"He may turn back to Raul."
Speaking of which, Jimmy patted his old friend on the shoulder before Barr spoke again. "Raul doesn’t owe anything to Atletico Madrid, and it’s the same to make it clear that it’s not a grudge. There’s no grudge, it’s not football. It’s up to you whether I’m familiar with football tickets or not. Anyway, it’s a pity that I’m going to play at home."
Then Jimmy turned to leave.
Chapter 19 See God
May 13th, the day before the final of the King’s Cup.
Malaga arranged a training class for half a day. At noon, they went to Madrid, where the final was held. The training was still open to everyone as it was a few days ago. Nearly a thousand fans came to the scene to shout slogans and make slogans to wish their team a good performance in the day’s competition. After training, Linsen sent all the players out to "face to face" with the fans, thanking them for their support, but he made an exception and accepted a simple interview with the media because there were some special guests today.
Although the King’s Cup is an important event in Spain, it is still a national cup in Europe. Therefore, apart from the Spanish media, it is not enough to attract the mainstream media in European football, but it is enough to attract some non-mainstream but similar media, such as the Polish media from lewandowski, such as the media from Longdong to Venezuela, and the media from China.
Unlike the Polish media commission Rilla, the media in China are more concerned about whether Lin Sen can be the first person from China to lift the King’s Cup. Although this possibility seems unlikely, as for the first person to lead a team into the final of the King’s Cup, coach China has already made history. CCTV even sent a huge live video team to prepare for the live broadcast of the game. Although the game was held in the middle of the night in China, it is obvious that they believe that the time will not affect the ratings of the game.
In fact, it is borrowed from these peers from afar to light up the Spanish media. Their problems are not as simple as these peers. From starting lineup to tactical strategy, from personal encounter with Guardiola to collision with Barcelona style, I almost wish to regard this sideline interview as a formal press conference. Lin Sen is so polite to tell them to see you in Madrid later.
Because of the official pre-match press conference, the evening party was held in the press conference hall of Calderon in Madrid, and there was also a press conference in Barcelona.
After answering some questions from reporters in China, I saw that the players had almost interacted with the fans. Lin Sen decisively called the tapia team to Madrid for final preparations.
At 5: 20 p.m., Malaga’s chartered plane landed at Madrid airport. Of course, it didn’t happen that it collided with Barcelona. Barcelona arrived two hours ago. Compared with Barcelona, although Malaga’s players are also well-dressed in suits, they are much more shabby. At the airport, except for the fans who arrived in Madrid before, most of the media have already evacuated after interviewing Barcelona. After all, there is a press conference in the evening.
Lin Sen, the media who still stayed at the airport, gave a full interview, although it was only a few words. Then Malaga didn’t stop at the airport, and soon took the team bus that had arrived in Madrid before and went directly to the hotel to rest.
The next trip is scheduled for the evening, and it is a press conference. Because the game is held at night, the stadium will be finally debugged because of the night, and it is not open. When the two teams adapt to the venue, they will be arranged until the day. Of course, the time slots of the two teams are still staggered, and then they will wait for the night.
Holding a press conference in the evening is still the first time to arrive in Barcelona, while Lin Sen is waiting in the familiar waiting room with the team captain Gamez, which makes Lin Sen truly feel a lot of things.
When valcarce came in and told Lin Sen that Lin Sen and Gamez met in the aisle to the release hall when the time came, Guardiola and Barcelona captain Puyol, who were coming out, looked at each other with eyes crossed and tit for tat. Both Lin Sen and Guardiola nodded with conscious smiles, while the captains on both sides looked at each other coldly.
Gamez, who just turned 24 last month and has been wearing the captain’s armband all the time, is inferior to the old captain Arnault in terms of prestige and leadership in the team. However, after nearly a season’s edification, the common impetuousness of young players seems to disappear before they appear. In fact, according to his qualifications, Gamez should take the initiative to say hello to Puyol, the big brother of the national team, but when he played a warm-up match with the national team, he once entered the Spanish team and Maesgen had no personal friendship with Puyol. The two teams will soon die and I will live at this time.
Guardiola didn’t speak, and Tomlinson remained silent. Puyol shut up and Bagames looked on coldly.
Four people just staggered by.
As soon as they entered the conference hall, the flash and shutter kept flashing and ringing. Lin Sen was used to it.
