Chapter 14: British Championship old fritters Reading
Perret is a professional football agent and was also a professional football player when he was young!
But as a professional player, Pere's talent is very average. He does not have the amazing football talent of his brother Pep Guardiola.
After thoroughly recognizing himself, he simply retired and chose the career of a professional agent to continue his love for the sport of football in another way.
Fortunately, he made the right choice this time. He has done very well in the agent industry. Although he is not a super agent like Jorge and Raiola, he has recruited several top players under his management.
Luis Alberto Suarez, the Uruguayan high-profile player who transferred from Liverpool in the Premier League to Barcelona in La Liga last year for 81.72 million euros, is one of his players.
Perret has always been very strict in selecting players, even harsh, focusing on quality rather than quantity. This is not only responsible for himself, but also for the selected players.
He is not the kind of garbage agent who will sign a lot of messy players, and then everyone will be happy if they can be played, and will fend for themselves if they cannot be played.
Pere was pointed at all the way back to the hotel room because there were two bright red slap marks on his bald head, but he was in no mood to pay attention to it now.
When he met Reed today, he could feel the importance that the old naughty boy paid to the Chinese boy.
The old guy even said just now that if he didn't want to, he would take the football agent certificate himself. This was outrageous.
He knew very well what his mother's brother did when he was young.
He was a well-known top professional investment manager in Europe. The investments he managed almost never suffered losses. This old man had an extremely terrible sense of money.
To put it bluntly, signing a contract with a professional player is actually an investment.
If that Chinese boy can be kicked out, signing him will be an unimaginable huge boost to his career, and it will also have extremely terrifying economic benefits.
You must know that China is a superpower with a population of 1.4 billion. If a local Chinese star can be cultivated, the economic benefits here will be too attractive. Thinking about Perret makes me excited.
Turning on the computer, Pere searched for Mo Yang on Google, and then saw a photo that was obviously taken in the studio.
In the photo was a resume, the same one that commentator Andy Gray saw.
"Chelsea!" Perey's eyes lit up when he saw that Mo Yang came from Chelsea's youth training. Most of the players who can enter the youth training of wealthy clubs are extremely talented children.
"The IQ is quite high!" Perret was surprised when he saw Mo Yang's academic qualifications, but that's it. A high IQ doesn't mean a high golf quotient, it's completely two different things.
"Uh..." Seeing Mo Yang's weird personal honor, Pere's forehead was suddenly covered with black lines, and he looked dumbfounded.
After reading Mo Yang's resume, Pere's face darkened, and he discovered a problem.
That's why this Chinese kid didn't sign a professional contract with Chelsea.
Usually when this happens, it's either that the player has a physical problem or his talent didn't meet expectations and he was abandoned by the club.
Which one it is, he has no way of knowing now, but he is leaning towards the latter!
After forking the webpage, Pere continued to search. This time he searched directly for Leeds United.
"Yang, he conquered a city in one battle, does he have the potential to become a world-class midfielder?"
"Hey, this rating is not low!" Suddenly a news headline appeared in Perey's sight.
Continuing to look down, Perret saw several dynamic pictures, which were some of Mo Yang's gorgeous passing moves in the game against Burnley.
"Wow!!" Pep's whole body was shocked when he saw Mo Yang's energetic cow tail in the air. He saw a lot of things from these actions.
"Excellent ball feel and very solid basic skills!" Perey commented subconsciously.
At this moment, Pere's interest in Mo Yang has been completely drawn out by these pictures, and he now regrets not talking to that boy just now.
So Pere then searched extensively for information about Mo Yang on the Internet.
"A tragedy caused by a white butt! Yang!"
Suddenly, he found a strange news title. Pere clicked on it and immediately laughed like crazy. It was the funny scene that happened after Mo Yang's pants were torn.
After watching it several times, Pere closed the page.
He wanted to watch the video of Leeds United's match against Burnley yesterday, but he couldn't find it after rummaging around, and finally found the video of Gerrard's farewell game more than a month ago.
After seeing this, Pep became fascinated. He read and wrote over and over again for nearly five hours. The notebook he carried with him was filled with preliminary analysis of Mo Yang.
After writing for a while, Pere stopped and looked at the notebook and suddenly laughed happily. He had a vague premonition that he seemed to have picked up a big treasure this time!
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On the evening of August 16th.
In the second round of the 2015-2016 British Championship, Leeds United went to the Madejski Stadium in Berkshire, southeast England, to challenge Reading away from home.
Reading is a team with a history of more than 140 years. It was relegated from the Premier League two years ago and has always been a mid-to-upper-tier team in the English Championship.
Leeds United and Reading have met 13 times in total over the years, with a record of 7 draws, 2 wins and 4 losses. From this aspect, Reading has the advantage.
Therefore, in this game, Bielsa was not careless at all and kept the lineup from the previous game, but the formation changed into a 352 formation that emphasized more midfield control.
