Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 55 Internal Meetings
After chatting for a while, Akori finally talked about football and said to everyone: "Everyone is very nervous recently. I want to tell you a story. I wonder if you are interested?"

This sentence was a nonsense question, and the team members below looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why, while Zhang Yuan sat up straight and listened carefully to what Akeli was saying?
Akoli didn't ask everyone to nod and went straight to the story.

Like the beginning of many stories, the story of Akoli is also a long, long time ago, a hunter took hunting dogs to hunt.A hunter shot a rabbit in the hind leg. The injured rabbit desperately escaped, and the hounds chased after it.But after chasing for a while, the rabbit ran farther and farther.The hound knew that it was impossible to catch up, so it had to go back to the hunter angrily.The hunter said angrily: "You are so useless, you can't even catch a wounded rabbit!"

The hunting dog was very unconvinced and argued: "I have tried my best!"

Besides, the rabbit successfully escaped home with a gunshot wound, and the brothers all surrounded it in surprise and asked, "That hunting dog is very fierce. You were wounded again. How did you get rid of it?"

The rabbit said: "It's doing its best, I'm trying my best! If it doesn't catch up with me, it will be scolded at most, but if I don't run with all my strength, I will die!"

After telling the story, Akoli asked: "Boys, what do you think you are? Hounds or rabbits?"

Everyone is silent, does this need to be said?Seems like we're chasing Genoa, we're the hounds!

Akoli didn't wait for the players below to answer, but said on his own: "I think you must think that you are hunting dogs, because we are struggling to bite Genoa's tail, but I think you are all mistaken! Are you the rabbit? Yes, that’s right, it’s the rabbit. Your eyes are only looking forward and not backward. Piacenza, Mantua, and Brescia are chasing us hard. Guys, don’t look back. Looking ahead, don't forget that if you don't do your best, you may not even make it to the play-offs, and don't believe that you are the only team that decides the play-offs. Don't forget that Piacenza is only nine points behind Genoa, They also have the strength to hold back Genoa. You should remember that it is not how far away from Genoa, but that the next few teams are not far from us. Next, you should try your best instead of doing your best!"

The players below are all lost in thought. Everyone used to only see the gap of 8 points, which was a big gap in the two rounds, but they rarely paid attention to the gap of 1 point and 4 points in the future. They felt that they were the key to holding Genoa. Now After listening to Akeli's words, they realized that they were not the only key, and they seemed to be more nervous. This is the legend that there are wolves before and tigers behind.

This is Zhang Yuan standing up abruptly, and in full view of everyone, he said: "The story Mr. Akeli told just now is very exciting, and I also want to tell a story! A story about our China. It tells about a story in ancient China. A general, he is very powerful, victorious in all battles, invincible, one of the battles is very classic. Once he led his troops to attack another country, he had to take down a pass, the terrain of this city pass is very dangerous, surrounded by mountains There is another big river in front of the pass, with sufficient and capable troops, and this general, whose men are all farmers who have just given out hoes, has very limited strength. He gave up, and the retreat was blocked by the enemy. His subordinates were very nervous, and they all wondered why they had to fight with their backs. Isn’t this a dead end? The general told everyone that this battle must be won! The final result was that the general Really won the victory, finally broke through the pass blocking the front, and destroyed the enemy country. Why did the army under his command win? The general told his subordinates that we have no way out. If we don’t win, all of us will be killed. , everyone can only survive if we try our best to kill the enemy, retreat is the real dead end, and forward is the way of life, the soldiers below will naturally choose life instead of death!"

Zhang Yuan paused and continued: "I'm not telling this story to say that we are now at the critical point of life and death, but I want to say that we should regard every subsequent game as a critical point of life and death, and upgrade Rimini's century-old history. It is the dream of every Rimini person. Don’t you want to be a person who writes history and try to let every Rimini person remember us? Isn’t it great? I know everyone is under a lot of pressure, but what’s the point of putting pressure on yourself? Use it, we have worked hard for a season, no one believed that we could get to where we are today, and finally collapsed. I think there are many people who laugh at us. We have to prove to them that we are not weaker than anyone else. We have to prove to them that Rimini also has The strength can go to a higher level league to fight!"

At the end Zhang Yuan was waving his fists, everyone was dumbfounded, they had never seen Zhang Yuan like this before, but at the same time they were thinking about what Zhang Yuan said.