After the press conference began, the same old story was repeated, but this time Linsen appeared to be extremely patient, answering almost every question, and even Catalan journalists did not shy away from all kinds of condescending questions
"We have noticed that in recent days, Malaga’s training is mainly defensive training, and the set-pieces and penalties have been practiced. Does this mean that Malaga will still defend the main tactics in the day’s game? Do you really think the game will go to a penalty shootout?" Not to mention that the questioner is a pro-Barcelona media.
"We will do what we do best, just like Barcelona. Defense is part of it. I don’t believe Barcelona never practice defending penalties? The final is not a penalty without a draw in the league, but also a possibility. "
"So how likely is this?" Lin Sen’s peaceful attitude didn’t get the other party to give up.
"It’s as big as a penalty shoot-out." Linsen looked up. The reporter’s tone remained calm. "I know Barcelona is strong, but I don’t think Barcelona is unbeatable. We have played Barcelona twice, once failed and once drew. We will try to make the game a different result."
"Beat Barcelona?" The reporter’s expression was exaggerated, as if he thought it was a big joke.
This seems to be a big joke. There was a chuckle from the horse in the hall. Most of them were pro-Barcelona media. Of course, more of them were silent, which made the smile even more harsh.
Silence Other Spanish media have long been unaccustomed to Lin Sen’s peace today. At this time, it is natural to openly "provoke" Catalan media. Hold your breath and prepare to watch Lin Sen break into a furious rage. After the Bernabeu massacre in Barcelona, these Catalan counterparts seem to follow the chickens and dogs to heaven. It seems that they will not be relieved if they don’t listen to each other’s compliments at every press conference. It is best if their opponents throw in the towel in every game. It is not surprising that Lin Sen’s words have already triggered their opinions about Lin Sen’s actions.
Relatively speaking, the reporters from China who came from afar looked at each other a little. Of course, they knew who had the advantage and who was at a disadvantage in this game. But is it really appropriate that the game hasn’t been so high-profile after all?
At this time, sitting on one side, except for answering two questions at the beginning, I stopped saying anything. Gamez finally couldn’t help it. He just wanted to take the microphone to fight back, but didn’t think of Linsen. He took a look at him first and stopped him. Then he took the microphone and said, "Very funny?"
When talking, Lin Sen’s face still seems to be unable to see half a silk of anger. He looked at the reporter who was still standing with a smile.
"I’m surprised that someone would think that we came here to compete for the runner-up. It’s really funny that Malaga does have a gap with Barcelona, but Malaga didn’t come here because of sympathy or gift. We came to the finals by our own efforts. I think we have equal opportunities with Barcelona. I don’t know where you can afford to admit that there is no suspense in this game. Did Guardiola tell you at the press conference just now?"
as expected
In addition to the Catalonia reporter scene, other Spanish reporters secretly called Lin Sen at the same time. How could it be Lin Sen? !
Guardiola certainly can’t say that! Even if Guardiola really decided that Malaga didn’t have a chance, he couldn’t have said these words because it depended on self-restraint and respect for the facts. Guardiola also praised Malaga at the Barcelona press conference just now, although everyone thought it was just a courtesy of the Barcelona coach
"I didn’t say anything like that, please don’t steal the concept, Mr. Lin. I think Barcelona is stronger than Malaga …" The reporter, whose hat was upside down, tried to pull back a city.
"The malaga will lose? High strength must be the winner? " Lin Sen directly interrupted the reporter before he finished. "If this is your opinion on football, then I don’t think you should be a football reporter."
With that, Tomlinson ignored the reporter’s reaction, but looked around the hall behind him.
"I still say that I respect all my opponents, including Barcelona, but Malaga is here to compete with Barcelona for the championship! Not to admit defeat! Let’s call it a day! "
Chapter ninety Heavy
Guardiola knew that Linsen was being mysterious.
Guardiola wasn’t surprised when Lin Sen reached his ears during the press conference. He knew what his media was like. He also knew what Lin Sen’s character was. Both sides were like fire and water colliding together, and one side would be unlucky. However, Guardiola wouldn’t envy Lin Sen. Although Lin Sen seems to be in charge every time, don’t forget to eat saliva. He is a reporter and Lin Sen is a coach.
In Guardiola’s opinion, Lin Sen may have forgotten that when he was suspended, everyone pushed him, that is, the media wanted you to take it, so they were in an invincible position. When you succeeded, they might add flowers, but if you failed, don’t say that it was their kindness to give a timely help. Guardiola never competed with the media for no reason.
Of course, the Portuguese is an exception, but even he regards fighting with the media as a means.
