football's most handsome

Chapter 111 1 group of scumbags

Everyone really didn't expect that the person inside would be Messi, after all, he should still be in the club at this moment!

But if the person inside is Messi, it seems to be understandable why Juan is so tolerant of his club mascot today. After all, as the head coach, Juan's preference for Messi is obvious to everyone.

—Of course, this sentence has no other meaning.

The main reason is that Messi is really too soft, the kind of real easy to bully, but everyone knows that this is just an illusion.

Messi is a very pure Argentine, even though he looks soft, but in fact his bones are still full of madness and stubbornness.

And it is precisely because of this reason that although everyone likes to rub him, pinch him and poke him when he is free, no one has ever made an excessive joke on him.

...oh, except for David Lewis.

Speaking of this Brazilian, he did not hesitate to pay a high price to trick Messi when he was in the club. He directly colluded with Diego Forlan, and the two of them, together with other friends, directly Messi's stuff was all emptied.

Comrades, evacuated! !

Although Messi didn't have many things, but in just 10 minutes, there was not even a piece of bed board left! !

In order to punish people, Pengpeng also worked hard!

But this joke seems to have gone too far. Messi came back from training and was stunned on the spot, and then he burst into tears.

Messi hasn't cried since he arrived in La Coruña, or he is a person who doesn't shed tears very much. Although he is still very young, he seems to have learned how to endure and manage his emotions Well, the silent little monster never barks its teeth and claws, which made Pompons feel very boring, so he wanted to tease him even more.

As a result, who knew that Messi came directly on the spot, Pompons immediately panicked, apologized to him in a hurry, and organized people to bring all his things back for him, and patted his chest to express that he would take Messi with him to express his apology. Eat at the best restaurants in all of La Coruña!

Thiago, who was taken advantage of, was often eaten by Peng Peng. Silva gave him a very kind look and expressed that he did not want to talk to him.

Since then, the whole of Deportivo has had one more fun-seeing David Luiz cowardly in front of Messi.

Messi didn't say anything, but the expression on his face looked very aggrieved and sorry. Juan felt that he could see a row of words floating past.

I'm sorry. Please forgive me……

I did not do it on purpose……

I just want to compete too much...

I really just want to play, even if there is no game, it's good to stay and watch...

Facing the child's pitiful eyes, Juan opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, he could only sigh and turn to look at Redondo: "Boss..."

As a result, before he had time to say anything else, he heard his young Argentine general speak anxiously: "Wait! It's none of the boss's business. I asked the boss for help. It's all my fault!"

"..." Juan opened his mouth, and Lei Dongdo immediately covered his eyes with a look of hatred.

It took a while for Messi to realize what stupid thing he had done, and he opened his mouth and looked at Juan in despair, while Juan raised his eyebrows lightly: "I just said that you sneaked here so easily, so there is still an internal response. .”

No wonder Messi followed him to Liverpool so smoothly. He said that it is impossible for this person to wear a doll costume all the time when he boards the plane?

As a result, this person has spoken out by himself now, and it is not impossible with Redondo's help.

The child in front of him directly lowered his head, and his whole body was so depressed that he faded away. Juan really couldn't bear to see him continue like this, so he rubbed his head with his hands: "Forget it, because of your good performance today .”

Messi looked up hopefully, just in time to meet Juan's smile.

"Go back and practice some free kicks and penalties."

"QAQ???"

Lionel May have a grudge against set kicks Never score a penalty Messi, the whole person is not good.

But now he also knew that he didn't have any right to speak at the moment, so he gritted his teeth and responded directly. Juan nodded in satisfaction.

"Tomorrow we will have a day off. I hope everyone will work hard for the next Copa del Rey match. After all...how should I say it?" Juan tilted his head and smiled innocently, "Isn't this the closest champion to us? "

"Ah?" Everyone on the bus was stunned, and then they realized what Juan meant.

It is indeed the latest championship. The Champions League is still in the group stage, and the league is only half past. No matter what, the Copa del Rey is their latest championship. It is a good thing if they can win it, and if they cannot win it...

"If the King's Cup can't be won." Juan said with a heavy face, "How sad will it be to be surrounded by us?"

