Chu Zhongtian from China believes that the first game always has special significance, but Russell does not think there is any difference in this game. He still asked the players to try their best to play what they learned in training as much as possible, but did not force the results to do whatever they wanted.

Since the plan has been formulated and the first half of the season is to get the team together, then follow this plan.

There are too many new players in this team, and he doesn't want to put too much pressure on the team.

Chu Zhongtian didn't think so. He felt that a journey of a thousand miles began with a single step. This is the first game of the new season or the home game. If he lost the first home game of the new season, it would definitely be a blow to the team's morale.

So he must win, as for how to win... Of course, he hopes to win the team through the cooperation and efforts of the whole team. But if it really doesn't work, he doesn't mind helping the team secure the victory, and at the same time test how powerful his personal strength is in the English Championship.

He decided to tell his teammates what he thought.

But first, he has to complete the entrance ceremony and pick the side.

When he followed the referee and led the team into the court again, deafening cheers rang out from the stands at Kings Ranch.

The shouts of "Chu!Chu!Chu!!" were endless, and they came towards him like a tsunami.

Many fans even shed tears of excitement - for fourteen years, they finally saw Chu Zhongtian wearing Wimbledon Athletic blue and yellow jerseys, playing Wimbledon Athletic to participate in the official league... At this moment, they didn't even dare to think about it before - Chu Zhongtian is a big star, how could he come to a small team in a low-level league like Wimbledon Athletic? He is definitely about to retire in Real Madrid... He is a superstar who has gone abroad, but he is a legend of Real Madrid.

But unexpectedly, life is so wonderful that their idol has become a member of Wimbledon Athletics.

Starting from Chu Zhongtian, every Wimbledon Athletics player who played received the warmest cheers from the fans, and even the new players who had just joined the team were no exception.

Just one entry set off the first climax of the game, and the media had to sigh at Chu Zhongtian's influence in Wimbledon.

After entering the field, he was picking the side, which was what Chu Zhongtian was best at. In his eight seasons at Real Madrid, because he was not the captain, he had no chance to show his ability in this area, and he only became captain once in the last game.

Kings Ranch is not a very good stadium, and the impact of sunshine on the game was not taken into account when it was built. So on this sunny afternoon, Kings Ranch is a half-shady and half-spicy Yin-Yang Field.

Fans in the stands behind the goal of the half-court on the hot side even need to wear sunglasses or a pergola to block the sunlight in order to see the game clearly.

Of course, this issue must be taken into account when picking the side. Otherwise, if your team draws Yingguang, the whole first half will be very hard, especially the defenders and goalkeepers. They almost dare not look directly at the sky when facing a high ball, let alone defending high balls.

Considering the importance of picking sides, he didn't care much about the kick-off right. He chose to win the coin guessing and get the priority of picking sides.

The result was no surprise. Chu Zhongtian won the right to pick the side. He pointed to the Yinliang half without hesitation. Here, the physical strength consumed when picking up the ball was much less than that of the opponent.

Burnley's captain Norwalk was originally planning to play this half-court, but he lost to Chu Zhongtian, so he could only endure the dazzling sunshine... After the side picking, Chu Zhongtian returned to the team and signaled everyone to come up and he had something to say to everyone.

The teammates ran up and formed a circle, even the goalkeeper was no exception.

"Wimbledon Athletics formed a circle before the start of the game... This has never been seen in their previous games. It seems that the new captain Chu has something to say..."

Chu Zhongtian looked at his teammates around him and in front of him and said, "I know our warm-up match is not very good, which has caused a lot of criticism from the outside world. Coach Russell has always said that it is necessary to play the warm-up match poorly. After all, our team has many new players and has been practicing new tactics. You need to adapt, and I need to adapt. But this is for the warm-up match, now it is the league, and it is the official game. This is the first game of our new season, and I hope we can win... No, we must win! At our home court, there are so many enthusiastic fans... Did you hear those cheers just now? They are all for you, are you embarrassed not to win?"

"I know our tactics have not been completed yet. We know we are still in the running-in period. I know we still have many problems and shortcomings, but this is not the reason for us to give up pursuing victory. Edou, Kurt, Young, Andrews, Jamal and Kieran, welcome you to join Wimbledon Athletic, but playing football at Wimbledon Athletic is not just a team to continue playing football. You should know that here is the Madman, what is the Madman? Madman is a spirit, guys. The Madman's spirit is to no matter what 'based on common sense', no matter what 'generous' should be like, and no matter what 'based on experience', the Madman's spirit is to break all the above and pursue what we want! From now on, I hope you can always remember this, remember that you are a Madman player, we want to give a surprise to the whole England, and we will also give a surprise to the whole Europe in the future! So no matter what the situation is, no matter what the reason is, victory is the only pursuit of our Madman!"

