Super Marshal

On the bus back to London from Birmingham, Henry breathed a sigh of relief.

He had just received news that Chelsea's African striker had scored again.

He didn't score much in the first few rounds, but Eto'o scored almost every game in the following games. He has already caught up to the third place in the scorer list, only behind him and the veteran Shearer who scored 16 goals.

In addition to Eto'o, Ibrahimovic also scored a surge in goals. He has scored 13 goals so far, behind Van Nistelrooy's 14 and tied with Fulham's striker Saha, but It looks like he can do more.

Thinking of this, Henry let out a heavy breath, feeling panicked in his heart.

"What? Are you starting to feel the pressure?" Wenger, the head coach sitting in the front row, heard his sigh, turned around suddenly, smiled at him, and asked.

Henry is very grateful to this head coach, if there is no Wenger, there would be no Henry, so in front of Wenger, Henry did not need to hide anything, nodded frankly: "That guy is more difficult than Shearer. "

Shearer is a veteran player. Although he scored goals in the first half and was in very good condition, his scoring efficiency dropped significantly during the winter break. It seems that it is basically impossible to reproduce the scoring efficiency of the first half of.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is Henry's old opponent, they are no strangers to each other, and their goals have always been very stable.

Originally Henry thought that his biggest opponent would be Ruud van Nistelrooy, but he didn't expect that Eto'o would suddenly appear.

Even not only Eto'o, but even Na Ibrahimovic's condition seems to be getting better and better.

"It's good to have pressure." Wenger said with a chuckle, "But don't worry, all of us will help you."

Henry nodded, he understood Wenger's love for him.

As the number one penalty shooter in the team, Henry has scored four or five penalties this season. Even recently, in order to re-stimulate Henry's scoring state, Wenger arranged for the high center striker Kanu to start, combining the strikers It became one high and one fast.

For his head coach, Henry really couldn't ask for more.

"Don't worry, Boss, I won't lose!" Henry said confidently.

After he landed in the Premier League from Serie A, he was transformed into a scorer by Wenger, and the number of goals skyrocketed. He scored 17 goals in the first two seasons, and his efficiency was quite good. He scored 24 goals in one breath and was elected as the top scorer of the Premier League season.

But last season, he reached the peak of his career, scored 24 goals, contributed 23 assists, and directed 47 goals in one season, which can be described as unparalleled in the world, but in the last In the competition for top scorer, he lost to Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy by one goal.

That kind of useless feeling of finishing but losing miserably is very similar to Arsenal losing the league championship in the end.

Therefore, this season, Henry learned from the pain and made up his mind to get rid of the shame and regain the throne of shooter king no matter what.

Arsenal are also very supportive from top to bottom, giving him strong backing and confidence.

Wenger nodded with satisfaction when he heard the confidence from his lover, "I will never doubt you, Thierry, you are the best and most perfect scorer in the world, no one can match you."

After hearing this, Henry nodded slightly, smiled, and his eyes became firmer.

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With heavy and slow steps, Lampard finally stood at the door of the head coach's office.

"I hope we can have a good talk. I'll wait for you in the office."

This is a sentence that the head coach Gao Han kept Lampard after the training session in the afternoon.

After returning to the dressing room, taking a shower and changing clothes, Lampard was thinking the whole time, what are we talking about?

What else is there to talk about?

Since Gao Han coached the team, he has completely lost his main position. Even during the rotation and injury of Deco and Veron, Gao Han preferred to trust Joe Cole and did not give him many opportunities. More just arranged for him to play in the cup .

As a result, his performance in the League Cup and FA Cup was seen by everyone.

Yes, he wants to leave Chelsea. He does not deny this, because he feels that his value is not recognized here. In this case, he wants to go to a team that is willing to recognize and even help him increase his value. team to go.

For example, Manchester United!

Thinking of this, Lampard felt a surge of anger in his chest, raised his right hand, and knocked hard on the door of Gao Han's office.

At this moment, he was even mentally prepared to break up with the young coach.

"Come in." Gao Han's voice came from inside.

Lampard opened the door and went in, only to find Gao Han standing next to a coffee machine next to the sofa, looking at him with a smile.

"Frank, please sit down." Gao Han held a cup of coffee in his hand, which was steaming.

When Lampard came over after closing the door, he raised the coffee in his hand again and asked, "Have a cup?"

It seems that he is very satisfied with the Nescafe machine behind him.

"Still...don't want it." Lampard shook his head.

As a professional player, he always warns himself to try to avoid such drinks as much as possible.

"Don't worry, just one cup, I'll add some milk for you." Gao Han suggested.

Lampard thought about it, and finally nodded.