"Huh?" The audience subconsciously looked up at Juan, wanting to know what news he had heard again, but Juan still had a serious face, "In the top sixteen, there are five West Division teams, and there are La Liga teams. Eleven, among the eleven teams, there are only four teams that still have the task of the Champions League, and we are one of them, no matter what, at least we have to go hand in hand with the other three teams, okay?"

——The four teams he mentioned are Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia and their Deportivo themselves. Juan didn't set too high goals for everyone, but directly gave the requirements for the semi-finals, which is not Not too much, right?

And at the beginning, he actually wanted to let Deportivo play more games to accumulate experience, but there are too many players who are prone to injuries. After a few games, he was in various panics, and even Benitez was kind. After a suggestion, Juan thought about it and decided to list the Copa del Rey as a non-essential goal of Deportivo, and it is best to use it mainly to train the children.

But even if it was an unnecessary goal, in order not to let everyone relax like this, he still set a little goal for everyone.

The players at the scene were also very face-saving, and directly raised their hands "Oh!" in agreement.

But when it came to the scene of the Copa del Rey match, Juan was another story.

"What?" Deportivo coach blinked, "You ask me, Deportivo's goal for this season?"

"Yes, Mr. Dias, as far as we know, La Coruña has performed very well in the third front, so..."

"It's like this," Juan coughed and said earnestly in the face of the reporter's intentional blank, "After all, Deportivo has just been rebuilt. I hope we can perform well this season. It is a good thing to play a game. After all, we still have a lot to learn..."

Facing Juan's pre-match accumulation of character, everyone has nothing to say.

After arranging today's tactics in the locker room, Juan directly entered the field, but until he stood on the away coach's bench, no fans booed him, which made him feel very strange.

...It is an honor for the opponent to be booed in the away game. Why is no one booing him today? Isn't it the same thing not to treat him? ?

Juan stood on the sidelines and looked up at the sunny sky, then looked around the stadium, then looked away, feeling a little hot, took off his woolen coat and put it on the seat, he was neatly dressed in a shirt, trousers and tie Dressed up and standing on the sidelines, this has attracted the attention of many fans.

However, most of the people still looked gloomy. The opponent's coach and his players have not shown up for a long time. It is estimated that the opponent's coach is doing pre-war mobilization in the locker room.

Juan didn't know what was going on, until his assistant coach Allen quietly approached him and said in his ear: "They may be relegated."

Juan let out an "oh" and couldn't help smiling, "It's a pity that the boss didn't come to today's game."

Of course there is a reason for Juan to say this. Deportivo's opponent in this game is Tenerife.

——Yes, it is Fernando Redondo's first stop in La Liga, the former La Liga powerhouse Tenerife.

Why do you say it used to be?

Because they are currently struggling in the second division, and they have suffered a seven-game losing streak at the beginning of the season.

It is really a pity that Redondo did not come to this game, but it is estimated that there is nothing to say when he comes, after all, it was ten years ago in that club.

With 3 minutes before the start of the game, the Tenerife players finally rushed out from the player tunnel. Those who didn't know the appearance of each one thought they were going to come up desperately. Their head coach Fernandez He also came out with a solemn face, and glanced at Juan, who happened to be looking at him too, Fernandez's reaction almost didn't make Juan laugh out loud on the spot.

Fernandez glanced at him quickly, turned his head as if he had a guilty conscience, and walked towards the home team's coaching bench. He staggered in the middle, as if he was a little unsteady. Juan found it very interesting to watch.

Has he turned into a monster? Why are you looking at him like that?

"Hi everyone, I'm Frank!"

"I'm Dean, and welcome to the 04-05 Copa del Rey quarter-final match, where Deportivo will play away against Trinfe, at the Heliodoro Rodriguez López Stadium Broadcasting the game live... It's unbelievable that Deportivo have come to this point."

"Why can't La Coruna get to this point?" Frank glared at his partner, "The lineup of La Coruna, no matter how you look at it, is it safe all the way?"

