Rebirth 1994: Football Situation

Chapter 651 Asian Derby
On March [-]th, Newcastle played against Charlton at home.

Since Newcastle will challenge Real Sociedad in an away game in three days, and the fatigue of some of the main players has not disappeared, so in this game, Mourinho sent a mixed lineup of half main team and half substitute, and the intention to preserve strength is obvious.

However, despite retaining his strength, Charlton, who can only hover in the middle and lower reaches, is still not Newcastle's opponent. Shearer, who has not scored in open games for two full months, received Stewart's wing only 2 minutes into the game. The cross headed the goal and broke his scoring drought.

In the next game, Newcastle completely controlled the situation on the field. They expanded the score in the second half of the first half. Janus, who inserted an assist, made a long shot from the front of the penalty area to expand the score to 707-[-]. In the second half Shortly after the start, Finnish striker Johnson's shot once helped them narrow the gap to one goal, but Shearer's long-range shot in the No. [-] minute fixed the score at [-]-[-]. Newcastle beat Charlton [-]-[-], Continue to maintain the pressure on Arsenal.

However, Arsenal's results simply made other teams feel desperate-in the ten rounds of the league after the start of the new year, except for the tie in the first game, they won all the other nine games!It was this wave of nine consecutive victories that gave Arsenal, who once fell to No.3, a huge advantage, leading the second, third and fourth place by seven points, eleven points, and twelve points respectively!

And from the end of the league, there are only nine rounds left.

From this aspect, it is also quite wise for Mourinho to focus on the Champions League. After all, Newcastle does not yet have the ability to fight on two fronts.

After the game against Charlton, the Newcastle team flew to San Sebatisian in Spain, preparing for an away game against Real Sociedad.

This game has aroused great attention in Asia. Without him, in these two teams, there is an Asian player playing respectively-Newcastle's right forward Nie Fei and Real Sociedad's left forward Li Tianxiu!

A Chinese and a Korean. Although Nie Fei is four years older than Li Tianxiu, he has played against Li Tianxiu more than once on the court. However, whether it was the 2000 Asian Cup or the 2002 World Cup, these two fights brought Li Tianxiu a lot of attention. But it was all bitter - the South Korean team lost to the Chinese team twice, and Nie Fei was always the one who performed the most dazzlingly.

Before this game, the situation of the two was also heaven and earth-although Nie Fei only joined Newcastle this season, he has already firmly occupied a main position, and Newcastle this season, whether in the domestic league or in the The performance in the Champions League was eye-catching. Although Li Tianxiu has joined Real Sociedad for more than a season, he still can only hover between the main force and the substitute. Real Sociedad, which almost won the La Liga championship last year, performed well in the Champions League this year. , entered the quarter-finals, but their performance in the league was a mess, and now they are only ranked No.16 in La Liga, only one step away from the relegation zone.

The head coach of Real Sociedad, the Frenchman Denouet, is simply devastated. Less than a year ago, he was still proud and almost became the champion coach, but now?There are countless fans who stand on the sidelines of the training ground to protest against him every day. If it weren't for the club seeing that he played well in the Champions League, he would have been fired long ago.

So now he regards the Champions League as the last straw, and the more he moves forward, the more hope he will stay in the post. After all, although he is very close to the relegation zone, relegation should not be a problem with the strength of Real Sociedad , as long as there is a breakthrough in the Champions League, the possibility of staying in the post is relatively high.

De Nuay wondered, the same player, who was invincible in the league last year, also played quite well in the Champions Cup this year, how can he see who loses in the league?
However, Mourinho did not mean to underestimate his opponent, which can be seen from his pre-match preparations.

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"Although Real Sociedad's current ranking in La Liga is very bad, they are still capable of playing a few beautiful games." Mourinho said to all the players: "For example, in the league, they once drew with Barcelona away. And Valencia, they beat Real Madrid [-]-[-] at home... the same in the Champions League, against Manchester United, they won [-] and drew [-], so we must not underestimate the opponent, otherwise Manchester United's end will be ours end."

The players listened attentively, because they knew that a good head coach's pre-match arrangements would make it easier for them to play -- obviously, Mourinho is a good head coach.

