Chinese champion

Chapter 196 Being a Coach Plays Chess
A practice genius in modern society became obsessed because of a strange bamboo slip, and his cultivation base disappeared just like that, but this bamboo slip brought him unexpected...

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"The perfect storm in the second half, created by the National Youth League!"The rookie's performance is in full bloom, grabbing the class and seizing the power? "

After the game against Hong Kong, the "Sports Weekly" published this headline on the headline of the first page, which read: "After a dreary first half, the national team coach Ali Han finally Replaced by Pei Wei and Zhu Jun, the two major offensive points in the midfield of the former National Youth Team, this change immediately received a miraculous effect. The midfield composed of four overseas players firmly controlled the situation on the field. In the second half, the Hong Kong team, which could not pose a threat to the Chinese team's goal, could only stick to it and try to get a point. However, Pei Wei and Zhu Jun's instigation in the midfield turned their wish into a luxury. Pei Wei He scored his first goal in the national team and got an assist at the same time. Zhu Jun also had a direct assist, and these three goals are directly related to the three midfielders of the National Youth League. Does this mean that What about the national youth players who are taking over the national team? You must know that Sun Chenghai will definitely return to the right back position. After all, that is the most suitable position for him. Zhang Qi, who plays for Monaco, will return to the After the national team, it is natural for him to occupy a main position as the main player of the European Champions Cup quarter-finals club. Then the main midfielder of the national team will be the original team of the National Youth Team. What about the conflicts between veteran international footballers?"

"Ha! Isn't this guy trying to sow discord?" After reading the report, Zhu Jun smiled and handed it to Pei Wei.

Pei Wei read it carefully, and didn't take it seriously: "If there is a game, there is competition. There are more than [-] players in the national team, and only eleven can start. It's not the same in the club. It all depends on strength. Even if there is a conflict, how big can it be?"

"That's not necessarily true. Didn't you see the eyes of some people after the game?" Zhu Jun said mysteriously: "It looks like they are going to eat us."

"Is it exaggerated?" Pei Wei disagreed: "You are always exaggerating like this."

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After a perfect second half for the national team, the overseas players of the Chinese team took flights to their respective clubs one after another. After the big victory over the Hong Kong team, everyone was in high spirits. They were so depressed that they didn't get a chance to play for 1 minute, so they forced Pei Wei to play and treated them both to a big meal before leaving.

After returning to Mallorca, Pei Wei took part in the team's training after only one day's rest. This made Manzano both happy and worried. Pei Wei could not play to his due level.

Out of this concern, in the home game against Real Sociedad on April 4, Manzano put Eto'o and Pei Wei on the bench, replacing them with Robert and Panovic.

Last year's league runner-up Real Sociedad showed signs of fatigue this season. Like Mallorca, they were also knocked out by the French league champion Lyon with two 1:0 in the Champions League. But it is not as good as Mallorca's. Now it is only ranked tenth. Not to mention the Champions Cup, it may be difficult to even qualify for the UEFA Cup.

Mallorca, who are playing at home, have a clear advantage. Several perennial substitutes showed their best side in the game. Since none of them are international players, they have no physical problems after resting for a week. On the other hand, Real Sociedad , Karpin, Nihat, Kovacevich, Alonso, and Korean international Lee Cheon-soo are all players who have participated in international competitions this Wednesday. In terms of physical strength, Mallorca has an absolute advantage.

However, often the advantages on the scene cannot be reflected in the score. In the first half, Mallorca had nine shots, while Real Sociedad only had two shots. But in these two shots, Real Sociedad broke Mallorca's goal. door.

Nihat's breakthrough created a corner kick for Real Sociedad, Karpin delivered the ball, Kovacevich ferried forward, and defender Gabilondo, who put in the assist, headed the ball into the goal two meters in front of the goal.

"It's unreasonable!" Pei Wei, who was on the bench, yelled. With such a big advantage, he couldn't score a goal. Instead, he was counterattacked by others. Could it be that Mallorca's luck in this game is not good?
"Don't worry, Pei." Manzano smiled: "It was just an accident. Look, the second half was when they collapsed."

"Why can't I see it?" Pei Wei said strangely: "Don't look at the few people in the frontcourt who have traveled long distances, but their state has not seen any ups and downs. How can they be the runner-up in the league last year and almost won the championship? Yes, it will be very difficult for us to defeat them without exerting all our strength.”

"You still haven't seen something." Manzano shook his head: "The strength of Real Sociedad has been much weaker than last year. Most of their main players are over 30 years old and are on the decline. This year they Such a sharp decline in performance is the best proof, and our age structure is very reasonable. Except for the captain and Ibagaza, none of the players on the field are over [-] years old, and Ibagaza is just [-] years old. In the first half, they could rely on experience to compete with us, but in the second half they had to be dragged away by us, don't worry, we will come back in the second half."

