Football: I can see player entries.

Chapter 151 Sequelae

In the eighth round of the league, Burton Albion will host Southampton.

The game had now entered the second half, and Li Yanqing's expression was somewhat serious.

He actually fielded most of his key players in this match, but now it's the 82nd minute and Burton are still two goals down.

After a three-game winning streak, their momentum waned.

Southampton taught them what it means to "there are no easy teams in the Premier League".

In addition, the opponent's average age is also reasonable, so they will have a hard time gaining an advantage in terms of movement.

This isn't a problem with the players' physical condition; it's more like mental fatigue.

Perhaps the simultaneous activation of the two [Offensive Inspiration] abilities had somewhat depleted the players' energy.

Those who played in that match are mostly in average condition right now.

The most frustrated person is Blind. He clearly feels that his form has improved, but the team encounters problems every time he starts in the league.

"Change players, Murphy will take over."

"Let Zlatan off the field."

Seeing that Ibrahimovic's fatigue level was as high as 80%, Li Yanqing still made the decision to substitute him.

Actually, bringing on Murphy in this situation wouldn't make much difference. The opponent's defense is very tight, and their attack is unhurried, leaving few opportunities for counter-attacks.

However, Ibrahimovic's age and physical condition simply cannot support him playing the full 90 minutes in every match.

"The next match will be against Manchester United."

"And suddenly we lost our good form, oh."

Lyman was a little disappointed; he wished he could have maintained his form for longer.

He had heard about Li Yanqing's situation and knew that the other party definitely didn't want to lose to Manchester United.

"It's alright, we can talk about the next one later."

"Actually, the players performed at their normal level, but they just didn't have enough fighting spirit."

"As long as we achieve the results we want this season, that will be fine."

Li Yanqing didn't want to give the team any more performance-enhancing drugs; that would be a short-sighted approach.

He really didn't want to lose to Manchester United, but the team's results had to take precedence.

Besides, the competition hasn't even started yet, so who says they're bound to lose?

Fortunately, they did not concede any more goals until the end of the match, preventing the team from suffering a heavy defeat.

"Fortunately, Will has been busy trying to win back his ex-wife and hasn't had time to come to the game."

"Otherwise, they'd be throwing beer cans at me."

Li Yanqing couldn't help but sigh that Miss Susan's arrival was perfectly timed.

When he's not around, those die-hard fans generally don't do anything outrageous.

"Yes, I'm very lucky."

"And Chris, he's not around lately either."

"Otherwise, this kind of loss would make him very irritable..."

Having been with Burton for so long, what impressed Lehman the most was not head coach Li Yanqing, or Joe Hart, whom he had always been in charge of training.

Instead, it was Chris who went to the management team.

His position is more like that of sports director, sharing specific tasks with Barker.

In addition, Li Yanqing, the head coach who likes to leave all the weekly reports to the assistant coaches, is now quite familiar with Chris.

"It's not a big problem. Chris isn't in the mood to worry about these things right now."

"The sharp-tongued female reporter and that brutal boxer from the Will family are enough of a headache for him..."

At the post-match press conference, Li Yanqing still praised his players' performance.

This was hard for the reporters to understand.

Clearly, they didn't listen to a word Li Yanqing said after the last match.

They thought Burton wanted to join the race for a top-four finish.

If they want to achieve good results, they should fight hard for three points against a mid-table Premier League team like Southampton.

"Don't joke around, there are no weak teams in the Premier League."

"We are the weakest of the three newly promoted teams."

"The team performed quite well; I'm very satisfied with their performance..."

Down in the audience, Neville whispered to Lyman.

"He seems to have gotten used to putting on a show of how weak we are in front of the media."

Do you think Manchester United will become complacent in the next match because of this?

"Don't overthink it." Lyman shook his head.

"That's impossible."

"You'll understand once you stay in the Premier League a while. The most important thing to achieve good results here is to never underestimate anyone..."

"Even Championship teams."

......

The recent schedule has been a bit unfriendly for Burton.

They will face Manchester United in three days, and it will be difficult for the players to recover from fatigue in that time.

Then, a week later, they will face Tottenham Hotspur.

Playing against the top six teams in a row is a real test of a team's ability.

Li Yanqing was working overtime alone in the tactics room. He didn't make things difficult for the coaching staff, which was his responsibility as the head coach.

"Sir! Haven't you gone back yet?"

"It's very late now..."

Nawei seemed to have come back to get something, but unexpectedly bumped into Li Yanqing sitting there.

"Yes, I'm thinking about how to play against Manchester United."

"Perhaps we can start with tactics and substitute some players."

"Do you have any ideas yet?" Nave was a little curious; what good ideas would this head coach come up with this time?

"No, there isn't."

"I haven't thought of any solutions yet."

Li Yanqing shrugged and threw the analysis data in his hand directly onto the table.

"Eh?"

"Is this Manchester United's player data analysis?"

"It doesn't seem like Mr. John and his group did it, does it?"

"They prefer to start with tactical deployments..."

Neville quickly realized that this document was different from the one he had.

"Yes, this was sent to me by Cheng Mengmeng."

“I sometimes send them to John and the others as well.”

"If necessary..."

The two reports are analyzed in slightly different ways, so Li Yanqing usually doesn't bring them up in meetings.

Instead, after reading it himself, he sent it directly to John's team for their reference.

"is it?"

"Why haven't I received it?"

"Cheng likes to record some of the players' little habits when they play football, and I think some of them are quite useful."

Neville was very interested in this and quickly came over.

“Look, for example, Victor Lindelof of Manchester United. No matter what the situation, his first reaction is always to observe his surroundings and then adjust his position.”

"This shows that he is afraid of making mistakes and has a good sense of awareness."

"But he's already slow at turning around, and this habit makes him even slower..."

"When there are many people, it is easy to miss someone and easy to lose sight of them."

"Wait!" Li Yanqing suddenly stopped Nawei, who was about to continue speaking, and handed him a blank piece of paper.

Write it all down!

He suddenly realized that Cheng Mengmeng used to be a commentator and liked to observe the players' little actions.

Neville's expertise lies in training techniques; he understands the drawbacks of those habits far better than Li Yanqing.

These two functions are a perfect match!

Why didn't he think of it before?