"Is that so? Let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides. Tenerife has sent all the main players... Deportivo's side is coming off the bench. Only goalkeeper Diego Lopez still insists on starting. I think it's Juan. To keep the goalkeeper in shape, to be honest against Liverpool, Diego López wasn't very good."

"Defenders Nuno Maniche, Jorge Valente, Pablo Ibáñez, Thiago Silva; midfielders David Silva, Juan Riquelme, Fernando Gago; strikers Quaresma, Diego Forlán, Lionel Messi... The combination of strikers that Diaz sent out today is really amazing."

It's really weird. Messi and Diego Forlan are in the front, and Quaresma hides behind them. It looks like he is going to be a supporting striker. It means to feint a shot.

And Juan was off the court but smiled and said nothing.

Since becoming the head coach, his bad taste has become more and more serious. This time he deliberately put up such a lineup to scare the opponent. It depends on whether Tenerife's head coach Fernandez is afraid.

Obviously, the opponent's head coach was discouraged.

10 minutes into the game, the situation on the court was relatively stalemate, but the reason for the stalemate on both sides was speechless.

Tenerife's head coach Fernandez formed a 4-5-1 formation today, with a large number of midfielders piled up in the backcourt, determined to play a defensive counterattack. After the start of the game, their formation gradually retreated and compressed in the second half , the single striker in the counterattack does not cross the half court, anyway, he will not go out even if he dies!

Fernandez's expression is very serious. He knows that when playing against Deportivo, he must not attack wildly, otherwise he will be punished. It will take a turn for the worse.

...And what the hell is Deportivo's starting lineup today? He was about to scratch his head, and he didn't even figure out what Deportivo's young and ridiculously young coach was thinking.

What exactly is he planning?

Messi and Diego Forlan dangled in the penalty area. The two did not run much. Quaresma also entered the invisible after the opening. David Schill was very active in the tie game Wa was submerged in dense defense.

Deportivo Deportivo didn't seem to arrange a wing attack today. They took the center that they are best at. However, the problem is that Deportivo's style of play today is different from usual.

Facing Tenerife's concrete wall defense, Deportivo's central penetration could not penetrate, and finally they thought of a way, which was to find Lionel Messi with a long pass.

With his flexible body, Lionel Messi can really find the gap and position in the penalty area. He is quite threatening to grab points a few times. If there are not too many defensive players around him, and because of the height restriction, he can’t face the header. If he poses a threat, he can have more room to play.

"What the hell is Deportivo doing today? Isn't the style of play too old-fashioned?" Frank yawned and complained. It seems that Deportivo is really determined to compete with Trinifé today. Want to look better?

The three midfielders of Deportivo, David Silva, Juan Riquelme and Fernando Gago, the more task of the three of them is to defend, and they will never rush in, and even if they have They will let go of the opportunity to plug in abruptly, and then try to distribute the ball to the front as much as possible.

Quaresma became the person who received the most balls in the whole game. After Deportivo's midfielder drew back, the style of play changed from fast movement and ball control to a very static bus formation. When switching from defense to offense, the midfielder will kick the ball to the frontcourt to find his striker teammates. As a result, the game scene becomes very boring and boring.

A long pass, two strikers crowded in the penalty area, there is a Quaresma outside the penalty area, and Juan Riquelme is afraid of conceding the ball in the midfield, so he is extra careful, Tenerife tried his best The layers of defensive lines in the midfield that were thoughtfully arranged were useless, and Deportivo also immediately assumed the same posture, as if they wanted to compete with Trinif in the same tactics.

The ball was flying around in the sky, and Tenerife did not dare to invest troops in the counterattack. Perhaps it was because of the pressure of losing recently that they became nervous. As long as they defend within [-] yards in front of the goal, they must be cleared with big feet. .

Juan was helpless when he saw Trinefe's defensive posture on the sidelines.

To be honest, at the beginning, he thought of a direct confrontation between defensive counterattack and aggressive attack, but who knew that Trinefe on the opposite side had the same idea?

The two teams set up a bus formation together, the scene was so beautiful that he almost couldn't stand it...

What's more, before the game started, Juan said this to everyone.