After the game started, Reading became aggressive with the cheers from the home fans, and they pressed forward with their formation, trying to get the first start.
But he was quickly frightened by the rapid offensive ability displayed by Leeds United.
"Phillips steals the ball, great!"
"Hernandez passed through the gap and Bamford passed!"
"Single sword!!"
"Oh!!! No!!!!"
Hernandez received a pass from Phillips who intercepted the ball in the midfield and hit a very high-quality through ball that penetrated Reading's defense.
Bamford quickly moved forward, broke through Reading's two central defenders and directly formed a single goal.
It's a pity that this guy spit out the cake again. His shot was weak and it hit the Reading goalkeeper and the ball was confiscated. Otherwise, Leeds United would have scored first.
After Leeds United's quick counterattack, Reading seemed to be frightened and no longer dared to press forward aggressively. They retreated to their own half and began to counterattack.
Suddenly the situation became one-sided, with Reading being pinned down by Leeds United and frantically rubbing against each other in their own half.
It looked like Leeds United had the absolute advantage, but Reading was really good at playing.
When attacking, don't be impatient and push forward slowly. If you really can't score, pass back to the backcourt or midfield and look for opportunities patiently.
When defending, they only left one speedy forward in the frontcourt, and the rest of the players retreated to their own backcourt. Whenever Leeds United attacked the goal, they immediately defended low and tightly packed the penalty area.
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Facing a penalty area full of people, Leeds United couldn't get in at all for a while. If they forced a shot, there was a high probability that it would be blocked.
And Reading, a veteran who has been in the English Championship all year round, will occasionally seize Leeds United's mistakes and quickly pass the ball long after stealing the ball.
Either directly pass the ball to the forward who stays in front of the ball to quickly counterattack, or they rely on their two wingers to directly hit the two empty ribs behind Leeds United.
Relying on these simple and crude axes, they almost succeeded several times.
Fortunately, Leeds United were lucky. Cooper, Koch and goalkeeper Silvestri worked well together and performed well, so they did not concede the ball first.
"Although Leeds United currently has an absolute advantage, they obviously lack long-range offensive methods!"
"Breaking dense defense has always been a problem in the world. Any head coach will have a huge headache when faced with this situation!"
In the live studio, Andy Gray looked worried. He had a hunch that if Leeds United continued to play like this, they might lose the ball first.
On the field, at the front of Reading's penalty area, Wood tried to use a pass and cut to cooperate with Hernandez and Bamford, trying to penetrate into the iron-clad Reading penalty area.
It failed quickly and the ball was blocked by the opponent again and Bamford got it.
Bamford was a little impatient. After receiving the ball, his anger went directly to his head, and he immediately started to force his way into the penalty area, hoping to rely on his personal skills to find a chance to shoot.
"Bamford forced a breakthrough! This kid is a bit reckless!"
"The ball was lost! It was caught by Reading midfielder Norwood!"
"Danger!!!"
"Norwood made a long pass!"
"Leeds United's right back is empty! Cooper Koch quickly returns to defense!"
The offense and defense switched instantly. Norwood's long pass was accurate. Reading's right winger Piazon quickly moved forward when Reading intercepted the ball and was chasing the ball at high speed.
At the same time, Reading's two forwards Cox and Vydra also quickly rushed into the Leeds United half.
After Piazon successfully received the ball, a three-on-two situation immediately formed.
Although Cooper and Koch retreated in time, they are now in a situation where two men are advancing and retreating.
"Piazon cuts inside and Koch steps forward to block the position!"
"Oh!...Koch was knocked down!" Andy Gray jumped up from his chair.
After Koch was knocked down by the agile Brazilian, he immediately became desperate.
Looking back, I saw that Piazon didn't pass the ball at all. After breaking into the penalty area, he directly took off his foot and shot into the far corner. The ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal.
In front of the goal, Silvestri jumped hard.
Although he stretched his body to the extreme, he still failed to touch the ball and could only watch the ball jump into the goal.
"Boom!" More than 20,000 Madejski fans cheered and celebrated wildly!
"The ball is in!!"
"In the 32nd minute of the game, Reading took the lead in breaking through Leeds United's goal!" Andy Gray shook his head with a wry smile, his premonition came true.
"Leeds United attacked wildly for 30 minutes to no avail, but were instead attacked by Reading who insisted on defensive counterattack. But this is football, and this is where the charm of football lies."
"As long as the ball is round on the football field, anything can happen."
In the coaching area on the sidelines, Bielsa shook his head and smiled, ignoring Reading head coach McDermott who was smug and looking at him provocatively.
Bielsa looked back at the bench and saw Mo Yang holding his chin with his hands, his eyes dull, looking like an idiot, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
At this moment, the camera suddenly turned to Mo Yang, and countless Leeds United fans watching the game on TV burst into laughter.
"Haha!..." Andy Gray in the studio was also happy, and Mo Yang's expression was amazing.
