New year, first weekend.

In the second half of the English League One, Coventry, who are tenth in the league, will face Sunderland, who is seventh in the league.

They say there are no weaklings in the Premier League.

This is indeed the case.

Teams like Bolton, Sunderland and Portsmouth have always been regular visitors to the Premier League.

But these former Premier League teams are now clustered together in English League One.

The English League One is not inferior to the first-tier leagues in some countries in the entire football world.

Therefore, as the third-tier league in the UK, both team management and players are world-class.

Coventry City, Ricoh Football Stadium.

This weekend, Coventry will face their rival Sunderland at home.

An hour before the game, all the players from the home team and the visiting team came to the stadium to warm up before the game.

Players from Coventry and Sunderland conducted warm-up activities of passing the ball and grabbing circles in the two halves respectively.

Some players choose to run circles around the court.

When the entire Coventry team returned to the club for training after vacation, Robins, as the head coach, did not allow the players to conduct high-intensity training.

He just asked the players who returned from vacation to do some simple restorative exercises and mental construction.

After all, a team's technical and tactical level needs to be accumulated over a long period of time.

Moreover, as a professional player, there is no need to emphasize too much on technical matters. You only need to follow the head coach's tactical guidelines.

In a football match, there are main starting players and substitute players.

But off the court, many players are very good friends with each other and regard each other as teammates who fight together.

This is the case for Shen Xiao and Billy who just joined the team. After the team training, they have fully integrated into the team.

At one end of the court, Shen Xiao was playing a football hoop game with his teammates, and bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.

At this moment, a familiar face came in front of them.

"Hello, former teammates!"

This person waved to everyone in the Coventry team and said.

Shen Xiao looked in the direction of the sound, a surprised expression appeared on his face.

The visitor is none other than Jamie Allen, a former Coventry player.

"Jamie, why are you here today?"

Although Jones felt strange in his heart, he still walked out of the team and asked Jamie.

Jamie did not answer. He glanced at Shen Xiao in the Coventry team and then said to himself: "It seems that the Chinese boy has joined the team..."

"His name is Shen Xiao... I personally think he is a football genius and a future star!"

Jones explained to Jamie.

"Oh, football genius? Future star?"

"I only know that in our football world, there are many future talents, but there are also many who will die young!"

Jamie looked at Jones and said indifferently.

"Why!"

"Jamie, I heard that you left because you were unhappy with Shen Xiao joining the team..."

"But I advise you not to be biased against any player. China also has football geniuses!"

Jones shook his head and sighed when facing his former teammates.

"Jones, you have fallen too!"

"You have always considered yourself a goalscorer, but for a Chinese player, you actually changed to playing midfielder?"

Jamie asked jokingly.

"I never met a player that I really admired before, but now, I feel like I can accept changing positions..."

"Even at the forward position, I can accept being his substitute!"

Jones answered seriously.

"Haha, if you can impress the stubborn Jones, I want to see how far he can grow in the future..."

Jamie said dismissively.

"By the way Jamie, where did you go after you left the team?" Jones asked.

"Obviously, Sunderland!" Jamie pointed behind himself and replied.

Behind Jamie, the Sunderland players were doing warm-up exercises in the opposite half of the Coventry team.

"You... actually joined the Sunderland team?!"

Jones said in surprise.

In addition to Jones, the other Coventry players were also very surprised to hear that their former teammates had joined Sunderland a week ago.

"Yes, after I terminated my contract with Coventry, I lowered my status and went to Sunderland, where I was very welcome..."

"Haha, Coventry's first opponent in the second half of the season is Sunderland, so I have to go there!"

Jamie said a little arrogantly.

"Did you go to Sunderland just for this game?" Shen Xiao paused the training and came to Jamie.

"That's right!"

"I already told the coaching staff at that time, if I choose you Shen Xiao, then I will leave!",

"Now it seems that the coaching staff finally chose you! Haha..."

"Then, today I will prove that Coventry was wrong to give up on me!"

Jamie said harshly to Shen Xiao.

"Hey, Jamie, why are you so crazy!"

"Although Sunderland are currently ranked seventh and Coventry are tenth...but you don't think Sunderland will definitely win, do you?"

Jones said helplessly.

Indeed, it is impossible for two teams with similar league rankings to dare to say that they will definitely beat each other.

Not to mention, this game is Coventry’s home court.

"But, I leaked all the basic tactics of Coventry to Sunderland! Haha..."

Jamie replied without shame.

Hearing this, everyone was startled!

"Jamie, you...are going too far!"

"Shameless!"

"Shame on you!"

…

The entire Coventry team began to angrily insult the "traitor" of their team.

Some angry players were ready to beat Jamie up, but were stopped in time by other players.

The leakage of tactics is very serious for the team!

Because it is the key that directly affects the outcome of the game!

Especially two teams with similar strengths.

If the technical level is the same, then it depends on whose tactics are more powerful.

Sometimes, this situation also tests the coach's command ability on the sidelines.

In a long league season, a team will formulate and implement a strategy that suits the team for a period of time or longer.

This kind of team tactics are generally fixed and will not be modified on a large scale in a short period of time.

Therefore, in the past week or so, it was impossible and too late for the Coventry team to adjust their entire tactics.

And Jamie leaks the team's tactics to the opponent, so the opponent can make targeted formations based on the tactical content.

So, the Coventry team, whose tactics have been mastered by Sunderland, has a very high probability of losing today!

This is why the Coventry players are so angry about Jamie's actions.

Jamie ignored the insults from his former teammates and came straight to Shen Xiao.

"Didn't you say that you are invincible and I can do whatever I want?"

"Then I'm very casual now, and I'm happy to see your invincible performance!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Jamie smiled wildly, then left the Coventry team and returned to Sunderland's half court.

Seeing the arrogant Jamie gradually leaving, Shen Xiao did not comment on his ridicule.

What are tactics?

Can it be eaten?

In the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are powerless.

Regarding Jamie who shamelessly betrayed the team, Shen Xiao decided to teach him a lesson!
Chapter completed!