In the afternoon, Chu Zhongtian ran to Kings Ranch and was like a magical journey - he was recognized by some enthusiastic Wimbledon fans on the road. Some people greeted him, some cheered him in the car, and some people simply accompanied him for a while, chatted with the hero who eliminated Wimbledon and praised his performance in the game. Wimbledon and Wimbledon have a feud, so fans always favored those players who helped the team defeat Wimbledon. Just like a player who had just joined the team and performed well in the same city derby and helped the team defeat their opponents, he would be accepted by those fans immediately, such as Kaka, who joined AC Milan. His starting point for reaching a high score in Milan was that he scored his first goal in the Milan derby, and his opponent was Inter Milan.

Because these people were wasting time on the road, he arrived at the stadium a little later than expected. When he ran outside the King's Ranch, he was frightened by the scene he saw - the small parking lot was squeezed out by various vehicles, and reporters kept running in and out of the gate. When he just approached the gate, the reporters who were busy found him and picked up the cameras and cameras in their hands.

Seeing that the long spears and short cannons were aimed at him for a moment, Chu Zhongtian even raised his hands reflexively... Soon he realized that it was too embarrassing to do so, so he quickly put his hands down.

When he put down his hand and walked towards the gate, the photographers pressed the shutter in his hands, and the sounds of clattering came one after another. Every step he took was frozen on the camera screen.

Chu Zhongtian tried his best to keep himself calm and passed this "photographic array".

When he walked into the locker room, his teammates who were chatting and changing clothes suddenly became quiet and turned their heads to look at him.

Chu Zhongtian felt that everything was strange today, and it was strange since he went to school until now. Students who were familiar with him asked him to sign his autographs and came to train and were blocked by reporters at the door to take photos. Now he finally entered the locker room, and everyone looked at him with a very strange look... Could this be famous?

Chu Zhongtian stood at the door and dared not go in.

At this moment, Joe Xilin walked out of the crowd and slapped her. Andy Sullivan followed his friends to applaud Chu Zhongtian. Then Kevin Cooper, Gavin Borger, Sim Johnston, Andy Bell... one by one, everyone applauded.

Before Chu Zhongtian could react, why did they applaud themselves, he heard the boss's voice ringing behind him: "Congratulations, boy. You are now a star, ha!"

He looked back at the boss.

"Go in and change your clothes. Even though you are a star, you still need to train." Eames waved to him.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian, who changed his clothes and ran to the stadium, still felt that this was incredible.

The surroundings of the stadium were surrounded by media from all over England, carrying cameras and cameras, busy shooting, while those text reporters were surrounding Chris Stuart, chairman of the Wimbledon Athletic Club.

Wimbledon Athletic eliminated the League One team Wimbledon and entered the fourth round, making the team famous nationwide. Although the Class C team Shrewsbury also eliminated the Premier League team Everton, they are still professional teams after all, and Wimbledon Athletic is an absolute amateur team, and they are the biggest dark horses in this FA Cup.

Now that their opponents have not been drawn yet, the draw ceremony will be held after the playoffs in the middle of the week, and then they will know who the opponents are. They will have a great chance of meeting the super team, and the opponents they meet will not be comparable to those of the previous three opponents. And their progress may end, but no one will regret it, because they have created the history of the club and won the respect of all Englanders - except for Pete Winkelman.

Head coach Terry Eames announced to the media a fifteen-minute free shooting time, and when the time comes, they have to be invited out. The goalkeeper of Kings Ranch closed the first time during training.

But Eames believes that few of these reporters will leave. They will wait until the team's training is over before they catch him and interview the players. The Englishman has a special relationship with the FA Cup and has a special liking for the story of defeating the strong with the weak. Wimbledon is in line with all their imaginations about the FA Cup and defeating the strong with the weak - the amateur team, unknown, experienced hardships, strong opponents, but still create miracles many times.

BBC once again came to produce a special film for Wimbledon. This morning, the Greater London area was covered with thick fog. As soon as he went out, the outdoor reporter flashed his inspiration and asked the cameraman to start shooting immediately. He took a long time to take pictures of the white thick fog before he was satisfied.

The cameraman asked him what he was doing. He smiled proudly and said, "Don't you think Wimbledon is like walking out of this thick fog? From blur to gradually clear, it finally appears in front of all of us."

He said it right. This is the image of Wimbledon in the hearts of the audience and fans. From the initial blur to the present clarity, they outlined their image one by one. The game against Wimbledon was a coloring stage, making their image plump and three-dimensional.

"So, we have to get to know this brand new team again!"

※※※The reporter's interview was left until the end of the training. Even if the players were excited, they could only complete today's training task first.

Eames warned them with a shady face before the start of training: "If anyone does not perform well in training, don't want to play in the fourth round of the FA Cup. I think the chance of us playing against Premier League teams is very high, and there may be live TV broadcasts for all England. Do you want Chu to become famous overnight? Then perform well in training and strive to get tickets to participate in the competition!"

