When he stopped the ball while running, he used the heel of his outside foot. While stopping the football, he also completed a sudden stop and turned to change direction...

"Wow——" Chris Lak couldn't help admiring.

After stopping the ball on the side and passing a defender of the opponent, Mitchell made a cross from the spot. Unfortunately, the teammates who responded in the middle did not expect Mitchell to make a pass so decisively, and it was a hair's breadth away.

Several people stopped talking, and began to seriously observe every performance of Mitchell on the court.

Perhaps because he used to be a central defender, Mitchell still retains the habit of going up to press when he sees the opponent's player taking the ball, unlike those purely offensive players who walk in the frontcourt and watch the opponent take the football from him. Take it with you.This helped Mitchell get a lot of opportunities to counterattack on the spot in the frontcourt.

Since his height is as high as [-] meters, he has a very large pace with the ball, so he doesn't feel slow, and he doesn't give people a bulky feeling like Zikic.Coupled with his excellent foot skills, watching him play will always give people an illusion-is this really a big man over two meters tall?

He is also not the kind of center who likes to stand in front of the goal and wait for his teammates to pass the ball to him. He prefers to pull out, retreat to respond, and over-connect for the offense.

His header is indeed a very sharp weapon. As long as the football flies into his volley, it will not escape in all likelihood.With his amazing height and uncompromising bounce, coupled with the level and awareness of header competition developed when playing as a central defender, he can be called an air bully in front of the goal.

It's a pity that compared with his excellent header, his shooting is a bit poor...

Tang En watched his game for 15 minutes and made a rough calculation.The header success rate is as high as 80.00%, but out of five shots, only one shot was within the range of the goal frame - and it was directly obtained by the goalkeeper because of too positive.

"Uh...his shooting skills are improving slowly..." Speaking of this, Cladwood was also a little embarrassed.

In the reserve team, the tactic for Mitchell was to attack. He retreated to meet the midfield pass, and then used his own foot skills to dribble the ball to break through, and then divided it to the teammates who had already inserted, and continued on his own. A big stride into the restricted area.After the teammates got rid of the wing defense, they kicked the pass, and Mitchell, who was already in place, competed for the header. At this time, he had two choices: A, he headed the goal; B, ferryed to other teammates, for the goal They create chances on goal.

Very simple tactic, and Mitchell did it pretty well.He is really impeccable on the header.

It's a pity that the body is really too thin, and there is almost no frontal confrontation ability.This is also an important reason why he couldn't play as a central defender...

He was not recommended by the coaches for promotion to the first team, which was also necessary.

The Premier League is the most competitive league in the world, and a "reasonable collision" in the Premier League may be a malicious foul in other leagues.A forward who is not physically fit loses at the start in the competition with others.Except for outliers like Wenger, few coaches would like a striker who looks like he will fall when the wind blows.

But Dunn didn't care that much, he saw hope from Mitchell, a completely different center forward, he might bring something different to the Forest team's offense.

"Ask him to report to the first team tomorrow." Tang En snapped his fingers, "I want to register him for the Champions Cup next stage."

The meaning of this sentence is that Zikic can leave with confidence...

Regarding Tang En's decision, neither of the two assistant coaches made any sense. They also saw the shining things in Mitchell, and the shortcomings must be made up for through training and high-level competitions.

After explaining these things, Twain left with the two assistant coaches. They had to go back to the training ground of the first team, so they couldn't waste too much time here.

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Aaron Mitchell only heard about his call-up to the first team from reserve team coach Colin Craddwood after training had finished.After a brief daze, there was joy.Since he switched to playing forward, he has also thought about his future in the Forest team.He felt that since the boss wanted to switch to the striker himself, then maybe he needed a striker.

But when he saw the forest team's huge and somewhat bloated striker lineup, he felt a little desperate.He thinks that he is not a player with outstanding talents. The only thing he is proud of is his height and header.

He keeps practicing his skills in order to make himself have some characteristics that stand out from other such big players.

After Colin Craddwood decided to let him practice how to be a striker, he also noticed Mitchell's efforts and characteristics in this area, so he recommended a role model for Mitchell to learn from.

This role model is not Zikic in the Forest team, nor Ruud van Nistelrooy.It was Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Inter Milan, Italy.

In his spare time, he will study the playing characteristics and style of the Swedish high center forward, try to imitate and learn, and hope that he can also become a striker with a height of more than 1.9 meters but excellent skills at his feet.

Now is the opportunity!
The next day, he went straight to the training ground of the first team. He was a little excited to see star teammates who were rarely seen on the sidelines.And those teammates also looked at Mitchell who was standing on the sidelines with some curiosity.

Mitchell is not a quasi-star player like Mok, who is in the reserve team but whose name has long spread throughout the club.Before he came here, he had been unknown.Although everyone is in the same club, it is normal that they are not familiar with each other.

When the players of the first team were warming up together, Aaron Mitchell was still standing outside, a little at a loss.

Then his savior came.

Tony Twain and the two assistant coaches walked like a training ground. He saw Mitchell wandering outside the crowd at a glance, and waved to him: "Boy, come here!"

"This is your new teammate." Twain introduced Mitchell to the other players. "Aaron Mitchell, who plays as a striker, used to play as a central defender."

Hearing his strange position change, the players let out a burst of wonder.

After a brief introduction, Twain asked the players to warm up, but he left Mitchell alone.

"I have to tell you something in advance to avoid trouble in the future." Tang En said to Mitchell who stood in front of him respectfully, "First of all, you can be transferred to the first team to prove your ability, so don't doubt it Your own strength is not enough; secondly, don’t think that you will be able to get a main position and starting opportunities if you enter the first team... Now I will not promise you these things. If you want to have all these, you can only use your own training Attitude and form to fight for. You know, now you can only be last in the first team of all strikers."

Mitchell kept nodding.

"You better approach the first-team life with a learning mentality and I think that will help you."

When he said these words, Tang En's face wearing sunglasses was always stern.He doesn't mind being strict with these young people, because he knows how cruel professional football can be.On the growth path of these young people, he is willing to always be the number one villain in these people's hearts.

Seeing that Mitchell had a good attitude and accepted it humbly, Tang En was very satisfied.He finished his lecture and began to assign specific training tasks: "Start strengthening your shooting training and strength training today. The coaching staff will give you a special training plan and practice according to it. I heard that you are in the reserve team. When did Coach Cradlewood ask you to learn from Zlatan Ibrahimovic?"

Mitchell nodded: "Yes, boss. I hope to be a striker like him."

"Make no mistake, boy. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not weak physically, and his shooting ability is ten light-years better than yours."

Mitchell's expression darkened when he said this. Although what Tang En said was true, the truth was not very pleasant...

Tang En remembered that although Mitchell was already 20 years old, he was still a young player after all.Sometimes encouragement is needed.

So he grinned: "But don't worry. At least you have one thing better than Zlatan Ibrahimovic - your header." He pointed to Mitchell's head. "Ibrahimovic who can head the ball is much better than Ibrahimovic himself!"

(End of this chapter)