After Zhang Yuan finished speaking, he sat down again. He hadn’t done ideological mobilization for a long time. He used to be half captain (deputy captain) and half mother in the school team, so he did a lot of ideological mobilization work before games.

Akoli applauded first, and then his teammates applauded too. The applause stopped for a while, and Akoli asked, "Who else would you like to say?"

"Let me say a few words!" Captain Ricciuti said as he stood up and looked at his teammates.

"I have been in Rimini for many years. I used to play in the third division. At that time, I wanted to be promoted to Serie B. It has been two years since I was promoted to Serie B. I have been thinking about when I can also play in the top league. Ah!" Ricciuti is an absolute veteran of Rimini. He has been in Rimini for 6 years. He has become a veteran from a young player, and he is a great contributor to Rimini's promotion to the second division.

"Now when the opportunity presents itself, I worry about the outcome and I am very nervous. Sometimes my thoughts drift to the first division! But guys, we still need to seize the opportunity and not let the opportunity slip away! Now we have to fight for it. Playing in the play-offs, we have to win the play-offs to get that precious spot! As Zhang Yuan said, I also want to go to Serie A to let them see what Rimini is like, So please help me realize this wish, please?" Ricciuti said emotionally, he is now the golden age of a player, and if he is not promoted to Serie A, he probably will not have the opportunity to play in Serie A in the future, unless he transfers, from him In terms of Rimini's feelings, the transfer is probably the last choice.

The players below looked at the captain with indescribable emotion, especially the older ones. Who wouldn't want to go to Serie A, but most of them spend their days in low-level leagues. Serie A is their dream.You are young and eager to try, and you will get more attention on a bigger stage. No matter how good you play, you are doomed to be unappreciated in a corner where others don’t pay attention. For example, Zhang Yuan has no chance. He can only play in the school team. A gangster, and then go to college to study, work, marry a wife and have children for a lifetime, no matter how talented you are, it is useless, so Zhang Yuan is lucky.

After Ricciuti finished speaking, some teammates also stood up to express their feelings and pour out their thoughts. Maybe it’s been a long time since everyone held this kind of meeting. The last internal meeting was well said. After Corey finished speaking, no one dared to say it. This time, with Zhang Yuan taking the lead and Ricciutti following, everyone stood up enthusiastically. How could any player not want to be promoted?Everyone wants to!My heart is tense, and there is a problem with my mentality. Speaking out is also a kind of relaxation, and the effect will definitely be good.

Why are there so many professional players who don’t know that the pressure is amazing? Many professional players suffer from depression because of this. Some are worried about their main position, some are worried about the boos of fans, and some are troubled by the media to the point of collapse. .Professional players have a strong ability to resist pressure, but the pressure they face is beyond the understanding of ordinary people. Even strong people may be overwhelmed by pressure, and they are no exception.

This meeting lasted a bit long, even a few loanees talked, and they also want to upgrade, so they will be valued more by the old club, like Handanovic is the main goalkeeper of the team, and Digan is in the second half The number of appearances in the season has also increased a lot. Matri has played 7 goals so far in the case of most substitute time in the league. Rimini has also made a great contribution to reach this position.The old club will not fail to see these results. In fact, there are many scouts watching the Rimini game. For those who have made great contributions, the old club will naturally evaluate them carefully and give them opportunities.

The effect of the meeting was obvious. When the meeting was over, everyone was talking and laughing, with a relaxed look on their faces. Akori made another decision to have dinner together in the evening, and he treats them!My God, this is a rare event in a hundred years!

The next day's training also changed. Everyone's sense of tension disappeared a lot. It would be unlucky to be absolutely relaxed. If you are too relaxed, you will play casually with your mentality. It is difficult to knead a tactical team into a group. If you want to succeed, unless you really have a dozen superstars in your team!The current state is very good, everyone is neither too nervous nor too relaxed, and unforced errors in training have also been reduced a lot.Akoli is very pleased. Anyway, his team has gone on the right path in terms of mentality. There are many factors that determine the game, but the most important thing is the mentality. No matter how good your tactics are, the players do not have the right Mentality, then there must be deviations in execution, and the tactical effect will not achieve the expected goal.

(End of this chapter)