"I have said so much, everyone understands what should be done in this game, right?" Chu Zhongtian asked.

"Victory!" Everyone responded to him.

To be honest, Chu Zhongtian said this not like a player, but more like a head coach. But on the one hand, he is very old, one year younger than the head coach, and on the other hand, his experience, qualifications and fame are all there. His words are convincing and everyone believes it. If it were Kevin Clark, the captain of the team last season, it would have been impossible.

※※※ Burnley's head coach Svensen also saw Chu Zhongtian's shot during the warm-up, but he still had fantasies, believing that if the Wimbledon Athletics team was not in good condition, it would greatly drag down Chu Zhongtian's performance.

What is Chu Zhongtian’s performance?

There were no shots, no assists, and nothing in the warm-up match. Apart from being able to run, he could not show his ability as the former core of Real Madrid. Some people say that Chu Zhongtian is old, but Svensen doesn't think so. If Chu Zhongtian is really old, it wouldn't be this time. You should know that just a month ago he helped Real Madrid get rid of Barcelona and win the league championship. This is someone who can convince Messi. Will he grow old so quickly?

He believes that Wimbledon's competition has dragged down Chu Zhongtian's performance. If he changes to another team, even if he is promoted to the popular Leeds United, Chu Zhongtian's performance will not be so terrible.

So as long as Wimbledon's performance is not good, Chu Zhongtian's performance should not be very good.

During the warm-up, he only watched Chu Zhongtian's shot and ran to pay attention to others.

Wimbledon's poor performance in the competitive environment can be seen in the warm-up match. The warm-up match is to let everyone see their condition. There is almost no such thing as a mess in the warm-up match. As a result, the situation of the god blocking the gods and the Buddha blocking the Buddha.

Anyway, Svenson didn't believe that Wimbledon Athletic could complete such a gorgeous turn in the first league.

Burnley still hopes to win the first round of the league away game.

Everyone is saying that after Chu Zhongtian joins, Wimbledon's level of competitive athletics will be improved by a higher level. He has not seen any improvement in this place - perhaps it has increased their ticket price by a higher level?

He did not make any changes before the game, allowing the team to stick to the established tactics.

Because of Chu Zhongtian and the purchase of a large number of players from the Premier League reserve team, Wimbledon was recognized as a popular upgrade for everyone, but his continuous poor performance in the warm-up match made everyone feel that the future of this team was dim.

Burnley intends to take this opportunity to win Wimbledon Athletics.

※※※After the game started, the scene was no different from the previous warm-up match. Chu Zhongtian still ran all over the field, which made the commentator praise his physical fitness. But such a scene seemed familiar and did not help the team solve the problem at all... "We can see that Chu is trying his best to be fast, which is his style of playing football. Whether in Hoffenheim or Real Madrid, fast is the characteristic of these two teams. As the core of the team's organization, fast is naturally what Chu is best at. But the problem is that this is not Hoffenheim, nor Real Madrid. He wants to be fast, but his teammates can't get up... Look at this pass, Chu immediately passed the football as soon as he received the ball, but the left winger Luis Tanner who received the ball did not expect Chu to pass the football so quickly. His start was too late, and the result was that the football flew directly out of the sideline..."

The commentator is analyzing the problems of Wimbledon Athletics for everyone.

His analysis of Tanner is correct, but he is wrong with Chu Zhongtian and the team's analysis. It's not that Chu Zhongtian ignores the team's strength and just asks for speed, but must be fast. This is what head coach Russell asked. The whole team must keep up with Chu Zhongtian's speed. Otherwise, Wimbledon's competitive advantage will lose its competitiveness and become a situation where Chu Zhongtian only fights the world and others play soy sauce. Once Chu Zhongtian is injured - he is 34 years old, there are hidden dangers in his knees and ankles, and it is not impossible to get injured - or he is suspended and in a sluggish state, Wimbledon's competitive situation will be over.

Therefore, the team must adapt to this style of play, so Wimbledon has more scoring points. Once the team adapts to this tactical system, although the team still needs to rely on Chu Zhongtian as the core, at least they don’t have to rely on Chu Zhongtian to score directly.

Chu Zhongtian's speed is indeed fast, not that he runs fast, but that he thinks fast. Many places have not seen it, and he has already passed the football. This is why it took a month to get along with Chu Zhongtian in the maturity of Chu Zhongtian. Those who have been able to cooperate with Real Madrid's stars. Being able to play in Real Madrid is better than ordinary players, but Wimbledon is not Real Madrid.

Chu Zhongtian’s ideas may not be able to understand his new teammates.

These require time to adapt slowly. This is also the reason why both Russell and Chu Zhongtian expect the team to be mainly running-in in the first half of the season.

