Chapter 37: Shooting is the job of the striker!

In Simon Grayson's mind, he had already made a rough plan for all the remaining games this season. For so many events to play, there must be priorities.

Defending the Premier League championship is naturally the most important task for Leeds United this season. The kingdom is to make the team the strongest in England first.

There is too much uncertainty after entering the knockout stage of the Champions League. In addition, Shaq has passed his peak period and is no longer the super killer who can always decide the outcome of the game by relying on his own strength. Simon Grayson doesn't plan to fight to the death. If he has the chance, it will be a good thing. It won't be fine if he doesn't have the chance to compete for the championship.

Shaq is getting old, and this really makes Simon Grayson feel helpless, but this is an indisputable fact. Even though Shaq is still the best player in the world, he has indeed come down from the altar and begins to feel like a hero is old.

The "Three Lions" have failed in the World Cup and European Cup. Although the overall strength of the team has declined, it also proves that Shaq has begun to decline personally. Otherwise, Shaq could have carried the England team alone by himself. This is what he did before.

As for the League Cup and the FA Cup, these two events are not valued by Simon Grayson and have won all the championships. It is really not rare to have such a valuable champion. Unless the main force of his team will be used in the finals, they will all accumulate game experience for young players to practice. Even the number of uncritical league games will be like this.

Leeds United are obviously not very attractive to the stars, so Simon Grayson also recognized this time. The growth of young players is the guarantee of the future of the "Youth Guards". Only what you cultivate yourself is the most trustworthy!

Immediately afterwards, Simon Grayson also started a series of renewal plans. Now many young people in the team performed well, and it is time to give them a new contract, which will make the team more stable.

When Simon Grayson was busy, Shaq was not idle either, but his task was very single, which was to cultivate his own chosen successor... Campbell!

Every day after the team's normal training, Shaq would take Campbell to continue practicing on the training ground and teach him his experience and skills. Although he knew that because of the "black feet", Campbell could not make rapid progress and could not catch up with his own achievements, Shaq still hopes to help this young man and make him the future leading shooter of Leeds United. After all... The "Young Guards" are his own!

Regarding Campbell, Shaq and Simon Grayson also talked in detail, and unanimously felt that the young man's sense of smell and awareness in front of the door were much better than Shaq. When he was young, Shaq relied on his body to make a living. He worked hard all the way and never suffered any injuries. In Simon Grayson's opinion, it was a miracle, but Shaq himself knew that it was all due to the "black feet".

The Leeds United coaching staff has developed a detailed training plan. They plan to train Campbell to become a real striker step by step. The first step is... long-range shooting!

Shak Riei's famous "Shak GOAL" is a typical long-range shot. He also scored countless goals in this way. Shak's experience and skills are definitely unique in the world.

Leeds United will play the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals with Wolves. In the first leg, Leeds United defeated their opponents at home with a score of 5:1. This time, Simon Grayson announced the list of the matches early in the morning, all of which were young players, so that the young people would prepare for the game as soon as possible.

This arrangement also gave Leeds United's main players more rest time, and Shaq also began to teach Campbell's work...

"Liam, do you know my long-range shot is very NB, right? Ha, I can tell you that it is not just the result of my hard practice, there are also skills in it..."

The 32-year-old Shaq has already reached the point of perfection in long-range shooting. When organizing the language, it is easy for Campbell to understand several key points in long-range shooting.

First of all, the player's personal long-range shooting method. If he can't even kick the ball within the goal range, how can he score?

No one can do anything about this. Apart from continuous hard practice, they can only rely on talent. Long-range shooting requires a player's physical fitness. Campbell cannot meet the standards in this regard, so he can only start from the accuracy.

"Remember! If you play accurately, the chance to shoot suddenly, the success rate of long shots will be much higher, especially the more the opponent thinks you can't shoot, the success rate will be higher! If you look back at the timing of my long shot, there are many times when the opponent's players are blocking me. At this time, the opponent's goalkeeper will definitely not think that you will shoot suddenly, so...hehe, do you understand?"

Shaq taught Campbell all his long-range shooting skills without reservation. As for whether this young man can master it and how much he can do it, it is not something he can control, but at least... Campbell's attitude is good. The young man did not become arrogant because of the last game. This mentality is rare!

