Dominate the midfield

Chapter 1 Save People?

In April 07, Wolverhampton was warm and cold, and the flowers, plants and trees broke free from the shackles of winter, and under the call of spring, they began to bloom and compete.This small city in the Midwest of England is full of vitality.

Wolverhampton is located in the West Midlands metropolitan area, 20 kilometers northwest of Birmingham, with a population of more than 69 and an area of ​​[-] square kilometers.This is a typical small city with no history to be proud of, and no earth-shattering figures have appeared in history.

If I had to list the reasons that make the people of Wolverhampton feel proud and proud, there are only two reasons:

One is that the city has one of the largest universities in England - the University of Wolverhampton; the other is that this city with a population of just over 20 has a professional football team - Wolves.

A city with a population of more than 20 can have a professional football team, and this team has won the FA Cup. In the 50s, it won the championship of England's top league three times and won the league twice in the 70s. cup champion.

This is obviously something that Wolverhamptonians are most proud of.

After the brilliance of the Wolves in the 50s, they began to slump, and even fell to the D league at one point.After several generations of hard work, the Wolves began to recover, and finally broke into England's top league again in 03 - the Premier League.

However, the good times didn't last long, and the Wolves fell into the British Championship again a year later. In 05, it fell again, from the British Championship to the League One.In two years, they fell from the Premier League to the League One, falling two levels in a row. This is surprising, and it also makes Wolverhampton people feel sad.

In 06, they finally stopped the downward trend and did not fall in the second division.At the beginning of this season, Wolves boss Morgan made a bold statement that he would break into the British Championship.The Wolves got off to a good start, ranking No.5 in the standings in the first five rounds, but the good times didn't last long, and their results plummeted.

In order to get rid of the team's predicament, owner Morgan fired head coach Jones, but the Wolves' nightmare continued, and their state continued to slump.So he changed the coach and became Morgan's trump card. The current coach Stillman is already the fourth coach of the Wolves this season.

Stillman didn't let the team out of trouble. The team is now ranked third from the bottom of the standings. This is the relegation zone. According to the relegation regulations of League One, the bottom four will be relegated to League Two.

Wolverhampton people feel heartbroken that the Wolves failed to realize the boss's rhetoric at the beginning of the season and instead fell deep into the relegation zone.

The so-called tree fell and macaques scattered, Wolves players began to look for transfer opportunities one after another, and the morale of the whole team was low.

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Saturday, April [-]th, at five o'clock in the afternoon, a few white clouds hung in the blue sky. For Wolverhampton, which has been raining for more than ten days, this is a bright day, which makes people feel happy. Have a nice day.

Wang Rui rushed off the bus with his sports bag on his back. The first thing he did after getting off the bus was to bend over and let out a long breath.Then he took a mouthful of moist air forcefully, and then spit out a mouthful of phlegm forcefully.

"Damn it, what an unlucky day!" Wang Rui cursed softly while straightening up and frowning.

Today was really unlucky. His right ankle was injured again during training. Instead of comforting him, his teammates spit on the turf and snorted "glass man" in disdain.

Wang Rui has long been accustomed to getting injured, as if it was as natural as eating and dressing, if he is not injured within a month, it will be a miracle.

After the training, Wang Rui limped on the bus, and soon he was sad, and after a stop, two big fat guys came up and sat in front of him.The bodies of these two big fat men kept emitting a disgusting body odor.

Wang Rui originally wanted to change to another seat, but he found sadly that there were no more seats in the car.So he was tortured for more than 20 minutes.

In the end, he couldn't bear to get off the bus one stop earlier, preferring to walk a few hundred meters longer to escape the disgusting body odor.

Wang Rui didn't take his teammates' contempt and even ridicule to heart. He has been used to the Wolves for more than a year. Whoever let himself bear the title of "Star of Hope" has never contributed to the team.What's more, he already had a premonition that his career was coming to an end.

The contract expires in one month, and the Wolves are unwilling to renew the contract. Does anyone want a glass man?

"Having never played a professional game, can you be called a professional football player?" Wang Rui limped on the slightly wet concrete road and sighed, "Dad, it's not that I don't insist, but that I have no choice. You Forgive me."

"We have to think about our future."

What can you do if you leave Wolves?
Go to study and take the college entrance examination, and then find a job?
Or... go to the coaching license and find a club to be a youth football coach?
Wang Rui thinks the latter idea is more reliable. With his own skills, as long as he gets a coaching license and his experience in the Manchester United youth academy, maybe some clubs are willing to accept him.As for whether he can go one step further and become the head coach of the first team after becoming a youth coach...

That's too far away, not the time to think about it now.