"We are an away game in this game. Our performance in the last away game will probably make them think that we will still use the defensive method to keep a tie. Unfortunately, we are not just defensive." Mouriny Ao slightly smiled: "This game is the same as usual games, control the midfield, advance steadily, counterattack on the spot when the ball is lost, speed up the counterattack, and abandon unnecessary passes. Efficiency, gentlemen, is efficiency. The most important thing is that in the away game, we cannot get too many opportunities, so we must seize the opportunity, otherwise we will learn a lesson. Their defenders are not very fast, so the two sides in the game Lu can reduce the number of crosses, make more breakthroughs, pass more directly, and hit behind them, understand?"

"Understood." The players answered one after another. Now Newcastle's frontcourt is not lacking in skills, and Mourinho has been practicing playing behind the ball during this time.

Compared with the confident atmosphere in the Newcastle dressing room, the atmosphere in the Royal Sociedad dressing room is more... tragic.

The Real Sociedad players are well aware that they have played poorly in the league this year, so badly that both Albacete and Valladolid were able to score three points on them, and they also know that if they don't play well in the Champions League If it is a little bit, then after the new coach takes office, there will only be a big purge waiting for them.

"I think everyone should know the importance of this game." Denue looked at the silent players and smiled wryly: "Our game this year is very abnormal...we lost too much in the league and shouldn't lose To this point, but in the Champions League game, I saw that you are still the invincible Real Sociedad team of last year. I believe that it is the same in today's game."

"Newcastle is very strong, although the way they eliminated Lyon was a bit embarrassing, but after having attacking players like Shearer and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, they still have the courage to play with such ugly tactics. The head coach Mourinho is extraordinary. Denue licked his lips: "In this game, maybe they will still use this tactic. After all, a draw in the away game is equal to a victory. So in the game, we must take the initiative, Get the goal first, so that we can take the initiative. Their two central defenders are very capable of frontal defense, so in today's game, Darko is responsible for containment. Lee, Nihat, you two cut inward from the ribs of the penalty area , The cooperation between their full-backs and central defenders is not a tacit understanding, and there must be loopholes."

After arranging the tactics, De Nuay shook his fist fiercely: "Today's game, we want to win and at the same time try to get a goal difference, so that we can gain an advantage before heading to Newcastle, everyone understands No?"

"Understood!" The Real Sociedad players replied in unison.

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Player tunnel.

Li Tianxiu stood in the queue of the Royal Society, but his eyes kept staring at Nie Fei who was standing behind Newcastle captain Shearer-for European players, the order of appearance can sometimes prove the status of the players in the team. It can be said that the players who come out at the front or the back are the most important players in the team-this also proves Nie Fei's current status in Newcastle to a certain extent. There are only two people in front of him, Captain Shearer And goalkeeper Shay, and another important player Ibrahimovic appeared in the last place.

Compared with Nie Fei's position, Li Tianxiu is standing in the middle of the playing players, a position that is neither forward nor backward, just like his current position in Real Sociedad. He is not the main force, but he can often get opportunities to play.

"Asian Derby." Li Tianxiu couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart when he thought of the words that were exaggerated by the media in his home country before the game—is this still a Derby?The scenery is infinite, and I can only struggle hard.

However, Li Tianxiu also has the tenacious character of Koreans. In this game, as a left winger, he and Newcastle right forward Nie Fei will definitely face each other. He is waiting to prove to everyone with his performance in the game. Real Sociedad has performed poorly recently, but I still won't be afraid of Nie Fei, who has a great reputation in the Premier League!
Real Sociedad starting lineup four three three: goalkeeper Westveld, right back Rekater, left back Alan Zabel, center back Guruchaga, Schurer, midfielder Alonso, Depedro, Carpin , left forward Li Tianxiu, right forward Nihat, center Kovacevic.

Newcastle starting lineup [-]: goalkeeper Given, right back Trabelsi, left back Bernard, central defender Dawson and Lucio partner, midfielder Makelele, Janus, Nie Fei and Stewart, forward Yi cloth, Shearer.

When players from both sides ran out of the player tunnel and were scattered in the two halves, huge cheers immediately sounded over the Anota Stadium. In this season, Real Sociedad's performance in the Champions League is their only pride!
PS: 囧, hurry up, it’s still too late, this is the update of the 280th ticket.

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