"Everyone knows that Tenerife on the opposite side has something to do with the boss. If this is the case, then we have to give the boss some face!" Although the boss didn't come today, but!

Juan said with a serious face: "We must show the highest level of fighting spirit for the old club of the boss!"

"Oh!!"

...God damn the highest level of fighting spirit, he wanted to try the bus formation once in a while, but the opponent was also in the bus formation, how can this game continue?

Everyone compares whose bus looks better!

In the first half, Deportivo and Tenerife also did not score a goal, and they switched sides to fight again in the second half.

Deportivo didn't make any substitutions. Juan brought mostly children today, and Juan Belleron and Pablo Aimar who came to town. Both of them have been in full attendance for several games. The other game was weak, so Juan didn't even consider substituting them.

After all, for a relegation team in the second league, it is not necessary to dispatch them. Juan Riquelme is enough to mobilize the Quartet on the court.

However, although there were no substitutions, Deportivo still made some changes in tactics. Quaresma and Diego Forlan began to take turns inserting to the edge of the penalty area to strengthen long-range shots, while Messi watched the situation on the sidelines. , when ready to get the ball at any time, there will be an extraordinary game. In the ten minutes of the second half, Deportivo contributed several long-range shots, which scared the fans in the stands to scream.

La Coruña is so scary, who took them? TAT

It's not that other La Liga teams are not strong, but at least they all have a slightly fixed routine. Although it is a well-researched routine and there is no way to deal with it because of the player's ability, it is at least better than Deportivo. It's okay to start changing tactics as soon as the wind blows! !

Francisco looked at his own team, which was already battered with holes, and he gritted his teeth and replaced it with a central defender. In this way, there are five defenders, four midfielders, and one forward on the field. What do you think? He wanted to carry out the defense to the end, Juan narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a while.

Just when he changed, Juan did not know when he appeared on the center line - after all, he was young, and he was also a player based on speed and footwork when he was on the court, so when he stood next to Francisco At that time, he didn't react at all, and was still seriously reminding the players who were about to play the defensive task later.

Juan patted him on the shoulder. Francisco thought it was someone, turned his head subconsciously, and jumped away immediately, with a face full of horror. He could still have such a fast reaction speed and such a long bounce for an elderly man. Ability, Juan expressed his admiration...

"What's your business?!"

Facing some hysterical questions from the Tenerife coach, Juan secretly sighed in his heart.

"Tenerife is not a team suitable for defensive counterattacks."

"My team wants you to manage?!" Francisco glared at him several times.

"I don't want to control your team, it's just that Tenerife's style of play has imprisoned your best offense. I am very sad."

Although he said he was sad, there was no sad expression on Juan's face. After he finished speaking lightly, he turned around and walked back to his position to stand still. He continued to pay attention to the game on the court and stopped looking there.

Francisco immediately ran to complain to the fourth official, pointing in Juan's direction from time to time, not knowing what he was complaining about.

Not suitable for defensive counterattack?

Doesn't he know this?But besides defensive counterattack, what kind of tactics can Tenerife be suitable for now?They have come to the brink of relegation, no matter what happens in the Copa del Rey, this tactic must continue!

And if it's really like playing against the opponent team like in the past, everything else is fine. If someone else scores a goal and they lose all the way, isn't it more dangerous?

Dias must want to harm the morale of the army, eh!

At the beginning of the second half, Deportivo seemed to be unable to bear the boring first half. The frontcourt players had increased their range of movement and continued to create offensive threats in interspersed positions. Messi had endured the entire halftime. Now it is even more fun to take the ball and run into the penalty area. He is very flexible and changeable. His height did not cause him any trouble. It can even be said to have become his weapon. Tenerife was forced to Next, foul tactics were used.

However, this is of no use. Messi is not an idiot. Whenever the opponent's player wants to threaten him, he passes the ball directly, and then he quickly jumps away to avoid being hurt.

This is also the method Juan taught him, safety first, the team's win or loss will be carried on their shoulders, it's not yet time for these little brats to be heroes!

In the 705th minute of the game, Deportivo still did not score a goal. This is really a rare thing for them. Juan looked at the tight bus in Tenerife on the field, and looked After looking at his own offensive situation, he sighed and began to direct the situation on the field.