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"Let me play with Samuel!" After 10 minutes in the second half, Pei Wei couldn't bear it again, and came to challenge Manzano with Eto'o.

"Sit still for 10 minutes. If you really can't open the situation, I will let you go!" Manzano didn't look at them, but looked at the field: "Their physical strength is no longer good, and their movements are out of shape."

Pei Wei had no choice but to sit down with Eto'o, and looked at the field with his hands wrapped around his knees.

Eto'o comforted him: "Trust the coach, their physical strength is indeed exhausted. Just now their defender made a mistake, but we couldn't grasp it."

"I know, I can see it too." Pei Wei said with a sad face: "But my physical strength is fine, I want to play." He turned to Eto'o: "Samuel, how does it feel to sit on the sidelines?" It's not good, especially when the team is behind."

Eto'o just wanted to continue, was interrupted by Manzano.

"Pei, you have to get used to being on the bench." Manzano said blankly: "No player can always be the main force. Any player must learn to maintain a strong fighting spirit on the bench. Look at Augustin, he’s doing a good job.” He pointed to Delgado, who was staring at the field intently, “Moreover, the coach and the players have different perspectives. He has to consider the overall situation. How to use the substitutes reasonably is the key when facing opponents with shortcomings."

"But the Royal Society is not weak!" Pei Wei still had doubts.

"For the current Mallorca, it is a weak team!" Manzano said lightly: "Being a coach is like playing chess. You can't just look at the first step, but also consider the next few moves. We The following two league opponents are Betis and Villarreal, they are not weak, they can even be said to be very strong! Joaquin is growing, and Villarreal has already got Riquelme and Anderson In order to win the Champions League ticket! You two may be able to win this game, but when you fight continuously, your state will fluctuate. We can’t lose points now. Real Madrid won yesterday, although It was tough to win, just one goal against Albacete, but we still won, now we are eight points away, we can't afford to lose every game, you know?"

"Understood." Pei Wei nodded reluctantly.

Manzano knew that this disciple hadn't completely turned the corner: "Why did Real Madrid win so hard yesterday? Because almost all of their main players played games all over the world! Although relying on the goals of Carlos and Figo to lead Two goals, but after 10 and [-] minutes, they were completely exhausted in terms of physical strength, and they were beaten by Albacete! If it wasn't because the opponent's strength was really bad, they wouldn't have only scored one goal! Lessons learned! Watch it , if Queiroz does not solve this problem, Real Madrid's performance this year will be worrying!"

Only then was Pei Wei convinced. At this time, the score on the field changed. Wang Xiaomin cut off the opponent's ball and made a direct pass. Ibagaza's pass was missed by the Real Sociedad defender. This low-level mistake was kept in the penalty area. Robert, who was wandering inside, caught him, and his low shot in the penalty area equalized the score for Mallorca.

"Good job! Robert!" Pei Wei jumped up to celebrate, but Eto'o rushed out of the bench one step earlier and hugged Robert who ran over.

"Boys! Work hard! Beat them down!" Manzano patted Robert on the back and said loudly to the other players.

"Coach, I am convinced! As long as we equalize, with their physical strength, they can only be beaten by us!" Pei Wei said excitedly to Manzano.

Manzano smiled: "Augustin! Go warm up!" Delgado froze for a moment, then happily went to warm up.

"Coach, why did you let Augustine play? Didn't he only play on Wednesday?" Pei Wei asked unconvinced.

"Yeah!" Eto'o also echoed. He has two more goals than Ronaldo. Ronaldo didn't score in this round of the league. He was still thinking about catching up with a few goals.

Manzano knocked on the heads of the two of them one by one: "Why are you doing this, compared to Augustin? Although he also participated in the national team game on Wednesday, he has played a lot less than you this season! Physically, he is definitely not good enough. Problem! Besides, now that the Real Sociedad team is shrinking their defense, his header and impact just work!"

Pei Wei rubbed his head and stopped talking. Eto'o also sat back slowly. Manzano looked at them and shook his head. It's really a headache to have such two people under his command...

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"Hey! Captain, get rid of that Korean boy! He is not your opponent!" Pei Wei, unwilling to be lonely, shouted at the court. The captain he was talking about was not Nadal, but his captain when he was in the Inter Milan youth team. Potenza: "There is nothing special about him, he just has better physical strength!"

Li Tianxiu on the field was dribbling forward, and couldn't help being furious when he heard Pei Wei's cry. Pei Wei shouted in English, and he could understand: "Damn it! You actually said that I am nothing special! I have to let you see it today." Look how good I am!"