"Pepper, honestly, do you think that’s what Lin really thinks?" The next day, when vilanova, the assistant coach, was adapting to the local conditions in Barcelona, he asked Guardiola that he had known vilanova since he was a player, and he was his deputy since the latter was the head coach of Barcelona B team last season. They were not only similar in character, but also very similar in understanding football, not to mention the tacit understanding.
"Make all your tactical intentions public? I don’t think Lin is such a person, "Guardiola said faintly, looking at the stadium."
"That’s what I think," vilanova said with a slight frown. "But I really can’t think of what Lin’s intention is."
Barcelona can be called an opponent who has played all over the world in the season, but in vilanova’s view, there are two opponents who really make Barcelona’s coaching staff feel difficult, and both teams have a very fresh feature, that is, tough defense. One is that Chelsea has just been eliminated by Barcelona in the European arena. If it weren’t for the bad luck, Dutchman Hiddink led Chelsea to almost defeat Barcelona in the Champions League. At that time, even Guardiola went to shake hands with Hiddink, but I didn’t expect Iniesta to win at the last minute. A team is just looking at Malaga. Although Barcelona is unbeaten against Malaga in two rounds of the season, in fact, Barcelona’s unfavorable attack in these two games has never really destroyed Malaga’s defense.
Barcelona will encounter a tough block from Chelsea, which is of course due to Hiddink’s tactical arrangement, but also because Chelsea has the strongest midfielder in Europe. Essien, Ballack and Lampard are not the top midfielders in today’s football, but there is no such midfielder in Malaga. Gaby, his partner, can be said to be a good player, and the top player is obviously too reluctant. So the question arises-why should Malaga compete with Barcelona?
"Smoke bombs" Guardiola turned his head and smiled at his old friend.
Vilanova was worried that Guardiola knew in his heart that a draw with Malaga was a wake-up call. Before the game, he carefully studied Malaga’s tactics and came to the conclusion that even he was a little surprised, because one of the most powerful weapons in Malaga’s season was the same as Barcelona’s, that is, the oppression of the frontcourt.
The difference is that when you play in Barcelona, you will see that the high-end ball line is oppressive, while when you play in Malaga, it is oppressive. One is the line, and the other is the doubtful line. Although the coverage area is larger, you pay more attention to the number advantage, and the requirements for players are simpler. To put it bluntly, you should be diligent. When Malaga superimposes this defense method on the backcourt, you can imagine what kind of defense Barcelona is facing.
The closer to the original game, the more logical it is for Linsen’s character to be trained in a closed way, but he has generously opened up the training. Not only can fans go in and visit, but even the media have not heard of stopping half of them. It seems that the world wants to know what he is practicing, but Guardiola knows that the final is not decided in these days. There is really any targeted training. Linsen has already finished practicing and will not practice until these days. Guardiola said that this is a smoke bomb.
However, even knowing that it was a smoke bomb, Guardiola still didn’t know what Lin Sen was hiding in the smoke.
The stadium is the battlefield.
I can’t guess, so Guardiola’s idea is very simple and unchangeable.
Shortly after Barcelona left, Malaga entered the stadium to adapt to the venue. In fact, Lin Sen had expressed dissatisfaction when adapting to the venue. As we all know, adapting to the venue is either suitable for two aspects. One is that adapting to the turf of the venue may affect the player’s judgment on the path of the ball because of its characteristics and length, and the other is adapting to the lighting of the competition venue, which will affect the player’s judgment on the landing point of the high ball, and the game is just held at night.
But now the adaptation site is arranged in the daytime, so let’s start with the adaptation of lighting to nature.
However, Lin Sen’s dissatisfaction rises and disappears quickly for the simple reason that Barcelona adapts to the venue during the day.
The players in Malaga seem to be relaxed when they adapt to the venue. The pressure of the big game doesn’t seem to affect them. Thanks to Linsen Guardiola, one thing is right. Linsen has been preparing for this final for a long time. In Barcelona, when he was nervous, he was already brainwashing his players and practicing.
Somalaga prepared for the game not for three days but for a whole month.
Look around this stadium, which is more familiar than unfamiliar, the players shouted from time to time from the stands to swing around Calderon Stadium, but for the first time, Lin Sen felt that he seemed to have a special fate with this stadium. Lin Sen remembered that he led Atletico Madrid to finish the last game in this stadium last season and said that this was not his last game in Calderon. At that time, Tina echoed his words, and then Lin Sen realized his words in the first game of the new season.
This is the starting point of his coaching career, and now he will witness the first final of his coaching career.
At this time, it is less than ten hours before the official start of the King’s Cup final.