Seeing that Tanner did not receive the ball, Chu Zhongtian spread his hands helplessly. Tanner immediately apologized. He raised his hand, raised his thumbs up, indicating that Chu Zhongtian was a good ball, and it was definitely not a big mistake for Chu Zhongtian to pass it soon, but because he didn't expect it.

Russell shook his head off the court. During the training, he repeatedly emphasized that he wanted to cooperate with Chu Zhongtian, so he must change the situation when he saw the football being passed or had the intention to pass the ball. For Chu Zhongtian, it was too late at that time. They had to run in advance, so that they could only receive Chu Zhongtian's ball. Don't speculate whether Chu Zhongtian would pass the ball. As long as they saw that there was time in front, they had to insert it without hesitation. Maybe they would run in for nothing, because Chu Zhongtian passed the football to others, and even just took a breakthrough to get a "Greater China Cannon".

But at least their forwards provide opportunities for other teammates, including Chu Zhongtian.

To be honest, such football has very high physical fitness requirements and also high requirements for the player's running ability. If you can't keep up with this rhythm, you will be too tired to walk after not long running, which is not possible.

When Chu Zhongtian was the core of Real Madrid, both Mourinho and Hiddink were very careful in the team's physical fitness. It was precisely because they all knew this very well.

If the team's physical fitness cannot keep up, the team's biggest feature is that it cannot play out.

Fortunately, the physical fitness of Wimbledon players is pretty good. I dare not say how the players from England football are doing, but the physical fitness is absolutely fine.

With such a foundation, Russell and Chu Zhongtian dared to let the team change their tactics and try faster and more direct attacks.

※※※Chu Zhongtian still hopes to cooperate with the team and use the team's strength to score goals instead of just ignore everything and directly shoot the ball as soon as he starts. What else should he cooperate with him?

Even if his teammates failed to catch his ball, he still kept passing the ball and then passing the ball, hoping to drive the entire Wimbledon Athletics team.

It seems like I want to rejuvenate a classic car.

This takes some effort.

As a result, this was the case in the whole first half. When Wimbledon was attacking, Chu Zhongtian and other teammates were always unable to cooperate. Most of the time, Wimbledon could only shrink its defense, because the offense was ineffective, so the pressure on defense was naturally greater.

Burnley was trying to lead in the first half.

Chu Zhongtian finally let the media see his value - although it is only one aspect. In defense, Chu Zhongtian led his teammates to defend against the death, and defended Burnley's attacks one after another.

Chu Zhongtian's defense level is very high, but because he has a greater role in offense, he is always ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

Facing Chu Zhongtian's defense, if one-on-one, no player in Burnley could drive the ball from him, unless they pass the ball. If you want to fight Chu Zhongtian alone, even Messi at his peak, let alone the English Championship players. There were also Burnley players who were not good at fighting against Chu Zhongtian alone, but as soon as they met, Chu Zhongtian stole the ball with a steady and ruthless steal, and even let Chu Zhongtian take the opportunity to fight back. If it weren't for the long pass of his teammates who had not stopped, Wimbledon might have been ahead.

In addition to one-on-one defense, Chu Zhongtian also did a good job in assisting defense. His good overall view allows him to always detect the opponent's intentions in advance, so that he can appear in a key position at a critical moment and make a key defense. Several times he came back and destroyed the Burnley player's ball. And it seems that he has taken a bargain, but experts know that without good awareness and rich experience, it is almost impossible to make such a defense.

The 34-year-old Chu Zhongtian is no longer as good as before in terms of bounce, but with his extremely outstanding predictions, positioning, and experience, his role in air defense is also very obvious. He is no longer able to head the ball with his super bounce ability like before. Now he relies more on position and experience. He often jumps higher than the opponent, but he can also push the football out. Although his physical fitness has declined, Chu Zhongtian's rich experience and super consciousness still make him look like a bug.

In the first half, Wimbledon Athletics tied with Burnley at home, 0:0, and no one scored a goal. But from the scene, the away team Burnley had already gained the upper hand, and the game statistics also supported this. Burnley's shots were far ahead of Wimbledon Athletics, and they also had five percentage points more possession than Wimbledon's.

Everyone thought that if it weren't for the whistle at the end of the first half, Burnley might have taken the lead first if he continued to play.

"This is not possible... Chu must not lose in his first league game!" In the stands, some fans frowned and worriedly.

"Yes, yes, if you lose... I can't imagine it!"

Wimbledon Athletics fans are a little worried, but some are still full of confidence.

"As long as Chu Zai is there, he can always find a way!" The fans cheering team in the Wimbledon bar all had this idea.

"Historical experience proves that Chu has never disappointed people!"
Chapter completed!