Team Spirit

Chapter 11: Kobe Bryant, Bronze Skills

Lu Kai, who led the rise of the "Green Arsenal", was nicknamed "Green Kai" or "Green Bird" by domestic fans, and was associated with basketball.

And since Lu Kai's abbreviation is LK, some people also use it to abbreviate the Los Angeles Lakers, so some fans also call Lu Kai "Ken County Kobe".

Fortunately, it was not abbreviated to "Ying County", otherwise Lu Kai would be in big trouble.

Kobe: ???
It has to be said that domestic media like to give players nicknames, and these nicknames can really attract fans for the players, because China has had a nickname culture since ancient times.

For example, Dartford center Oliver is nicknamed "Ken County O'Neill" by fans.

Ashley Young is nicknamed "London Little" in China because he is from Watford, London, and has a famous school. Of course, some people also call him "Yang Dalang", mainly because of his height.

Thomas Madeira was nicknamed "Kenshire Grasshopper" because of his speed.

These ninth-tier players have no idea that in faraway China, they are as popular as the superstars in football and basketball.

Even Kobe Bryant, Pierce the Truth, Iverson the Answer, Duncan the Stone Buddha, Menzoff the Steel, and Kluivert the Hound are not as good-looking as the nicknames of Dartford players.

Especially Zoff.

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[Ding! You led the team to a great victory and received 2 "Skill Treasure Boxes - Black Iron"]

[Ding! You opened the treasure chest, a critical hit occurred, and you received "Creative Commander·Bronze" and "Basic Intercept·Black Iron"]

[Creative Commander·Bronze: Your organizational skills are slightly improved, and your teammates' passing skills to you are slightly improved.]

[Basic Interception·Black Iron: Your ability to disrupt the opponent's pass is slightly improved]

It can be seen that the system's skills are purely randomly dropped and are not dropped precisely according to the player's position.

It wouldn't be surprising if something like the goalkeeper's hand-thrown ball was exposed in the future.

But there are only bad players, not bad skills.

Defensive skills can also play a role in the game.

What's more, he also got a magical skill like [Creative Commander·Bronze].

Yes, this is a magical skill.

Because it can help ordinary players take on some of the functions of core players and achieve horizontal development.

There is a huge gap in status and ball possession between role players and core players, both on and off the court.

The reason why George dared to ask the team's starting striker for a penalty was because he relied on his status as a core player.

Lu Kai didn't want to sideline George, but if George was really stubborn, he had to have some backup plan.

As the team president, he can't be controlled by a player like George, right?
Affected by the two skills, Lu Kai's attributes also changed.

Long Pass: 46+1

[Short pass: 52+1]

Interceptions: 47+1

……

In the following month, Royal VCD's performance continued to soar.

Four games, two wins and two draws.

Including the previous two games, they were undefeated in six games in the second half of the season, scoring fourteen points!

Directly from 16th place to 10th place in the league.

Not to mention getting out of the relegation zone, even if we win two or three more games, we will get out of the relegation zone.

Lu Kai's statistics have declined slightly, but he still scored one goal and two assists in four games.

Ashley Young contributed a goal and an assist.

Thomas Madeira and Oliver both scored in consecutive games.

George also scored a goal.

Combined with the data from the first half of the season, these players' current goal and assist data are very good.

Lu Kai has nine goals and seven assists, and his comprehensive statistics rank among the best in the entire Kent Premier League.

Oliver had seven goals and one assist.

George had four goals and three assists, while Ashley Young had two goals and one assist.

To Madera had three goals and no assists.

The number of fans attending home games has also stabilized at around two hundred.

Sales of team merchandise surged.

Jiang Mengyun had to hire a temporary worker to help on game days.

During this period, the team's income can not only cover the expenses, but also have a small surplus.

A thousand pounds was saved in total.

If this level of profit is guaranteed, the team’s debt can be paid off in one year, so why would it take three years?
In addition, the players have been more active in training during this period.

Everyone was excited.

After get off work every day, To Madera would come over to practice passing and shooting on the move, and he had made some progress.

Ashley Young is so good at playing the football that it's almost bursting, and his skills are becoming more and more gorgeous.

That cut inside was very smooth.

The only bad news is that Lu Kai has never been able to bring in a reliable midfielder for the team.

Look, another trial candidate was sent away today.

This is different from the trial period of big teams which can last for one or two weeks or even one or two months.

For a ninth-tier team like Dartford, one trial match is enough.

There was a tryout candidate before whose level was not as good as George.

This feels good today, a bit like the core of the organization.

If the deal is reached, the team formation can be modified for him.

The team is now in a 442 parallel formation.

If there is an organizational core, the formation can be modified into a diamond shape to further enhance the team's offensive power.

(442 midfield large diamond formation)
But unfortunately, the other party's salary offer was too high.

Four hundred pounds!

This is definitely not something Dartford can afford.

Just when Lu Kai was sending the other person away with regret, he happened to meet George.

Today is the team's training day.

George glanced at him and said sarcastically, "Hey, are you going to make a big move? A new team president, new players. We old guys will be eliminated sooner or later!"

Lu Kai smiled and said, "Don't say that. Bringing in qualified substitutes to the team will also help everyone share the pressure. After all, who doesn't want to play with high-level teammates when playing football?"

"Our current points level is not enough to guarantee our relegation. If a player gets injured and the team's strength drops significantly, it will be troublesome."

George snorted coldly and entered the court.

Alfred, who was guarding the gate, came over and whispered, "George is becoming more and more presumptuous! The conflict between him and Oliver is getting deeper and deeper."

After saying that, he handed over a data report.

This was the job assigned to him by Lu Kai, which was to record some strange data based on the video.

There were some statistics Alfred had seen at United, but others he assured neither Ferguson nor Wenger had heard of.

Lu Kai will manually compile "high-level data" based on this data and combine it with some key scenes of the team's game.

For example, "goal expectation", "effective ball possession rate", "threatening passes", "number of high pressures", etc.

What are these?
Lu Kai glanced at the data.

Low-level data shows that George rarely passes the ball to Oliver, and their personal grudge has affected George's decisions on the court.

At the same time, George himself had more long-range shots.

He is not active in returning to defense, and his defensive statistics are not as good as those of To Madera on the wing.

And in some advanced statistics, George is even negative!

A real “negative GOAT”!
(End of this chapter)