"This game is really... very boring..." Frank yawned again, "I almost fell asleep watching the first half, but in the second half, Deportivo finally made the scene a little better A little bit, but Tenerife is not strong at all, and it is still strictly guarded against death, so it is not willing to play against each other.”

"Juan Diaz seems to think so too." Dean looked at the camera lens and couldn't help smiling, "Dias is directing the players' actions on the sidelines, and what he means... is to ask David Schill What are Val and Riquelme doing?"

It is indeed something to do, Juan pointed to the frontcourt, David Silva and Riquelme instantly understood, the two were responsible for organizing the offensive and defensive transition of Deportivo throughout the game, the two of them moved forward , the entire Deportivo formation began to kill in front.

In terms of position alone, Deportivo currently has only two players in their own half.

Diego Lopez, Nuno Maniche, and the two of them are still chatting there, looking very leisurely, and the image of Deportivo's picturesque frontcourt sitting and eating melons in the backcourt seems to be secure Yes, it makes people itch with hatred...

Where did the rest of the Deportivo players go?

Depor's players are all concentrated in the frontcourt, bombarding Tenerife's goal indiscriminately...

But speaking of it, Deportivo had quite a few shots in this game. However, it seemed that it was just bad luck. The number of shots was close to [-] or so, but very few shots were within the range of the goal. This also led to Most of the time the goalkeeper who played in Tenerife was shocked out of a cold sweat, and then hit the base safely.

Juan said, how can this work?

Don’t scare people when you’re okay, it’s so bad when you’re scared :D

As the minutes passed, the players in Tenerife became more nervous, and the scale of their fouls became larger and larger. Deportivo got more chances to set the ball.

However, no one who will play set kicks is on the pitch today. As the captain of today's game, Riquelme can only bite the bullet.

But it is clear that Tenerife has long been prepared for the positioning of the ball. They have practiced the defensive tactics of the positioning of the ball. players.

But they forget that Deportivo's offensive point is not just the striker.

Riquelme took a deep breath, stepped back two steps suddenly kicked up and volleyed the ball towards the dead corner of the goal.

He has taken four set kicks in this game. His research on the previous three balls being kicked or missed found that there is a wall in the near corner of Tenerife's goal, and the far corner is the goalkeeper's defensive area.

After researching it, he grabbed Messi, and Messi and Riquelme stood in front of the ball together, which made Tenerife unable to figure out the routine for a while.

Among the few shots on target before, three goals came from the feet of Lionel Messi. If it weren't for the desperate efforts of Tenerife's defenders, and their goalkeeper is also highly focused on marking, it is estimated that at this moment It should have been lost long ago.

But this time is different. Tenerife’s goalkeeper was a little distracted directing his teammates to line up the wall. At this moment, the wall was lined up, and he started to make a save. However, at this moment, that kick was particularly tricky. After crossing the human wall and flying to the blind corner of the goal, the goalkeeper of Tenerife immediately rushed towards the ground.

As long as they can pounce as quickly as possible, they can defend the ball! !

Instead, he almost watched the football roll from his armpit into the goal.

After Messi scored a goal, he couldn't believe it. He opened his mouth and turned his head to look at Riquelme, only to meet his senior with a look of relief.

"Lionel, you've grown up."

???

Although it is difficult for him to score a set ball, that is not the case! ?

What does it mean to grow up? !

On the edge of the court, Juan showed a faint smile. While everyone on the coach bench was still jumping with excitement, he turned around and picked up his woolen coat from his seat, put it on slowly, and then glanced at The situation on the field, leisurely walked towards the player channel.

The sideline camera followed his footsteps almost all the way, and on the edge of what the camera could capture, was Francisco's collapsed profile.

At the post-match press conference, Juan showed a very innocent look: "In this game, I really didn't expect that the brainwaves of Coach Francisco and I were so synchronized. formed a similar formation, and had a friendly and pleasant competition..."

La Coruña, who is a dog, who has had a friendly and pleasant contest with you? !

Francisco looked at him from the sidelines and was about to kill someone.