Chu Zhongtian was elected the best on the spot after the last round of the FA Cup, and has now been set up and promoted by Eames as a role model for the team.

Moreover, Eames's plan is not only to set him as a team's example in spirit, but he has deeper considerations.

When the player went to warm up, Eames hooked up at Chu Zhongtian: "Chu, are you here again today?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Then you don't have to warm up today. I want to talk to you about some things."

The players looked at Chu Zhongtian enviously. It was just the best game. His position in the team is different now. He was just the core of the defense before, but he did not enjoy such privileges. Now he can not only not participate in the warm-up, but also talk to the head coach alone... As long as his IQ is normal and his eyes are not blind, everyone can see that Boss Eames has a good impression of Chu.

Chu Zhongtian looked at everyone, then turned around and left the team and walked towards the head coach.

"Actually, I discovered something after the game against Wimbledon..." Eames walked aside and said as he walked. "The players were very happy and satisfied with the results of the game. What do you think?"

"How do you view the outcome of the game, boss?"

"Yeah." Eames nodded.

"I'm very happy, I'm very happy to win, boss."

"Then let me ask you, do you have any plans for the fourth round of the FA Cup?" Eames stared at Chu Zhongtian and raised this question.

Chu Zhongtian thought for a while: "If possible, I want to win, boss."

After hearing this answer, a smile appeared on Eames' face.

"Ha, I know! Ha! You will definitely answer this, haha! Did you know, Chu? I made a bet with your assistant coach Nicky before, and I said that if I ask you what you plan to win in the next FA Cup game, you will definitely say you want to win. He and I have different opinions. Thank you, I have obtained this hundred pounds again, haha!"

Assistant coach Ingrich was blowing the whistle and leading the team to run around the circle to warm up. He had just blew a whistle that signaled everyone to sprint and run quickly, and saw Eames laughing. He turned his head to look and found Eames was patting Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder. It seemed that they had a good conversation.

He also thought of the previous bet. Could it be that he would lose another hundred pounds? In the absence of his mind, he forgot to blow the whistle of the end of the sprint. The players did not hear the coach's whistle signal, so naturally they did not dare to stop the sprint pace, for fear of being lazy and being punished to run more laps.

So the poor players sprinted for a long time because of the assistant coach's loss of consciousness before hearing the whistle of life-saving.

On the other side, Eames continued to say to Chu Zhongtian standing in front of him: "Do you know why I called you out alone? It's not because you won the best player title in last Saturday's game, but because I think you are not the same as them." The head coach pointed to the team running the lap. "After we won Wimbledon, the whole team was filled with joy of winning, which is normal. But I saw a little bad sign there - our players lost their fighting spirit. They thought the highest goal had been completed, and it doesn't matter what the next game will be..."

"But we are still training very hard, boss..." Chu Zhongtian felt that he should explain to the head coach for his teammates. He didn't want the head coach to have bad ideas about the team, because he is also a member of the team, even if he was called out by the boss alone to talk.

"That's just that they hope to get a chance to play through their positive performance in training so that they can play against the super team and then go on TV again. As for the final result, they actually don't care. For many of them, being able to reach the fourth round is an unexpected ending." Eames said.

"But as the team's head coach, I'm not willing to stop here... I always think why don't we try to go further? Or... why don't we perform well in the game against strong teams, maybe we can still win?" Eames said to Chu Zhongtian.

"But I can only control the off-field, but I can't control the on-field. My will needs someone to help me implement it on the court." Eames said staring at Chu Zhongtian.

Looking at the head coach's eyes, Chu Zhongtian suddenly understood why the boss had to talk to him alone, but... "Isn't this the matter that Captain Coopers is responsible, boss?"

"Coopers is a good captain, but he doesn't have as strong desire to win as you do, Chu."

"Do you really think I'm suitable, boss?" Chu Zhongtian still had some questions.

Eames smiled: "You are very confident on the court, why do you doubt yourself so much after you get off?"

"That's because I can do some things on the field very well, boss." Chu Zhongtian replied honestly. Yes, he is very confident in what he is good at, but why should he keep confident in what he is not good at?

"But I noticed a problem. You are very confident when you defend, but you are very unconfident when you attack."

"I have been practicing defense for ten years, boss, but I have never been exposed to offense."

"But I find that you are becoming more and more confident in the offense now. Why is that?" Eames smiled at him.

Chu Zhongtian didn't think about it, and the answer blurted out: "I started practicing offensive skills since last year, boss."

Then he found that Eames didn't answer, but just looked at him and smiled.

He thought about it himself, and then understood that he was not confident because he was not familiar with it, and now he was confident because he gradually became familiar with it.

