Chapter 23 Fame
So, on the one hand, the professional player's qualities told him that he was wrong and should apologize. On the other hand, the self-esteem and pride of big-name players made him unable to speak, especially for an amateur coach in his eyes. It was under such an ambivalent mentality that he became one of the most dedicated people in the training field. He didn't know why he worked so hard. Maybe it was to prove that he was worthy of the main position, or just to vent his dissatisfaction? Anyway, no matter what the psychology was for, Ximang was unlucky, because if he met other old players, maybe they would choose to avoid it and fulfill his performance, but he just met Camacho, who was planning to repay the coach desperately.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Maxi and Antonio immediately stepped forward and pulled the two apart, while Lin Sen watched coldly from the sidelines. He knew very well that Ximang was taking advantage of the situation, but he did not plan to take action. Refusing to appear, even if he was a clay Buddha, he would get angry. In this matter, he would not make any concessions. Public apology in front of the whole team? Not enough! Nothing is enough! Lin Sen is waiting for the two of them to come to him.
Sure enough, after the training, Lin Sen waited for the arrival of Simao and Reyes in the office.
"What's the matter?" Lin Sen's expression was particularly calm when he was expected to be the arrival of the two.
"Coach...sir." Ximang was speaking, but his voice was as stiff as his expression. "We all want to know whether we will play in the next game. If we can't, we want a reason."
"No. Not only the next game, but also the end of the game." Lin Sen glanced at Ximang and said lightly, "If you need a reason, it's very simple. I can even let you choose it yourself, technical and tactical reasons, physical reasons, and any reason can be done."
As soon as Lin Sen finished speaking, both Simao and Reyes had a short-circuit expression. Obviously, they did not expect Lin Sen to be so direct.
"I thought our matter was over." After a suffocating silence, Reyes, who had been silent, spoke out, "You can't always use such reasons to prevent us from appearing, and no one will believe it."
"I don't need them to believe it." Lin Sen smiled and said gently, "They just need to know."
"What do you want?" Looking at Lin Sen's smile, Ximang was so angry that he changed from Portuguese to Taiwanese.
"I don't want to do anything." Lin Sen glanced at Ximang and said a little strangely, "If you don't want to play, then you don't play, it's that simple."
"We have apologized." At this time, Reyes, who told himself to swallow his anger before coming, finally couldn't hold back his anger. It was true that they were wrong, but they also apologized. As Ximang said, what else do you want? Can you kowtow and admit your mistake?
"You guys call that apologize?" At this time, Lin Sen put away his smile and said coldly, "I thought we could be more frank."
"When I took over the team, I told you very bluntly that I have never been a person who likes to beat around the bush. You care about my identity as a team doctor than my coach. It's easy to solve. I only have seven games, but I spent three games to solve this problem. I think this is sincere enough because I don't have much time. I want to focus not much energy on more important things, rather than those shit things like playing well. But what about you? Even now, you still don't regard me as a head coach. The reason you come to me is not to appear but not to play, but to make me admit in front of the media that this matter is over, and even if it is this, you still want to beat around the bush."
Neither Simon nor Reyes had anything to say about Lin Sen's words.
As Lin Sen said, they came here together today. On the surface, it was for the opportunity to play, but in fact, it was better to say it was for their professional reputation. Since they could refuse to play, they didn’t care whether they would start in the next game of this season, let alone Lin Sen’s opinion on the possibility of continuing to coach next season. If you don’t stay here, you will have a place to stay. This old Chinese saying has a very high applicability in the football world. But the problem is that this sentence doesn’t work for them now. After experiencing that incident, although they have apologized and the club’s official website also said that this incident has passed, but everyone knows that as long as Lin Sen, as the head coach, does not speak, the outside world’s evaluation of the two of them will not change in this matter.
But Lin Sen remained silent on this matter from beginning to end. Even if a reporter asked, he was concerned about his words, as if he had a harmonious vocabulary. It was obvious that they could not ask Lin Sen to say in front of the media that he had given them a promise, but it didn't matter. As long as they could appear on the court under Lin Sen's men, even if they were just showing off, it would be almost the same as Lin Sen personally admitting.
But now, Lin Sen told them that they were more clear than they were. And Simao and Reyes heard that if they planned to continue to beat around the bush, Lin Sen would turn them around the other side of the earth, just as he had done at the press conference before. Neither Simao nor Reyes thought that his eloquence was better than those reporters.
Just as the two were thinking about how to speak next, Lin Sen spoke first.
"Of course. This matter will continue to ferment, and it will not be beneficial to you or me. So, I will give you two choices. First, go find Cerrezo and let him force me to let you play. Second, since you don't care about the chances I gave you before, add a little difficulty now. Rely on your own training attitude to win back your own chances, but I can tell you in advance that your starting point is the same as Camacho."
So, the two of them felt a little fucked.
Looking for the chairman? Although they are big-name players, I'm afraid that only one person in the entire club can do the matter Lin Sen said, that is Aguero. Then, there seems to be only one choice left, if they still care about their careers...
The two of them quickly left Lin Sen's office in a dilemma, and after they left, Lin Sen breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, he was really afraid that the two of them would turn against each other directly. For a weak scholar like him, these bastards were not something he could bear in any way. If they turned their faces and touched themselves casually, they would have to peel off any skin. Even if a gentleman didn't speak, they would definitely not be what Lin Sen wanted to see. Whether it was Simang or Reyes, even if Lin Sen always occupies the highest moral point, in the end, it would be just a bad reputation and it would be difficult for the boss to pick. Apart from that, there would be no actual loss at all. Lin Sen had seen it before. In a few years, Tevez would have done this, but this kind of unlucky thing is now for him.
Lin Sen is not Mancini. At that time, he was in charge of many powerful players and he would ban it if he said he was banned. Lin Sen could not. Football matches were a very practical sport. Simao and Reyes were originally two important puzzles for Atletico Madrid. No matter how powerful Lin Sen was, he could not just use two bricks to block this gap. It was okay to do it occasionally, but there were four games in the next. Lin Sen did not want to lose any of them. So...
Fortunately, both of them are very concerned about their reputation.
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Chapter completed!