Chapter 09: Chapter 9 Starting Lineup

Chapter 9 Starting LineupHearn's mobilization was simple and clear, and the emotions of the players were very well mobilized. Everyone began to prepare for the new season in full swing.

After entering the preparation state, the team's training clearly began to develop in a direction that was more related to positions. Qin Hu and several members of the forward group stood in front of the forward coach and began to listen to his instructions.

“As the last link of the team’s offense, your task is very simple, which is to score goals. So from today until the game, your task is to continuously improve your shooting skills. Our opponent Millwall in the first round is not strong, which is a good opportunity to test your training results.”

Standing in front of a supported tactical board, the forward coach wrote the word "GOAL" directly on it. Qin Hu recognized that it meant goal.

"Now, start practicing!"

Quickly getting into position, several forwards started practicing by running and shooting. The assistant coach randomly pushed the ball from the side to the top of the arc outside the small penalty area. Several people needed to quickly get in and shoot directly when facing the ball without adjusting.

Opposite them, the team's main goalkeeper Hartley was also training his shot-saving skills in front of the goal.

When the forwards in front of Qin Hu had all finished shooting, Qin Hu began to accumulate strength, but Hartley in front of the goal relaxed instead.

Qin from China has a very strong ability in heading, with tricky angles and extremely fast speeds. Other aspects are average. His normal shots are mainly powerful and not difficult to save.

During the seven days of training, Qin Hu's teammates formed different opinions about him. For Hartley, he thought that what he needed to do was to reduce the force of Qin Hu's powerful shots as much as possible.

But is this really the case?

"Oh!"

When Qin Hu kicked the ball pushed by the coach, Hartley's pupils suddenly shrank. If he could clearly see through Qin Hu's intention and save the ball in the opposite direction every time Qin Hu shot before, his prediction was no longer valid now.

"Shu~"

Before Hartley could figure out whether the ball was going to hit the goal from the left or right side, the ball had already hit the net behind him.

"nice shot!"

On the sidelines, several forwards and coaches who knew the business cheered continuously. Qin Hu's shot was extremely fast and the angle was to the left side of the goal. It was a beautiful shot no matter how you looked at it.

"Shit, you're really lucky Qin."

Waving his hand, Hartley thought that Qin Hu had found the best shooting condition. He signaled the next forward to attack and secretly concentrated his attention.

However, when the wheel-style running and shooting rotated to Qin Hu again and again, Hartley discovered something horrible. It was not just that he failed to catch Qin Hu's intention to shoot just once, but that he could no longer see through the big guy in front of him every time.

When everyone had completed ten running shots, Qin Hu's performance was so good that it was jaw-dropping - ten out of ten shots, which was a situation that had almost never been encountered in training. The assistant coach on the side opened his mouth to say something but in the end it only came out in one sentence.

"Cool~"

Translated into Chinese, it means "Niubi".

Such results and the excitement of his violent shots each time refreshed the forward coach's evaluation of Qin Hu. He quickly pulled out Qin Hu's data card and modified it.

As for the subsequent training of the ability to score with headers, there is no need to mention it. Qin Hu, who has mastered the talent of the golden bomber, can simply head the ball wherever he points in the U17 level of defense.

Although his performance in the remaining skill shooting and free kick shooting training returned to the average level, his change brought a real sense of surprise to the forward coach. At noon that day, Hearn received a new updated Qin Hu data card, and saw that his shooting ability, which was originally rated as average, had become excellent, and the assistant coach noted that his violent shooting hit rate was extremely high.

This surprised Hearn. He had not expected that the Chinese player whom he had signed for his top heading ability could force his usually picky forward coach to change his evaluation so quickly. He put a tick under Qin Hu's name on the team list with great interest.

"It seems that Qin's position in the team is really hard to say."

On the other hand, after a day's training, Qin Hu also clearly felt the changes in his shooting. Every time he concentrated all his strength to shoot the ball, the feeling of being out of control was gone, and it was replaced by a comfortable feeling of hitting whatever he pointed at.

This was just the change brought about by the entry-level talent. Qin Hu could not wait to see the day when he could fully master the God of War's explosive shooting talent, which brought him great enthusiasm for training.

At this time, he was unaware that Hearn's evaluation of him had quietly changed.

For several days, Qin Hu used his wonderful performance of every full-strength shot to consolidate his improvement in violent shooting. On the morning before the team's first game of the new season, Hearn even watched Qin Hu's striker-specific training in person on the sidelines.

The match day was finally approaching. In the afternoon of the day before, all the players were called together. Hearn, with a tactical board on the side, began to call out the names of the players with a list in hand.

"Tomorrow's game is against Millwall. This is the first game of the new season. Although the opponent is not strong, everyone should not slack off and must defeat the opponent!"

"Understand coach!"

"Then I will announce the starting lineup."

Hearn's eyes were as sharp as lightning, sweeping over all the players on the field, and each of them was eager to try.

"Our lineup is 433, with goalkeeper Hartley, four defenders Hawkins, Coulson, Jacob, and Cragg, three midfielders Sam, Mills, and Frey, and left and right wingers Mainis and Cooper."

The starting lineups for ten positions were announced at once. These people have always been the regular starters of the U17, so no one was surprised. However, when it came to the last center position, Hearn's obvious pause made some smart players realize something.

"David is on standby, Qin Hu is the starting lineup."

"Wow~~~"

With just a few words from Hearn, the players instantly became noisy. Who could have thought that Qin Hu, who had just joined the team for only half a month, would be on the starting list in the first game.

You have to know that these players have made countless efforts step by step to get to this point. No matter how well they perform in friendly matches, it would be safer to have David, who has a stable performance in the team, start in official matches.

However, despite their doubts, everyone still followed the coach's arrangements unconditionally, and Qin Hu and David also responded loudly at the same time.

"Coach!"

As to whether Hearn's decision was inappropriate, we will have to wait and see in tomorrow's match.

Today's update is here! Thank you for your support! The new book is on the way, please collect and recommend it! How will Qin Hu's debut in the first U17 game be? Let's wait and see.

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