Chapter 82: Saying Goodbye to the Old and Ushering in the New
In six years, he coached three teams and won two Champions Leagues, three league championships, the King's Cup, the FA Cup and other domestic cup competitions. In other people's eyes, Lin Sen, who can only be considered a younger generation among the head coaches, can be regarded as a legendary coach.↑ What is legendary is not only because of the honor he has won, but also because of his experience.
From a team doctor, to a coach, to a manager, and now, Lin Sen is the boss behind Cambridge United.
Judging from experience, Lin Sen is not a typical head coach. On the contrary, he is a little "not doing his job" because in the eyes of others, the coaching era is Lin Sen's peak, and even now, when Lin Sen's name is mentioned, they still think of Lin Sen's coaching identity. Lin Sen naturally knows what he is in the eyes of others, but he does not think he is a pure football coach. In fact, in terms of employment time, he is more like a doctor than a coach. Of course, what he brings to him is the latter.
So, the coach became his label.
Obviously, although it has been off the shelves for nearly two years, Lin Sen is still not expiring in the eyes of the top European giants. As for Lin Sen, although he never rejected the possibility of he standing on the sidelines again, now he has one more concern, that is, his family. Therefore, Bayern Munich’s contact is real, but Lin Sen’s interest is not very big.
This is naturally impossible because Lin Sen doesn't like Bayern Munich, or he doesn't like this Bundesliga giant just because he doesn't want to adapt to a new environment again, because adapting to the environment may be just a small matter for him, but now, his decision is no longer his decision alone.
Therefore, if you re-sponsor a team, Lin Sen will still have only one most likely direction.
Spain.
Therefore, before the right opportunity arises, Lin Sen could only politely reject the Bundesliga giants' kindness without any mercy. He focused most of his energy on Cambridge United, especially when Cambridge United has already brought him surprises this season.
Still fighting on the fourth line is a big surprise for Cambridge United fans, but for Lin Sen, the bigger surprise is the growth rate of young players.
As of the 22nd round of the League One, there are many Cambridge players in the list of various data. The most obvious one is George, who is currently ranked fifth in the league scorer list, scored eleven goals in 22 games. He scored one goal every two games on average. This goal rate may not be very good in League One, but considering that George's goal rate last year only scored one goal every three games, this is already a nearly qualitative improvement, and don't forget that George is less than 20 years old.
In addition to George on the scorer list, although Xiao Zhixing, who is not as high as George's assists, is not inferior to George's last tenth place, his efficiency is no less than George. Since he is far less stable than George's who has played for Cambridge United for a season in the early stages of the league, Xiao Zhixing gradually entered the main lineup until the tenth round of the league. In other words, his current six assists were achieved in the next twelve games.
As for Francis, who Lin Sen is most concerned about, it seems that he has not been able to play Lin Sen's expectations for a long time. He only played eleven times in the 22 rounds of the game. Among them, he only started three times. Most of the time, he was only a substitute by Tang Hua as a tactical means to break the deadlock of the game. However, this is not a big deal for Tang Hua, because Tang Hua did not deliberately suppress Francis, but Francis' performance was really unsatisfactory. So far, Francis has only given one assist, and the number of goals has not scored a goal.
However, Lin Sen was not worried about Francis. Among the young people who signed a contract with Cambridge United this summer, Francis was the longest contract signing. In addition to the five-year contract period, Cambridge United also has the priority to extend the contract for one year. It can be said that under Lin Sen's instruction, Cambridge United locked in Francis' future almost from the beginning.
Of course, in response to Francis' downturn, Lin Sen did not take advantage of the opportunity to watch the game to deliberately observe his performance. Then, Lin Sen concluded that he did not misunderstand, but Francis fell into a bottleneck.
To put it simply, it is a bottleneck that is particularly unlucky. The goal drought that the striker encounters is actually a bottleneck. When you encounter a bottleneck, outsiders can not do much except patience and calmness. Therefore, although they are optimistic about Francis, Lin Sen has never deliberately expressed his attention to Francis in front of Tang Hua from beginning to end.
It's gold, it always shines, Lin Sen firmly believes in this.
