"Beep! Beep! Beep——!"
More than ten minutes later, head coach Kevin blew the whistle to end the match, gathering all the players around him.
Maël finished his cool-down stretches and walked to his side, standing together with Gilbert.
"The quality of the match was good."
Kevin, with a look of satisfaction, encouraged them, "I can see some tactical and technical level, and there are very few unreasonable plays.
"Especially the performance of some of the new recruits is surprisingly good."
As he said this, his gaze swept over the new recruits, lingering on four of them, including Maël and Gilbert.
"I hope that in the new season, everyone can work together to pursue excellence in the league."
After Kevin finished his motivational speech, he opened the tactical board in his hand, "The following is the pre-season training schedule, as well as the general training schedule during the season.
"Pre-season training will consist of six days of training per week, for a total of nine sessions, with Sundays off.
"In-season training will be irregular every week, with an irregular number of sessions, but less than nine. Restorative training will be conducted every morning after each league match, with afternoons and the entire next day off."
After speaking, he closed the tactical board and let out a long breath, "I will discuss the specific schedule with the coaching staff and distribute it later."
Maël's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a sense of doubt and incomprehension arose in his heart. He saw that most of the people around him had similar expressions.
Nine sessions a week in the pre-season, and less than nine sessions a week during the season? This training intensity can be said to be far from the preparation standards of a professional team, and can be described as lazy.
When they were in the Arsenal youth training camp, they had twelve training sessions every week. How could it be that after upgrading to the adult team with a higher competitive level, it was reduced instead?
"Rest tomorrow, and training will officially begin the day after tomorrow."
Kevin put his hands behind his back and simply said goodbye, "Okay, good luck to everyone, dismissed!"
He left with a few assistant coaches, Gareth Speed and Joelson exchanged a deep look, and finally followed him, leaving the players behind.
"Is this old guy trying to regain the support of the old players?"
As soon as he left, an old player in the team looked indignant and cursed, "He almost killed us with training last season, and now he's starting to play the good guy again."
"Haha, who would listen to him?"
Someone shook his head and said with relief, "Most of the good players are gone, and now we're just left with these remnants and a few kids. This is his retribution!"
A series of complaints rang out, and most of the old players expressed their hatred for Kevin.
"I hope he can fulfill what he said, that if he can't lead us to promotion to the Premier League next season, he will never be a coach!"
"I think he doesn't want to do this anymore. He's just muddling through these last few days, waiting for the team's severance pay."
"Old dog! He caused two players to have severe knee effusion, permanently damaging their knee joint function, and ending their careers."
After a match, they mostly accepted the new players. Now that they were a family, there was nothing they couldn't say.
Listening to their curses, Maël gradually understood the conflict between Kevin and the players, and his heart became roughly clear.
It must be that Kevin was too harsh on the players last season, hurting many people's bodies, and he had been just using the promise of promotion to the Premier League to fool everyone into working hard.
As a result, they failed to get promoted to the Premier League in the end, and everything collapsed. The anger that the players had accumulated for a long time erupted? This matter... Maël didn't speak or ask, because he didn't know all the facts, and too much talk leads to mistakes.
Anyway, it was a conflict from last season, and it had no obvious connection with him. He should just do what he should do.
Fewer training sessions are not a bad thing for him, as he can take more time to grind proficiency.
"Evans."
A voice rang out, and Evans and a few players walked over, extended their hands to him, and introduced themselves.
"Janu Hans."
"Lotton, I said it just now."
"Bologanovic, happy to cooperate on the header goal."
Maël shook hands with them, gave them a light hug, and introduced his name, which was considered an initial acquaintance with his teammates.
This was definitely a good start.
Evans and Janu Hans should both be veteran players of the team.
To be actively befriended by several people after just one training match proves that his performance was indeed remarkable.
Gilbert has also successfully integrated into a small group within the Red team, chatting and laughing with his teammates, fitting in well.
Walking on the way home, the two looked at the bustling streets and the crowds of people coming and going, feeling a sense of openness and as if there were no more difficulties.