"Everything goes from unfamiliar to familiarity. Do you know how to defend when you just started playing football? This is the case with the defense, the offense, and the leadership of the team to win is still the case." Eames put his hand on Chu Zhongtian's shoulder. "I liked your fighting spirit and the skill level you showed in that game. I don't know who you wrote in the summer, but it's obvious that those things are working now. To be honest, since Russell left, we have lacked someone who can organize the offense. The team's current tactic is not to organize the core, and simply play two wings. This set is quite suitable in the ninth league, because our opponents are not very strong, and they are also effective in the FA Cup, because our opponents underestimate the enemy, and... well, they are not strong enough." Eames nodded at this point.

"I don't know who our next opponent is yet, but I think it's definitely not weaker than the previous three. No matter how lucky we are, we are not as good as that. The FA is not my family, ha!"

"I hope you are the core, spiritual and tactical of the team. It's not just that FA Cup, but from now on until... until you leave the team."

Eames said something that shocked Chu Zhongtian.

"The team will develop tactics around your characteristics. You are like the sun, and the team is like a planet. You have to control this team, whether it is offense or defense, you have to take over. I will tell you the tactics and you can achieve them."

Every word Eames said hit Chu Zhongtian's chest heavily, shocking him a little overwhelmed.

Let me be the core? Lead the entire team? Control offense and defense? Complete the coach's tactical requirements?

But I am just a defensive midfielder... "...so your position on the field must be the premise." Eames' voice drilled into Chu Zhongtian's ears again. "Don't just be satisfied with being a midfielder. You have to try to be a midfielder. If necessary, I even hope you will be a midfielder!"

Chu Zhongtian was completely stupid.

Central forward? Front midfielder? He has played goalkeeper and central defender before, and even played center position. If the center forward and front midfielder are added, wouldn’t he play all the positions on the center axis?

Almighty warrior?

Too exaggerated...

"But I only know how to defend..."

"It's okay, we can practice. What do you think training is for? Just practice running and shooting?" Eames said confidently. "You have a strong learning ability, Chu. I knew this from the beginning. I arranged for you and Russell to accept punishment, but you can learn and improve your skills from punishment, so I believe you can."

"There are twenty days left before the next FA Cup. We will practice in a week in the future. I know that it may not be good for me to say that. But I hope you can come every time you train, because we are doing tactical training, and if the tactical core is not there, there is no way to train."

Chu Zhongtian frowned slightly: "Do you have to do this all the time?" Of course, there is no problem with the Christmas holiday, but school starts... "Well... it only needs to be before the fourth round of the FA Cup, of course... If we accidentally win the opponent in the fourth round and enter the fifth round, it may have to last for a while."

Chu Zhongtian calculated in his mind. He only attended five days of classes in a week, and had training in three afternoons, so he could only attend two days of classes. Basically, it was equivalent to only attending morning classes in a week. What should I do if I had to do with the homework? Lao Yang should not have a big problem, I can only work harder on my own... In his heart, the temptation of football is increasing little by little, slowly surpassing the obsession with persistence in learning.

He nodded: "No problem, boss. I want to win, anyway, I have to pay a price if I want to win."

Eames was very satisfied with his answer and smiled and said, "Yes, you have to pay the price if you want to win, ha! Go back to training, I will announce this news later. I believe that with your popularity in the team, no one should object, right?"

The team has finished warm-up.

Chu Zhongtian ran back and worked with Steve Gibson, who was assigned to the same group as Yu himself. He was originally in the same group as Russell, but Russell retired, and the vacancy was filled by Gibson, who joined the team last summer.

"What did the boss tell you, Chu?" Gibson asked in a low voice as he was pulling.

In fact, this is also a question that everyone is concerned about. When they were running the lap, they whispered, but in the end they did not come up with a clear answer.

"You will know soon, Gibbo (gibbo, Gibson's nickname in the team)." Chu Zhongtian felt that one or two words could not be explained clearly.

Sure enough, before the whole team warmed up and was about to officially start training, Eames announced that he would train Chu Zhongtian to become the team's tactical core, and both offense and defense must be formulated around his characteristics.

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Chu Zhongtian standing in the crowd, with surprise and envy, but there was absolutely no "jealousy" there.

Qiao Xilin whistled, then took the lead in applauding, and then the whole team applauded to support the head coach's decision.

Andy Sullivan patted Chu Zhongtian standing next to him: "I'll say you can do it, Chu."

Listening to the second applause from the players today, Chu Zhongtian pursed his lips tightly. It was not that he was deliberately pretending to be cool, but that if he didn't control it, he was afraid that he would lose his composure. Now his nose was very sour - he was moved by the friendship and trust of his teammates. He was very happy that after hearing Emily's words, he chose this team, otherwise he would not have encountered so many teammates who would trust him. They fought side by side, and after great hardships, they finally reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, and his teammates began to relax. His task was to rekindle and lead them to continue to win, even if it was an almost impossible victory.

For him, this seemed like an impossible task. Can he successfully complete it?
Chapter completed!