Juan continued: "Actually, Deportivo has also done some research on Tenerife, and we also specifically consulted the veteran player of Tenerife. He said that Tenerife is a team that is good at organizing offense. team, so we Deportivo set up a bus formation, but I didn't expect..."

The reporters at the scene let out a muffled laugh.

Really did not expect.

Some reporters raised their hands and asked before they could react: "Which Tenerife veteran is it? Tenerife has not sold players for two years, has not introduced new players for one year, and has not retired in the past five years. gone."

Juan smiled and said nothing, but the media reporters quickly reacted and lowered their heads to whisper.

If you have to say that there is someone in La Coruña who has something to do with Tenerife, it really is that person, right?

"It has been ten years since that person left Tenerife. When studying the video with me, he said that he never thought that Tenerife would play like it is today..."

Francisco slapped the table with a "bang" and stood up. His face was flushed with anger, and he looked as if he was about to explode. He was panting heavily, and all the words seemed to come out of his throat.

"So, I would like to ask Mr. Dias, will you help our team avoid relegation?"

"Will you lead us forward?"

"You have the best team and of course you won't feel what kind of mood Tenerife is in now!"

Juan sighed softly and raised his eyebrows: "Are you saying that your own team is not good?"

"you……!"

Juan didn't give him a chance to continue, but continued to ask his own question lightly: "If you mean that what you are doing now is for the team's relegation, then let me ask, Tenerife is now league ranking?"

Francisco's face turned blue and pale, and he couldn't speak a word.

—— Tenerife has lost seven games in a row, and the La Liga ranks... the bottom one.

"The team is not the most important thing, and whether there are big-name players is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the unity of one heart and the courage to move forward regardless of oneself. If you don't even have the courage to move forward, you will only cringe in place."

Juan sighed softly. To be honest, he didn't want to say so much at first, but looking at the bewildered face opposite, he still wanted to say a few more words.

This is not to say that Tenerife was Redondo's former home team. In fact, he just thought of Benitez, a very sincere Madridist, and the head coach who gave him very sincere advice.

Although it is taboo in this industry to judge each other's coaching ability, there is nothing wrong with sincere suggestions. In fact, Juan wanted to say these words to Francisco when shaking hands off the court, but the other party ignored him at all. Just walked away, and Juan could only talk about it at the post-match press conference.

Francisco's face was very ugly now, he glared at Juan for a while, then got up and left, Juan sighed, and continued what he said just now.

"Whether it is the league, the Champions League or the Copa del Rey, the team is like swimming upstream in the turbulent water. We have only two choices. The first is to swim upstream and go forward, and the second is to be eliminated directly. , there is no third possibility at all, so no matter which game it is, Deportivo will treat it with the most serious attitude, thank you everyone."

When following the bus and preparing to go back, Juan highly praised everyone. By the way, he asked if the media asked any strange questions in the mixed interview area. Everyone said no. After all, they are not stupid, and they answered whatever they asked. What, only Messi is sullen.

"Lionel, what's the matter?"

David Silva carefully poked the kid.

The child glanced up at Juan who was speaking in front, and then whispered, "Someone asked me if Juan usually likes anyone."

"Then how did you answer?" David Silva said "Oh", and he didn't know who was so boring to ask such a question to the players.

"I said, Juan likes a lot of people, everyone in La Coruña..." Messi scratched his head, "Then I was dragged away by the seniors."

"The answer is correct." Juan didn't know when he stood next to the two of them, and the two young generals shrank together in fright. Marshal Laco patted the child's head and smiled: "But such a boring question, I will discuss it in the future." Just ignore them, just treat yourself as an autistic child, and don’t answer anyone who asks you anything.”

Messi was dumbfounded.

What the hell is a child with autism?

Is their head coach a little casual about the positioning of their players? !

Juan didn't pay attention to the expressions of the two children. He returned to his seat and sat down, looking out the window very casually.

What he said to the Tenerife coach today is actually what he thinks in his heart. In any case, Deportivo will retreat if he does not advance. He is well aware of how difficult the road ahead is, but at least Deportivo Already working on it.