Potenza waved his hand to the sidelines, meaning "No problem! Look at me!" His action angered Li Tianxiu even more, and he gritted his teeth and rushed towards Potenza with the ball.

"Look at me defeating you, an Italian like I did in the World Cup!" Li Tianxiu thought to himself, his skills are not bad, otherwise he wouldn't be the main player in the Royal Society. He first made a fake move to break through, Then flick the ball sideways in an attempt to cut inward.

"You won't win us in the World Cup without the referee?" Potenza was full of anger and wanted to avenge his predecessor Maldini in the national team, although he had never been in the national team.

Not deceived by Li Tianxiu's feint, Potenza headed in the direction of Li Tianxiu's dribble, a beautiful tackle intercepted the ball, and then passed the ball to Campano in front.

"If you want to gain a foothold in Europe, you have to rely on your own ability! Boy!" Potenza said in English with a deadpan face.

Li Tianxiu was annoyed by Potenza, and was about to go up to fight, but he couldn't help hesitating when he saw Potenza's strong muscles, and saw that the referee was still nearby, so he had to run back resentfully.

"Unfortunately, they almost reduced their staff." Potenza looked down the field regretfully, and winked at Pei Wei.

Pei Wei almost burst into laughter off the court: "Haha! It's so funny, such an honest captain has also learned to irritate people. Needless to say, he must have learned from that dirty guy Wang Xiaomin, that guy likes to irritate opponents like this!"

Wang Xiaomin, who was running on the field, suddenly sneezed: "Who is scolding me, really, you made me sneeze during the game, you want to hurt me..."

Campano took a few steps forward. Seeing that there was no chance of a breakthrough, he had to drive the ball to the left. Ibagaza received the ball and cut it to the center. When he saw someone blocking him, he immediately moved The ball passed to the feet of Wang Xiaomin who put in the assist.

Due to Ibagaza's tugging, there was basically no one left. Wang Xiaomin took the ball forward a few steps, stopped comfortably, looked at the situation in the penalty area, and passed the ball with his foot.

A beautiful arc drop is the favorite way of passing the ball for offensive players. Delgado, who is full of energy, leaps high and attracts two defenders. , Ibagaza, who came in, shot angrily at the ball, and the ball crashed into the net!
"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL-Go ahead! No. 304 minutes in the second half, Ibagaza's goal gave us the lead!" Mallorca's commentator shouted passionately.

"Yeah!" Manzano jumped up with his fists raised, and the audience finally got a chance to vent, shouting one after another, and St. Moyes became a sea of ​​joy.

"Continue to attack! Don't let them have a chance to recover!" Manzano shouted on the field, "Suppress them, so that they can't come back!"

The remaining ten minutes became a formality. Real Sociedad launched several attacks within a few minutes after conceding the ball, but the solid Mallorca defense stifled their hope of recovering the score. Manzano used Valles Tros replaced the exhausted captain Nadal and kept the score until the end.

"We won this game, and the next game is up to you!" Manzano said to Pei Wei and Eto'o after the game.

"No problem!" Eto'o promised: "Next week at Betis, watch us!"

After this round of competition, the top three in the standings have all won, with points reaching 67, 66 and 62 points respectively, while Barcelona was tied 0-0 at home by Villarreal in this round, winning nine consecutive victories This is the end, the points are only 54 points with one game less, the hope of winning the championship is extremely slim. In fact, there are only three teams left with the ability to win the championship this season.

Everyone is regretting that Barcelona paid a heavy price for their poor results in the first half of the season. You must know that when the winter break came, they were only ranked seventh, behind No.1 Mallorca. 15 points, it is not easy to catch up to this point now. In the second half of the league, except for the 0:3 loss at the foot of Racing Santander at the beginning of the league, they have no defeats. The score is ten wins and one tie. It is definitely La Liga. The best team in the league in the second half of the season!It's a pity that they dropped too many points in the first half of the season, but it can be expected that in the next season, this veteran team will regain its new glory under the leadership of Ronaldinho!

On April 4, in the 11nd round of La Liga, Mallorca challenged Real Betis in an away game. Pei Wei and Eto'o, who had fully rested, all played. In a contest of sparks hitting the earth, Mallorca 32 : 3 Lectra beat the opponent and won this crucial three points. Eto'o scored one goal and one assist, Pei Wei had two assists and one goal. Manzano's rotation system finally began to show its power!

In this round of competition, Real Madrid had a big upset at home and lost 0:3 at the feet of Osasuna, falling to the second place, with only two points ahead of Mallorca, and Valencia Relying on Angulo's golden goal in the away game, they took three points and topped the list with 69 points!
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