"Maël, don't you feel like everything is happening so fast?"
Gilbert put his hands in his pockets, lowered his head and smiled, "Especially you, progressing rapidly like a rocket. I suddenly can't see where your end point is."
"I can see it."
Maël raised his chest and chin, teasingly saying, "But for now, I want a EFL Championship appearance and some stats, and a valuation of 3 million euros."
The next day, Sheffield United's first training session hadn't even started yet.
Maël's training session began, and he and Gilbert once again entered a mode of crazy extra practice.
Coach Kevin's pre-season training schedule was also subsequently issued, with one training session on single days and two on double days, each training session lasting 90 minutes.
Maël also immediately created his own schedule, with six hours of extra practice on single days and four hours on double days.
Saturday and Sunday depend on the week's condition and physical state.
Long-term high-intensity training is a great test for both body and mind.
After all, people are not machines, not cattle or horses, unable to work tirelessly and use all their time except for sleeping to improve themselves.
Maël planned to make full use of the morning and afternoon to do extra practice, and in the evening, he and Gilbert would find something else to do for entertainment.
Such as watching football games, watching movies, playing pool, and strolling around the streets.
In this way, the days passed by, very fulfilling.
On July 12th, the South Africa World Cup final officially kicked off at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa.
Both sides failed to score during regular time, until the second half of extra time, when Fabregas made a wonderful pass to Iniesta, who quickly adjusted after a mistake in controlling the ball and volleyed a shot into the far corner, completing the kill!
Spain historically won the World Cup!
"Tsamina mina, eh eh Waka waka, eh eh "Tsamina mina zangalewa!!"
In the warm Cherry Street home, Maël and Gilbert rarely drank a couple of bottles of beer, hugging each other and singing Shakira's hot song.
The two even somewhat identified with the winning team members, celebrating together at home as if they had won the championship themselves.
"Fabregas!"
Gilbert shouted the name of the Arsenal first-team senior, the loyal Fabregas, kneeling and raising his hands, his face flushed.
Maël was also cheering for the hot World Cup feast, but did not shout the name of the Spanish midfielder.
Counting the days, it's almost time for the 'shirt gate' incident of Fabregas to break out. From then on, Professor and Arsenal will be in a slump, losing all hope and direction.
He is still not involved in the incident, the current World Cup does not belong to him, and Arsenal does not belong to him either.
The Premier League and the World Cup seem like another distant world, out of reach.
It seems to always be in front of him, constantly beckoning to him, constantly attracting him to move towards it.
Work hard slowly, grind proficiency, and strive to become the protagonist in these top teams and top events in the future.
On July 15th, the shirt gate incident broke out! At the victory parade, Arsenal captain Fabregas put on a Barcelona shirt, his heart with Barcelona while his body was with Arsenal!
The football world was shocked, and Barcelona players Puyol and Pique immediately responded, saying that the shirt incident was just a joke to make everyone laugh.
Unfortunately, it was pale and weak.
For several days after that, Gilbert was silent and even a little listless.
He tore off all the posters about Fabregas, often cursing, all the previous love turned into more intense hatred.
On July 31st, the two bought a few buckets of drinks and a lot of delicacies, celebrating their birthdays at home.
Maël finally ushered in his 17th birthday, qualifying to learn to drive and take a driver's license in the UK.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have this idea yet, or rather, he doesn't have time.
Skill: Muscle lv2
Proficiency: (459/800)
Skill: Curve Cross lv2
Proficiency: (225/300)
Skill: Fluid Bicycle Kick lv2
Proficiency: (198/300)
Looking at the results of his recent efforts, Maël took a big gulp of his drink, burped, and said, "The season starts next month, and I'm going to compete for a starting spot in the EFL Championship!"
Next month, his Curve Cross and Fluid Bicycle Kick will reach lv3.
According to his attempts, lv3 skills are quite outstanding even when used against EFL Championship players.
At that time, he will undoubtedly step onto the EFL Championship stage!
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