Coach Live Raiders

Chapter 181 A Pair of Good Friends
López and Crespo are sitting together in one of the top restaurants in downtown Perugia, gorging themselves.

This pair of good Argentine friends made an appointment early on to meet before the game and talk about their experience in Serie A over the past half season, so as to promote each other's growth and progress.

It's just that it seems that the development of the two in Serie A is not the same as imagined.

When in Argentina, Crespo's limelight was obviously more than that of Lopez, especially after the Olympics.

It is generally believed that an all-round center like Crespo has more prospects in European football. Although Lopez is also a genius, he may not be able to reach Crespo's height.

This can be seen from the transfer value of the two. Lopez's transfer value is less than one-fifth of Crespo's.

Moreover, Crespo's transfer to join is the Serie A powerhouse Parma, which is a team with the strength to compete for the Serie A championship, but Lopez can only join a newly promoted team.

However, more than half a season has passed, and Serie A has entered the sprint stage, but Lopez's performance is completely beyond everyone's expectations.

Crespo is okay, his performance basically meets the expectations of the fans for him, he firmly occupies a main position in Parma, and guarantees a relatively good scoring rate.

But Lopez was a complete blockbuster, leaving everyone from ear to ear.

With fast speed, sharp breakthrough, and precise shooting, Lopez is almost omnipotent except that he cannot resist the opponent's defender due to physical limitations.

Scored 23 goals in 18 league rounds, leading the Serie A scorer list, so that all the super shooters can only catch up with his sprinting footsteps.

Lopez also contributed to Perugia's current position in the Serie A standings. Such a super killer is coveted by all wealthy teams.

Obviously, among the good friends, Lopez has surpassed Crespo and is in the lead.

"I envy you to play in such a dynamic team as Perugia!" Crespo said with emotion.

Lopez rolled his eyes, "You didn't say that at the beginning!"

Crespo froze, and couldn't help but think of the conversation they had when they first arrived in the Apennines. At that time, he still felt sorry for the poor choice of his good friend.

But sometimes good fortune is just tricking people. Who would have thought that Parma was not good enough, but Perugia, a newly promoted team, performed so eye-catching?
In Parma, the Italian national team's main central defenders are on the back line, and most of the team are stars in their prime. Crespo is really still a junior and has no right to speak.

On the contrary, Lopez secured the top scorer position in Perugia early, and because the players are generally young, even if Lopez doesn't do anything, he will never be bullied.

In contrast, whose choice is worse?

"But there's nothing wrong with Parma!" Crespo nodded, but his tone seemed to be convincing himself.

"Although Mr. Ancelotti's reputation is not obvious, his tactical literacy is terribly high. He can use all kinds of tactics at his fingertips. Sometimes I feel that I can't understand what he is saying!"

Lopez also nodded when he heard the words, expressing his agreement, "The boss also said this. He said that if only the tactical literacy is used, I am afraid that no one in the entire Serie A can match him."

Crespo didn't expect Bruno to have such a high opinion of Ancelotti, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that this is just a fact.

"Then do you want to know how Ancelotti evaluates Bruno?" Crespo rolled his eyes and asked seductively.

When mentioning the head coach Bruno, Lopez also became interested. He really wanted to know how other people's head coaches evaluated Bruno.

"Then invite you to this meal, and I'll tell you!" Crespo smiled badly.

Lopez shrugged and said that it doesn't matter. With his salary, Crespo can make Crespo vomit.

"Say it!"

Crespo took a bite of the steak before leaning forward, as if imitating Ancelotti's look and tone.

"Bruno is very contradictory!" Lopez couldn't understand his first sentence.

But before Lopez could ask, Crespo signaled him to keep listening.

"It's pure nonsense to say how strong Bruno's tactical literacy is!"

"But why can he lead the team to win continuously? This is the question I have always wanted to know the answer to!"

"If you don't count high-altitude bombing, he only has one set of tactics that can be used, that is, high-post press and quick attack after getting the ball!"

"But the so-called one move is popular all over the world. This style of play is surprisingly powerful today when the rhythm of offense and defense is generally slow!"

"And he is also a person who will do whatever it takes to win, all for the sake of victory!"

"The most important point is that his vision for selecting players is extremely precise. Without this group of outstanding players he personally selected, no matter how advanced his tactics are, he would not be able to achieve the current results!"

"In general, amazing vision coupled with a set of relatively advanced tactics is the reason why Bruno can succeed!"

"As for other aspects of personality, I don't know much about it. Maybe he is also a guy who is good at motivating people!"

Crespo repeated Ancelotti's assessment of Bruno, and Lopez couldn't help but nodded. He really agreed with it.

Just like what Ancelotti said, Bruno doesn't have any profound tactical qualities. In this regard, he may only be ranked last among Serie A or even Serie B coaches.

But Perugia just wins.

On the green field, it is useless to say anything else, the one who can win is a good coach.

At least Ancelotti's judgment on Bruno is still very accurate.

However, he seemed to be a little less generalized, or maybe he didn't see it at all.

Bruno can fully tap the potential of the players and let the players play their strongest side.

"I don't know if the boss will be happy or sad when he hears others comment on him like this? Haha!" Thinking of this, Lopez couldn't help laughing.

Crespo was also very curious about Bruno. How could he not be envious of such a young man who was not much older than them and had already led a Serie A team and almost reached the top.

At the same time, he is also very envious of Lopez being able to play under Bruno. In his opinion, Lopez is fully activated by Bruno.

Still the same sentence, good fortune tricks people.

If the chairman of Perugia, Gucci, didn't make his own claim to buy Ravanelli, and Bruno put himself in the account, then would he be as popular as his good friend now?
It was all hypothetical, but Crespo couldn't help thinking about it.

Of course, he didn't have an answer either.

(End of this chapter)