6. The peaks and turns?
"Drip, drip, drip!"
Three whistles pierced the sky above Finch Farm.
"The three-month trial was the last day today. The four young players from China all performed very hard. They were diligent and studious, trained hard, respected the coach, and were united and friendly..."
Everton's U15 coach Kevin Stee praised it with a whisper, and then changed the subject:
"Sadly, with your current strength, you still cannot meet Everton's requirements. I hope you don't be discouraged and continue to train hard in the coming days to improve yourself..."
Then there was a burst of applause. The local young players did not show much enthusiasm and retention for these black-haired and dark-eyed foreign guests. They even felt that today's in-team training match was of no value.
After the players dispersed, Stee shook hands with the Chinese representatives and the young players and greeted each other one by one.
"The last goal was pretty."
In front of Long Shute, the coach said something special and then stretched out his right hand:
"You have excellent speed and physical fitness, but your foot skills and the way you play football need to be improved."
Long Shute bit his lips and nodded, looking up at the coach.
The sun had just risen to its highest point, and the light was so dazzling.
It was clearly a sunny summer, but Long Shute felt that the sky seemed to collapse.
His Everton trip is over!
Although they will undergo trial training from other Championship clubs in the future, they all understand in their hearts that this trial failed completely!
He is going to become a eunuch!
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Long Shute didn't even know how he walked out of the training ground until he was blocked by a man in his thirties.
The man looked in his early thirties, round and round, with a slightly taller hairline, and even wider forehead. Under his woolly yellow hair like weeds, his bright eyes showed that he was very energetic.
He was smiling and looking at Long Shute, trying to slow down his speech: "Hey, little guy, tell me your name?"
His English has a strong Northern Irish accent, and of course Long Shute certainly didn't know about this.
"Long," he answered the round guy, "long-shute, sir."
"Long?" The other party nodded with a smile, then took out a business card, and still slowed down and said to him, "Are you interested in coming to us?"
The business card is very simple, so simple that you can understand it with your unique English proficiency.
This person is called brandan-rogers, which is probably Brendan Rogers in Chinese. He is the head coach of the youth team of Chelsea club.
What level of Chelsea is? After these three months of study, Long Shute, who had no idea about football, also learned a little.
With the arrival of Russian tycoon Abumovic and the joining of Portugal champion coach Jose Mourinho, Chelsea rose rapidly in just a few years, from a strong team in the ordinary sense, and the powerful team has become a super strong, monopolizing the league championship for two consecutive years, adding the most terrifying championship contender for the Premier League, where Manchester United and Arsenal were in charge.
"You're not kidding, sir?" Long Shute asked in disbelief.
Rogers put his hands in his pockets, still smiling: "I have a crush on your running ability and game attitude in the midfield, so I am willing to provide you with a tryout. Would you like to go back to London with me?"
Chelsea have some money, and their achievements in the past two years are even better than those in Britain, but they are still called rich and nouveau riche. If you want to increase the wealthy family's background, you have to start from all aspects, such as stadiums, scouts, hardware facilities, club culture, humanistic care, and...youth training.
Rodgers was poached to Chelsea because of his outstanding work at the Reading Youth Training Academy. He also has his own uniqueness in judging the potential of young players.
What's more, with Chelsea's financial resources, they can bring any player they like back to Stamford Bridge, and they have no worries about their youth training players changing jobs because of poor treatment.
As Chelsea and Liverpool are fighting fiercely in the semi-finals of the Champions League, he originally followed several other Chelsea coaches to inspect the status of Liverpool players as intelligence personnel, but perhaps it was God's will or perhaps attracted by the protagonist's halo, he unconsciously walked to the Everton training camp where his youth training work was even better.
Then he met him.
"Of course, sir." Long Shute nodded vigorously, and his hands couldn't help trembling.
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After hearing the news, the Chinese team leader Li Bing felt that this was really a surprise. After weighing the trade-offs, he decided to split the troops into two groups. The other three young players continued to go to Sheffield United for trial training. He himself and the sponsor representatives accompanied Long Shute to London with the translator.
After all, the head coach of the Chelsea youth team nodded, while Sheffield United has no horoscope on the other side. Judging from the success rate, it is obvious that this side is more confident.
What's more... London is the capital of the British Empire. Even if you travel, shopping and see beauties, it's better here.
Rogers drove a spacious off-road vehicle himself, and Li Bing and others rushed in without hesitation, and followed him to the Comba training base located outside London.
"You have a good rest today. The trial will be scheduled at 3:00 tomorrow afternoon, so don't be late."
Rogers not only found a three-star hotel for them, but also introduced the surrounding traffic, and became their waiter.
Of course, Li Bing would not let the enthusiastic coach return empty-handed. He sent out an invitation to have a dinner more enthusiastically, but Rogers, who was eager to return home, refused their kindness and drove away in a hurry.
"Should we give him a red envelope?"
Li Bing looked at the sponsor's representative and asked with some headache.
But he also knew that if the Chinese had a set of tricks that impressed the British, then the Chinese players who had been wandering abroad over the years would not have been so tragic...
So he was just talking.
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When the sun began to slowly set towards the west the next day, Long Shute and others had already arrived at Komba.
Rogers, who was wearing sports equipment, shook hands with them with a smile, and then called out his assistant: "Neil, help me do a simple test."
The young assistant named Neil Beth is also approachable. He patiently introduced the test content and then conveyed it to Long Shute word by word.
"Do you understand?" Li Bing asked with concern, then patted his shoulder, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you must do your best."
Long Shute licked his dry lips and gave him a reluctant smile.
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After a full warm-up, the first thing that was not surprising was the 100-meter sprint.
Chelsea, which is rich and powerful, has a high-quality track, and there is almost no stiff feeling when pedaled.
The afternoon breeze seemed to form a coat next to Long Shute, and he ran very comfortably.
Neil Beth looked at the stopwatch in his hand and showed a somewhat shocked expression.
Rogers, who was standing not far away, couldn't help but raise his chin and shouted loudly: "Neil? What's the problem?"
"11 seconds 34!" Neil Beth gritted his teeth and replied, "This result can be ranked first in the first team!"
This data surprised former international Li Bing.
Although manual timing will slightly improve the score, considering that Long Shute is only 15 years old, if he continues to train, his speed is likely to continue to improve - more importantly,... his age is real.
But Rogers' expression did not change much, and he just nodded: "Next item."
30-meter sprint, 10-meter short distance sprint, turn back, 12-minute running, 24-meter pole running...
Neil Bass' expression was numb.
Until Rogers kicked a football under Long Shute's feet, the underprepared Long Shute obviously mixed with garlic.
"Well……"
Neil Beth scratched his hair: "What a rough dribbling technique..."
From the beginning to the end of the test, plus the rest time, it only took half an hour in total, but Long Shute was a little panting. He sat on the bench on the sidelines, listening to Rogers and Bass talking quickly.
He has used his strength to feed himself, and this is his full strength.
It's even 120% of its strength.
If these coaches cannot be impressed, then he can only accept the fate of being castrated by the system.
After all... the weakest system in history has not given itself any plug-ins.
Long Shute, who was gasping, saw Rogers smile at him.
Then he grinned.
"I'm happy to inform you, Dragon," the Chelsea youth team supervisor stretched out his right hand for the second time. "Chelsea youth training camp welcomes you to be a part of us."
Chapter completed!