Chapter 164 Atmosphere Creator

Rossi had to admire Lao Lei's vision, he had already seen through everything.

No one expected that the meritorious coach who led the team to the Premier League as the British Championship champions and led the team to complete the relegation battle in the first year would be fired by the club without any warning.

The statement said that Pearson's coaching ideas were inconsistent with the team's philosophy.

If there is a discord, how did the miracle of the team's relegation come about?

The media, which is a good thing, pointed out that the real reason why the club fired Pearson was that his son James had solicited a prostitute in Thailand.

They believe that humiliating the chairman in front of his hometown people was the real trigger for Pearson's dismissal.

The team has completed its recruitment plan and is about to start preparing for the new season.

Firing the head coach at this time will seriously affect the morale of the team.

In 22 days, the team will start the pre-match warm-up match, and the pressure on the shoulders of acting coach Craig is considerable.

The team invested nearly 40 million euros in transfer fees in summer signings. Club chairman Vichai's season goal is by no means as simple as avoiding relegation.

Facing the scandal, he did not participate in the recruitment plan, the atmosphere within the team was low, and the mental state of the players was not good.

These problems are a huge challenge for the upcoming new coach.

Now Leicester City has become a hot potato.

In the first training session after returning to the team, the players only did physical training to allow the new players to quickly adapt to the environment and establish a tacit understanding with the old players.

As for how to prepare for the new season and what tactics to use, he has no idea.

Maintaining normalcy is the only thing he can do.

After a day's training session, the players are still worried among themselves. Without clear guidance, they are full of confusion about the future.

"Luo, what do you think?"

While taking a shower, Vardy and Mahrez gathered around him.

The day's training was not hard, but the confusion in their hearts has been bothering them.

Rossi said: "Now that it's here, take care of it. Instead of worrying about this, it's better to train well. Regarding the future of the team, the people above are more anxious than us."

The two of them also felt that there was some truth to it. How could they have the ability to interfere and intervene in the future of the team?

Playing well is what players should do.

"Jamie, let's practice offensive coordination tomorrow. If you run faster than me, I'll pass the ball to you." Rossi suddenly said.

Vardy's eyes lit up, Rossi was trying to feed him cakes, why would he be so embarrassed if he didn't eat them?

"Okay, then remember to give me more advance!"

At this time, Ulloa, who heard the conversation between the two, came over and choked Rossi from behind.

"Luo, you're biased. Those who are slow don't deserve advance notice?"

Rossi quickly begged for mercy and said: "Don't use me as a midfielder, I'm a forward."

"No matter what, you are more comfortable passing the ball. You must pass the ball to me more in the new season."

"Okay, let me go first, I'm going to suffocate."

"Then remember to call me for tomorrow's training!"

The training was so boring that the team members couldn't cheer up. They all wanted to take a shower and go home quickly to take a deep breath.

But after hearing Rossi and Vardy discussing training, they immediately became interested and gathered around them.

"Luo, you are partial and don't even call us for training."

"It seems interesting. It's better than today's. I want to join."

Teammates are all talking and clamoring to join, so we can't just repeat boring training every day.

"Okay, during the free training time tomorrow afternoon, we will divide the teams into games and the losing team will treat themselves to a treat."

At Rossi's suggestion, his teammates agreed wholeheartedly.

"You guys come too, let's have some fun together!"

Rossi saw several new team members sitting quietly in the corner, their faces still a little scared.

Okazaki Shinji stood up straight and said seriously: "Okay, I will do my best."

The short Kanter smiled slightly, showing two rows of white teeth, and said: "Okay!"

"Captain, what do you think?" Rossi asked Morgan, after all, he is the captain of the team.

Morgan is worried about the dull atmosphere of the team and wants to mobilize the emotions of his teammates to welcome the new season.

Rossi's proposal just solved his urgent need, and he said happily: "No problem. Let's draw lots and divide the teams into groups. The losing team will treat you tomorrow."

During the training session the next day, Craig found that the players were extremely excited, and everyone's eyes were shining.

It is a light full of anticipation and excitement.

Tears of excitement welled up in his eyes, and most of the stone weighing on his chest was finally removed.

During the lunch break, Morgan took Rossi to find Craig and explained the afternoon practice plan.

"You are really my savior!" Craig was very satisfied with the two people's proposal and strongly supported it.

When he was an assistant coach in the past, he only had to assist Pearson in arranging the team's training plan and was responsible for conveying the head coach's words to each player.

Although the workload is heavy, it is not stressful.

Now that it's his turn to be the head coach, his former colleagues were fired by the club along with Pearson. A lot of work falls on him, and he has to convene people to form a temporary team to assist in the work.

Just dealing with the daily affairs of the team every day is already overwhelming, and there is no time to mobilize the enthusiasm of the players.

Now that Morgan and Rossi can take the initiative to help him share tasks, they are too happy and say: "When you treat guests, remember to call me."

The group match in the afternoon is mainly to strengthen the tacit understanding between the players and activate the players' status through the match.

There are four groups in total in the competition, which is conducted in a round-robin format.

First, lots are drawn to determine the two teams that will play first. A total of three goals will be played, and the first two teams to win will be the winner.

The winning team is temporarily safe, the losing team must choose its opponent from the remaining two teams, and the losing team continues to choose its opponent.

This round-robin competition continues until one team loses three games in a row, and the round-robin competition ends.

Rossi and Vardy, Drinkwater, Kante, Huth and De Laet are in Group A.

The opponent is Group B composed of Shinji Okazaki, Kramaric, Albrighton, Schlupp, Morgan and Ben Aruaane.

Kante, Shinji Okazaki and Ben Aruane are all new players, and no one knows what their true level is.

At the beginning of the game, they relied on the cooperation of the veteran players from both sides to launch a smooth attack.

As the game progresses, the strengths of the three newcomers are slowly revealed.

Although Okazaki Shinji has no obvious outstanding characteristics, he has a good sense of grabbing points and is very active in defense. He is a simple and practical player.

Although Ben Aruane is a central defender, he actually has good ability to dribble the ball forward.

The little Kanter is even more amazing. He runs very actively and covers a large defensive area.

The most important thing is that in a fight with Schlupp, the physical confrontation did not fall behind at all.

With his excellent defensive coverage, Drinkwater felt that playing football was so easy for the first time, and he could concentrate on passing the ball to the forwards.

In the end, Team A, led by Rossi, defeated its opponent 2:0 in the match.

The most interesting thing about the round robin is that every team has more than one chance to play against the other three groups.

As long as a team does not lose three games in a row, the game will be restarted.

In the nearly two-hour match, except for Rossi's team, which only lost twice, the other three teams all had evenly matched wins and losses.

In the end, Ulloa's C team lost three games in a row, ending today's training.

Dinner was at a small restaurant near the stadium. The owner was a Leicester City fan and specially reserved the venue for them.

After Craig finished his work, he attended a dinner party with the players and agreed that future training could be rewarded and punished in this way.

After two weeks of training, the players have gotten over the impact of the club's negative news, and the atmosphere within the team is harmonious.

There is one week left before the friendly match before the game. Craig must announce the new season's roster and game roster, and determine the team's starting lineup and season goals.

Just when he was having a headache, the club's official website issued bombshell news on July 13.

Italian Claudio Ranieri signed a two-year contract with Leicester City and is officially the new head coach.
Chapter completed!