On January 28, Leeds United went to the away game to play Wolves. Campbell practiced long shots hard on the training ground. After all, the time was too short and he could not really use them on the court. After the two long shots missed in the first half, Campbell no longer dared to shoot farther again. Moreover, he only had one header in the whole game, posed a threat and failed to help the team break through the opponent's goal.

However, Wolves failed to break through the goal of Leeds United, and the two sides finally got a draw 0:0. The "Youth Guards" advanced to the final of the League Cup with a 5:1 score in two rounds.

After the League Cup semi-finals, Leeds United will then play the fourth round of the FA Cup with Sheffield United. This time they are playing at home, and Simon Grayson also led the team back to Leeds from the Morinux Stadium and told the young men that they will be sent to the next game, but he does not want to see another draw.

Shaq, who went with the team but did not play, started to use the game video to give Campbell a small meal on the road: "Liam, look at this time... this is a good opportunity! The opponent's goalkeeper is on the left side. If you can kick the arc ball with your left foot and hit the upper right corner of the opponent's goal, the route is higher, you will be able to score! And this time... why didn't you kick? And this time there was no long shot! What do you think you have sweated so much on the training ground for?"

"I...I don't think I've practiced well enough, so...uh. Shaq, sorry!"

Campbell's face turned red. He didn't find these opportunities at that time, but he really didn't have the confidence to shoot farther, so he missed the opportunity to score in the second half.

"Didn't practice well enough?"

Shaq laughed and said, "Liam, you are a forward. Your only task on the field is to shoot and score goals! Shooting is the same as others passing the ball. Goals are just the result of your work! Has no one told you that as long as you feel you have a chance to score, then go and shoot, because this is your job as a forward player... Oh, no one told you? Well, from now on. Remember this sentence!"

No one else in the bus said anything. A group of young people were listening to Shaq's words. They suddenly felt that Shaq's words... made a lot of sense!

Shaq's goal count has long been the most players in the world football world today, but his scoring rate...it doesn't seem to be very high!

Compared with those defenders who use the advantage of heading to smash the opponent's goal during corner kicks and free kicks, Shaq's goals were exchanged for repeated shots, and there was no luck at all!

Looking back at Shaq's game, it's true. He always shoots again and again. He fails to score this time, then the next time, next time... he will always break through the opponent's goal!

After scoring...continue shooting and continue to score!

Simon Grayson, Harvey, Divaio, Andre Oli and other coaches were also listening quietly...

Shooting...is the job of the striker!?

Tsk tsk!

How good this is said!

The coaches of the Leeds United coaching staff suddenly discovered that if Shaq wants to be a coach in the future, he might be able to develop many excellent strikers. The only sentence "Shooting is the job of a striker" expresses the responsibility of a striker on the court.

No one else except Shaq saw it. After Campbell heard Shaq's words, his eyes became brighter. He seemed to suddenly find a door, which was a closed door that he had never noticed before!

Three days later, Leeds United welcomed their fourth round of the FA Cup at home... Sheffield United!

Simon Grayson did not break his promise and sent young players such as Campbell, Colm, John Allen, Brookman, Hoydenk, Weather, Paul Drapper, etc., and even sent a left-back who was only eighteen years old, the first time he made his debut...Nigel Yebby!

Because it has been discovered that Leeds United will use the League Cup, FA Cup, and unimportant leagues to train young players, even if Sheffield United is a Championship team, they are not afraid of the "Youth Guards" in front of them, but instead expressed their desire to win before the game.

But the cruel fact is that just 5 minutes into the game, Campbell was five meters away from the top of the penalty area. When he received Hoydenk's pass, he sideways and uses his right foot to hit the ball to his left. After shook the defender who was following him, he kicked the ball out with his left foot...

"Swoosh!"

The ball went straight to Xie Lian's upper left corner. The ball was not fast and the line was straight!

However, because the goalkeeper of Sheffield United was on the right before, when he found Campbell's cold shot, it was too late to save the game...

"GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Elland Road Stadium exploded!
Chapter completed!