Thinking of this, Wang Rui's stiff face became softer, and most of the gloom in his eyes dissipated.The worst thing about people is that they have no goals in life. People without goals are like walking dead.Wang Rui is only 17 years old and his life has just started. He doesn't want to live his life as a walking dead.

Thinking back to when he was in the Manchester United youth academy, he was the best player. He was once the best player in England U14. Some people even think that he will become the greatest midfielder.Those who hold this point of view are mainly based on the fact that Wang Rui has an exquisite and ghostly pass, which comes from his extraordinary sense of the ball.

What does a great midfielder need most?
Of course, only a midfielder who can deliver shells to the striker with an exquisite pass can be called great.Of course, if Wang Rui wants to become a great midfielder, there is another prerequisite, that is, he can grow up healthily without falling down due to injuries or other factors.

At that time, Wang Rui was a talented player. His future was bright, with flowers and spotlights. He was a football superstar standing in the Premier League and even the world.

However, as he got older and the competition between training and competition became stronger and stronger, Wang Rui found that his biggest problem appeared-he was often injured, which is what people call "glass man".

Wang Rui fell from the clouds to the mortal world. Fortunately, he was strong-willed and did not become decadent from then on. He continued to persevere.Manchester United did not take the risk of signing this young talent who was doomed to a rough future. Wolves were willing to take this risk and paid 50 pounds to buy the talent of Manchester United's youth academy.

Manchester United's youth academy is well-known in the UK, and even has a great reputation in the world.Manchester United achieved the Triple Crown in 99 and became the most prestigious club in the world at that time. Its main contributor was the "Golden 92 Generation" of Manchester United's youth academy.

Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, big and small Neville, etc., these stars have long become familiar names to fans all over the world.

Wang Rui came to the Wolves and became a good story in Wolverhampton at that time. The local media called him "the star of hope" and was hailed as "the hope for the future rise of the Wolves!".

There was a faint scent of pollen in the air. The corners of Wang Rui's mouth turned up slightly, shaking his head in self-deprecating manner, and walked towards home along the river.So what if you have lofty ambitions, can the "glass man" achieve great things?
"Someone fell into the water, save him quickly!..."

Wang Rui, who was in deep thought, was awakened by a scream. He quickly looked towards the river, and a girl fell into the water.Instinctively, Wang Rui didn't hesitate, quickly dropped the sports bag, ignored the pain in his right ankle, took two quick steps, and jumped down.

"Boom..." With a sound, Wang Rui got into the cold river and dived towards the girl who fell into the water.Wolverhampton's winter has just left in April, and the river is icy cold.A few seconds later, Wang Rui resisted the cold and got out of the water.

To his surprise, the girl who fell into the water did not panic. Instead, she had a smile on her face and paddled the water skillfully.

"Are you here to swim? Or to save me?"

The girl paddled the water, looked at Wang Rui who was close at hand and asked.The girl's voice is crisp, nice, pure London accent.

It turned out to be self-indulgent!
Wang Rui scolded the guy who yelled for help just now in his heart.He couldn't laugh or cry, this April Fool's Day has just passed a week, why...

After wiping the water off his face, Wang Rui couldn't help shivering. He looked at the girl and said, "Who can swim in this horrible weather, unless there is something wrong with the brain..."

The girl heard his anger, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I slipped and fell into the river, which caused you to misunderstand."

"Anyway, I still want to say thank you!"

The girl has long golden hair and wet, neat nose, slender face, slender eyebrows, rose-like lips, and a sesame seed-sized hazel mole on the right corner of her mouth. She is fifteen or six years old.

Girls are worthy of the word "beautiful" no matter from the point of view of Westerners or Easterners.Due to the cold river water, the girl's face was a little pale and her lips were a little pale, but she still couldn't hide her beauty.

The girl said so, what else can Wang Rui say.

The river was still icy cold, he had no interest in continuing to soak in the water, nor was he in the mood to take the opportunity to get close to this beautiful and innocent girl in the water, and turned around to swim to the shore.

Wringing his wet clothes, Wang Rui found that his right ankle was no longer hurting. He shook his head and laughed in his heart: This is the reward for doing good deeds.

As a professional football player who has not participated in a formal professional game, he certainly knows that the pain in his right ankle is no longer due to the cold river water.

The first treatment step after an athlete is injured is to apply ice to reduce the accumulation of blood and tissue fluid under the skin, which is conducive to the later recovery.

The cold river water acted as an ice compress, so the pain in Wang Rui's right ankle left him temporarily.

There was the sound of tick-tock wringing clothes behind him, Wang Rui didn't turn around and asked, "Hurry up and go home, be careful of catching a cold."

"Aha, so you can swim, I thought you couldn't swim."

Wang Rui recognized the voice. It was the guy who yelled for help just now. He turned his head to look for the owner of the voice with unkind eyes.

(End of this chapter)