Gao Han replied with a smile, wait a minute, turned around and started tossing the coffee.

Listening to the sound of beans being ground in the coffee machine, Lampard turned and looked at the wall behind, where there was a family portrait of Chelsea.

He recognized it at a glance. It was taken in a Chinese restaurant on Christmas night. Unexpectedly, Gao Han actually hung him on the wall, but it was a pity that he couldn't meet the legendary head coach's girlfriend that night.

According to Deco, it was a goddess as beautiful as an angel.

"I think Greenwald's photography skills are too bad." Gao Han's voice suddenly sounded.

Lampard was a little surprised, "Why?"

Looks like a good shot.

But Gao Han said seriously: "He made me ugly."

Lampard was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed out loud. Is this a reason?

He really didn't expect Gao Han to have such a sense of humor.

He was even thinking that in the post-match press conference of the Boxing Day game, he directly rejected Glenn Wald's question, could it be because of this photo?

If so, then the Guardian reporter is really unlucky!

Obviously it was a voluntary duty to help people take pictures, but in the end they were disgusted, really...

When Lampard smiled wryly, a cup of hot fancy coffee with milk was placed in front of him, and Gao Han even pulled a flower on it, but it was just... uglier.

"I'm still learning recently." Gao Han is honest and not afraid to admit that he is not good at learning.

Lampard smiled slightly, took a drink, and it tasted really good.

After the two sat down facing each other, they both drank coffee in silence, but soon Gao Han broke the silence.

"Frank, frankly speaking, I know you are very dissatisfied with your situation in the team, and I can understand your feelings. Believe me, I have absolutely no malice."

Lampard nodded again and again, "I understand."

The conflict between him and Gao Han is purely professional, and there is no problem in private.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to sit face to face with Gao Han and drink coffee.

"In the past three weeks, there have been a lot of news about your transfer, and even I have made the team reject many offers. Frankly speaking, I don't want you to leave the team, because in my plan, you are very important. " Gao Han said sincerely.

"Me?" Lampard was a little taken aback.

He never thought that Gao Han would say such words to him.

Is this cheating?

But Gao Han nodded solemnly: "Yes, you know, I never lie, especially to my players."

"But I don't understand." Lampard shook his head.

"Then let me show you something."

As Gao Han said, he took a thick stack of materials from the sofa next to him and sent it directly to Lampard.

The Chelsea midfielder took it over and opened it, and immediately frowned.

This material is a detailed analysis of him. Not only does he have relevant data and analysis for every game, but even his usual training, some of which are so deep that even Lampard himself is surprised.

"It is impossible for a team to dominate the world with one set of tactics. When I was at Atletico Madrid, I created three sets of different tactics and tactics for the team, and there were even more changes in local details."

"Currently, we only have a mature style of play, which is the main league now, you know, very stable, the players are performing well, so it is difficult for me to play without injuries. Make adjustments to the team's style of play, especially now that the team's results are so stable and the players are getting better and better."

Gao Han's explanation is indeed very direct and frank.

As a player who has been in the professional league for many years, Lampard can certainly understand the head coach's intentions.

It can even be said that it is impossible for any head coach to adjust the team's starting lineup and change the team's style of play at this time, unless he does not want to achieve results.

But Gao Han is obviously not good, because the 200 million euros invested in this summer forced him to produce corresponding results after the end of the season, otherwise, the saliva of the English media alone would be enough to drown him.

Therefore, Lampard agrees with Gao Han's explanation.

It is one thing to agree, but another to accept it, especially when it concerns one's own interests and career prospects.

"The material you're looking at is something I've had the analytics team track early in the season, and I've always thought that you're going to be the key to our team's transformation, because of your post-insertion, and your ability to attack. And defensive characteristics, as well as tactical execution in the game, are all admirable."

"So, in the cup game, I have been constantly adjusting and changing the team's style of play. I hope to use the cup game to develop a set of skills and tactics that are different from the league. I believe you have seen the effect. .”

It was at this moment that Lampard really understood the head coach's intentions.

In order to achieve results in the league, the technical and tactical style of play and the main lineup must remain stable, so the cup is used to try to change the lineup.

And it still revolves around Lampard.

This immediately warmed Lampard's heart. It turned out that he was not as statusless as he had imagined before in the head coach's mind.

"You have to believe me, Frank, I will not give up any player, especially a player as good as you." Gao Han still said very sincerely and sincerely, "Although I can't promise you anything now, I hope you I understand that you are very important to me."

"Not only this season, not just the League Cup and the FA Cup, we will play the UEFA Cup this season, we will play the Champions League next season, and you will definitely become a vital member of our team .”