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Time enters 2016, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
On the second day of the New Year, Cambridge United welcomed their first opponent of the season, Coventry. This time, Cambridge United, which was away, was not suppressed by the opponent like the first time the two teams faced each other this season. Although the opponent obviously hoped this, this time, Cambridge United easily defeated Coventry, who was only one place short of his ranking.
In the first half, Cambridge United led by three goals, and a player scored a hat-trick. This player was Francis.
Francis, who started for the fourth time this season, showed almost unsolvable ability in the first half. His right road almost became his corridor. Coventry's "old" left back Danny Puff was helpless with him. After being passed by Francis once again, Danny lost his last trace of experience and ended his playing time in this game with a fierce back tackle. However, his "sacrifice" did not bring the end of Francis' crazy performance.
After Danny Puff was out, Coventry, who had been facing the game with ten players, completely lost the initiative in the game. Francis scored two goals in a row and completed a hat-trick, and also announced the end of the suspense of the game early.
An hour later, with three points, Cambridge United embarked on his way back to Cambridge United.
One day later, after all the 23rd round of the League One, Cambridge's ranking rose two places to eighth place, only three points away from Rochdale, who was sixth in the playoffs.
Five days later, in the semi-finals of the England League Championship, Cambridge United defeated his old rival Oxford United two goals in the first leg, only one step away from the final.
Nine days later, in the 24th round of the League One, Cambridge United welcomed Gillingham, who was also only one step away from the relegation zone at home. The score was 2-1, and Cambridge United ushered in two consecutive victories. After that round, Cambridge United was still three-point away from Rochdale, but they ranked one more and came to seventh place.
Just as Cambridge United defeated Gillingham, the northwest coastal city of England, Blackpool, had just ended a focus battle of this round.
League leader Sheffield United challenged Blackpool, the second-ranked away game. The game ended with a harmonious draw. The two sides remained unchanged in the league, and the head coaches of the two teams also sat together after the game.
These two head coaches are also the two best coaches in the League One.
Sheffield United coach Carl Robinson coached another A-level team, Milton, last season, almost led the team to upgrade. Blackpool's head coach is familiar with many Premier League fans, especially Liverpool fans. Sammy Hypia, former Liverpool captain, coached Brighton last season.
The relationship between Carl Robinson and Hypia actually goes back to the two players' era, because they both played for the same team, that is, Liverpool. Today, old friends have changed into each other in the past. Although their identities have different and they have become opponents, it obviously does not affect their personal relationship.
"What do you think of the Cambridge United team?" When the two old friends met, the content of the conversation was naturally "unanimous to the outside world". Carl Robinson suddenly mentioned Cambridge United.
"That Chinese team?" When talking about Cambridge United, Tang Hua's face immediately appeared in Hypia's mind. After all, although Lin Sen has achieved great success in England, there are still not many faces of Oriental people, even if they say that in the English football world, Tang Hua has a deep impression on Hypia. Of course, what deepens this impression is because of the first time the two met this season, when Tang Hua gave Hypia a defeat that was considered unpopular at the time.
"It's a team that can create unexpected things." Hepia, who was still a little unreliable when he thought of losing to Cambridge United.
"Just that's it?" Carl Robinson said with a smile.
Unlike Hypia, Sheffield United beat Cambridge United for the first time this season, and it was a big score, four to zero. However, according to Carl Robinson's tone, it was obvious that he did not underestimate Cambridge United because of this big victory.
"What? Do you value this team very much?" Hypia heard the profound meaning of Carl Robinson's words.
"Of course," said Carl Robinson. "Frankly, I think Cambridge United will be our main opponent in two years."
"In two years?" Hepia was a little surprised when he heard Carl Robinson's words.
If he heard it right just now, Carl Robinson is very confident about his team's promotion this season. In other words, in Carl Robinson's view, Sheffield United will be the Championship team next season, but now, he says Cambridge United will become Sheffield United's main opponent. So, does this mean that he thinks Cambridge United will upgrade within two seasons?
Carl Robinson is so confident in Cambridge United?
Thinking of this, Hypia tentatively said.
Chapter completed!